Chapter 437 Persecution

Chapter 437 Persecution

Because of the shortage of military supplies, the troops of the Ming Dynasty had to intensify their attacks and attacked the defense line of the Imperial Kingdom more violently.

Doing so can not only reduce the number of their huge army, so as to reduce the consumption of military rations. It is even more possible to take advantage of the fact that Yuguo's military strength has been greatly reduced and the morale of the army is in turmoil to achieve more results.

When the Ming army launched several waves of ferocious attacks one after another, they were shocked to find that the defense line of the imperial country on the opposite side became extremely strong after the number of people decreased. No matter how they attacked, they did not waver in the slightest.

The commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty, who did not believe in evil, desperately urged his troops to attack several times in a row, but they still returned in vain.

In the end, even he had to admit that the opponent's defense was indeed countless times stronger than before.

In this way, after more than 100,000 troops were killed or injured, the morale of the Ming Dynasty's army plummeted, and they had to rest and reorganize. The fronts of both sides fell into calm for a while.

The reason for such victories is mainly because there were too many leading parties in the previous defense line, and there were many rebels in the imperial army, and all of them were interested in the opposite Ming Dynasty royal division.

As a result, as soon as these royal masters arrived at the city, they all surrendered anyway. This caused the army of the Ming Dynasty to attack dozens of cities in a row within a month or so, taking nearly a province of land.

In fact, this kind of result is not unexpected. The reason why Yuguo lost cities and territories quickly one after another was mainly because there were too many traitors in the army, most of the troops had no fighting spirit, and did not want to fight against the opposing Ming army at all. The territory of eight prefectures was lost, and the situation deteriorated greatly.

But now these restless soldiers have been transferred away, and the rest are loyal soldiers to the imperial country. It is safe to use them to defend the solid city wall.

The war on the front line is slowly stalemate like this. Both sides come and go. Although the army of the Ming Dynasty is in the upper hand as a whole, and as the war progresses, it slowly erodes the territory of the Yu Kingdom, but the speed has slowed down significantly. They were not as swift as they were before the war.

At present, the progress of annexing a province's territory is about one month, not slow, but not fast.

Zhong Yu's Yuguo has a territory of 83 prefectures. Excluding the land of nine prefectures previously occupied by Ming Dynasty, there are still 74 prefectures remaining.

Slowly throwing away one mansion site a month, Zhong Yu can support him for six years. Even if more and more sites are lost, the speed of the Ming Dynasty will increase significantly later, but no matter what, it is still possible to last for 34 years.

The battle on the front line is slowly going on like this, both sides are only maintaining the level of the war on low-level soldiers, and the strongest shot is only at the fifth level.

The masters of both sides are like the powerhouses above the sixth rank, none of them make a move at all, and they all act as commanders, directing the cannon fodder soldiers to fight.

This is their tacit agreement.

Keep the scale of the war on ordinary people, and don't mobilize their respective sixth-order powerhouses, so as not to expand the war to the point where it is difficult to control.

There are fewer sixth-tier powerhouses in Daming, and their strength is no match for Yu Guo, so they dare not trigger a war above the sixth-tier level.

On the other hand, Yuguo was afraid of the eighth-rank who did not make a move in the Ming Dynasty, and did not dare to lead the battle above the sixth-rank. He was afraid that one would be bad, so he would draw out the opposite eighth-rank. At that time, no one could fight. deal with.

In this way, the high levels of the two parties are extremely harmonious and maintain a unique tacit understanding. Even the high-ranking generals that the two sides knew would sometimes invite the generals of the opposing army to come out for chats and gatherings.

However, the high-level chatter was very happy, but the soldiers at the bottom were caught in dire straits.

Because he was not in danger, but he was suppressed by the orders of the upper echelon, he had to show some achievements, so those generals and others put their merits on those soldiers.

What is merit, of course, is to attack the city on the battlefield, destroy the army and slaughter the city.

With such a goal, the soldiers at the bottom, driven by the general, are constantly advancing towards this goal.

Because they have too much power beyond the soldiers, the generals are not afraid of those soldiers' resistance at all, and their military changes are useless, and the generals themselves can suppress them with all their strength.

Most of the soldiers in this world were originally used to maintain law and order, and they were able to deal with those transcendences above the sixth level only because of the blessing of this formation.

But those who understand these formations are all generals, and the soldiers at the bottom do not know a little bit, and being able to use formations is nothing more than obeying military orders, which is of no use for arranging a formation alone.

What's more, someone who can arrange it does not have the prestige to gather enough soldiers to obey orders and make them resist their own generals.

Therefore, the resistance of the soldiers is really useless, and those soldiers dare not resist. They have seen countless killings on the battlefield in the past. of rebellious heart.

Because there is no power to resist, it is impossible to use one's own will to force the general to retreat.

Don't want to die under the military law because of disobedience, those soldiers can only fight hard towards the opposite enemy in order to survive. Pin your fate on your ability to survive this battle, and then survive another battle until the end of the war.

Therefore, every battle between the two sides was extremely tragic, with a death rate of more than 90%, basically ending in the complete annihilation of the other side.

Time passed slowly.

The war went on for half a year, Zhong Yu lost territory in two provinces, and the army of the Ming Dynasty also advanced into the hinterland of Yu Kingdom, putting the battlefield in Jiangdong Province, and slowly approaching Jiangdu City.

But here, the Ming army encountered extremely resolute resistance, every step forward would cost countless lives and costs, and cost more time.

The capital of a country can easily be surrounded by people, and even soldiers approach the city. That would deal a huge blow to a country's prestige, and make domestic subjects question the country's strength, thus giving birth to ambition.

Therefore, looking at ancient and modern times, all countries that can be approached by people to the capital are basically facing the crisis of subjugation, and after the capital is lost, the country will not perish, but will also suffer a great loss of vitality, and the country's decline is far less than before.

Zhong Yu's Yuguo has only been established for a few years, and the people's hearts and foundations are already unstable. If the enemy is allowed to attack the capital city again, the evil-minded people who have been suppressed will definitely take the opportunity to jump out and make trouble.

Moreover, being besieged by people in the capital itself is a very morale-destroying thing. Naturally, Zhong Yu will not let others attack the city easily, and it is normal to deploy heavy guards along the way.