Chapter 464 These years have been really hard work Zi Zhou.
When Jiang Yao returned to Shenzhou, Shenzhou was already eight years old according to the chronology of the Zhou Dynasty.
It has been eight years since Yu Kuan became emperor.
The entire Divine Continent has undergone tremendous changes, and things are really changing every day.
As early as last year, in May of the seventh year of Tianshou, the Zhou army in the Central Region and the anti-Zhou coalition forces fought in the final and largest decisive battle at Qingmoyuan.
The soldiers and horses participating in the battle were all Wu Zunbing or even Wu Zongbing.
In the decisive battle of Qingmoyuan, the Zhou army and the coalition forces combined exceeded five million, and almost all the mobile strategic heavy force groups that both sides could use were assembled.
Almost all the warlords were involved. The Eastern Region, which had a clear anti-Chou attitude, even sent a large army into the Central Region to support the anti-Chou coalition.
The leader of Zhou Dynasty, Yu Kuan, led the expedition himself, while the commander of the Zhou army was replaced by a strange woman named Nangong Lingyi.
The commanders of the coalition forces are Mu Wuji and Xuan Zhou.
Unexpectedly, when the war was in full swing, there were suddenly rumors that the war in Taiyin Mountain was tense. The Charming Tapir West Route Army had defeated the Demon Clan's Jiushan Tribe and invaded the Demon Realm. The northern region of Shenzhou was also under great threat.
Mu Wuji and Xuanzhou took the opportunity to use the overall situation as an excuse to defect before the battle and suddenly announced their surrender to Yu Zhou.
Zhongli Dingnai, the Taoist master of Qi Palace, Yu Hua, the Taoist master of Fu Palace, and other important figures in the coalition also announced their surrender to the Zhou Dynasty.
The main force of the coalition forces were mainly anti-Chou Class A and Class B warriors. They never expected that at the critical moment, Mu Wuji, Xuan Zhou and others from the Supreme Command of the coalition forces would turn against them!
But it's too late.
The powerful coalition army immediately split into pieces, some surrendered, some died, some fled, and some scattered.
It's a pity that the coalition's two to three million troops were defeated and fell apart all of a sudden.
The Zhou army was victorious.
More than a thousand people, big and small, were captured!
The forces that opposed Yu Zhou in the Central Region were almost completely lost after the battle of Qingmoyuan, and they were defeated by Yu in one fell swoop.
Yu Kuang not only pardoned the few big figures such as Mu Wuji and Xuan Zhou who surrendered on their own initiative, but also praised them for taking the overall situation into consideration, being upright and upright, and for their contribution to Shenzhou, and generously rewarded them.
Mu Wuji was granted the title Duke Mu, and his fiefdom was increased by 50,000 li. Xuanzhou was granted the title of Duke Xuan, and his fiefdom was increased 50,000 li...
Except for these few big shots, all the other anti-Zhou warrior clans were deposed!
Their fiefdoms, resources, soldiers and horses were taken over by Zhou Ting and used for redistribution by Yu Kuan, the Lord of Zhou. Half of them were rewarded to the forces that supported her, and the other half were owned by the state.
The number of martial clans in the Central Region was reduced by half, but the remaining martial clans increased their fiefdoms.
After seven years of war, Yu Kuang finally uprooted the forces that opposed her in the Central Territory and unified the Central Territory, which occupied 40% of the territory of Shenzhou!
Another great country was born in the world. According to its territory and population, the power of Zhou was by no means inferior to that of Qing and Liang Qi.
After Yu Kuan unified the central region, in June of the seventh year of Tianshou, he held a coronation ceremony and announced the formal founding of the country. Then he promulgated the "Abolition of the Feudal Edict", abolished the title of Wu clan, and changed it to the fifth-level feudal state of Gonghou Bozi.
The original super warlords were renamed principalities, and their lords were called dukes; the first-class warlords were renamed lords, and their lords were called lords; the second-class warlords were renamed lords, and their lords were called lords; the second-class warlords were renamed lords, and their lords were called lords;
In the sub-state and the male state, the feudal lord was renamed the lord.
It was also stipulated that Duke Bozinan was a vassal like the Great Friday and respected Emperor Zhou as his chief.
Since the fall of the Immortal Tang Dynasty, the martial feudal system has been implemented for more than 200,000 years and first entered history in the Central Region.
After Yu Kuan unified the Central Region, he began to improve the system of Zhou State and establish power structures from the central to local governments.
The central government of the Zhou Dynasty had a system of three provinces, six ministries and four temples. The three provinces were Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province and Shangshu Province, all of which were Zhengyipin.
The six divisions are military households, workers, rites, officials, and punishments, and the fourth temple is medicine, weapon arrays, and talismans. The divisions and temples are of the same level, and they are the second grade.
At the local level, there are fifty-six prefectures, each of which has a prefectural pastor, with a senior rank of four. A prefecture has a county governor, with a senior rank of six. A county has a county magistrate, with a senior rank of eight.
However, because the aristocratic power of the Zhou Kingdom was too powerful, most of the territory and resources were in the hands of the newly minted Duke Bozinan, and all official positions were controlled by them.
Although the Great Zhou Dynasty was established, most areas, as many as forty states, were still in a state of change.
Only the original Yu Clan and the states that were nationalized by Yu Kuang and directly controlled by the imperial court were truly controlled by Yu Kuang. But there were only sixteen states.
Even in these sixteen states directly managed by the Zhou court, the official positions, from state pastor to county magistrate, were all held by people from the aristocratic family of the Wu family.
There are very few officials who come from poor families. Not only are their numbers pitifully small, but their official positions are also very low.
Although Yu Kuan unified the Central Territory, she did not disband the Shenzhou Camp. She used the Eastern Territory's previous support for the anti-Zhou coalition forces as an excuse to start the Eastern Expedition.
When Jiang Yao returned to Shenzhou, General Sima Dao'an of the Zhou Army was already preparing to attack the Eastern Region. The coalition of warlords in the Eastern Region used the Tianhuang River to defend to the death and prevent the Zhou army from crossing the river.
The Battle of River Defense has been going on for half a year. But the Eastern Region Allied Forces still firmly guard the Tianhuang River.
This is a matter of the Central Region and the Eastern Region.
In the Western Regions, the Ming Kingdom, which occupies a state in Hengzhou, Qiunan, defeated the coalition of martial lords from the Western Regions who went south to attack the Ming Dynasty on the Tianmu Grassland two years ago!
The Minister of the Ming Dynasty ordered Qin Yu to lead his troops out of the pass. After defeating the allied forces, he gradually eliminated the Qimu family and swallowed up the entire Zuizhou in the Tianmu area. The Ming Dynasty occupied the land of the two states and was no longer limited to the corner of Qiunan.
Last year, Qin Yu personally led the main force of the Ming army to the north. In Miangu, south of Fuzhou, he blocked the warlord coalition's second large-scale march southward.
This time the coalition forces are even stronger, and even the anti-demon camp has sent elites to participate in the battle. The coalition forces are several times stronger than the Ming army!
The coalition forces had an absolute advantage in strength, but they could not lose for a long time. The Ming army, with fewer enemies and more enemies, did not lose.
While the fierce battle between the two families was in full swing, suddenly countless monster armies appeared in the sky. Under the banner of the Ming Army, led by a female general, they attacked the coalition forces.
The coalition forces did not expect that the Ming army would actually have an army of demonic beasts to assist them in the battle. They were instantly defeated, rout thousands of miles away, and countless people were captured and killed.
Qin Yu led the Ming army to pursue the victory and captured Fuzhou in the Jiangnan area. He drank horse ginger water and looked at Xunzhou!
In the two years since they left Suolong Pass, the Ming army has been outnumbered and defeated in many battles. They have successively captured Zuozhou and Fuzhou, and expanded hundreds of thousands of miles to the north. Their momentum is like that of a tiger.
The coalition forces dispatched elite troops and strong generals, often with several times their strength, and could not stop them!
Nowadays, the reputation of the Ming army for being brave and good at fighting has spread throughout the Western Regions and has begun to spread throughout the world, gradually becoming a powerful army.
The martial lords of the Western Region exclaimed: "The power of the humble family is nothing more than this!"
Some dignitaries of the Wu family lamented: "The Jiang thieves cannot be suppressed, and the Qin thieves cannot be captured. The spring breeze a million miles away cannot reach Hengzhou."
"Nothing has ever happened to me outside the Western Regions. Unexpectedly, the poison of the reform and the disaster of the reform have caused so much trouble!"
At this point, the Ming Dynasty owned the three states of Hengzhou, Zuozhou and Fuzhou in one fell swoop. It rose from a small country to a small hegemon in the Western Region, and the surrounding warlords started to rebel.
Of the fourteen states in the Western Regions, eleven states are in the hands of the martial clans. The Ming Dynasty only has three states, but they have become strong enemies of the martial clans in the Western Regions.
After the Western Region Allied Forces were defeated twice, they did not accept defeat. Instead, with the help of the Western Region garrison of the anti-magic camp, they launched the third battle to conquer the Ming Dynasty.
Just in January of this year.
This time, the coalition of martial lords in the Western Regions received full support from the Western Region garrison of the Anti-Demon Camp. The military strength of the Martial Lords reached one million, and there were more than ten Martial Saint generals. The military strength was astonishing.
Moreover, many of them are the main force of the anti-demon camp in the Western Region.
This time, the gap in military strength between the two sides was even greater.
The commander-in-chief of the coalition forces is one of the famous generals of the anti-demon camp: Li Xingce.
Li Xingce came from a famous military family in Shenzhou. He was not only a military saint, but also a martial saint. He was one of the four famous generals in the Anti-Demon Camp and one of the top ten strongest men.
Although the main force of the anti-demon camp has long been transferred to the northern region, a large army is still stationed in the western region.
Li Xingce personally led an army of more than one million warriors to go south. This was almost the greatest strength that the Western Region's suppression forces could bring to bear.
Among them are more than 100,000 Wu Zong soldiers!
The posture of a lion fighting a rabbit.
Such a large-scale force even attracted the great Zhou Dynasty in the east. Many people did not expect that the Puppet Ming had such a powerful force and left Xingce to personally lead the army to the south.
Qin Yu, the commander-in-chief of the Ming army, could only rely on Jiang Shui to build a defense line to resist the coalition forces where the famous general Li Xingce had an absolute military advantage.
The Ming army is indeed very strong. Its strength has increased rapidly in recent years, but its strength is still only a fraction of that of the coalition forces. In addition, the coalition commander is the famous general Li Xingce, making this battle extremely difficult.
Despite Qin Yu's command, the Ming army worked hard, but they were still pressed hard by the coalition forces and surrounded south of Jiangshui.
The two sides fought for more than a month. The Ming army successively deployed monster soldiers and Jiangshui ghost soldiers. They saved the day several times and broke through the siege of the coalition forces. However, they were blocked by Li Xingce several times.
After two months of persistence, the Ming army's defense lines continued to shrink and they actively abandoned a large number of cities, which seemed to be in danger.
The balance of victory gradually tilted towards the coalition forces.
Li Xingce was extremely sophisticated. Although he clearly had an absolute advantage in military strength, he fought steadily and slowly tightened the noose to oppress the Ming army.
Seeing that the time was right, the veteran general personally organized a general attack. Qin Yu went all out, and the Ming army refused to retreat. The battle was extremely fierce for a while.
After several days of fierce fighting, the Ming army, which was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength, became increasingly outnumbered.
Anyone can see that the Ming army is already a grasshopper after the fall and cannot hold on for much longer.
However, just when the victory of the coalition forces was in sight and the Ming army was about to fail, a female general named Jiang Nan, leading an army of hundreds of thousands of Youyu people, suddenly appeared and attacked the flanks of the coalition forces.
At the same time, several generals in the coalition suddenly defected and led their troops to attack Li Xingce's Chinese army camp under the slogan of revenge for the Tianping Cult.
At the same time, the Jin clan army, which had been standing still and watching from the sidelines, was possessed by some unknown evil. Taking advantage of the main force of the Zhao, Wei, and Yuan families to march south to conquer the Ming Dynasty, they suddenly took advantage of the opportunity to attack the three martial clans of Zhao, Wei, and Yuan.
The coalition's good situation was instantly overturned by Qin Yu.
It turned out that he had long ago invited Jiang Xiucheng to persuade his half-sister Jiang Nan to send troops, and then secretly ordered the divine generals in the coalition to defect before the battle.
The leader of the Jin clan was Xi Sheng. Not only did the Jin army not participate in the expedition to Ming Dynasty, but they took advantage of the opportunity to attack the three clans of Zhao, Wei and Yuan. Of course, it was Qin Yu's hand and foot.
Qin Yu, who had been pretending to be tragic and tragic, finally showed his fangs and took the opportunity to counterattack with all his strength. At the same time, he spread the news that the Jin army was attacking the three families of Zhao, Wei and Yuan.
The coalition forces were caught off guard and suffered several critical attacks at the same time, leaving them stunned.
The coalition had more than a million Wuzun troops, more than 100,000 Wuzong troops, and tens of thousands Wuzhen troops. However, they were defeated again by the Ming army, which was at a disadvantage in terms of military strength.
But Li Xingce was Li Xingce after all. He was very capable of adapting to the situation and had a strong ability to control the army. Although the coalition forces suffered a heavy defeat, the losses were not huge.
Li Xingce quickly suppressed the undercover generals who defected from the Shen Cult, repelled Jiang Nan's Youyu army, blocked Qin Yu's counterattack, mobilized the troops left behind in the north to attack the Jin clan, and stabilized the position without any danger, saving the
strength.
He remains calm when facing battle, remains calm when facing changes, and responds calmly, showing the style of a famous general.
This time, Qin Yu encountered a powerful opponent. He endured for several months, made careful plans, and used various methods, but he still failed to completely defeat the coalition forces.
Don’t make any mistakes if you leave the plan!
Li Xingce's major defeat turned into a minor defeat. After temporarily retreating to rest, he came back again in less than two months.
This time, Qin Zizhou, who was always known for his cunning military tactics, had no choice.
His tactics have been completely seen through by Li Xingce.
Li Xingce took advantage of his military strength to attack Fuguan, which the Ming army must save, forcing Qin Yu to mobilize the main force of the Ming army to defend Fuguan.
The Ming army came out with all its elite troops, including the killer monster army, ghost army, soldiers and horses controlled by the Tianping Divine Sect, and Jiang Nan's Youhu reinforcements, but they were still blocked and surrounded by Li Xingce.
The two sides fought fiercely for more than a month, and Li Xingce once again took the advantage and slowly strangled the Ming army.
Seeing that things were not going well, Jiang Nan had no choice but to lead the reinforcements of the Youyu clan to evacuate and stop playing.
She has done her best.
The Ming army lost the supporting army of Jiang Nan and was in even more danger.
This time, Qin Yu had no choice.
In the face of the absolute strength of the coalition forces, all conspiracies and tricks are useless.
However, since the war started in January this year, it is now July, a full half year. Although the Ming army is weak, it still occupies Fuguan.
With inferior military strength, Qin Yu struggled with Li Xingce, a famous general in the world, for half a year and almost overturned the situation. In fact, he was proud enough.
Even Li Xingce couldn't help but sigh: "I should give birth to a son like Qin Zizhou. Even though he is defeated, he is still glorious. I can't bear to kill him."
This is a matter of the Western Regions.
In the Taiyin Mountains, Charming Tapir Khan finally defeated the Demon Clan's Jishan Tribe and invaded the northeastern part of the Demon Territory, less than 300,000 miles away from the Western Territory.
If it weren't for the Tianhuang River, the army of charming tapirs would have already invaded the Western Region.
The army of charming tapirs invaded the Demon Realm. Not only the Demons were in an uproar, but also the Zhou, Qi, and Buddha Mother Kingdoms were also panicked.
The Liang Kingdom immediately ended the war with the Sui Kingdom, united with the Biluo Tribe, and headed north to support the Gongshan Tribe.
The anti-demon camp stationed in the northern region also entered the Qishan Department to assist in defense at Yu Kuan's request.
Qi State stopped attacking the Buddha Mother Kingdom, and the Buddha Mother Kingdom increased its troops to attack the Charming Tapirs in the northeast.
When the Charming Tapir broke through Taiyin Mountain, the Demon Realm, the Divine Continent, and the Demon Realm had to temporarily unite.
Although Charming Tapir Khan invaded the Qishan Mountains, he was resisted by a steady stream of demon and human armies, and was unable to move south for a while.
Only the distant southern Witchland knows that the two countries are still fighting to the death.
Moreover, the Qing State gradually gained the upper hand and was on the offensive, while the Chu State was on the defensive.
This was due to the consequences of Pan Kang's sudden assassination by Pan Guang, Pan Kang's brother, during the war between the two families two years ago.
Pankang and Panguang have always been close brothers, and Panguang has always been Pankang's right-hand man. Pankang never imagined that Panguang would assassinate him.
But is Pankang someone who can be easily assassinated? Even his brother, whom he trusted a lot, failed to assassinate him and only severely injured Pankang.
However, at that time when the two armies were confronting each other, Pan Kang was suddenly seriously injured, and the Chu army was suddenly leaderless.
What's more terrible is that Pan Kang's serious injury was caused by the assassination of Pan Guang, the great king of Wu, the deputy commander of the Chu army, and the great sage.
Moreover, after Pan Guang's assassination failed, he defected to the Qing Dynasty and was named King of Chu and Minister of Political Affairs by Jiang Zheng.
Pan Guang is the prince and prince of the Chu Kingdom, the eldest brother of Pan Kang, and the eldest son of the Chu Emperor! Regardless of his status as a member of the Chu royal family, he is also the deputy marshal of the Chu Army, serving the Shangzhu Kingdom!
Even in terms of cultivation, he is also a great sage and a strong man. In terms of age, he is eight hundred years old, so he is considered an old man of the Pan family.
In the Chu State, Pan Guang was definitely one of the top five most powerful people, and he could be described as having a high position.
But such a person actually plotted against his younger brother and defected to the Qing Dynasty!
This was a huge and irreparable blow to the entire Chu State and the entire Chu Army.
As a result, the Chu army was defeated.
In that battle, the Chu army was defeated miserably and suffered huge losses.
Pan Kang supported and led the remaining troops to retreat, losing thirteen city gates, shrinking the defense line, and then stabilized the position.
But the Qing army took the opportunity to seize the initiative.
In the past two years, the Qing army has become stronger and stronger. The Chu army was forced to be on strategic defense.
However, the Chu State was too big and too wealthy after all. Although the Qing army took the initiative, it would not be easy to defeat the Chu State.
Even if the Chu could be destroyed, it would not be possible in ten or eight years. The Qing army did not have much advantage, and the Chu army could come back at any time.
It has been two years, and to this day, the world still doesn’t understand why Pan Guang rebelled and almost killed Pan Kang.
What does he want?
Even though he was not the crown prince, he was conferred the title of King of Wu and was deeply trusted by Pan Kang. He was extremely powerful in the Chu State, and Pan Kang also respected his eldest brother.
He doesn't seem to have any ambition to seize the throne.
Moreover, before his rebellion, the Chu State was not at a disadvantage in the face of the Qing State, so the defeat was not certain.
But he betrayed his family and country, abandoned his noble status, and defected to the Qing Dynasty to live under the protection of others!
It's really puzzling.
Of course, after Panguang defected, he was also reused by the Qing Dynasty. Not only was he named King of Chu, he was also awarded the title of Minister of Political Affairs.
After the Qing army gained the upper hand, the life of the overlords in the southern region became difficult. Yue Anshi and Li Xi were also struggling to hold on to Longshan, and they didn't know how long they could hold on.
When Jiang Yao heard the news, she felt calm and didn't feel nervous at all.
He immediately chose to go to Fuguan where the Ming army was still holding on.
There, Qin Yu was at the end of his rope.
Qin Yu had blocked Li Xingce for half a year, and he must have reached his limit.
"Zi Zhou, hold on, I'm back."
…
The smell of blood is everywhere in Fuguan.
The Ming army, which had just gone through a great battle, had to burn its essence and blood to temporarily repel the allied attack.
But everyone knows that it won't last a few days.
The blood of all the Ming army soldiers was almost burned out.
Qin Yu, the commander-in-chief of the Ming army, sat alone and silently in the central camp, with an unkempt beard and a haggard face.
At this moment, his expression was extremely bitter.
Still going to lose.
There is really no other way.
The main force of the Ming army is now trapped in Fuguan, surrounded by millions of coalition troops. The commander is the famous general Li Xingce.
He used all his trump cards, but this time the enemy was too strong and difficult to deal with.
Why hasn't the lord come back yet? He contacted the lord many times, but he couldn't reach him.
I really can't stand it anymore.
Such a situation, even if the lord comes back, will probably be difficult to reverse.
At the moment, the only way is to break out of the encirclement with all our strength, abandon Fuzhou and Zuozhou, stick to Suolong Pass, and keep the old territory of Hengzhou. This may still have a glimmer of hope.
Qin Yu drank a glass of wine gloomily, his eyes slowly showing a look of determination.
As long as you keep your hometown and defend Suolong Pass, there is still hope until the lord comes back.
Qin Yu sighed and prepared to break out of the encirclement and abandon Zuozhou and Fuzhou.
"Did even Zizhou sigh?"
"Oh, I have been working really hard these past few years."
Suddenly, a clear and slightly teasing voice sounded.
Qin Yu's body trembled and he couldn't help but look surprised.
"Lord!"
PS: I will write the plot in the next chapter. This chapter mainly introduces the changes in the general trend of the world. Good night, Crab!