In November of the sixth year of the Emperor Yuan Dynasty.
In recent months, the domestic rebellions in the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei, and Chu have become more and more powerful, and are gradually becoming more and more sweeping, endangering the rule of the Three Kingdoms.
Because these places are powerful and have a huge influence in the local area, their influence spreads to all aspects, and their tentacles extend to every family.
Therefore, many people were inspired by them to join the rebel army, and even the original local defenders changed their banners and transformed into an insurrectionary army against the tyranny.
As a result, in just ten months, Jiangdong County, Tao County, and Taiyuan County were all captured, and there was no longer any tentacle of the Three Kingdoms forces.
And with these three counties, the rebel forces became stronger and stronger, gradually sweeping across and touching other areas of the Three Kingdoms.
Among them, nearly half of Chu State's Wu County, Lujiang County, and Hengshan County were attacked by the rebels. If it weren't for the resources of the imperial army in the rear, they would have been unable to hold on.
But even so, it is still struggling to support. After all, most of the troops of the Chu State were brought to the battlefield of Qi State by the King of Chu. The local left-behind forces are extremely weak, and Kuaiji and other places are in the rear, and the defenders are even rarer, so the Chu State sees There is a feeling of inadequacy.
There was not much difference between Zhao and Wei. Several counties and counties were affected by the war, and the rebel forces became stronger and stronger. On the contrary, the imperial court's counter-rebellion army was actually composed of the private armies of some nobles. Due to their scruples, it was quite disadvantageous to counter-rebellion. They actually lost several battles in a row, which fueled the rebels' arrogance.
Especially Wei State, although its territory is vast, it is in the shape of a long strip, winding and not very deep. After Dongjun and Taojun were affected by the rebellion, the troops were directed towards Daliang, the capital of King Wei, causing domestic turmoil.
At the same time, the coalition forces that were originally attacking Qi made new moves when they received news of a rebellion in the country and saw that they could not resist it.
Among them, especially the Wei State, the current Wei State's army outside has been cut off from the mainland of Wei State by Taojun and Dongjun, and has gradually lost contact, which is extremely dangerous.
Therefore, the King of Wei was quite frightened. In desperation, he submitted a resignation letter to Zhong Yu. Regardless of his obstruction, he hurriedly led the 150,000 Wei troops in the coalition to withdraw and marched towards Tao County, preparing to quell the chaos. .
As soon as the Wei army left, the coalition's original offensive against Qi suddenly slowed down and turned into a defensive position to maintain the occupied areas.
The Chu State was also in a panic when it received a domestic rebellion that swept through five or six counties and the number of rebels reached nearly 300,000.
Although the aristocratic power in the country was huge, a court army of the same number was quickly mobilized to suppress it. But the rebels were locals after all, and with the advantage of favorable geographical location and people, they were able to fight the imperial army with great difficulty, which further plunged the war into a quagmire and made it difficult to calm down.
Therefore, after the rebels lost some cities, they huddled all their troops in the four southern counties.
Especially the rebels in Hengshan County, after tying up most of the local youths, looted the local wealth, and then all retreated to Lujiang County to join the rebels in Lujiang, Kuaiji, and Wu counties.
After the rebels in these four places gathered together, their power quickly increased. They quickly defeated the remaining defenders of the Chu State in Lujiang County and Wu County, and completely controlled these three counties.
After that, relying on the natural danger of the Yangtze River, the four counties that connected the place were quickly integrated into one. After some transfer of interests, a leader of a powerful family named Ouyang Chen was elected and respected as the king of Yue.
According to the news spread by these rebels, this man named Ouyang Chen has the blood of King Goujian of Yue. He is a descendant of the owner of the Yue Kingdom. He has natural legal authority to rule the three southern counties, which can awaken the local people's hatred of the Yue Kingdom. memories.
Coupled with his own clan, the power is not weak, with a full elite army of 50,000 people.
This number, among the rebels with only 300,000, is already quite strong.
You must know that among the rebels, the forces are quite complex. Most of the powerful men have only a few hundred or thousands of people, and only a few have more than 10,000 people. They can be counted on one hand.
Ouyang Chen has 50,000 people, which already exceeds all the rebels.
The reason for this is that after all, his status as a descendant of the Yue King played a role in attracting a considerable number of local Yue people in Kuaiji to join him, which is why he has the current momentum.
Now he got what he wanted and restored the legal system of the country of Yue. He also became the leader of the revival of the country of Yue and rebuilt the country of Yue again.
At the same time, in the south of the newly-established Yue Kingdom, which had just been defeated by the Chu State, on the land of the original Minyue Kingdom, those who heard the name of Minyue from their ancestors were rebuilt again with the efforts of the descendants of the former kings. .
Having the same blood, they killed the local Chu defenders, raised the flag of resistance again, and surrendered their counties to the newly-established Yue State, which greatly increased the momentum of the Yue State.
At this point, all the land south of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River was owned by the Yue Kingdom.
Correspondingly, the Chu State was severely damaged, losing 1/4 of its land and more than one million people, and its strength was greatly reduced.
Moreover, with the support of the natural danger of the Yangtze River, it was extremely difficult for the Chu State to put down the rebellion in Dujiang again.
With the current national strength of the Chu State, after several years of wars and large-scale domestic rebellions, it no longer had any national strength to defeat the newly established Yue State and take back its own territory.
It can be foreseen that the rise of the Yue country is unstoppable, and the Chu country can only endure this breath, slowly restore its national strength, and lick its wounds.
Therefore, when he heard that his country had suffered such a great change, the King of Chu was also quite shocked and frightened. The Yue State was located behind the Chu State and could attack every piece of land in the Chu State. If it was not wiped out, the Chu State would There is no longer any energy to go out and expand.
Otherwise, who knows when the Yue State, which has hundreds of thousands of troops, will send troops to stab the Chu State in the chrysanthemum and give him a fatal blow!
As for Zhao State, the rebellion was not that big.
There was also a rebellion, but there were really not many people who followed them.
Yan and Zhao had many generous and tragic people, and they had withstood the invasions of the Hu people and the Qin State in the East for a long time. There has long been a strong character in his character, and he also has a strong sense of discipline in the army.
This also led to their deep loyalty to the king.
Just like the Qin people's loyalty to the King of Qin, it is no longer for the so-called fame and fortune, but a loyalty that is deep in the blood.
This kind of inheritance from the bloodline is simply not something that these powerful men can instigate or even eliminate.
Therefore, the rebels of Zhao State were the smallest, only more than 100,000. Although they posed a slight threat, they caused a lot of damage to Zhao State in the early stage.
But soon, the Zhao court sent 200,000 troops to quell the rebellion. In the battle with the rebels, many people who were narrowly controlled by the rebels turned their backs on the battlefield and dealt a fatal blow to the rebels.
Zhao Guo defeated these rebels without much effort, and only a few of them hid in the mountains and continued to resist.
(End of chapter)