In the sixth year of Emperor Yuan's reign, December.
The year is coming to an end soon, and the new year is coming. This world is full of disputes and will soon usher in new changes.
The war between Chu and Yue in the south soon became clear.
Although the King of Chu brought back 150,000 troops, these were elites who had experienced wars with Qin and Qi. They were brave and good at fighting, and were far beyond what those local rebels could handle.
Therefore, wherever Master Wang passed, all hopes were extinguished and turned into peace.
The rule of Chu State gradually stabilized and returned to its pre-war state.
However, the impact of the rebellion did not subside.
Locally, the rebels fought with the Chu army, not to mention the damage caused. The rebels alone have brought incomparable humiliation and influence to the Chu State in the four counties they have now divided.
That was the very back of Chu State, the place least affected by the frontline soldiers. In other words, these four counties have the most abundant population, the richest localities, and the most young people.
According to internal estimates of Chu State, the population of these four counties is about 1.35 million, of which about 400,000 are young adults. Coupled with the rebels who fled to the south from Hengshan County, the entire Yue Kingdom was able to gather an army of 500,000.
Moreover, given the wealth of the Yue Kingdom, the equipment of this army will not be too bad. It can barely reach the level of a regular army. It is not like those refugees who are no different from beggars.
Even though these 500,000 troops have little war experience, and many of them are rookie recruits, defeating them all is not as simple as it sounds.
Anyway, as far as the current situation of Chu State is concerned, the population still in the hands of the King of Chu is barely 4 million. Among them, there are only about 800,000 young people due to years of war.
Although there are many veterans among them and have rich war experience, in the final analysis, their strength is only twice that of the newly established Yue Kingdom.
The State of Yue relied on the natural dangers of the Yangtze River and had the advantage of fighting on its own. The Chu army's desire to cross the Yangtze River and even to conquer the territory of the State of Yue was basically empty talk.
What's more, it's already the middle of winter, and even though Chu State is located in the south, it's still quite cold and difficult to fight.
We can only wait until next year, when the spring comes and the flowers bloom, and the fields are cultivated before we can fight.
Moreover, Chu State no longer had any military rations to supply the army for fighting.
Wanting to assemble another army with more than 500,000 troops without three to five years of cultivation is just a pipe dream.
After such a long period of time, the rule of the Yue State in the local area has long been deeply rooted. The local people who originally cared about the Chu State may have slowly planned to use the Yue State.
In this way, it became more difficult for Chu State to regain Yue State.
The 300,000 troops of Chu and Wei withdrew from the coalition, leaving only 400,000 of the coalition's troops on Qi's land.
The Zhao State also had an army of 150,000 among the coalition forces. After seeing the withdrawal of Chu and Wei, King Zhao also requested to retreat on the pretext of domestic rebellion.
Zhong Yu tried every possible means to persuade him to stay, and he also knew the pros and cons, hoping that King Zhao could stay.
But King Zhao was determined after all, and he still insisted on leaving. You were so ruthless. The 150,000 Zhao army kept 50,000 people, which was regarded as a friendly support.
As for the rest, King Zhao took it back to the State of Zhao and planned to use the 100,000 Zhao troops to stabilize the court.
King Zhao was also frightened by the rebellions of Wei and Chu. Even if the situation in Zhao was excellent and the rebellion gradually subsided, he did not dare to be careless, for fear that the rebellion would rise again, otherwise he would end up like Chu and Wei. It’s too late to cry!
Similarly, the reason why the armies of the three countries were so anxious to evacuate, without any regard for human feelings, was also due to Cao Cao's previous casual loss of their troops, and their resentment towards Zhong Yu who directly ordered the killing of those literati.
If Zhong Yu had not ordered to kill them all without regard to their backgrounds, it would not have caused the current rebellion in the Three Kingdoms.
Therefore, although they dare not say anything openly, secretly they still hate him and don't want to stay here, for fear of falling into a trap.
As for Wei, King Wei's 150,000-strong army withdrew and cooperated with Zhao's original counter-rebellion army. Under the attack of the two parties, the rebels in Dongjun were quickly defeated.
These rebels were not beheaded, but their leaders were beheaded. The remnants retreated to Taojun, the rebel homeland, huddled up, built defenses and actively resisted.
In other parts of Wei State, sporadic rebellions were quickly put down, and the situation was generally stable. Only Taojun, the old nest, was difficult to conquer. In addition, it was cold and the army was difficult to mobilize, so a stalemate came to a standstill.
Qi State, today's Qi State still has half of Linzi County, half of Langya County, and the entire Jiaodong County. The strength is no more than the Trinity before the war, and the strength is greatly reduced.
The total number of Qi's soldiers and horses is only about 450,000, and most of them are frightened soldiers who are unable to fight.
But now the coalition forces on the opposite side are not much better.
With the withdrawal of troops from the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Chu, only the three kingdoms of Yan, Han and Yu were left in the coalition forces. In addition to the 50,000 people left by Zhao, the army was only 350,000.
Although the fighting strength is better than the 450,000 people on the opposite side, to stay in such a large occupied territory of Qi State, a lot of troops must be dispersed. The remaining people wanted to continue attacking Qi, but it was impossible.
However, with the withdrawal of the armies of the three countries, although the coalition forces were in trouble, the current chaos of the situation provided Zhong Yu with a wonderful idea.
Because of the emergence of Yue State, the Chu State can be said to have been abolished, and it no longer has any energy and thoughts to intervene in the Central Plains. I am afraid that in the coming time, if nothing unexpected happens, the enemies of Chu and Yue will fall in love and kill each other.
The same is true for Wei State. Originally, its own foundation, Dongjun and Taojun, the two most prosperous counties in Wei State, were only a little worse than the area where Daliang was located.
It has always been the source of Wei's soldiers and wealth. Now it has experienced such a disaster from the rebels. Dongjun has been directly beaten to a disability. The remaining Taojun is still in the hands of the rebels. I don't know when it will be taken back.
Wei State has long lost its previous high-spirited days, and is now actively putting down the rebellion, and is now recuperating.
Although the situation in Zhao State is much better, Taiyuan County and its surrounding areas have also been damaged a lot due to the war. It will take a long time to restore the previous prosperity.
In other words, these three major countries have been completely destroyed.
But now only the two small countries of Han and Yan are left, as well as the now crippled Qi country.
In this way, most of his goals have been completed, and he can almost withdraw his troops and make a truce and return to the imperial country.
However, Zhong Yu had no intention of leaving just like that.
Nowadays, although all countries have been weakened a lot, and the wars in the world are still continuing, the damage to the potential of the Central Plains is not severe enough.
(End of chapter)