The seventh year of the Emperor Yuan Dynasty, early October.
The 500,000-strong army of Chu State in the south has completely set foot on the land of Wu County, Yue State.
The Vietnamese army mobilized the whole country and managed to pull out 250,000 troops. They were all pressed into Wanling County and Qu'a County. These two areas were mountainous and guarded the main transportation routes between Wu County and Kuaiji County between the Chu Army. A place not to be missed.
The Chu army and the Vietnamese army fought continuously, causing heavy casualties on both sides.
However, in February, when it completely entered December, due to the weather, it was already extremely cold on both sides, making it difficult for the soldiers to fight anymore, so the fighting slowly ceased.
However, in just two months, out of the 500,000 Chu troops, a full 150,000 were killed, nearly 1/3 of which was lost. The losses were considerable, and the morale of the Chu troops fell into a slump.
Although the Vietnamese army on the opposite side has a favorable geographical location and is on the defensive, it has quite an advantage in the battlefield terrain. However, the Vietnamese army on the opposite side couldn't support the wall, it was just a puddle of mud.
Most of the members of the Vietnamese army were farmers who had just joined the battlefield. They had not received effective military training at all, and the Vietnamese army had no money to train them.
When the Yue Kingdom was first established, money was needed in many places, and a large number of basic non-commissioned officers were missing.
And training the army costs money, a lot of money.
If nothing else, let’s just say that when you train soldiers, their physical strength is exhausted very quickly, right? Then you have to keep them full and have a meal of meat every now and then, so that the soldiers have the strength to train.
But with such training and a large number of soldiers, the Vietnamese army has a total of 300,000. How can they get so much money and food to spend on them
Even if it only takes three months to train them and let them understand a little bit about what the army is like, the Yue Kingdom cannot support such huge consumption.
Besides, there aren't that many low-level trainers and sergeants in Vietnam to lead the training of these new recruits.
Therefore, even though the whole country of Yue kept clamoring for the training to be carried out, it ended up being nothing.
In the end, they only trained an army of about 30,000 people for the King of Yue. As the king of Yue, they served as the capital of the country and intimidated the forces from all over the country.
As for the others, except for some veterans who followed the rebels and fought a few failed battles, they became veterans and barely had some war experience.
Others have just been brought to the battlefield, breaking away from their identity as farmers in the farmland and becoming honorable and responsible soldiers.
It's just hard to say about the morale of these soldiers, their proficiency in warfare, and their loyalty to the King of Yue.
Ever since, after two months of fighting, batch after batch of new Vietnamese soldiers were dragged to the battlefield, and then they were defeated after fighting for only a few minutes. Then another batch of people came on the field, and then they were replaced.
This went back and forth, several reincarnations, until the time dragged on until night came, and a war finally allowed the Vietnamese army to persist.
It can be said that this war lasted to the end only with the lives and morale of those new soldiers.
However, because of this, the number of recruits in the Yue State was greatly reduced, and the number of troops was reduced sharply. Even though the Yue State had a defensive geographical advantage, the number of people who died in the end truly reached the same number as the Chu State, 150,000 troops.
As for the remaining 100,000 Vietnamese troops, after fighting for these two months, they have exerted a lot of energy. With the appearance of such elite troops, they can barely be called a brave and capable army.
It's hard to say what the final result will be.
As a result, the country of Yue sacrificed a large number of young people. Every household in the country wailed, and white cloths were hung all over the inhabited places. It can be said that mourning was everywhere.
In addition to the remaining 100,000 troops, there are still men over the age of fourteen in the Yue Kingdom. I wonder if they can raise 100,000 people. Even if they can, the Yue Kingdom will not be able to recruit these people.
That was the last plant in the remaining three counties of the Yue Kingdom. It was the hope of the future of the Yue Kingdom and the hope of all the families on this land.
They pointed out that these 100,000 people could give them more children, so that countless families on the Vietnamese land would not be completely extinct. How could they be taken away by the King of Yue and used as cannon fodder
I am afraid that even if the King of Yue wants to do this, his people will not agree. If it is really urgent, I am afraid that even his 100,000 elites will rebel, kill him, and surrender directly to Chu.
Therefore, with these fears, the newly-appointed King of Yue did not dare to recruit strong men anymore, and could only rely on the remaining 100,000 elites to resist the Chu army's attack.
Fortunately, now that we have entered the harsh winter, the food harvested by the Chu State this year is slowly being consumed, and it is no longer possible to sustain the remaining 350,000 troops for the expedition. These troops are also slowly disarming and returning to their fields, each returning to their respective homes.
This actually made Yue Guo breathe a sigh of relief and have a little chance to breathe.
A war in the south has come to an end, and a new round of war will have to wait until half a year later, when both countries have accumulated some supplies before they can continue.
However, in the seventh year of Emperor Yuan, in the north of Chu State, the war between Tao State and Wei State was in full swing just like Chu State and Wei State.
First of all, the Wei army dispatched 300,000 troops, which was all the troops that the entire Wei state could provide. Except for maintaining public security in some places and some defensive troops at the border, all forces were used to deal with this war with Tao.
The Tao Kingdom was not to be outdone. 100,000 troops from across the country were stationed on the border, guarding every city and town to resist the invasion of the country.
At the beginning of the war, Wei's army was relatively elite. The army was filled with many veterans who had fought many battles. It was quite powerful, far better than the Tao army on the opposite side, which was composed of many recruits and rioters.
Therefore, at the beginning of the war, Wei State defeated Tao State's five cities. Tao Guo was rushing all the way, with overwhelming momentum. Looking up and down, Tao Guo saw an unstoppable trend.
But then, in the territory of Tao Kingdom, on a rather majestic city, the 20,000 defenders in the city severely dampened the vigor of the Wei pioneers with their solid city defense.
Wei's 100,000 vanguards lost 30,000, and it was difficult to capture the city. Although the city's defenders also lost more than 10,000, with only more than 6,000 remaining, the defense was quite difficult.
But because of this, the 100,000 vanguards were delayed for a full thirteen days under this small city, giving them a lot of time to retaliate, slowly integrate their strength, and prepare for war again.
After the war in recent months, Tao's army still has about 50,000 people left. In addition to the 10,000 people left on guard in the capital, the remaining 40,000 were all distributed to other remaining fortified cities to organize the people to build city defenses and fight against the Wei army. What it looks like.
There are only seventeen cities in the entire Tao Kingdom, and now five have been lost, leaving twelve cities, and their strength has been reduced by more than 40%.
Therefore, although Tao State looks like it is fighting Wei to the end, in fact, if there is no external intervention, with Tao State's national strength and military strength, at most it will take another two or three months before the country will be destroyed and the family will be destroyed, and the army will be completely defeated.
Therefore, in order to avoid the crisis of national destruction and family destruction, Tao Guo asked for help from outside.
In July of the seventh year of the Emperor Yuan Dynasty.
The Qi State sent 100,000 troops to the Tao State, and faced the 200,000 Wei army on the opposite side at the foot of Dingtao City, the capital of the Tao State.
The war has fallen into a quagmire, and the outcome is unpredictable.
(End of chapter)