Time flies by so fast, and in the blink of an eye, one year has passed since he set out to conquer Shinano Country again.
A lot of things happened this year, and one after another attracted the attention of people all over the world, giving people a sense of trance and illusion.
First of all, domestic divisions are serious. Powerful powers continue to conquer in the face of external pressure, and Vietnam has suffered serious loss of strength.
After resisting the attack of the Taoist army for three months, it was the first to declare its demise and became the first central vassal state to be invaded.
Immediately afterwards, Ueno Country and Shimono Country, which also did not form an alliance, were also invaded by the dojo army. All the domestic powerful people were executed, and all resistance forces were eliminated.
As for the Shinano Kingdom, after the dojo army sent out the second wave of conquering troops, it managed to hold on for half a year relying on domestic dangers. In the end, it was finally declared destroyed because all domestic resistance forces were exhausted.
The remaining Hitachi Kingdom could not resist for long, and was finally declared destroyed one month after the Shinano Kingdom was destroyed.
At this point, the dojo's sphere of influence expanded to five countries, and the stone height of the territory increased by 2.2 million stones, truly becoming the number one vassal state in the world.
However, although the territory expanded extremely rapidly, it almost doubled. But the real strength enhancement is not much, and even slightly decreased.
The reason is that Zhong Yu implemented the policy too harshly.
Wherever the army passed, all the local tycoons would either give up everything and become ordinary civilians, or their entire clan would be annihilated. There was no other way to go.
This attitude of leaving almost no room for anything inspired resistance from all the powerful powers. Years of continuous resistance and resistance turned the five occupied countries into ruins.
To what extent are the ruins? It can be described like this.
The small villages and small fortresses that were originally seen everywhere were reduced to less than ten after the war.
The originally large population became sparse, and often no one could be seen for miles.
You must know that Japan's original national situation is that there is little land and many people, and the land cannot support people at all.
But now the situation is reversed, with a lot of land but no one to cultivate and develop it.
Large areas of villages and towns were burned, populations were lost due to war, original savings and basic measures were destroyed, and the five countries completely returned to the barbaric era.
At the end of the war, when we began to count the population and resume production, we found out after a rough count.
Originally, the total population of the five countries was about 2.2 million to 2.5 million. After the war, the total population was only 7.8 million. Among them, there were very few men capable of fighting, only about 120,000 to 30,000.
Such a level of destruction and massacre deeply shocked and frightened other rich people around them.
They were shocked, scared and angry.
Originally, when they fought, they only killed some enemy samurai on the battlefield. For the ashigaru brought by the opponent, they usually focused on defeating them.
So usually after a war involving thousands of people ends, the losses may be less than 50 people.
But the wars taking place in these five countries today are not aimed at seizing territory at all, but at killing the population, which is fundamental destruction.
How can this not frighten those wealthy people who don’t have much knowledge
Shortly after the reunification of the five kingdoms, an alliance headed by the Hojo family, a powerful daimyo in the Kanto region who unified the three kingdoms, was quietly born.
The members of this alliance include the Takeda family of Kai Country, plus four powerful domestic powers including Musashi Country, Kamisou Country, Shimo Sogoku and Anbo Country.
With the Hojo family as the core, which controlled the three countries, a huge alliance was born that connected the forces of the eight countries, collectively known as the Kanto Alliance.
The land occupied by the Eight-Nation Alliance is extremely fertile and supports a large population. The total stone heights total approximately 2.4 million stones, and the population under its rule is approximately 2.5 million. It is an extremely powerful force.
Not long after, the alliance had just been established. Powerful powers from all over the country mobilized domestic soldiers and gathered a strong military force. The resistance army, which had always numbered about 200,000, was assembled.
As for the dojo, when the alliance army was established and gathering strength, it completed the integration of the newly acquired resources from the five countries. And began nationwide mobilization from the rear, actively preparing for the expansion of the next war.
The 200,000 troops originally sent out for the expedition, plus the 50,000 Shinano troops who were subsequently supported, totaled 250,000 people.
These armies suffered great losses in the continuous conquests. After all, those powerful people were not immune to resistance.
Each of them has strong military force, an endless population under their command, and the resources of the entire territory to provide them with supplies.
With so many advantages, how could he not rise up to resist when forced into a desperate situation
Therefore, when the five countries thoroughly assessed that after the war, only about 100,000 of the 250,000 troops would survive.
But the numbers are down, but it's not all bad news, there's a lot of good news.
During the training of the war, many former cannon fodder or ordinary soldiers came to their senses, broke through the boundaries, and became warriors with extraordinary power.
Zhong Yu's second-order legion had suffered losses in previous battles, and the number of survivors, plus those who were replenished, was still around 30,000, which was an increase of 10,000 from before the war started, which was also a surprise.
As for the remaining 70,000 of the 100,000-strong army, they have also broken through to the first level, and are still the strongest among them, becoming elites in all battles.
In the rear, although a large number of young people suffered heavy casualties on the front line, because all the territories in the rear were cleared of bandits and powerful men, no one with prestige could be found in the area who could lead the resistance.
Therefore, although the exploitation in the territory was very serious, unexpectedly, it did not arouse the resistance of all the people in the territory.
Under Zhong Yu's instigation and bewitchment, all the reasons were transferred to the powerful and famous people in the central and Kanto regions, which made the people in the country support the war more and more powerfully.
Therefore, among the original 1.8 million people in the dojo's sphere of influence, only 500,000 were able to take up arms and fight.
Half of the 250,000 people were recruited because of the war, and among the remaining people, another 150,000 were recruited due to the subsequent full-scale mobilization.
Only 100,000 men were left to maintain the minimum production in the territory, and all the remaining human resources were concentrated on the war, and everything was in the service of the war.
An army with more than 250,000 people gathered again, leaving 50,000 people to maintain public security and defense in various places.
The remaining 200,000 troops were all pressed into the Kanto theater, preparing to defeat the Kanto coalition forces in one fell swoop and unify the Kanto region.
A major war involving more than 400,000 people broke out. The scale of this war far exceeded all wars in Japanese history and was called the largest battle in history.
It hasn't completely exploded yet, but just such a trend has attracted the attention of everyone in the world.
(End of chapter)