Comprehensive martial arts: Summon the thunder and lightning general, I will rule the world

Chapter 407 The sorrow of a weak country

The city and territory originally occupied by Zhu Zhencan also lost nearly one-third under the continuous attacks of Zhu Houzhao's army.

This is also related to the strength and changes that Zhu Houzhao has shown during this period.

At first, those who followed Zhu Bo in the rebellion thought they were dead. They had no choice but to be coerced by Zhu Zhigan to rebel. If they did not rebel, they would be dead. But later they rebelled, and they also discovered the imperial army. , far more powerful than they imagined.

But there was no turning back for them, and they still participated in the rebellion after all.

But now we know that Zhu Houzhao did not intend to kill them at all, but just let them undergo labor reform, so there is no problem. Just be tired if you are tired. It is better than being killed directly by the imperial army and causing harm to the family!

In the final analysis, this is all Zhu Zhen'an's fault!

Moreover, the Kong family is over, Buddhism is over, and these two forces that have been causing trouble in the Ming Dynasty have now been wiped out by Zhu Houzhao.

It is precisely these two forces behind Zhu Zhen's mistake.

This has also led to the fact that Zhu Zhenbo's power is now in decline, but Zhu Houzhao himself does not care about Zhu Zhenbo.

Compared with Zhu Zhencuo's side, Zhu Houzhao was more concerned about the battlefield in the north. There were now millions of rebels there. Although there were many old, weak, women and children among them, the number of them had indeed reached one million levels. .

With such a large rebel army, as long as they are surrounded, the other side will gradually lose food, and then gradually lose military morale.

By then the rebel army will also fall apart.

However, Liu Yu also did a good job. The army constantly surrounded Shunzhi's army. At the same time, Ma Chao led the Xiliang cavalry to attack these rebels from time to time.

Everything is going well.

However, the war between the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty has eased a lot. They seem to be mobilizing their armies towards Xixia.

It seems that they are about to send troops towards the Northern Song Dynasty. There is no way. The Yuan Dynasty was really frustrated during this period.

The Southern Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty suffered successive defeats, and they did not get corresponding benefits from the war. In the end, they only got nearly one-tenth of the territory when they attacked Dali.

But this also caused Dayuan's army to lose tens of thousands of troops.

The war between the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty has been going on for more than a year. The losses on the Yuan side are at least more than 100,000. In addition to the losses in the Southern Song Dynasty, although the Yuan Dynasty is still strong now, Zhu Houzhao is You know, Dayuan has a big problem.

The continuous defeats made Dayuan's military strength still strong, but those people began to doubt Kublai Khan.

For a country like this on horseback, you can only make this country better and better if you keep winning. But once the war in this country starts to go unfavorably, more and more problems will arise.

It's okay to not win once or twice, but if there are continuous defeats, even with Kublai Khan's prestige, there will still be problems today.

Now Kublai Khan needs victory to consolidate his position and hope.

He couldn't win the Southern Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, so the Northern Song Dynasty became Kublai Khan's first choice.

Of course, Kublai Khan could also attack towards the west, where there were still many grassland countries. However, for the Yuan Dynasty, the current Northern Song Dynasty was the best choice.

"Interesting, Kublai Khan led an army of 20 to invade the Northern Song Dynasty. How much he looked down on the Northern Song Dynasty!" Zhu Houzhao said with a subtle expression while holding the information in his hand.

Although the Northern Song Dynasty seems to be in decline now.

The previous Murong family, Fang La, Liao and Jin kingdoms indeed made the Northern Song Dynasty miserable and even lost a large amount of territory. But now the situation is different. The Northern Song Dynasty has completely wiped out Fang La, and the Murong family has also been hit hard. The Liao Kingdom is still arguing, but the Jin Kingdom is also in chaos internally. The Southern Song Dynasty is even more It launched a war against the Kingdom of Jin, led by the general Han Shizhong.

There is no doubt that Han Shizhong was also a famous general in the Southern Song Dynasty. Although he was not as good as Yue Fei, he was still a top general.

If there are no major accidents, the Jin Kingdom will most likely be destroyed by the Southern Song Dynasty.

In other words, the current enemies of the Northern Song Dynasty were almost only the Murong clan and the Liao Kingdom, which were about to be destroyed.

As a result, the Dayuan side launched an attack on the Northern Song Dynasty.

For the Northern Song Dynasty, this was definitely a bolt from the blue.

"This is the tragedy of a weak country!" Ji Yanran said with regret.

Her previous country had also been destroyed long ago, but Ji Yanran was not very touched. In the place where they were before, countries were destroyed every once in a while.

This seems to be a very normal thing.

However, the Northern Song Dynasty was not considered a small country. Moreover, looking at the situation on the Zongwu Continent, it seems that the number of countries is constantly decreasing. I just don’t know if there will be a monarch who can unify the Zongwu Continent in the future. Coming out?

Thinking of this, Ji Yanran's heart was filled with anticipation.

"However, an army of only 200,000 people should be insufficient!" After thinking about it, Zhu Houzhao also sneered and said: "That guy Kublai Khan looked down on the Northern Song Dynasty too much, even though the economy of the Northern Song Dynasty was better than before. Much weaker.

The number of armies was only half of what it was in its heyday, but it was not easy to attack. Even the strength of the army in the Northern Song Dynasty was much stronger than before! "

The Northern Song Dynasty had a large number of armies. Even though the country was not that big before, it still had an army of nearly one million.

Such a country is really not a small country!

But the quality of the Northern Song Dynasty army cannot be complimented!

“Moreover, Yang Ye’s army has not been dispatched yet!

If Dayuan invades, it's impossible for Yang Ye's army to do nothing, right? "Immediately afterwards, Zhu Houzhao continued.

"What are you going to do, Your Majesty?" Ji Yanran asked Zhu Houzhao curiously.

The Southern Song Dynasty is now very powerful, and Zhu Houzhao has discovered the threat of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Based on Ji Yanran's understanding of Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao would never let the Southern Song Dynasty develop smoothly.

Now that the Southern Song Dynasty is attacking the Jin Kingdom, they cannot stop it, but if the Southern Song Dynasty is allowed to merge with the Northern Song Dynasty, then this country will also become a serious problem for the Ming Dynasty.

This is not impossible. After years of wars, the support of the Northern Song Dynasty royal family from the scholar-bureaucrats in the Northern Song Dynasty is actually not that high, especially after seeing that the Southern Song Dynasty can continue to win, while they in the Northern Song Dynasty are constantly suffering. under.

The two Song Dynasties are one body, and even the founders are brothers. Their policies are almost the same. If they merge, it will not have a great impact on the scholar-bureaucrats. While the Southern Song Dynasty can guarantee their safety, the Northern Song Dynasty cannot.

This has also resulted in the two Song Dynasties being now in a position where they can merge at any time. Of course, the Northern Song Dynasty royal family may have become the only obstacle.

(End of this chapter)