The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire

Now that he knew that all the energy of the Ming Dynasty was involved, he had no other way to deal with himself, and went to the biggest mountain above his head, Zhong Yu would naturally let go of his hands and feet to do a big job.

Before, because the other party was deterred by the nuclear power of an eighth-level master, Zhong Yu was timid in everything he did, and did not dare to make too many moves, so as not to arouse the sense of crisis in the Ming Dynasty, so he directly dispatched masters to suppress him.

But now the eighth-level masters of the Great Ming Dynasty have been attracted by the same level masters of the Great Jin Dynasty, and they cannot make any moves.

Moreover, Daming has also reached the critical moment of destroying the country, and all energy is devoted to defending the capital and defending the northern border, and has completely ignored the defense matters of other provinces.

After all, whether it is the eastern, southern or western provinces, losing one or two provinces will not endanger the survival of the Ming Dynasty at all. However, if the Liaodong Province in the north of the capital wants to let the enemy drive straight down and surround the imperial capital with soldiers, then the Ming Dynasty will really come to an end.

Which of these is more important, even if the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is stupid, he can still think clearly.

In today's world, a city that can be called the imperial capital is not that simple.

It must meet several important conditions.

With a population of more than ten million, it is strong enough to defend against an eighth-level protective circle, enough dragon energy of the earth veins, and the terrain that can control countless surrounding areas.

These conditions are the basis of an imperial capital, and they are the conditions for a dynasty to guard the whole country.

Basically, an imperial capital occupies 1/10 of the essence of the country, and it is an indivisible and important territory of a country, and its importance is self-evident.

If the Ming Dynasty really lost the imperial capital, it would mean that it lost its orthodoxy, and all the northern provinces would also be lost. Even the eastern and western provinces would not be able to be preserved.

As for rebuilding an imperial capital, without his hundreds of millions of people, he would never even think about it. The already dilapidated Ming Dynasty with a population of tens of millions in the south still has the ability.

So for Zhong Yu, the threat of the Ming Dynasty has completely left, and it is impossible to reappear for at least 34 years.

For him, what needs to be considered now is how to take advantage of the weakening of the Ming Dynasty to swallow more territory.

And during this period of time to develop and strengthen your own power, the most important thing is to cultivate your own strong people above the sixth level, so that you can gain a firm foothold in this world.

When the Great Jin Empire broke through the defense line of the Ming Dynasty, and its soldiers were pointing directly at the imperial capital, two months had passed since Zhong Yu captured the four eastern provinces.

During these two months, Zhong Yu started a large-scale recruitment again, and rectified the local bureaucratic system, expelled all those corrupt officials who he did not trust, or some corrupt officials with a bad reputation, and then replaced them with his own training staff. The trustworthy direct line officials came to power.

Although many officials rebelled during this process and caused Zhong Yu some minor troubles, after suppressing all these troubles and replacing them with officials he trusted, Zhong Yu's ruling area was thoroughly sorted out and controlled. Deeper and deeper.

The rectification of officials has been carried out very well, and with the big change in the officialdom, the common people in these four provinces have all praised it, and they all think that Zhong Yu's forces are a good government that really cares about the common people.

However, in terms of joining the army, the progress was extremely unsatisfactory.

The specific reason is that although the common people approve of Zhong Yu's rule, they don't think that Zhong Yu's power can really gain a firm foothold here and continue for a long time.

What is the meaning of an empire, and what kind of powerful power it represents? In the Ming Dynasty, even an ordinary person with a flat head clearly knew it.

The power to destroy the world, move mountains and fill the sea, and suppress everything cannot be resisted by Zhong Yu's army with a large number of people alone. It already belongs to immortals and gods, and surpasses the existence of mortals.

Especially the powerful aristocratic families and local sects in various places can see this very clearly, so they are also the most cold-eyed onlookers, maybe they don't know how to laugh at Zhong Yu secretly.

However, with the news that the Jin Empire won the war in the northern border, the Ming Dynasty was in danger, and the capital of the country was at stake, everything changed.

From the perspective of the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the eastern part is the boundless forest of more than 3,000 miles occupied by the demon king of Huangshan Mountain. It is the most natural and reliable absolute defense, and it is impossible for other countries to invade. Five of the seven inland provinces of the Ming Dynasty were eastern provinces, which shows the importance and security of the east.

This is also the reason why Zhong Yu had just occupied the four eastern provinces, and the imperial army couldn't wait to send troops to suppress the rebellion. Even at the risk of the instability of his own rule across the country, he gritted his teeth and pulled out 200,000 troops to suppress the rebellion.

This is because the eastern provinces are the main source of money and food for the imperial court. Without the huge army maintained by the imperial court in the eastern provinces on the frontier, it may collapse at any time.

As for the provinces in the other three directions of the Ming Dynasty, they all bordered other countries and were threatened at any time. The wars continued all the year round, and they could not develop steadily at all.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has been dragged into its military strength, and the remaining defenders are extremely weak, they can't stop the attack of Zhong Yu's army at all, let alone counterattack.

This situation means that the country that Zhong Yu is now establishing is not a short-lived dynasty, it is very likely to last for decades, and it is not impossible to even replace Daming directly.

With these conditions, those aristocratic families and local sects from all over the world who were watching, as well as the timid common people below, became completely active.

Instead of watching from the sidelines in the past, everyone actively joined Zhong Yu's forces, causing the recruiting office under his command to be full of staff.

After March, the battle in the north of the Ming Dynasty became more and more fierce, and more manpower and material resources were mobilized to the northern battlefield to form more troops to resist and counterattack the attack of the Great Jin Dynasty.

As for the four provinces under Zhong Yu's command, the training of the new army has finally come to an end.

The rise of each new force represents a reshuffle of local forces.

The same is true for Zhong Yu's newly entered empire in the four eastern provinces.

Countless big families, big landlords, and great sects representing the fundamental forces of the imperial court have fallen and are facing the fate of being purged.

There are also countless family sects that have maintained neutrality and even followed suit.

As a result, Zhong Yu has recruited a total of 300,000 new troops in the four provinces this time, all of whom are soldiers with strength above the third level.

Coupled with Zhong Yu's remaining army, the number of his army broke through to 740,000.

Excluding the 80,000 left-behind legions, these troops were able to come up with 420,000 mobile troops in the end, as the support and capital for his next attack on the city.

A new round of expansion is about to begin.