Chapter 486
[Lingnan City-State] is not the only one that has quietly changed the pattern of China.
The time has entered the end-winter of the second year of Gaia, and the world is full of wars.
With the end of the Battle of Julu, all the territories in China are undergoing a change of power. The winners of the battle, wanting to expand the results of the war, sharpen their swords; the losers of the battle, in order to protect themselves, resort to military force.
The flames of war are burning, and the blood is flying.
The blood-colored sky shrouded the land of Huaxia, and it would not disperse for a long time.
During this period of time, Caiyun City in the south of Caiyun, Falling Leaf City in Phantom, Black Lion City in Siege Lion, and Swordsman City in Fengqingyang were successively promoted to first-level county cities.
There are already twelve counties in China.
In the next stage, the stubborn stone county of だ砆 and the Xiuluo county of Shapojun will also be promoted one after another. The China region is not far away from triggering the conditions for the fifth battle "Fifteen Counties".
You local tyrants are naturally sharpening their knives and fighting for the last promotion spot. After all, before the start of the battle, if he can be promoted to the county seat in one fell swoop, the impact on the next battle will be huge.
No one wants to fall behind.
The entire wilderness is in an inexplicable restlessness.
This is especially true in the northern part of China, because there is not much time left for them. It seems that in two months at most, the cold current will sweep across the entire northern land.
Until then, let alone sending troops to fight, it will be difficult for soldiers to conduct normal training. It was freezing cold and windy outside. The entire north will be completely silent, and winter will begin.
Therefore, the northern lords must reach their strategic goals before the cold snap arrives.
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In fact, it is not only the lords who are restless in the wilderness.
In addition to the Yellow Turbans that had been wiped out, the remaining three major uprising army groups were about to move again.
On October 1, after Chen Sheng led his troops to conquer all the territories in the Central Plains Province except Luoyang, he announced the founding of the country and the establishment of the Zhang Chu regime in Chen County.
As soon as the Zhang Chu regime was established, it became the largest force in China. Even Shanhai City, which occupies four counties, pales in comparison in terms of territorial area.
On the day when Zhang Chu established the country, the lords in the Central Plains shouted in unison.
"The wolf is coming!"
After Chen Sheng established the country, he did not attack the royal city Luoyang with enthusiasm, and he did not even have a plan to fight across provinces. Resting the people and consolidating the rule under his rule is the top priority in Chen Sheng's mind.
Chen Sheng, who has resurrected his life, is no longer the farmer who was used as a gun. The leader of the first peasant uprising army in Chinese history is walking on the road of emperor and can never turn back.
As the saying goes, shoot the first bird.
The territory of the Zhang Chu regime is too large, and it is almost surrounded by enemies. To the north, there is Luofeng City, where Phoenix is imprisoned; to the west, there is Falling Leaf City; to the south, there is Lord Chunshen's Danyang City.
To the east is Xiang Yu's Western Chu regime.
When the Zhang Chu regime was established, it was the time when the wolves divided up the cake.
Almost on the same day, Luofeng City, Luoye City, and Danyang City began to organize the neighboring territories to form three major coalition forces, and sent troops together to line up at the border.
A great war is about to break out in the Central Plains.
What's funny is that this time [Shanhai League] and [Yanhuang League] have become "allies".
Chen Sheng obviously didn't want to be caught without a fight, so he made a decisive move to break this predicament. On the day when the founding of the country was announced, Chen Sheng announced that the Zhang Chu regime had formally formed an alliance with the Western Chu in the east and would not invade each other.
The Western Chu regime led by Xiang Yu, after entering the wilderness, directed its soldiers at the eastern Shandong province north of Pengcheng. For the Central Plains provinces that are close at hand, they didn't move.
Perhaps, as early as that time, the two forces formed a tacit understanding.
After all, Xiang Yu and others were under Chen Sheng's command in the early years, so they had some kind of incense. In this wilderness where dangers abound, the two regimes have chosen to trust each other.
The alliance of the two "Chu" regimes has made the land of the Central Plains more complicated and confusing.
In this way, Chen Sheng not only eliminated the threat from the east, but also got Xiang Yu's assistance.
Chen Sheng formed an alliance with Xiang Yu, and immediately made up for the embarrassing situation that his subordinates had no generals. Whether it is Xiang Yu himself, or his grandfather Xiang Yan, uncle Xiang Liang, Yang or Xiang Zhuang, they are all rare generals.
Sure enough, on the day when the two sides formed an alliance, the veteran Xiang Yan set off from Pengcheng to Chen County to assist Chen Sheng in rectifying the army and laying out the defense line to deal with the attack of the alien coalition.
Chen Sheng even boldly appointed Xiang Yan as Zhang Chu's general. This also marks the close cooperation between the two "Chu" regimes.
Zhang Chu, against the three alien legions.
To the north, the Phoenix Prisoner Phoenix organized [Shanhai League-Feng League] and formed an army of 150,000. To the west, Piao Ling Huan organized an army of 100,000. To the south, Chun Shenjun organized an army of 180,000.
Of course, Zhang Chu is not a soft persimmon. Occupying a province, the total strength of the Zhang Chu regime has reached more than 500,000 troops, close to 600,000 troops.
The total strength of the two sides combined is close to a million troops.
There is no doubt that this battle will be the main plane, since the beginning of the game, the largest and most extensive battle.
In the Central Plains, five provinces were involved in this great battle.
There were even rumors that even Di Chen, who was located in the capital area, intended to form another coalition army to attack Zhang Chu in the south, in an attempt to get a piece of the pie.
The province of the Central Plains is about to face the end of being divided up by various tyrants.
Of course, it is also possible that the coalition forces from all walks of life returned home in defeat. After all, all armies are not friends. Not to mention that Feng Prison Huang, Chun Shenjun and others were originally in different camps.
Even within the Yanhuang League, there is disagreement.
Chunshen Jun and Dichen are mortal enemies. Jun Shen and Piao Ling Huan are mortal enemies.
The three armies have different hearts, so they must fight on their own.
In the end who wins the deer, especially unknown.
It can be seen that the entire Central Plains land will be plunged into endless flames of war. And all of this seems to have nothing to do with Ouyang Shuo or Shanhai City.
actually not.
The entire China region is a big game of chess. Small fluctuations in every place will eventually be transmitted and radiated to the entire land of China.
What's more, the Central Plains region has always been the land of dynasty revival. If the Central Plains is in chaos, the entire Chinese region may not be able to live in peace.
How can the four major rebel armies arranged by Gaia be ordinary people? Which has its own deep meaning.
Not to mention, Phoenix Prisoner, one of the pillars of the [Shanhai League], was also involved. Ouyang Shuo wasn't worried about what the Phoenix Prisoner would do in the frontal battle, what he was worried about was the tricks of the [Yanhuang League].
Therefore, Ouyang Shuo has instructed the Black Snake Guards to closely monitor the Central Plains during this time. At the same time, share relevant information with Phoenix Prisoner.
The members of [Shanhai League] also opened the door to Luofeng City in terms of weapons and equipment. Taking Ouyang Shuo as an example, even though Shanhai City was reorganizing its army and there was a shortage of weapons and equipment, Ouyang Shuo gave priority to selling 10,000 sets of God Arm Crossbows to Feng Prisonhuang.
Ouyang Shuo even promised that when the battle situation was unfavorable, Shanhai City would personally send troops to help.
It can be foreseen that [Yanhuang League] naturally has a corresponding negotiation mechanism. At the very least, Xiong Ba will never ignore Piao Ling Huan, and will definitely support him wholeheartedly.
In this way, the two largest alliances in China will be dragged into this battle in the Central Plains. Taking this as a node affects the pattern of the entire China region.
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Perhaps because he felt that the world was not chaotic enough, Huang Chao, who had kept a low profile for a while, reappeared in front of the world. In the past few months, the defeated Huang Chao regained a firm foothold in the southern part of the Southern Anhui Province.
Unwilling to be lonely, Huang Chao, after Chen Sheng, also announced the founding of the country and proclaimed himself king, and formally established the Daqi regime in Anqing in the south of Anhui Province.
Since then, the three major rebel armies have successively established the country and proclaimed themselves kings.
After Huang Chao established the Daqi regime, his ambitions swelled again, and he immediately announced the imminent Northern Expedition, intending to regain the lost ground in one fell swoop, and occupy the entire territory of southern Anhui province in one fell swoop.
As soon as Da Qi moved, the entire land affected the hearts of the surrounding provinces. The Jiangchuan Province in the south of Daqi, the Jiangnan Province in the southeast, the Jianye District in the northeast, and even the Western Chu regime in the north all responded to the voice.
For a while, the southeast region was filled with gunpowder.
In order to prevent Daqi from becoming bigger, the three major provinces also started to mobilize before the war.
To the south, the Siege Lion began to organize the coalition forces of Jiangchuan Province; to the east, Xiong Ba and Zhan Lang were all sharpening their swords, preparing to form a huge coalition army and send out troops.
This time, Zhanlang and the others are determined to completely annihilate Daqi. Otherwise, once such a peasant rebel army fled, it would be too easy to revive.
From this point of view, it was a wise move for Di Chen to lead the coalition forces to wipe out the Yellow Turbans in one fell swoop. In the midst of wars and turmoil in the world, only Kyoto still maintains a rare peace.
In addition to the Huangchao Rebel Army, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the southwest is also about to move.
After completing the digestion of Guilin County and Zhen'an County, Hong Xiuquan must expand outward again. In this way, the Northern Sichuan Province in the north and the Yunnan Province in the west are all within its attack range.
All of a sudden, with the three major rebel armies as the center, the entire land in China was turned upside down, and there was no place of peace.
The momentum of the peasant uprising reached its peak in the wilderness after ten months of operation.
"Year of Uprising" and "Year of War" broke out completely in the last two months of Gaia's second year.
The last two months will determine the fate of China for some time to come.
If the three major uprising army groups can be extinguished, the strength of the lords of the China region will rise to another level. On the contrary, if the three major uprising regimes are allowed to resist, there will be no peace in the wilderness of the future.
And this is Gaia's test for the lords.
Whoever comes out on top of this quiz will receive extra attention from Gaia.