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Chapter 158 The King is not as powerful as Chu!

However, the situation in the Dajing Dynasty improved.

As for the current situation, it is a partial improvement.

The north is extremely important to the Central Plains Dynasty. Chu Shizhao’s biggest problem now is that if he crosses the river, he will give up the natural defensive advantage of the south.

As for the Northern Expedition, the Koreans would have to compete with the Mongols, who were superior to them in the field of cavalry. This would be extremely difficult as their own cavalry units had not yet been formally formed.

However, Chu Shizhao knew better that he could no longer watch the Yuan Dynasty court digest the northern farming areas through a policy of appeasement and accumulate a large amount of resources and national strength.

At that time, the Mongol Yuan Dynasty would be able to inherit all the assets and technologies of the Great Zhou in the north, which means that the Mongol Yuan Dynasty could become an epic enhanced version of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

It not only has the technology and tax revenue of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but also possesses powerful military force.

[In August of the seventh year of Shengwu, Chu Shizhao launched his third northern expedition, and this time Chu Shizhao decided to lead the expedition himself, making his eldest son Chu Chengwei the crown prince and regent, with ministers assisting in the administration.]

Chu Shizhao now has three troops at his disposal.

The originally organized Qihuo Army, the Tiger Soldiers led by Lan Shu himself, and Chu Shizhao's vanguard soldiers who were converted from the elite of the Qihuo Army.

The Beggars' Army was composed of rebels as a whole.

[Begging Army]

[Army level: Blue. (The elite of the time)]

[Army type: Infantry.]

[Equipment: Dajing standard armor, Dajing standard saber, Dajing standard dagger, Dajing standard crossbow. ]

【Morale: 82 points.】

【Military discipline: 81 points.】

[Soldiers’ entries: Hardworking, willing to live, fearless.]

[Hardworking and enduring: Physical strength +3, the upper limit of the marching distance has been greatly enhanced, and can be converted into a farming soldier when leaving the battle. 】

[Begging for Life Will: Physical Strength +5, Willpower +3. When facing a life-and-death battle, a great desire to survive will burst out. 】

[Fearless and brave: After going through many ups and downs, the beggar army has developed a certain faith. As long as the monarch who leads this beggar army does not violate the needs of the soldiers, they are willing to sacrifice their lives for their country and their monarch. (Provide absolutely guaranteed logistics and military pay, the morale of this army will not decline at all when the commander is still on the battlefield.)]

It is hard to say whether the Qihuo Army is strong or not, because its basic combat capability is too low. It can only be said that it is slightly stronger than the official army of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

But the characteristic of the Beggars' Army is an extremely rare golden soldier type entry - fearless and valiant.

An army that is not afraid of death is much stronger than an elite force that is afraid of death.

No matter how good your equipment is or how well-trained you are, if the battle collapses, your morale collapses, and you throw away your weapons and armor and flee, you are like lambs waiting to be slaughtered. No matter how good your equipment is, it will be of no use.

The Beggars' Army is a team with ordinary equipment and will fight you to the death as long as their leading general is alive. This is enough to scare anyone.

Especially in an era like feudal dynasties.

In a normal war, if the casualties are 30%, the army will be routed or defeated. If the casualties are 50%, the army can even be said to be the strongest army of the dynasty.

Theoretically, the Qihuo Army can survive even if all its soldiers are killed in battle without being defeated. As long as Chu Shizhao can afford the military pay and is willing to live and die together with the soldiers, they will not be defeated.

Chu Shizhao had an army of 80,000 men.

Since Chu Shizhao's simulation this time was mainly focused on developing the economy and cities in the south, Chu Shizhao's economy was relatively well maintained.

There is no need to worry too much about equipment and food.

Chu Shizhao's biggest problem now is that he can't drag it on any longer. The longer the time and the longer the battle line is delayed, the more the sense of belonging of those influential clans to the Central Plains Dynasty will decline.

The Yuan Dynasty court seemed to be ruled by the Mongols, but in fact it was the landlords in the north who were "in power" because the Mongols had no control over the land and they implemented a tax-farming system.

They did not have the ability to collect tax revenue from the people in a steady stream. In order to obtain tax revenue quickly, the Mongols handed over the power to collect taxes to the native people in the Central Plains in the north.

However, there was a problem with the tax-farming system, which was that the Mongols would only ask for their share and take away the fixed income, while the powerful families in the northern Central Plains could impose heavy taxes on ordinary people at several times the cost.

The Mongols only needed 200,000 taels, but those big families were able to squeeze out a million taels like squeezing the soil, giving 200,000 taels to the Mongols and dividing the remaining 800,000 taels among themselves.

This is much better than working for the Dajing Dynasty or the Dazhou Dynasty.

Originally, they were just workers for the imperial court, and now they can share the meat with the imperial court. If the Great Jing Dynasty attacks us, is that to recover our homeland? They are here to steal the meat!

The powerful relied on the money they got from the Mongols to support their own armies and maintain the Mongol rule.

Is it useful if the people are oppressed?
The powerful people used the money collected from taxes to bribe the people who could not survive. They gave them money, trained them, and made them use weapons. In order to survive, they relied on the food and money given by the powerful people, and the people had to fight for the powerful people.

In feudal dynasties, survival was more important than the nation.

Yuan lost the world because of his leniency and benevolence.

The sharp criticism is that the Mongolians are too abnormal in management, and they are too relaxed. It feels like they are not here to manage the country. They are like the leaders of street thugs, responsible for collecting protection fees. They spend most of their time indulging in pleasure, and everything is taken care of by people of other nationalities under them.

When the Yuan Dynasty fell, a large number of officials also died for their country, including many Han people.

Because during the Yuan Dynasty, those powerful Han people were all dignitaries who exploited the people. Zhu Yuanzhang suppressed this group of people and dealt a resolute and harsh blow to the landlords in the south of the Yangtze River. In the end, the rich and powerful were wiped out by the invisible hand.

Therefore, for these vested interests, the Yuan Dynasty court is like a living father. They don't care about anything and just give them benefits. They can blame the court if they exploit the people, and they can prove their "integrity" by dying for the Yuan Dynasty. In fact, it's all business.

Working for these stupid Mongols, the rich families felt as happy as if they were emperors.

The only drawback is that this will exacerbate the gap between the rich and the poor. It will become a game for the upper class. The Mongolian nobles exploit everyone, and the Han nobles take over the power of the Mongolian nobles and continue to exploit the Han and Mongolian poor under high pressure.

The rich get richer, the poor get poorer, and life becomes more difficult.

But people are greedy, and it is impossible to restrain greed in the end.

A person's monthly salary is 20,000 yuan, and suddenly one day his salary is reduced to 5,000 yuan. His quality of life declines, and it is easy for him to be unable to accept this change.

The same reason.

In the late Yuan Dynasty, people had lived in luxury for too long and their finances collapsed. Unable to find a way to continue high consumption, they began to think of crooked ways, which led to inflation and a collapse in prices.

When everyone reaches a limit and can no longer survive, then there will be an explosion.

But, it is really strong in the early stage.

This is equivalent to a programmer writing a BUG program. Normal logic does not work, but it can run successfully.

The Mongol court was short of money, and the powerful class filled the economic gap. The common people suffered, but only for a short time. The common people in this era were pure cattle and horses, and they were very patient. If they were given food and did not starve to death, they would be grateful. Don't push it too hard, and they can accept it.

At least in the first few years, if you play this way and don't increase the degree of extortion and taxation, the economic and military forces will be complementary.

One is good at fighting, the other is greedy for money.

On the other hand, Chu Shizhao was in an awkward situation. The people of the Dajing Dynasty lived a happy life. In addition to having enough food to eat, they also had extra money to enjoy some entertainment activities.

If Chu Shizhao's war goes well, that's fine. But if the war is not going so well, he will need financial support and will inevitably have to collect more taxes.

Similarly, these burdens and pressures will be placed on the people in the south.

They lived better than the people in the north, but the extra money that could have been used for self-sufficiency was used for military expenses, which only allowed them to have enough food, and this easily caused dissatisfaction and war-weariness.

This is human nature.

[In September of the seventh year of Shengwu, Chu Shizhao crossed the river and personally led his troops to coordinate the garrison. In order to prevent the Mongols from raiding the camp, Chu Shizhao dispatched troops at key points in various places to prevent any mistakes made by the more than 100,000 northern expeditionary troops.]

[On the surface, he marched into the Mongols with great fanfare, but in fact he used the sea route to raise another army and marched to Langya.]

[In order to prevent the Mongol Yuan Dynasty from using the mobility of the cavalry to cut off the retreat, Chu Shizhao built fortifications and left soldiers to defend wherever he passed.]

[The famous Mongolian general Tolui relied on his bravery to underestimate the enemy and was not concerned about the Jing army entering his territory. He even spoke out and wanted to encircle the Jing army. ]

[In October of the seventh year of Shengwu, Chu Shizhao encountered no resistance and passed through Ju County. He quickly gained control of several areas in Qingzhou and surrendered.]

[Although some local garrisons were ordered to resist, most of them had just surrendered to the Mongols and no one was willing to risk their lives.]

[In November of the seventh year of Shengwu, the famous Mongol general Tolui counterattacked Linqu. The cavalry broke in and swept through at a very fast speed. They quickly controlled the Jumie River south of Linqu City and occupied the strategic location.]

[In December of the seventh year of Shengwu, Lan Shu, who had invaded by surprise, followed Chu Shizhao's order to make long-term combat preparations with the famous Mongol general Tuo Lei in Qingzhou.]

[Soon, the famous Mongol general Zhebie went to the battlefield and encountered Meng, a general under Lan Shu, the vanguard of the Jing army. Meng was no match for Zhebie and was shot by several arrows. He was defeated in the field battle and lost 3,000 beggar soldiers. When he returned to the city, he immediately fell out with the commander Lan Shu.]

[Lan Shu blamed Meng Zhan for not fighting, not retreating, fighting and retreating, missing out on greater opportunities and losing soldiers in vain.]

[Meng immediately reprimanded Lan Shu for not being able to rescue him in time. Without the support of the troops, he had to watch his troops being surrounded by the Mongols and suffered heavy losses.]

[Lan Shu thinks this is to wait for the opportunity. If Meng delays for a longer time and finds a flaw, he will surely win. But how to respond to this current fight-and-flight situation? ]

[The two generals had a grudge against each other and could not get along. In order to ensure that there would be no problems with the dispatch of the army, Lan Shu sent someone to put Meng under house arrest to prevent Meng from causing trouble and affecting the overall situation.]

[Meng Zhen, who was under house arrest, was extremely angry. Most of his close associates were indignant and fled on their own. Some of them rode fast to find Chu Shizhao, who was leading the army in person, to file a complaint.]

[In January of the eighth year of Shengwu, Chu Shizhao divided 4,000 chariots into left and right wings, with soldiers and chariots alternating and cavalry in the rear, advancing forward. This was the only force with impact power that the Dajing Dynasty could bring out, and it soon engaged in a fierce battle with the elite cavalry sent by the Mongol Yuan Dynasty, with the outcome still undecided.]

[The Mongolian cavalry was extremely mobile, and Chu Shizhao had difficulty catching the position of his opponents. The opponents fought and retreated, not giving Chu Shizhao too many opportunities for close combat.]

[During the fierce battle, Chu Shizhao judged the situation and sent a small group of elite cavalry to go around behind the Mongols, and cooperated with Lan Shu to take advantage of the opportunity to capture Linqu, which was short of troops.]

[In February of the eighth year of Shengwu, Chu Shizhao and Lan Shu met briefly. Upon hearing that Lan Shu had put Meng under house arrest, Chu Shizhao first comforted Meng and told him to put the overall situation first. Now that the Northern Expedition was in front of him, he could not sacrifice public interests for personal gain and delay national affairs.]

[Since he could not work with Lan Shu, he followed the army to fight under his command, and Chu Shizhao transferred his new general, Yang Yanchao, who had defected from Datong, to Lan Shu.]

[In March of the eighth year of Shengwu, Chu Shizhao and Zhebie met by chance on the battlefield. Zhebie, a famous Mongolian general, thought that this was a great opportunity to kill the enemy commander and should not be missed. In order to pursue such military merit, he was reckless and took only a few hundred cavalrymen to attack the main tent where Chu Shizhao was.]

【What Zhebie had not expected was that Chu Shizhao in the main camp was not afraid of his sudden attack at all, and also picked up his spear to fight him, and Chu Shizhao's personal soldiers immediately deployed along the battlefield, vowing to protect the monarch to the death.】

[Zhebie was no match for Chu Shizhao. After only five rounds, he realized that he was no match for Chu Shizhao if he fought alone, so he tried to escape alone.]

[The hundreds of cavalrymen beside Zhebie were all powerful warriors of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty, and each of them was a match for a hundred men. They were warriors who had fought their way out of a sea of ​​blood. Chu Shizhao was not afraid at all, and he killed several of them in succession, chasing Zhebie all the way, and finally knocked him off his horse.]

[People at that time finally remembered this Great Jing Emperor Chu Shizhao, who was once the emperor on horseback who broke the siege of Chang'an, defeated the enemy with a small force, and became famous for robbing the camp.]

[After Chu Shizhao killed the famous Mongol general Zhebie, Chu Shizhao pursued the victory and marched northward, conquering the outer city of Guanggu. Zhebie's personal troops retreated to the inner city.]

[Chu Shizhao built a siege again, recruited surrenders and rebels, won the hearts of the people, and obtained food on the spot to support the war.]

[This forced the Mongolian warriors inside to seek help from the rear, and Chu Shizhao attacked fiercely for several days and captured Guanggu again.]

【Thus, the idiom "王不过楚" was born. 】

[This was the first major victory of the Dajing Dynasty in the several years since the Northern Expedition, with the killing of the famous Mongol general Zhebie as the main achievement.]

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Chu Shizhao’s peak performance started when he was thirty-five years old.

As long as the effect of Gaozu's legacy reaches a certain point and the value is successfully activated, Chu Shizhao's values ​​in all aspects will skyrocket.

However, Zhebie completely underestimated Chu Shizhao's fighting ability and acted rashly and greedily.

However, this cannot be blamed on Zhebie. Chu Shizhao's status and identity are too high. As long as Zhebie killed or captured Chu Shizhao alive, not only would the Northern Expedition of the Dajing Dynasty be over, but even the national destiny of the Dajing Dynasty would be over.

One war will destroy the country.

For a glory like this, it is impossible for nomads, who are essentially crazy people, not to take risks.

Since you dare to try, Chu Shizhao will naturally dare to kill you!

After this battle, the Mongolian formation shrank directly and became cautious, obviously not wanting to give Chu Shizhao another chance to win a great victory. The Central Plains troops in the north that had surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty were also in the process of gathering.

It will probably be difficult for Chu Shizhao to fight such a smooth battle again.

And on the other side of the screen.

When the four words "The king is not better than Chu" appeared.

Huan Yi couldn't help but nodded.

She really agreed with this evaluation.

After so many rounds of simulation and deduction, there has been a continuous stream of bad news. Until now, this battle fought by Chu Shizhao has been the only battle record that the Dajing Dynasty can show off and hold its head up high.

In all the previous games, he lost more than he won.

Wang Shouyi is totally unworthy of being reused.

Her second brother is also a pure "god", who can make his base lost.

With every step Chu Shizhao took, Huan Yi felt like he was carrying a heavy burden.

If Huan Jie could have done a little bit of good work, and just handed over all of Liangzhou to Chu Shizhao, would the situation have deteriorated so much now, allowing the Mongols to invade the north and even swallow up the entire north?

I really can’t carry it!
(End of this chapter)