Chapter 1400 Powerful country, Eastern Chu!
Chu State.
The mainland super power is also the country with the largest land area and the largest population.
On the map, the majesty is in the east.
At the same time, it is also a military power.
The people of Chu were strong and martial arts were prevalent. Everyone wanted to change by joining the army!
In addition to the reason for its large population.
Another reason is the special political system of Chu State.
The State of Chu implemented a feudal system.
The emperor granted land to the royal family’s children, meritorious officials, etc. These people who received the title were called princes and kings!
The princes and kings are highly autonomous in their own vassal states, can develop their own economy, divide their own vassals, and can form their own army...
It is precisely because of this system that has given these vassal states great enthusiasm.
Everything you develop is yours.
The emperor has no right to take it back, you just need to fulfill your obligations when you need it.
Under such a system, the vassal states will inevitably develop their own strength greatly because they are also for themselves.
This also made the Chu State very powerful.
This ancient feudal system has great disadvantages no matter how you look at it.
Local separatism, central imperial power is not concentrated.
It is also easy to break out of civil strife. When some vassal states become more powerful, they will slander the central government, causing the imperial power to fall and be affected.
But it is this system that supports the huge Chu State and the vast territory, which is used to achieve the control of this method!
Of course, this is a great test for the central imperial power and requires great authority to control it!
Under this system of layered feudalism, the lowest-level people are extremely humble, have no human rights, and are almost like slaves.
This is like a pyramid.
After all, the ruling class accounts for a very small part.
And these people at the bottom want to change their identities, their destiny, and their lives have the best shortcut, that is, they become straitors.
Skies are not regular soldiers.
Instead, it is temporary recruitment.
It only takes a little food or very little reward to attract a lot of screening, and they are not worth it.
On the battlefield, it is cannon fodder.
But as long as you survive a few wars, you can survive or be appreciated, you will have the opportunity to become a regular army.
The regular army is treated very well.
Not only do you have a fixed salary, but your family will also improve your status.
It is precisely these reasons that allow the State of Chu to easily attract a large number of scattered soldiers when facing war.
It is not a false statement to form an army of millions at will.
The system of Chu State can be easily achieved.
It is also because of this level that the Chu State's military strength is quite powerful!
Back then, Zhao and Chu had frictions at the border.
It was originally a very small friction, and it only took a step back to resolve it.
However, when Zhao State was prosperous at that time, the old Emperor Zhao was also very strong. He did not make any concessions and wanted to meet with Chu State to show his ambitions.
But unexpectedly, it completely angered the State of Chu!
That time, the State of Chu easily dispatched millions of troops to the forefront!
Zhao State was taught to be a human being.
The gap between the forces between the two sides is too big.
Just like a destruction, all the 500,000 troops dispatched by Zhao State were destroyed. Not only that, the Donglin Province where Zhao Chu met was also captured!
This attack lasted for more than ten years!
The four major provinces of Zhao State became three, and because of this battle, Zhao State began to go downhill!
If your own territory is occupied by other countries, you dare not speak out.
This has become a permanent pain in the hearts of every Zhao people!
Battle between Qi and Chu!
The great reason for Zhao Huang Jiang Chengli seized the opportunity to join the Six-Nation Alliance formed by Qi was that he wanted to take this opportunity to recover the Donglin Province captured by Chu.
The purpose has been achieved.
At this time, Gao Rui's murder and exploitation incident occurred. Zhao State withdrew from the alliance and the front line began to shrink to the border of the eastern province.
This can be regarded as fulfilling the long-cherished wishes of the people of Zhao for many years.
But it's not stable.
Because the new six-nation alliance formed by Chu State and the four-sided alliance have begun war!
Just like it was a repeat of many years ago, the State of Chu once again dispatched a million troops to face the border.
The province facing east has once again become the main battlefield!
But this time, it is different from many years ago. This time, Zhao State is a major member of the Four-Party Alliance.
It is no longer like before, without any resistance.
There are also millions of troops stationed!
Moreover, in the face of the attack of the Chu army, it has been resisting for more than three months, and the two sides are temporarily in a stalemate...
The thick clouds were pressing down, bringing a strong sense of heaviness. It was already the end of August, and the autumn wind had risen and swept the earth, and military flags fluttered in the wind.
Below the military flag is a broken stone wall that stretches for hundreds of miles and is hard to see at a glance.
There were mottled blood on the stone wall, and there were large gaps in some places...
It is such a stone wall that has become a fortification to block foreign enemies!
It is designed above the Zhao-Chu border line.
It was the work of Jiang Chenghua, the commander of the Zhao army stationed on the border.
After driving Chu from the East Province, Jiang Chenghua began to build such a line of defense.
A large number of labor and military soldiers were involved, working day and night.
Although simple, it also played a great role...
And on one side of the stone wall, it is also a huge camp that stretches for dozens of miles and is hard to see at a glance!
This camp clearly forms a polarization!
Some of them are dedicated military camps. There are wooden walls outside the camp, which look systematic and complete. There are soldiers wearing armor in the camp training, and cavalry pass by, patrolling from time to time, and scolding the drunk soldiers.
The weapons collided from time to time and there were clanging sounds, and various noisy sounds gathered, making them very lively.
This is a regular campsite.
In the other place, it is the exact opposite.
There are no special tents here, the residence is a simple tent, and there are shacks made of branches and weeds, which are chaotic and irregular.
The soldiers here are not uniformly dressed.
Most people don't have armor.
Even if there is, it is not complete.
Some people were wearing a pair of military boots that looked obviously incompatible, but they kept wiping them like treasures.
Someone only wore a foreign armor.
These people were pale and thin, and they sat on the ground with a little unconscious mind.
They are not regular soldiers.
But a straitor!
It is a temporary recruitment army.
They are all people living at the bottom, and they came here to eat in one bite and to change their destiny.
And they are also an important part of the Chu army!
This is the camp of Chu State.
Millions of troops were distributed on the long border.
And in the central area.
This is different from other camps.
It has tall and thick wooden walls, and there are trenches and other fortifications outside the walls. It covers a large area and is guarded by heavy troops, just like a small town.
And here.
It is where the Chu army's commander camp is located...
Chapter completed!