Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2480: The Dilemma of Yizhou, Zhu Wu Finally Joins the War

The appearance of Xu Cheng's troops made the Southeast Alliance and Zhu Yuanzhang's remnants all realize the determination of the Great Jin to destroy the Southeast.

With Bai Qi's troops in the front and Xu Cheng's troops in the back, the combined land and sea forces are probably close to 200,000 strong!

You know, even the previous Kushan Empire only mobilized a little over 100,000 troops when they sent troops to the southeast.

And with 200,000 troops and horses, the entire Southeast Alliance combined, plus the Kushan army in Southeast Asia, is barely at this level!

However, can the quality be the same even if the quantity is the same?

What is the quality of the Southeast Alliance's troops? The previous Linyi Kingdom was a lesson for us. The weapons and equipment of both sides were not at the same level at all!

If the two sides really fight head-on, it may not be possible to fight one against ten, but fighting one against three is definitely not a big problem.

For this reason, the Southeast Alliance could only seek help from the Kushan Empire and wanted to purchase a large amount of weapons and equipment from the Kushan Empire.

At the same time, Yu Ji was also actively sending envoys, trying every means to bring the remnants of Zhu Yuanzhang into their Southeast Alliance.

If we cannot gather all the forces we can, we will have no chance of winning this battle. Only by rallying all the forces we can defeat this powerful enemy.

In the end, the Southeast Alliance paid a heavy price, which finally made the remnants of Zhu Yuanzhang decide to participate in this matter.

However, although the Southeast Alliance paid a high price to mobilize the remnants of Zhu Yuanzhang, it was a win-win situation for both parties.

The remnants of Zhu Yuanzhang demanded nothing but iron ore from the Southeast Alliance.

Although the plain area of ​​Izuku is only one-third of the entire island area, the arable land resources are limited.

However, after all, their population is here, and the cultivated land area is already seriously excessive for their current population. Even now, there are still a lot of wasteland in Yizhou that they have not had time to develop. In the final analysis, population is a big problem for them!

In the past few years, Yizhou has enjoyed good weather and good harvests. Compared with the Central Plains which has been affected by the epidemic, this place can be said to be a paradise.

Moreover, Yizhou has a subtropical and tropical monsoon climate, which is humid, rainy and mild, providing natural conditions for the development of agriculture here. In recent years, under the development of Zhu Yuanzhang's remnants, Yizhou can be said to have experienced several bumper years.

Furthermore, although Yizhou has a lot of mountainous terrain, there are a large number of fruit trees distributed among these mountains. The local indigenous people rely on these natural fruit trees for self-sufficiency.

It can be said that they have absolutely no shortage of food, and even have a lot of surplus.

However, what troubles them is not just the population, but also the mineral resources, especially the extreme shortage of iron ore resources.

It is precisely because of this that they took advantage of this opportunity to solve their problem from the Southeastern Conference.

However, although Southeast Asia is very rich in iron ore resources, and not just iron ore, all kinds of mineral resources are also quite rich.

However, the only problem is that their backward civilization means that their efficiency in developing these mineral resources is also a huge problem.

Therefore, Yu Ji proposed a win-win solution for everyone.

The Southeast Alliance had a limited speed in resource development due to its backward civilization, but it was different for Zhu Yuanzhang's remnants. When Yu Ji fled, she ran in a hurry, but it was different for Zhu Yuanzhang's remnants. Before Bai Qi defeated Xu Da, Zhu Yuanzhang had already asked his trusted adviser Jing Xiang to return to Yangzhou to make preparations.

Therefore, they were fully prepared for the retreat of Zhu Yuanzhang's remnants.

Not only did they bring the families of the accompanying soldiers and as much of the population as possible, but they also brought all kinds of resources and all kinds of talents.

It can be said that the remnants of Zhu Yuanzhang had sufficient talents and means to quickly develop these iron ore resources.

If they invite the remnants of Zhu Yuanzhang to help them, not only will their requirements be met, but it will also not affect their demand for pig iron. In particular, during this process, the Southeast Alliance might be able to steal some technology.

Therefore, this is a completely win-win situation.

After giving this condition, not only can we convince the other party to send troops, but we don't even have to worry about the other party not making any efforts next time.

Once Southeast Asia is lost, Zhu Yuanzhang's remnants will lose their source of iron ore. Helping them in the Southeast Alliance at this time is also helping themselves.

As a result, the second Southeastern Conference was formed again, and it was stronger than the first Southeastern Conference.

However, during this period, Bai Qi's army was unstoppable. After Linyi, almost one-third of Funan fell into the hands of the enemy. In later times, most of Vietnam and most of Laos fell into the hands of the Jin Dynasty.

Even the ancient Pyu Kingdom faced invasion from the Jin Dynasty.

Of course, the ancient Pyu Kingdom has long been destroyed, along with several small countries like it. Now, these territories are in the hands of the Kushan Empire. And this area is the Burma area in later generations.

Yu Ji knew that the Kushan Empire or the remnants of Zhu Yuanzhang might have a chance to fight the Jin army head-on. But if it was the Southeast Alliance, a head-on confrontation would be no different from sending someone to die.

There is a huge gap in the quality of the two sides' armies in all aspects.

Therefore, the strategy of the Southeast Alliance is to take advantage of the mountainous and densely forested environment of Southeast Asia, focus on mountains, and maximize the geographical advantages of Southeast Asia.

However, most of the reinforcements for the Great Jin Army came from the Southern Barbarians and the Shanyue people. They were also experts in mountain warfare.

Therefore, the Southeast Alliance did not gain any advantage in the fighting in the mountain forests. Almost one-third of the Funan generals lost their lives in the dense forests.

Especially in Southeast Asia, not only is the civilization backward, but the military level is also very backward. It can be said that there are almost no decent generals in Southeast Asian countries, and at most a few ruffians with only brute force.

As for the remnants of Zhu Yuanzhang, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse, and they still have a group of famous generals.

However, as outsiders, although they have joined this alliance, the Southeast Asian countries will naturally not easily hand over the command of the army to them, and they want to control it in their own hands.

Therefore, even though the Southeastern Conference was eventually formed, the Southeastern Conference continued to suffer defeats.