The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 589 Nothing is better than having elite troops

You, Lord Changping, can only be a leisurely young man, to accommodate us!
With us, you can get along well in Qinchu, and we can rely on each other.

And Ying Zheng had no intention of sending troops to intervene in the civil strife in Chu at this moment.

The reason is very simple: brothers quarrel within the walls, but one should defend against external insults.

External pressure can easily unite the people inside. It is better to sit back and watch the State of Chu fight to the death. Anyway, as long as the State of Chu becomes chaotic, it will be the biggest benefit to the State of Qin.

They just quietly deployed ambushes near Shangcai, Wuyang and Zhaoling to ensure that they could intervene forcefully at any time.

The only real opponent of King You of Chu was Fu Chu.

This ambitious younger brother has always been a rival of King You of Chu.

And he does have the strength to compete with King You of Chu.

Legally, he has full inheritance rights.

In fact, he has the full support of the Jing family. The Jing family is so powerful that it has been the leader among the three families for nearly twenty years.

Fu Chu secretly had the support of the Xiang family, as well as the overt or covert support of many noble officials in the court and local areas.

After the announcement of the manifesto to restore order, the entire Jiangdong region, and even the Jianghuai region, responded, and more than 100,000 troops were gathered in a short period of time.

All we can say is that King You of Chu was truly unpopular.

Now Fu Chu has led his army towards Shouchun. The hundreds of thousands of troops under his command give him the confidence to fight back by force. The most important thing is, with these hundreds of thousands of troops as a lead, he will have the opportunity to launch his real killer move.

Fu Chu's advance along the way was extremely smooth. Even though the noble officials along the way refused to surrender and pledge allegiance, no one could stop him.

What a joke! This is a royal family affair after all. Why should outsiders interfere?
Unless you are determined to be loyal to someone, don't get involved at all. Just wait and see until the situation becomes clear.

Fu Chu led his army smoothly all the way to Juchao, which was only a hundred miles away from Shouchun.

Fu Chu settled down in Juchao for the time being. He still had little confidence in attacking Shouchun by force.

After all, Shouchun was a capital city that had been built with many years of hard work, and it was not so easy to attack.

Moreover, King You of Chu also had the most elite central army of the entire Chu State, with a total of 50,000 elite soldiers, which was not comparable to the mediocre soldiers under Fu Chu's command. In addition to the people who came to the king's defense during this period, as well as the extra soldiers recruited, King You of Chu had more than 100,000 people under his command. So, Fu Chu did not have a strength advantage.

However, Fu Chu had no intention of attacking Shouchun by force, as this was a very bad idea.

The key to this fight for the throne was never on the battlefield, nor was it as simple and stupid as the two sides opening up to war.

Let the other party follow your own pace and give full play to your own advantages.

Fu Chu has a clear understanding of his own advantages, which are people's hearts and his ability to afford waste.

King You of Chu had long lost the hearts of most of his subjects, and he couldn't afford to waste time!
Fu Chu does not need to attack Shouchun by force, he just needs to wait, and King You of Chu must take the initiative to leave the city and send troops to quell the rebellion!

Since ancient times, whenever there is internal strife, the central government must crush the rebels swiftly with thunder and lightning, otherwise the regime will be unstable.

Especially when there was conflict among the royal family members, King You of Chu did not dare to delay at all, otherwise his already shaky throne would really be lost.

There is no two suns in the sky, and supreme power can only be held by one person.

King You of Chu ruled by force. If people found out that his force was not backed by a strong force, it would instantly become a paper tiger, and a paper tiger will burst with just one poke.

Moreover, King You of Chu could not afford to lose, not even once. If he lost once, it would be over. The same principle applies.

Although Fu Chu couldn't afford to lose, it was mainly a logistical issue. He could still hold on by gritting his teeth. As long as he could afford to lose better than his good brother, that was enough.

As for not being able to afford to lose, it was because a fence-sitter could easily change direction. When the onlookers saw that Fu Chu could not hold on, they naturally turned to King You of Chu and began to show their loyalty.

However, losing once or twice is no problem, because Fu Chu's men have no way out.

And the people under King You of Chu obviously had a way out.

Fu Chu did not need to take the initiative to attack the city. He had already led his troops to the vicinity of Shouchun, which was enough. As long as he did not retreat and continued to confront the enemy, his prestige would gradually increase.

King You of Chu could also see the advantages and disadvantages, but he had no choice.

All parties are waiting and watching. Those who are supposed to come have come, and those who have not come are unlikely to come when the situation is unclear. In this situation, he has no choice.

If he sits back and allows Fu Chu to stay near Shouchun with impunity, then there is no doubt that his majesty as a king will gradually, or even quickly, disappear, and more and more people will turn to Fu Chu, and as the tide turns, there will be death and no life.

Especially when King You of Chu learned that Fu Chu had begun to exercise the power of the King of Chu, issue government orders, and manage government affairs in all directions, he could no longer sit still.

You know, many people nowadays don't want to offend anyone, so if that's the case, they will obey anyone's orders, and they won't be afraid of the king's dissatisfaction. Anyway, the reasons are ready, the other party is powerful, everyone is forced, and government affairs cannot be stopped, right?

As for Fu Chu, he didn't care whether the local authorities listened to him when he exercised the power of the King of Chu. Anyway, as long as he did so, King You of Chu would have to respond, otherwise what was the point of it?

Sure enough, King You of Chu sent troops.

He had no choice but to take action. If he continued to waste time, his status as a king would become worthless.

Li Yuan wanted to dissuade him but couldn't.

The situation is such that we have no choice but to do it. Even if we lose the strategic initiative, there is nothing we can do.

At this point, everything is fake, and the only thing that is real is the big fist!

The regime is a group that claims the only legitimate right to rule by violence.

A regime is an entity that claims to have a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence to maintain law and order and that actually does so.

If a second group emerges within the regime that legitimately uses violence to rule, a winner must be decided.

There is no room for two tigers in one mountain.

As the current supreme ruler in legal terms, King You of Chu must take action, otherwise he will lose the foundation of his rule and be defeated without a fight.

Even though Li Yuan was already in his sixties, he still led his troops into battle personally.

He knew very well that with the current rumors, there was no room for surrender. The loser would have his entire family killed, just like when he killed Chunshen Jun. He had no chance of luck.

After careful cultivation of the army during this period, control over the army has been greatly improved.

The King of Chu now has 120,000 to 130,000 soldiers under his command, including his personal soldiers, the city defense guards, the kings from all directions who have come to support him, and the newly recruited soldiers.

Of course, the mob is not a big deal; the main thing is the core 50,000 royal soldiers and imperial guards.

Unfortunately, in order to stabilize people's hearts, the King of Chu's most elite 8,000 Liangguang personal troops, who were also stationed in Shouchun where the situation was complicated, could not move and had to stay in Shouchun to avoid being attacked.

If Shouchun were to be captured, it would be hard to say who would be the legitimate ruler at that time. This must never happen.

But even so, it was enough. There were 120,000 troops, including 40,000 elite troops from the central government, and they were well-equipped, with sharp armor and strong soldiers. There was no need to worry about logistics and food. Such elite troops fighting against a group of rabble, as long as they played steadily, they would surely win!
Li Yuan was not wrong in this regard. Even if Fu Chu succeeded in forcing King You of Chu to take the initiative to attack, he still could not win.

War is not just about numbers.

It is not surprising that armies of the same size may have very different combat capabilities.

The number of Wei Wu soldiers has never been large, but who would dare to underestimate them when they dominate the world?

In this chaotic world of hundreds of years, how could the King of Chu command so many nobles with private soldiers? Was it because of his character?

Bullshit, he relies on the central army that he directly controls!
They are the elite troops of the Central Army under direct jurisdiction that will never let go! They are elite troops with good soldiers and sufficient food, and each of them can defeat ten enemies with one!
Why did King You of Chu kill whoever he wanted? He ruled with power for so many years and killed countless people, but no one dared to speak out?

Why was it so easy to kill Chunshen Jun's entire family? It was because of the 50,000 elite troops in his hands!

No matter who has 50,000 elite soldiers, no one dares to underestimate what he says.

It is impossible for the central army in troubled times to produce useless people.

These are the good family men carefully selected from the capital area, and all the grassroots officers are the elites carefully selected from the whole Chu State. In this chaotic world, a fool cannot survive in the army.

They were also equipped with the best equipment, with strong armor and sharp weapons. They were also well-trained, disciplined, and had no shortage of logistics and food. They were the strongest army in the entire Chu State.

As for Fu Chu's side, it seems that there are more people, but they are just a group of more than a dozen nobles. The command is disorganized, the training is lax, and everyone has his own ideas. The equipment is not good either. Many of them are just the most ordinary conscripts, and they are farmers who have just put down their hoes and picked up spears.

Forget about iron armor, leather armor is good enough.

To put it bluntly, the fully armored 100-man Central Imperial Guards dare to attack the 1,000-man team here, and they will definitely win.

Fu Chu had never thought of confronting the Central Imperial Guards head-on, because he couldn't win.

Secondly, if the central imperial guards were really wiped out, how would he be able to command the State of Chu in the future?
Moreover, if they want to defeat the Central Imperial Guards completely, there will inevitably be heavy casualties on their side, and both sides will suffer losses, and the entire Chu State will be seriously damaged.

He did not forget that Wei and Qi were watching him, and especially Qin was eyeing him covetously.

As for internal fighting, it still depends on politics. A violent attack is not something a smart person should do.

Now that the army is out, the killing move can be launched.

Sometimes an army of 100,000 is no match for a single sword.

Fu Chu has such a sword under his command.

This person's name is Yabai.

He was originally just the son of a hunter and his family was poor and humble.

His father went out hunting every day, catching prey to sell, and his mother worked hard doing manual labor to supplement the family income. Although life was poor, it was also worry-free. His father protected him, his mother loved him, and his parents painstakingly raised him. Originally, his life was just an ordinary one.

But mutations always come so quickly.

His father captured a rare fire fox alive. The fire fox's fur was as red as burning fire, without a single trace of other colors from head to tail.

The whole family was overjoyed. Such foxes were extremely rare and would definitely sell for a good price, making the whole family rich.

Then they were robbed when they were selling them in the street market.

(End of this chapter)