Chapter 2688 Everything is in motion, chaos reigns throughout the land.
Chapter 2688 Everything is in motion, chaos reigns throughout the land.
Chapter 2688 Everything is in motion, chaos reigns throughout the land.
"On the western side of the Great Jin, Temujin personally led the army, with powerful generals such as Muqali, Subutai, Jebe, Timur, and Wang Baobao all leading the charge, confronting Helian Ping's rebellion." As he said this, Su Dingfang's tone instinctively became serious.
Of the three fronts of the Great Jin, the eastern and southern fronts were mainly for containment. Whether it was the Great Wu or the Great Shuo, the Great Jin had no confidence in defeating them.
However, on the west side, the Jin Dynasty was absolutely serious. Helian Pingluan, the Jin Dynasty's top general, even came here personally, which shows the extent of their involvement.
After all, the Jin Dynasty also had its own expansion needs. However, whether it went south or east, the Jin Dynasty found it difficult to truly make a breakthrough. Temujin in the west was a relatively easy target for the Jin Dynasty to deal with.
For the Great Jin, if they could defeat Temujin, they would not only completely occupy half of the grasslands, but also take control of the three northwestern routes of the Great Wu that Temujin had already occupied, thus extending their reach into the Great Wu territory.
To the west, its sphere of influence can be completely linked with the Western Rong, and the situation of the Great Jin will become much clearer.
Just like the Great Shuo, while they were sending troops to the Han Dynasty and confronting the Jin Dynasty, in the east, with Tuoba Tao and Tuoba Hong as commanders and Khalid as deputy commanders, a group of fierce generals such as Gongsun Shu and Gongsun Yang gathered together.
Clearly, Da Shuo also had the idea of taking down Nurhaci.
The six forces in northern Tianqi are now in a state of chaos, basically fighting each other.
However, what Wang Yu didn't know was that when he joined forces with Zhu Yuanzhang to launch the war to destroy the Qianlong Emperor, it truly had a ripple effect, affecting not only the northern part of Tianqi, but also all the remaining forces, except for the Western Rong and Southern Barbarians, who were not involved in this matter. They were either already involved or about to be involved in this war.
For a considerable period of time afterward, the entire world was plunged into a chaotic yet orderly melee.
However, it was during this chaotic battle that the world underwent another reshuffling and consolidation.
In the south of Tianqi, the situation was roughly the same as in the north. Jiang Ziya, imitating the two triangular alliances in the north, also formed a triangular alliance with Yu and Wu.
When Zhu Yuanzhang launched his campaign against the Qian dynasty, the Yu state to his west also became restless.
Today, the Great Yu Empire possesses five circuits of the Great Chu Empire, five circuits of the Great Wu Empire, and three circuits formed by integrating surrounding smaller kingdoms, totaling thirteen circuits. It can be said that, in terms of their core territories, Liu Bang's Great Yu Empire and Zhu Yuanzhang's Great Ming Empire are roughly equal in strength.
With the Wu Kingdom already destroyed, the territories of these two families have completely overlapped, which alone has already sealed the fate of conflict between them.
They had become each other's potential enemies and targets for annexation. From this perspective, Liu Bang certainly could not sit idly by and watch Zhu Yuanzhang annex Daqian to expand his power.
If the Ming Dynasty becomes powerful, its next target will be their Great Yu.
This is also the basis for Jiang Ziya's ability to easily establish a cooperative alliance with Dayu. For people like them, as long as there are common interests between the two parties, there is no need to waste words to establish a sufficient cooperative relationship.
However, without common interests, even if you talk until you're hoarse, there may be no substantial progress.
Therefore, almost as the Wu-Shuo allied forces pressed towards the Han Dynasty, on the Yu side, Liu Bei had already led his core Zhaolie Prefecture to the border between the Yu and Ming kingdoms. Furthermore, Liu Bang was even preparing to personally lead an expedition. Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang had long been prepared for this; in fact, he wasn't only wary of the Yu, but also of the Dali to the south.
To deal with these two factions, Zhu Yuanzhang established a cooperative relationship with the westernmost Da Xiao early on, in order to counterbalance the Yu and Li factions.
After all, at this stage, Zhu Yuanzhang's Ming Dynasty and Emperor Zhiling's Xiao Dynasty were located in the southwest of Tianqi and the southeast of Tianqi, respectively. They had no borders and no conflict of interest with each other. On the contrary, they had two common enemies.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Under such circumstances, these two parties naturally have a basis for collusion.
However, to Zhu Yuanzhang's surprise, the Dali, which he had been wary of, made no unusual moves during this incident. At least until now, Chi You's side has remained quiet and has not shown any signs of invading.
This greatly reduced the pressure on Zhu Yuanzhang.
As for Chi You, it's not that he had no ideas at all, but rather that he was willing but unable to do so.
The Southern Barbarians ultimately suffered from their weak foundation. Not only was their national strength weak, but their culture, economy, politics, and other aspects were also far behind those of the Central Plains. After occupying the three routes of Great Wu and the five routes of Great Chu, given their weak foundation, it would take them much longer to digest the same territory than any other power in the world.
In fact, when Chi You was taking over these territories, he didn't have many suitable incumbent officials to offer.
For Chi You now, what he needs most is not to expand his hard power, but to find ways to improve Dali's soft power.
Otherwise, if all you do is grab territory, you'll just end up with a fake fat man who looks big but actually has no fighting power.
Although Dali has not made any moves yet, Daxiao has. Of course, Daxiao would not set its sights on Dayu.
Among the various forces surrounding Daxiao, Dayu is considered one of the more difficult to deal with. Given so many options, Di Zhiling would certainly not make Dayu his first target.
As for Dayu, Emperor Zhiling merely symbolically dispatched a single army to restrain it, giving Zhu Yuanzhang an explanation and fulfilling his obligation as an ally.
His real target was the Great Wei, which was opposite them.
For Da Xiao, eliminating Da Wei would also be beneficial for their future dealings with Da Yu.
With Wei in hand, Emperor Ling can completely encircle the eastern part of the Great Universe from the north and west, instead of having to fight in only one direction as he is now.
The key point is that the Great Wei is much easier to deal with than the Great Yu, but precisely because of this, the Xia, Sui, and Tang dynasties were directly or indirectly drawn into this war.
As a result, the entire world entered an era of chaotic battles.
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