Chapter 152 Stormy Storm
Yan State has six counties, except for the three counties of Liaodong in the east. In the west, there are three counties of Yuyang, Shanggu and Guangyang. These three counties have a dense population, twice that of the three eastern counties, with about 1.34 million people.
According to the current state of extreme warfare common in the Warring States Period, almost 300,000 soldiers and horses can be produced, which is not weaker than the imperial army that has annexed the two counties of Liaodong and Liaoxi, with a strength of about 300,000.
Of course, the 300,000 troops of the Yan State will also be used to guard against the Huns in the north, and the Qi and Zhao people in the south. This will require sharing nearly 100,000 people, and some people will be left behind in various places. He also needs 20,000 to 30,000 people.
Therefore, the troops that can really be gathered in the capital of Yan State are only about 150,000.
There are only 150,000 people, and there are 10,000 to 20,000 left to stay in the capital. If they really want to go out, they can only send 120,000 to 30,000 people.
Sending this kind of people to attack Zhong Yu's more than 200,000 soldiers and horses is completely to deliver food, which is why King Yan agreed, and the reason why Yan Chunjun and Yan Yi proposed.
Through the information he knew, he naturally understood his own strength. With the enemy already seized the opportunity, it was very impossible to repel the enemy, or even regain the lost territory, and the hope was slim.
Therefore, it is better to call up the whole country's army. At that time, under the capital, there will be 150,000 of his army staying behind, occupying the geographical advantage of defending the city and being in the hinterland of one's own side.
At that time, reinforcements and resources from all over the country can be continuously transported to the capital, and the enemy will accept the Yan State and continuously attack all over the place.
Slowly falling into the people's ocean war, and finally dragged down, unable to retreat, and even took the opportunity to regain the lost territory and restore the land of Yan State to the scale before the war.
Although there will be fewer people at that time, as long as the land is still there and the population still has a certain foundation, it only takes him ten or twenty years to recover.
About a month later, Zhong Yu had digested the two counties of Liaodong and Liaoxi, because the north and east of the two counties were the territory of Yuguo, so naturally there was no need to defend them.
To the south and west, either the sea or the territory of Yan State. Among them, the territory of Yan State is exactly what he will set out to conquer next.
Therefore, in addition to leaving some necessary garrison troops, 80,000 of the nearly 100,000 surrendered troops of the Yan Kingdom in the other two counties were transferred to follow his remaining 200,000 imperial native troops and march towards the capital of the Yan Kingdom.
On the way, in Youbeiping County of Yan State, the 20,000 defenders in this county resisted a little bit, but they were put down immediately. Zhong Yu only used the 80,000 surrendered troops to attack the city, and took it with less than 10,000 casualties. the whole county.
Then in Youbeiping County, he mobilized some strong men to serve as an army, gathered his army of 300,000, and marched towards the capital of Yan State in a mighty manner.
When Zhong Yu's army approached the city and completely surrounded all directions of the capital of the Yan State, and surrounded him densely, the 150,000 troops gathered by the State of Yan also arrived at the capital just in time.
The war is about to break out, and it is still unknown who will win the final victory in this battle.
And the other six countries in the south of the Yan Kingdom also learned through their intelligence channels that a war capable of destroying the country had taken place in the Yan Kingdom to the north of them at this moment.
Qin State, in the Xianyang Palace at this moment, Qin Huang Yingzheng has fully grown up, and he, who is in his twenties, can't wait to grasp the original rights that belonged to the King of Qin.
But there is a big mountain in front of him, Lu Buwei, this legendary name, from a mere merchant, through rare goods, he climbed to the prime minister of Qin, the most powerful country in the world, and became a marquis. The government and the opposition, become a man who can shake the situation of the whole world.
His existence has already threatened the rule of Yingzheng, who has gradually become independent. This young king has an extremely huge ambition in his heart.
In order to realize this ambition, he must master all the power he can master, so he had already planned the plan to eradicate Lu Buwei several years ago.
Through a series of struggles, he captured a considerable part of Qin's power. Although it is not enough to deal with Lu Buwei, he believes that as long as he is given another two or three years, the entire Qin country will be under his control .
"Yuguo, this is such a country. It can send 200,000 troops to force Yan to such an extent. It can almost be said that as long as the loss is not counted, Yan will be taken!"
Ying Zheng sat on his throne and looked at him sharply. The ministers above the court were full of reproaches and questioning. The majestic Great Qin Empire didn't even have this sudden appearance of a powerful country. You know, the intelligence service is really failing its job.
"Your Majesty, according to my Qin State's investigations, it seems that this imperial state just emerged last year, but it unstoppably wiped out the two forces in the north of the Yan State, the Donghu people and the Jizi North Korea, and quickly brought them into the rule. Moreover, he appeared from nowhere, and there are millions of his people, as if he appeared suddenly, without any grounds to search for!"
As the prime minister, Lu Buwei naturally has the confidence to meet Ying Zheng's questioning at this moment. He has enough confidence that Ying Zheng in front of him can't do anything to him!
"So, Father Zhong wants to tell me that these millions of people appeared out of thin air? Could it be that this Yuguo is a ghost?" A cold light flashed in the depths of Yingzheng's eyes. Anyone who dared to offend his majesty, It is impossible to live in this world.
"Officially, it's not to deceive His Majesty, but the Yu Kingdom did appear suddenly before. Qin's intelligence department has always been concentrated in the six countries. It is really powerless to spy on the grassland peoples in the north, and it is difficult to integrate into these grassland barbarians. Among the tribes! It must be a country further north of the prairie tribes in the East Lake, which was swallowed down!" Lu Buwei explained to Yingzheng the shortcomings of Qin's intelligence department, and expressed his own guesses.
"Since this is the case, then give me more spying, allocate more forces to the north, and be sure to find out the reason for the emergence of Yuguo, and what kind of strength he is, and the strategy of unifying the world with our Qin Kingdom , What kind of influence and conflict will arise!" Ying Zheng finally said sharply, still not making up his mind to take action against Lu Buwei in front of him, now is not the time.
Instead, he brought up this question. For this country that just appeared in the north, Ying Zheng didn't know why, and he was deeply jealous. It seemed that this country was his nemesis, and it was enough to threaten the survival of Qin.
At the same time, various countries and schools of thought in the world also started meeting and spying one after another for the newly emerged Yuguo.
Wave after wave of spies from all over the world slowly gathered in Yuguo, lurking. And Zhong Yu, who stirred up the situation in the world, is now leading his army, preparing for the first step of attacking the Yan Kingdom.