Chapter 222 The End of the First War

Chapter 222 The End of the First War

The two armies fought very quickly. After all, the distance between the two sides was not far away. On the plain, there was no cover, and the two sides set up a formation, and it didn't take long for them to come into contact.

But before the start of the war, the war equipment of both sides will be staged first in turn, whether it is a catapult, a crossbow array, a ballista, or an unconventional special mechanism beast of the Gongshu family, Potu Qilang and the like.

All of them constantly poured out their unique charms on the battlefield, brought bursts of bright red, and lost countless lives.

In this tragic fight, countless people lost their lives, and the lives that were originally cherished by people were cut off one by one like weeds.

The war did not last long, about three days or so, and the battle came to an end.

After all, it was just a trial by both sides, not too many troops were invested, and the scale of the war was not too large, so it was only natural that it would end so soon.

In the final analysis, the biggest function of this battle is to test the respective strengths of both sides, and to declare the strength of their respective armed forces through battles, so as to deter the enemy.

After the war ended, in addition to leaving a corpse, it also took away countless blessings and hopes.

The war was so fierce that the soldiers on both sides had no way out under the intimidation of their respective commanders. They really had to do their best and use their lives to fight for a chance.

Under this kind of persecution, the casualties were naturally extremely heavy. Among them, the Qin army was better, their war equipment was much better than that of the opposing coalition army, and they had more combat experience, with only 70,000 casualties.

As for the coalition forces, it was much worse.

This time the coalition troops were all soldiers and horses from the imperial kingdom. Yu Guoguo's soldiers and horses are mainly divided into two parts. The first part is a newly recruited and trained army after Yu Guo came to this world, with a total of 100,000 people. They fought south and north, destroyed Donghu, Jizi North Korea and the Xiongnu, and participated in the battle to break the Yan State.

Needless to say, such an army is so elite. It is indescribable to be brave and good at fighting. It can be called the first-class elite in the world, except that most of them have no internal strength.

The other part is the cannon fodder drawn from the Huns. Although the Huns live in the north and live in the vast grasslands, they have lived a life of wandering since childhood.

Moreover, he has to endure the conquest of other tribes. He grew up killing and being killed since he was a child, so he naturally has a wolfish nature and is extremely ferocious.

But they were captured after all, their morale was even lower, and their will to fight was not as strong as they were on the grassland, but they were considered an elite group.

This time in the battle, Zhong Yu did not assign the Xiongnu to be cannon fodder, but chose half of the imperial soldiers and half of the Xiongnu soldiers to cooperate with the national soldiers to supervise and draw the fighting will of the Xiongnu soldiers.

Now is the time when Yuguo is short of major generals, and the war has developed to such an extent that it has greatly exceeded Yuguo's original plan and is heading in an unpredictable direction.

No one knows what will happen in the future, but fortunately, Yu Guo has achieved his goal, seriously consuming the strength of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period. Except for the Qi State in Shandong, which is located in a corner of Pian An, the other six countries have lost a lot of strength.

According to the information he knew, it was conveyed by the hidden guards from various places, and after a little integration with his ministers, he came to such a conclusion.

That is the entire Central Plains, north of the Yangtze River, all the population added up, lost more than 1/3 of him, and most of the losses were young adults.

This can be seen from the passing roads, where there is no human habitation for tens of miles, only dilapidated villages and towns, and wild dogs and wolves looking for food.

Now on the battlefield, if they just force the Xiongnu soldiers to go forward as cannon fodder, although they are forced by their own power and pressure, they dare not refuse for the sake of their own ethnic group.

But their combat efficiency will definitely be extremely low, and it’s okay to delay, and it is very likely that they will retreat after two hits on purpose, and they will not fight desperately at all.

Because they are now some kind of own current Achilles heel, the law does not blame the public, 100,000 people retreat together, does Yuguo really dare to kill them all?

Zhong Yu really didn't dare, let's not say that this is 100,000 bloodthirsty wolves, it is impossible to stand still and let him kill.

Just say that after so many soldiers died, the form of the battlefield will definitely change drastically.

First of all, due to the fact that Qin State is almost the same, his own military strength will become only half of Qin State, and his strength will be greatly damaged. Besides, with so many fewer people, not only will the morale of my own soldiers be greatly affected, but also the soldiers of Yan and South Korea behind me will have their fighting will be greatly reduced.

With such concerns, Zhong Yu certainly did not dare to act recklessly. He had to think reasonably, so that he could maximize the characteristics of the Huns' cannon fodder and let them shed their last blood for him.

That's why there are two sides with equal strength, in the same position, and going to the battlefield together. This kind of plan came out.

First of all, with the presence of the elites of the Yu Kingdom, the elites of the Yu Kingdom can be used as a breakthrough point to launch a fierce attack on the Qin Kingdom and make some breakthroughs at the tactical level.

Secondly, seeing that their suzerain country is so fierce, the Huns, who already have bloodthirsty elites in their blood, will naturally be aroused to be violent in their hearts, and they will become fearless together.

With leaders and the situation on the battlefield, the fighting power of the Huns will inevitably be stimulated to the maximum, and their role is not just cannon fodder.

Therefore, after the war ended, Yuguo withdrew about 10,000 elite Yuguo soldiers, plus about 5,000 remnants of the Huns, resulting in 15,000 more casualties than Qin.

This time the battle really shocked the Qin State. They never expected that the fighting will of the imperial soldiers on the opposite side was so brave and strong, and they were not afraid of life and death.

In ancient times, those who could withstand 10% of casualties were considered regular troops. Thirty percent is the elite. Fifty percent, that is a hero on the battlefield, which belongs to the precious trump card of each general. As for more than 80%, it is a kind of army that can be met but not sought.

However, the Warring States Period is naturally not the kind of dynasty in the later generations. Hundreds of years of war have long made all the civilians in the Warring States Period accustomed to killing. Their tolerance for casualties far exceeds that of every dynasty in later generations.

Those who can withstand more than 30% of the casualties are all mobs recruited temporarily. More than 50% is considered a regular army. More than 80% are the elite trump cards of various countries.

But even if it is this kind of elite trump card, there are not too many countries. For the countries of Han, Zhao and Wei, it is not bad to have 30,000 to 40,000 people. As for the Qin, Chu and Qi countries, there are about 100,000 people.