Chapter 304
In the ninth year of Emperor Yuan, February.
The situation in the world is intricate and complex, often like flowers, coming one after another from people's eyes, but disappearing in a blink of an eye, making it difficult to trace.
But until now, the situation of the melee between the countries last year has finally come to an end, and the situation has gradually become clearer.
The state of Qi experienced some ups and downs. The King of Qi fled to Jiaodong County.
However, the prestige of the tiger's death is still there, not to mention that the fierce tiger King Qi is not dead yet, so relying on his past majesty, he can still restrain the impetuous human nature in Jiaodong County.
Immediately afterwards, Jiaodong County was used as a springboard. After pacifying the return aid, after a bloody battle, only an elite army of 50,000 remained. Relying on this large army and some soldiers and horses from Jiaodong County, they regained control of the remaining three counties in Qi State, and their momentum recovered slightly.
However, the population of the remaining three counties in Qi State is getting more and more withered, with only about one million left. This is because Zhao Jun came to Qi State not long ago, and because of the retreat due to the war in the rear, otherwise the population would drop even more.
And there are only 150,000 soldiers and horses left in Qi State, of which no more than 50,000 are elite, making it a low-level small country.
However, the Tao country to the east of Qi country, after losing the aid of Qi country, no longer had any support, and faced with the army of Wei country, it could no longer support it.
However, he was not destroyed all at once, but lasted for a long time, until he was wiped out by Wei Jun two months ago, that is, at the end of the year.
The reason is that Wei Guo was frightened by what happened to Qi, Zhao, and Qin before. He was afraid that when he mobilized an army to attack Tao, someone would suddenly come behind him, which would not be fun. up.
Therefore, Wei's offensive was suspended, and soldiers and horses were on standby at any time, ready to return immediately.
However, after waiting for a long time and seeing no movement after three or four months, Wei Guo felt a little relieved, and the originally suspended offensive became fierce again.
As a result, Tao Guo, who had just calmed down because of the previous turmoil, thought that he had escaped again. Under the storm-like attack of the Wei State, it lasted only one month before it was destroyed. It was completely declared that the history of this small country, which was only two years old and whose territory was only one county, ended its history in a very short lifespan.
Therefore, Wei Guo took back the barrier to the east, so that his rear no longer had to worry about, avoiding the danger of being directly approached by troops under the city.
However, after this battle, the national power of Wei State was consumed a lot. Even with the population of Tao County and a slight increase in strength, it is far worse than before the war.
Although the current state of Wei still has a population of around 2 million, his military strength is only 200,000, of which only 100,000 are elites, and his strength has been greatly compromised. However, the power is still maintained at the level of a second-rate power.
After the reinforcements came back, Zhao Guo held Taihang Mountain, but blocked Qin to the west of Taihang Mountain. Coupled with the civil strife in the rear of the Qin State, the offensive of the Qin army on the opposite side was not very violent, and it even subsided directly afterward.
There haven't been any major changes in the past few months, and the current territory division has basically been maintained.
However, after Zhao State lost the three counties of Shangdang County, Yanmen County, Taiyuan County, the population of the territory was greatly reduced. Now there are only four counties, and the population is only about 1.2 million. Among them, there are still 200,000 troops left, and about 150,000 elites. It is still a second-rate power.
Let's talk about Qin State again. After obtaining the three counties of Zhao State, in addition to leaving some soldiers and horses to guard against Zhao State's counterattack. The rest of the army was all transferred back to Guanzhong to put down the troubles of Liu Bang and others.
Liu Bangyun's army in the two places added up to no more than 50,000 people. It was able to rage for a while before, causing panic in Guanzhong. It's just picking the air where the Guanzhong army went out and had weak defenses.
Now that the army came back to help, they immediately lost their arrogance. They all died down and fled back to their old territory with the army in desperation.
But before leaving, they didn't do Qin Guo any favors. They burned, killed and looted everywhere in Qin, leaving behind ruins and corpses.
After all their troubles, most of Longxi County and Shang County were completely abolished, more than half of the population in the county was lost, and their vitality was seriously injured.
Longxi County and Shang County can be regarded as the old territories of the Qin State, and they have been incorporated into the Qin State for hundreds of years. Especially in Longxi County, where the people of Qin originated and grew up. Dozens of monarchs of the Qin Kingdom are buried there, which can be described as the foundation of their ancestors.
Although the capital of the Qin Kingdom moved eastward and gradually left Longxi County, it was the old capital after all, and the tombs of the ancestors were still buried there. Therefore, Qin State also attaches great importance to the development there, and regards it as an important base for training Qin State cavalry.
Therefore, the population of Longxi County is quite abundant, with a population of 600,000. After being ravaged by Liu Bang, nearly 400,000 yuan was lost, which was extremely harmful.
Shangjun has a large population, about 400,000. Under the scourge of the countries in the clouds, the population has also lost 200,000, and it has almost become ruins.
The population of the three counties that Qin State recovered from Zhao Guoxin was originally about 800,000. However, the Qin State did massacres of the city there, which was no different from what Liu Bang and others did, so the population loss of these three counties was also a lot.
In the end, when Qin and Zhao stopped fighting, the total population of the three counties was only about 300,000.
Because of the war, the originally prosperous and prosperous land became ruins.
Although the countries in the cloud and the Liang country where Liu Bang was located retreated, the Qin country did not let them go.
Instead, divide the troops into two groups, each with nearly 200,000 troops to attack, like Mount Tai pressing down on the top, a posture that vowed to destroy him.
The two forces were terrified and asked for help from the big brother behind them, Yu Guo.
It's just that, the actions of these two people are not Yu Guo's instructions. They caused trouble themselves, but they want to find their boss. Why didn't they think about the boss when they got rich? So Yuguo directly refused.
His request was rejected, and both sides were extremely desperate. He wanted to surrender to the Qin State, but he did too much in the Qin State at the beginning, leaving no room for it, but now it is impossible to surrender.
So he had no choice but to grit his teeth and rise up to resist.
Collect all the forces that can be recruited in the country, from children who are waiting to be fed, to gray-haired old men, and those strong and healthy women, all recruited into the army as their army to resist Qin.
After such a squeeze, the two sides will each have an army of 80,000 to 90,000, or 40,000 to 50,000.
The momentum looks big, but how much water is in it, so only each of them can know in their hearts.