The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire Chapter 187: War potential
The crescent moon is like fire, it is the time to kill.
When Yan is the capital of the Kingdom of Yan, Wang Xi, who is living a life of extravagance and intoxication, living in the enjoyment of the wine pond meat forest.
Hearing that the two eastern counties have changed hands, and a large army is heading towards the capital of the country of Yan, he was shocked to get up from the pile of women, and he had just been **** and froze to death. Fainted, a look of panic on his face.
The faint and incompetent Yan Wangxi, and his ministers who were in a hurry, especially his uncle, Yan Chunjun, came together to discuss how to deal with it.
Yan Chunjun and General Yan Yi, when they heard the news, they both felt a little in their hearts. They remembered what happened to them in Feixue Pavilion before January.
‘Could it be that the man who was the commander of this army before, committed such a catastrophe, absolutely cannot let King Yan know, otherwise he would be dead. ’
The two thought of this idea in their hearts at the same time. I don't know how they will feel after supporting the ideas in their hearts. The smells are similar, and they are talking about this kind of person in embarrassment!
The two are secretly pregnant with ghosts, so naturally they will not tell the true thoughts in their hearts. Instead, he tried his best to persuade King Yan to not act rashly for the time being. First gather soldiers and horses from all over the country and gather them in Yandu to see what the enemy is like.
Make a decision again, whether to fight or to make peace, which charter will come out at that time!
"My lord, at this time, I don’t know how many enemies there are. I don’t know what is true or false. They rushed to send troops. With the soldiers and horses that Yan Guodu can dispatch now, there are only 70 or 80 thousand people. Let's look around for a while before making a decision!" Yan Chunjun is loyal and acts for the country and the people.
"Yes, Lord, at this moment, my army is not yet fully prepared to march. Many soldiers return home on holiday and have not yet returned to the camp. They havetily dispatched troops. I am afraid it will cause complaints from the soldiers, and the military will be afraid and unable to fight. !" Yan Yi, the general in charge of military affairs, said as an insider.
"This, but if you don’t take advantage of the enemy’s unsteady foothold and have not fully digested the opportunity of the two armies, send troops to repel the enemy, I am afraid the enemy will stabilize his heels, and then send troops to invade our country, what should we do? Alright?" Although King Yan was faint, he was fascinated by the color of wine. At this moment, he suddenly encountered this kind of danger. When the country was ruined and his family was destroyed, it also showed a little bit of his ability as a king.
"The emperor does not have to worry. At this moment, I am the capital of Yan State. All the troops add up, but he is 100,000. He still has to leave him two to three, ten thousand to stay behind. Only seven to eighty thousand can be sent out to fight." General Yan Yi first talked about the strength of Yan Guo's capital at the moment, and then continued to speak.
"But if you wait a month, or even half a month, to convene soldiers and horses from other counties in Yandu and gather in Yandu, you will be able to gather an army of nearly 200,000. The enemy? Or send troops to retreat? All will greatly increase the chances of winning, and the country of Yan is not in danger of annihilation!"
"Although Aiqing said that there is no problem, it is the veteran's bluntness, but..." Although Yan Wangxi heard Yan Yi's argument, although he admitted that there was some truth in his heart, he still hesitated.
"Your Majesty, you should be constantly interrupted and suffer from the chaos. This is not an opportunity to fight. I should wait for it to change. I will wait to sit firmly in the capital and see the enemy's strength before making plans. It is the right thing to do! "Seeing King Yan's hesitation and hesitation, Yan Chunjun, who understands King Yan's personality very well, directly interrupted King Yan's words and put pressure on him.
"Well, since the two Aiqings said so, let's just wait and see what happens. Let me pass on Wang Ling, summon the defenders from all over the country of Yan, and gather together Yandu to prevent the enemy from invading!" King Yan paused. , And then resolutely said, apparently the persuasion of the two important humeral ministers in his eyes had reversed his original plan.
The Wang Ling's order was quickly transformed into an order. Following the transmission of various messengers, it was sent to the guards in all parts of the Yan Kingdom. Those guards were either sad, angry, happy, or excited. In short Various moods constantly surfaced in the hearts of the guards everywhere.
But the king’s order cannot be violated. Since their king has made the order, they, as generals, must follow it. They cannot disobey.
Therefore, in the counties and counties of Yan State, every male in every household was called up for war, and every man was forcibly pulled out by the government and the army.
They were put on battle armor, prepared for battle, and formed an army. Under the leadership of the military chiefs of each county, they rushed to the capital of Yan State and formed a powerful army.
Every man in the Warring States Period, as long as he is over twenty years old, must have experienced a war, and there may be a few dozen games.
Because the five-hundred-year war from the Spring and Autumn Period to the end of the Warring States Period ~ IndoMTL.com~ has made the war mobilization capabilities of every country perfected to the extreme, and can make the most of every country’s A trace of power is used to support the war.
Like Qin who was fighting the battle of Changping. At that time, Qin had a population of about 4 million. It mobilized the nation's military strength and invested nearly 700,000 people in the war. It can be said that basically as long as it is a man, All went to the battlefield for this war.
And all the old and weak women help the army transport rations in the rear. The operation of the entire country is basically maintained by a group of women, and economic production can be said to have stagnated or even regressed.
Zhao’s population of about 3.5 million also mobilized about 450,000 men to participate in the war. This is because Zhao’s reforms were not thorough, and many middle-aged men became slaves of various nobles and could not all serve the war. .
So Zhao Guo was defeated in the Battle of Changping, and the 450,000 men died. When Qin again sent hundreds of thousands of troops to fight the Battle of Handan.
Zhao Guo was around the capital city, so he rushed out more than 100,000 slaves of nobles to help the national army defend the city until it supported the reinforcements of other countries.
At the same time, Yan State in the north also sent more than 100,000 troops to attack Zhao State. However, it was repelled by Zhao Guobei's defender, Lian Po, led by tens of thousands of troops.
Looking at it this way, the entire Zhao country's population of 3.5 million can mobilize his nearly 700,000 troops, with a ratio of 5:1. This shows how powerful the military mobilization capabilities of various countries during the Warring States Period were.
And there is no war in the Warring States in a year, so men in each of their countries have basically experienced war experience and have certain experience.
Pull them out, you can immediately form an army, and it's not the kind of mob, but the one who has killed people and seen blood.
(End of this chapter)