The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire Chapter 292: Major changes 3
Now that we have broken through, the fears of King Zhao and King Wei have finally subsided.
Beside them, at this moment, 50,000 reinforcements brought by Li Mu are closely guarding them, and they are already extremely safe. Naturally, there is no need to be afraid of these hungry soldiers resisting.
The two of them have made up their minds that these soldiers will either be consumed on the battlefield against Qin, or on other battlefields.
As for the other battlefields, the two are tacitly aware.
During the days of siege, the feelings of King Zhao and King Wei increased day by day. They were almost inseparable from sleeping and eating at the same table.
While the relationship increased, the two secretly reached a strategic offensive and defensive alliance. They agreed to each other whether Zhao Guo or Wei Guo had difficulties, and the other side would definitely help.
Obviously, they also understand that after repelling Qin, the world will not be truly peaceful, but it may become more turbulent.
The two people with a deep sense of crisis naturally had such a kind of political confession after having this shared adversity and life and death encounter.
On the surface, they sheltered under the joint alliance, and secretly reached a small alliance between Zhao and Wei. The alliance formed by these two countries will be a force capable of shaking the entire world situation.
Although Zhao Wei and Wei have lost their troops on the front line, and killed and injured countless soldiers, the rest of their heritage still cannot be underestimated.
After all, although many young people have died in their country, there are still a lot of people in their newly regained territory. Among these people, there are quite a lot of young people.
Together with the people in their original territory, each of the two countries can still be said to be strong. When the crisis of annihilation is really reached, it is completely possible to defend the country to the death, regardless of any loss, regardless of the loss of one's own country's potential.
It is estimated that after the loss of four to five million people, Zhao Guo can still explode nearly 400,000 soldiers and horses. As for Wei, the population is larger than that of Zhao. Similarly, he lost more troops, but he was still able to recruit 450,000 soldiers and horses.
Although the soldiers and horses recruited, like Qin, they are all fourteen to five and fifty to sixty-year-old old men. But let them take a weapon, can they kill people differently?
Not to mention, after the two countries unite, the nearly one million soldiers gathered together are enough to make any enemy fearful.
Similarly, this can also consolidate their position in the alliance and the world, stabilize their current territory, and make secretly coveted enemies afraid of prying.
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The northern front has been lifted, and the Chu Kingdom on the southern front has also been advancing by leaps and bounds under the attack regardless of wastage.
Although the Chu army's rear line was cut off, it became extremely difficult to replenish food, grass, and other materials, but the Chu army, who paid attention to fighting by war, flew into countless cities all the way.
And in the first difficulty he encountered, that is, under the majestic Nanliang City, he had a desperate showdown with the 100,000 Qin Army defenders in the city.
It's not that Chu Jun didn't want to bypass Nanliang City, just like before, hurried forward quickly. But the situation is really crisis, the environment is unfavorable, and I have to fight a tough battle with the Qin army here.
Hundreds of miles behind Nanliang City, there are mountains and ridges with few people inhabited. In such an environment, apart from a few wild beasts in the mountains, there is only smoke and poisonous miasma. How can the 250,000 Chu army survive such a situation? Eat some beasts? It's better to eat Chu Jun's own body!
Behind Chu Jun is the 100,000 Nanliang city defender. Such a powerful force, like a beast, peeped at Chu Jun behind him, making him feel cold on his back and having trouble sleeping and eating.
These 100,000 people are not like the defenders I have encountered before, ranging from thousands to tens of thousands, but a force that threatens the entire Chu army.
If you leave it alone and allow him to wreak havoc behind him, then Chu Jun may be overthrown at any time, and it is difficult to recover.
So, with these two concerns, this battle is bound to be inevitable.
So, under Xiang Yan's urging, and before the war, he announced the current situation of the army, so that all the Chu army had a bottom line, knowing that there was no retreat now.
The Chu army understood that in such a situation, even if they wanted to surrender, the defenders in the city would not accept it.
A quarter of a million people are several times more than the number of Qin Jun. How could those Qin Jun accept the surrender with confidence!
Moreover, letting them surrender just like this, these Chu Jun were not reconciled.
As for fleeing, on this road, how many Qin army's cities are densely distributed on the roads where they flee. These Chu troops wanted to pass through the enemy's realm along this route and safely return to their hometown of Chu, which was much more difficult than conquering the Nanliang City in front of them.
Furthermore, even if I can return to my hometown in the end, I am afraid that among 100 people, I don't know if there is that one.
Such a disparity, naturally let these Chu Jun know what is wise to choose.
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With such a belief, as well as the supervisor's supervision, Chu Jun launched a desperate showdown.
The battle lasted for ten days, and the number of people killed and injured was even more unknown.
The majestic Nanliang City finally opened its gates in this kind of high-intensity battle, opened his door, and threw it into the embrace of the Chu army.
After the war, all the Qin army in the city had been massacred by the red-eyed Chu army, and the few residents in the city also suffered great bad luck.
In short, after the war, with the withdrawal of the Chu army, only a few hundred people in this city escaped from the place where they survived, but they fled the city with a look of horror and plunged into the wilderness. Among them, life and death are unknown.
After all this venting, Chu Jun finally recovered his sanity, and Xiang Yan was able to control this army again.
However, after such a loss, this army has dropped sharply from 250,000 to 100,000. Although after such a campaign, these 100,000 have become elite, and they are all capable of fighting. Old pawn.
However, the loss in the number of people can be seen with the naked eye. There were more than thirty miles of army from the original, but now only ten miles can be seen.
For the State of Chu, I don't know whether this is good or bad.
Getting a team of elites, but losing a lot of soldiers and horses, and adding a lot of white sails to countless families in the country, it is really hard to calculate.
But I don't know what other people think about all this, Xiang Yan is quite happy anyway.
True good generals, unless they have commanding abilities like Han Xin, otherwise they want to be able to master an elite soldier whose number is within their abilities, so that they can be as helpful as they can.
With Xiang Yan's ability, 100,000 people, just right!