Ten years ago, Yan State took advantage of the new defeat of Zhao State, 450,000 strong people were killed by Qin State Bai Qi, and sent troops to attack Zhao State, if it was not for Lao Lian to turn the tide and defeat the Yan army, I am afraid that Zhao State would have died long ago. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Today, ten years later, Zuo Xiaoyou helped King Zhao find a good reason to send troops: "Avenge the soldiers and people who were killed by Yan State ten years ago!" ”

After ten years of hard work and research, Zhao successfully produced the siege cannon two years ago, when Zhao brought more than 300 siege guns to the front line, and then fired the cannonballs together, the army of Yan thought that the gods were angry, frightened fart, no fighting spirit, three or two were defeated by the Zhao army.

In this battle, more than 4,000 Yan troops were killed, which is not much, but the number of prisoners was as high as 200,000. If it is changed to a time when there is a shortage of food, these captives must not be kept, because more than 200,000 people will consume a lot of grain and grass, which is absolutely intolerable to the victorious side, so they can only kill prisoners, but now the most important thing for the Zhao army is food, and there are few men in the Zhao country, and these 200,000 strong men are excellent men. However, they are captives after all, and they must always be allowed to start as prisoners in labor camp first, and only after they can be reformed can they enjoy the national treatment of Zhao State.

In short, Zhao relied on this battle, and replenished a large number of people at once, and then it was a siege of the city, and the cities of Yan along the way fell to the wind, so that Zhao only took a short month to hit the capital of Yan State, and after persuading to surrender, more than 300 siege artillery easily opened the city gate.

Because the magnates of the Yan Kingdom did not choose to surrender, after entering the city, the Zhao army unceremoniously exterminated all these magnates. In this way, the Yan State was officially incorporated into the territory of the Zhao State.

However, this battle was fought for less than a month and a country was destroyed, which made King Zhao feel that this battle was too easy to fight, and it was not enjoyable, so when he mentioned it at the banquet, Zuo Xiaoyou said lightly: "Then continue to attack the Qi country." ”

A large number of borders of Qi State are bordered by Yan and Zhao, and Qi State is backed by the sea, rich in fisheries, and after the defeat of Qi State, Zhao State completely controls the Bohai Sea, backed by the sea, whether it is fishing or salt, it is a long-term stable treasury income. Of course, the method of drying salt has not yet been promoted. In the past, Zhao Guo did not rely on the sea at all, and he only cheapened those coastal countries, of course he would not do anything to make enemies, but after having the two coastal territories of Yan and Qi, there are a lot of ways to make money on the left and right to be pushed to the foreground.

Compared with the Yan State, the national strength of the Qi State is stronger, I think it was also one of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, and the background is still there, but when it encounters the siege cannon that transcends the times, no matter how strong the Qi State is, it can't resist it, and it is still less than a month's work, and the Qi State was destroyed and incorporated into the territory of the Zhao State.

However, because these two battles were fought too easily and comfortably, Zhao Guo still had the strength to launch two more wars, so he looked at the map and simply! Let's take down Wei and Korea together!

After defeating Wei and Korea, the world formed a three-legged situation, but Zhao had a huge population advantage in the north, which was more than the total population of Qin, which was in danger of Qinchuan but underpopulated, and the undeveloped Chu state.

In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Qin and Chu were actually relatively remote barbarians, but because the two countries became the second of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, they were close to the Central Plains culture and were no longer treated as barbarians, but seriously speaking, the territory occupied by the Zhao State was the core of the Central Plains culture, and in this way, it also allowed the Zhao State to occupy an absolutely strong position.

But now Zhao Guo has made it clear that he wants to eat the surrounding countries and dominate the world. When Qin and Chu saw each other, they couldn't sit idly by, but Zhao's speed was too fast, and with the assistance of siege artillery, Wei and Korea didn't resist for long at all, and they were eaten up by Zhao, and it was digested quite well, leaving no chance for Qin and Chu.

It only took three months for Zhao to eliminate four countries, and it stood head-on with Qin and Chu, and after ten years of development, Zhao was stronger than Qin and Chu in any aspect, and it was much stronger, which made Qin and Chu very frightened, for fear that Zhao would send troops to destroy them.

But the people of both countries think too much, no matter how strong Zhao Guo is, it has only been developed for ten years, and he has launched three major wars in one go, which has reached the limit that Zhao Guo can absorb, and he must spare two or three years to digest it, otherwise the people's hearts are not enough to swallow the elephant, and they will only support themselves to death.

But now there are only three kingdoms left in the world: Zhao, Qin, and Chu, and the situation has suddenly become clear, and the most important thing is that Zhao has won three big battles and absorbed a large number of top talents in one go. The only thing to worry about is their loyalty, but few people in this era are loyal to the country, for their own ideas, go away from home, help other countries become strong, and then turn around to fight their own country, this situation is very common in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, if these generals and ministers don't want to toss blindly, they had better follow Zhao Guogan.

As long as they are people of insight in the world, they can already see that there is a chance that this world will be unified by Zhao, if these generals and ministers run to Qin or Chu, but are defeated by Zhao in the end, then they will only have a dead end.

However, if you want to use these generals and subordinates, you also need to carry out a period of ideological and moral training, this kind of thing Zuo Xiaoyou and Xiang Shaolong are very good at, so the generals were sent to Xiang Shaolong, and the ministers were sent to Zuo Xiaoyou, and the two of them carried out ideological transformation of these people respectively, and only after the transformation can they contribute to the four modernizations of Zhao State.

In the following three years, the world entered a period of relative peace, of course, this was the calm before the storm, everyone knew that Zhao was now resting, accumulating strength, and when everything was ready, it would launch the final unification war against Qin and Chu. According to the strategy of the left and the right, the first thing that Zhao had to deal with was the Chu State.

First of all, the Qin State has the danger of 800 miles of Qinchuan, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so it is better to defend at the moment. Secondly, although the Qin State was easy to defend and difficult to attack, the Qin State also locked itself in the land of mountains and rivers, and only a small number of defenders were needed to make the Qin State dare not move, so that the Zhao State could concentrate its forces on dealing with the Chu State. In the original history, Qin Shi Huang ruled the world and became the first emperor in the history of China, but at that time, the state of Chu was not convinced, and there was a bold statement that "although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu".

Although it is a bold statement, it sounds exciting, but although there are three households in Chu, it also exposes that the population of Chu is really not very large, and because the development in the territory is limited, the national strength is also relatively limited.

During the Warring States period in history, Qin's population was about 5 million, and the army was nearly 600,000; Zhao has more than 3.5 million troops and nearly 500,000 troops; The army of Chu should be between 45-500,000, and according to this calculation, Chu should also have a population of about 10,000 at that time, and it will not exceed 5 million at most.

Basis 1: When Qin officially sent troops to destroy Chu, Chu had actually lost most of its territory. The number of soldiers was only about 1/3 to 1/2 of the heyday of the Warring States period. However, in order to defend itself, the state of Chu should increase the rate of recruitment of its own domestic soldiers. Therefore, the full fight is also about 500,000 (the regular army is almost only 200,000). In terms of troops, morale, and equipment, they were far from the Qin army. It's just that in the face of the disaster of destroying the country, the Chu people finally hated the same enemy once.

Basis 2: In the battle of Qin's annihilation of Chu, although Qin's military strength was written as 600,000, while the strength of Chu was not stated, it was clearly written that the Chu soldiers led by Xiang Yan, who confronted Qin's 600,000-strong army, were 200,000, which should be the main force of Chu. If this is calculated, plus other troops, the total strength of the Chu State at that time was between 45-500,000.

According to all the records of ancient wars, among the thousands of capitalized wars in which the Chu State participated, none of them once exceeded 200,000 troops. Why is that? The reason is simple, because the logistical capacity of the state of Chu cannot guarantee that it can use more than 200,000 troops at a time. Like the Qin State, he used 600,000 troops to confront the Chu State on the border for a year, and the money and food consumed were beyond the strength of the Chu State.

Basis 3: Chu experienced two major wars before its annihilation. For the first time, Li Xin, a general of the Qin State, led 200,000 troops. Chu sent 250,000 troops, and the general was Xiang Yan. Chu Junsheng.

Later, Wang Jian Qingguo's army of 600,000 invaded Chu again, and the Chu army temporarily increased by 300,000, bringing the total number to 550,000. At that time, the Chu army was newly victorious, its morale was high, and it repeatedly went out of the camp to challenge it in the past few months, but the Qin army should not. After June, the Chu state was weak, the army was hungry, and the army returned to the east to eat, and the Qin army took the opportunity to select elite assaults, and the Chu army was defeated in five battles......

Out of his understanding of history, Zuo Xiaoyou knew that the best way to defeat the Chu State was to fight a protracted war with him, as long as there was a protracted war, the first two on his side were sufficient, and he didn't need to consume the lives of many soldiers, so that the Chu State could collapse without a fight. As for the state of Qin...... Let him be a shrinking turtle for a while, and slowly clean him up.

According to the strategy and tactics proposed by Zuo Xiaoyou, Zhao Guo does not need to send many decent generals, just need to be above the level line, be able to defend, and be able to survive. Moreover, in three years, Zhao had more than 1,000 siege cannons, of which 500 were sent to the border between Zhao and Qin, and Xiang Shaolong was used to defend against the sneak attack of the Qin army. The rest was put into this battle against the state of Chu.

In fact, many soldiers don't understand, why does Zhao have such a sharp weapon as siege artillery, but he does not fight with Chu head-on, but wants to fight a protracted war? In fact, Zuo Xiaoyou feels that there is no problem with a hard bar on the front, but now the last thing that Zhao State lacks is time, and the last thing he is afraid of is to fight a war of attrition, which is the absolute disadvantage of Chu State. And the people of Chu fought bravely, and they were the only army with strength and Qin during the Warring States Period, and although Qin ruled the world later, it was still overthrown by Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, which can prove that the Chu army is brave and good at fighting, which is a little insufficient for the soldiers of Zhao State, so there is no need to send heads, just fight slowly.

Consume him and kill him.

So this year, Zhao sent 1 million troops, Chu sent 800,000 troops, and the two sides stationed troops on the border line, vast and endless. But the Zhao army dug trenches early and made enough fortifications, making it clear that they wanted to fight a war of attrition with the Chu army. And the Chu army didn't know what the Zhao army was going to do, and was always nervous to guard against the other side, so as not to make a sudden attack by the Zhao army.

This is a million Zhao army, not a joke, even if the Zhao army is clear that it wants to fight a protracted war, it is impossible for the Chu army to relax its vigilance, and it will step up patrols on the front line every day to guard against the surprise attack of the Zhao army.

However, after all, the Chu army dispatched 800,000 troops, and the daily consumption of grain and grass was really amazing, so after the Chu army and the Zhao army confronted each other on the border for ten days, the Chu army couldn't stand it anymore, so it took the initiative to launch a tentative attack on the Zhao state, but was shot by the Zhao army's crossbows, leaving thousands of corpses and retreating in embarrassment.

Since then, the Chu army no longer dares to act rashly, but the daily consumption of grain and grass is too heavy, with the current national strength of the Chu State, it can barely support 200,000 Chu troops to fight for a year, but now the Chu army has recruited 800,000 troops, and the consumption of grain and grass is four times that of 200,000, that is to say, the grain and grass of the Chu army can only support three months at most, and if the victory cannot be decided within three months, the Chu army will collapse without a fight. Compared with the Chu army, Zhao State's side has an endless stream of grain and grass to the front line, and the soldiers eat well, three meals a day, although there is no guarantee of meat for a meal, but it also guarantees one meat a day.

With a sufficient supply of food, the morale of the Zhao army has always been very high, and in order to prevent the 800,000 troops of the Chu army from withdrawing a part, the spies of the Zhao army will observe the total number of the Chu army burying pots and cooking every day, and as long as they detect that the number is wrong, they will launch a round of attacks on the Chu army, forcing the Chu army to only transfer back the army that has just withdrawn.

In this way, under the torture of not being able to survive and death, after three months, the whole army was eaten up of grain and grass, and collapsed without a fight. And the Zhao army saw the opportunity and pursued all the way, capturing countless hungry Chu soldiers, and chased all the way to the capital of Chu.

In this way, after three months of attrition, the state of Chu was consumed to death by the state of Zhao, occupying the vast territory of the state of Chu at the smallest cost, and the land area was more than doubled in an instant. Moreover, there is a large amount of undeveloped land in the territory of Chu, which provides an excellent platform for the future development of Zhao State.

At this time, only Zhao and Qin were left in the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, and the unification of the world was in sight. Such a huge glory has always made King Zhao excited, and the ministers have also begun to prepare in advance for the enthronement ceremony in the next few years, and everyone understands what this means, but the revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still need to work hard.

This day did not wait too long, because the king of Zhao could not wait, so it only took Zhao a year, just after roughly digesting the state of Chu, in the spring of this year, launched the final unification battle against the state of Qin. (To be continued.) )