It should be said that the temporary change made by the monarchs and ministers of Wei State did save their national fortunes.

Because just as they were preparing to hunt north, the Heyang camp of the Chu State had already divided into a vanguard, and about 400,000 Chu troops rushed forward, directly ignoring the prefectures and counties along the way in Nanyang, and directly entered the territory of Henan County.

Behind them, there were 200,000 elite Chu troops, as well as a rear army composed of millions of people, who were driving over.

In Henan, the Wei army left behind was only about 300,000, and there were only three people in the first place.

Although this strength is not weak, it is absolutely impossible to suppress and kill the Chu army that came in.

It was even difficult to temporarily requisition some people to help them defend the city.

Because the Chu army came too quickly and too quickly.

It was so fast that they didn't have time to react, so fast that they didn't have time to resist.

It was as if overnight, the sky had changed.

The Chu army suddenly slaughtered their city, suddenly broke through the city, and suddenly ravaged the whole of Henan.

Like thunder, like a storm, it doesn't give anyone time to adapt at all.

The State of Chu has been preparing for the Northern Expedition for thirty years, and I don't know how much planning it has done, and I don't know how much energy it has spent.

Now all of them have been turned into fuel, helping the army to crush the entire Henan.

Of course.

Although the Chu army came quickly, it did catch the Wei army by surprise.

But running thousands of miles is not so easy after all.

After the Chu army reached Henan and launched the first wave of offensives, it was almost the end of the crossbow.

The 400,000 pioneers only occupied some auxiliary lines in the south of Henan, and after establishing a foothold here, they could only hold on to the city, rest, and wait for backup.

Although the war on the front line is still being fought, it is just to select some elites and harass the Wei army in Henan from time to time.

Wei still has an army of 300,000 here, which is not much different from the number of pioneers, and relying on the local advantages, the material and manpower that can be mobilized is not much.

With these advantages, it is enough to smooth out the small number gap with the Chu army.

The most important thing is.

As the core hinterland of Wei in the past ten years, Nanyang and Henan counties have been infused with all the hard work and energy of Wei.

Most of the immigrants from the original Wei State have moved to these two counties, and with the original immigrants from the Zhou State, the total population of these two counties together is almost 34 million.

With such a large population, with a little mobilization, an innumerable army of militias can be pulled.

Coupled with the slightly fierce and martial atmosphere of the Wei State, in fact, the war potential of these two counties is not small at all.

The only drawback is probably the shortage of food.

Originally, nearly half of the grain consumed by Wei every year was purchased from Chu.

Now that Chu and Wei are at war, the two countries have become enemy countries, and it is naturally impossible for Chu's grain to be sold to Wei again.

Therefore, on the Wei side, although there is no shortage of population, as long as you want, you can pull out a large number of soldiers and horses at any time.

But how to feed these people is a difficult problem.

But now that it's a time of life and death, who can take care of whether they can feed the army?

The Chu army was menacing, with millions of soldiers and horses, which was simply overwhelming, and black clouds overwhelmed the city.

In this case, the Wei army pulled out a group of soldiers and horses and sent them to the battlefield, or it would not be long before they would be consumed.

In fact, the so-called difficult problem of raising a large army does not exist.

Therefore, at this critical moment, the county guards and guards of the two counties of Henan and Nanyang of Wei quickly reached a consensus after only a little discussion.

Conscription, open conscription.

All the prefectures, counties, villages and towns that were still under the control of the Wei State, as long as they could get their hands on weapons, no matter how big or small, were all forcibly conscripted into the army and organized into soldiers.

In the world of great controversy in recent years, competition has become more and more fierce, the scale of the use of troops has also become larger and larger, and various countries have become more or less in the phenomenon of shortage of troops.

Therefore, in order to solve this problem, it has become inevitable to carry out a system of compulsory military service for the whole people.

All countries have popularized military education for the whole people, that is, when Lu Yuan first started his family, when he was in the countryside, and the folk village warrior training.

Therefore, these gathered Wei Xiangyong have actually undergone a certain amount of military training, and with a little training, they are a usable army.

Although such an army is almost strong, it can't fight a frontal battlefield at all.

But it can be used to defend the city, and there is still no problem.

Before the Northern Expedition began, Huang Yun reported to Lu Yuan that the martial arts of Guannei County of Wei State were strong, and the folk township was brave and strong, which was not inferior to the soldiers of ordinary prefectures and counties.

When attacking here, not only the regular army of Wei State, but also these folk men who have lived in this atmosphere since childhood.

Together, these people are also a military force that cannot be ignored.

Because of this report, Lu Yuan revised the Northern Expedition plan and temporarily added a Hanzhong camp.

In the two counties of Nanyang and Henan, although the martial arts style of the Wei people here is worse than that of the two counties of Guannei and Shuofang, it is still not to be underestimated.

A conscription order went down.

After experiencing the initial panic, the Wei army, which reacted, soon recruited a large number of villagers in the two counties.

In just half a month, the number of Wei troops in Nanyang County surged to one million.

The Wei army in Henan County directly broke two million people.

With a population of 34 million, if all men are directly recruited, the limit can even recruit tens of millions of brave villagers.

At this time, only more than 2 million people were pulled out, which can not be called extreme mobilization, but can only be regarded as preliminary mobilization.

Therefore, as time passes, when the Wei State slowly reacts, the subsequent number of Wei troops will further increase and continue to expand on the existing basis.

Wei is the third largest country in the world, and after more than ten years as the leader of the Zhao Xu League, the status of the big brother is unquestionable.

It is indeed difficult for the Chu State to suddenly destroy him, at least it cannot be said to be an easy matter.

To destroy Liang, Lu Yuan used four camps.

To destroy Wei, there are only two camps.

Seriously, this is indeed a bit underestimating the Wei State, to be safe, it should be safe to use three camps.

Fortunately, before attacking Wei, Chu also used a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain in advance, and deceived half of the main force in his country.

This is a blow to the strength of the Wei State, which is barely worth a camp.

But even so, it is still difficult for the two to quickly destroy the Wei State.

Just like in front of you.

Henan and Nanyang temporarily exploded, and the three million Wei troops that came out, it was a little difficult for the Heyang Xingying to suppress him.

And this difficulty, as time goes on, will gradually deepen and worsen.

The only good news is probably that Nanyang County is here, because of the sudden sneak attack of the Chu army, before the Wei army here reacted, more than two-thirds of the prefectures and counties in Nanyang County had been controlled by the Chu army.

Although Nanyang County reacted and began to recruit soldiers, only one-third of the counties under his control, with a total population of only about five million.

With a population of five million, it is already the limit to be able to burst out of the million-strong army of Nanyang County today.

Next, even if you want to recruit more soldiers and horses into the army, the Wei army in Nanyang County will not have that potential.

Therefore, the Wei army that Chu has to deal with here is almost about one million people.

It's Henan County's side.

Because of Nanyang County as a buffer, the news was timely and the response was much faster.

Although the light troops of the Chu army advanced rapidly, they were still caught off guard, and in the early days of the battle, they lost many prefectures and counties.

But after the vanguard of the Chu army exhausted the last breath of sharp energy, the Wei army, which reacted, quickly rearranged the defense line and strengthened the defense against the Chu army.

The county capital of Henan that the Chu army was able to capture was only one-fifth of the county.

As a key county operated by the Wei State, Henan County is even located in the eastern capital, and its population is better than that of Nanyang County.

The total population of Henan County was about 20 million, and at this time one-fifth of it was lost, and the remaining population was more than 15 million.

With this number of people, if you bomb the army, it is not a problem to pull out three or four million people.

This number of soldiers and horses, to be honest, is not inferior to the Heyang camp.

If you add the million Wei troops in Nanyang County, if you only fight the number, you will have to surpass the Chu army.

However, although the quantity is superior, in terms of quality, the Wei army was completely crushed by the Chu army.

The Heyang camp led by Qing Yunzi consisted of about a million soldiers.

The Wei army in Henan and Nanyang counties originally had only 500,000 soldiers.

Now under the sudden attack of the Chu army, these Wei troops have suffered heavy losses, and in the end, there should be less than 300,000 people left.

With 300,000 soldiers against 1 million soldiers, this is naturally an extremely disparity in numbers.

Therefore, the Chu army in Heyang, although it was only three million people, still had a great advantage over the Wei army, which had swelled to nearly four million.

On the frontal battlefield, it is completely crushing level.

However, the Wei army also knew their weaknesses, so after the initial confrontation and several big losses, they gave up the plan to fight head-to-head and drive the Chu army out.

Instead, he adopted a strategy of defending the city and focusing on defense.

Those temporarily recruited people can't fight tough battles, but there is no problem in defending the city.

With the city as a support, a folk man can be used as a soldier against a Chu army.

Relying on this advantage, the gap between the two sides can be erased.

In the face of the Wei army's stubborn defense, Qingyunzi really didn't have a good way.

Man is like a turtle, shrunk in a shell, what can you do with him?

Therefore, after several attempts, Qingyunzi could only give up the strong attack and began the confrontation attrition.

The Wei army had a local defense and could rely on the advantage of the fortified city.

On the Chu army's side, it naturally has its own advantages, that is, there is more money and more food.

The Wei army did not fight a frontal battle with the Chu army, but wanted to fight a war of attrition to defend the city, otherwise it would have taken advantage of its own advantages, but it would not have helped the Chu army to give full play to the advantages of the Chu army itself.

Don't forget, nearly half of Wei's grain comes from Chu.

Its food self-sufficiency rate is only half of that in the country.

In other words, even when the country is stable, it can only meet half of its own food consumption.

Half of the rest will go hungry.

And now, in the war between the two countries, the two counties of Henan and Nanyang, which were originally the hinterland of Wei, were all killed by the Chu army, turning the world upside down.

Almost all the men in the two counties were conscripted into the army, and the only people who remained in the area were some old and weak women and children.

With these old and weak women and children, how many fields can be planted and how many acres of land can be cultivated?

Therefore, there is no doubt that this year, the grain output in the areas controlled by the Wei State will usher in a round of plummeting in the two counties, it is certain.

At that time, the grain harvest will be poor, and the problem of the lack of grain in these two counties will not be one-half, but may be two-thirds, or even three-quarters.

Most of the people will not have enough to eat.

They don't have enough to eat, so they starve to death.

Eating soil, grazing, and even cannibalism against each other, all kinds of tragedies will be staged on this land.

This scene, if it really happens.

Let me ask, if you, as a Wei person who was forcibly conscripted into the army, after knowing that your wife and children were in such a miserable situation at home, would you still have the heart to fight desperately with the Chu people?

Even, they themselves may be hungry and experience this tragedy firsthand.

If these really broke out, the morale of the Wei army would inevitably plummet and the morale of the people would be weakened.

Not to mention the war, if there is no mutiny uprising, killing all the people and rebelling, the sun will come out in the west.

Just one problem of food shortage is the fatal death of the Wei people of the two armies.

This is also the reason why Lu Yuan still sent troops after estimating the potential of the Wei State, knowing that the other party's strength was not weak, and he might not be able to support it with only two battalions.

That is, the other party is short of food.

As long as you grasp this key point, you will catch the entire Wei State.

Therefore, at this time, the progress in these two counties is slow, and Qingyunzi is not in a hurry.

He just asked people to stick to the existing area, and at the same time clean up the Wei resistance forces in the occupied area, and cooperate with the iron fist operation launched by Lu Yuan to purify the two counties.

Then the most I did was to summon the rear and let them hurry up and bring the grain over.

Yes, it's grain transport.

Now that we already know that a tragedy is about to happen in the area controlled by Wei.

So how could the state of Chu not prepare?

Within the two counties, the population controlled by Wei was about 20 million.

There are so many Wei people, but they are all descendants of the Three Emperors and Miao, and there is not much cultural barrier with the Chu people, and they can be directly assimilated and absorbed.

For Lu Yuan, these people are even more valuable assets that provide them with luck, soldiers and horses, and produce various resources.

Although he once said that for the sake of the stability of Zhongzhou, he did not hesitate to kill half or even most of the people.

But that's just a show of determination.

If he can stabilize the place without killing people, Lu Yuan naturally doesn't want to kill evil.

So even if it is a Wei person, if he can save one, he is still willing to try his best to save it.

The world is turbulent, how can the common people be innocent?

The heroes of Kyushu have already suffered too many people for the hegemony of that emperor.

Now that Lu Yuan is interested in sweeping the world and returning peace to Kyushu, he naturally has to start from this time.

Regard the people of all countries as their own people, the world of Kyushu as their own world, and the dawn of the common people as their own concubines, so that they will not live up to everything they have grabbed through them.

This can barely be regarded as a trace of benevolence.

Of course, he is not a pure virgin.

Qingyunzi mobilized a large amount of grain and hoarded it in Nanyang County, Henan, which itself was also useful for breaking the resistance of the Wei army.

Think about it.

You're hungry, you're eating, and you're having a human tragedy.

I have a full meal here, the rice is fragrant, and there is even wine and meat, not to mention how chic my life is.

Compare the two sides, you are Wei Jun, how will you choose?

I'm afraid that when the time comes, if you give a bite to eat, you can easily tempt Wei Jun to defect.

Give a bag of rice and you can open the door of a city.

It's not a joke, it's a bloody fact made to survive.

Stockpiling grain is not grain, but people's hearts, the general trend, and the world.

In the two counties of Henan and Nanyang, the Wei army still resisted stubbornly, and even controlled most of the area.

But these two counties, in essence, have become dead places.

The Chang'an monarch of Wei, if he really chooses to hunt in the east, he can certainly get a moment of peace.

But it won't be peaceful for two months, and you will have to go hungry with the subjects of the whole country, and everyone will compete to eat together.

And if they run there, the Chu State will block the inside and Shuo Fang, and they will really become turtles in the urn, and they will not be able to escape.

In the face of this future, it would be foolish to go there.

On the contrary, it is the North Hunting Shuofang, although it is more remote, but also poorer.

But here is the steppe to the east, and there is its own army of millions.

To the south is Chang'an, where there are still 100,000 troops left, as well as hundreds of thousands of brave villagers who came in response to the conscription.

These people are still holding on to Chang'an, the western capital, and they are still holding on to various important cities in Guannei County, which can also be used as a southern barrier.

To the east is the State of Zhao, the younger brother of the State of Wei.

Well, now that Wei is down, the other party is definitely not willing to be his little brother.

But after all, the two countries have been allies for decades.

The state of Wei was in trouble, and the state of Chu rose up and began to threaten the security of all countries.

With this premise, there is no problem for Wei to ask Zhao for help.

Even if Zhao Guo did not send troops to help, there was no problem in providing some money and food to Wei State just like Xu Guo helped Liang State.

As long as Zhao can provide grain, then Wei's biggest food shortage problem can be alleviated.

You say that you can solve the problem of feeding the whole country, which is really reluctant.

After all, the population controlled by Wei now is more than 20 million.

Relying on only one Zhao State, it is really impossible to raise.

However, it was barely able to survive for a while to solve the problem of feeding the millions of troops temporarily recruited by the Wei State.

As long as it can hold on, Wei can still withstand it, and Guozuo can still be maintained.

Even if I can't bear it in the end.

Here in Shuofang, Wei also has a northern retreat.

If it's a big deal, I will return to my hometown in Yanzhou and fight for territory with those barbarians who moved south again.

Although today's Yanzhou, under the invasion of the cold wave, there are only two or three counties in the south, which can still provide people with survival.

Moreover, these areas suitable for survival are still shrinking more and more.

It may not take more than ten years for Yanzhou to be over.

But in the past ten years, can people still live?

Moreover, in the southern part of Yanzhou, the population of the barbarians who moved south was almost 10 million.

Originally, Wei looked down on these people, feeling that they were difficult to educate, and absorbing them was only a hidden danger in the country.

But now that I'm down like this, how can I still be qualified to pick and choose?

With a population of tens of millions, it is also the foundation of a hegemon.

In the end, I really couldn't stay here in Yongzhou, ran back to my hometown in Yanzhou, subdued those barbarians, and built another Wei State, and there was still a chance to start all over again.

Therefore, Henan is the place of death, and Shuofang is the vitality.

The Chang'an monarch of Wei saw this very clearly.

Therefore, after moving the capital happily and leaving important ministers to garrison Chang'an.

Wei announced that the northern capital would be set up in Lingshou, the county town of Shuofang, and the emperor's ministers would be stationed here to deal with domestic affairs.

At the same time, an envoy was sent to the state of Zhao.

Ask this former little brother, now the backer, for assistance.

In addition, he sent orders to set up the Guannei Defense Area and the Heyang Defense Area, and assigned important ministers and the king of the clan to the two defense areas to prepare for the resistance to the Chu army.

Well, after such a toss, the dilapidated small court of the Wei State, under the heavy punch of the Chu State, barely established its footing and continued to maintain it.

But it's just a matter of breathing.

In the end, the future is really uncertain.

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