"Report, according to observation, the Qi army has been completely defeated!" A part-time reconnaissance pilot at the border of Guangling County said to Shangguan Yong.
Shangguan Yong looked at Shangguan Guang and said, "Dad, the morale of the Qi army has collapsed. This is a good opportunity! Let's attack with all our forces and capture hundreds of thousands of prisoners! Moreover, the defense of Qi's border is weak at the moment. This is a good opportunity. We can follow the example of Anyang and plunder the wealth of the two counties on the border of Qi! But we should only rob the official wealth and not offend the common people. There are many masters among the people!"
Shangguan Guang made a prompt decision: "Order the whole army to attack. Capture one tael of gold for each prisoner. Capture ten taels of gold for each centurion! Also, take the opportunity to attack the border of Qi."
Victory and wealth are the best rewards for soldiers. The 600,000-strong army of Guangling County rushed out of the pass and charged forward across the mountains and plains. On the other hand, the Qi State was in disarray and began to flee.
But once the war entered this mode, the outcome was basically set. This chase lasted until noon, and only about 50,000 elite soldiers of the 300,000-strong Qi army escaped; the rest were either killed or captured. And the border of Qi was actually breached.
Just like the war between Anyang and Cai State, history is repeating itself. The difference is that Anyang was only a county with less than 30,000 soldiers, but now Guangling County has a full 600,000 troops rushing into Qi State. What Anyang couldn't take away, Guangling County can take away!
Rob!
There is only one word, and the 600,000-man army was like a swarm of locusts, looting all the official wealth of the two counties of Baqiu and Langhuan on the border of Qi. In the fairyland, it is best not to provoke the people, otherwise you might provoke an old monster.
The looting lasted for more than a day. By the time Qi State reacted and sent more troops to counterattack, Shangguan Guang had already returned with his army.
The impact of this war is bound to shock the entire Eastern Yingzhou! The performance of arms in the war is becoming more and more prominent, and the war is getting closer and closer to "standardized killing".
Just the next day, the war situation here was reported to Anyang and published in newspapers; many newspapers published it, and millions of newspapers reported the actual situation of this war in detail.
The seemingly weak and vulnerable Later Xia actually defeated the powerful Qi State. Of the 300,000 elite troops of Qi State, only about 50,000 escaped! Moreover, the Later Xia State looted two counties in the east of Qi State and took away countless wealth!
Moreover, in order to publicize its victory, the Later Xia Dynasty also took the initiative to disclose the looted wealth - the total amount of gold exceeded 50 million taels, and the wealth accumulated by the two eastern counties of Qi for many years was all taken away; along with it were countless grain, iron ingots, silver ingots, copper coins, cloth, rare treasures, etc.
The total amount of property lost by Qi this time was more than 100 million taels of gold! The two wealthy counties in the east were suddenly reduced to extreme poverty.
Anyang Business Daily gave the following evaluation: direct economic losses exceeded 100 million taels of gold; indirect economic losses exceeded 300 million taels of gold. It would take at least three years for the two eastern counties of Qi to get rid of the survival crisis and ten years to recover.
"Anyang is suppressing Houxia so much that it can't breathe; but Houxia can easily plunder Qi!" This is the information that everyone sees! Anyang's mercenary group is still "saving Nanyang County". Facing these mercenary groups, Nanyang County is at a clear disadvantage. But it is such a Houxia that swallowed up 250,000 elite troops of Qi in one breath!