In the battle at the Bone Burial Ground, Song Yan destroyed 200,000 elite soldiers from Yan and Zhao. Therefore, the domestic military strength of the two countries was already stretched thin.
Otherwise, he would not have sent envoys to negotiate with Song Yan, and would even be willing to return the territory of Qi that he had previously taken away in order to appease Qi.
What Yan and Zhao didn't expect was that Song Yan actually asked the two countries to compensate the sky-high war military expenses of one billion yuan, which was a full five years of tax revenue. Once they agreed to him, I'm afraid the two countries would also completely Declined into a second-rate country.
Seeing this, the kings of Yan and Zhao both rejected this extremely unreasonable demand for compensation.
But what they didn't expect was that as soon as they refused, Song Yan actually sent troops to attack their two countries.
Although the battle at the Bone Burial Ground caused serious military losses between Yan and Zhao, they were not capable of fighting.
Therefore, after getting the news, both Yan and Zhao were very angry and decided to join forces again to teach Song Yan a lesson.
Just when Yan and Zhao were preparing to organize a coalition to attack Qi.
A piece of news reached the ears of King Zhao and King Yan respectively.
In just three days, 20,000 troops led by Zhao Yan and Gu Min conquered two counties and cities.
There are two reasons why the Qi army was able to conquer the four counties and cities at such a fast speed. First, the Qi army mastered a very powerful and terrifying weapon, namely explosives and bombs.
No matter how strong a city wall is, it will often collapse immediately after being blown up by explosives.
At the same time, during the battle, Qi soldiers all carried two grenades. During the battle, if the grenades were thrown into the crowd of hostile soldiers, they could kill a large area at once.
Second, because of the Battle of the Bone Burial Ground, Yan and Zhao each lost one hundred thousand elites, so there was a serious shortage of soldiers in the county and city.
Under the combination of two and two, the soldiers of the four counties of Yan and Zhao were defeated and captured without any effective resistance.
What made the kings of Yan and Zhao even more angry was that after Qi captured four counties, they sent local officials to take over the four counties and announced on the spot that from then on, agricultural taxes would be reduced or exempted for three years. Three years later, agricultural taxes would be reduced. Only 20% is collected.
As soon as a measure was taken, coupled with the good military discipline of the Qi army, after the city was broken, there was no case of soldiers robbing and harassing ordinary civilians.
Therefore, in less than three days, the civilians of the four counties had completely returned to Qi State.
After leaving a small number of troops to maintain the city defense, Zhao Yan and Gu Min once again led the army and continued to attack Yan and Zhao.
Three days later, Zhao Yan captured a county again.
Five days later, Gu Min also captured a county.
Eight days later, Zhao Yan and Gu Min each captured another county.
This caused Yan and Zhao to have four counties each fall into the hands of Qi, and Qi's territory jumped to thirteen counties in one fell swoop, becoming the country with the largest territory on the Chinese continent.
The two countries of Yan and Zhao reassembled a group of troops, also 200,000 strong.
However, compared to the 200,000 people last time, the 200,000 people this time are not as elite as the last time.
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Song Yan was a little strange. After defeating the Yan-Zhao coalition, the system prompted him to complete the third task and receive a reward of 500 million fame points.
But what puzzled him was that the prompt that the first task was completed had not yet arrived.
"Do we need to recapture all the previously lost lands of Qi to complete the first mission?"
Just when he was thinking about the mission, someone came to report that Yan and Zhao had formed an alliance of 200,000 troops, preparing to attack Qi.
"Well done!"
After hearing this news, Song Yan couldn't help but be overjoyed. I am afraid that these 200,000 troops are already the last trump card of the Yan and Zhao countries. As long as this coalition is defeated, the Yan and Zhao countries will no longer have any remaining strength.
So, five days later, Song Yan led an army of 100,000 people to the north for a decisive battle with the second batch of coalition forces from Yan and Zhao.
Of the 100,000 troops this time, only 20,000 were veterans, and the other 80,000 were recruits.
The 80,000 new recruits have been trained for more than a month, and they are considered to be the prototype of soldiers.
However, to truly form an army, a real battle is needed, which is why Song Yan brought 80,000 new troops to the battlefield.
Eight days later, the 100,000-strong army led by Song Yan met the second batch of coalition forces from Yan and Zhao at the foot of Tongtian Peak.
This time, Song Yan also adopted the strategy of leading the wolf cavalry battalion to charge first.
After the last battle, although the Wolf Cavalry camp was damaged, no one died. After this period of recovery, the injured have fully recovered.
Therefore, this time the wolf riding camp is even more ferocious.
After several attacks, the coalition forces of Yan and Zhao collapsed. Then Gu Min and Zhao Yan each led an army of 50,000 to cover and kill the coalition forces of the two countries.
The battle lasted four hours.
In this battle, the second batch of coalition forces of Yan and Zhao were wiped out again. However, the number of casualties on Qi's side was much greater than last time, mainly because this time the army accounted for 80% of new soldiers.
Song Yan was quite satisfied with this. Although the casualties reached 8,000 people, after this battle, the new soldiers had grown up, so Qi State had nearly 80,000 more elite soldiers.
When the two countries of Yan and Zhao learned that the second batch of coalition forces had been completely wiped out again, both countries were panicked.
King Zhao and King Yan felt even more inexplicable regrets. If they had agreed to Song Yan's conditions, such consequences would not have occurred. After the defeat of the second batch of coalition forces, the number of combatable troops in the two countries no longer exceeds 50,000.
These 50,000 soldiers are used to garrison major cities and are scattered throughout the country.
Therefore, they could no longer spare any extra troops to fight against Song Yan.
So the negotiations were reopened.
However, this time Song Yan's request is even more unreasonable. In order to calm Qi's anger, Yan and Zhao must first return Qi's territory. Secondly, the eight counties and cities taken away by Song Yan will also be officially transferred to Qi. under the name of the country.
Finally, there are war reparations.
Last time, each country paid one billion yuan in compensation. This time, the price was increased to 1.8 billion yuan.
Facing Song Yan's lion's mouth, neither Yan nor Zhao had the courage to refuse, so they had to hold their noses and agree.
January after the negotiations ended.
Qi State officially took over the former territory of Qi State, which consisted of six counties and cities. For a time, Qi State's territory suddenly jumped to 19 counties and cities, while Yan and Zhao were reduced from a first-rate power to a second-rate country.
"Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the task of assisting Prince Jiang Dan of Qi to restore the country. The reward is worth 100 million in fame!"
Hearing the system prompt, Song Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief. The first and third tasks had been completed. Then, only the second task was left, to capture the hearts of two beauties among the four beauties.
Just when he was thinking about how to complete the second task, Chunhe came to report, but Mrs. Lihua, one of the four beauties, came to visit.
"Nima, when you feel sleepy, someone will give you a pillow!"
With a secret cry in his heart, Song Yan went outside the house in person to prepare to greet Mrs. Lihua. He was even more curious in his heart, how beautiful are the so-called four beauties
Author's digression: Thank you td90012655 for the big reward (to be continued)