Chu State completely rose to prominence in the south, taking back the territory captured by Qin State one after another. Naturally, Wei State and Zhao State in the north were not far behind.
Without the natural danger of Taihang Mountain, the defensive strategy originally deployed by the Qin army completely failed, and the situation in Shangdang County became precarious.
There are only about 100,000 defenders in Shangdang County. It is naturally dangerous, so there is no need to fear Zhao's hundreds of thousands of troops.
But now, Zhao State has crossed the Taihang Mountains, regained Taiyuan County to the north of Shangdang County, and took advantage of the situation from the north to invade the hinterland of the Shangdang Army.
This hit was like hitting a snake seven inches, hitting Shangdang County seven inches, making the Shangdang defenders unprepared.
Zhao State has an army of 250,000, and because Zhao State is located on the border, it often fights with Huns and other barbarians, and the people are brave. And because they fought countless times with the Six Kingdoms, especially Qin, their fighting power was recognized by Qin and even everyone in the world.
The troops drawn from common people like them are naturally extremely elite, brave and good at fighting.
Although the Qin army did the same and still had the advantage of defending the city, they were not as large in number as the Zhao army. Slowly, under the attack of Zhao's human sea tactics, they lost the city one after another and slowly retreated to the south of Shangdang. , also known as Changping Perseverance.
Changping, this is a place that is hated and humiliated by everyone in the Zhao Kingdom.
Here, Zhao State lost 400,000 young people, and it gradually weakened from the original first-class power to the bottom.
Now that this place is guarded by the remaining 30,000 Qin soldiers, how can Zhao not feel a sense of revenge? Looking at these remnants of the Qin State is like looking at the same helpless defeated army of the Zhao State.
With a surge of energy, under the supervision of King Zhao, the Zhao army swarmed forward and completely wiped out these Qin troops in more than ten days, leaving no one alive.
However, all the Qin troops were wiped out, but the number of Zhao troops wiped out in their temporary counterattack and previous guard battles was also extremely considerable.
According to Zhao Guo's later estimates, 150,000 of the 250,000 troops were completely buried in the land of Shangdang County. It can be said that every inch of mountains and rivers are covered with blood. Hundreds of miles of land in Shangdang County were exchanged for the lives of Zhao's troops. of.
At this moment, the most prosperous and glorious territory in the history of Zhao State has basically been recovered, except for Yunzhong County, which was occupied by the Huns and is located in the far north. Because the Huns are also part of the coalition, it is difficult to snatch them. All others have been recovered.
As for the State of Zhao, its territory has more than doubled, and it has once again become a large country with a territory of three thousand miles, and has regained its majesty.
And because they had just regained their lost territory, the Zhao army had been tempered in the war, regained its energy, and gained a large number of veterans. The combat effectiveness of the Zhao army once again reached its peak.
Now the whole country of Zhao worked together, and the nobles also generously donated some of the funds they usually used for enjoyment, helping their monarch once again form an army of 400,000 people.
King Zhao is now full of confidence. He believes that with this army, he dares to compete with any country in the world for the position of hegemony again, even Qin or Yu.
The Zhao State, which has a smaller army than the Wei State, has such power. As the Wei State, which has made further progress, it will naturally not be at a disadvantage.
Although half of the territory of Hanoi County was originally South Korea, they would not help Wei to occupy Hanoi County, but even without these, Wei State had an army of 300,000, which was enough to crush them all the way.
Under the fierce offensive of 300,000 troops, Hanoi County held on for more than a month, and soon all the city defenses were broken and fell into the hands of Wei.
However, Wei State was not much better. After all, Hanoi had 100,000 defenders. Wei State paid a huge price to capture him. The death toll in the army alone was more than 150,000.
The remaining 50,000 people were all wounded and unable to fight, so they had to retreat to the rear to recuperate.
In other words, after taking Hanoi County, Wei's original 300,000-strong army had already destroyed 200,000 of its troops, leaving only a remnant army of 100,000.
Due to the heavy casualties, the morale of these 100,000 people began to decline. Although they were not completely unable to withstand a battle, it was naturally impossible to use them to attack the remaining counties of Qin State, and they could only stay in Hanoi County. garrison and slowly regained their combat effectiveness.
However, the Wei State has a vast territory and rich resources, and the land it occupies is a popular land in the Central Plains. Naturally, it will not be severely damaged by the casualties of these 200,000 troops, like the Zhao State.
The remaining 100,000 veterans can't be used if they can't be used, and they can just be stationed in the newly recovered Hanoi County to suppress those with ulterior motives.
After all, Hanoi County is not the original place of Wei State. It is a newly occupied territory. Wei State has no basis for rule there, even worse than Qin State. There is no army to guard it. It really cannot be called Hanoi County. What is it? Which family name is it
Although 300,000 troops that could be used for combat and offensive were suddenly lost, Wei's offensive did not stop there.
On the contrary, under the dispatch of King Wei, a steady stream of reinforcements was quickly sent to Hanoi County, and another army of about 20 people was established again.
This army had just been formed for less than a month. The King of Wei just let them get used to it a little. After they had a general understanding, he sent them to Hedong County of Qin State, which was Anyi City, the original capital of Wei State.
Hedong County, adjacent to Neishi County of Qin State, is less than a few hundred miles away from Xianyang, the capital of Qin State. If Hedong County is taken away, the capital of Qin State will become dangerous and the whole country will be in turmoil.
Although there is a so-called Hangu Pass in the east blocking the Kwantung Allied Forces, as long as the army is stationed, it will be difficult for the six countries to attack Xianyang due to the natural danger of Hangu Pass.
But if this is really done, the Qin State will once again be completely locked in Hangu Pass. Once again, it wants to go east out of the Six Kingdoms, and it will have to imitate what they have done before, which consumes countless soldiers and countless time. , and slowly took it back bit by bit.
How could the ambitious King of Qin Ying Zheng accept such a possible thing
The State of Qin began another round of emergency mobilization. This time, the people mobilized were the remnants of the Six Kingdoms that King Qin had not trusted before. They were forced to a desperate situation, and Ying Zheng could not control that much.
From the remaining counties and counties under Qin's rule that had lost land in the Six Kingdoms, he urgently recruited 100,000 people and sent them to Hedong County to join the 50,000 defenders of Hedong County to jointly resist the Wei State. Attack of 200,000 troops.
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