War drums thundered, military flags waved, and the overwhelming army divided into two camps, each facing each other.
On an endless plain, the armies of both sides took up positions, distributed hundreds of miles around along battlefields one after another.
The outcome of a large-army battle is never something that can be determined in a moment, and the place where the battle takes place is also extremely vast, otherwise it would be hard to say that there are thousands of people in the field and thousands of people in the city.
But now the combined number of both sides is nearly 2 million, and the array is vast.
Maybe some people can't imagine what such a large army looks like? Let’s compare it this way!
Before the war started in Wei State, its population was only 1.5 million. Before the war in Zhao State, its population was only over 1.3 million, but it occupied a territory equivalent to half a province in China.
Chu State has 4 million people, but it occupies an area equivalent to nearly four provinces in China. In other words, 2 million people can fill two provinces.
A population equivalent to two provinces was concentrated into a small county, with a radius of only two to three hundred miles. It was extremely crowded.
This scale can be said to be unprecedented. It has never happened before and is unlikely to happen in the future.
When a large army fights, it is not a swarm, but an echelon attack in batches, formations and regions.
The two sides compete for each other in various dangerous positions and important cities. Either I defend the city and you attack, or you defend the position and I capture it. You come and I go, each singing its own specialty.
At the beginning, both sides were wary. The wars were not too fierce. They were small-scale battles with less than 10,000 people, and they were infrequent. They often only happened every four or five days.
However, as the test slowly ended, both sides gained some confidence in their respective strengths, and the attack began to become more intense, slowly gaining momentum.
It has been a month since the war began, but there are over 100,000 casualties, which is not many compared to the 2 million troops on both sides. But if you think about it from another direction, 100,000 people is almost equivalent to the population of a small county, that is, the population of several cities in China. Isn't this terrifying!
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"So, this war will not end so soon. In my estimation, this war of unprecedented scale will last for at least a year before both sides are exhausted and have to retreat, or both sides will be forced to retreat. Collapse, both sides will suffer!" In Zhong Yu's Chinese army camp, Cao Cao, the hussar general, pointed at the long sword in his hand, pointed at the map behind him, and expressed his opinion.
Cao Cao's sharp eyes scanned the many civil and military ministers below. They were bright and full of heroic spirit, and few people who looked at him could look directly at him.
The people below are all deep in thought, each thinking about what Cao Cao just said, and each has their own calculations. People's hearts are complex and it is impossible for them all to be unified.
"General Cao is right. This war cannot end so quickly. After all, there are 2 million people, and both sides are evenly matched. It is impossible to end it in a short time." Zhang Liao, who was also in the camp, stood up and nodded in agreement with Cao Cao. Opinion.
The armies of both sides are huge, with nearly a million people, and they are all brave and elite troops with rich combat experience.
It is impossible for such a large army to collapse due to some tactics. That is a miracle that can only happen with a small army of tens of thousands of people, and it is also a ragtag group of people.
Just look at the Battle of Changping in history. Isn’t Lian Po a famous general? Isn’t Bai Qi a famous general? They are all famous generals in Chinese history, but not because they are equally powerful. Even if their opponents are relatively incompetent, they still have to rely on time to slowly wear out their enemies.
Throughout history, any army with 100,000 soldiers, as long as it is well-trained and not a ragtag group of people with temporary money. If you want to defeat this kind of army, even if it is several times larger than the enemy, you can only rely on the advantage of time and numbers to slowly wear out the opponent.
There can be no clever plot to defeat the enemy in one battle.
This is because these armies have excellent training. Even if they are defeated, it will only be a partial defeat. At most, they will lose one or two cities. But as long as the army is still there and can be gathered together, it will always be able to resist. .
These two million people, their war is destined to be long. They will surround two or three surrounding counties, constantly fighting for one dangerous city after another, constantly consuming their troops until one side cannot hold on and has no choice. Exit.
"Yes, I also agree with General Cao's opinion!" Xu Huang stood up and expressed his opinion loudly.
The faces of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others below him moved slightly, and they obviously had other opinions, but they didn't seem to have too big of a difference, so they remained silent and acquiesced.
"Cao Aiqing is right. This war will indeed last within a year. It is not that the two million people will die so quickly. The most important reason is that no matter which side we control, Neither the Qin State nor the Qin State can support such a huge army, and they have been wasting their money on the front line." Zhong Yu helplessly told the fact that the soldiers had no enough food to eat, so how could they continue to fight!
In fact, in ancient times, people's thinking was very simple. As long as they could eat enough and not starve to death, they could endure anything.
Even if they bully their children and kill their parents, they can endure it. Don't they have any relatives killed by the soldiers of the Allied Army and the Qin State? Wasn't their home destroyed
They themselves were forcibly recruited, and they joined the army unwillingly, but why were they able to endure and become soldiers obediently
The really important reason is that in the army, they can have a mouthful of food and a full mouthful of food without starving to death.
Because in their home, all the food was taken away by force, and they could only eat almost all the bark and wild vegetables in their hometown. They would starve to death if they stayed there. Instead of this, they might as well join the army and have a few mouthfuls of food, and in the end Even if you die in battle, it's worth it.
What's more, they still hold on to the glimmer of hope, that is, if they can survive until the end of the war and save a life, they will make a profit.
What's more, if they make some achievements and receive some promotions, even if they become an insignificant official, it will be an opportunity to change their destiny.
As for their parents and relatives at home, they couldn't care about that much. He couldn't protect himself, so how could he think so much.
I can only pray secretly in my heart that they can hold on until they come back alive. If they die, they can meet underground.
(End of chapter)