Three months passed in the blink of an eye. During these three months, several extremely shocking things happened.
Among them, there is the final battle on the central battlefield.
After the Qin army rested for a period of time, the wounded of the coalition forces also recovered. The remaining nearly 300,000 troops from both sides resumed their positions on the plains and began the final decisive battle.
Although the Qin army had many soldiers, their morale was relatively low after all. Psychologically, they developed a rare fear of the coalition forces on the opposite side, which greatly shook the combat effectiveness of the coalition forces.
Although the coalition forces were small in number, their morale was strong. Especially inspired by the reward orders issued by the royal family, everyone yearned for the battlefield, hoping to make contributions so that they could become the unattainable king and noble.
Therefore, it can be said that the combat effectiveness of the coalition forces has continued to soar.
Comparing the two sides, the strength of the two sides is extremely close, and they are neither superior nor inferior.
Even in a certain aspect, because the coalition forces are small and united, the combat effectiveness is more concentrated, and it has a unique advantage in this aspect on the battlefield.
Therefore, the battle between the two sides on the plain quickly entered a fierce confrontation and consumption not long after the beginning.
This time, both sides and the coalition fought with the idea of making achievements and breaking up the territory. The Qin State, on the other hand, held the mission of protecting its homeland and fought bravely on the front line outside its borders. Moreover, behind the back of the Qin State, the King of Qin also issued a death order, and those who retreated would be killed, and their family members would also be implicated.
With such a warning of a death line, the Qin army regained their courage to fight. At least they did not dare to flee casually.
Therefore, the intensity of the battle this time was far greater than any previous one. Both sides were fighting with an unyielding belief. They were not afraid of life or death, pain, or exhaustion. What they pursued was one word, victory.
This battle lasted for a long time, without a single pause or break in the middle. The forces of both sides continued to increase and expand, slowly covering the entire battlefield and the entire plain for dozens of miles.
The war lasted for three days and three nights, until both sides were exhausted, unable to spare any manpower and the soldiers were too tired to move, and then they had to retreat to repair.
The casualties caused by such a brutal war were also extremely considerable.
According to statistics, after the Qin army withdrew from the battlefield of 180,000 people, only 30,000 people remained. The remaining remnants of the army did not dare to stay. Instead, they evacuated the border between Qin and South Korea overnight and retreated to Luoyang, the city of Sanchuan County behind them, where they rested.
What about the coalition forces? Even more tragic.
Of the 100,000 coalition troops, only 10,000 were left in the end. Such a small number of people cannot even maintain the situation on the battlefield or even fill the military camps, let alone defend the border between the two countries.
These people had no choice but to evacuate the battlefield and returned to Xinzheng City, the capital of South Korea. This was the only relatively stable area in South Korea that had not been damaged by the war, and slowly recuperated.
It can be said that after such a battle, both sides are exhausted and can no longer launch any large-scale battles, even small local wars with thousands of people.
The situation on the battlefield is out of control, both sides suffer losses, and the impact on the world is far-reaching.
Let’s talk about the Qin State first. Its strategy of going eastward was destroyed. The 450,000 troops that Ying Zheng had scraped together had been completely lost, leaving only a mere 30,000 terrified and completely disabled remnant troops lingering in Sanchuan County. It can be said that he completely failed his strategy of opening up the situation from the central battlefield, and Qin will also enter an abyss from which it is difficult to escape.
News from the northernmost and southern battlefields. On the northern battlefield, reinforcements led by Li Mu arrived. Mengwu's 130,000 Qin army fell into the north, and was surrounded by Li Mu's 120,000 army of 20,000 defenders in Hanoi County, and the 100,000 remnant army led by the kings of Zhao and Wei in the valley.
Although the Qin Army deployed various lines of defense and actively defended, and the 100,000 remnant troops in the valley lacked supplies and had low morale, as the war lasted for three or four months, the Qin Army's defense line finally showed flaws and was on the verge of collapse.
Among them, the remnant army in the valley lost many soldiers in non-combat operations due to lack of food, damaged weapons, and lack of clothing to keep out the cold. In addition, because they were besieged, they did not have an advantage in terms of geographical location. If they wanted to break out, they could only attack the Qin army's long-prepared defenses, which would cause heavy losses.
Now, at the end of the central battlefield, there are only 30,000 coalition forces from the two countries left in the valley, and all of them are sallow, thin, and weak, and their combat effectiveness can be said to be extremely low.
Although the reinforcements outside the valley were extremely eager to rescue, facing the situation where their king was surrounded by enemies, every general of the two countries fought desperately and fought to the death.
Under such circumstances, the losses of the reinforcements were naturally much greater.
By the end of the central battlefield, of the 120,000 reinforcements, only 50,000 were left.
However, compared to the heavy losses suffered by the two coalition forces, the Mongolian and Wu army, as the defensive side and bearing the pressure from both sides, was naturally not much better.
Because the road outside was cut off by the 120,000 reinforcements, the supplies to the Mongolian and Wu army began to be cut off. Although there were reserves in the valley, they were used less and less.
In the end, they cut it off completely and lived the same miserable life as the coalition forces of the two countries who were besieged by them.
And with the fierce attacks of the two countries, their losses are increasing day by day, getting worse day by day.
Similarly, by the end of the central battlefield, of the 130,000 Qin troops, only 30,000 were left, and it was impossible to maintain such a large battlefield situation.
And there are breaks, holes, on many fronts. The separated kings of Wei and Zhao regained contact with Li Mu's coalition forces, and the two sides even began to converge with an army of a hundred people.
If the kings of the two countries were not afraid of death and did not dare to evacuate the besieged valley with the escort of more than a hundred people, I am afraid that the so-called siege would have been broken long ago.
However, the current situation has also greatly boosted the morale of the besieged coalition forces in the valley, and once again aroused their desire to defend and their will to break through.
"The days are getting more and more difficult." Meng Wu, the commander-in-chief of the Qin Army, couldn't help but sigh.
Although the army under his command was mostly old and weak, consisting of teenagers of fourteen or fifteen years old, or elderly people in their fifties or sixties, they still numbered 200,000 after all.
But as of now, there are only 30,000 people left, just over 1/10th of them. Morale is low and supplies are in short supply. It looks like they won’t be able to last long.
Thinking again about the predicament and crisis that Qin is facing now, how could this not make him sigh
He is already thinking about the retreat. How can he take away the 30,000 Qin troops as much as possible and withdraw from the battlefield, so as to preserve more vitality for the Qin State, which is currently stretched thin.
I'm going to do a survey to see how many people read this book. Gods who see this conclusion, leave your footprints! I want the first floor.
(End of chapter)