Now that the siege was broken out, the fears of King Zhao and King Wei were finally dispelled.
They were now closely guarded by the 50,000 reinforcements brought by Li Mu. They were already extremely safe. Naturally, there was no need to fear the resistance of these hungry soldiers.
The two of them have made up their minds that these soldiers will be wasted either on the battlefield fighting Qin or on other battlefields.
As for other battlefields, the two of them had a tacit understanding.
During the days of siege, the relationship between King Zhao and King Wei grew stronger day by day. They almost slept at the same table, ate at the same table, and were inseparable.
While their relationship increased, the two also secretly reached a strategic offensive and defensive alliance, agreeing with each other that if either Zhao or Wei is in trouble, the other will do its best to assist them.
Obviously, they also understand that after defeating Qin, the world will not truly be peaceful, but may become more turbulent.
The two people with a deep sense of crisis naturally had such a political confession after sharing the same hardships and encounters of life and death.
On the surface, they took shelter under the Hezong Alliance, but secretly they formed a small alliance between Zhao and Wei. The alliance formed by these two countries will be a force that can shake the entire world.
Although Zhao and Wei lost troops and generals on the front line and killed and injured countless soldiers, their remaining heritage should not be underestimated.
After all, although many young people died in their country, there was still a large population in their newly recovered territory, and there were quite a lot of young people among these populations.
Coupled with the people in their original territories, each of the two countries can still be said to be strong. If the country is really in danger of annihilation, it can be like the Qin State, regardless of any losses or the loss of the country's potential, and explode countless soldiers and horses to defend the country to the death.
It is estimated that Zhao State, after losing 400,000 to 500,000 people, can still explode its nearly 400,000 troops. Wei State had a larger population than Zhao State. Likewise, it lost more troops, but it was still able to recruit 450,000 troops.
Although these soldiers and horses recruited, just like the Qin State, were all old men in their 14s, 15s, 50s and 60s. But if they were armed with weapons, wouldn't they be able to kill people
Not to mention, after the two countries united, the nearly one million soldiers gathered together were enough to make any enemy fearful.
Similarly, this can also consolidate their position in the alliance and the world, stabilize their current territory, and make enemies who secretly covet it dare not peek.
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The northern front has been lifted, and the Chu State on the southern front is also advancing by leaps and bounds under an offensive regardless of losses.
Although the Chu army's rear line was intercepted and it became extremely difficult to replenish food and supplies, the Chu army, which pays attention to fighting to support war, still flew through countless cities along the way.
And the first difficulty he encountered was at the foot of the majestic Nanliang City, where he had a desperate duel with the 100,000 Qin army defenders in the city.
It's not that the Chu army didn't want to bypass Nanliang City, they rushed forward quickly just like before. But the situation is really crisis and the environment is unfavorable, so we have to fight a tough battle with the Qin army here.
For hundreds of miles behind Nanliang City, there are mountains and ridges with few people living there. In such an environment, apart from some wild animals, there is only smoke and poisonous miasma in the mountains. How can these 250,000 Chu troops survive in such a situation? Eat some beast? It would be better to eat the Chu army's own corpse to make you full!
Moreover, behind the Chu army were the 100,000 Nanliang City defenders. Such a large force was like a ferocious beast, peering at the Chu army from behind, giving him chills down his spine and making him unable to sleep or eat well.
These 100,000 people were not like the defenders he had encountered before, ranging from thousands to tens of thousands, but a force that could threaten the entire Chu army.
If you ignore him and let him wreak havoc behind you, the Chu army may capsize at any time and become irreversible.
Therefore, with these two concerns, this battle is inevitable.
Therefore, under Xiang Yan's urging and announcing the current situation of the army before the war, all the Chu troops had a bottom line and knew that there was no way out.
Everyone in the Chu army understood that in such a situation, even if they wanted to surrender, the defenders in the city would not accept it.
There are 250,000 people, which is several times more than the Qin army. How can those Qin soldiers accept surrender with confidence
Moreover, these Chu soldiers were unwilling to let them surrender like this.
As for escaping, along the way, there were so many cities of the Qin army densely distributed on the various routes they took to escape. If these Chu troops want to pass through the enemy territory along this way and return to their hometown of Chu safely, it will be much more difficult than conquering the Nanliang City in front of them.
Moreover, even if they can finally return to their hometown, I am afraid that among 100 people, I don’t know if there is such a person.
Such a huge gap naturally made these Chu soldiers know what to choose wisely.
That is, at all costs, even if it means risking your own life, you must win the city in front of you.
With such a belief and the supervision of Shangguan, the Chu army launched a desperate duel.
The battle continued for ten days, and the number of casualties was unknown.
The majestic Nanliang City finally opened its gates and facade in this high-intensity battle, and threw itself into the arms of the Chu army.
After the war, all the Qin troops in the city had been slaughtered by the red-eyed Chu troops, and the few residents in the city also suffered great bad luck.
In short, after the war, with the withdrawal of the Chu army, only a few hundred people in the city escaped from the surviving areas. However, they fled the city with a look of horror and plunged into the wilderness. I don’t know life or death.
After such a vent, the Chu army finally regained its sanity, and Xiang Yan was able to control the army again.
However, after such losses, this army has been reduced sharply from 250,000 to 100,000. Although after such a campaign, these 100,000 have become extremely elite and have become veterans who are good at fighting. .
However, the loss in numbers can also be seen with the naked eye. It can be seen from the fact that the army that originally did not move more than thirty miles away is now only ten miles away.
I don’t know whether this is good or bad for Chu State.
They gained an elite force, but lost a large number of soldiers and horses, and also added a lot of white sails to countless families in the country. It is really difficult to calculate.
But I don’t know what other people think about all this. Anyway, Xiang Yan is quite happy.
A truly good general, unless he has the same commanding ability as Han Xin, would like to be able to control an elite army with a number within his ability, so that he can use his fingers like an arm.
And with Xiang Yan's ability, 100,000 people are just right!
(End of chapter)