What is the weather like now? As a Qi defender who has suffered the same situation, it can be said that I feel the same way. It is simply not something that people can bear.
Let alone fighting, the cold is unbearable even when walking outside.
The enemy troops outside the city dared to brave the snow and the possibility of freezing to death to attack them, which undoubtedly shocked them.
This kind of will that is not afraid of life and death, not afraid of cold, and is willing to fight regardless of everything, makes them feel afraid.
Then, the coalition forces quickly attacked the city, quickly built up the city wall, and dealt a severe blow to the defenders.
If the defenders had not relied on their numerical advantage to barely repulse the attacking coalition forces and ensured control of the city wall, Zhong Yu might have been able to capture the entire Linzi City in one battle.
But even so, it gave King Qi great fear, making him hesitate to agree to this condition.
Then, in January of the seventh year of Emperor Yuan.
Faced with the threat of life and death, no matter how reluctant King Qi was, he still agreed to the peace terms and gave up Linzi City.
The coalition forces also made a way out, allowing King Qi to lead the 50,000 defenders in the city to evacuate safely.
As for the remaining 100,000 defenders, many relatives were in the city and it was impossible to leave with King Qi. King Qi could only bear the pain and give it to Yan.
This actually made the King of Yan very happy. He had an additional 100,000 troops, which made the Yan Kingdom stronger and more confident in self-protection. Who wouldn't be happy.
After the King of Qi withdrew from Linzi, the original capital and the great city in the world, he needed to find a new great city to serve as the capital of Qi and stabilize the country.
So he looked around the Qi Kingdom and finally chose Langya City in Langya County as the new royal capital of the Qi Kingdom.
There are many plains in Langya's territory and it is quite prosperous. It is the second richest place in Qi State after Linzi County.
The population before the war was in the millions, far exceeding that of the other three counties. Although due to the war, it is now only about 600,000, it is still one of the largest counties in the country.
After such a disaster, only Xue County, which was dilapidated and almost in ruins, was left in Qi State, as well as Jiaodong County, which was in the rear and was not affected much, and Langya County, where the capital is now located.
Needless to say, Xue Jun is basically of no value. Apart from the large territory, which can be used to fill the appearance, and the depth of the strategy for hegemony, there is no benefit at all.
Although Jiaodong County is not so miserable, it is located in the rear, and there are basically no enemies hitting it, and there is no harm.
However, due to the war, the drastic recruitment of men was quite serious, and they have fallen into a state of inactivity. Although the county still has a population of 423,000, accounting for a large part of the country's remaining population, it is still inferior to Langya County.
In addition, the county is mountainous, the roads are difficult to navigate, and there is not much grain land in the plains, making it quite poor. Although it is easier to defend and harder to attack, it is not conducive to the rule of a big country. So he was also ruled out.
Next, only Langya County is left. Langya County has many plains and countless fertile fields. It has always been the grain-producing area of Qi State and has a large population. After so many wars, there are still 600,000 people left. Even in the world, there are 600,000 people left. It's the number one in line.
Therefore, after all kinds of choices, only Langya County in Qi State can tolerate it.
After this battle, Qi State changed from a large country with a population of 4 million to a medium-sized country with only a million people and three counties, barely comparable to countries such as Han Yan and the newly built Yue State.
No, Yan State is much better than him. There are three counties in the country with a population of one million. Foreign countries also captured Jibei County and Linzi County from Qi State, which expanded the population by another million.
Now it has become a large country with five counties and a population of 2 million. Comparing Zhao and Wei is not something that the declining Qi State can compare with. The miserable state of Qi State today is evident from this.
But it was also because of this war that Qi realized how important an ally was.
Therefore, he tried to recruit the Tao County rebels beside him who had opposed the coalition forces and started a rebellion so that he could survive.
Due to the cold winter, the Wei army was unable to suppress the rebellion. Unlike Zhong Yu, he was determined to sacrifice a large number of elites to capture the rebels.
So this gave the rebels a chance to survive, and gave Qi an opportunity to win over them.
Qi State still has an army of 300,000 people, which is not a lot. Today, Wei State only has an army of 300,000 people. After such a long war, Wei State will not be able to sustain itself even if it has a rich population.
The rebels on the opposite side also had an army of 100,000. This was the reason why they were able to resist Wei's attack. With a strong city in hand, even if the Wei army was brave and good at fighting, it would be quite difficult to win it for a while.
Therefore, after the Qi State communicated with the Tao County rebels, the two sides hit it off immediately, and they seemed to regret meeting each other late. Qi State directly sent 100,000 troops to Tao County to assist Tao County in its defense.
After hearing the news, King Wei was so angry that he vomited blood and yelled at the villain of Qi on the spot, regretting that he had not destroyed it with the coalition forces.
But apart from scolding him, there was nothing the King of Wei could do.
Now the coalition is almost disbanded. Although it is still maintained in name, everyone knows that it is absolutely impossible to gather the original six-nation army.
With the current situation of the Wei State, it is simply wishful thinking to defeat the combined efforts of the Taojun rebels and the Qi State, so he can only do that Taojun completely separates from his own Wei State and becomes the bag of those rebels. thing.
Soon after, in February of the seventh year of Emperor Yuan,
The rebels in Tao County announced the establishment of the Tao Kingdom. The monarch was Fan Ming, a powerful man from Tao County. I heard that he was a descendant of the ancient sage Tao Zhugong. He was quite famous and fair in dealing with things, so he was elected as the monarch.
On the same day that he promoted the establishment of Tao State, Qi State also announced an alliance with Tao State to advance and retreat together.
Qi has done so much, doesn't it just want to have an ally that can help him share the pressure from other countries? Therefore, they have been thinking about forming an alliance with the Tao Kingdom for a long time.
Soon after, Tao State and Qi State contacted Yue State in the south, and the three parties formed an alliance to jointly resist the pressure from the alliance headed by Yu State.
Since then, the second largest alliance in the world has been formed. Their opponent, the Six Nations Alliance headed by Yu Guo, was under huge pressure.
At the same time, in the west of the world, there was a behemoth named Qin. Even though he lost a lot of territory to the coalition forces, he still has these seven counties with a population of about 4 million.
The total number of armies in the country is about 600,000, which is still a force that cannot be ignored. As a third party force, it exists independently outside the two major alliances.
And slowly exposed its fangs, waiting for an opportunity to take a bite, once again announcing his existence to the world.
The whole world has since formed a pattern in which the three major forces are the main body.
(End of chapter)