Emperor Yuan seven years, March.
After the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms, headed by Yu Guo, reached a reconciliation with Qi State and the two sides stopped fighting, they continued to stay in the two newly occupied counties of Qi State for one month. After confirming that there were no problems, they disbanded and returned to their respective countries.
After a series of bloody battles, the 100,000-strong army sent by Yuguo now only has 80,000 soldiers left, which can be said to be a heavy loss.
The 20,000 people lost were not just a mob from various countries, but elites with internal strength. Not to mention anything else, these 100,000 people are already the total number of soldiers with internal strength in the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Han.
The current loss of 20,000 yuan is a serious injury to a country as big as Zhao Wei and shakes the foundation of the country.
Therefore, Zhong Yu felt quite distressed for the sacrifices of these 20,000 people.
However, these sacrifices were valuable. Although 20,000 soldiers were sacrificed, the remaining 80,000 soldiers were tempered by the flames of war and became increasingly elite. Because of killing, many people gained a lot of insights between life and death, and their cultivation became more and more refined.
What's more, although many soldiers were lost, in the process, a full 20,000 of the 100,000 divine soldiers tempered by Zhong Yu were completed, which was a great harvest.
Generally speaking, in this battle of Qi State, all countries suffered losses, and many people even lost their wives and soldiers. In addition to the Yu State achieving its purpose of disrupting the Central Plains, the Yan State also benefited a lot. Make a lot of money.
However, although Yan State obtained two counties and nearly one million people. But this does not mean that his strength has doubled all of a sudden.
It’s one thing to get these things, but can they be used? Can it be driven effectively? That's another thing.
Don't forget, what the coalition forces did on Qi's land before can be said to be outrageous and resentful, without any restraint.
How many people from Qi died in this war, and how many relatives and friends of Qi had their hometowns and homes destroyed by the war. The hatred between them and the coalition forces could not be washed away even if they poured out the water of the Yangtze River.
Therefore, although the Yan State has gained a lot of territory and a large population, it will take a long time to truly classify it as the national power of the Yan State.
This time will take at least forty years. After two generations of reproduction, he will gradually be forgotten.
During these forty years, Yan State needed to station heavy troops to prevent rebellion in these places. It also needed to implement benevolent policies and invest a lot of resources and material resources to win over the hearts and minds of these Qi people.
For this reason, it can be seen from the fact that although Yan State has ended the war, it still has 100,000 troops stationed in these two counties. It can be seen from the Qi State in the south and the Qi State survivors in the two counties.
However, the rest is to impose benevolent policies and win over people's hearts.
After all, after fighting for so long, the treasury of Yan State has long been empty, and there is not even a mouse. Many people in the country are hungry, and many of them even froze to death this winter.
Under such circumstances, how can there be any money or grain to support Qi
Moreover, due to the greed of the king of Yan State, the corruption in the court and the feud between Yan and Qi, the State of Yan not only failed to provide compensation, but intensified its efforts to plunder the land of these two counties.
In the minds of the people of Yan State, Qi State was a very wealthy country. From the princes and nobles to the common people, everyone was extremely rich.
Compared with Yan State, a poor country with barren land, covered with ice and snow all year round, and located in the northern frontier, it is much richer.
So even though the Qi State has experienced the ravages of war and lost a lot of wealth, it still has a lot of wealth, at least more than the Yan State today.
Therefore, they formulated a set of strict laws and all-encompassing taxes, taking into account every place where the people of Qi could pay taxes, and then sent out law enforcement teams to go to every place in Qi. The state imposes taxes on families.
Not to mention, the Yan people did this, but within a month or two, they collected an extremely huge amount of money and food.
This result made the whole country of Yan extremely excited, and they had a new understanding of Qi's wealth. They could not help but be more motivated to increase taxes in various categories to add more fun to their luxurious life.
As for the two counties of Qi State that were occupied by Yan State, many civilians fell into famine and cold and froze to death because they took away winter rations, winter clothes, and money from their homes. These people were subconsciously ignored by those in power. .
In their eyes, the two counties of Qi State have a large population and a lot of money and food. It seems that no matter how much they plunder, they will never be able to plunder them all.
And the number of people who died is tens of thousands, isn't it? Compared to the millions of people in these two counties, it is nothing to mention, a drop in the bucket, a drop in the bucket!
However, although the rule of the Yan State was extremely tyrannical, the wealth plundered from these two counties could not protect the entire Yan State.
The King of Yan himself also knew that the foundation of his rule over the Yan State and the power to maintain the rule of the two armies of Qi State were mainly the 150,000 troops in his hands.
Yes, after taking these two counties, Yan State, which originally had only 100,000 troops left, used the money and food from the two armies to recruit 50,000 people, expanding the number of soldiers in Yan State.
So King Yan divided some of the plundered wealth among these soldiers, although it was not too much, only 1/3.
But for these hard-working soldiers, even 1/3 is still an extremely considerable amount of money. Many people have never seen such a large amount of money until now.
As a result, the loyalty of the army from top to bottom to the King of Yan was greatly enhanced, and the morale was also improved to a considerable level.
With the support of these soldiers, even though the rule in these two counties was extremely tyrannical, many people stood up to resist. But with the help of these soldiers, these martyrs who rose up to fight for freedom and survival were not a problem under the pressure of the feudal royal power.
As a result, the great plundering of Qi State continued, but the people of Qi State in those two counties suffered. Not to mention that they had just been ravaged by the war and finally settled down. As a result, their new rulers were even more powerful than those rebels. hair.
Because the rebels were an army, they were constrained by distance. Although they could also rob, it was just a rough search.
It's not like their rulers, who collect taxes on every aspect of life, including every detail of their lives. They even charge them for drinking water. It's so exorbitant that there are so many miscellaneous taxes that it's difficult to survive.
King Qi, who had taken refuge in Langya, naturally knew about the lives of the people in these two counties. However, he did not feel any pain, but was very happy.
He understood that if he wanted to take back these two counties, his own strength alone would be absolutely insufficient, so he would need more power. If we can mobilize the support of the people in the county by then, we will definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Naturally, King Qi not only did not feel sad about the atrocities committed by Yan State, but was actually happy.
The more cruel the Yan State was, the more it highlighted the wisdom and kindness of King Qi. When the king comes back, the people will not eat the slurry from the pots, but come from all over to throw it.
Therefore, the people of the two counties are destined to live a difficult life!
(End of chapter)