Then let’s talk about the Yan Kingdom in northern Xinjiang.
The Yan State is located in the northern border, so it can be said that it is completely insensible to the impact of the war, and it is surrounded by the Yu State. All the barbarians who originally posed a threat to it have been wiped out, and it can be said that there is no border trouble at all.
Therefore, its population is well preserved, almost the same as that of Chu State.
But having said that, after several battles, the young and strong soldiers of the Yan Kingdom were greatly damaged. After several battles, they were no longer what they used to be. What's more, he was severely beaten by Yu Guo before, and he has not recovered until now.
Therefore, the total population of the three counties in the Yan Kingdom is about 700,000, of which the number of the army is about 15. It can be said that all the men have gone to serve as soldiers, and there are not even any left.
The land of the two counties plundered from the State of Qi has been ravaged by the State of Yan, and was tortured by the coalition forces before, coupled with the famine and cold in the cold winter.
Even though these two counties were one of the most prosperous counties in the world before, they cannot withstand this kind of torture. The combined population is now about 700,000.
Moreover, given the hatred of the two counties for the Li Yan Kingdom, if they were expected to serve as soldiers for the Yan Kingdom, it would be better not to have any delusions. If they really did this, it would be strange not to switch sides and attack them.
Therefore, the current strength of Yan State is about 1.4 million people and 150,000 troops, including about 50,000 elites.
Although his strength is not very strong, it is worthy of his status as the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period!
The Qi State in the south of the Yan State has just gone through a lot of troubles, and its strength can be said to be the most severely damaged.
When the coalition forces fought on his land before, there was no one left behind. They were so ruthless and came here.
Massacres, robberies, arson, all evil things happened in this land.
As a result, the population of Qi's hometown, which originally had a population of about 4 million, has dropped by two-thirds, which is shocking.
The territory of Qi State has also changed from the original five counties to the current three counties. The area has shrunk greatly, and the original geographical advantage of the Yellow River has been lost, and the strategic space has shrunk extremely.
Nowadays, despite the population of the three counties in the country, many people have starved to death after a cold winter. But he also summoned some Liuli refugees from various places to return to their homeland and settle down.
After a little recovery, now, the total population is about 1.2 million. Among them, because there are more men preserved, the army has about 250,000, and the elite is about 100,000.
Therefore, although the population of Qi is very small and hardly ranks among the countries, it still has strong military strength and is feared by all countries in the world.
As for Tao, who came here with Qi and was still at war with Wei, his situation was even worse.
Tao's territory was no more than one county, and it originally had only seventeen cities. Now it was even more unbearable to lose five of them to Wei.
Although the population is rich, it has lost a lot after the ravages of war, and now it only has a population of about 400,000. Among them, there are about 70,000 troops and about 20,000 elites.
With this kind of land and this kind of population, it can achieve this level, which is only slightly worse than the Yue Kingdom in the south. It is worthy of its status as a country.
Then there are the Yunzhong Kingdoms to the north of Qin and Zhao. These are the countries that Zhong Yu previously enfeoffed.
There are five of these countries, and they equally divide the ten counties of Yunzhong County. The total population of Yunzhong, although after a period of recuperation and because of the stability of Yunzhong County, attracted many refugees from all over, the population barely reached about 100,000.
But these 100,000 people were divided equally among the five countries. Each country received only 10,000, 20,000, or 20,000 to 30,000 people.
Compared to the big countries in the south with populations ranging from tens to millions, it is simply insignificant. They seem to be still stuck in the Spring and Autumn Period hundreds of years ago, with each country having only tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people.
However, after such a long period of cultivation, Yunzhong County still has a lot of strong men, with a population of 100,000 and a total of 30,000 soldiers and horses. There are more elites among them, with a total of 20,000.
Therefore, although Yunzhong is small, he is regarded as a tough and thorny hedgehog by the Qin and Zhao countries in the south, and they do not dare to provoke him easily.
This is not because he is afraid of Yunzhong, but because he thinks that the difference between defeating Yunzhong and what he gets is too great, so it is not worth it.
Let’s talk about the Qin State in the south of Yunzhong. As the former overlord of the world, it was a great country with the ability to unify the world. Even though he has declined now, he still cannot be despised by all countries in the world.
The Qin State has seven counties. Although the population has been lost a lot, most of them are men. The wars are far less severe than the inland areas of Guanzhong and Bashu.
The previous war was only fought on the homeland of the Six Nations occupied by the Qin State, so Guanzhong was extremely well preserved. Except for some men who died as soldiers, there was basically no damage to the rest of the population.
Moreover, Qin had a lot of grain and grass reserves in the country, and there had been no famines, so other factors that caused population loss did not appear.
So now the remaining population of Qin State is still 4 million, of which the army is 600,000, including 300,000 elites.
With this level of strength, even though the Qin State has weakened a lot, it is still the leader of the Seven Kingdoms, and is proud of the Six Kingdoms of Kanto.
To the west of Qin State, next to Longxi County, there was a newly built country, Liang State.
The leader of the Liang Kingdom was Liu Bang, whom Zhong Yu had previously entrusted. This Liu Bang had some bad luck and completed the bait that Zhong Yu had thrown out before. In the end, he became the leader of a county and was envied by everyone in the world.
When Liu Bang accepted the two countries, the country was full of powerful powers, maintaining all authority in the country. The population composition is even more complicated. Dozens or hundreds of nomadic tribes, plus some Qin people, jointly constructed such a strange Liang Kingdom.
Anyone who takes over such a complicated situation will have a headache.
Zhong Yu is no exception. After conquering Liang Kingdom, although it is not impossible to digest it, it will take a lot of time and energy, and you don't know what you will get.
Although it is not impossible to directly suppress all injustices by killing, what you get is just ruins, and there is no benefit after all, so why bother.
In this case, it is better to throw it out and use it as bait to attract others to do things for you.
And if the person who receives this great gift cannot control the Liang Kingdom, then there is nothing to say. Better yet, he would have become a puppet, controlled by those in power in the country, and almost died in a foreign land, with no one saying anything.
And if you can control the Liang Kingdom, then even better, you will get the help of a county for nothing.
You must know that the Liang Kingdom is nominally a vassal state of the Yu Kingdom, and is obliged to send troops when the Yu Kingdom has orders.
With Yu Guo's strength, he also had this majesty to intimidate Liang Guo, so that he did not dare to disobey and could only obey.
Therefore, when the time comes, the Liang Kingdom will be able to add 40,000 to 50,000 troops to the Yu Kingdom, which will be a win-win situation.
But Liu Bang is Liu Bang after all, he is very good at manipulating power and playing tricks.
Although when he took office, he only had hundreds of heroes who came to join him in admiration, and the real talents were only his original subordinates, those who were originally his subordinates in history.
However, Liu Bang still successfully took control of the power of the Liang Kingdom through some efforts to win over different people and interests.
During this period, his benevolent policies attracted people from all over the world and quickly gathered a large number of refugees who came to seek refuge. As a result, the population of Liang State increased to an incredible 200,000.
Moreover, the population of young and middle-aged people is extremely large, with a total of 50,000 soldiers and horses, and as many as 30,000 elites. They can be called a small tyrant in the Western Region!
In general, the strength of all the forces in the world is probably this.
(End of chapter)