In the west of Zhao State, on the border with Qin State. An elite army of the Qin State, numbering 300,000, was quietly crossing the natural barrier of the Yellow River and once again entered the Taiyuan area of Zhao.
This army was overwhelming and quickly defeated Taiyuan County, which had only 50,000 troops left behind.
These 50,000 people were already half of the remaining troops of Zhao State. After the loss, the entire Zhao State would be empty, allowing Qin to wreak havoc.
Early July.
After the Qin State captured Taiyuan County, except for some people who stayed behind, the rest quickly divided into two steps, heading north to Yanmen County and south to Shangdang County.
As expected, wherever the Qin army went. All the cities either surrendered or were massacred by the Qin army after the city was broken. No city could stop the Qin army.
The three counties to the east of Zhao State, originally used as a barrier to resist Qin State, were lost and became a bridgehead for Qin State to invade Zhao State eastward.
As for the Qin State, in order to retaliate against the people of the previous three counties, they all defected to the Zhao State during the previous battles between the coalition forces and the Qin State.
The people of Zhao State in these three counties were massacred, and all those who had a bad record of surrendering before were massacred. He beat and cursed at every turn, massacred the slightest resistance, and constantly squeezed out all the potential in them, and constantly insulted the people in the county.
The resentment among the people in the three counties is boiling and difficult to contain.
But Qin doesn't care much about these.
After the previous war, everyone in the Qin State understood the truth, that is, only the old Qin people are worthy of trust.
As for the remnants of the Six Nations in the counties and counties recovered by the Six Eastern Kingdoms, they are all unfamiliar white-eyed wolves and not worthy of investment and comfort. The most appropriate use is for them to be exploited as some coolie slaves.
At the same time, in Qi State, after paying 50,000 casualties, the Zhao army finally broke through the capital of Qi State and defended the empty Langya City.
The king of Qi State fled eastward with the ministers and nobles in the city. He led more than 10,000 remaining troops and fled to Jimo City in Jiaodong County. He used it as the capital and once again called on the people in Qi State to gather under his command and gather strength to continue resisting. Zhao Jun's invasion.
However, Zhao Jun, who had just conquered Langya City and had no time to rejoice, suddenly received news from behind that Qin had attacked Zhao and had conquered nearly half of the territory.
Zhao Jun, who had just enjoyed the fruits of victory, had no time to enjoy and digest it, so he had to withdraw his troops and return home to quickly support the country.
So, to the surprise and shock of the whole Qi State, Zhao Jun obediently spit out the two counties he had swallowed before, and left in despair with the remaining 120,000 remnant troops.
Qi State regained the land of the two counties without spending a single soldier.
However, after this raging, Qi's population became even sparser, with only about 900,000 left. There are only 150,000 soldiers and horses, of which about 100,000 are elite. Nearly half of his strength was lost, and his vitality was severely damaged.
When the Qin State completely regained the three counties, it withdrew 100,000 troops from the rear of the country to support the front line, and used these ordinary soldiers and horses to stay in the three counties captured from the Zhao State.
So that we can use the 300,000 elites as the main force to conquer the remaining territory of Zhao State.
After being buffered by the land of the three counties, it would take a lot of time for the Qin State to capture them, even if they were just traveling.
It was this period of time in exchange for territory that bought Zhao Guo precious life time.
The 120,000 remnant troops who came from behind finally returned to the country. Then they gathered some soldiers and horses drawn from the country to form an army of 150,000, and gathered in the Taihang Mountains.
In the Taihang Mountains, it relied on a series of majestic passes and some majestic cities to resist the attack of Qin's 300,000-strong army.
When the Qin army and the Zhao army each completed their preparations, an earth-shattering battle began.
End of July.
In the Taihang Mountains of the State of Zhao, a war centered on the hegemony of Hebei broke out, with the State of Qin taking the lead.
Zhao, which had lost three counties and lost about half of its strength, could not sustain itself in the face of Qin's aggressive offensive. The direction of fate is really difficult to figure out, leaving Zhao Guo with no hope.
However, just when the Qin State was excited, thinking that it was about to destroy Zhao State and complete the great cause of destroying a country.
Behind the Qin State, the newly established Liang State was ignored by the Qin State, ignored by the people of the world, and had almost no influence on the entire world.
It showed its fangs brazenly.
The 30,000 elite Liang army, under the personal command of Liu Bang, the leader of the two countries, and with general Fan Kuai Zhoubo as the vanguard, broke through Longxi, the Qin border area, and captured most of Longxi County in more than ten days.
The people in Qin's pass were frightened, and the whole court of Qin was furious.
Especially King Qin Yingzheng, who had just seen the hope of unifying the world and wiping out the six kingdoms. Just when he was happy, this inconspicuous clown in the background dared to stroke his beard, which really made him feel extremely angry.
"Although the Qin State is weak now, it is far from what it was back then. But I am not a clown like you, a small country that can come to provoke me!" This was what Qin King Ying Zheng thought about Liang State's invasion.
Therefore, King Qin Yingzheng directly sent 30,000 of the 50,000 Xianyang defenders to the Longxi front line.
At this time, there are still more than 20,000 defenders in Longxi, and with the 30,000 reinforcements, there are a total of 50,000 people.
With the prowess of the Qin army and the bravery of the Qin people, it was more than enough to deal with a mere 30,000 Liang army.
However, just when these 30,000 reinforcements had just arrived in Longxi County and were preparing to meet with the Longxi County defenders to launch an attack on the Liang Kingdom's invading army.
In the northern Shangjun of Qin State, bad news suddenly came.
In the small place of Yunzhong, the five small countries formed a coalition, and a full 20,000 elite troops went south, brazenly launching an invasion of Qin State's Shangjun.
How could the Shangjun garrison have imagined that such a small country with one or two counties would dare to invade Qin's territory. Unprepared, a mere 20,000 enemy troops captured most of Shangjun's territory.
Fushi City, the governor of Shangjun, was now surrounded by 20,000 enemy troops, with only 10,000 defenders in the city. Shangjun is in danger and may overturn at any time.
Therefore, Xingye, the governor of Shangjun, sent a messenger asking for support from Xianyang.
However, one after another, affected by emergencies, the defense power of Neishi County, where Xianyang is located, the real foundation of the Qin State, continued to be empty. The external crisis has not disappeared, but instead continues to put Xianyang in danger.
Such a series of events gave Ying Zheng a sense of conspiracy. Therefore, he did not agree to Shangjun's request for help, but instead asked the governor of Shangjun to defend the county town.
After all, Fushi City, the governor of Shangjun, is a large city and has always been an important town for the Qin State to resist the invasion of northern barbarians.
Under the garrison of 10,000 defenders, it is really not an easy task for the Yunzhong Allied Forces of only 20,000 to break it. If some miracle doesn't happen, I'm afraid I won't even think about it.
Therefore, with 10,000 defenders, it is enough to defend against the coalition forces in Yunzhong.
King Qin Yingzheng, on the other hand, was looking for the basic source of the conspiracy while waiting.
(End of chapter)