The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire - Chapter 341

[Chapter 336: On the strength of 7 countries]

With the addition of Qi State, the state of Tao State, which had been in retreat due to Wei State’s invasion, suddenly changed.

The war fell into a long stalemate, and neither the Taoqi coalition nor the Wei kingdom dared to act rashly again, and fell into a confrontation.

As a result, with the armistice between Wei and Chu, the world fell into a brief period of peace.

Although Qi had been beaten badly before, he was one of the seven heroes of the Warring States period, and he was comparable to the great powers of Qin and Chu before.

Although it is broken now, and the performance of the soldiers before is not satisfactory, it is all over after all.

Today’s state of Qi, after experiencing a disaster that destroyed the country, finally reorganized its troops, trained soldiers, rectified officials, and restored people’s livelihood.

Coupled with the previous battle, although Qi suffered heavy losses, it also cultivated an elite team.

There are not many people, only a mere 100,000.

But these 100,000 people are enough to protect the current state of Qi from being bullied by other countries.

If it is matched with some ordinary soldiers and horses, it can also give a glimpse of the reality of other countries.

100,000 people seem to be very few, but that is before the Imperial Kingdom did not appear in this world.

Now, after Yuguo has stirred up the wind and rain on the side of the Seven Kingdoms in the Central Plains, the strength of the Seven Kingdoms has long since disappeared.

It is estimated that before the world has completely fought a melee, that is, before the formation of the alliance with Yuguo, the Seven Kingdoms have a population of about 3000,000.

By now, it may be barely half of what it was before.

The state of Chu in the south is now experiencing successive wars and domestic rebellions, and the state of Yue in the southeast has ripped apart 1/4 of its territory, greatly reducing its strength.

Now that the entire Chu State is added up, except for the three counties now occupied by the Yue State, although there are still eleven counties, the population has declined during the period, and many counties and counties have been desolate.

Through various sources and secret spying by Zhong Yu, Zhong Yu finally obtained a roughly reliable estimate that the current population of Chu State is estimated to be only 300,000.

This was also the reason why Chu State was far away from the battlefield of the war and was less affected by its location in the south.

You must know that before the war, the Chu State now had a population of 600,000, including the counties captured from the Qin State, and the counties and counties developed in the southwest and southeast. 1/5.

In the previous wars, whether it was the two operations of the alliance or the war against rebellion in the state of Chu, the total number of soldiers lost by the Chu army had reached millions, which was extremely terrifying.

Soldiers have lost so much, and some civilians have suffered a lot, and it is justified.

However, even so, in the eyes of all countries in the world, Chu State is also a big country with a large population, which is quite the envy of all countries.

Moreover, due to the repeated wars, although the population of Chu has suffered a lot, it has also cultivated a large and brave army.

This level of strength is enough to look down on all countries in the world.

As for the country of Yue, which was split from the state of Chu, it occupies three counties of the state of Chu. Because the population is located further south, it is not known how far away from the battlefield, and the impact is smaller, so the population remains relatively abundant, which is far better than that of other countries. county.

Even after several wars with Chu, the young and strong men suffered a lot, the old and the weak were also affected by the war, and starved to death suffered a lot of damage.

But now the three counties combined have a population of about 800,000.

Among them, there is an army of 100,000, and the elite is about 30,000.

Judging from the current situation of all countries in the world, it is barely considered a big country.

Besides, South Korea, which is located in the Central Plains, was the center of the alliance’s first war with Qin, and it was affected the most and suffered the most loss of population.

Although he was supported by Zhong Yu later, he won the original territory of Sanchuan County and made some supplements, but it was still not enough.

Because of the war, South Korea’s food has long been exhausted, and the army was only able to maintain its army by relying on the resources of the coalition forces.

And the people in South Korea are not so lucky and can get the support of the coalition forces.

So after the coalition was disbanded for the first time, South Korea was born immediately and many people starved to death.

The situation in Sanchuan County was not much better. Most of the food in the Qin State on the front line was looted from Sanchuan County, and the people there also did not have much food.

Therefore, after such a famine, the two armies originally had a population of about 80,000, but they were reduced by 20,000 all of a sudden, leaving only about 60,000.

Fortunately, these people who died of starvation were some elderly people, or women and children who were in poor health.

The real thing is that the young and strong have not suffered much damage, which is also good news.

After all, the real strength of a country is measured by how many men and how many laborers it has.

Therefore, although the population is much smaller at first glance, it is actually a lot less burdensome for South Korea.

If you don’t open your mouth so much, South Korea will not have so much food for relief.

The consumption of some other materials has also been greatly slowed down, which has greatly eased the economic pressure on South Korea.

As for the South Korean army, it participated in an alliance before and suffered a lot.

After returning to China, plus the integration of domestic troops and horses, there are only about 100,000 people, of which less than 50,000 are elites.

In Wei State, which is adjacent to South Korea, his condition is not much better than that of Chu State, and even because it is located in the Central Plains, where there are four battles, the situation is even more miserable.

After Tao County was lost, the state of Wei was left with Dong County, Dang County, Hanoi County, and Hedong County.

However, although there are many sites, and they are still located in the Central Plains, they are all places where the previous wars were raging, and the population was severely damaged, so it goes without saying.

Among them, Dang County, the old nest of Wei State, where Daliang the capital was originally located, is a little better. It has not been affected by several wars, and the population and economy are well preserved.

It is estimated that the population is about one million. Although it is not as good as the 1.5 million before the war, it is not bad.

As for the remaining three counties, that’s not good.

All added up, it is about 100,000, of which I don’t know how many young and strong people are, and having 150,000 is enough to make King Wei secretly amused.

Therefore, the total population of Wei State is about 200,000, including about 250,000 soldiers and horses.

The number of elites is about 150,000. After all, many important battles were fought in the hinterland of the Central Plains of Wei, and the soldiers and horses were still trained.

The remaining Zhao State, which is also one of the Three Jin Dynasty, has a larger territory than Wei State, with about seven counties.

However, Zhao State is located in the northern border, and its territory is mostly wild places near the grasslands.

Moreover, Zhao State has also experienced several wars, and a large-scale rebellion has also occurred. In addition to the famine caused by the war, the population has suffered severe losses several times.

So its population is similar to that of Wei State, about 200,000.

However, there are more young and strong, so there is an army of about 300,000, of which the elite has a full 200,000, which is almost no weaker than that of Chu.

(End of this chapter)

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