The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire - Chapter 343

[Chapter 338 Involvement of Qi State]

In the eighth year of Emperor Yuan, early March.

At this time, all the countries in the world have just organized the civilians in the country to cultivate this year’s seedlings, and then they have just freed up their hands and liberated enough laborers to start a new round of ambition.

A year has passed, and after this time of recuperation, the countries that had fought in the war slowly recovered their vitality, the domestic food and grass were once again sufficient, and with strength, a new round of attacks was launched again.

And with the preparation of this time, it is enough for them to carry out various alliances and conspiracies.

First of all, Wei Guo, located in the most central part of the world, located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, started his first move.

Wei State is located in the center of the world, and every move is not without attention.

So he just started to act a little, and the news quickly spread to various countries, causing speculations from people who are interested.

Wei State sent 150,000 elite troops, and only 100,000 ordinary soldiers were left to guard the country. It can be said that in addition to basic defense, all the forces were used.

And this frightening movement of the army suddenly pointed to Tao, who had a deep conflict with Wei next to him.

Tao Guo was terrified, and 70,000 soldiers and horses from all over the country went to the frontier and stationed in the three major cities and towns built during the year.

These three important cities are the achievements of the Tao Kingdom in the past year.

Tao Guo knew very well that between himself and Wei Guo, either you died or I lived, and the war could never stop until either side fell first.

And the situation is very clear, the strength and national strength are far inferior to the Tao Kingdom of Wei State, no matter how you look at it, it is the one that falls first, and there are almost no exceptions.

In order to prolong his life and preserve his designs, Tao Guo had to build these three important cities, ignoring the reality that his country was already full of sorrows and was in urgent need of self-cultivation.

The results are also obvious.

The three heavy cities were finally completed before the attack of Wei State, despite Tao State’s efforts to squeeze the country’s strength.

This made Tao Guoxia heave a sigh of relief.

With these three great cities, Tao State could last a long time under Wei State’s attack.

For such a period of time, whether it was delaying Wei’s footsteps, slowly exhausting his rations and retreating, or if something happened in the rear, it was all very good.

Or stick to time and wait for the support of the ally of Qi in the rear, which is also a life-saving time.

Today, Tao Kingdom is stationed in three big cities.

The frontier of the Tao Kingdom was immediately stabilized, the domestic turmoil also subsided, and peace was restored.

And Tao State soon asked Qi State for help after entering the station.

They knew that even with these three heavy cities, with the strength of Tao’s troops, it would be difficult to resist Wei’s army, which was twice as many as Tao’s army.

“You must have foreign aid to preserve the Tao country.” This is the consensus of the Tao country and the truth they firmly believe.

As a result, after Wei’s army of 150,000 attacked for half a month, Qi, who heard Tao’s request for help, quickly mobilized the army to the front to help Tao resist the Wei army.

The reason why Qi Guo acted so quickly was that he wanted to keep an ally so that he would not fall into the situation of fighting alone.

There is another very important reason.

That is, Tao State is located in the west of Qi State, helping him block the pressure from Han and Wei directions.

As long as the Tao State exists, then the big countries like Wei State and South Korea that want to attack Qi State from the west must first pull out the nail of Tao State, otherwise their abdomen will always be threatened by Tao State.

Therefore, the geographical location of Tao State, under the situation of the world, and the congenital factors between him and Wei State, naturally determined that Tao State was a firm ally of Qi State, and it was impossible to betray.

In addition, Tao State’s strength is far inferior to Qi State, so he can only act as Qi State’s younger brother, waving the flag and shouting with him.

Therefore, for Qi Guo, this kind of younger brother who is both loyal to himself and able to fight with all his might, is reluctant to lose it.

Therefore, when the 100,000 elites of the Qi State rushed to the battlefield where the Tao State was fighting against the Wei State, the strength of the Tao-Qi coalition forces and the Wei Army were balanced again, and it was difficult to tell the winner.

After this half-month battle, Tao’s original army of 70,000 soldiers and horses only had 40,000 soldiers, which was nearly half of the loss.

Similarly, the situation of Wei State is not very good.

Because it is the siege side, it has a natural disadvantage, so even if the Wei army is elite, it will suffer a lot.

In a few days, only 120,000 of Wei’s army of 150,000 were left, with 30,000 casualties and heavy losses.

As a result, both sides need to rest due to casualties, and slowly restore morale and combat power.

The battlefield was once again plunged into a long and peaceful confrontation, the same as last year.

In the hearts of Qi and Tao,

They all thought that this time it was definitely the same as last year, and that no one could do anything about the other. Gradually, the food was not enough, and the two sides retreated.

Not only the two countries of Tao and Qi, but also the whole world thinks so.

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However, just one month after the Qi army arrived on the battlefield, the war did not break out. As they expected, it fell into a strange calm.

The war on the border between Tao and Wei did not break out, but a more terrifying war broke out in Qi.

This war was too sudden and too unpredictable.

So that everyone in the world did not think of it, and everyone was shocked.

Zhao State in the north of Wei State, through Wei State, sent 200,000 elite troops to attack the territory of Qi State.

Zhao State’s vanguard, 50,000 cavalrymen, headed south in the starry night, and rushed to Xue County in Qi State before the news of the army’s dispatch spread.

Before the defenders of Xue County could react, they even won the battle and took the entire territory of Xue County with the advantage of the assault.

The reason why it went so smoothly was mainly because the defenders of Xue County were too lax and careless!

Xuejun is located in the rear of Tao State, and in front of it, the troops and horses of the combined forces of Tao and Qi are resisting this State of Wei, restraining all the troops of State of Wei that can be mobilized.

As for the State of Chu in the south of Xue County, although it borders Xue County, the State of Chu is now in full swing with the State of Yue. I heard that it is now mobilizing troops and planning to launch another war with the State of Yue. How can I have any energy to come? To provoke Qi in the north!

Wasn’t he afraid that Qi State would mobilize troops and move south to attack Chu State and attack him on both sides with Yue State?

Therefore, the possibility of Chu State attacking Xue County was directly rejected by Qi State.

On the other side of the remaining Xue County, is the Langya County of Qi State.

Where the capital of his own country is, it is even less likely that there will be any enemies.

Therefore, the mentality of the upper and lower defenders of Xuejun was very relaxed and comfortable, and they could not feel any temporary atmosphere at all.

Under this kind of slack defense, Zhao Guo has carefully prepared for a long time, and it is not surprising that he won the whole county in one fell swoop under the long-planned surprise attack.

(End of this chapter)

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