The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire

Qin State's Hedong County, its capital Anyi City, is being besieged by Wei State's 200,000 troops at the moment, and the situation is precarious.

This may sound unbelievable, but it is true.

Although there are 150,000 defenders in Qin State City, which is only 50,000 less than the Wei Army outside the city, wars are never measured by numbers. The decisive factors are the right time, place and people.

Although there were 100,000 reinforcements recruited by the Qin State, most of them were people from the original homeland of the Wei State. Although they had been separated from the Wei State for nearly fifty years, under the influence of the older generation, the Wei Guo still has some feelings.

As for Qin, they were not so repulsive. The combination of Wei and Qin had the same weight in their hearts for those reinforcements.

Therefore, they were extremely passive in fighting. It can be said that they did not work hard. After seeing the original 50,000 Qin army in the city, although they felt resentful in their hearts, considering the number of both sides and the fact that there is still a large army of Wei outside the city. , I didn't dare to make mistakes, so I could only endure it.

After seeing this situation, the Wei army outside the city also made a very smart choice. They stormed the city walls guarded by the old Qin people. As for the 100,000 reinforcements guarding the city, they just sent some people to pretend that the two sides were acting like a play Fake fights and make trouble.

Without the restraint of the 100,000 main army, the remaining 200,000 Wei troops can make great efforts on the so-called weak city wall of the 50,000 people, and have an advantage in numbers. Although Wei is not outstanding in siege equipment, Compared with Qin's defense equipment, it was much behind, but despite the cost of losses, it still attacked the city several times, and almost took Anyi City.

Now that the war has lasted for more than ten days, the loss of the 100,000 reinforcements is not much. The original 100,000 people were just thousands of people who were unlucky and accidentally injured. Most of the others were intact and stood there alive and kicking. .

But the remaining defenders composed of 50,000 old Qin people were extremely miserable.

Let’s not talk about the more than 20,000 people who died, and more than 10,000 people who survived were all injured, and more than 5,000 people were seriously injured and completely withdrew from the battlefield. Only the remaining 6,000 people are truly intact, maintaining the most powerful combat effectiveness.

However, so many people died in the Qin army, and the Wei army outside the city was not much better. A total of 60,000 people fell on the battlefield completely, and another 20,000 people were seriously injured and retreated to the rear to recuperate. , probably also a cripple, who can only live his miserable life miserably.

After all, there is no injury pension now. It is compulsory for ordinary people to serve as soldiers for the country. Even soldiers have to prepare their own weapons and rations. The country has no obligation to provide them.

In the camp of the Wei army outside the city, the morale was in a slump. The Wei army, which had lost nearly half, had almost reached the limit of their collapse, and was walking on the edge of a knife.

King Wei now faces two choices. One is to continue to force the army to attack Anyi City to see if he can capture the city before morale collapses. Or temporarily suspend the army now, let the morale recover, and then attack the city.

The greedy king of Wei is hesitating now, he wants to take this Anyi city, restore the glory of his ancestors, let himself leave a thick mark in the history of Wei, and let his descendants call himself Mingjun , Wei Guo's ZTE pioneer.

But his lack of courage prevented him from taking risks. He heard the danger of the collapse of the army and the mutiny of the army to attack the city. If the Anyi City was not captured in time and the soldiers mutinied, then not only the previous efforts of Wei State would be in vain, but Even King Wei himself was in danger.

But being greedy, he didn't want to give up. To give the defenders in the city a chance to recuperate, he was entangled in a very difficult choice, in a dilemma.

In Wei Wang's large tent of the Chinese army, at the moment they are singing and dancing, and the dancers with added resources are dancing one after another touching dances. look.

However, the king of Wei was not in the mood to appreciate the beautiful scenery on such a beautiful day. His brows were tightly furrowed, and his brow moved from time to time to show his depression.

Now this Anyi City is too important to Wei Guo.

First of all, don't talk about restoring Wei's territory and restoring the glory of our ancestors. Let me first talk about the occupation of the first floor, what benefits does Wei have?

In today's Wei State, his appearance on the map shows a top-heavy appearance. In the east, where Daliang, the capital of Wei State, is located, it is connected with the four counties in the east of Wei State, which is extremely thick.

But to the west is the newly occupied Hanoi County and most of Hedong County. The territory of the two counties is extremely narrow and long. The north is Zhao State, and the south is South Korea and Sanchuan County of Qin State. Further to the west is Neishi County of Qin State, which is under great pressure.

In order to keep these newly recovered territories from being lost, Wei State must take Anyi City as an important town in the east, and fully defend against the pressure from Qin State Xianyang.

As for Sanchuan County in the south, King Wei believed that as long as he defeated Qin State, Sanchuan County would either be included in Wei Guo's pocket, or be returned to South Korea again, then his pressure would naturally be greatly reduced.

Facing the threat of South Korea and the threat of Qin are two completely different concepts.

Not to mention, the current state of Wei and South Korea are still allies and are in the honeymoon period, and even if the state of Qin is defeated, with the lessons of history, the two countries will work together to resist Qin's eastward expansion and block Qin in Han Dynasty. Inside the valley pass.

Now that these practical threats are finished, let's talk about the spiritual support that Wei will receive after occupying Anyi City.

Anyi has always been the capital of the State of Wei. 100 years ago, the capital of the State of Wei was established in the city of Anyi, and with the city of Anyi as the center, it seized the current Daliang and other places to the east, and captured Hexi of the Qin State to the east. The land, which is the large area around the current Xianyang City of Qin State.

It can be said that when the Wei State established its capital in Anyi, the entire Wei State was aggressive, constantly expanding its territory, and flourishing.

After losing Anyi, it can be said that Wei State has hardly expanded any territory. Instead, it is constantly losing its western territory, which makes Wei State's territory shrink to less than 1/4. Not far away.

If the king of Wei can win Anyi City, it will greatly inspire the hearts of the people of Wei State, let them have real expectations for the future of Wei State, and recognize from the bottom of their hearts that Wei State has really risen.