The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire

After all, the damage caused by the war is too great. Even if it stops now, the villagers hiding in the mountains gradually come out, and the production slowly starts to resume, but the effect is not very great after all!

According to the statistics of these officials, the current population of each of these eleven counties, after their efforts to collect and re-edit the records, is mostly no more than three to four thousand people per county.

Moreover, in these counties and counties, there are mostly old and weak women and children, and very few are young and strong.

What's more serious is that South Korea still faces a serious problem. These many counties, including the newly recovered Sanchuan County, as well as the mainland of South Korea. Many counties and counties have fallen into famine, the people have no food left, and the places are starved to death.

These countless people all opened their mouths, waiting for the relief of the South Korean government. If you leave them alone and let them fend for themselves, then South Korea will really exist in name only.

Even if these ordinary people are old and weak, they are at least some population, belonging to the exploited and ruled class. If they are gone, then South Korea will not even have a basis for ruling, and the country will completely become a dead land if it does not control the country.

The recovered eleven counties have a total population of 40,000, while the original ten counties in South Korea, after the ravages of the Qin State and a burst of exploitation by South Korea, the population retention is not very large, and the average number of counties is no more than one county Three to five thousand people.

With the dispatch of local officials again, the ruling foundation was established again, and the population statistics were restored again. It was concluded that the thirteen counties and counties in South Korea except the capital had a population of only 80,000.

As for the capital of South Korea, because it took in some refugees and the original population base was there, despite the war and famine, a group of people starved to death.

Therefore, after all, the level of 250,000 people is still maintained. Although it is not as good as the previous 300,000 people, it can barely be called a majestic city in this world, worthy of his status as a kingdom in Korea.

Now South Korea's national statistics show that there are only 370,000 people left, and it has nearly doubled its land and regained a lot of lost land.

However, the population obtained was only 1/3 of that before the war, and the young and strong men almost withered away. After the war subsided, all parts of the country, whether it was the newly recovered places or the original places, returned to stability.

In order to consolidate his authority and maintain his rule, King Han recruited a new batch of recruits, but he only got more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, most of whom were children in their 14th or 15th year and old men in their 50s and 60s.

These recruits, based on the more than 1,000 elite veterans left in South Korea after the previous war, rebuilt and assembled an army. I got an ordinary army of about 25,000 people who can barely pass.

This is the foundation of South Korea's rule today. With 25,000 people, it is obviously not enough to guard more than 20 cities in South Korea and to resist the threat of enemies from all directions.

Such a small number of people is enough to maintain law and order and rule.

However, South Korea is not in a desperate situation, and he still has a way out.

In the current Sanchuan County of the Qin State, there are still twelve counties and counties left, all of which are huddled in the pass, have not been affected by the war, and have maintained a complete production and economic system.

And the most important thing is that because Sanchuan County belongs to the former capital of the Zhou Dynasty and the homeland of South Korea, the scope of conscription by Qin Guoqiang is not large, only a little bit.

Therefore, in the entire Sanchuan County Pass, among the thirteen counties and counties, except for the three Zhou Dynasty hometowns, many young men were forcibly recruited for military training. In the remaining ten counties and counties, there are many young and strong people left, and the population is also relatively large.

In the entire Sanchuan County Pass, according to the information sent back by the spies, after analysis by various parties, it is estimated that there will be a population of about 300,000 to 400,000.

Moreover, there are a lot of young and strong people. If you count those who are forced to recruit from the age of 14 to 50 or 60, you should be able to recruit about 100,000 soldiers and horses.

And now the coalition forces have repelled the Qin State, and next, as long as the Yu State is sending 50,000 to 60,000 people to the central battlefield, they can then summon the armies of Zhao Wei and Chu.

At that time, there will be an army of five or six hundred thousand.

However, Qin State could not send the same number of troops.

In the current state of Qin, after the collapse of its own battlefield, the rear has become faintly unstable, the barbarians in all directions are ready to move, and the survivors of the six countries in the country also have other thoughts.

The local suppression also involved a part of Qin's military force, and now there are probably not even 300,000 troops who can really be sent to the battlefield to confront the coalition forces head-on.

Therefore, Yuguo discussed the current situation of Qin State with the other two countries, and finally decided that Qin State should not dare to face a decisive battle, but would instead abandon Sanchuan County and retreat into Hangu Pass in an all-round way, maintaining the basic relationship between Guanzhong and Bashu. Territory, dare not look at the East.

Sanchuan County, which was abandoned, is the closest to South Korea. And in the early days of the war, South Korea's contribution was not small, and this alliance was initiated with South Korea as the starting point.

Therefore, giving all the remaining land in Sanchuan County as compensation to South Korea should not cause too much repercussions.

What's more, South Korea today looks like it is about to perish at any time, which has really aroused the vigilance of other countries.

Given the current situation in the world, no matter whether it is the Qin State, the coalition forces, or even the Qi State hiding in the rear, they will not allow the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, and South Korea, which has been called together with them for hundreds of years, to perish.

This is the situation, South Korea is destroyed, then their demise will have a beginning and a sign, and they are extremely afraid of this result.

They are afraid that they will become the next South Korea, so they resolutely attack any country that dares to destroy any of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period. For this reason, they can put aside all prejudices and unite.

It's not about emotion, it's not about hatred, it's about life and death.

Therefore, in fact, with the current situation, even if Yuguo does not propose to support South Korea, other countries will also propose, they are not like South Korea perishing.

And South Korea got Sanchuan County, plus some leftovers around it, and it will also become a big country with nearly fifty cities and thousands of miles of land.

Moreover, the population of South Korea will also return to more than 700,000, close to 800,000, and the soldiers and horses can also return to about 150,000, of which about 30,000 are elites composed of young and strong.

Although most of them are old and weak, and their combat effectiveness is not very strong, it is not bad to use them for defense and scare others.

After all, 30,000 elite soldiers and 150,000 troops sound different. Who is more scary? It goes without saying.

Therefore, the current situation is barely maintained according to this fragile balance, and they are tacit to each other.