The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire

Emperor Yuan seven years, March.

The Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms, dominated by Yuguo, reached a settlement with Qiguo, and after the two sides ceased fighting, they continued to stay in Qiguo's newly occupied two counties for a month. After confirming that there was no problem, they disbanded and returned home.

The 100,000 troops sent by the Yu Kingdom, after repeated bloody battles, are now only 80,000 people left, which can be described as a lot of losses.

The 20,000 people lost are not the mobs of various countries, but elites with internal strength. Among other things, these 100,000 people are already the sum of all soldiers with internal strength in the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei, and Han.

Now that the loss of 20,000 is broken, even for a big country like Zhao Wei, it is a serious injury and shakes the foundation of the country.

Therefore, Zhong Yu is quite distressed about the sacrifice of these 20,000 people.

However, these sacrifices are valuable. Although 20,000 soldiers were sacrificed, the remaining 80,000 soldiers have been tempered by the flames of war and become more elite. Many people gained a lot of insights between life and death because of killing, and their cultivation became more and more refined.

What's more, although many soldiers were lost, in the process, the 100,000 magic soldiers tempered by Zhong Yushou also completed a full 20,000, which was quite fruitful.

Generally speaking, in this battle of Qi State, all countries suffered losses, and even many people lost their wives and soldiers. In addition to Yu Guo achieving the purpose of disrupting the Central Plains, Yan Guo, who was only one, gained a lot. Make a lot of money.

However, although the Yan State gained two counties and nearly one million people. But this does not mean that his strength has doubled all of a sudden.

It's one thing to have these things, but can they be used? Can it be driven effectively? That's another story.

Don't forget that what the coalition forces did on the land of Qi State before can be said to be outrageous, without any restraint.

How many Qi people died in this war, how many relatives and friends of Qi, their homes and homes were destroyed by the war, and their hatred with the coalition forces, even if the water of the Yangtze River was poured, it would be difficult to wash away.

Therefore, although the Yan State has gained a lot of territory and a large population, it will take a long time to truly classify him as the national strength of the Yan State.

This time will be at least forty years, and after two generations of reproduction, he will gradually be forgotten.

In the past 40 years, Yan State needs to garrison heavy troops to prevent chaos in these places. It also needs to implement a benevolent government and invest a lot of resources and resources to buy the hearts of these Qi people.

For this reason, it can be seen from the fact that although Yan State has ended the war, it still has 100,000 troops in these two counties.

However, there is nothing left to do with benevolent government and buy people's hearts.

After all, after fighting for so long, the treasury of the Yan Kingdom has long been empty, and there is not even a mouse to be seen. Many people in the country are hungry, and many of them even died of freezing and starvation this winter.

Under such circumstances, how can there be any money and food to support Qi?

Moreover, with the greed of the monarch of Yan State, the corruption of the court, and the feud between Yan and Qi, Yan State not only failed to provide compensation, but intensified the search from the land of these two counties.

In the thinking of Yan people, Qi is a very wealthy country, from the princes and nobles to the common people, everyone is rich.

Compared with the poor land of Yan State, which is covered with ice and snow all the year round, it is much richer in the poor country located in the northern border.

So even though the Qi State has experienced the ravages of war and lost a lot of wealth, it still has a lot of wealth, at least more than the current Yan State.

Therefore, the set of strict laws and all-encompassing taxes they enacted took into account every place where the people of Qi could pay taxes in all aspects, and then sent law enforcement teams to go to every place in Qi. The family of the country is forced to pay taxes.

Not to mention, the people of Yan State did this, and within a month or two, they collected a huge sum of money and food.

This result made the whole country of Yan extremely excited, and they had a new understanding of the wealth of Qi, so they couldn't help but be more motivated to increase taxes in various names, so as to add more fun to their luxurious life.

As for the two counties of Qi State occupied by Yan State, many civilians who were caught in the famine and cold because of depriving winter rations, plundering winter clothes and saving money at home were subconsciously ignored by those superiors up.

In their eyes, the two counties of Qi State have a large population and a lot of money and food. It seems that no matter how much they search, they will never be exhausted.

And the ones who died without shame were tens of thousands of people? Compared with the millions of people in these two counties, it's nothing to mention, a drop in the bucket, a drop in the bucket!

However, although Yan State's rule is extremely tyrannical, enough wealth plundered from these two counties cannot prevent the whole country of Yan State.

King Yan also knew that the foundation of his rule of Yan State and the power to maintain the rule of the two armies of Qi State were mainly the 150,000 army in his hands.

That's right, after taking these two counties, Yan State, which originally had only 100,000 troops left, used the money and food from the two armies to continue to recruit 50,000 people, expanding the number of people fighting in Yan State.

Therefore, King Yan distributed some of the plundered wealth to these soldiers, although it was not too much, only 1/3.

But for these miserable soldiers, even if it is 1/3, it is still an extremely considerable amount, and many of them have never seen so much money until now.

As a result, the loyalty of the Yan State's army to King Yan has been greatly improved, and the morale has also increased to a relatively considerable level.

With the support of these soldiers, even though the rule in these two counties was extremely tyrannical, many people stood up to resist. But with the help of these soldiers, these righteous men who rose up to resist for freedom and survival were not a problem under the positive pressure of the feudal kingship.

As a result, the search and looting of Qi State continued, but the people of Qi State in those two counties suffered from the ravages of war just now, and they finally settled down. As a result, their new rulers were even worse than those rebellious troops. hair.

Because those rebellious troops are troops, they are limited by distance. Although they will also rob, they are just a rough search.

Unlike their rulers, they have to collect taxes in every aspect, detailing every detail of life, and even charge them for drinking water. It's really hard to survive with so many taxes and miscellaneous taxes.

As for the lives of the people in these two counties, King Qi who hid in Langya naturally knew about it. But he didn't feel the slightest pain, instead he was very happy.

He understands that if he wants to take back these two counties, relying on his own strength alone is absolutely insufficient, so more strength is needed. If the support of the people in the county can be mobilized at that time, it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

Naturally, King Qi is not only not saddened by the atrocities committed by the Yan State, but delighted.

The more brutal Yan State is, the more it will set off King Qi's wisdom and kindness. When the king's master returns, the people will come from all over the world to vote, even if they don't eat the pot of pulp.

Therefore, the people of the two counties are destined to live a difficult life!