Chapter 212 Qin Conquers Yiqu
Hua Kai followed his teacher to learn his thoughts and experiences every day. The knowledge of the saints is like the vast starry sky, unfathomable!
Hua Kai only took half a year to finish "Red Mansion", a total of 2.6 million words. When he finished, he felt that his "Basic Copywriting Skills" were about to break through. As long as he entered the foundation-building stage, he would be able to become a giant.
After the completion of "Red Mansion", Hua Kai took a break for half a year and started writing "Water Margin" again. It is difficult to see Hua Kai in Jixia Academy now, but his "Red Mansion" has just been published. It has caused a great impact in the academy. Some students have opened the "Red Mansion Society", and the number of participants is no less than that of the "Three Kingdoms Society".
The drought in the whole world still has no signs of ending. More and more people in Qi State are fleeing. Many counties have been surrounded by hungry refugees. Some refugees have begun to attack county towns in order to survive, but there has been no news of county towns being breached in Qi State.
Everyone is suffering. Huajiabao has been fully expanded. The number of refugee camps outside the village has increased from 5 to more than 10, with thousands of people in each camp. Guangxian City has sufficient food and rarely hears of people starving to death. Everything is normal, but Hua Kai knows that the Hua family is not a subsidiary force. Now the population under its command plus refugees has exceeded 50,000, and the population of the entire Guangxian City has exceeded 70,000. Many refugees will not leave once they escape to Guangxian City, and the population of the entire Guangxian City is still increasing.
The battle on the battlefield of Yan State was fierce. The number of Qi State warriors above the foundation-building realm who died in Yan State reached 4, two of whom were masters of Jixia Academy.
Hua Zichen sent news that the Donghu coalition forces have now begun to retreat, but it may take a long time to drive the other side out of Yan State, and Yan State is now suffering heavy losses.
The situation on the Qin battlefield was unexpected. After Qin Zheng took action, it took only a few months for Qin to recover the territory that originally belonged to it. The Linhu, Xiongnu and other countries did not retreat at all when they arrived here. They did not rob people and property from Qin. They could only wait to die when they returned to their tribes.
At the end of December, the number of wild beasts this year began to increase slowly, which turned out to be a good thing for ordinary people. Some people who were too hungry to bear it began to cooperate in hunting wild beasts. Many of these wild beasts were killed by hungry victims as soon as they appeared, but the number of people who died was much greater than that of wild beasts.
On this day, Hua Kai handed over the three chapters of "Water Margin" he had written to the teacher. Zeng Shen, the sage, would teach him carefully every time, which made him unknowingly break through the Confucian mind method and become a Confucian master.
Today, the teacher gave him instructions and did not let them leave. Hua Kai just sat quietly and listened to his instructions.
"Yesterday, news came from Qin that Qin Zheng raided Yiqiu and killed five foundation-building masters. Yiqiu fled north with a group of masters. Yiqiu was destroyed!" Zeng Shen said slowly.
Hua Kai was extremely shocked when he heard this. King Qin Zheng was so powerful. Yiqiu was not weaker than Qin at all, but it was destroyed. Then the crisis of Qin was resolved and the battle of Yan was over.
Qin Zheng completely ignored himself. He made such a move that it was basically impossible for him to break through in the future. Moreover, his inner demons would inevitably accompany him in the future. If he was not careful, he would go crazy and die. When everyone heard this, the first feeling was Qin Zheng's strength, followed by deep regret.
Foundation-building masters generally do not go to the battlefield. Those who go to the battlefield have actually made plans to die. They kill the enemy with all their strength, regardless of everything, and finally create a chance for survival for their family at the cost of their own lives. However, most of the foundation-building masters who can reach this step are old and have no possibility of further promotion.
The foundation-building realm is the top existence in this world, but the restrictions of heaven on them are also huge.
The entire Jixia Academy is discussing the Qin government's destruction of the Yiqiu Kingdom. Many big families in the Yiqiu Kingdom took their core combat forces to the north to the grassland, which will leave troubles for the Qin State in the future.
On May 9, 392, Duke Huan of Qi, the Qin State occupied the capital of the Yiqiu Kingdom, and the entire southern core area of the Yiqiu Kingdom became the territory of the Qin State, and the area of the Qin State expanded by nearly one-fold.
After occupying the entire southern part of the Yiqiu Kingdom, the Qin government gathered all the prisoners of war and the people of the Yiqiu Kingdom and began to build the Great Wall in the north. This move also shocked the world.
The cavalry of the Qin State was not strong. The northern part of the Yiqiu Kingdom was all vast grasslands, and there was no city to form a defense. The Qin State knew that it would never be the opponent of the coalition forces of the grassland countries when it entered the grassland, so it began to organize a defensive formation, but seeing this, the Central Plains countries could not help but worry.
The strength of the Qin State has been demonstrated. Now that there is no Yiqiu State to contain them, the Qin State has begun to build a wall of thousands of miles in the north, so where will they focus next?
The most worried country was Wei, which had regarded Qin as its top opponent for so many years. If the other party had time to spare, would it be the next to deal with itself? Therefore, as soon as Qin occupied Yiqu, Wei put aside its conflicts with Han and sent envoys to powerful countries such as Chu and Zhao, hoping that everyone would continue to unite to resist the powerful Qin.
However, Qin's approach was beyond everyone's expectations. It actually sent envoys to Wei, Zhao, Chu and other countries, hoping to establish an alliance with them and get along well with each other in the future.
Although many people said that Qin should not be allowed to become strong, no country was willing to jump out to oppose Qin first, so the countries in the Central Plains calmed down strangely.
In July, Qin organized millions of civilians and prisoners of war to build the Northern Great Wall together. Because the drought had not yet passed, Qin was seriously short of food, and civilians in the north were starving. The world was shocked by the indifference of Qin. Zhao and Wei saved the famine in their own country while starting to build the Great Wall in the north of their own country.
Qin blocked the grassland countries, so if the tribes want to invade the Central Plains in the future, will they have to find a breakthrough from their own country? Only by establishing a northern defense line can they have the energy to deal with the possible war between the seven heroes.
In the end, only Yan State was still fighting with the Donghu coalition for two years. The entire Yan State's combat power has been consumed by almost half. No one expected that the situation would come to this point.
In August, Hua Kai has been in Jixia Academy for more than three years. Hua Mo has entered Jixia Academy to study last year. Now there are 8 Hua family students in the Shengzi Academy. They are discussing the possible direction of Qin's next attack.
Some people think that Qin's target will be Wei, and some say it is Han. Hua Kai has studied Qin's politics more recently and found that with his wisdom, he will definitely take action against Wei, Han, and even Chu. The drought in Qin this time is more serious than that in other countries. After they occupied Yiqu State, they obtained a large amount of food and livestock, which led to the preservation of Qin's combat power.
The main purpose of building the Great Wall in the north is to consume the remaining forces of Yiqiu State, so that Qin can complete its rule over Yiqiu State more quickly and quickly convert its territory into strength.
"I think Qin will definitely not stop its offensive. Qin State is still in short supply of food. Tens of thousands of coolies who built the Great Wall in the north died in three months. If this continues, the original people of Yiqiu State will be exhausted by them bit by bit!" Hua Xuan said. Everyone who came to Jixia Academy is more and more familiar with the general situation of the world and can express their own opinions!
"I think Qin will take the lead in attacking Han State. Han State is in the heart of the Central Plains. Many medium-sized countries have been oppressed by Han State for many years. If Qin State occupies Han State, Zhou, Zheng, Wei, Chen and other countries in the Central Plains will not be able to stop Qin State's footsteps. In this way, more than half of the Central Plains will be under the rule of Qin State." Hua Mo said.
"I also agree with Hua Mo's point of view. This time, the voice of the anti-Qin Han State is the loudest. Although Han State is strong, most of it depends on the King of Han. Their population is the smallest among the seven hegemons, and they are the easiest to capture. Moreover, if they occupy Han State, they can fully contact the Chu State. As long as they can suppress the Chu State, Qin will be invincible." Xue Chen said at this time.
Hua Kai also agreed with Xue Chen's point of view. Now in the position of Qin State, attacking Han State is the wisest choice. After occupying Wei State or Zhao State, he will have to face more pressure from the grassland. But Hua Kai thinks that Qin Zheng will not do this!
At this time, Meng Yunfei came to the No. 2 Saint Son Courtyard. He told Hua Kai that the King of Qi had issued another [Calling Order]!
Qi State issued the [Calling Order] for the third time in four years, and this time it was the biggest one.
All aristocratic families, families, and civilians were required to actively join the army to help Yan State drive the Donghu coalition out of the Central Plains. All families were required to bring their own food and grass, and the King of Qi personally led the entire Qi State to help Yan with all his strength.
If there are insufficient troops, the title of family or clan will be cancelled. Those who actively participate in the call will have their contributions doubled. If they have enough family power, their military merits will be calculated according to the family.
This is to help Yan with the whole country. Hua Kai knows that the King of Qi is most worried about Qin. Although Qi and Qin have no contact and there is no direct conflict between the two sides, if Yan is too damaged this time, it will not be a good thing for the entire Qi.
At the same time, the King of Qi only looks at the combat power of the call this time. This is a precursor to the reorganization of the Qi family. Some weak families may become ordinary families, and many families will face demotion, while some powerful ordinary families and families will take this opportunity to establish merits and get promoted.
The King of Qi issued the [Call Order] and it soon spread throughout Qi, and many families had to open the long-closed door. Many counties have begun to send troops to drive away refugees. This time, all families have to participate in the [Call Order]. They not only have to prepare food and grass for the family to go to war, but also have to worry about the defense of refugees after all the core combat power of the family has left.
It can be said that Qi State mobilized the entire country's strength under extremely difficult circumstances and went to Yan State for support. Even if it won this battle, the internal losses of Qi State would be very heavy.