Chapter 629: The General Trend (2)

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At this stage, only the Qin army and the Han army had separate soldiers and auxiliaries, and the soldiers were naturally used to fight, and the auxiliaries could be baggage troops or auxiliary personnel serving the soldiers. However, the nations did not make a fine distinction, and their soldiers were not only on the military roster but also because of the distribution of weapons, and the nations were the same as the Qin and Han states in the matter of recruiting people.

The million soldiers united by Qi, Yan, and Zhao are really millions of soldiers, and there are nearly two million people who serve in conscription or are simply forced to be Latin. It is conceivable how many people will be involved in a large-scale battle, and how many people can be mobilized to directly participate in the war or indirectly serve the logistics of the war, and the national system of Qi, Yan, and Zhao can be regarded as withstanding the test.

Usually a soldier on the front line must have at least three or more people to serve, so in many cases, the more troops are not the better, if the country's national strength can not stand the number of troops to exceed the burden, the country is estimated to collapse on its own before it is at war with the enemy.

It was precisely when the Han Kingdom saw the determination of Qi, Yan, and Zhao that he was worried that Qin Guo would not be able to hold on to the battlefield on the Eastern Front this time, otherwise there would be no Ji Bu leading the army to rush over.

Before Ji Bu led his army into Xiangxian, which was about fifty miles away from Qin, Qi, Yan, and Zhao, he also received an order, that is, Lu Zhe asked Ji Bu to judge whether it was necessary to participate in the war, and even the choice of the target to fight was also chosen by Ji Bu.

That is a considerable right of arbitrariness, that is to say, as the king of the Han State, Lu Zhe completely gave Ji Bu the option to start the war, and it can also be seen from here that the Han State has been preparing for three years and has the confidence to conduct a huge war?

In fact, to be honest, Qin may have been a little troubled by the two-front battle and the possibility of the death of the First Emperor at any time, but Qi, Yan, and Zhao are far from being exhausted, and the Han State is not the best time to participate in the war at present.

Since the history of mankind, the "Emperor of the Ages" who has also "I am the Qing Dynasty" loves Xinjueluo? Hongli "Qianlong Emperor" has that face to put on the title of "perfect".

But what is so perfect about war? Lu Zhe made such a choice, but it was a choice of last resort. After all, once the general trend of the world develops to a certain level, even if it is difficult, it can only be hard-headed.

Xu Yan also made a choice in the most unfavorable situation, he relied on the organization of the Qin army to fight a large-scale raid war, wanting to use frequent raids to disrupt the rhythm of the march of the combined forces of Qi, Yan, and Zhao.

About 150,000 Qin troops emerged from all corners, and they not only attacked the troops of the Qi, Yan, and Zhao allied forces, but also carried out bloody killings one after another against those people who had little combat ability.

More than three troops in a row were attacked and harassed by the Qin army, and the coordination of the Qi, Yan, and Zhao coalition forces could also be seen to be not very good, and it was about the fourth day of the frequent attacks of the Qin army that the allied forces made a maneuver to gather, but by this time the entire battlefield situation was chaotic.

Before the invention of radio stations and other devices, the multinational coalition was basically like this. After all, it was an era of relying on feet to transmit information, and the transmission of information was full of delays, not to mention that there was no way to negotiate. In this way, a coalition force with a large number of troops can have an advantage over ordinary countries, but against a strong country with a relatively strong army, the large number of troops and the lack of strict coordination have become a disadvantage in many cases.

The Qin army frequently attacked and harassed, and there was a problem here.

Now the Han State is extremely encouraging merchants, and there are many trading objects of Han merchants, including the Qin State. There will also be Qi, Yan, and Zhao, and the caravan of the merchants themselves is mobile merchant transportation, so it is impossible to avoid the existence of Han caravans within the battlefield.

At the outbreak of the war, many caravans were forced to stay in the area of engagement. Under the large-scale attack of the Qin army, not only were the armies of Qi, Yan, and Zhao chaotic, but in fact, the coordination of the Qin army itself did not exist after the various armies attacked one after another, so it was difficult to avoid the killing and injury of the Han merchants.

When the combined forces of Qi, Yan, and Zhao were retracted, and they gathered a large number of troops. The Qin army would only bump into it if it was stupid, and the battle would slowly calm down at this time.

After nearly half a month of chaotic fighting, Tian Rong, the chief general of the coalition forces, made an urgent calculation after the war calmed down temporarily. The 450,000 coalition troops lost nearly 130,000 in this half month, but less than 200,000 of the 700,000 people remained.

Of course, the so-called losses of the coalition forces will definitely not be all the war dead, basically most of them are missing, that is, the troops were chaotic under the attack of the Qin army, and they fled in the process of dispersing.

Tian Rong received a detailed report that the army had killed more than 50,000 people in the battle, and that more than 140,000 corpses of the people could be found.

On the other hand, Xu Yan was of course pleased with the success of the large-scale raid war, but when he learned that his troops had also attacked the merchants of the Han Kingdom in the process of raiding, he was overshadowed in his heart.

There were at least thirteen Han merchant brigades attacked by the Qin army, and these merchant brigades were still attacked by the Qin army when the Han flag was raised. The Qin officers who led the troops may have had a reason to attack the Han merchants, but it was an attack after all.

In the past, when countries were at war, they would kill the wrong people, and unless a nobleman was killed, the king of each country would never react.

Xu Yan knew very well what kind of country the Han State established by Lu Zhe......

Lü Zhe had clearly informed the nations three years ago that Lü Zhe had the responsibility to ensure the safety of every Han citizen, and that any undeclared harm to the Han people would retain his right to pursue, and would even seek justice in the form of war. At the same time, if a Han citizen commits a crime in another country, only a representative of the Han State can be tried and sentenced, and a trial without the presence of a representative of the Han State will not be recognized by the Han State, and the right to pursue and declare war is still reserved. Of course, what Lu Zhe asked for is also applicable to the handling of the crimes committed by the leaders of the countries in the Han Kingdom, and the representatives of the countries will also be invited to the trial of the leaders of the countries in the Han Kingdom, and it is a matter for the countries to come or not.

There is no extraterritoriality or extrajudicial power, and there is no extradition regulation, but that's what it is. Lu Zhe embodied the modern national consciousness in this era, not only did the Han state itself not understand it so well, but the countries actually did not understand what Lu Zhe meant.

After Lu Zhe's proclamation, what is the understanding of the nations? It is estimated that it is "don't let me find a reason to start a war against anyone, Lao Tzu's axe has long been hungry and thirsty" or something like that. Of course, a set of rules is not Lu Zhe himself declared, and it will be negotiated or bargained with multiple countries, and then determined in the form of laws.

Therefore, in the past three years, the people of the Han State have violated the laws of other countries abroad, but they have also notified the Han State to send representatives in accordance with the procedures, and what crimes are naturally pronounced in accordance with the law. The countries also acted according to the rules set by Lu Zhe, and in an instant, all the Chinese regimes seemed to have become Sven.

Of course, not all of them have become Sven, Lu Zhe's side is very serious about implementing the results of the consultation, and he really wants to make more contributions. And what about the nations? They didn't want to offend Lu Zhe and lead the Han State to start a war on their opponent's side, so they would inexplicably abide by the established rules when they didn't understand.

Xu Yan knew more about Xu Yang's relationship in the Han State, and he knew that the Han State had been formulating a plan to fight north two years earlier, and had also carried out a comprehensive reorganization of the army for this purpose......

Then again, Lu Zhe seems to like reorganizing the army. Do you have to toss almost every once in a while? However, this kind of reorganization did not completely break up the organization, but was carried out on the basis of 1,000 troops, and when war broke out, one after another 1,000 troops could be mobilized to form a "school" and then a "division." The expansion of the "division" from the corps to the corps of corps is systematically put into operation, so it will not completely incapacitate the army.

Of course, the division is not the modern "division", and the "division" system of the army existed as early as the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty. Refer to the statement of the book "Sima Law" during the Warring States period. There are 10 soldiers per passenger (3 on the bus and 7 under the car) and 20 on apprenticeship. Every 5 times (150 people) is divided into 1 team. Commanded by the Servant Shooter; Every two teams (10 by 300 people) are commanded by the "officer"; Every 10 teams (50 times 1,500 people) are numbered as "pawns", which are commanded by the "pawn commander"; Every 2 pawns (100 times 3,000 people) are organized into "divisions", and above the "division" is the army.

The Han State has long been formulating a plan to send troops to the north, as for the plan to attack whoever goes north, even if Xu Yang is Lu Zhe's sworn brother, the Han State is destined to rule the country by law and Xu Yang will not get anything more than status benefits, and Xu Yang's identity is limited to understanding these.

In this era, the country is not called the country, but the "family country", and all people basically take the "family" as the priority before they take care of the "country", so not only Xu Yang is providing information to the family, but the people from the Qin State and the other countries who came to serve the Han State are all revealing information to the family, and these people from the family children have made the same move when they get the information sent from the Han State, that is, no matter what information they get, it is only known to important members of the family, and they will never do anything to report to the country.

Very unpatriotic? It depends on the social environment at the time, and it also depends on the mainstream thinking. And such a thing has been formed since the beginning of the Xia Dynasty, not only in their generation.

Xu Yan's worry stems from Xu Yang's identity, although Xu Yang is currently only a lieutenant in the Han Kingdom, he is Lu Zhe's sworn brother no matter what, and he has many more opportunities to contact Lu Zhe than ordinary captains, and the topics that the two will talk about are not discussed in the administrative system.

As the ruler of the country, it is his responsibility to protect the people under his rule, Xu Yang repeatedly heard similar words from Lu Zhe, and Xu Yan also understood that Lu Zhe was not trying to win the hearts and minds of the people, but really starting a war because of the misfortunes suffered by his own people abroad...... (My novel "The Rise of the Great Qin Empire" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)