Chapter 1243 The War Begins, Li Si’s Plan (Please Vote for Me)
The casualties caused by this war were definitely not just about a hundred casualties, but over tens of millions of human beings, because once a war started, it would be a waste of people and money, and all military rations would come from the hands of the people.
When war breaks out, gold is worth ten thousand taels. This is not just a saying, but war cannot be solved by gold. War needs food, and what the people need now is food. There have been wars for two hundred years since the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Countless people have starved to death in the past two hundred years. Nowadays, when a war is fought, it is to compete for the people's food. Since then, the number of people who have starved to death has been astronomical, so it looks like a war to attack Qin. , only nearly a million people were killed or injured, but in fact tens of millions of humans died indirectly.
Those small countries were incited by the big countries to attack Qin. Now the consequences have come. The six big countries have begun to attack the small countries. There are not many countries above the Nine Provinces, so these small countries are the first targets to be cleaned up.
The Six Kingdoms are taking action, and the Qin Kingdom will naturally not be idle. Of course, such an attack on a small country does not require Bai Qi to take action, because once Bai Qi takes action, it means that what he will get is an empty city, and Bai Qi's murderous intention has already been Penetrating deep into the bones, taking no prisoners, killing all old, weak, women and children.
So Ying Zheng handed over the matter to Meng Tian, and Meng Tian did not disappoint Ying Zheng. He led 800,000 Meng troops to attack seven small countries and once again expanded Qin's territory.
This time it took five years to clean up the small countries. During these five years, the human race suffered at least one billion casualties. The twenty-six small countries combined have a population of more than one billion. However, after being attacked by these big countries, only the remaining Less than 200 million were placed.
In other words, in just five years, one billion human beings have been wiped out. This is more powerful than any plague. War is a huge meat grinder. The lives of ordinary people are undoubtedly the most vulnerable at this time.
In this war between human races, neither the immortal cultivators nor the demon clan intervened. Because of this huge karma, no immortal cultivator dared to intervene. One billion human races were destroyed, not to mention ordinary immortals, even Hunyuan. The Great Luo Jinxian did not dare to take on such karma.
When the great powers of the human race saw the demise of one billion human races, their hearts trembled, but when they thought that this was inevitable, they had no choice but to continue in seclusion, not daring to look at this scene again and watch the demise of that human race. , the hearts of these powerful beings are like knives cutting through them.
However, this is just the beginning, and the subsequent wars will be more intense. Now the human race is jealous of the shortage of food, causing some big countries to have to reduce some troops, but some big countries are missing and killing their people.
Reducing the human race in their own home country can squeeze out more food for war or self-defense. Especially South Korea and Wei State implemented this approach and directly killed half of the people in their own country.
The old, weak, sick and disabled, as long as they were useless, were ordered to be executed by the Duke of South Korea and the Duke of Wei. This immediately made the two countries have sufficient food. Once food was available, the two Dukes began to make plans for other countries.
The Wei State has grown from weak to strong. The original Wei State was destroyed, but the change fifty years ago allowed the Wei State to regain its independence and become a great power. After the restoration, the Wei State became Extremely cruel.
Wei and South Korea worked together to attack Qi. Although Qin was closer to them, Qin's troops were powerful and they knew they were no match for them, so they targeted Qi.
The State of Zhao was also preparing to attack the State of Yan, and the State of Chu and the State of Qin fought together again. The State of Chu could be said to have the fate of a small power. It faced subjugation twice, but it was not really subjugated. Instead, it became stronger.
Meng Tian went south to fight the Chu State and led five million Meng family troops. With Meng Tian's troops, he could definitely block the Chu State's attack. The reason why he was so sure was because Ying Zheng had already sent Wei Liao and Li Si to South Korea, and With a large number of beauties and gold and silver treasures.
Ying Zheng only needs South Korea to send three million troops to attack Chu with Meng Tian. If Chu is captured, Ying Zheng will give up two-thirds of Chu's territory to South Korea, while Qin only needs one-third. one.
It was precisely because of Yingzheng's favorable conditions that South Korea gave up on uniting with Wei to attack Qi, and instead joined forces with Qin to attack Chu, and sent five million troops. In the eyes of South Korea, the victory over Chu was The benefits are greater.
Since then, the entire Warring States period has been in a stalemate. Zhao State fought against Yan State, Wei State fought against Qi State, and Qin State and South Korea attacked Chu State. This situation has been in a stalemate for three years. Due to changes in the war in the north, The entire battlefield has changed.
The State of Zhao was victorious on the battlefield one after another. The State of Yan was defeated by the State of Zhao and was about to attack the capital. As a last resort, the State of Yan sent a signal for help to all countries. But how could any country rescue Yan now? country.
In the Qin Kingdom, in the main palace of the capital city, Ying Zheng was walking back and forth on the throne, his face looking pensive, obviously thinking about something, while the ministers below also had dark faces, with doubts and more worries in their eyes.
"Since the king wants to attack the Kingdom of Zhao, the general is willing to go." Bai Qi left his post, knelt down on one knee, and said solemnly.
Li Si was shaking his feather fan on the side, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his shining eyes. Suddenly, Li Si laughed loudly, as if he had figured something out.
All the ministers looked at Li Si, with some doubts in their hearts. This was above the court, and Li Si was the prime minister. It was inappropriate to laugh like this, and it was in front of Ying Zheng. This was a serious crime.
However, Ying Zheng didn't mean to blame him. Instead, he looked at Li Si with surprise on his face. Li Si was already over eighty years old at this time. He was a disciple of Gui Guzi. He laughed at this time, so he must have a good plan.
"Did the Prime Minister come up with a good plan?" Ying Zheng looked at Li Si and said excitedly, and at the same time motioned for Bai Qi to stand up.
Li Si touched his beard and said with a smile: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, Congratulations, Your Majesty. Just now, Cai Chen was thinking about what the teacher said when he taught me. Zong Heng Thirteen said, it was so mysterious. It confused me for a long time, but now it's over. After realizing it, the king will be in charge of the world of Jiuzhou."
"Oh!" Ying Zheng was overjoyed. It turned out that Li Si understood Gui Guzi's original words. This is a big deal. Gui Guzi's power can reach heaven and earth. Fifty years ago, there was a saying that if Gui Guzi could conquer the world.
"The king just used the name of aiding the Yan State to send General Bai Qi to attack the Zhao State, then destroy the Yan State and unify the north, as for the east and the south...haha" Li Si laughed.