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Chapter 1111: Chapter 450 The Fall of Wei Country_2 Chapter 1111: Chapter 450 The Fall of Wei Country_2 “`

However, within Guannei, the Yongzhou Camp led by Huang Xin had no lack of strength either.

With a great army of eight hundred thousand, and ten Inborn presiding, it far surpassed Wei Country’s hastily assembled million soldiers in terms of elite quality.

If the two armies were to line up for battle, without exerting much effort, they could completely defeat the opponent.

Now, with the strongholds under their control and the defensive advantage, simply holding their ground would solidify Guannei like an impregnable fortress, making it impossible for the Wei Army to gain any advantage, however hard they might try to chip away at it.

Beyond this.

Following the arrival of the new prefect Gao Mingtao in Guannei, this man executed Lu Yuan’s immigration policy to the letter.

After making thorough preparations and communicating with the Department of Household Immigration Bureau, as well as the hinterlands of Henan and Nanyang, on top of last winter’s inventory and reorganization, everything was in place well in advance.

As soon as the snow melted with the arrival of spring this year, Gao Mingtao immediately commenced extensive immigration work.

About four million people lived in Guannei, of whom he left the necessary two million near various strongholds for farming and cultivation.

The remaining over two million Wei people were all forcibly relocated to the hinterlands of Heyang.

This work started in February, and by April, over two million immigrants had already successively arrived at their new locations.

The remaining two million Wei people in Guannei were all located near large cities heavily guarded by Chu troops, under constant surveillance, making it impossible for them to make any subtle moves.

Thus, another reliance of Wei Country’s southern invasion, namely the large-scale expectation of rallying their original nationals for support, was rendered null and void.

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Amidst various disadvantages.

When the Wei Country’s returning army finally did attack, the outcome was naturally self-evident.

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First, upon reaching the front-line fortresses, they suffered a crushing defeat, assaulting a city for half a month, with over one hundred thousand dead or injured, without managing to capture a single one.

Then, as the reinforcements led by Huang Xin arrived, the two armies took formation in the Wasteland, preparing for a proper battle in the open field.

The Wei Country’s mixed army, comprised entirely of a large number of hired soldiers from different ethnicities, local militias, various defeated troops, and northern frontier forces,

Was nowhere near a match for the reorganized and reduced, all-elite Chu army.

Just after one battle, the Wei Army was utterly defeated, with over half of its soldiers lost.

The Wei Army’s Commander, Great General Meng Chenglin, faced with the direct assault from Yongzhou Camp Commander Huang Xin, was so frightened that he fled on a solitary ride, abandoning his troops once again and desperately fleeing back to his country.

Eventually, as the scattered Wei Army gradually returned to Shuofang,

Wei Country counted its numbers, and of the original million-strong army, only about two hundred thousand men returned.

The fate of the rest, whether they perished on the battlefield or were too frightened to return, was unknown.

After this battle, Wei Country’s last vestiges of reserve were exhausted; the prospect of rising again based on Shuofang’s forces was completely squandered.

What’s worse is,

Having won a great victory, Yongzhou camp general manager Huang Xin, by this time, was leading the victorious troops, marching powerfully towards Shuofang, aiming directly at Wei Country’s northern capital, Ling Shou City.

Clearly, Chu State too was thoroughly annoyed by Wei Country’s disturbances.

Now, the opponent intended to completely defeat Wei Country, giving it no chance to stir up trouble again.

Having just suffered a terrible defeat and lost all its troops, what courage did Wei Country have left to resist the oncoming formidable Chu army?

Or rather, even if they had the courage, they no longer had the strength to resist.

Thus, barely two years after the capital was moved, Wei Country was once again faced with a crisis, as enemy troops neared their national capital.

The Wei Emperor declared that he would lead his troops north to hunt, planning to return to the old Yan State homeland to pay tribute to the late emperors.

This Ling Shou City, as well as Shuofang, we don’t want them anymore!

In the view of the Monarch and Ministers of the Wei court, abandoning the capital to go on a northern hunt, though it may sound disgraceful, was deemed the best choice under the circumstances of sheer helplessness.

For the Shuofang at this moment, there was simply no condition for a steadfast defense.

The original population of Shuofang was only about four million.

The year before last, when Wei Country went on a northern hunt and moved the capital here, they immediately set about conscripting troops to replenish their military might.

Nearly all adult men of vigor in the prefecture were forcibly enlisted.

Even then, considering the troops insufficient, Wei Country recruited an additional two to three hundred thousand soldiers of various ethnicities from the old Yan State homeland in the North, finally mustering a million men.

With a million soldiers, they had a semblance of security.

But the daily consumption of over a million people and horses was astronomical.

To sustain the army’s needs, Wei Country brutally levied and plundered all sorts of money, grain, and supplies from the populace, even taking away the people’s food.

Yet, even with these measures, it was impossible to maintain the army’s consumption.

The army later had to resort to farming the fields themselves, producing and selling a portion of their needs, barely managing to meet the demand.

But while the soldiers’ bellies were barely filled, the low-level people suffered greatly.

Without stored grain or food, even the seeds for planting the fields were taken away.

What were the people of Shuofang to eat?

Thus, in the past year, Shuofang experienced a famine that starved hundreds of thousands.

This year, the situation became even worse.

Because last year, the people of Shuofang had already eaten clean everything edible in the region.

With no other options, they had to resort to cannibalism, entering the most brutal chapter.

This destruction of the local population’s ecosystem was another devastating blow.

After rounds of destruction, whether the original four million population of Shuofang still included two million was now questionable.

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