The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire

With the addition of Qi State, Tao State's original situation of losing ground due to Wei State's invasion suddenly changed.

The war fell into a long-term stalemate. Neither Tao Qi's coalition forces nor Wei's side dared to act rashly again, and fell into a confrontation.

Ever since, with the truce between Wei and Chu, the world fell into a brief period of peace.

Although Qi State was beaten badly before, it was one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period after all, and it was able to rival the great powers of Qin and Chu before.

Although it is dilapidated now, and the soldier's performance was not satisfactory before, it is all over after all.

Today's Qi State, after experiencing a disaster that destroyed the country, finally reorganized its troops, trained soldiers, rectified officials, and restored people's livelihood. Coupled with the previous battle, although Qi suffered heavy losses, it also trained an elite team.

There are not many people, just 100,000 people.

But just these 100,000 people are enough to protect the current state of Qi from being bullied by other countries. If it is paired with some ordinary soldiers and horses as wings, it can also be used to glimpse the reality of other countries.

100,000 people seems to be very small, but that is compared to before Yuguo appeared in this world. Now, after the Yu Kingdom has stirred up wind and rain on the side of the Seven Kingdoms in the Central Plains, the strength of the Seven Kingdoms has long since disappeared.

It is estimated that before a complete scuffle broke out in the world, that is, before the alliance headed by Yuguo was formed, the population of the Seven Kingdoms was about 30 million.

By now, maybe even half of what it was at the beginning.

The state of Chu in the south is now experiencing successive wars, and there are continuous rebellions in the country. The state of Yue in the southeast has even torn apart a quarter of its land, causing its strength to be greatly damaged.

Now the entire Chu State is added up, except for the three counties that are now occupied by the Yue State, although there are still a total of eleven counties, but the population is withered during the period, and many counties are barren, and the population is long gone.

With Zhong Yu's information from various sources and many secret agents, he finally got a roughly reliable estimate. The current population of Chu State is estimated to be only 3 million. This is also the reason why Chu State is far away from the battlefield of the Great War, and the reason why it is less affected by the spread is because it is located in the south.

You must know that before the Great War, the Chu State now had a population in the territory, including the counties and counties that were seized from the Qin State and developed in the southwest and southeast. 1/5.

In the previous wars, whether it was the two actions of the alliance, or the counter-insurgency war of the Chu State, the total number of soldiers lost by the Chu army has reached millions, which is extremely terrifying.

Soldiers have lost so much, and some civilians have lost a lot, which is also reasonable.

However, even so, in the eyes of all countries in the world, Chu State is also a large country with ample population, which is quite the envy of all countries.

Moreover, because of the successive wars, although the population of Chu State has been greatly reduced, it has also trained a large and brave army. The total sum is about 400,000, and the elite is about 200,000.

This level of strength is enough to disdain all countries in the world.

As for the Yue Kingdom, which split from the Chu State, it occupies three counties of the Chu State. Because the population is located in the south and is farther away from the battlefield, the impact is less, so the population remains relatively full, which is far better than that of other countries. county.

Even after going through several wars with the Chu State, the young and strong men suffered a lot, and the old and weak were also affected by the war, and suffered a lot from starvation.

But now the three counties together still have a population of about 800,000. Among them, there is an army of 100,000, and the elite is about 30,000. Judging from the current situation of all countries in the world, it can barely be considered a big country.

Besides, South Korea, which is located in the Central Plains, was the center of the alliance's first war with Qin before. It was the most affected and suffered the most population loss.

Although he got Zhong Yu's support later, he won the original territory of Sanchuan County and made some supplements, but it was still not enough.

Because of the war, South Korea's food supply has long been exhausted, and it was only possible to maintain the army by relying on the resources of the coalition forces. The common people in South Korea are not so lucky, and they can get the support of the coalition forces.

So after the coalition forces were disbanded for the first time, there was a famine in South Korea immediately, and many people starved to death. The situation in Sanchuan County is not much better. Most of Qin's food on the front line is collected from Sanchuan County, and the people there also don't have much food.

So after such a famine, the two armies originally had a population of about 800,000, but suddenly reduced him by 200,000, leaving only about 600,000.

Fortunately, these people who starved to death were old people, or women and children who were not in good health. The real thing is that young people don't lose much, which is good news.

After all, the real strength of a country is measured by how many men and laborers it has.

Therefore, although the population seems to be much smaller at first glance, it is actually a lot less burden for South Korea. Without such an open mouth, South Korea will not have so much food for relief, and the consumption of other materials has also been greatly slowed down, which greatly eased South Korea's economic pressure.

As for the South Korean army, it participated in an alliance before and suffered a lot of losses. After returning to China, plus the integration of domestic soldiers and horses, there are only about 100,000 people, of which less than 50,000 are elite.

The situation of Wei State, which is adjacent to South Korea, is not much better than that of Chu State. Even because it is located in the Central Plains and the place of the Fourth World War, the situation is even more miserable.

After losing Tao County, the Wei State still had four counties: Dong County, Dang County, Hanoi County, and Hedong County.

However, although there are many lands, and they are still located in the Central Plains, they are all places where the previous wars have raged, and the population has been severely damaged, so it goes without saying.

Among them, the old nest of the Wei State, the Dang County where the capital Daliang was originally located, is a bit better. Several wars have not affected it, and the population and economy are relatively well preserved. The population is estimated to be around 1 million, not as good as the 1.5 million before the war, but not bad.

As for the remaining three counties, it is not good. All together, it is only about 1 million, of which there are still young and strong, and 150,000 is enough to make Wei Wang secretly happy.

Therefore, the total population of Wei State is about 2 million, including about 250,000 soldiers and horses. The number of elites is about 150,000. After all, the hinterland of the Central Plains of Wei State fought many important battles, and the soldiers and horses were still trained.

The remaining state of Zhao, which is also one of the three Jin states, has a larger territory than the state of Wei, with about seven counties.

However, the state of Zhao is located in the northern border, and most of its territory is a wild place near the grasslands. The degree of development is not large, and the population on it is even rarer.

Moreover, Zhao State has also experienced several wars, and a large-scale rebellion occurred. Coupled with the famine caused by the war in the country, the population has suffered a serious loss after several times.

So its population is about the same as that of Wei, about 2 million. However, there are more young and strong, so there is an army of about 300,000, of which the elite has a full 200,000, which is hardly weaker than Chu State.