Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2523 Destroy Tang

Chapter 2519: Destruction of Tang Dynasty

In the battle of Longxi, the Qin army sent [-] troops, and the troops marched in three ways, all of which won great victories.

According to statistics after the war, the total casualties of the Qin army were less than [-], but they killed [-] enemies and captured [-] prisoners.

Although many of them were recruits, this was still a big victory.

After occupying the three counties of Longxi, Daqin's sphere of influence in Liangzhou also changed from one and a half counties before the Guanzhong War to the current six counties.

The six counties of Liangzhou under the Qin Dynasty are: Beidi County, Anding County, Wuwei County, Longxi County, Hanyang County, and Wudu County.

As for the sphere of influence of the Sui Kingdom in Liangzhou, it was reduced to six counties, namely: Jincheng County, Zhangye County, Jiuquan County, Dunhuang County, Zhangye Shu Kingdom, and Juyan Dependent Kingdom.

In addition to the six prefectures of the Sui Kingdom, there were four prefectures in the Qiang area, and three new prefectures were established in the Western Regions, and one prefecture of the Qiang prefecture that belonged to the Tang Dynasty had already been seized.

At present, the Sui Kingdom has a total of 180 counties. Compared with the previous territory, the territory has expanded a lot, but the total population has dropped to [-] million, and the overall strength has become weaker.

The reason why such a situation appeared in the Sui Kingdom was naturally because Wuwei and Anding, which were ceded to the Great Qin, were the most densely populated and wealthiest areas in the Sui Kingdom.

In contrast, the five prefectures of the Qiang region and the newly established three prefectures of the Western Regions are barren lands with vast land and few people.

After years of governance and development by the Sui Kingdom, although these sites have gradually become richer, there is still a certain gap compared to the eastern part of Liangzhou.

You must know that most of the essence of Liangzhou is concentrated in the east. The more east you go, the richer you are, and the more people there are, while the west you go, the poorer you are, and the fewer people you have.

The six counties of Liangzhou occupied by Daqin are naturally not worth mentioning compared to the Central Plains, but in Liangzhou they are all densely populated and fertile places.

Beidi County and Anding County in Liangzhou have a population of 130 million after Daqin's governance and development and vigorous immigration.

Xinde Wuwei County has a population of 15.

The total population of the three counties in Longxi is also 30.

In other words, the total population of the six counties of Liangzhou alone in Daqin has reached 175 million, which is equivalent to the total population of the fourteen counties of Sui State.

Da Qinguang's power in Liangzhou on the bright side is already on par with the Sui State. One can imagine how much pressure Yang Guang is under.

It is no wonder that Yang Guang would form an alliance with Tubo, whom he looked down upon. After all, the gap between Qin and Sui was too great, and Sui alone was not even qualified to compete with Daqin.

Li Jing, who is based in Wuwei and in control of the overall situation, immediately ordered the three armies to station on the spot after receiving the news that the three counties in Longxi had been occupied to stabilize the situation in Longxi.

At the same time, Li Jing dispatched [-] troops from each of the three counties, a total of [-] troops, led by Wu Qi to Yangping Pass to support Li Cunxiao.

During the period when the Qin army attacked Longxi, Liu Yu had completely solved the problem in Hanzhong.

First, Shi Jingtang rebelled, and after he descended to Shu, he was made a prince by Liu Yu.

Later, Li Siyuan raised the pass and surrendered, and was named King of Longxi by Liu Yu.

It was difficult for anyone with a discerning eye to see that Li Tang was over. After all, even Li Siyuan's clan had been surrendered, which also caused the morale of the remaining Tang army to fall to the bottom, and they no longer had the heart to resist.

At this moment, it was reported that Li Keyong, who had been captured alive, surrendered and was made a prince by Liu Yu.

Li Keyong's surrender was naturally stimulated by the news that Li Siyuan was named king.

Li Keyong also had his own ambitions. Seeing that Li Siyuan was crowned king after surrendering and still retained his independence, his ambitions were aroused.

Li Tang was already doomed, and besides, he was not the first clan to surrender. Taking advantage of his influence in the Tang army, it would be the best policy to quickly seek a higher salary.

So Li Keyong surrendered to Liu Yu.

As soon as the news came out, Li Keyong's old troops surrendered to the Kingdom of Shu one after another, and Liu Yu also gave him the treatment of being a queen, and let Li Keyong command these troops.

The surrender of Li Siyuan and Li Keyong became the last straw that crushed Li Tang.

In just a few days, the three counties of Hanzhong, Shangyong, and Xincheng, and all major cities except Xinzheng, surrendered to the Kingdom of Shu.

Liu Yu occupied all the territory except Xinzheng with almost no effort.

As for why Xinzheng didn't surrender?Naturally, it was because of Li Xiaogong's presence.

Li Xiaogong originally wanted to use the Qin army to Linyang Pingguan to force Liu Yu to negotiate peace with him, but he didn't expect that Li Siyuan was tempted by the throne and fell directly to Liu Yu.

Then captured Li Keyong also surrendered.

Now Li Tang only has one city in Nanzheng left in Hanzhong, and regardless of whether Li Xiaogong can persist, even if he persists, it will not make much sense.

Li Xiaogong knew that in Nanzheng City, countless people were waiting for him to make a decision. If he would rather die than surrender, civil war would break out immediately.

I don't know how many people are waiting to use his head to exchange Liu Yu for wealth.

Although Li Xiaogong was sure of quelling the civil strife, once the civil war broke out and the Shu army attacked the city again, Nanzheng City would definitely not be able to defend it.

No matter how dissatisfied Li Xiaogong was with Liu Yu, he knew that surrendering at this time in exchange for higher treatment was the most sensible choice.

But if he just surrendered like this, Li Xiaogong was really not reconciled, so he deliberately delayed, hoping to use this to force Liu Yu, give Li Zhi and Li Siyuan the same surrender treatment, and it is best to keep several counties for Li Tang.

Liu Yu naturally knew Li Xiaogong's thoughts, but he obviously wouldn't agree.

He can accept Li Siyuan because Li Siyuan has this value.

What is the value of Li Zhi?Relying on a Nanzheng city that is bound to fall is obviously not worthy of Liu Yu's title of king of Tang.

Therefore, Liu Yu was not in a hurry. Even if the Qin army had arrived at Yangping Pass and might launch a fierce attack at any time, he deliberately spent time with Li Xiaogong. After all, whoever is in a hurry at this time will fall into a passive position.

Li Xiaogong still wanted to continue to consume, but the eldest grandson Wugou Li Zhi's mother and son did not dare to continue to consume, so the mother and son begged Li Xiaogong to surrender.

All of Li Xiaogong's persistence is for Li Zhi's mother and son. Now that both mother and son don't want to persist, what's the point of him continuing to persist?So he sent envoys out of the city to discuss surrender with Liu Yu.

Liu Yu promised to make Li Zhi a Marquis, with ten thousand households in the city, and his treatment was second only to Li Siyuan.

Seeing this, Li Xiaogong didn't continue to insist. The next day, he ordered people to open the gate of the city, handed over the register of household registration in person, and surrendered to Liu Yu's Shu Kingdom.

Since then, the Tang Kingdom has perished and officially withdrew from the ranks of contending for world hegemony.

Before the chaos began, the total population of Hanzhong was only 26, and there were only nine cities.

But under Li Shimin's governance and development for many years, Hanzhong has now changed from one county to three counties, the number of cities has also increased to twenty, and the total population has reached 70.

The ten counties of Hanzhong County have a population of 45, the six counties of Shangyong County have a population of 15, and the four counties of Xincheng County have a population of 10.

After two years of governance by Liu Yu, the Kingdom of Shu has also ushered in great governance. Now with the addition of 30 million newborns, the total population of the Kingdom of Shu has approached 630 million.

If the three counties of Hanzhong are added, the total population of Shu has approached 700 million, and its comprehensive strength is second only to Daqin.

Occupying Hanzhong can not only improve the square line, but also expand the power. The only disadvantage is that it is officially bordered by Daqin. It is no wonder that Liu Yu can't bear this piece of fat.

However, for the Kingdom of Shu, the next step is the real test, because it is about to face the Great Qin with a total population of nearly 3900 million.

Ying Hao raised the total population of Daqin to 3200 million through the population call before training.

Daqin has always adhered to the policy of encouraging births, and two years of natural births have also increased nearly 300 million newborns.

At the same time, Daqin bought slaves to manage Luzon Island through sea trade, captured and occupied Yingzhou, completely occupied Guanzhong, captured the three counties of Longxi, and forced the Sui State to cede Wuwei County, etc., which also increased the population of Daqin by more than 300 million.

Today, the total population of Daqin has reached 3900 million, and it will reach the 4000 million mark in the near future.

It should be noted that before the start of the troubled times, the total population of the big man, not counting the hidden household registrations of the aristocratic family, was only more than 500 million, and if counted, it could reach [-] million.

With the promotion of new grain varieties and the improvement of grain production, countries have implemented policies to encourage births, which has also greatly increased the birth rate of the population.

In the past two years, the world as a whole has been at a stage of peace. All countries have put in all their strength, cultivated their internal skills, devoted themselves to development, and increased their population through various methods such as encouraging births internally and plundering externally.

After two years of cultivation and development, the total population of the world has also increased from 800 million to 800 million.

In two years, the world's population has increased by 1000 million, which is more than the total population of the heyday of the Han Dynasty before the troubled times began.

It has to be said that all countries are not idle, and they all want to shorten the perception with Daqin, but they did not expect the gap to widen instead.

Of the 1000 million new population, Great Qin alone accounted for nearly 600 million, while the combined population of all countries was only 400 million.

If things go on like this, even if Daqin does not expand externally, it will still only become stronger and stronger.

Perhaps it was also because of the pressure that Liu Yu swallowed Hanzhong recklessly, but he did not give up any opportunity to expand his strength.

But after occupying Hanzhong, the only expansion direction of Shu Kingdom is Qin Kingdom.

Attacking the Nanman in the south, regardless of whether you win or not, even if you win, it will not increase the national power much. For Shu, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.

Every time he reads this, Liu Yu is extremely worried. After all, the speed of internal development is too slow, and the direction of external expansion is lost. How can Shu State shorten the gap with Qin State?
Thinking of this question, Liu Yu felt that the fine wine in the cup would not smell good, and he suddenly left the eldest grandson Wugou below in a daze, and couldn't help but think of accepting him as a concubine and Li Zhi as his adopted son.

Why was Liu Yu able to stabilize the interior of Shu so quickly?Didn't he marry Lu Zhi and recognize Liu Ying as his son, which completely subdued Liu Jihui's civil and martial arts heart?

So Liu Yu was going to repeat his old tricks by marrying his eldest grandson Wugou and accepting Li Zhi as his adopted son, so as to appease the surrendered Li, Tang, civil and military officials.

Liu Yu didn't put forward his idea in public, but found an opportunity to talk to Changsun Wugou alone, but he was naturally rejected by Changsun Wugou.

The eldest grandson Wugou is not Lu Zhi, she doesn't have such a strong desire for power, and her husband's bones are not cold, she can't accept a second marriage at all.

Liu Yu was rejected by his eldest grandson Wugou, but he didn't force it either. He admired Buddhism and had a low regard for female sex.

He wanted to marry his eldest grandson Wugou just to appease the general, not because he wanted his eldest grandson Wugou's beauty.

Since the eldest grandson Wugou was unwilling, he would naturally not marry a woman by force, otherwise word of mouth would damage his reputation.

After Liu Yu stabilized many matters in Nanzheng, he was ready to go to Yangpingguan to sit in the town, but he didn't want to receive the news of Li Xiaogong's suicide before leaving.

Li Xiaogong was still alive only to atone for his sins. Not only is the Tang Kingdom dead now, but he personally surrendered the form, so he has long since lost the motivation to live, so he hanged himself.

Liu Yu originally planned to reuse Li Xiaogong, after all, which king doesn't love such a loyal minister?Moreover, using Li Xiaogong to fight against Qin, making Li Xiaogong and Li Maozhen father and son fight each other, can also disgust Ying Hao.

Unexpectedly, before his idea was implemented, Li Xiaogong had already killed himself.

Everyone was dead, so it was too late to say anything, Liu Yu could only bury Li Xiaogong generously, and posthumously named him Marquis of Nanzheng.

Soon afterwards, Liu Yu led his army to Yangping Pass, and Zhang Ren, Liu Er, Kong Peng, Xing Tian and other generals also arrived at Yangping Pass long before him.

Liu Yu had just arrived at Yangping Pass, but he didn't expect to receive the news that Han Xin had captured the four counties of Xincheng County, and the Qin army on the eastern front was pointing directly at Shangyong County.

(End of this chapter)