When I was in Qin Dynasty, I really didn't want to make progress

Chapter 337: Eastern Emperor and Western Emperor 2
Under the continuous attack of the Qi army, the Qin army retreated all the way. Faced with the attack of the Qi army, the Qin army even had to take the initiative to abandon the city to avoid the edge of the Qi army. Before finding a way to counter the Qi army's artillery, the Qin army was really unwilling to have another head-on decisive battle with the Qi army, because that would only increase meaningless casualties.

In order to preserve its military strength, the Qin State had to take the initiative to give up large tracts of territory. When the cold winter came, Qin's Jinyang County, Handan County, Julu County, Changshan County, Dong County, Shangdang County, and most of Henei County were all lost. If it had not been for the sudden heavy snowfall, even Yingchuan County would have been attacked by the Qi army.

Moreover, the losses of the Qin army were not limited to these. When the Qin army was defeated, the State of Chu also heard the news and moved. The originally defeated 200,000 troops were suddenly increased to 400,000, and they directly attacked the State of Wei and Qin's Runan County. If Wang Jian had not made a quick decision, when a large number of Qin troops retreated from the front line to the Qin mainland in time and then went south to consolidate the defense line, it is possible that most of the land that Qin had plundered from the State of Chu would have been lost.

However, the Qin State stopped its defeat, but the Wei State was in bad luck. The big brother Qin State was about to be defeated. What kind of situation did the younger brother face? That was naturally obvious.

With the help of Qin, Wei State beat up Chu State and took away all the former Song State land that Chu State had seized. At that time, Chu State was afraid of Qin State and did not dare to do anything to Wei State, but now the situation is different.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when the Qin army was severely damaged by the Qi army, the Chu State decisively sent troops to attack the Wei State. The Wei State was obviously no match for the Chu State on its own, especially when the Qi army occupied the Qin State's Dongjun, which made the Wei State tremble in fear. If the Chu State was just a robber, then the Qi State was a real killer capable of killing people.

As the whole Wei State was trembling in fear, the war that affected the whole world came to an abrupt end with a heavy snow that spread to the entire south bank of the river.

"We have gotten what we wanted in this battle. It's time to stop." Yang Chong said to his civil and military officials in the temporary palace in Yecheng.

"Your Majesty, although this heavy snow came suddenly, it will eventually stop. If we fail to take advantage of the opportunity when the Qin army was severely damaged by us to expand the results of the victory as much as possible, we may not have such an opportunity next time, especially since Qin also has Gongshujia. If Qin devotes all its national strength to imitating artillery, the next time we fight with the Qin army, we may face a Qin army that is also equipped with artillery." Yang Chong intended to withdraw his troops, but some people had different opinions. For example, Wei Zhuang's swordsmanship was brave and domineering, and his fighting style on the battlefield was the same.

"There is no snow in Zhao." Yang Chong said.

Yang Chong is not only the commander of the army, but also the ruler of a country. What he has to consider is not just the battlefield, he also needs to consider things outside the battlefield.

There was heavy snow in the south of the Yellow River, but there was no snow in the north of the Yellow River. What did this mean? Yang Chong combined his memory and could not help but think of one thing, that is, there would be a severe drought in Zhao next year. Now Zhao belonged to Qi. If Qi could not lead the people of Zhao to survive the famine next year, its rule in Zhao would inevitably fall into crisis.

Moreover, Qi had achieved great results in this war. Its territory and population had more than doubled. If a person eats too much, he will suffer from indigestion. The same is true for a country.

If a country cannot establish stable rule, unite the people and mobilize resources to the greatest extent possible, then its so-called greatness is nothing more than big but not strong.

The State of Qi is now big enough and has a large enough population. What Yang Chong needs to do next is to integrate the existing territory and establish a new country, allowing this new country to achieve real transformation.

As for the State of Qin, as long as Yang Chong himself was strong enough, it didn't matter if the State of Qin became even stronger.

In the competition between countries, the most important thing is to strengthen oneself. Instead of hoping that the enemy country will become weak, it is more reliable to make oneself stronger.

Qin did not dare to fight, and Qi did not want to fight. When the two most powerful countries in the world did not want to continue the war, the war would naturally end.

When spring appeared on the earth, the last battle ended as the Qin army took the initiative to completely capture a small city.

After this battle, the Qin State suffered heavy casualties and lost a large amount of territory. Decades of development were suddenly back to where they were before. It can be said that decades of fighting were in vain.

However, the people of Qin were satisfied with the result, because everyone knew that the Qin army could not win this war no matter what. Being able to retreat with serious injuries was already a good outcome for them. What Qin needed to do next was to recuperate quietly. Of course, what was more important for Qin was to find a way to deal with Qi's artillery as soon as possible.

If the Qin army cannot find weapons that can restrain Qi's artillery, then Qin will still fail in the next war.

Fortunately, although Qi's artillery was powerful, it was not invincible. Qi had the Mohist school of artillery, and Qin also had the Gongshu school of artillery. King Zheng of Qin believed that as long as Qin was given time, it would be able to find a way to restrain Qi's artillery.

However, before that, Qin still needed to do one thing, which was to disintegrate the alliance between Qi and Chu. One Chu was nothing, but a Qi plus a Chu would be a huge trouble for Qin.

Fortunately, Qin Wangzheng had many talented people under his command, and he himself was not an ordinary person. He really made them think of a brilliant idea. Of course, this idea was not new, because his ancestors had played this way before. So, not long after, Qin envoy Yao Jia came to Linzi with a priceless treasure, the Heshi Bi.

"The King of Qi now dominates the land of the Three Kingdoms, has a million soldiers and rules over tens of millions of people. It can be said that he is already the most powerful country in the world. Even my king admires you very much." Yao Jia used the He Shi Bi as a stepping stone and actually met Yang Chong. This made his plan half successful. The tactics of the strategists could only be carried out after they met.

"So what is King Zheng of Qin going to do?" Yang Chong looked at the He Shi Bi in his hand. He did not expect that this thing would fall into his hands.

"My king wishes to honor the King of Qi as the Eastern Emperor." Yao Jia replied.

Hearing Yao Jia's words, Yang Chong couldn't help but laugh. This was a familiar routine. The King of Qin really knew how to be a king. In the past, Qin had used a similar routine, honoring King Min of Qi as the Eastern Emperor and the King of Qin as the Western Emperor. However, King Min of Qi later saw through Qin's routine, so he took away the title of Eastern Emperor. He didn't expect that after so many years, Qin would use such means again.

So when Yang Chong heard this, he laughed and said, "It's a matter of reciprocity. Should I still respect the King of Qin as the Western Emperor?"

Yao Jia was caught off guard by Yang Chong's directness. Yang Chong was so direct that he didn't give him any room to maneuver.

However, Yao Jia was a man who was well versed in the art of diplomacy and had long been thick-skinned. Facing Yang Chong's sudden attack, although he was embarrassed for a moment, he quickly reacted: "In today's world, Qi and Qin are both respected. It is no longer appropriate for the kings of the two countries to be called kings..."

"What you said makes sense. I accept it." Yang Chong directly interrupted Yao Jia's continued speech.

No matter what Yao Jia said, it was all just to disintegrate the alliance between Qi and Chu. How could Yang Chong not see this? However, for the sake of the Heshi Bi, Yang Chong might as well be fooled once. Moreover, Yang Chong really did not need to form an alliance with Chu.

In the next few years, Yang Chong only has to do one thing, which is to use the current strength of Qi to fully realize the blueprint in his mind.

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Yang Chong is also an idealist. Everyone who wants to achieve great things has the desire to build large-scale projects, and Yang Chong is no exception.

In the 17th year of King Zheng of Qin, the King of Qin and the King of Qi respected each other as the Western Emperor and the Eastern Emperor. Since then, the world pattern that had lasted for more than 200 years since the Warring States Period completely collapsed. The seven countries were fighting for supremacy, and at this time, the Eastern Emperor and the Western Emperor were jointly respected.

This time, the world had a common reign title. From the 17th year of King Zheng of Qin, the world entered the first year of the Eastern Emperor and the Western Emperor.

Just when people thought that the war between Qi and Qin would become more intense, the world suddenly changed.

The State of Qi devoted itself to development. It first built a network of roads stretching from Yinshan Mountain and Yanshan Mountain in the north to Daye in the south, from the sea in the east to Jinyang in the west. Later, it built something called a railway between Linzi and Handan, and even had trains that did not need to be pulled by horses.

When Qi was building a large-scale project, a number of agricultural institutions originated from the Mohist school of thought, which greatly improved Qi's grain production efficiency in just two years. Even something called chemical fertilizer appeared in Qi.

While Qi was busy with its domestic construction, Qin, with its full support for Gongshujia, also imitated the artillery and even made some improvements. However, Qin did not immediately launch a war at this time because it had been led by Qi onto another track, a track that Qin had to take.

So, the world changed after the first year of the reign of Emperor Donghuang and Emperor Xidi. The two most powerful countries in the world stopped fighting and started domestic construction. Such a strange peace left many people dumbfounded.

King Zheng of Qin was quite helpless about this. He had no choice. If possible, he would most want to start a war. However, with the example of Qi State before him, if he did not take action, he would inevitably lose the support of the people.

Moreover, King Zheng of Qin did see another path from the development of Qi.

It was also because of this that when war broke out again, it was ten years later. However, that war was completely different from all previous wars.

(End of this chapter)