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Chapter 532 Great Victory
The Qin army retreated!
All the Tang army soldiers cheered and rejoiced. Being able to defeat the world-famous Qin army made everyone feel proud!

Although the Tang army had achieved a certain victory in the surprise attack on Luoyang a few months ago with 20,000 elite soldiers, most people still felt that they could not defeat the Qin army.

Especially since their opponent was Wang Jian, who was known as the best general in the world. It can be said that if it were not for the temptation of dividing the land and making meritorious contributions, coupled with sufficient food supplies, these soldiers might have surrendered and mutinied even if it was just a siege.

There is no way. The power of habit and rumors is unimaginable. Just like a hundred years ago, as long as you were a white pig, you could show off your power in a certain place. Even after a hundred years, there are still some people who naturally fall into the kneeling and licking mode when they see a white pig. It's really hard to complain.

And now, under the leadership of the king and the general, they defeated the Qin army which was three times their number, which made all the soldiers feel a great sense of achievement and satisfaction.

As the saying goes, elite troops are forged through fighting, not to mention in the era of cold weapons. Even in the later era when everyone was just shooting, boosted morale can still allow an army to burst out with several times its combat effectiveness.

Especially before leaving, Wang Jian tried to send troops to attack Luoyang from all sides and launch secret attacks. After all, 300,000 troops could not just sit outside Luoyang for several months doing nothing. Even if Wang Jian returned as a general, it would be difficult to explain, right?

What's more, the Yin-Yang Family lost everything. No matter the strength of Donghuang Taiyi or the magic techniques that the elders of the Yin-Yang Family were proficient in, it can be said that the loss of the Yin-Yang Family was more painful than the loss of 100,000 troops.

So even Wang Jian, who was known for his steadiness and immovability, had to send his soldiers to launch a fierce attack before retreating!
It has to be said that Wang Jian is indeed worthy of his reputation as the best general in the world. He even allowed the Qin soldiers to directly attack the city wall!

If Jingwei had not led the Jinyiwei in fighting hard, Wang Jian's tactic of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west might have succeeded.

After all, it is obvious that there is still a big gap between Fan Yuqi's command ability and Wang Jian's. The 300,000 Qin troops are at Wang Jian's disposal, while the 100,000 Tang troops are beyond Fan Yuqi's limit.

Li Qingyuan estimated that Fan Yuqi could only lead 80,000 people at most, which was about 0.8 Liu Bangs.

Many people always think that Liu Bang’s ability to lead troops is very poor because he is always being chased and beaten.

But in fact, if we really rank famous generals in history, Liu Bang's military ability would at least be in the top 100. He is the kind of peerless genius that only appears once every few decades.

As for saying that he couldn’t beat Xiang Yu or Han Xin?
There was no way. Those two were geniuses who only appeared once every hundreds or even thousands of years. It was normal for Liu Bang to lose to them both!
Of course, the saying that Fan Yuqi could lead a maximum of 80,000 soldiers does not mean that he could only command 80,000 soldiers. It means that if the number of people is too large, he will not be able to control the overall situation. It's like when you play a game, if the battle line is too long and there are too many people, your brain capacity cannot calculate so much data at the same time, resulting in network delays or situations where some areas are out of control.

If fighting against an ordinary enemy, this small flaw would naturally be insignificant, but facing a world-famous general like Wang Jian, that moment of hesitation and delay would be enough.

Wang Jian immediately dispatched thousands of Qin troops to attack the city wall while Fan Yuqi was having trouble mobilizing his troops. Seeing that the Qin soldiers had already climbed up the city wall, the situation became critical.

So Jingwei immediately led the masters of the Jinyiwei under his command and attacked. After a fierce battle, all the soldiers who rushed up the city wall were killed.

This made Wang Jian feel extremely resentful. If the Yin-Yang family had not been completely annihilated, he only needed to send a few elders and guests to guard the breakthrough point tightly, and perhaps he could have taken Luoyang City in one fell swoop. However, the matter was done. Wang Jian, who had missed the opportunity, knew that it would be very difficult for him to find another opportunity, especially since the Zhao army had already begun to wreak havoc on the Qin territory. Even if he was unwilling, he could only retreat, leaving behind tens of thousands of corpses.

The siege lasted for nearly half a year, and the casualties of the Qin and Tang armies combined were only a few hundred people, even less than the number of casualties suffered when the Yin-Yang family mobilized their entire army.

But this time, after only two days of high-intensity fighting, nearly 30,000 Qin soldiers were killed, and even with the support of the city walls, more than 10,000 Tang soldiers were killed. On average, one person died every two seconds!

It takes at least eighteen years to train a soldier from birth to the battlefield, but it only takes two seconds to destroy him.

It is difficult for normal people to understand the terrifying and suffocating atmosphere without experiencing the cruelty of war up close.

But that’s it!
Li Qingyuan said it doesn’t matter!
Damn, I have the power now, who would empathize with cattle and horses?
Just like when I was working like a beast of burden in the past, would anyone feel sorry for me?
This is the nature of the world. When you are insignificant and have little influence, even having an intracranial orgasm is a crime. But when you are in a high position and have great power, you will never think of increasing the welfare of your fellow oxen and horses.

So he thought he should enjoy himself while he could, and took advantage of the Qin army's retreat to have the Mohist group renovate the palace.

Normally, such a large-scale construction project would definitely cause great waste of money and labor, thus causing the people to complain, but who can blame the King of Tang for having so much money?

No, it should be said that there is plenty of food?

For the common people at the grassroots level, they can actually have enough food to eat as long as they work, and they can even receive dozens of kilograms of food as compensation every month. They never dared to dream of such a good life before!
You should know that since ancient times corvée labor has been regarded as a disaster that can ruin a family, because those who are assigned to do corvée labor not only do not receive any wages, but sometimes even have to bring their own food expenses.

Don’t be fooled by the unearthed bamboo slips that say that during the Qin Dynasty, corvée labor was provided with food, lodging and wages. Those were bamboo slips from the official Qin State report, just like the national comprehensive income and resident happiness index reported all day long. Anyone who believes that must have a three-digit brain!
If it is true as stated in those work reports, then Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled because they thought their lives were too long, and those rebel armies around the world were just doing nothing but having nothing to do?

After all, for the common people, as long as they can have enough food to eat, they can endure it even if the rulers urinate on their heads!
Especially the common people of this era, who are not well-informed. Li Qingyuan can make them die by spending a little money. If Qin law is really that good, who would rebel?
As for the Chu army that is still besieging Xinzheng?

The King of Tang waved his hand, and Fan Yuqi, who had just been promoted to a famous general in the world, set out with 50,000 Tang troops, ready to teach the Chu army a lesson!

Although he only repelled Wang Jian's attack in a defensive battle, he still took advantage of the war between Qin and Zhao.

But tell me, is Fan Yuqi considered a famous general in the world now?

(End of this chapter)