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Chapter 545 Human Sea Tactics
"Why are there so many people?"

Wang Jian came to the pass accompanied by Li Xin. He was stunned when he saw the huge crowd outside.

How many people are this?
Wang Jian brought an army of 200,000 this time. The reason why he did not bring the full 300,000 was mainly because Li Mu was too cunning. He had to leave 100,000 troops to guard the Taihang Mountain Pass, otherwise he would be doomed if the enemy broke in.

Originally, Wang Jian was planning to rely on these 200,000 troops to give the enemy a severe blow, because under the same conditions, the Tang army would definitely not be a match for the well-trained Qin army.

Even though the enemy had 400,000 troops, a ratio of one to two compared to his own, Wang Jian still felt that he had the strength to fight.

There is no way. Fan Yuqi's ability is far inferior to Wang Jian, and doubling the military strength may not be a good thing for him.

Just like Liu Bang led a coalition army of hundreds of thousands and was chased around by Xiang Yu's 30,000 troops, war is not about counting heads!

But!
After all, Xiang Yu is a minority in this world. Even Wang Jian is known for his stability.

If there were only 400,000, Wang Jian could still give it a try, but the camp in front of him looked like it had almost a million, right?
Although war is not about counting heads, once the number of heads reaches a certain level, the strategy can be changed.

"People have been coming to join the army one after another these days. The last time we sent out scouts, the enemy force was close to 700,000!"

Li Xin replied quickly.

He had never seen a war like this in his life. A million-strong army, isn't this nonsense?
Although it sounds terrifying that the Qin State would mobilize an army of 300,000 or 500,000 at any time, in fact, only half of them could really fight, and the rest were basically auxiliary troops, specifically used to transport food and fodder.

Due to the lack of meat and fat, ancient soldiers were very gluttonous. In order to maintain full combat effectiveness, each person needed three kilograms of staple food every day to fill their stomachs.

Three pounds may not sound like a lot, but it would be thirty pounds in ten days. During a month of siege, one person would consume hundreds of pounds of food!

Adding the losses during transportation, this is definitely an astronomical figure.

"How is it possible with so many people?"

Wang Jian was also shocked by the numbers that appeared. After all, just eating every day was a huge problem for these people. Not to mention the Tang Dynasty, even though the Qin Dynasty had worked hard for so many years, it could not withstand such a situation!
"Maybe there's more, look over there!"

Li Xin pointed to the farthest point and saw a faint smoke rising.

"There may be someone over there, but it's too far to be seen!"

"Are all the people from the six countries here to serve as soldiers?"

Wang Jian just felt numb. It was like this last year!

When he led his troops to besiege Luoyang last year, he still felt that the Tang State was just a minor threat and that the Qin State's biggest enemy was still the Zhao State. If the Tang State had not taken advantage of the chaos to seize Luoyang, he would not have even bothered to look at the other side.

But now?
Why did the population of the Tang Kingdom increase so dramatically in just half a year?
Is the food supply of this Nima Tang Kingdom inexhaustible?
You have to know that the hundreds of thousands of troops under Wang Jian's command had traveled thousands of miles in the past year and had almost consumed the Qin State's treasury that had been accumulated with great difficulty.

And the Tang Kingdom in front of us?

Not to mention the million-strong army in front of them, it is said that the enemy is also distributing food everywhere on the borders of various countries. Wei and Chu are almost destroyed without even a single soldier. "General, this is the current situation, so I--"

Li Xin said that it was not that he did not try hard, but that the enemy was just too much.

Li Xin, who had just relied on the natural barrier of Hangu Pass, thought that this time it would be a piece of cake. The Guandong coalition forces had attacked countless times over the years, but they all returned empty-handed.
Although he was not as good as Wang Jian, he could also be considered a famous general. Just based on his ability, Fan Yuqi wanted to fight him, which was simply courting death.

Li Xin was proud on the first day.

The next day he was relaxed!

But on the seventh day, when he saw that the number of besiegers was increasing instead of decreasing, Li Xin's mentality began to waver.

The soldiers outside the pass seemed endless, with more and more appearing every day at dawn!
how to say!

The reason why American soldiers developed battlefield phobia on the South Korean battlefield was similar to the situation Li Xin is facing now.

Those guys were admittedly inferior to themselves in terms of ability and training, but their morale was so terrifying, and their overwhelming numbers were enough to scare any intelligent creature.

"I have oversimplified this battlefield! The State of Zhao is blind and the speed of Tang's development is far beyond anyone's imagination!"

Wang Jian patted Li Xin on the shoulder and encouraged him, saying that he had not expected the situation to be like this.

Although Li Xin had been saying in his battle reports that the Tang army was very powerful, he could only use the word "many" to describe it because there was no accurate data.

There was no other way. Qin law was strict and required accurate reporting in order to prevent people from misleading the public by falsely reporting the number of small groups of enemies.

Originally, everyone in Qin thought that Wang Jian would be able to lift the siege of Hangu Pass immediately after his arrival. However, who would have thought that after Wang Jian arrived at Hangu Pass, he kept asking Xianyang to send more reinforcements, and even stated that Hangu Pass was in danger and asked Qin to immediately send envoys to various countries to lobby. Tang now had the momentum to swallow up the world, so any conditions could be negotiated, and the six countries must be organized to attack Tang together.

Everyone in Qin was stunned when they received the news. Last year, Qin was still beating up Tang. Even if Nei Shi Teng lost Luoyang, everyone thought it was just a momentary mistake.

If Zhao hadn't taken advantage of the situation, the Tang would have been destroyed long ago, right?
But now, in just half a year? The Tang Kingdom has grown into the world's hegemon?
How can this be?

Even when the Kingdom of Yue turned the tables and defeated the Kingdom of Wu, it still took them thirty years, right?
Moreover, the reason why Yue State was able to win was because of a sneak attack. At that time, King Fuchai of Wu brought all the elite troops in his family to the Central Plains to compete with Jin State for hegemony, which gave Gou Jian the opportunity to counterattack!

But the Qin State did not give the Tang State any time and space to develop. It had been fighting since its founding, with the exception of a few months in winter when heavy snow blocked the roads.

The Tang Dynasty had been at war since its founding. First, there was the coup d'état in Han State, then the attack on Chu State, followed by the siege of Jinshui and the counterattack in Luoyang.

When Wang Jian's army besieged Luoyang, the Chu army even reached Xinzheng at one point, and even the Wei State continued to send troops to besiege Jinshui.

From Li Qingyuan's point of view, there was naturally no problem, since he was just playing for fun. However, in the eyes of others, including Li Si and Fan Yuqi, Tang was actually at a critical juncture of life and death at all times, and it was no exaggeration to say that he would die on the spot in the next second.

Everyone was confused and puzzled. According to the current strength, the Tang Kingdom should be in dire straits and in danger. How come it is getting stronger as the war continues?

(End of this chapter)