Despite Ji Jie's free donation of prescriptions and the large amount of medicinal materials from Qin's Trading Company, various countries still suffered serious losses, among which Chu State suffered a tragic loss, losing a quarter of its population.
Then came the Qin State, with more than hundreds of thousands of people dying from the epidemic; South Korea, Zhao and Wei also had tens of thousands of deaths, and Qi and Yan were the worst, with less than 10,000 people.
Dazhou was the first country to make preparations. The number of deaths did not exceed a hundred people, and most of them were elderly people who were already terminally ill. Even if there was no plague, they would not survive for long.
Before the plague arrived, each of the four countries in full swing had made gains.
Zhao State, with Li Mu as the marshal and Sima Shang as the vanguard general, captured 20 cities of Yan State, captured more than 30,000 heads of the Yan army, and captured thousands of people. The 20 cities, including more than 100,000 Yan people, returned to Zhao State.
The Qin State had Wang Jian as the general and Meng Ao as the deputy general. They conquered sixteen cities in Chu State. Wang Jian led his troops to capture ten cities and Meng Ao captured six cities. They killed 40,000 Chu troops and captured nearly 10,000 people.
Chu State knew that it was no match for Qin State, so it immediately united with Qi State and formed the Qi-Chu coalition to fight against Qin. Of course, the King of Chu paid a heavy price for this, sending six cities to Qi State, plus hundreds of thousands of taels of gold and
property.
The State of Zhao officially stopped using troops against the State of Yan, because King Zhao Xiang was staring at a location on the map - Da Zhou - with red eyes.
The news that Princess Zhao Guoqian had been kidnapped by Ji Jie spread like wildfire, and eventually reached the ears of King Zhao and King Han. One lost his daughter and the other lost his daughter-in-law. Both of them felt very embarrassed.
Speaking of which, King Zhao Xiang was the most shameless, and this time it had already happened twice. Not only did he lose his daughter, he also lost his daughter-in-law, Ji Xueling, and it was all because of Ji Jie!
The two hit it off immediately, and each mobilized 30,000 elite troops to form the Zhao-Han coalition, with the famous Zhao general Li Mu as the marshal, and the Korean general Han Chuang as the deputy marshal, and they launched a mighty attack on the Great Zhou Dynasty.
King Zhao and King Han made up a crusade together, scolded Ji Jie, and called on all the wise people in the world to join in the crusade.
After reading the impassioned essay, Ji Jie smiled bitterly and said to Zhao Qian: "Your father is very talented in literature, but he describes me as a heinous fanatic!"
It's so damn unkind. I just saved your people, but you picked up a knife and a gun to hit me. If I had known this, I shouldn't have given Zhao Guohe the medicine, let alone let Qin's Trading Company deliver the medicine for free!
The little girl held his arm and rubbed her still-developing breasts while saying, "It's all my fault. Brother Jie, please don't be angry with Qian'er!"
Enjoying the softness on his arms, Ji Jie said with a smile: "Of course not, you are my good little Qianer, how can I bear to be angry with you! I feel very embarrassed, you said there is no such thing as an old husband in the world
The reason for people to attack my uncle! But it just happened. He had the nerve to hit me, but I was too embarrassed to fight back. What do you think this is?"
Regardless of whether it was for Zhao Qian's face or Zhao Qian's face, it was hard for Ji Jie to fight against Zhao Guo. Who said they were her mother's family? How could she live with her daughter-in-law if she beat her mother's family?
In fact, he knows very well that even if he and Zhao Guo break up and fight to the death, Zhao Qian will still stand by his side, but we can't really fight with them because of this!
Fortunately, there is still Korea. Ji Jie is thinking about how to get the last royal tripod back from the king of Han. Since you have come to the door, I will not be polite to you. It is a murderous intention for the monkey to see. I hope
After Zhao Guo saw all this, he was able to retreat.
Ji Jie, Ji Xueling, Sima Xueran, Ji Jian, and Zhao Ling were discussing the fight against the Zhao-Han coalition forces. Suddenly someone came to report: "Your Majesty, a bearded man who calls himself Tai Shiyong is gathering outside the east gate with more than a thousand people. , I said I came to seek refuge with you, but I am here to ask for permission to open the city gate?"
"Of course!" Ji Jie said with a smile: "Ji Jian and Zhao Ling, you two accompany me to greet me!"
Ji Jian asked: "Is he the bandit leader who defeated Xiong Ba?"
Xiong Ba told Ji Jian what happened last time, so he asked this question.
"Yes, that's him!" Ji Jie nodded and said: "This man is also a fierce general. Ji Jian, you first gather his subordinates under your command, and seize the time to complete the recruit training. A group of bandits have very poor discipline! As for Tai Shi Yong, , I will serve as a captain under you first, and I will be rewarded separately when I have military merit!"
"No problem!" Ji Jian readily agreed. This boy has long wanted a subordinate like Brother Xiong Ba and Xiong Ben, but Ji Jie just refused to give up. Now we also have a vanguard!
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Sixty thousand allied troops gathered in South Korea and approached the border between South Korea and Zhou Dynasty.
A steady stream of information from the Sima family was sent to Sima Xueran. After she compiled it, she presented it to Ji Jie. From the intelligence from all parties, it can be concluded that the people of Zhao and Han did not support war against the Zhou Dynasty. Some The minister also objected. After all, Ji Jie was kind to the people of both countries.
Things are often like this. Those who engage in intrigues are always high-ranking people, including monarchs. In their eyes, only interests are the most important, and everything else can be given up. Only the lowest common people can remember your kindness, but they It can only have a minimal impact on national policy, and most monarchs like to have their own way.
Zhao Ling garrisoned the royal city, and led 10,000 Zhou troops with General Fei Mo;
Ji Jian was stationed in Zhaocheng, commanding 10,000 defenders, plus more than 1,000 Taishi Yong's troops as a reserve force. They trained when the war was not tense, and immediately went into battle once the war was tense;
Ji Jie led the remaining 15,000 people to guard Zhaocheng. Based on the coalition's advance situation and all aspects of intelligence, he concluded that the Zhao-Han coalition would choose this place for the first battle.
Wangcheng, Zhaocheng, Longcheng.
Although the location of the royal city is a bit far away from the two cities, it is still barely enough to be at the horns of each other. No matter which city they attack, the coalition forces must leave enough reserves to deal with the threats from the other two cities.
It was learned from the intelligence that the relationship between Li Mu and Han Chuang was not very harmonious, especially the hot-tempered Sima Shang, who had several conflicts with Han Chuang during the march, and was even more irritable with the deputy vanguard appointed by South Korea. Go into a pot.
Li Mu, the nominal marshal, could not command the Korean soldiers at all. They only listened to Han Chuang.
Han Chuang, the nephew of King Han Hui and the cousin of Prince Han An. This man looks ordinary, even a little rough, but he is thoughtful and never does anything to suffer losses. Otherwise, King Han would not have handed over the military power to him. .
"It's great that the generals don't get along!" Ji Jie looked at the intelligence summarized by Sima Xueran and said with a smile: "It would be difficult to deal with you if you were a piece of metal. Han Chuang, you unlucky boy, don't blame me for being cruel!"