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Chapter 490 Counting after the war, three-way march

The death of the King of Qin painted a talisman for the entire battle of Wancheng. The real war was completely over and the time when the Zhao army that went out to pursue returned to the camp one after another when the real war ended completely at noon the next day.

According to the statistics afterwards, Zhao State beheaded and captured about 90,000 to 100,000 Qin and Chu coalition soldiers in this battle, and only about 30,000 remaining defeated generals finally escaped and avoided being imprisoned.

Neither Bai Qi, the Wu'an Jun of Qin and the Chu's Order Jingyang were on the list of killed or captured.

But Zhao He actually didn't care about this, because it was a completely trivial matter for him now.

On the night when the Qin and Chu coalition forces were defeated, Zhao He led his army into Wancheng.

This largest iron ore storage area in the Warring States Period, the handicraft smelting base, officially fell into the hands of Zhao State.

Since Qin State had been fully restoring the iron smelting industry in Wancheng before the decisive battle, the Zhao army also captured a large number of Qin and Chu craftsmen, which was an unexpected surprise.

The fall of Wancheng basically declared that the land called Fangcheng by the Chu people and Nanyang County by the Qin people officially changed hands and was controlled by the fourth country, Zhao State, within just thirty years.

If the territory of Qin and Chu was connected to each other in a rectangular "mouth", then it has now become a "concave" shape, and the gap in the middle is Nanyang County, which was just taken down by Zhao.

Zhao He only needed to go south to enter the Jianghan Plain, which is the location of the old capital of Chu, to completely cut off the Qin and Chu countries and turn them into two isolated armies.

After finding a captured Qin Duke general and ordered him to return to Chengdu with 300 Qin army prisoners with the body of the King of Qin, Zhao He held a new combat meeting.

The overall situation has been decided, but more than one-third of the territory in the whole world has not been taken over by Zhao State, and the final work is still long.

In the lobby of Wancheng Ling's official residence, Zhao He, who had a great sleep, was full of energy and looked around the generals present.

Almost everyone was happy, and some people had a look of sadness in their eyebrows. I think there were comrades or relatives who died in battle, but the whole atmosphere was still very good.

Zhao He smiled and said, "Have you killed enough of the two and three sons yesterday?"

Lian Po immediately shouted: "King, you can't kill enough. Let me lead my troops to Shouchun or Bashu, and kill him well!"

As soon as Lian Po spoke, the other generals were not willing to be outdone. For a moment, the lobby was filled with voices of asking for battle.

Zhao He smiled and made a downward gesture, first calming the lobby, and then said, "Okay, okay, don't make a noise, everyone will have a share."

Zhao He walked to the map, pointed to the location of South Korea and said, "This is Yangdi City, and it is also the last base for the Koreans. Le Cheng has already besieged Yangdi with 50,000 troops, but it is not too safe. Where is Shen Jing?"

General Shen Jing responded and stepped out: "King, I am here!"

Zhao He said: "I will give you 30,000 troops, and you will lead your troops to meet with Lecheng. After arriving, Lecheng will be the leader and you will be the deputy general, responsible for conquering South Korea!"

Shen Jing agreed loudly.

The other generals looked at Shen Jing with some envy. This was the deputy general who destroyed a vassal state. Usually, generals of Lian Po and Zhao She were only allowed to take office. Shen Jing was also a big benefit.

Zhao He paused for a moment and moved his finger to the southeast direction: "This is Shouchun. Although the Chu State has been defeated, most of the territory of Chu State has not been controlled by me, so I am ready to lead 120,000 troops to attack the eastern part of Chu State, first defeat Shouchun, and then pacify Wu Yue and other places one by one. Zhao She, you come and serve me as the deputy general."

Zhao She also left the list to receive the order.

Lian Po couldn't sit still, but he didn't dare to speak rashly, and it was very difficult to get through scratching his head.

Zhao He glanced at Lian Po and smiled and said, "Liang Po, I will give you 50,000 troops. You are responsible for continuing to attack the Jianghan Plain to the south. First take down the old Yingdu for me, and then depending on the situation, either go south to attack Qianzhong County directly, or go upstream to enter Bashu. Lian Po will act according to your own opportunity!"

Lian Po was overjoyed and immediately stood up and whispered: "Please rest assured, I will guarantee that I will complete the task!"

Zhao He smiled and said, "I want to tell you a good news here. According to the confession of the captured Qin Wancheng Order, General Le Yi has defeated Qin Prime Minister Bang Wei Ran and entered Hanzhong. According to time, the entire Hanzhong should be under the control of my Great Zhao."

When the generals heard this, they were immediately excited.

Lian Po suddenly spoke out: "King, if this is the case, maybe there will be hopes to resolve the three countries of Qin, Chu and Han in one fell swoop this year."

Everyone was stunned at first, and then they thought carefully that it seemed that this was the case.

The Qin State was only Bashu and Qianzhong, and the two soldiers of Le Yi and Lian Po had vaguely formed an encirclement, one in the south and one in the north.

Yangdi in South Korea was surrounded by Le Cheng, and Shen Jing immediately brought a reinforcement force.

The State of Chu is about to attract Zhao He's personal expedition.

It’s just summer now, and there is still nearly half a year left before winter comes.

If you make good use of this half year, you will indeed have hope of destroying the other Three Kingdoms in one fell swoop.

Zhao He smiled and said, "If you can, it will be good, but it doesn't matter if it doesn't work. If the trend is in my mind today, I hope that when you send troops, you must first think of stability. Just take down cities and bring victory and land back steadily. I can tolerate a long and boring victory, but I must not allow a small failure caused by underestimating the enemy. Do you understand?"

Zhao He's eyes shook around among the crowd and finally fell on Lian Po.

Lian Po was shocked and immediately stood up and shouted loudly: "I understand!"

After all the arrangements were completed, Zhao He was not in a hurry to advance, but instead gave the entire army a five-day rest.

At this time, Le Yi's battle report had also been delivered. As Zhao He had expected before, the entire Hanzhong had been completely occupied by Le Yi.

However, when Le Yi led his army to pursue Wei Ran, he encountered a blockade from the Qin army in Jiameng Pass. Because Jiameng Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack, he is still in a deadlock in the war.

Zhao He wrote a reply letter, praising Le Yi for his achievements in conquering Hanzhong, and also informed Le Yi of his arrangements in his heart, hoping that Le Yi could continue to work hard to break through Jiameng Pass and take Bashu for Zhao State.

The rest and rest were officially over five days later, and the three troops set off from Wancheng at the same time and marched in different directions.
Chapter completed!
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