Such an imminent battle disappeared under Zhao Yong's remarks. Not only that, the State of Zhao also gained the dependence of two large tribes, with a population of more than 500,000 and a young and strong man of nearly 200,000!

Since the Zhou Dynasty moved eastward, the royal power fell behind, and the annexation wars between more than 300 vassal states have been one after another and never stopped. The three families divided the Jin Dynasty, and the Tian family replaced Qi after Qi, Qin, Qi, Chu, Zhao, Han, Wei, and Yan, and the scale of the war also developed from a scale of thousands to tens of thousands in the Spring and Autumn Period to a scale of hundreds of thousands, or even a million troops.

The population is undoubtedly the main determinant of whether a national strength is strong or not. For example, today, the most powerful Qin, Qi and Chu are superpowers with a large population.

The State of Chu occupies the largest area and ranks first among the seven heroes. It has a population of nearly 7 million. It is no false to say that it has a million armors. If it were not for its stupid ministers and weak power, the State of Chu should have been the most dominant country among the seven heroes. But even so, the State of Chu still has strong national strength and its strength cannot be underestimated. If it is a wise ruler, it can still achieve great success.

Qi State was not as broad as Chu and Qin, but it occupied the richest Haidong land in the world. Its business and industry were profitable from fish and salt. Its population was second only to Chu State, with as many as six million. Since King Wei of Qi replaced Wei State and dominated the Central Plains, it has maintained a strong national power. After King Xuan’s generation, its national strength has increased.

The Qin State in the western front became rapidly powerful through Shang Yang's reforms, and captured the Xihe County and Shang County of Wei to the north, eroded the fertile lands of Han Wei and Zhou Shi to the east, and captured Hanzhong and Nanjun of Chu State in the south, and annexed the two kingdoms of Ba and Shu, which became today's great power, with a population of more than 5 million. Although it was not as good as Qi and Chu, it was famous for its military power. It each occupied the East and West Poles with Qi, and drove Han, Wei and Chu to compete for the Central Plains.

However, Zhao State has congenital shortcomings. It is located in a remote place in the north. Many places are vast and sparsely populated. The scarcity of population has always been a fatal injury to Zhao State. The road to the south to the Central Plains was blocked by Qi and Wei and Han, there was a strong Qin to the west, Yan State and Sanhu to the north, and a big nail to the chest of Zhongshan State, which is difficult to walk.

Although Zhao Yong quickly strengthened the military strength of Zhao through Hu clothing and cavalry, his state-owned assets were still not solved in a short period of time. There are only two ways to increase the number of people. One is to encourage fertility, and the government advocated rewards for more people. In order to revenge, King Goujian of Yue annexed the strong Wu, and used this method to slowly strengthen the national power, and eventually defeated Wu and dominate the Central Plains. However, although this method is stable, its shortcomings are indeed too slow. It is difficult to see the results without more than 20 years of time.

Another method is the most direct and effective method, which is to annex the territory of other countries through war means and directly use the population of the enemy for one's own use. It was through this method that the Qin State continued to erode the national strength of the three kingdoms of Han, Wei, and Chu, and the increase and decrease of the other, and the capital of kings and hegemony was achieved. Zhao Yong chose this method, but the target of attack was different from that of Qin State, but replaced it with the Zhongshan State established by the northern Loufan, Linhu Er tribe and Baidi. After continuously eroding the Three Kingdoms, the population of Zhao State barely exceeded 800,000 households and more than 3.6 million people, but it was still far behind the Qin, Qi and Chu State.

But this time after Lou Fan and Lin Hu surrendered, it would be very different. If we included the remnants of Zhongshan that we were determined to win, the population of Zhao would exceed the four million mark in one fell swoop, not much different from that of Qin, leaving Wei, Han and Yan far behind. Moreover, Zhao people are good at fighting, and the combat quality of individual soldiers is far stronger than that of Chu and Qi, and only Qin can barely compete with him. In this way, Zhao Yong's ideal of annexing the four seas and annexing the eight wildernesses will have a strong backing.

Of course, the premise of these is that Zhao State can well digest these newly dependent Hu people, avoid gains and losses, or even turn against each other, which has become the biggest problem for the people in power in Zhao State.

At least for the moment, Zhao Yong's series of measures against the Hu people are still very successful.

When the news of Lou Fan and Lin Hu returning to the mainland spread throughout the Second Ministry, the people of the Second Ministry cheered together, and even many older soldiers shed tears happily to be able to return to their hometown.

The biggest difference between the Hu people who lived in a cold and bitter place for a long time is that what they pursue throughout their lives is that they can eat and cover their bodies. For them, the biggest thing in life is that they can have enough food for themselves and their families. They are fighting for limited resources, and the prosperous Central Plains has undoubtedly become their home for a long time. Building on the Central Plains has become the dream of the Hu people for generations. The Gui Fang, Shanrong, Beidi, and Loufan, Lin Hu, and Donghu are all working hard for this dream.

However, the Huaxia people, which are mainly agricultural civilization, have a strong sense of superiority to these nomadic tribes. They despise these barbarians and regard them as beasts. Whenever great powers such as Qi and Jin dominate the Spring and Autumn Period, the banner they put forward was to respect the king and expel the barbarians, and to order the princes to conquer the Rong and Di. The Hu people's attempts to enter the Central Plains again and again were ruthlessly shattered, either choosing to continue to stay in the cold and bitter northern grassland, or like the Baidi people who established the Zhongshan Kingdom, took off their traditional clothes and fully accepted the Huaxiaization.

But now Zhao Yong gave them a third choice, they could retain their civilization and customs, and even govern themselves according to the same self-governance as before. All they needed to pay was to respect Zhao as respect and surrender to King Zhao to become his nominal people. The Hu people who were simply thinking about the problem did not think much, but cheered and celebrated out of instinctive reactions.

As for joining the Zhao cavalry team, this condition made them happy to accept it. You should know that the noble status and generous salary of the Zhao cavalry have already spread throughout the grassland, and the elite and bravery of the Zhao cavalry made them envious. All the aspiring Hu warriors were eager to join such a legendary force.

Only the few wise men among the Hu people could truly see the crisis, but their objections were quickly drowned in a voice of approval.

When Zhao Yong returned to the army with a spring breeze, the shaking cheers almost lifted the entire camp. The Zhao soldiers pulled out their swords and roared to the sky as excited as the Hu people. They shouted loudly, shouting long live, and rushed towards their great king wildly. So that Zhao Xin and the others were almost crushed by the excited soldiers, dismounted and pushed the crowd desperately before barely escorting the master father back to the central army tent.

This is a miracle, a miracle like a myth. Not only did Zhao Yong resolve the siege without bloodshed, he also conquered two powerful tribes that had plagued Zhao for nearly a hundred years, making them willingly surrender to their feet. If they had not seen it with their own eyes, they would never believe that anyone could do this incredible thing.

But Zhao Yong did it. He relied on not only the powerful force of Zhao State, but also his invincible personal charm. Only he can convince the Hu people; only he can raise his arms and win millions of followers. In this era where the strong are respected, Zhao Yong has undoubtedly become a legend of an era!

In the Warring States Period, this was an era of heroes. The heroes who emerged one by one were like meteors that cut through the sky in the dark, leaving only infinite imagination and remembrance for future generations. On the vast land, the iron cavalry was like a stream, swallowing mountains and rivers, and throwing whips and breaking the flow! On the territory of thousands of miles, seven armies with different costumes galloped across the country, intertwined with dogs and teeth, and soldiers of the seven countries fought fiercely in every city and every corner. Traces of fierce war were everywhere, so that thousands of years later, farming farmers could still dig out the bones wearing armor from their own fields.

In that chaotic era, no matter whether you want it or not, everyone was involved, either crushed into dust or left in history.

In this chaotic era where heroes emerge, Zhao Yong is undoubtedly one of the most dazzling meteors and has become the symbol of a great era.

Lian Po held the hilt tightly and looked at the master father who was surrounded by soldiers in the distance. He suddenly understood the military tactics he had already read well. "Therefore, victory is a victory in every battle, not a good person; a war that defeated others without fighting is a good person."

Looking at the Lord's Father in the distance, Lian Po silently took off his helmet and lowered his once high head.

If you talk about famous generals, you will feel inferior to you!
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