Wu Qi defeated the Qin army in one battle, and the Qin army was frightened. Immediately afterwards, Wei State began to build cities in Hexi and moved a large number of people.
The Wei State implemented reforms, and all the people who migrated were allocated land. However, the land here had been cultivated by the Qin State, and what was distributed was mature land.
At the same time, Wu Qi submitted a letter to Wei Wenhou to arrange and train Wei's soldiers, and Wei Wenhou issued an edict to agree.
After receiving the order from the Marquis of Wei, Wu Qi began to carry out large-scale restructuring of Wei's military system. At the same time, elite veterans were selected to form an army.
Because the land west of Hexi was captured from the Qin State, there are no nobles or powerful people on this land, and a large amount of fertile land can be cultivated within hundreds of miles of land. This gave Wu Qi a good opportunity to reform the military system.
Wu Qi selected elite veterans who could wear three layers of armor, control a twelve-stone crossbow, wear a helmet and carry armor, carry three days of food, and still be able to go into battle after traveling hundreds of miles.
With such a strict selection system, those selected are naturally elite. At the same time, the training of Wei soldiers is extremely strict, and all actions must obey orders. Those who violate military orders will not only receive no reward, but will also be punished even if they win.
In addition to the strict selection system and strict discipline, Wu Qi treated Wei Wu soldiers extremely well. There were a lot of fields in the Hexi land captured from Qin. These fields were ownerless. Wu Qi ordered that as long as he was selected as a soldier of Wei, he would be rewarded with a hundred acres of land.
One hundred acres of land is a great wealth for these soldiers, and it is not only land, but also houses. After obtaining the land, Wei soldiers needed to prepare their own weapons and food for the battle. At the same time, tax incentives were provided to Wei soldiers, who were exempted from all corvées and land and house taxes, and Wei soldiers could obtain titles based on military merit.
A series of reforms boosted the morale of Wei soldiers, and everyone rushed to be the first.
Wu Qi even gave up chariots and used soldiers to form battle formations. After combining with the characteristics of the Huai State's army organization, a team of five people was used to set up a corps commander. Two corps was called Shi, and there was a commander. Five Shi was a garrison, and there was a garrison commander. Two villages are divided into hundreds, with one hundred generals, five hundred people with five hundred leaders, and one thousand people with one thousand leaders.
This kind of organization allows Wei soldiers to be driven like an arm, and even after defeat, they can be re-armed and reorganized in a short time.
After forming the military formation, Wu Qi personally selected some soldiers for rigorous training. After these soldiers learn it, let them teach other soldiers. In this way, the strength of Wei Wuzu increased rapidly.
Such generous treatment and rigorous training made Wei Wuzu the first-class front-line army in the world as soon as he appeared. In the entire world, only the Tengjia Army and the Yulin Guards of the Huai Kingdom can compare with them.
However, the number of the Tengjia Army and Yulin Guards in Huai Kingdom is only 20,000. After years of development, the Tengjia Army only has 20,000 people, and the Yulin Guards are even less, with only 5,000 people.
After training, Wei Wu's soldiers numbered an astonishing 100,000.
That is to say, the Wei State captured the land west of Hexi and distributed a large amount of land to these soldiers. This gave Wei Wuzu the foundation for its establishment. If not, even with the full support of the Marquis of Wei, it would be impossible to allocate millions of acres of land in the country to form Wei Wuzu.
The Huai State has always been paying close attention to the Wei State, because the Wei State's reforms were very thorough, and were completely incomparable to the so-called reforms of the Chu State that did not touch the fundamentals.
Moreover, the Wei State's reform did not use Huai State's rule of law, but the shorter Legalist hegemony technique. In the Huai Kingdom Academy, the art of hegemony has long been created, but no country has ever used it. Huai Wenxiang is generally considered to be easy to break after a short period of time. Although he can dominate for a while, it will not last long.
Moreover, the Huai State has believed that the power of the people should not be used since King Wen founded the country, so it does not use hegemony. However, the Huai State also wants to know the power and consequences of the hegemony.
Wang Pu was also shocked when he heard that Wu Qi had trained 100,000 Wei soldiers. Although he had not seen Wei Wuzu with his own eyes, the detailed information, organization, training, etc. of Wei Wuzu were sent to him by spies from the Huai Kingdom.
Such a powerful army was no worse than the Tengjia Army, and the Wei State actually had a hundred thousand soldiers. With these 100,000 Wei soldiers in hand, how could the surrounding countries be Wei's opponents?
With one hundred thousand Wei soldiers in hand, they can run rampant across the world and are unstoppable! Wang Pu praised.
As for Wu Qi's method of training troops, can he also train a strong army according to his method? Wang Pu thought it was possible, but among all the countries in the world, almost no country except Wei could do it.
Not everyone can come up with millions of acres of land.
The Huai Kingdom is thousands of miles away, and it cannot afford millions of fertile land to form such a Wei military force.
After Wei Wu formed an army, Wu Qi began to launch an attack on Qin. In the thirty-third year of the Marquis of Wei, Wu Qi led the Wei soldiers to defeat the Qin army again on the Xihe battlefield, and penetrated the Qin army's Xihe defense line in one fell swoop.
Then Wu Qi did not hesitate at all, and directly led the army to march westward, entered the Weihe Plain, and besieged Hua County. Qin State has reached a critical moment of life and death. The Weihe Plain is almost undefeable, and once it is defeated by Wei, Wei's troops can reach Yongdu, the capital of Qin.
The Marquis of Qin was horrified and quickly sent an envoy to ask for help from the Chu State. The Chu State has been recuperating since its defeat by the Huai State, and the Qin-Chu Alliance is dominated by the Qin State.
After decades of recuperation, the Chu State gradually recovered its national strength, and after the reforms of Qu Qing and Xiang Meng, the Chu army's combat effectiveness also improved.
After receiving Qin's request for help, the King of Chu was very happy. In his opinion, with Qin's defeat this time, the Qin-Chu alliance would once again be restored to Chu as the leader.
The King of Chu immediately agreed to Qin's request and decided to send troops to contain Wei. Because Wei and Qi were at odds, Qin's envoy also asked Qi for help.
The Marquis of Qi had long wanted to seize the Central Plains of Wei, so after learning that Qin invited Chu to attack Wei, he also agreed to send troops to attack Wei from the east.
After some contact with Qin, the three kingdoms of Qin, Chu, and Qi joined forces to deal with Wei. Chu and Qi were originally great powers and once dominated the world. Qin was also a great power in the West. Now the three countries actually have to work together to deal with Wei. Except for Huaiguo, only Jin has enjoyed this kind of treatment.
The three kingdoms launched an attack on Wei together. After the Marquis of Wei learned that Qi Chu had sent troops, his face was very ugly, and he immediately wanted to summon an army to fight back.
Wei Lian hurriedly stopped him and said: Your Majesty, the land in the east of Wei State is an enclave, and it is currently attacking Qin State. If we withdraw our troops now, all our previous efforts will be wasted. It is better to abandon the enclave in the east first and concentrate our efforts to defeat Qin State.
If Qin is defeated, Qi and Chu will not have to worry about it. When the time comes, the army will go out and the lost territory will be recovered soon.
So the Marquis of Wei accepted his suggestion and immediately ordered Wu Qi to continue attacking Qin.
(End of chapter)
