Wang Jian looked at the surrounding terrain, there were no slopes and rivers, could not form a natural obstacle, had to think of another idea, Wang Jian looked at the Qin army around him, saw that many people had a burden on their backs, and his heart moved, it turned out that when he went out of the city, he needed to bring some silver money for use on the road, and in case of laying Jingbian, he also needed to place wounded soldiers, buy medicines, etc., and naturally he couldn't do it without silver. [Full text reading. ]:7777772e766f6474772e636f6d Therefore, the army carried thousands of taels of silver, and if these silver were placed on the car, they were easy to lose and could not be taken care of, so Wang Jian separated the silver and handed it over to dozens of personal soldiers to carry, forty or fifty taels per person, and carried it on his back.

At this time, he was defeated and had to find a way to hold back the officers and soldiers, so Wang Jian ordered these people: "Throw the silver on the road, and throw it in a conspicuous place." ”

The dozens of pro-soldiers immediately understood, unburdened one after another, and shook off on the road.

Although it was night at this time, the torches illuminated the road very brightly, and when the silver fell to the ground, it sparkled, and the officers and soldiers could not see it

When these officers and soldiers who came in front saw the silver all over the ground, where could they hold it, they jumped off their horses one after another and fought for the money.

Since these officers and soldiers became soldiers, they have been in arrears, and it has been a common practice for the court to have insufficient salaries, and there are only a few armies such as Guan Ning Tieqi and Hong Bing who can pay the full amount of hundreds of thousands of horses and horses in the country. Most of the remaining officers and men do not receive a few salaries throughout the year, and those who serve in the army are even more miserable, not getting a penny of silver for three or five months.

As soon as they grabbed it, the officers and soldiers who came up behind were not to be left behind, and they all jumped off their horses one after another and stepped forward to scramble, and some officers and soldiers fought for a piece of silver, and the road was in chaos for a while.

Wang Jian led more than a thousand Qin troops, and took this opportunity to run a long way smoothly.

Wei Baichuan rushed up with a large group of officers and soldiers, and saw that the front was in a mess, not like a war, those people were all their own people, they did not chase and kill the Qin army, they were messing around here, and they were so angry that they scolded loudly, and a deputy general ran over and said hatefully: "Commander, the Qin army threw a lot of silver on the road, and the soldiers were greedy and dismounted one after another, so the army was in chaos, and no one pursued the enemy." Wei Baichuan was furious: "Get on the horse immediately, and if there are any walkers, you will be killed." ”

When the army heard the commander's order, many people were angry, but when they saw that the pro-soldiers who rushed up behind them were holding big swords one by one, their eyes were wide open, and they knew that if they didn't get on the horse, their heads would fall to the ground, so they had to curse secretly while jumping on the back of the horse and continuing to chase forward.

At this time, Wang Jian had already led people to run more than ten miles, and Li Dang also came with a thousand cavalry to meet him. At this time, the officers and troops began to chase again, Wang Jian was afraid that he would not be able to get rid of the enemy, looked ahead, there was a dense forest, rolled his eyes, and ordered Li Dang to divide his 1,000 cavalry into two teams, one team to the left and one team to the right, after going around the forest, and then going around from the other side, interspersed and walking, confusing the enemy.

Li Dare took the order and led the people to go.

Wang Jian continued to run, and after running through the dense forest, he ordered the men and horses to rest less, and all the people dismounted and sat on the ground to rest.

This order made everyone scratch their heads.

One of the soldiers asked, "General, let's not retreat, sit here and be caught up by the enemy?"

Wang Jian sneered: "Just let them catch up." Don't panic, if you move, I'll kill you immediately. ”

More than 1,000 people jumped off their horses and sat on the ground, and the horses were trained for a long time and did not run around, but rested on the spot.

Wang Jian looked at the dense forest not far away, only to see that the men and horses led by Li Dang were there left and right, right and left, smiled slightly, and then looked at the northern road, the dust covered the sky, the sound of horses' hooves from far and near, shook the ground trembled slightly, he ordered a hundred archers in front, shoot the horns, and the rest of the people held shields to protect themselves and their horses.

Besides, Wei Baichuan led the men and horses to catch up in a hurry, originally he felt that the Qin army had run out of ten miles away, and it was not easy to catch up, but as he ran, someone from the front army came to report, saying that the Qin army was waiting in front of the formation, Wei Baichuan was a little unconvinced, this time was a good time to escape, but the Qin army turned back to meet the battle, which was unreasonable.

He urged his horse to step forward, walked to the front of the formation to take a look, and sure enough, outside the land of three arrows on the opposite side, more than 1,000 cavalry of the Qin army formed a camp, these people did not ride horses, they stood with the reins, with shields in their hands, and there were two lines of archers in front, pulling bows and arrows, waiting for the battle.

Wei Baichuan didn't understand what the Qin army was going to do, and said that he wanted to fight hard, but these people didn't get on the horse and didn't run away, so he really didn't understand, so he found Shi Kefa, Shi Kefa came to the front of the formation, looked into the distance, couldn't help sneering, and said: "Dashuai, the Qin army is bluffing, and it can't escape, so it's ridiculous to line up here, want to get through the trick, and scare us so much that we don't dare to attack, and then escape." Dashuai, don't hesitate, just pounce on it. Wei Baichuan listened, nodded again and again, and was just about to give an order, when someone came to report: "Dashuai, look at the dense forest in the distance"

Wei Baichuan looked in the direction of the finger of the detective, at this time the sky had begun to brighten, and he saw that there was indeed a large dense forest over there, and there were dense layers in the dense forest, and I don't know how many people there were, and there were two teams of people outside the forest, which were driving into the forest one after another. The men didn't carry torches, and it looked like they were operating in secret.

He looked at the formation of the Qin army in front of him again, and those people were fearless and as stable as Mount Tai, and there was no bottom in his heart. Said to Shi Kefa: "In the dense forest over there, there must be heavy troops in ambush, the Qin army will never dare to go deep alone, they have only come to more than 10,000 people in total, want to fight Jingbian, how can 10,000 people be enough? An ambush has been set up, and if our army kills it, it is likely that it will also be encircled. ”

Shi Kefa looked at the people outside the dense forest over there, and frowned, because he was only a thousand generals, and he couldn't give orders directly, and besides, he had been chasing for half the night at this time, and he was far away from Jingbian City, so he said: "According to the meaning of the big marshal, what should we do?"

Wei Baichuan said: "I think it's better to retreat, this battle has killed and injured a lot of Qin troops, and if you see it, you will accept it, and at this time, there are only a few thousand people in Jingbian City, in case the Qin army is a plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain, our brigade of men and horses chased out so far, and the Qin army will attack Jingbian again, wouldn't it be a big deal."

Shi Kefa nodded again and again: "The words of the handsome man are very clear. I think that after this battle, the Qin army already knows how powerful we are, and they no longer dare to attack easily. "Doesn't he understand Wei Baichuan's thoughts, this person is safe when he wins a small victory, and he doesn't dare to chase and fight, because the combat effectiveness of the Qin army is terrifying. Moreover, this battle has already been won, chasing out the Qin army for hundreds of miles, Wei Baichuan can go to the court, lie about a big victory, and the court will definitely reward him, so for Wei Baichuan, there is not much difference between a small victory and a big victory. And once he continues to chase fiercely, in case he is ambushed, he wins first and then loses, and if he doesn't get it right, he will lose his official position and be dismissed, Wei Baichuan didn't have much ability, and he could be the commander of Jingbian, this ghost idea is still there. Therefore, Shi Kefa also recommended that he withdraw from the army.

Wei Baichuan was very happy, and immediately ordered that the rear team should become the front team and withdraw to Jingbian City.

Wang Jian watched the official army slowly retreat, and then he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and when the official army withdrew so that he could not see the shadow, he summoned Li Kang.

Li Dang came to him and let out a sigh: "General, it is dangerous enough, if the officers and soldiers pounce on him regardless of it, we will suffer a big loss." ”

Wang Jian looked serious, looked at the people around him, and said in a deep voice: "We have lost this battle, so immediately return to Baishui, rest in the county town, and count how many people have been broken." Alas, this defeat was caused by my impatience, and I didn't think about it carefully, and we fell into the hands of the official army."

The group waited for the south to go, drove dozens of miles, caught up with the brigade, and then continued to come to Baishui County. When Lu Xi saw Wang Qian's banner, he was overjoyed, but when he ran closer, he saw that this Qin army was gray and dirty, and most of them had blood stains on their bodies, obviously they had just fought a vicious battle.

Lu Xi was taken aback, he knew that he was late, he saw Wang Jian and Li Kang, first greeted the injury, and then conveyed the orders of King Qin and Bai Qi.

Wang Jian listened to it and smiled bitterly: "Blame me for not thinking clearly, hurriedly sent troops, this is this big defeat, General Lu Xi, since you are here, bring me Wang Jian back, I lost this battle, and its crime is inevitable, please focus on the punishment, I will rest in Baishui City first, and then return to Xi'an to apologize." ”

Li Dare said: "General Lu Xi, if this battle is not commanded by General Wang, I am afraid that the whole army will be annihilated." Therefore, when you ascend to the king, say as many good words as you can. Lu Xi nodded. Wang Jian narrowed his eyes: "What kind of words is this, if you lose the battle, the main general will be beheaded, this is the military law of the Qin State." Shall it be abolished? General Lu, you must repay the truth, and you must not hide your selfishness. ”

Lu Xi nodded, turned his horse and went back, but he made up his mind in his heart, because he also knew that if it weren't for Wang Qian, after the Qin army's 10,000 cavalry fell into a heavy siege, it would never have been possible to break out of so many people.

Wang Jian and Li Dang continued to move forward, joined the infantry led by Zhang Gong, and returned to Baishui City together, and when they returned to the city, they carefully checked and found that there were more than 3,000 casualties in this battle, of which 1,300 were killed and 2,000 were wounded. Wang Jian was full of remorse, personally went down to the camp to check the wounded, Li Kang also accompanied him, walked through the various camp tents, everyone saw Wang Jian and Li Kang two generals come to visit in person, they were very moved, Wang Jian apologized to them, saying that this defeat was all caused by his own carelessness and underestimation of the enemy.

On the one hand, Wang Jian arranged for the Qin army to rest in Baishui City, and on the other hand, he sent a lot of secret agents to sneak into Jingbian to find out the real news.

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