Xianyang Palace.

"This Wang Jian dared to openly disobey the widow's order, and the widow wanted to kill his head!" Qin Wang Chu's roar kept echoing in the main hall.

Qin Wang Chu was very angry, and the consequences were not serious, and it seemed that he couldn't see it now.

The battle of Zhao and Chu is now about to enter the third month, and spring is about to pass.

In the past month, Qin Wang Chu Ke had sent more than a dozen messengers in the direction of Yuanli on the front line, urging Wang Jian to make a decision.

But Wang Jian has been hesitant, neither choosing to retreat nor choosing to fight, which undoubtedly makes Qin Wang Chu very dissatisfied.

Because in the previous analysis, the old generals have clearly pointed out that if you want to fight a decisive battle, you must do it as soon as possible, because the earlier you fight, the higher the morale of the Qin army, and the greater the possibility of victory.

Under such circumstances, Qin Wang Chu's resentment towards Wang Jian can be imagined.

Although it is said that the general will not be subject to the orders of the foreign monarch, if he is in the position of this disobedient "monarch", Qin Wang Chu at this time is undoubtedly very embarrassed.

As a king, he can't even carry out the orders he has issued? Who has the final say in this country?

Countless terrifying thoughts kept going back and forth in Qin Wang Chu's mind, and even his face became a lot darker.

After a while, Qin Wang Chu said word by word to the two important ministers of the Qin State in front of him, Lü Buwei and Cai Ze: "The widow wants to remove Wang Jian as the main general and let the veteran Sima Xin replace him, I don't know what the two of you think?" ”

This is not a big court meeting, but a very secret core summit, so there are only two people present: Lü Buwei and Cai Ze.

When Qin Wang Chu's words came out, Cai Ze and Lu Buwei's faces changed at the same time.

Cai Ze almost subconsciously spoke: "King, although Wang Jian is young, he has a good way of governing the army, and he has always won the hearts of the generals in the army. If it is a rash change of generals, I am afraid that it will make the morale of the army turbulent, which is really inappropriate. ”

"Wrong?" Lu Buwei sneered and said, "This Wang Jian is so bold and arrogant, he dares to openly disobey the king's orders, where is the majesty of the king? The king, the minister thought that he had to take down this Wang Qian, and then punish his whole clan to set an example! ”

Although it is said that at the beginning, when the rebellion of Yangquan Jun Michen was quelled, Lü Buwei and Wang Jian had a honeymoon period together, but this honeymoon period ended quickly.

The main reason is that Wang Jian is a member of the Wang family, and his every move is influenced by the family, and the two bigwigs of the Wang family at that time, Wang Ji and Wang Ling, did not buy Lu Buwei's account.

What's more, from the current point of view, Wang Qian, as the leading general of the Qin army, is the first in Lü Buwei's must-kill list.

As long as you move your mouth, you can kill a general of the Qin army, is there any easier credit in the world?

As soon as Cai Ze heard Lu Buwei say this, the whole person came up angrily, stared at Lu Buwei viciously and said, "Wu Chengjun, don't you know what it means to focus on the overall situation?" ”

Lu Buwei also sneered: "Gang Chengjun, I only know one thing, that is, in Daqin, there can only be one voice of the king!" ”

"Enough!" Qin Wang Chu stopped the quarrel between the two and then announced the decision.

"The widow will send an envoy to the front line of Yuanli City again, if Wang Jian makes a choice, it will be fine, if he still insists on disobeying the order, then it is impossible to say that the widow will have to replace a new front-line general!"

……

Yuanli, the camp of the Qin army.

The sky is getting white.

Wang Jian sat in the camp, and the expression on his face looked quite calm, but if he looked closely, he could find a trace of hidden worry in the depths of his eyes that was so thick that it could not be dissipated at all.

After yesterday's night, no one can sit idle.

Just in front of Wang Qian, Wei Yu reported the battle damage with some difficulty: "General, less than 30,000 of the defenders of the city of 50,000 yuan have been taken back to the camp, and the rest of the soldiers should be ......."

Wei Yi did not continue, but both Wang Jian and Wei Yi understood very well that the more than 20,000 soldiers of the Qin Army had either become the souls of the Zhao Army's sword, or they were already in the Zhao Army's prisoner of war camp at this moment.

Wang Jian sighed softly and said, "What about the losses of other troops?" ”

You must know that it was not only the Qin army in Yuanli City who fought with the Zhao army last night.

In order to allow the Qin army in Yuanli City to retreat smoothly, Wang Jian dispatched a large part of the Qin army's camp and had a big melee with the Zhao army.

Looking at Wei Mi's face, Wang Jian had a hunch that the number that Wei Mi was about to say must be the kind that made him very unacceptable.

Sure enough, I saw Wei Yu say in a deep voice: "General Hui, in last night's battle, about 15,000 soldiers died on the battlefield or were captured in order to meet the friendly troops in Yuanli City. ”

As soon as Wei Yu's words came out, Wang Qian's body trembled involuntarily.

Considering that there are 250,000 people under Wang Qian's command, this 15,000 people seems to be nothing.

But the problem is that if you add the number of Qin troops in Yuanli City, then the Qin army under Wang Jian has lost more than 30,000 or nearly 40,000 soldiers in the past night!

This is definitely a number that should not be underestimated for any commander, and it is extremely painful.

Wang Jian let out a long sigh and was silent.

Wei Yu stood there quietly, also not knowing what to say.

There was silence in the tent.

After a long time, Wang Jian finally spoke slowly: "General Wei, I must admit that if I had used your active strategy at the beginning, maybe the current situation would have been better. ”

Wei Yu smiled bitterly and said, "It is also possible that we have now become the generals of the defeated army. ”

In fact, of course, Wei Yu is not unaware of the consequences of attacking with all his might, but Wei Yu feels that leaving him to die and then living is the only way out.

Wang Jian looked at Wei Yi with blazing eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Then General Wei Yi, in your opinion, in the current situation, what choice does our army have?" ”

Wei Yu thought carefully for a while, and then said: "General, I think that the current situation is nothing more than a decisive battle and a choice of retreat. ”

The so-called decisive battle, of course, refers to pulling out the 200,000 last Qin troops in the current camp, and having a real big battle with the people of Zhao, as long as they can win, then all problems will be solved.

If it fails, then there is no need to worry about the rest of the matter, because the two of them present may have already gone to meet underground by then.

As for the retreat, it is natural to find a way to cross the river and retreat according to the order of Qin Wang Chu, and then retreat to Xianyang City, relying on the tall walls of Xianyang City to do the final defense and decisive battle.

After thinking for a moment, Wang Jian rejected one of the proposals: "General Weiyi, it is impossible to retreat now. It was originally a very difficult thing for an army of 200,000 to cross the river, and now that the Zhao army has occupied Yuanli City, every move of our army is completely under the nose of the Zhao army, and there is no way to hide their traces. What's more, even if the river is crossed, Pang Xuan's 50,000 cavalry may appear behind our army at any time, and cooperate with Li Mu's troops to flank our army. A retreat strategy, there is death and no life! ”

Wei Yi nodded silently and agreed with Wang Qian's analysis.

In fact, Wei Yu himself thought so.

"So......" Wang Jian let out a long breath, and looked at Wei Yu in front of him with a somewhat strange look on his face: "General Wei Yu, at this time, do you still have to find a way to fight a decisive battle with the Zhao army?" ”

Since it is impossible to retreat successfully, a decisive battle becomes the only option.

Wei Yi smiled, a glimmer of essence suddenly flashed in his eyes, and said, "General, although our army is at a disadvantage in all aspects at the moment, the Zhao army is not necessarily invulnerable, is it?" Moreover, the Zhao army is an invader, not a righteous army, and the old Qin people in our army are all fighting to defend their families and defend the country, and their morale is far from being comparable to that of the Zhao army. Therefore, even if there are fewer enemies, our army is not necessarily defeated! ”

Wang Jian shook his head and said slowly: "Having said that, you should know what the result will be if we lose this battle, and what kind of result will be for Great Qin!" ”

Wang Qian's military talent is not worse than Wei Yi at all, and it can even be said that he is even better.

So these things stated by Wei Yi three times and twice, can Wang Jian really not be able to figure out the truth in them?

Of course not.

The reason why Wang Jian has been hesitating and struggling is just because Wang Jian knows one thing very clearly in his heart - he can't afford to lose.

That's the national fortune of a whole Great Qin!

If he really loses, then I'm afraid there won't be any more Qin States in this world soon.

However, now Wang Jian suddenly found that he really didn't seem to have any choice.

The surprise attack launched by Li Mu last night not only killed and injured a large number of Wang Qian's subordinates, but also directly cut off Wang Qian's retreat because of the loss of Yuanli City.

Since there is no way to retreat, and if he continues to defend it, he is destined to only become cannon fodder in Zhao Jun's earth-shattering thunder and fire oil bombs, so does Wang Jian have more options?

After being silent for a long time, Wang Jian suddenly took the pen and paper and wrote a war letter.

"Let people send them to the Zhao army camp, and say that in three days, Li Mu and I will fight to the death!"