"Really want to retreat? General, in fact, the last general thinks maybe he can try it. Wei Yu looked obviously a little unwilling, and said: "What the general just sent out is only a vanguard of more than 10,000 people, and even if this vanguard force fails, it can't explain anything." ”

Wei Yi's hair had been tied up again, and it could be seen that if there was a chance, the adjutant general of the Qin army also hoped that he would be able to go into battle again and get some face back from the people of Zhao.

No one likes to fail, especially for a guy like Wei Yi, who thinks highly of himself.

Wang Jian shook his head and sighed: "This battle is over, there is no need to continue fighting - at least there is no need to continue fighting today." ”

As a member of the Wang family, a veteran military aristocratic family in the Qin State, Wang Jian has participated in almost every Qin-Zhao War since the Battle of Changping to the present, and has a very intuitive understanding of the decline of the Qin State's strength over the years.

In the Battle of Changping, the Qin army lost a large number of living troops, which is a well-known thing in the world.

But more importantly, the troops that suffered the most losses were often the main forces of the Qin army, that is, the standing army of the Qin army.

And every subsequent defeat will have a large number of Qin army standing army, especially the elite troops of the standing army, a large amount of loss in the war.

The reason is actually very simple, the elite troops will usually be thrown into the most intense battlefield to fight against the elite of the enemy army, so the mortality rate is naturally the highest.

If it was in the previous years when it was able to win the battle, although the Qin army would lose a certain amount of elite standing army, the battle loss of the winning side would definitely be less than that of the losing side, and winning the battle would inevitably lead to the evolution of some ordinary soldiers like elite veterans, so after a battle, the elite troops of the Qin army not only did not fight less, but would fight more and more.

This is why the historical Qin State will go out to fight every year next year, but it will become stronger and stronger until it sweeps the mystery of the Six Kingdoms.

But there is also a downside to this model, and that is - failure.

A failure is actually nothing, after all, all elite veterans cannot be consumed by a major war, as long as you have enough elite veterans as a foundation, then there will be a chance to make a comeback in a few years.

In terms of foundation, the foundation of the Qin State at that time was undoubtedly very strong, even after losing the Battle of Changping, it was still enough to rank with Zhao as one of the two superpowers at that time.

But in the days that followed, failures continued to follow.

In the midst of constant defeat, the elite troops and veterans of the Qin army were gradually lost, and the new generation of recruits was completely unable to grow up due to the lack of victory and tempering.

How can a soldier who has never won a battle know how to fight and win?

This is the vicious circle of failure.

In addition to this, Qin Jun also faced another problem.

After continuous defeats, the source of troops in Guanzhong is already very urgent.

As we all know, the reason why the Qin army was able to shock the world in the previous wars was because of the perseverance of the old Qin people.

The old Qin people are the people of Guanzhong.

At the time of the Battle of Changping, there were 450,000 Guanzhong men among the 600,000 Qin troops.

And now, among the 200,000 Qin troops led by Wang Qian, there are only less than 100,000 Guanzhong men!

This is definitely a drop that will be shocking to anyone in the know.

So it seems that the number of Qin troops has not decreased much in the past few years, but Wang Jian knows very well in his heart that the 200,000 Qin army he led is not the same concept as the 200,000 Qin army seven years ago, and the combat effectiveness is not at the same level at all.

Lacking a sufficient number of elite veterans as a skeleton and a sufficient number of old Qin people in Guanzhong as a foundation, the current Qin army is no longer the iron-blooded army that can fight big battles and tough battles!

Therefore, whether Wang Jian is willing or not, as long as he still wants to win, then he has to temporarily withdraw his troops and stabilize his position and morale first.

With the successive defeats of the vanguard army, the morale of the Qin army has dropped to a very dangerous point.

If Wang Jian still insisted on continuing to attack at this time, then once he suffered another defeat, Li Mu would probably launch a full-scale attack on the Qin army with the power of victory.

At that time, the Qin army would suffer an extremely terrible defeat, and the ideal of the rise of Great Qin would have to be done in a dream.

So Wang Jian must stabilize now!

Listening to the sharp sound of gold in the distance, Li Mu's face showed a regretful expression.

"This Wang Jian is really very stable...... Okay, pass the order, Mingjin and collect the troops! ”

Soon, Ming Jin's orders began to come out of the rear of the Zhao army.

Although it was only a brief battle between the vanguard troops, Li Mu still felt the stability of Wang Jian when he used the troops.

This is a guy whose military style and age are completely incompatible, and for such a guy, it is very unrealistic to rely on a surprise attack to defeat him.

And what happened to Yiqusheng just now also sounded the alarm for Li Mu, who knows how many unused means Wang Jian has?

Anyway, Li Mu's ultimate goal is to contain Wang Jian in Guanzhong, and being able to kill and injure the Qin army as much as possible under such a premise is actually an acceptable result.

As a result, such a big battle ended somewhat anticlimactic, and the main generals of both sides ended at the same time.

After the assembly, Li Mu led his cavalry troops to slowly retreat north, and set up a large camp twenty miles away.

In Wang Qian's opinion, if he continued to march at this time, he might be killed by Li Mu, it would be a loss.

In terms of results, Zhao Jun is undoubtedly the victorious side.

At the cost of more than 1,000 cavalry casualties, the Zhao army killed and wounded nearly 10,000 Qin soldiers, achieving a battle loss ratio of almost 10 to 1.

However, the casualties of nearly 200 meters of armored cavalry cast a big shadow on this victory.

In the next few days, the two sides invariably chose not to move an inch, and they confronted each other from a distance of twenty miles.

Whether it is Wang Jian or Li Mu, they know very well in their hearts that their side is actually only a battlefield, and the real main battlefield is actually in the Central Plains.

If you can wait for some changes in the main battlefield, you may be able to win for your side!

Neither of them wanted to let go of the other, and their goal had never changed, that is, to severely damage or even destroy the enemy army in front of them if their ability allowed!

The problem is that sometimes if you choose to wait, you don't necessarily have to wait for good news, and it is very possible to wait for bad news that you don't want to hear.