"Withdrawal?" When Wang Yu received this order, he hesitated for a while.

From Wang Di's personal point of view, he naturally hopes that he can fight with Li Mu fiercely and defeat the other party, after all, Qin Wangzhu has made it very clear in the order he gave at the beginning, let Wang Di come to "make meritorious contributions".

And now? Now Wang Ji has not only wasted a large amount of military rations and materials in vain, but also lost about 3,000 soldiers -- no matter how you look at it, this cannot meet the standard of meritorious service.

In this situation, don't say anything about making meritorious contributions, it's good to not be guilty and add one degree.

However, after some psychological struggle, Wang Di still made a decision.

"Pass the order, the whole army will pull out the camp early tomorrow morning and return to Xianyang!"

In this situation, Wang Di absolutely did not dare to disobey the order of the new King of Qin.

I'm not familiar with it.

In fact, due to the fact that Qin Wangzhu had not been on the throne for a few years, most of the ministers of Qin did not consider that the throne of Qin would change again in such a short period of time, so they did not deliberately contact the current crown prince of Qin, Zhao Zichu.

Coupled with Zichu's past concubine background and perennial experience as a hostage in Handan, except for Lü Buwei and Yangquan Jun Michen, who have a blood relationship or interest relationship with Zichu, most of the ministers of the Qin State have only seen Zichu in various ceremonies to worship the sky, and Wang Yi is no exception.

If you are not familiar with it, then of course you can only do your duty as a courtier.

Otherwise, if you disobey the will of disobedience, Wang Di will die the whole family, which is light, and it is normal for the whole clan or even the three clans to die.

And Wang Yi now knows very well that it is absolutely impossible for him to catch up with Li Mu, how can two legs catch up with four legs?

It is true that the Qin army also has some cavalry, but if these thousands of Qin cavalry are used to face the 20,000 cavalry led by Li Mu, there is almost no need to think about the result.

If you chase further north, you will enter the Longdong Plateau, which is the territory of the Yiqu people, and the actions of the Qin army there are equally unfavorable.

I can't fight it, and there is a king's order here, so what can I do if I don't retreat?

So after pondering for a while, Wang Yi immediately summoned all the generals of the Qin State and issued an order.

"Xianyang has an order, the army will leave for Xianyang immediately tomorrow morning!"

The news would have come as a surprise to many, and one general even came out in question about the decision because he was so angry.

Wang Yi was very able to understand this general, because he knew that this general's own brother had become one of the 2,000 dead soldiers of the Qin army in the previous two days of war.

So he said very politely: "Drag it down, fifty military sticks, and two levels of demotion to the officer." If there are any dissenters, they can go directly to the camp to report. ”

There were no more objections.

The next day, the Qin army began to set out for the south.

For these 80,000 Qin troops, this was obviously not a war trip to boast about.

Coming in vastly and returning with nothing, this is obviously a very bad ending for these 80,000 Qin soldiers who are eager to make contributions on the battlefield.

But what they didn't expect was that the war had not yet come to an end.

Because Li Mu did not allow this war to end.

"What? Are you going to keep fighting? Yi Qusheng's mouth was wide open, and he had no problem swallowing a goose egg.

"I came to Guanzhong with an army of 20,000, not to snatch a little food, burn a dilapidated city and finish." That's what Li Mu told Yiqusheng.

Yi Qusheng's eyes widened, and he looked at Li Mu as if he was looking at a monster: "Do you really want to start 'the enemy retreats and I chase'?" ”

In Yiqusheng's opinion, Li Mu's performance this time is actually unprecedented.

With just 20,000 cavalry, he was able to come and go freely in the land of Guanzhong, robbing money, food, and people, and finally even robbed the former capital of the Qin people, and burned it after the robbery.

It is true that Li Musuo's troops did not eliminate many Qin people in this war, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is definitely the heaviest blow to the morale and popular sentiment of the Qin people in all previous Qin and Zhao wars.

This time it's Liyang City, so will it be Xianyang City next time?

This problem will hang over all the people of Qin like a huge shadow, and the people of Qin will be under tremendous pressure from the king to the commoners.

This kind of feat, no matter how many people want to do it, they can't do it.

If it were someone else, he would have been satisfied with such a record, and happily returned to China to receive the reward, but this Li Mu still had to continue to turn around and go south and re-devote himself to the unknown battle situation?

Li Mu snorted with his nostrils, and just by looking at the expression on his face, he could see how dissatisfied he was with Yi Qusheng's idiot question.

Guerrilla warfare, what a wonderful word.

If he couldn't reproduce the modern art of war of the sages, wouldn't Li Mu live up to the king's ardent expectations and the trust of the 20,000 Zhao cavalry under his command?

"Fools, these Zhao Guo's sons and daughters under my command are still waiting to exchange the heads of the Qin people for credit to support their families. The order is given, and the whole army will immediately go south! This time, we must bite off a few pieces of meat on the body of the Qin people! ”

Li Mu gave an order, and 20,000 Zhao cavalry rumbled south from the edge of the Longdong Plateau, and followed closely in the direction of the Qin army.

The nightmare of Wang Yi and the 80,000 Qin army only really began at this time.

The 20,000 cavalry of the Zhao State that followed was like 20,000 evil wolves, constantly appearing behind the Qin army, biting the back of the Qin army.

Due to the great superiority of cavalry speed over infantry, a one-day journey between the two sides could be reached in only half a day for Li Mu.

After several shocks that caught the Qin army off guard, the casualties of the Qin army's rear army began to increase sharply.

For this reason, Wang Di, the chief general of the Qin army, had to order the whole army to stop and start forming a formation, preparing to counterattack Li Mu's next offensive.

But after Wang Di finished the formation, a Qin scout with a Zhao people's arrow on his arm appeared in front of Wang Yu and informed him that the Zhao cavalry had left far away......

When he heard the news, Wang Di's face was extremely pale.

At this time, if Wang Di still didn't understand Li Mu's plan, then Wang Di would be too stupid.

The cavalry of the Zhao State led by Li Mu is now on a fight with the Qin army!

In the next few days, Wang Yi and his 80,000 Qin soldiers had an extremely difficult time.

Li Mu divided the 20,000 cavalry of the Zhao State into five divisions, each led by five captains, and each time one was dispatched to attack the rear of the Qin people.

Under the constant rotation of these five Zhao cavalry, the rear army of Qin had to tense their nerves almost every moment to face the Zhao people behind them.

These Zhao people followed from such a distance, rushing up and shooting a few cold arrows at every opportunity.

Under such circumstances, the marching speed of the Qin army suddenly became comparable to that of a tortoise.

As long as the Qin army wanted to increase the speed of the march a little, then these damned Zhao cavalry would immediately approach, forcing the Qin army to stop and start defending.

As soon as the Qin army stopped, the cavalry of the Zhao State immediately rode away, making the Qin army cry out in vain.

At the most extreme time, Wang Yu almost gambled and sent the only 3,000 cavalry in his hand, hoping to use the sacrifice of these cavalry to delay the speed of the Zhao cavalry, so as to buy time for the outflanking of the infantry.

Then Wang Yi saw the ace unit that Zhao had always relied on to sweep through the countries - armored cavalry.

With just one charge, a thousand armored cavalry cleanly and neatly broke Wang Di's 3,000 cavalry formation, and then the Zhao cavalry began to ruthlessly harvest the Qin cavalry.

When Wang Ji arrived with the infantry brigade, he saw only more than 2,000 corpses of the Qin army, and the Zhao people had already returned in triumph a quarter of an hour ago.

Looking at the messy battlefield in front of him, Wang Di, a famous general of the Qin army who was once famous all over the world, let out a long sigh, and the whole person seemed to have become a few years older in an instant.

If Wang Di still had some hope of turning defeat into victory before, then when the last bit of cavalry in his hand was lost, Wang Di knew that what he was thinking about now was not a victory, but to ensure that he would not be defeated by Li Mu before withdrawing to Guanzhong.

The superiority of cavalry over infantry was most perfectly demonstrated in this war between the two sides.

"Li Mu, Li Mu!" Wang Yi gritted his teeth and muttered the name, eager to crush the owner of the name.

When Wang Yi led his Qin troops to retreat to Jingyang seven days later, the original army of more than 80,000 people was now only more than 50,000 people left.

The remaining 20,000 or so Qin soldiers were either killed by the Zhao army or taken prisoner by the Zhao people.

The 20,000 cavalry of the Zhao army faced an enemy four times their own in this war, and finally exchanged less than 2,000 casualties for ten times the battle damage of the Qin army.

After this war, Li Mu was completely famous all over the world, and was recognized as the strongest general of the younger generation, and he was also the second only super general in the Zhao State after Lian Po.

When you arrive in Jingyang, it is not far from Xianyang.

And after entering the city, the advantage of cavalry over infantry is gone.

Wang Di still held the last trace of luck in his heart, if the Zhao army wandered outside the city or even set up camp, then the Qin army still had a little hope.

It's a pity that when the Qin people retreated to Jingyang, the cavalry of the Zhao State, which had been following behind them like maggots on tarsal bones, never appeared again.

It was also at this time that the messenger from Xianyang also arrived.

"Wang Di lost his troops and generals, quickly handed over the military power, and escorted back to Xianyang!"