That night, around the time of the war, Dou Xing, Wei Qing, Fei Hui and other soldiers of the Wei army returned to their stations one after another from the mountain camp on Yique Mountain.

In the daylight of the day, after the Wei army withdrew from the Qin camp at noon, Meng Zhong summoned these military commanders in the army.

During the meeting, Meng Zhong apologized to these military commanders, such as Zheng Zheng, for what happened on the battlefield.

Zheng Zheng reminded Meng Zhong that his intentions were naturally good, but in order to ensure that his strategy could be implemented smoothly, Meng Zhong could only choose to conceal it at that time, but used an unpolite tone to prevent Zheng Zheng Zheng from continuing to talk about this matter.

"At that time, it was really difficult to disclose it in advance, so ...... How offended, Zheng Sima. ”

"Where, where."

In the face of Meng Zhong's apology, Zheng Zheng waved his hand again and again.

I have to say that Zheng Zheng was indeed very dissatisfied and confused about Meng Zhong's "Mingjin withdrawal" today, but until he understood the mystery, he was not the slightest dissatisfied with Meng Zhong, but admired it.

It stands to reason that the lie of these generals - that is, the lie that "the Qin army is vulnerable" will inevitably be questioned by the Wei pawns, but because of Meng Zhong's words, the Wei army blamed today's defeat on their own light enemy, and the morale of the army was still full, and even more and more Wei pawns began to believe that they would definitely win.

It seems that this kind of whimsical idea really convinced many people.

For example, Dou Xing.

On the battlefield today, Dou Xing was the most angry one, and after he understood Meng Zhong's intentions, the brave military Sima couldn't close his mouth with a smile, and he had to apologize to Meng Zhong with wine.

Well, in fact, the other military commanders all felt that Dou Xing was taking the opportunity to drink, but no one cared, including Meng Zhong, after all, according to the current trend, when his Wei army attacked the Qin camp again tomorrow, there was a chance that he would be able to break through that camp in one fell swoop, so that his Wei army could wash away the previous shame.

In order not to sweep away the interest of the generals, Meng Zhong finally drank a few bowls of wine with the generals in the mountain camp, as for these drinks, they were naturally obtained from the Han army, the commander of the Korean army, Storm Kite, is a person who likes to drink, and now this person with tens of thousands of Han troops went to attack the main camp of the Qin army and the new city, and the wine stored in his camp was naturally cheaper than the Wei army.

"That kid, that's really powerful...... Belch. ”

On the way back to their respective camps, Dou Xing, Wei Qing and Fei Hui traveled together, chatting about Meng Zhong on the way.

More or less, the three of them knew that Gongsun Ji intended to promote Meng Zhong to serve as Hedong Shou and take over Gongsun Xi's previous position, but before that, the three of them did not think so.

At that young age, Meng Zhong actually wanted to be the commander of their Hedong Army?

If you look at the past, it seems that Dou Xing, Wei Qing and others will probably laugh off their big teeth, but considering that this matter is the meaning of Gongsun Zhu, and Meng Zhong did save their sixty or seventy thousand Wei troops in the area of Yique Mountain despite his age, so Dou Xing, Wei Qing and others have no shame to object, so they can only maintain a tacit attitude.

Just because you can acquiesce doesn't mean they support it.

After all, in their opinion, Meng Zhong was far inferior to their original coach Gongsun Xi.

But today's incident allowed Dou Xing, Wei Qing and others to truly see Meng Zhong's "cunning" on the battlefield, as well as his convincing strategy of using troops.

“…… At that time, I calculated that if we continued to attack as Zheng Sima said, there might be a 20% chance of breaking through the Qin camp, but the losses of our army would be very large; If you pin your hopes on tomorrow, there is a seventy or eighty percent chance of defeating the Qin army. …… If the commander is not sure, at best he will just send his corporals to die in vain, and such a meaningless battle, even if he is lucky enough to win the battle, I don't think it is enough to call it a victory. ”

Recalling the views put forward by Meng Zhong in the military discussion, Dou Xing and others praised Meng Zhong's character and personality while talking.

They gradually felt that the "Master Meng" seemed to be only higher than their original coach Gongsun Xijun, whether it was his morality, personality, or strategy on the battlefield......

Of course, like this kind of thought, Dou Xing, Wei Qing, Fei Hui and others will never say it - rhino martial arts are rhino martial arts, and no one can replace them!

However, letting Meng Zhong be the commander of his Hedong Army is not a bad thing.

"Alright, let's separate here."

Descending from the north side of Yique Mountain, Dou Xing said goodbye to Wei Qing and Fei Hui with fists, after all, the latter two were stationed on the defense line in the north of the mountain, while Dou Xing was stationed in the northwest corner of Yique Mountain, and they did not follow each other's paths.

Wei Qing smiled and hugged Dou Xing's fists goodbye, during which he teased: "Can you sleep peacefully tonight?" ”

As far as he could see, since noon after withdrawing troops from the Qin camp and returning, Dou Xing was a little too excited.

Of course, in fact, it was not just Dou Xing, in fact, the Wei army was a little excited, because these people firmly believed in one thing, that is, they would be able to defeat the Qin army tomorrow.

"You said in me? Ha ha! ”

Being teased by Wei Qing, Dou Xing laughed and said, "You must sleep peacefully, otherwise how can you have the energy to defeat the Qin army tomorrow?" Okay, I'm leaving. ”

In the laughter of Wei Qing and Fei Hui, Dou Xing and several of his guards found the chariot they had come from and slowly left in the chariot.

As Wei Qing said, Dou Xing was indeed a little overexcited today, because he had indeed seen the hope of defeating the Qin army and the hope of avenging Gongsun Xi.

"In a few hours, those Qin people will usher in their death!"

Meditating in his heart, Dou Xing returned to his garrison camp.

In the blink of an eye, around the time of Hai, when the more than 60,000 Wei soldiers in the area of Yique Mountain fell asleep peacefully with the strong thought of "tomorrow will definitely defeat the Qin army", the commander of the Qin army, Bai Qi, had ordered more than 50,000 Qin troops under his command to quietly evacuate to the west.

The general deployment of the Wei army, Bai Qi is very clear: with Yique Mountain as the center, Dou Xing is stationed in the northwest, Wei Qing and Fei Hui are in the north, and in the northeast, that is, in the Yishui area, are Zheng Zheng and Cai Wu, and the three Wei army garrisons are connected to each other, ensuring that his Qin army cannot return to its main camp in the south.

In order not to alarm the three Wei armies, the Qin army did not hesitate to make a slight detour to the north, and did not dare to use torches to illuminate, and more than 50,000 Qin soldiers quietly marched towards the west in the dark night.

As for the camp, Bai Qi didn't dare to order it to be set on fire, lest it be known to the Wei army - he didn't dare to guarantee the others, but he had the impression that the "Wei army commander" was very cunning.

However, it is a pity that even though Bai Qi has been so cautious, the actions of the Qin army under his command were still discovered by the scouts of the Wei army.

It's not surprising if you think about it carefully, after all, it was a night operation of a full 50,000 Qin troops, even if the Wei army had no prediction about the withdrawal of the Qin army tonight, but how could the Qin army march in the dark night without making a little noise? - On the contrary, as long as there is some noise, it is enough to arouse the vigilance of the Wei army scouts.

Due to the previous night attack by the Qin army, the Wei army generally held a high level of vigilance against the Qin army at night.

"Sima, Sima."

At three o'clock, when Dou Xing was lying in the grass hut where he was stationed, fantasizing with anticipation how he would break through the Qin army on the opposite side tomorrow, his soldiers rushed into the grass hut in a hurry.

"Sima, my scouts have sent back news that the Qin army is marching westward on a large scale."

"......" Dou Xing, who was lying on the straw couch, was stunned for a moment, and slowly sat up, his face was full of confusion at this moment.

The Qin army marched westward on a large scale?

Why?

Is it to sneak attack Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge in the Yushui area?

Or is it that Qin Jun intends to ...... Evacuate?

『…… You don't really plan to run away, do you?'

With a slightly strange look on his face, Dou Xing stood up and paced back and forth in the grass shed with a frown, thinking about the intention of Qin Jun's strange move.

"I guess I want to escape...... Meng Shishuai's actions today may also be seen by the Qin army, and the Qin people may also think that it will be difficult for them to hold the camp tomorrow, so they fled at night...... Hum! Those Qin people only have this level of courage."

Secretly disdainful, Dou Xing immediately called the guards and ordered in a deep voice: "Immediately send someone to the mountain camp to inform Master Meng of this matter, and wake up the soldiers in the camp and tell them that our army will immediately send troops to pursue the Qin army...... By the way, send someone to inform Wei Qing and Fei Hui, and ask them to immediately send someone to the Qin camp to inquire about the news and see if those Qin troops have abandoned the camp and fled. ”

Speaking of this, a few traces of hatred flashed in his eyes, and he gritted his teeth and burst out a sentence from between his teeth: "Now, how can they be allowed to escape so easily?!" ”

"Whoa!" Several guards retreated.

Subsequently, Dou Xing immediately ordered the troops under his command in the camp and chased after the Qin army.

Around the time of the child, Wei Qing and Fei Hui received Dou Xing's news first.

"Qin Jun or want to escape tonight?"

When they learned of this, Wei Qing and Fei Hui looked at each other.

I have to say, don't say that they didn't expect it, in fact, even Meng Zhong didn't expect the Qin army to evacuate so decisively, after all, in the past two days, the Qin army under Bai Qi's command has all kinds of signs that they are preparing to fight the Wei army - who would have expected that the Qin army would suddenly change its mind and prepare to withdraw its troops and leave?

"Could it be that Master Meng's actions today have aroused the vigilance of the Qin army?" Wei Qing said to Fei Hui in private.

Fei Hui thought for a while, then frowned and said, "If this is the case, then the main general of the Qin army is really not to be underestimated. ”

Indeed, there is a way to war: know yourself and your opponent, and never slack off in a hundred battles.

A general who knows how to judge the situation and know how to advance and retreat, not to mention whether he can defeat his opponents repeatedly, but at least he will not be easily defeated.

And this is the most basic quality of a general.

"Send someone to Qin Ying to see what is going on. …… The generals of our army are all holding back their strength and waiting to break the Qin army in one fell swoop tomorrow, how can we make this Qin army easily escape from under our noses? ”

"Hmmm! …… I'll send someone else to deliver a message to Master Meng. ”

"Good!"

After a brief discussion, Wei Qing and Fei Hui immediately sent people to Qin Ying to inquire about the news.

During this period, Wei Qing gathered his army, and if the Qin army did evacuate overnight, he would immediately lead his army in pursuit.

About half an hour later, Meng Zhong took Rong Yan, Meng Ao and more than a dozen Song guards to the defense line where Wei Qing and Fei Hui were stationed.

After seeing Wei Qing and Fei Hui, Meng Zhong frowned and asked, "What's the situation?" ”

Hearing this, Wei Qing immediately hugged his fists and reported: "More than half an hour ago, someone has been sent to Qin Ying to inquire about the news, and I believe that there will be results soon." ”

Meng Zhong nodded slightly.

At this time, Meng Ao couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Brother, did the Qin army really withdraw?" Will there be fraud? Aren't they preparing to fight our army? ”

"Hmm......"

Meng Zhong bowed his head in thought.

"I made a mistake, I only thought about how to defeat the Qin army, but I ignored the reaction of the Qin army...... But then again, the commander of the Qin army has a very keen intuition, if he doesn't withdraw his troops tonight, he will definitely be defeated by our army tomorrow...... Probably expecting this, the guy decisively withdrew his troops...... Decisive! It's really decisive!'

While thinking about this, a figure of a person appeared in Meng Zhong's mind.

The person who had escaped from him by luck in Yique Mountain, the one who had killed Gongsun Xi with his own hands in front of the Qin and Wei armies a few days ago - a young man called "Bai Shuai" by the Qin army.

After thinking for a moment, Meng Zhong calmly said to Wei Qing and Fei Hui: "I just received news from Dou Xing and Dou Sima, and he has already led his soldiers to pursue the Qin army. At the same time, after receiving this news, I immediately sent someone to warn Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge that the Qin army might not be able to easily escape across the water...... So we don't need to be in a hurry. ”

"Hmm." Wei Qing and Fei Hui nodded, and secretly praised Meng Zhong, a young man, for doing things carefully and thoughtfully.

After a while, the scouts sent out by Wei Qing and Fei Hui sent out before sent news about the current situation of the Qin camp: at this time, the Qin camp was already an empty camp, and there were no Qin soldiers in the camp except for some Qin soldiers who were so seriously injured that they could not flee and could only wait for death silently.

This incident is enough to confirm that the Qin army has indeed retreated with all its troops.

"Fuck, really escaped?"

After learning about this, Wei Qing couldn't help but exclaim, his face full of annoyance.

He immediately said to Meng Zhong: "Master Meng, I implore you to immediately lead your subordinates to pursue the Qin army and help Dou Xing." ”

"Hmm."

Meng Zhong nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Wei Qing left immediately, leaving only Meng Zhong, Rong Yan, Meng Ao, and Fei Hui.

At this time, Fei Hui saw Meng Zhong's solemn face, and said with a smile: "Qin Jun's move can be regarded as fleeing without a fight, right?" …… I still remember that a few days ago, this Qin army took advantage of our army's unpreparedness to attack our camp at night, and it is really hard to imagine that such an army would be forced by our army to flee in the middle of the night just a few days later...... This is all the credit of Master Meng! ”

"Fei Sima is overrated." Meng Zhong said humbly: "This is due to the unity of our Wei army!" ”

"Yes, yes." Fei Hui looked at Meng Zhong with admiration and admiration, and immediately, as if he had thought of something, he clasped his fists and said, "Since the Qin army has abandoned the camp and fled, that military camp ...... Do you think it's better to send some soldiers to recover? ”

Of course, Meng Zhong understood what Fei Hui meant, after all, that camp was taken by the Qin army from his Wei army a few days ago, representing the shame of his Wei army, even if now in Meng Zhong's view, this camp has no effect from a strategic point of view, but it still has to be recovered by sending troops, after all, it is related to the face or dignity of his Wei army.

"Well, I'm sorry for the trouble."

"How dare you."

After Fei Hui left, Meng Zhong stood under the night sky with his hands behind his back and sighed.

Seeing this, Meng Ao asked curiously: "The Qin army thought that it was invincible to our army and evacuated overnight, but I don't seem to be happy to see your brother?" ”

Meng Zhong reluctantly squeezed out a smile at his brother: "Yes, I can't be happy at all......"

Indeed, Bai Qi's overnight evacuation directly disrupted Meng Zhong's previously planned strategic deployment - originally Meng Zhong planned to spend a few days to clear the remaining Qin army after defeating this Qin army, and then immediately move his army westward to assist the Storm Kite in attacking Xincheng and Yiyang.

Now, that idea has come to naught.

"Let's wait here for news from Dou Xing and Wei Qing first."

Meng Zhong said to Rong Yi and Meng Ao.

Around the time of the ugly time, the Qin generals Meng Yi and Zhong Xu led thousands of Qin troops to launch a night attack on the Wei camp in Yushui, where Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge were stationed.

However, the battle did not go as smoothly as the Qin army had predicted.

First of all, the east side of the Wei camp has a defensive depth of dozens of zhang, which is full of antlers and guard towers, which are obviously set up to guard against the direction of the "main camp".

Secondly, Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge were also particularly strict in guarding the east side.

This is not surprising, after the Qin army attacked the main camp of the Wei army at night, the offensive of the Qin general Xiang Shou was finally repelled by the Wei general Tang Zhi, which made Xiang Shou unable to join Bai Qi as agreed, so that when Bai Qijun was struggling to resist the reinforcements of Gongsun Xi and the Han army, there were no enough troops to chase and kill the Wei army that fled into Yique Mountain, so that Meng Zhong seized the opportunity to counter the Qin army - I have to say that Tang Zhi played a pivotal role in this incident, without which he desperately repelled Xiang Shou's tens of thousands of Qin soldiers, Maybe the 180,000 Wei army will really fall overnight, even if it is Meng Zhong, it will not be able to recover.

As for Jiao Ge, he was much more unlucky than his good brother Tang Zhi, he led his army to reinforce the main camp that night, but just ran into the Qin general Wang Wen, even if he tried his best, he could not stop the Qin army from breaking through the main camp, and had no choice but to flee back to the Luoshui camp with the remnants of the defeated soldiers in the early morning of the next day, and joined forces with Tang Zhi.

To be honest, as far as the situation at that time was concerned, Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge were completely desperate for the battle, because as far as they knew, the 160,000 Wei troops in the main camp, and the 50,000 reinforcements sent by the Han army, totaling more than 200,000 Wei and Han coalition troops, had been broken by the Qin army overnight - more than 200,000 troops were defeated, and what role could they play with the few troops of about 15,000 under their hands at that time?

Unexpectedly, at noon that day, Gongsun Xi's deputy general Gongsun Zhu sent someone to get in touch with them and told them good news: his Wei army still had 60,000 or 70,000 troops, and he had just taken advantage of the weakness of the Qin army to win a small victory.

It was this good news that supported Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge to continue to garrison the army in the area of Luoshui, and helped the Wei army in Yique Mountain cut off the way for the Qin army to retreat westward.

During this period, in order to guard against the sneak attack of the Qin army from the direction of the "main camp", Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge also ordered their soldiers to build many additional defense facilities on the east side of the Wei camp in Luoshui, which will be used tonight.

"How's the battle going?"

After learning the news of the attack on the camp, Tang Zhi, who had been asleep in the tent, immediately came to the east gate of the camp and asked Gan Fu, the general in charge of the garrison, about the specific situation.

Gan Fu immediately reported: "The defenses outside the camp have almost completely fallen, and the soldiers on duty have withdrawn into the camp, and there are ...... casualties Around six hundred. ”

"In the blink of an eye, there are more than 600 casualties? It seems that the number of Qin troops outside the camp is extremely large......

Tang Zhi couldn't help but frown.

He didn't feel any pity for the fall of those defensive facilities outside the battalion, because in his opinion, it was just to let the soldiers in his battalion have enough time to react, and if they were destroyed, they would be destroyed, which was no big deal, compared to the casualties of more than 600 soldiers, which made him feel annoyed and sad.

After thinking for a while, Tang Zhi asked in a deep voice: "The Qin army is good at night attacks, and night battles are not good for our army, so just ask the soldiers to defend the camp and wait for reinforcements." ”

In view of the fact that there are still more than 60,000 main forces of his Wei army in the area of Yique Mountain, Tang Zhi did not panic.

He climbed the watchtower and watched the offensive of the Qin army outside the camp.

Looking at the half-ring, a few doubts rose in his heart, because he felt that this attack of the Qin army did not seem to be fierce.

No, to be exact, the Qin army's offensive at the beginning was very ferocious, and in the blink of an eye, it captured the defensive depth of dozens of zhang on the east side of his camp, but after the Wei soldiers in his camp were alarmed and quickly entered the defensive state, the Qin army's offensive suddenly slowed down for some reason, as if it was attacking his camp in a state of procrastination, and the Qin army that attacked his camp from the west a few days ago is simply incomparable.

"Something isn't right......"

Tang Zhi muttered.

"What's not quite right?"

At this time, Jiao Ge had already heard the news, and after climbing the watchtower, he happened to hear Tang Zhi's muttering.

"I said that the strength of the Qin army's attack on my camp ......"

Turning around and nodding to Jiao Ge, Tang straightened his mouth in the direction of the Qin army outside the camp.

Jiao Ge squinted his eyes and observed for a while, and said with a frown: "Indeed...... I also feel that the Qin army is not very concerned about this offensive, and the Qin army I met in the main camp a few days ago is quite brave......"

After getting Jiao Ge's confirmation, Tang Zhi couldn't help but add a little suspicion in his heart.

Suddenly, he turned to Jiao Ge and said, "Jiao Ge, do you say it's possible...... This time, the Qin army is not to attack us at night, but to drag down the army of our battalion and take the opportunity to force the ...... of the river."

"Forcibly crossing the water? Why did you force the crossing of the water? Jiao Ge subconsciously replied a few words, and then his face showed a little surprise, and he said with wide eyes: "You mean...... Qin Jun wants to escape?! ”

Tang Zhi nodded and asked in a low voice, "Is this possible?" ”

Hearing this, Jiao Ge couldn't help but feel a little trance in his heart: Is the main force of the Wei army in the area of Yique Mountain so fierce?

He was defeated by the Qin army two days ago, losing nearly 100,000 troops overnight, and soon after even the commander Xiwu was killed by the Qin army, but in this absolutely unfavorable situation, the main force of the Wei army in the area of Yique Mountain still reversed the victory and defeat, overwhelmed the Qin army, and forced the Qin army to flee overnight?

Or is it that under the command of that kid named Meng Zhong, the main force of the Wei army in the area of Yique Mountain turned decay into magic and forcibly regained its disadvantage?

"I ...... I don't know ......."

Jiao Ge didn't dare to make a judgment easily, so as not to affect Tang Zhi's judgment, because he knew that Tang Zhi was thinking about whether to take the initiative at the moment.

Jiao Ge always thought that Tang Zhi was very brave and not under the Dou Xing of the Hedong Army.

“……”

Listening to Jiao Ge's words, Tang Zhi frowned and thought.

At this moment, in the southeast direction outside the camp, about three or five miles away, a shout of killing suddenly broke out.

"In that direction...... That distance...... Was it the main force of our army that was chasing the fleeing Qin army that was ambushed?'

Tang Zhi thought for a moment and guessed the conclusion, and at the same time confirmed his original guess.

He didn't know exactly how that kid named Meng Zhong did it, but it seemed that the Qin army was really forced to evacuate overnight.

Then the question arises, what should he do?

Is it to hold the camp and watch the Qin army forcibly cross the water to escape, or to risk being ambushed by the Qin army, lead the army out of the camp to block the Qin army, and unite with the main force of the Wei army in the area of Yique Mountain to firmly nail this Qin army to this land?

"Scorched ......"

"W-What?"

As if he had a premonition of something, Jiao Ge looked at this good brother in horror.

"Don't drag me outside the camp to find death...... Don't drag me outside the camp to find ...... death."

While he was meditating in his heart, Jiao Ge saw a bold smile on Tang Zhi's face.

"What did I say a while ago? Even if we are sent to this kind of place, we will not lose the credit, no, the credit will come to the door one by one. …… Tonight is another great achievement, not to take it is simply ashamed of you and me, ashamed of God! ”

“…… I will believe you because I have fallen into evil! ”

The corners of Jiao Ge's eyes twitched twice, and a few words burst out of his mouth through gritted teeth.

"So are you going or not?"

"Go!!"