The Qin army retreated.

On the fifth day of the ninth month, the Qin general Sima Cuo withdrew his troops from Hangu Pass, and tens of thousands of Qin troops took everything they could take away in Guanyi, and then withdrew west along Hangu Road under the noses of the Zhao-Han coalition army.

This incident aroused the idea of Zhao General Zhao Xi.

Since the Zhao and Han coalition forces settled in the Wei camp in Qiandaozhong and suppressed Hangu Pass instead of Meng Zhong, Zhao Xi relied on the building carts and stone throwing vehicles that the Wei army had spent several months building to bomb Hangu Pass, intending to destroy this pass, which was once known as the first Xiongguan in the world - just because if it really launched a siege war, the army under the command of Fengyang Jun Li Dui and the Korean Great Sima Storm Kite at this moment may not be able to capture the Qin army in Hangu Pass.

As for the stone-throwing vehicles, which have a range far beyond ordinary bows and crossbows, the Qin army has no choice, even if Sima is wrong, he has also built a batch of stone-throwing vehicles, hoping to counter the stone-throwing vehicles of the Zhao-Han coalition army.

But the effect, even the threat posed by the catapults in Zhao Xi's hands to Hangu Pass is based on quantity, not to mention the batch copied by Sima Cuo, although the catapults are the natural enemies of all the city walls in the world, but this is based on quantity, there is no certain number, and the catapults are at best scaring people.

In Hangu Pass, not only the Qin army, but also many Qin people lived in the Yidi of the Guannei, and even, there were prisoners who were confiscated here for violating the criminal law, responsible for maintaining and repairing the pass, when the Qin army under the command of Sima Cuo evacuated from Hangu Road in large numbers, some of them fled to the country with the Qin army, and the rest of the people opened the gate and surrendered to the coalition army.

After learning the news of the surrender of Hanguguan, Fengyang Jun Li Dui was greatly overjoyed.

Regardless of the reason for the withdrawal of the Qin veteran Sima Cuo, who guarded the Hangu Pass, in short, it was he Li Dui who defeated the Hangu Pass and became the second Central Plains general to break through the Hangu Pass after the famous general Kuang Zhang of the Qi State.

I believe that after the news is transmitted back to Zhao State, even Zhao He, the young and very deep king of Zhao State, will treat him more politely, regardless of whether he still has hatred for him Li Dui in his heart, at least for a short time, Li Dui's position as Zhao Xiang will be kept.

In addition to being overjoyed, Li Dui immediately sent Zhao Xi to settle in Hangu Pass.

I have to say that Li Dui is still quite cautious, before Zhao Xi settled in Hangu Pass, he repeatedly told Zhao Xi to be careful in everything.

But it turned out that the withdrawal of the Qin army this time was not a trick, and even judging from the situation in Hangu Pass, Sima Cuo's withdrawal this time was very hasty, and it seemed that something serious had happened on the Qin army's side.

Hangu Pass has always been the face of Qin, as long as Hangu Pass is in danger of falling, Qin will succumb, but this time, the envoy of Qin to sue for peace has not yet appeared, but Sima Cuo and others have given Hangu Pass, what happened here?

What happened to force an old minister like Sima Cuo, who was loyal to the Qin State, to give up Hangu Pass without hesitation?

"It seems that most of it is my brother's side that has done something good."

When Li Dui discussed this matter with Storm Kite, Storm Kite thought for a moment and said with a laugh.

Compared with Li Dui's ecstasy about the capture of Hangu Pass, Storm Kite was much calmer, after all, when he followed Kuang Zhang to conquer Qin, he had captured Hangu Pass, and today is the second time, so naturally he is far less happy than the first time.

"Hmm."

Li Dui nodded, he also agreed with the opinion of the storm kite.

To tell the truth, this time he led the armies of the five countries to crusade against the Qin State, and Li Dui brought great confidence not because of the 250,000 coalition troops, but because there were fierce generals like Yuncheng Jun Meng Zhong in the coalition army, although since Meng Zhong was transferred to the upper reaches of Menshui, there was no important news for the time being, but Li Dui believed that the reason why the Qin army withdrew from Hangu Pass on a large scale must be related to Meng Zhong.

Meng Zhong's character is like this, if he is not sure and is not an established fact, he will not talk about it, let alone complacently ask for credit.

"Send someone to contact Wei Qing, and ask Wei Qing to send someone to contact Yun Chengjun to see what is going on in the upper reaches of the gate."

"Hmm."

After a brief discussion, Li Dui sent people to the Wei camp in Nanshan and informed the Wei general Wei Qing of the matter at Hangu Pass.

After learning what Li Dui meant, Wei Qing immediately sent people over the mountains and mountains to the Menshui camp, on the one hand, to report the matter of Hangu Pass to Meng Zhong, and on the other hand, to inquire about the situation.

In the evening of the same day, the soldiers sent by Wei Qing arrived at the Menshui camp.

At this moment, Meng Zhongzheng was standing on the bank of the Menshui River with Dou Xing and Le Jin, looking at the Qin army on the other side of the river.

Because an hour ago, the Qin army on the side of Menshui also showed signs of large-scale evacuation, which attracted Meng Zhong, Dou Xing, and Le Jin to also go out of the camp to watch.

I remember that Dou Xing also made a suggestion at the beginning: "Do you want to take the opportunity to kill on the other side of the river and pursue the Qin army?" ”

But Meng Zhong thought carefully and vetoed the proposal.

The reason is very simple, because he suspects that Bai Qi on the other side has some tricks, because he has the impression that Bai Qi is not the kind of person who will easily give in and show weakness.

Don't look at the 4,000 square city cavalry led by Meng Hu and Hua Hu successfully burned down the agricultural materials of Taolin, Baigu and other cities, so that Bai Qi fell into the embarrassment of lack of food in the army, but don't forget, Bai Qi also had a shortage of food during the battle of Wanfang, what did Bai Qi do at that time?

He brazenly launched a suicidal assault on Yangguan, causing a large number of Qin soldiers to die with the Fangcheng army before the army's dilemma of lack of food broke out—the dead naturally don't need food.

This kind of sudden outbreak after being cornered is also one of the reasons why Meng Zhong is very jealous of Bai Qi, don't look at Bai Qi is usually very calm, calm to the point of almost cruelty, but if he is cornered, this guy will become more crazy than anyone else, back then he Yangguan, wasn't he hit the ground by Bai Qi's final outburst and suffered heavy losses, so that he lost the strength to pursue Sima Wrong's army?

Thinking of these past events, Meng Zhong didn't think that Bai Qi would evacuate easily at all.

But a moment later, when the soldiers sent by Wei Qing reported to him that Sima Cuo on the side of Hangu Pass had also retreated, Meng Zhong realized that Bai Qi had really withdrawn his troops.

Of course, in the case of a large defeat and retreat of the Qin army, a slight error in judgment will not affect the overall situation, even if it is one step behind, let Bai Qi and Sima Cuo lead the Qin army to retreat to Taolin, so what?

Taolinsai has no danger to defend, and it is only a matter of time before his five-nation alliance wants to capture this city.

After thinking about it, Meng Zhong said to the soldier sent by Wei Qing: "You return to Wei Qing, the Qin army is retreating on a large scale, tell him to inform Fengyang Jun, tell Fengyang Jun to cross Hangu Road carefully, and I will wait to join them in Taolin." ”

"Whoa!" The soldier clenched his fists and left.

The next day, Wei Qing received the news, and he was greatly surprised, so he personally came to the camp in Daozhong, asked to meet Fengyang Jun Li Dui and Storm Kite, and conveyed Meng Zhong's meaning to these two.

The Qin army's abandonment of the Hangu Pass must be the reason for the Yuncheng Jun Mengzhong's side, this point, Li Dui and the violent kite had already guessed, but to the surprise of these two, the Qin army not only abandoned the Hangu Pass, they seemed to even give up the Hangu Road.

At this moment, even the violent kite couldn't help but get excited.

It's no wonder, after all, when he assisted Kuang Zhang in his crusade against Qin, although he broke through Hangu Pass, he did not break through Hangu Road, and failed to take the opportunity to kill the hinterland of Qin to retaliate against Qin's wanton attack and suppression of Korea over the years, which has always been a great regret in the heart of the tyrant.

And today, his coalition army finally broke through the Hangu Road!

In addition to the excitement, the violent kite urged Li Dui again and again, urging Li Dui to continue to march and lead the army to the foot of Taolin City to join the army under Meng Zhong's command.

The urging of the violent kite made Fengyang Jun Li Dui wake up like a dream.

Originally, the credit for capturing Hangu Pass was enough to make Li Dui feel happy, but now what is the situation, they can even break through Hangu Dao? Doesn't this mean that he has overtaken the famous general Kuang Zhang?

Of course, Li Dui is self-aware, of course he knows that his talent in leading troops to fight is far inferior to Kuang Zhang, and it is all up to Yuncheng Jun Mengzhong to achieve such great results this time, but so what? In the end, the commander of the five-nation alliance is he Li Dui, and during this period, Meng Zhong is also his subordinate, isn't the credit of his subordinates?

Anyway, in the future historical records of various countries, whether Meng Zhong is mentioned or not, he will definitely not be left behind as the commander of the coalition army.

In this way, with excitement and joy, Li Dui and Storm Kite led their troops to try to cross the Hangu Road.

During this period, they also carefully guarded against Sima Cuo to prevent the latter from returning to the horse with a shot, but the Qin army under Sima Cuo's command retreated in a very hurry, leaving no ambush at all, so that the Zhao and Han coalition forces easily crossed the Hangu Road, which had almost never been breached for hundreds of years.

After crossing the Hangu Road, Li Dui and Storm Kite immediately led their troops to Taolin to prepare to join the allied forces under Meng Zhong's command.

At the same time, Meng Zhong had also united with the Qi generals Tian Touch and Yan general Le Yi to lead the armies of Wei, Zhao, Han, Qi, and Yan to cross the gate.

At this time, Bai Qi had retreated to Taolin, and the Qin army led by Sima Cuo also withdrew to Taolin, and the two Qin armies were close to 100,000 in one round, which made Meng Zhong a little afraid and did not dare to approach too closely.

Don't look at the 170,000 troops under Meng Zhong's command at the moment, which is actually about 150,000, but you must know that 90,000 of them are Qi Yan's two armies, not to mention that he still has a trace of vigilance against Tian Touch and Le Yi, even if Tian Touch and Le Yi are unswervingly on his side, his 150,000 troops may not be able to parry the nearly 100,000 Qin troops under the command of Bai Qi and Sima Cuo.

After all, not the soldiers of any country can parry the soldiers of the Qin State.

"First meet with Fengyang Jun and the tyrant, and then try to attack Taolin."

After pondering for a while, Meng Zhong made a steady decision.

However, to his surprise, the next day, before Li Dui and Storm Kite led their troops to join him, the Bai Qi Army and Sima Cuo's Army, which had settled in Taolin, actually evacuated westward on a large scale again.

Qin Jun, actually abandoned the peach forest?!

After all, in the case of not having joined Li Dui and Storm Kite, relying solely on the nearly 100,000 Qin troops under his command to pursue Bai Qi and Sima Cuo's nearly 100,000 Qin troops, it is not that it is impossible to achieve victory, but it is undeniable that this matter is extremely risky, after all, the elite of the three armies of Wei, Zhao and Han that he really trusts is actually less than 60,000, and the remaining 90,000 Qi Yan coalition troops were originally used by him to wave the flag and shout, which is not difficult to guess his trust in Qi and Yan - no matter what the trust is.

So, after thinking about it for a long time, Meng Zhong still gave up the pursuit and decided to join Li Dui and Storm Kite in Taolin first.

Only when the combined forces of the Three Jin Dynasty converged did he have the confidence to continue to pursue Bai Qi and Sima Cuo's army.

A day later, Li Dui and Storm Kite led the Zhao and Han coalition forces to Taolin, and they were surprised to find that the city of Taolin was already under the control of Meng Zhong.

"Qin Jun even gave up on Peach Forest?"

Glancing at each other, Li Dui and Storm Kite were very surprised, and immediately entered the city to find Meng Zhong and discuss with Meng Zhong.

What to discuss?

Naturally, it was to discuss whether to continue the crusade against the Qin State.

At this time, Meng Zhong said to Li Dui and Storm Kite: "A few days ago, I sent our city cavalry deep into the hinterland of the Qin State, and burned farmland along the way in Taolin, Baigu and other cities, which caused heavy losses in these autumn harvests this year, and also caused the Qin army to fall into the embarrassment of lack of food. ”

Hearing these words, the violent kite was full of blood and excitement.

Speaking of which, for Fengyang Jun Li Dui, in fact, his goal this time has been achieved, so whether or not to continue to crusade against the Qin State is not very different for Li Dui, but Meng Zhong and Storm Kite are different.

Considering that Wei and Han are the same in most cases on the issue of targeting Qin, so at this moment, the attitude of Meng Zhong and Storm Kite is not surprisingly the same, that is, to continue to crusade against Qin, it is best to take this opportunity to use the power of the five countries to completely beat Qin down.

As for the opinions of the two armies of Qi and Yan, to be honest, among the five alliances, although they all represent the interests of their respective countries, Tian Touch and Le Yi actually do not have any right to speak, because the three Jin do not trust Qi and Yan.

In short, the only ones who can really call the shots are Li Dui, Meng Zhong, and Storm Kite, and now, since Meng Zhong and Storm Kite insist on continuing to crusade against Qin, Li Dui is naturally not easy to oppose.

In particular, Li Dui also felt that the chances of continuing to crusade against the Qin State were indeed very good.

In the end, the three of them reached an agreement on their opinions, that is, to continue the crusade against Qin.

But at this moment, the cavalry of Zhao sent out by Li Dui to inquire about the news sent a message: the Qin army abandoned Baigu.

Not only Hangu Pass and Taolin, but even Baigu have given it up?

According to this trend, it seems that Bai Qi and Sima Cuo are ready to give him hundreds of miles of Pingchuan to join forces?

What the enemy gave away for nothing, why not?

Even if they can't defend it in the counteroffensive of the Qin State in the future, but at present, this is their real merit, take those cities, they will be able to brag about it in the future, how many cities I will fight in one go, what a face-saving thing!

No, driven by his reputation, even Li Dui dispelled the idea of forcing Qin to negotiate peace, and led more than 200,000 troops of the Five Kingdoms Alliance to advance and capture - to be precise, to take over the cities along the way abandoned by Bai Qi and Sima Cuo.

In just a few days, the coalition forces advanced more than 200 miles in one go.

In this case, the coalition forces also fell into the embarrassment of insufficient supply of food and grass......