Su Qin knew very well: When the Wei State needs a joint alliance, he lowers his eyebrows and welcomes everything, and when he doesn't need it, he thinks about stealing tricks, and he may even fall into the ground.

Showing hesitation and care in front of such people is simply too much to give them face, but it makes them even more arrogant!

Su Qin thought it through, and he was relieved. He gave the herald another task and said: "The two of you have to go to the Wei army camp again, and convey my order for the second time, so that Duan Qi can lead the Wei army to return to Xipi immediately, and there must be no mistake, otherwise the military law will deal with it." ”

When the two heralds saw Su Qin's categorical decision, they also felt down-to-earth, and they felt very relieved, because Duan Qi's performance also made them feel resentful. After receiving the order, they immediately turned around and went out of the tent, led the war horses that had not yet unloaded their saddles, and hurried to the Wei camp again.

After Su Qin sent the heralds, he waited for the retreat of the Wei army in the big tent of the Chinese army, and he was still full of confidence in the Wei army's obedience to the general's orders. Because Wei Si, the king of Wei, had not yet ordered Duan Qi to withdraw his troops, how could he dare to advocate and openly disobey the orders of the commander of the Hezong army?

Moreover, the combined column coalition army had already achieved an absolute advantage on the Mianchi battlefield, the Wei army moved freely, and Su Qin also had the spare strength to defeat it in one fell swoop. Therefore, even if he was afraid of the strength of the joint army, Duan Qi did not dare to disobey the order.

Sure enough, in the afternoon of the same day, Duan Qi led the generals of the Wei army to the Chinese army's big tent to overthrow. Duan Qi came in with a snort, and said with dissatisfaction in his tone: "The last general has returned to the commander, and the Wei army has withdrawn to Xipi according to the order. It's just that there will be something unclear in the end, and I don't know whether to talk about it or not? ”

Su Qin didn't have a good face to show him this time, he replied coldly: "If there is anything unclear about General Duan, please tell him face to face." ”

Duan Qi said: "Our Wei army was originally arranged to take the lead, and the troops have already set off, why did they withdraw us again before the battle?" Isn't this tossing and turning back and forth? The last general didn't understand the benefits of doing this, and Coach Shang begged to tell him. ”

Su Qin continued with a cold face and replied unceremoniously: "I asked your Wei army to set off first that day, I remember that you raised a lot of difficulties at that time, have you forgotten?" Now that I consider your difficulties and give you a chance to retreat, why not? ”

Duan Qi raised his eyebrows and argued: "At that time, the situation was different from now, and now the Hezong army is already attacking from four directions, and our Wei army does not dare to lag behind. Led the army to defeat the Qin army, and after returning home, I and the generals also had a bright face. Therefore, it is not impossible for us to act according to the original plan. ”

Su Qin sat behind the handsome case, sneered, and said in a serious tone: "How can this place in the army be as you want to be, and the overall command should be decided by the commander." The so-called army cannot be left without a master for a day, General Duan must be very clear. ”

"Besides, if you retreat when you encounter difficulties, and if you catch a bargain, is this what a big husband with temperament does? If you dare to repeatedly contradict the commander, do you think that the military law of the Hezong Army cannot punish your Wei army! ”

Su Qin said, his eyes blazing at Duan Qi, his expression full of majesty. He thought to himself: "Your Wei army has not achieved enough in the combined column, and has more than enough defeats. Isn't the defeat in the first phase of the battle of the joint column army due to the presence of traitors in your army? It's better to let them cool off as soon as possible. ”

Duan Qi secretly glanced at Su Qin and found that he was really angry. Hearing Su Qin's harsh words again, he knew that if he continued to argue, it would be difficult to guarantee that Su Qin would not punish himself like he punished Chu Jiang Jingfeng, and he thought to himself: "Let me be patient, smart people don't suffer the losses in front of them." ”

Duan Qi lowered his head, pretending to have to obey the general's order, and did not speak. There was silence in the tent of the Chinese army. Su Qin paid attention to the generals of the Wei army who came to the Chinese army's big tent and found that Lu Ji was missing.

Su Qin guessed: Lü Ji may have a premonition of danger, and when he heard that the Wei army was going to retreat to Xipi, he was afraid that his spy would be exposed and punished by himself. So while the Wei army was still at the forefront, he simply drove straight to Michi, and obviously defected to Sima Mistake.

Lü Jizhi fled within Su Qin's expectations, and he was not unable to arrest Lü Ji to avenge the defeat of the first phase of the coalition army. However, there is a wonderful advantage to letting Lu Ji escape by himself, that is, when Lu Ji's accomplices see that Lu Ji has fled, of course, they will also smell the danger signal and then run away.

The so-called cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, Lu Ji and his accomplices escaped, and there was no need for Su Qin to personally interrogate and pickle, and their identities were exposed. Although they may have escaped punishment, it was better to remain in the scourge of the Coalition Army.

Moreover, if Lu Ji fled in the direction of Michi and really went to Sima Cuo, Su Qin was not optimistic about his prospects. Based on Su Qin's understanding of Sima Cuo, he was furious and extremely frightened, and he would definitely be angry with Lü Ji, believing that the false information transmitted by Lü Ji was the cause of the sharp turn in the battle situation in Michi. In this way, where can Lu Ji still be able to please Sima Cuo in front of him?

Su Qin asked Duan Qidao, "Why don't you see Lu Ji among the Wei generals brought by General Duan?" ”

Duan Qi turned his head and looked at the people he had brought, and it was only then that he found out that Lu Ji was missing. Duan Qi replied: "The last general doesn't know what he did, he is mysterious every day, and tries to avoid us when he does things, where can I know where he goes." ”

Su Qin let out an "oh", and he thought to himself: "It seems that this Lu Ji himself is not very popular among the Wei army. He was originally a surrendered general, and this surrender experience was originally disgraceful, if you add Lu Ji himself to be unsociable, of course, he is incompatible with Duan Qi and other local generals of Wei. ”

Su Qin found that Duan Qi was at odds with Lu Ji and didn't care much about Lu Ji's life or death. But he still had to seize Duan Qi's dereliction of duty and make a fuss about his prestige. Su Qin said: "General Duan is the chief general of the Wei army, and one of your generals is missing, from the perspective of military law, does the chief general have any responsibility?" ”

When Duan Qi heard Su Qin's reproachful words, his face turned red to the root of his ears. Duan Qi replied: "The last general, of course the last general is responsible. I will send someone to find Lu Ji, and then take him to ask the coach for his life. ”

Su Qin smiled secretly in his heart, and said in his heart: "Lu Ji may have run away without a trace, where do I see you looking?" He was not provocative, but said calmly: "Then I have you, General Lao Duan, you can go back to the Wei army to find it, and when you find it, you can lead him to see me at any time." ”

Duan Qi bowed his hand, bowed, and said, "The last general will obey the order." Then he turned around and greeted the generals of the Wei army and left the big tent of the Chinese army.

He still believed that he could find Lu Ji at the moment. However, what he didn't know was that Lu Ji was already on the ground at this time, and his body was in a different place in Michi City. As Su Qin expected, the person Sima Cuo hated the most at the moment was Lu Ji, and under his anger, where would he still be rational, and he would not think carefully at all. Poor Lu Ji, he is still waiting for Sima Co to reward him. Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered Michi City, he was taken down by Sima Cuo, without blinking his eyelids, and without even giving him a chance to speak, he was beheaded on the spot.

Those who followed Lu to Michi's accomplices were also unlucky and unlucky, and they were beheaded in Michi City at the same time, and only two or three accomplices who were slow on their legs and feet and did not escape fast enough were able to escape the fate of being beheaded because they lagged behind for half a day.

Su Qin also knew that Duan Qi couldn't find Lu Ji, but he didn't say anything about Duan Qi, but let him go to the Wei army to find someone. Su Qin believed that only if Duan Qi found it himself, he would be able to understand what Lu Ji was doing behind his back, and maybe he would have a little admiration for himself.

However, Lu Ji's life and death, as well as how Duan Qi found someone, these were no longer the focus of Su Qin's attention. He began to plan a four-way siege of Michi.

In the afternoon of the same day, Su Qin sent three messengers to give orders to the allied forces in Jiaoyang, Shangguan and Baishi to attack Michi. It was agreed that the troops would march at the same time in the morning of the third day, and that the troops would be under the city of Michi at noon on the same day.

Su Qin expected that Sima Cuo would not have the courage to go out of the city to ambush, because once the Qin army left the city, it might not be able to go back at all. No matter how stupid Sima Cuo is, he will not be so stupid. It is precisely because of this that the combined forces can be said to be victorious, and they are faced with a golden opportunity.

However, Sima Cuo would not sit still, and Su Qin had also considered various methods he might take to relieve the difficulty, such as breaking through in the direction of Baishi City, and then marching in the direction of Xipi with the trapped beast fighting, and so on. Su Qin thought to himself: "These may all be useless, but it will make the Qin army lose even the strong castle that fought against the combined coalition army, which is tantamount to a dead end." ”

Sima Cuo was indeed as Su Qin expected, he was almost helpless in the face of the possibility of being besieged by the idea of the joint column. In desperation, he could only follow Pang Ci's advice and urgently ask Qin Jun Yingsi for help, waiting for the final verdict of fate.

Of course, Sima Cuo himself was determined to live and die with Michi, but whenever he thought of the 70,000 or 80,000 troops besieged in Michi, and thought that the monarch's hegemony in the world might be destroyed because of this, he couldn't help but sigh and couldn't sleep well.

He vomited a few mouthfuls of blood because of his impatience, and then finally stopped, Pang Ci and Ji Fen, as well as Shi Hong, who later fled back to Mianchi from Shangguan City, and other more than 20 generals of the Qin army took turns to persuade them, but Ma Cuo was still worried. Although he no longer vomited blood, he always burst into tears, and when the generals saw this scene, they were all sad, and tears spilled into the lobby of the Chinese army.

Sima Cuo's mind didn't think about his life and death at all, as long as he could be allowed to return to the border of Qin within Hangu Pass with the remaining Qin troops in Michi City, even if the monarch lost the war and executed himself, he would have no regrets. However, his current predicament is that he has not given wings on his shoulders and cannot fly out of the siege of the army.