Gongsun Yan himself is not a mediocre person who is willing to be lonely, he is determined to be the chief minister of the most powerful power in the world, the Qin State, and from now on he can command the world and dominate the heroes, how majestic!

However, in the end, the situation is stronger than people, and people are not as good as the sky. Gongsun Yan couldn't help but sigh several times when he thought of his years of struggle in the Qin State, and he thought to himself: "It seems that I should also quickly send someone to inform the families in Xianyang City and let them avoid the limelight for the time being." My Gongsun Yan may still be there tomorrow? It is better to find a way out as soon as possible. ”

Gongsun Yan shouted like this: "Resist! Resist to the end! In fact, he turned a blind eye and listened numbly and retreated, and with the mind of where to retreat, he retreated non-stop, section by section.

On another road, Ji Fen was also defeated. He led the soldiers of the Qin State who had not returned to Jiaoyang City, and went straight to Mianchi City along a fork in the road. Xu Lu was ordered by Ning Jun's generals to pretend to pursue in the back, and he also ordered the pursuing troops to chase and curse at the same time, and continued the "scolding carnival" under Jiaoyang City in the morning.

The sergeants of Zhao raised their eyebrows, and all of them led out the full copy of the scolding, and all kinds of ridicule and scolding came out one after another, and they themselves were amused by their own scolding. Xu Lu scolded Ji Fen who was fleeing: "Er Gong is here, he is scolding you, you have the ability to turn back, let's fight again." ”

Where did Ji Fen still have the heart to entangle with Xu Lu at this time, he confidently went out of the city to drive away the scolding coalition led by Xu Lu, but he didn't expect to end up with Jiaoyang City and couldn't even go back. At this time, his intestines were full of remorse, and he retreated to the safer city of Michi in despair.

Ji Fen knew that if he withdrew to Mianchi City, he would also be punished by Sima Cuo, but there was no other way to escape, so he had to rush there.

Xu Lu had been instructed by Ning Jun beforehand, and after he had chased for about ten miles, he ordered his sergeants to stop.

These "carnival" sergeants scolded and ran, and they were already exhausted and out of breath, but everyone felt relieved. How could the soldiers of the Six Nations ever vent their grievances so happily? So everybody blossomed.

Sima Cuo, the chief general of the Qin State Michi Battle, was at the west gate of Michi City at the moment, and he commanded the Qin army to build a hidden position, and Sima Cuo also wanted to emulate the feather arrow round shot arranged by Su Qin in the west. He was still unaware that the two cities of Jiaoyang and Baishi had encountered an attack by the combined vertical coalition army, and he was confidently waiting for the combined vertical alliance army to attack Mianchi again, and the hidden position under the city would allow the coalition army to taste the power of Qin's crossbow arrows.

Since Lü sent a letter to send someone to send information, saying that Su Qin's next battle plan was to use Xipi as a base and continue to attack Mianchi, Sima Cuo nervously prepared for an ambush position on the eastern outskirts of Mianchi.

Just yesterday, Lü Ji once again took advantage of the position of the Wei army to break through the front and conveniently sent a second piece of information, indicating that the combined column coalition army had arranged the order of the attack, and sent the Wei army as the vanguard force, which had been drawn in advance.

Sima Coo received the second piece of information sent by Lü, and he was even more convinced of Su Qin's operational intention to plan to take Michi directly. He knew that Qin's forces in the Mianchi area were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, so he had to act one step ahead and take advantage of the favorable terrain to prepare for the defense under the city.

Sima Cuo still had great expectations for the Qin army's combat effectiveness, which was also the confidence that the Qin army had built up in years of fighting with the eastern princes, and the Qin army rarely tasted defeat. As soon as the soldiers of the Qin army heard that they were going to fight with the princes of the east, they all rushed to be the first.

Although the Qin army suffered minor setbacks under the city of Anyi since the establishment of the alliance between Su and Qin, it was eventually able to get out of the crisis. In the ensuing Battle of Michi, the Qin army had the upper hand at first, and even though it later encountered trouble in the pursuit of deserters, the overall situation of the battle did not change much. Therefore, Sima Cuo and his soldiers are still full of expectations for victory, and their mood is also very optimistic.

This is also the reason why Sima Cuo refused to propose to the monarch to increase the number of troops in Michi, he believed that his Qin army in Miochi City was enough, and in the rear, through the connecting road between Michi City and Baishi City, he could continuously transport the Qin troops in Hangu Pass to the Michi front line at any time.

The rear is worry-free, and Jiaoyang City and Mianchi City are each other's horns, and they can also be reinforced, Sima Cuo felt that he should no longer worry about the combined vertical alliance led by Su Qin, which in his opinion was a "rabble".

Sima Cuo did not intend to rush to launch an active attack again, because the risks implied in it were too great. He thought to himself: "We, the people of the Qin State, occupy most of the cities in Michi, and have a solid defense line, I want to see how the combined column alliance led by your Su Qin can break through?" ”

He felt: "This is called static braking, winning more with less, and taking the coalition army by surprise." In this way, the fruits of victory in the battle of Michi were ensured. How can the combined forces of the alliance be unable to open the situation for a long time, and how can the princes of all walks of life be willing to let their own soldiers stay outside for a long time, and they will soon be scattered. ”

When Sima Cuo was supervising the construction of a position outside the city of Michi, he still had a bright future for the Qin army in mind. He sat on the couch at the front of a military vehicle, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, happily waving the horse whip in his hand, eager to hum some familiar Qin ballad.

It's a pity that he is a military general, and he doesn't like vassal elegance very much, and he can't remember the lyrics when he bends his mouth, so he has to give up.

Sima Cuo pondered: "It seems that I will have to learn one or two tunes in the future, so I can sing a few words when I am happy." I heard that Su Qin is a wandering prodigal, but he will enjoy it! However, I will make you suffer greatly in this battle of Michi, let your so-called alliance collapse, and see if you are still in the mood to sing and dance in the future. ”

When it was noon, Sima saw that it was time for lunch, and he was about to instruct his relatives to collect their troops and return to the city. At this moment, almost all the Qin soldiers outside the city saw the dust and mist rising from the southeast, followed by the rumbling of horses' hooves and footsteps.

Sima Cuo was shocked in his heart, he thought: "That's the direction of Jiaoyang City, it's so dignified, how could there be strange movements from there?" ”

Sima Cuo hurriedly ordered a lieutenant riding a war horse beside him: "You quickly bring someone to meet me to see what the situation is, and quickly return to me." ”

He then sent the heralds over and ordered the soldiers who were building the positions to stop what they were doing and prepare their weapons in case of contingencies.

The captain who sent Lu soon rushed back with a man who rushed back quickly, and that person arrived in front of the military chariot that Sima Cuo was riding, kicked off the saddle, rolled off his horse, knelt on the ground, and reported with a crying voice: "Report to General Sima, the big thing is not good, the Jiaoyang City where the last general is stationed has been attacked by the Xiaomen of the joint column army led by Ning Jun, and the city has been lost." ”

The person who came was Ji Fen, he knew that he was guilty, where did he dare to wait for the captain's approval, he took the initiative to complete the action of asking for guilt in one go, knelt in front of Sima Cuo, and did not dare to raise his head.

Sima was stunned as he watched Ji Fen's series of lightning-like pleas that he completed almost instantly, and then listened to the content of his report, his eyes widened to the maximum, his mouth was open, and he couldn't even understand what Ji Fen was talking about for a while.

Sima was stunned for about a quarter of an hour, and then he reacted, and he said, "What did you say? What you said is not true, you said that Ning Jun has occupied Jiaoyang City! How is this possible? ”

Sima Cuo was also very anxious in his heart, so he seemed incoherent, this news was like a bolt from the blue, so that he was not prepared to accept it for a while.

Ji Fen lowered his head, kowtowed his head three times in a row, cried out completely, and replied: "That Ning Jun led a joint column army that was far more than three times the defenders of Jiaoyang, and suddenly appeared under Jiaoyang City. The last general led his troops to fight hard, and in the last one was still outnumbered, in order to preserve the strength of our army, I led a large army to retreat back. ”

In order to avoid guilt, Ji Fen of course wanted to exaggerate the strength of some enemy troops who attacked Jiaoyang City, and he also deliberately said that he withdrew to Mianchi for the sake of retaining vitality. In this way, he Ji Fen is not only innocent, but also meritorious.

But Sima Cuo is so easy to fool, after he understood what Ji Fen did, he scolded angrily: "You straw bag, let you attack Shangguan City, you can't take it." Let you go to Xipi to ambush Su Qin, and you will be beaten back to Jiaoyang City. Now that you can't even defend Jiaoyang City, what face do you have to say to preserve your strength. ”

The more Sima Cuo spoke, the more angry he became, and he ordered his relatives around him: "Come on, tie up this straw bale for me, put it aside, and wait for me to inquire about the battle situation in Jiaoyang City clearly, and then deal with it." ”

Ji Fen knew that he was at a loss, so he accepted the binding with tears, and he didn't argue too much, at this time, he really wished that he would die to relieve this shame.

Behind him, a large number of Qin soldiers who had retreated from Jiaoyang City gradually came up, and these people had lost their armor and ran out of breath. Among the deserters, there was another person who was supported by everyone and walked towards Sima Coo weakly.

Sima Cuo took a closer look and found that this person was Pang Ci, who followed Ji Fen's troops and made Ji Fen a deputy general. Sima Cuo hurriedly ordered the herald to fetch Pang Ci.

Pang Ci came to Sima Cuo's side, he ignored the injuries of his body, and just like Ji Fen, he knelt down for Sima Cuo, and said bluntly: "The end will be guilty, the end will be guilty." ”

Sima Cuo still admired Pang Ci very much, and when he saw that he was seriously injured, he had some sympathy. Sima Cuo said: "General Pang doesn't have to kneel on the ground, you get up and speak." ”

Pang Ci replied: "The last general is a guilty body, where dare to stand up and speak, let me kneel and make amends." His words really made Sima Cuo like to listen to them, and his heart for Pang Ci's punishment suddenly decreased by several points.