By the time the defenders of Wuguan realized that the Qin army had quietly retreated, the army led by Duke Qi was already forty miles away from Wuguan. Duke Qi was very unwilling, and after seven days of fierce fighting, the casualties of the Qin army were close to 30,000, but they did not take Wuguan. This is undoubtedly a defeat.

When Jin Huang led an army of 15,000 to Wuguan, Duke Qi knew that his greatest chance to capture Wuguan had slipped away. But the Duke still gritted his teeth and persisted for three days, confusing the Han army with heavy casualties. The Han army really didn't notice it, and the Qin army was able to get rid of contact with the Han army smoothly.

Yesterday, Duke Qi received an urgent report from Xianyang, and the situation in Hedong has changed. The Zhao army carelessly lost the bridgehead Pusaka, and the food and grass were insufficient, so they had to enter Fengling City to join the Qin army. Han Wei's army besieged the city for three days, implementing the strategy of besieging but not attacking, trying to trap the Qin and Zhao armies. After Huan Qi and Zhao Hao discussed, they made a gesture to break through from the south gate where the Wei army was stationed, but in fact, it was a sound to attack the west, and after attracting the main force of the Korean army to the south gate to support, the main force of Qin and Zhao broke through from the north gate, and the siege of Fengling began to be solved!

In this battle, Qin Zhao lost a total of more than 10,000 troops, and Han Wei lost more than 20,000 people. In terms of losses, Qin Zhao's side undoubtedly had the upper hand and achieved a tactical victory. However, Han Wei's side kept the fruits of Hedong and maintained its strategic advantage.

The Qin army returned to Guanzhong through Zhao's Hexi Prefecture, marking the end of the war in Hedong. This war came and went as fast as it came. When Qin and Zhao joined forces to pass through Hedong, the whole world was shocked, and Daliang was even more panicked. When everyone thought that the four kingdoms of Qin, Zhao, Han, and Wei would launch a protracted war in Hedong, Qin, as the initiator, took the initiative to retreat. It's like a strong man who is about to rush in front of the enemy with a big stick ferociously, and when he is about to kick the door, he gently puts it down, so that the battle comes to an abrupt end.

As soon as the war in Hedong stopped, the battle of Wuguan, which had intensified, also came to an abrupt end. The Duke of Qi attacked resolutely, and when he retreated, he was also extremely resolute. Wait for the second batch of reinforcements from Wancheng to arrive. Jin Huang received a report from the scouts that the Qin army was already a hundred miles away from Wuguan, and Jin Huang, who wanted to chase and kill the Qin army, could only reluctantly withdraw his troops and watch the Qin army retreat.

No one can figure out why the Qin army would make such an abnormal move - the two fronts in Hedong and Wuguan were abandoned halfway. It is undeniable that on both fronts, the Qin army gradually fell behind. But at least on the Hedong front, the Qin army still has room to turn around. Just with Zhao Jun. Fighting for casualties and taking the hundred miles of land where Guanzhong, Hexi, and Hedong intersect, the shape of the Qin State is bound to be great. At least there is a stable dìng springboard through the east of the river. Like now, there is nothing that can be done through the wide river.

As soon as the war in the two places stopped, the world's attention turned to Gao Tang and Yufu. After South Korea sent Keqing to Yingdu and his party, the state of Chu began to storm Ba County like a chicken. On the second day of the first month of the first month of 268 AD, Kewu County, the fifth day of the first month. The soldiers are in the city of Yufu. Since taking Xiling, the Chu general Jingyang has successively won three counties and seven cities, annihilating three out of 10,000 Qin troops, which can be described as a succession of battles. Under the great joy of the king of Chu, he rarely changed his stingy style and greatly rewarded the soldiers. The top and bottom of the Chu State knew very well that as long as Yufu was taken, the power of the Chu State could easily expand three hundred miles to the west. Straight to the heart of Ba County. The Qin army didn't know anything, so they hoarded an army of 10,000 in the small Yufu. In order to stop the momentum of the Chu army's westward longitude.

On the Gaotang side, the retreat of the King of Qi was timely, and he was finally not blocked in Gaotang City by Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains. After letting go of the big fish of King Qi, Zhao Sheng was naturally displeased, and sent his deputy general Yan Zhou to beat the Wei army in misery. Fearing too many casualties, the Wei army decisively withdrew into Gaotang. Fortunately, Gao Tang is the capital of Qi State, and the city is big enough. Accommodated more than 100,000 troops of Qi Wei. However, although Gao Tang could tolerate the two armies of Qi and Wei, he could not tolerate the face of the two armies.

The Zhao army outside the city was only 80,000, but the combined Qi and Wei forces had 110,000 people, which was obviously 30,000 more than the enemy army. was forced to go into the city to protect himself. Rao is Qi people have thick skin, and every time he thinks of this, he is also hot.

Zhao Sheng could only resort to the method of agitation, and sent loud soldiers to say some dirty words to the city every day, trying to provoke the Qi and Wei coalition forces and force them to come out to fight. If the enemy army was fooled, Zhao Sheng would naturally accept it gladly. If the enemy army does not come out, the morale will inevitably be low, and Zhao Sheng can be regarded as achieving his goal.

Facts have proved that Wei and Qi, who have seen the power of Zhao Jun, value the benefits in their hands more than their faces. Last year, the scene of the battle of more than 10,000 troops under the command of Lian Po and Bai Qi is still vivid. Wei Qi thought that the field battle was not the opponent of the Zhao army, and it was better to hang up the battle exemption card than to humiliate himself. Anyway, the reinforcements of Tian Dan, the prime minister of Qi State, are coming soon. Especially for the Wei army, as a guest army, he is just here to be an assistant, and the Qi army is not in a hurry to go out of the city to fight with the Zhao army, so why should the Wei army volunteer to fight a bloody battle with a low probability of victory for the sake of face? !

On the tenth day of the first month, Tian Dan led an army of 50,000 from Linzi. In fact, as early as the fifth day, Tian Dan had already led the army to set off, and the reason why he came so late was not because he was afraid of the war, but because Tian Dan was training his soldiers along the way. There are not many soldiers, but fine, this is Tian Dan's idea of governing the army.

Now Gaotang already has an army of more than 100,000, the number of Zhao troops is not as good as his own, and it is the side that is besieging the city, no matter how Tian Dan calculates, he can't calculate the possibility of victory for Zhao army. His own army was not so much to reinforce Gao Tang as to deter the Zhao army. Even if Gao Tang didn't have to support himself, he could repel the Zhao army. But the king of Qi ordered himself to come, that is, he wanted to relieve the siege of the Tang Dynasty as much as possible. The Zhao army faced an army twice as large as them, as long as they didn't make a mistake, they should realize that they had to retreat as much as possible! So this is the second reason why Tian Dan slowed down his march and even made a big move, for fear that the Zhao army scouts would not know the news of his arrival.

For Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng, Tian Dan is not afraid. Tian Dan was afraid of the deputy general Yan Zhou, when he was like a bamboo to capture the Tang Dynasty is still vivid, this time Tian Dan with a dignified army, want to scare off the Zhao army, but also under the guise of trying to avoid a substantive conflict with the Zhao army. This is not cowardice before fighting, but a strategy on the cloud of the art of war. Once the war has begun, it does not mean that it will be over. The most important thing for Qi Guo is to recuperate, not to fight to the death with Zhao Guo.

King Qi led his troops willfully this time and actually took down Gaotang. Now the entire court is filled with the voice of the king of Qi singing praises and virtues, and there is a great momentum that the king of Qi is the lord of the prosperity of the Qi country. Tian Dan was a cold observer of this. The fiasco on the bank of the Jingshui River is a stain that Tian Dan can't erase, Lian Po is a famous general, and he is not defeated under Bai Qi's hands. The 160,000 Triple Alliance troops were not left three, and all of them died in the battle. The ruthlessness of the Qin army, the tenacity of the Zhao army, the cunning of the Han army, and the Qi army are by no means opponents against the armies of the three kingdoms. If the country of Qi wants to restore the glory of King Qi, there is a long way to go! If the King of Qi was really so confident in the army under him, he would not have retreated in a hurry when he heard that the Zhao army was coming.

When the 50,000 reinforcements led by Tian Dan were only sixty miles away from Gaotang, Zhao Sheng received a report from the scouts. In the past few days, the Zhao army has not launched a decent offensive. Except for the killing of more than 2,000 Wei troops at the beginning, the Zhao army gained nothing. Of course, if the scolding Qi and Wei coalition forces can't be regarded as a harvest, Zhao Jun's gain is still quite large. The lives of the 2,000 Wei troops also meant that most of the 80,000 soldiers of the 80,000 Zhao troops who had traveled from a long distance had not yet opened their careers, and they had not gained half of their military merits.

In the Chinese military tent, Zhao Sheng's face was as pale as water, and he said calmly: "I just received a report from the scout, Tian Dan, the prime minister of Qi State, led 50,000 troops, and it was only sixty miles away from Gaotang. Where the army should go, everyone will discuss. After speaking, he stopped speaking like an old monk in a trance.

Captain Zhao Qi, who had been held down and could not attack the city, was the first to speak, and said indignantly: "Your Majesty! According to the end of the general, we will storm Gaotang for one day, and the Qi army is all cowards, and they must be in a hurry. As soon as Tiandan's army arrived, we calmly retreated. If the Qi army dares to chase, we will turn around and fight back for a while. If the Qi army doesn't dare, we will provoke it. ”

Many people nodded yes, and the fact that Qi Jun couldn't shrink back in the past few days really suffocated himself. These people asked to fight three times and twice, but they were ruthlessly rejected by Zhao Sheng. There were more than 100,000 enemy troops in the city, but they couldn't shrink back. I can't beat and fight, so I can only go to the front of the battle every day to scold. But the enemy didn't even give a reaction, and after scolding himself a few times, these people got bored. Now that it's okay, the Qi country has new reinforcements, this time it's twice as much as itself, it's time to go out of the city to face the battle! As long as you dare to pursue us, we will set up ambushes and traps to beckon you. However, before that, we must export evil anger, so many people support Zhao Ji's idea.

Zhao Sheng was silent, as if he hadn't heard everyone's opinions. The clever person suddenly realized that even now, Zhao Sheng was unwilling to attack Gao Tang. Yes, if it is really a strong attack, why should the Zhao army wait for the moment when the reinforcements of the Qi State are about to arrive. As for that bad breath, Zhao Sheng was afraid that he wanted to come out somewhere else.

"Your Majesty! The last general thought that the Tiandan army was about to arrive, and our army had lost the best opportunity. At that time, the enemy army will be twice as large as ours, and our army will be greatly disadvantaged. It is better to take the initiative to retreat to the plains and Lingqiu, and use each other as horns. The enemy is twice as strong as mine, and so is the consumption of food and grass. When the Qi army is unable to maintain its first strength due to lack of food and grass, how about our army killing a horse gun by surprise? ”

Zhao Sheng opened his eyes, his eyes lit up, but he still didn't make a sound. This plan is more reliable, but it has taken too long. After all, he is in the court, and he can't stay at the border for three or five months.

Deputy General Yan Zhou thought about it, probably knew Zhao Sheng's plan, and said tentatively: "Why not attack the camp? (To be continued......)