In Yiyang City, the Sanjin coalition army has been besieging Yiyang for three days. For three days, the Qin army was closed, and there was no sign of breaking through.

On the first day, the coalition forces were completely in good hands. On the second day, the coalition forces were a little confused, but they were still calm. On the third day, the suspicion of the coalition army was great--could it be that there was a secret passage in Yiyang City, and the Qin army in the city had already escaped through the secret passage? Or did the Qin army completely give up on returning to Xianyang and planned to hold on to the city?

The prince frowned deeply, and said secretly: "What does Bai Qi want to do?" Was he really scared? ”

Although it was in the interests of the coalition forces that Bai Qi's army was trapped in Yiyang, Bai Qi's abnormal behavior still made Prince Ran very uneasy. Why is Bai Qi so fearless? Is it that Xianyang already has reinforcements, and he is no longer in a hurry? Or does he want to paralyze the coalition forces and then break through in one fell swoop?

The scariest thing is not how strong the enemy is, but that you simply don't know what the enemy is thinking. Different from the thoughts of Lian Po and Jin Contempt, Wang Ziran always felt that there was a huge conspiracy hidden under this calm. Because the other party is Bai Qi, a famous general who has repeatedly created miracles, it is impossible for him to admit defeat so lightly!

"Prince! Prince! Big things are wrong! An anxious voice came from outside the tent.

"What's wrong, Xiao Wu? Didn't I ask you to go to Yique to inform Feng Taishou to deliver grain and grass back, why did you come back so soon? The prince looked at the sweaty guards suspiciously.

"Prince, it's time to run away!" Xiao Wu's words were amazing.

"What? You repeat? The prince was shocked. Wasn't Bai Qi besieged in Yiyang by his own army? How could it be that he ran away?!

"I don't dare to talk nonsense, the white army did run away. They weren't in Yiyang City at all. ”

"What! What the hell is going on? Tell me about it. ”

Xiao Wu hurriedly explained the ins and outs of the matter. It turned out that after receiving the order from the crown prince, Xiao Wu took a few people to hurry up and hurried to Yique City. When he was resting on the road, he didn't know what the mount was crazy about, so he actually broke free of the reins and ran north.

The mount was captured from the Qin army a few days ago, and Xiao Wu thought that the war horse was thinking of the old master, so he immediately chased after it. After chasing for five miles in a row, the war horse suddenly stopped, and showed compassion for a war horse corpse that had begun to decompose. To the north of the horse's carcass was a deep rut, stretching all the way north endlessly.

In the past few days, Xiao Wu has been listening to the prince's chatter, and knows that the prince is worried about whether the Qin army has been playing some conspiracy if he has not been out of the city. At this time, a thought suddenly flashed in Xiao Wu's mind, could it be that the rut in front of him was left by the Bai Qi army? Otherwise, how could there be traces of the army out of thin air!

You must know that only the west side of the Qin camp left traces of the army near the original Qin camp. Only then did the coalition conclude that the Qin army must have fled to Yiyang. If the Qin army actually fled north, but only covered up the traces left by the army, then besieging Yiyang now wouldn't it be a big deal for the Qin army.

The more Xiao Wu thought about it, the more he felt that it was very possible, and immediately rode his horse north for twenty miles. Along the way, there were more and more traces left by the Qin army, and there were even hastily buried corpses of the Qin army. Xiao Wu hurriedly came back to report to Prince Ran.

Prince Ran listened to Xiao Wu's words and immediately came to his senses. If Xiao Wu's speculation is true, then it is already the third day, and Bai Qi should have entered Hangu Pass, and it is too late to chase after him. But speculation is speculation after all, and it needs to be tested to determine whether Bai Qi is really not in Yiyang.

"Xiao Wu, you go and invite General Lian Po and General Jin Contempt over for me, and say that there is something important to discuss."

"Whoa!"

After a while, the main generals of the Three Jin Coalition Army gathered in the big tent of Prince Ran. Prince Ran immediately explained the situation, and proposed to attack Yiyang to test the reaction of the Qin army.

"What? Bai Qi is not in Yiyang at all? Jin Wei cried out in surprise.

"Prince, do you really have to fight Yiyang? If the speculation is wrong, our army will suffer heavy losses! Storm Kite said worriedly.

"General Lian, what do you think?" The prince looked at Lian Po.

Lian Po looked at the eyes of the three of them, couldn't help but stand up, and said at the moment: "In the past few days, I have also wondered if Bai Qi is really in Yiyang. The prince also said just now that no less than 100,000 traces of troops were found north of the Qin camp. According to my experience, the probability of Bai Qi's army fleeing north is at least eighty percent. The remaining two percent, as the prince said, as long as we storm Yiyang, we will know what the truth is! ”

"That's good! Since General Lian said so. Our Korean army took the lead, after all, Yiyang is the land of our South Korea after all. He also invited General Lian and General Jin to take a break for our army. ”

"Willing to serve the prince." Lian Po and Jin Zheng replied.

In less than two hours, the sky will be dark, and the storm kite thought that the prince would attack the city the next day at the earliest. Unexpectedly, the crown prince issued a strange order immediately after Lian Po and Jin Wei left, requiring the whole army to go to the mountains to cut down and collect wood.

"Prince!" The violent kite wanted to speak and stopped.

"General Tyrant, do you want to ask me why I have to storm Yiyang City, and I don't rely on the Zhao army and the Wei army?"

Storm Kite nodded. Prince Ran looked at the expectant Storm Kite, sighed, and said, "I know what the general is worried about. Since the Battle of the Wild Kings, we have united with Zhao and Wei to eliminate nearly 200,000 Qin troops, and we have shocked the world, but we actually know that we are suffering. Speaking of casualties alone, if I'm not mistaken, we've lost 60,000 people! The Wei army had 80,000 troops at the beginning, counting the 5,000 troops stationed in Wendi, and now the Wei army is as many as our Han army, all of them are 25,000 people! But what about Zhao Jun? There are 60,000! ”

"Yes! Prince. In this war, our South Korea lost the most, almost one-fifth of the country's troops. The situation in Wei and Qin is similar to ours. But they have a larger population than us in Korea, and the recovery will only be faster than ours. I can't fight the prince anymore. If we continue to fight, our South Korea will be greatly damaged! The gains outweigh the losses! Storm Kite said bitterly.

"General Tyrant, I also know what you said. But Yiyang is the Yiyang of my Korea, and the Zhao and Wei armies have already done a great job in helping us drive away the Qin army! We can't expect them to do more. That's why it can only be our South Korean army attacking Yiyang. Next, I will tell you why Yiyang has to fight. ”

After this defeat, the Qin army was bound to delay its eastward expansion strategy and re-examine the Zhao state. However, the Qin State is still strong, and the current military strength should be on par with the Zhao State. There will be minor friction between the two countries in the coming years, but basically there should be no major wars. ”

The crown prince paused, and then said: "Now that we have taken Yique, and the Wei State has also recaptured Wendi, only the Zhao State has not obtained the size of the land. On the occasion of the great chaos of the Qin State, I think that the Zhao State should not miss the opportunity, and it is very likely to attack the Shangjun, Hexi County, and even Hedong County of the Qin State. ”

"General, think about it, if the Bai Qi army has really entered the Hangu Pass. The siege of Yiyang lost its meaning. At that time, the Zhao army may go north, the Wei army will also retreat, and we in Korea can only retreat to Yique and watch Zhao attack the Quartet. ”

"But if we can take the important town of Yiyang before the retreat of the Zhao and Wei armies, the situation will be very different. Xin'an, Mianchi, Xincheng and other cities within a hundred miles around Yiyang are all small cities, and the Qin army has fewer garrisons, so I can take it by myself alone. These small cities are centered on Yiyang and connected to Yique, so that the strategic depth of our Korea will be greatly increased. ”

"But at the moment, we only have 25,000 troops, can we take Yiyang with such a small number of troops?" The prince said that the sky was falling, but the violent kite still expressed his worries.

"Yes! And the city is broken tonight! The prince said firmly.