Time passed day by day, with the return of Xinlingjun and the fall of Wei, the battlefield of Zhao and Qin also underwent earth-shaking changes.

The Yingchuan battlefield, which was originally divided into three (Yicheng, Luocheng and Xinzheng), gradually merged into one.

In an instant, the Xinzheng battlefield once again formed a situation of confrontation between the two armies, just like the Changping battlefield back then.

It's just that the difference is that in the Battle of Changping that year, it was the Zhao State that couldn't drag on, and the Xinzheng Battlefield at this time was the Qin State that couldn't be dragged on.

To the south, the total strength of the Qin army was about to reach as much as 350,000, which also forced the reinforcements to have not yet fully arrived, and Li Mu, who only had 1630 million troops left in his hands, retreated to Xinzheng City to defend it.

However, Li Mu is Li Mu in the end.

In the face of the huge disparity in strength that he was about to face, he not only did not force Zhou Qi, Zhao Wei and Sun Gu's troops behind him to speed up the march and rush to the aid of Xinzheng, but instead revised Zhao Kuo's order. Xiushu.com

After the Yewang City Sun Gu Department recovered the city, in addition to leaving 5,000 soldiers to guard the grain road, the remaining 45,000 troops immediately went west and went straight to Quyang.

Zhou Qi and Zhao Wei's troops left 10,000 troops to defend Luocheng, 90,000 troops went south to Xinzheng, and the remaining 40,000 troops also went west, cooperating with Sun Gu's troops to completely blockade Yangshan.

Immediately, the whole army of Sun Gu's headquarters continued to the west, cooperated with the southbound troops of the empty cangling, and penetrated directly into the east and west of the Qin River, and detained the Hangu Valley.

Yes, compared with Zhao Kuo's conservative treatment, Li Mu's heart is much bigger.

Obviously, Li Mu wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the main force of the Qin army being nailed to Yingchuan Xinzheng by himself to cut off the wings of the Qin State - Hedong and Hexi Counties.

Of course, if the Qin army is really not powerful, Li Mu will not mind directly attacking Hangu Pass and approaching Xianyang.

Then this matter is completely hairy!

However, this does not mean that Li Mu's strategic concept is more wise than Zhao Kuo's.

It's just that the Qin army's series of actions are too fast, and Zhao Kuo, who is in the Wei State, obviously didn't expect the Qin army to decisively adopt the tactics of shrinking.

Unexpectedly, the Mengfu Division, which was originally stationed in Quyang to monitor Los Angeles, would be transferred to the Xinzheng battlefield in the south with almost all the staff.

Quyang, that is the gateway to Hedong, is also the only way for any army to enter and exit Hedong.

It can be said that once Quyang was controlled by the Zhao army, the Qin army's return from Hedong was broken.

And once this road is cut off, the Zhao army will have enough time to clean up the two counties of Hedong and Hexi.

The reason is very simple, almost all the troops of the Qin army have been concentrated under the city of Xinzheng, and the Qin army of Xinzheng wants to come back to help, in the case of the fall of Quyang, they can only return to Shuzhong from Chu, and then enter Guanzhong from Shuzhong, and finally reach the land of Hexi and Hedong through Hangu.

Such a road that takes a long time to remember cannot be completed without a month or two.

And one or two months, it was enough for the Zhao army to take Hedong, Hexi and even Bingkou Hangu.

Even if there were still troops within the Qin State, they might not dare to go out to Hangu to fight under such circumstances.

Of course, from Wang Di's point of view, such a dispatch is also reasonable.

It's not that he doesn't know the importance of Quyang, but if Meng's army continues to stay in Quyang, it is very likely that when the Zhao army in Wei returns, he will immediately converge with the troops of Yewangcheng and Luocheng to encircle and suppress Meng's army.

At that time, the Qin army will lose more than just Quyang, and I am afraid that it will also fill in Meng Fu and tens of thousands of elite troops with him.

In a word, today's Qin State is full of loopholes, and any place may be attacked by the Zhao army.

The same situation occurred a thousand years later, in 1642, in the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, Wang Di still has a lot more chips in his hands than Sun Chuanting.

It's just that in today's situation, Wang Di can't do anything except reduce losses as much as possible.

Whether it is out of consideration for the army or for the consideration of Meng Fu's successor, shrinking the strength of the army is the best way.

All Wang Yi could hope for was that Li Mu, who was opposite, could continue to fight with him in Xinzheng unmoved.

Only in a decisive battle will Wang Ji and his Qin army have a glimmer of life.

It's a pity that Li Mu has obviously realized Wang Di's thoughts, and immediately gave up the idea of a decisive battle with the Qin army, and began to take advantage of the Qin army as much as possible.

Of course, this military order was also passed on to Zhao Kuo, who was still on the march, on a fast horse.

Zhao Kuo, who got Li Mu's report, suddenly realized that he should not interfere with the situation on the Yingchuan battlefield without authorization. After all, no matter the degree of understanding of the situation or strategic vision, Li Mu is obviously better than himself. xь.

Immediately, Zhao Kuo also immediately re-ordered, determined that the battle was subject to Li Mu's order, and withdrew the order to order Zhou Qi and Sun Gu to march to Xinzheng.

Fortunately, because Sun Gu had just set off from Yewang City, he was even more cautious in his attack on Yicheng, so Zhao Kuo's order to change his order actually did not cause any obstacles and losses.

Soon, after taking Yicheng, Sun Gu also followed Li Mu's order, leaving 5,000 soldiers to guard the grain road, and galloped towards Quyang with 45,000 people.

As for Zhou Qi and Zhao Wei's department in Los Angeles, according to Zhao Kuo's order, they needed to wait for Sun Gu's arrival before they started to leave, so naturally there was no delay.

Immediately, according to Li Mu's order, the 140,000 troops of the whole army were divided into three, and began three completely different tasks: rushing, garrisoning, and galloping.

By the time the Qin army finally discovered the abnormality of the Zhao army, Sun Gu's troops had already arrived outside Quyang City, and the army sent by Zhou Qi also occupied Yangshan on the south side of Quyang City.

Because of the surprise, the Zhao army occupied Yangshan almost without blood, thus cutting off the horns with Quyang City.

Although there are still 5,000 Qin troops in Quyang City, they have become turtles in the urn.

What's even worse is that the Zhao army led by Zhao Kuo arrived in Xinzheng City in time, causing the Zhao army in the city to swell to as many as 220,000 in an instant, although it was not enough to launch a counterattack against the 350,000 army, but it was enough to contain any action of the Qin army except for retreating to Chen Capital.

As for Zhao Kuo personally escorting a huge amount of grain and grass, it was a shot in the arm for the garrison in the city.

To put it mildly, although there were only 220,000 Zhao troops in the city at this time, as long as Zhao Kuo gave an order, from Li Mu down, all the Zhao soldiers would rush towards the Qin army with a roar and without hesitation.

Even if they all knew that the strength of the Qin army was much higher than theirs.

In such a situation, even if Wang Yi wanted to rescue Qu Yang, it would be impossible at all. Not to mention, on the way to the rescue, Zhou Qi of the Zhao army is leading the remaining 90,000 troops to Xinzheng.

At this time, going north, the greatest possibility is to collide with Zhou Qi's troops, and then they will be cut off from food and grass by the Zhao army that follows and surrounded in the field.

With the cavalry ability of the Zhao army, it can definitely be done.

It was clear that as supporting Quyang became impossible, it was only a matter of time before Quyang fell.

This also means that Hedong and Hexi are about to become fish and meat under Zhao Kuo's knife.

In this way, Qin Jun has no choice:

Or, open up the battlefield, take advantage of the fact that the Zhao army has not yet taken the land east of the river and the west of the river, and fight the main force of the Zhao army as soon as possible;

Or, immediately retreat, and redeploy the forces back to Guanzhong, take a defensive position, and wait for the opportunity.

Immediately, Wang Yi immediately sent an urgent report to Xianyang again, whether to fight or withdraw, there must be a decision. The further it drags back, the more the Qin State will suffer.

It's just that Chu He, the grandson of the grandson in Xianyang City, doesn't know how to make a decision as soon as possible.

But this decision is really difficult to make.

Fortunately, the hard years in Handan taught Zichu to forbear, and although he knew that the front line was urgent, Zichu still endured and waited.

Waiting for the last chance.

Yes, the old Qin people haven't given up yet, and so is Zichu.

Finally, the day before Qu Yang was forced to exhaust himself, Zi Chu finally waited for the news he wanted: Qi

, Chu sent troops to attack Zhao.

Yes, not only the State of Qi, but also the State of Chu is also in Zichu's plan.

As soon as Xinling Jun returned to Wei, Zichu seemed to have anticipated the defeat of Wei.

So, when everyone pinned their hopes on the Qi State to send troops, Zi Chu creatively set his sights on the Chu State.

Although the Qin State had just taken the Chen capital from the Chu State, although the grievances of Qin and Chu had been stagnant for decades, although everyone did not believe that the Chu State could turn against the Qin State.

But between countries, there is no eternal friendship, and there is no eternal hatred.

It's nothing more than a matter of cost and benefit.

Since the Chu army has been standing still, even during the confrontation in Xinzheng, there has not been a single soldier attacking Chen Du, Zichu has been keenly aware of the thoughts of the Chu State, and it is quietly changing.

So, Zi Chu immediately issued an order to the envoy who was in Chu State: at all costs, strive for Chu State to send troops to attack Zhao.

In fact, Zi Chu was already ready to return the land of Yan Ying to the Chu State.

Although in this way, the Qin State will lose a large piece of territory, but it can give the Zhao State another opponent for a long time.

At the same time, the abandonment of the land of Yan Ying meant that the border area between Qin and Zhao was only the line from Hedong to Zhou Wangji, which was also more conducive to the concentration of troops in the weak Qin state.

According to Zichu's plan, after this battle, the whole world should be the result of entering the war of the four kingdoms. Ь.

Of course, the specific situation that can force Zhao Guo depends on the situation on the front line.

The best result is, of course, for Zhao to spit out the lands of Wei, Yan, Han, and Siguo.

Even if he can't, he must make Zhao pay a huge price, at least, he must regain the Hangu Passage in his own hands.

It's just that Chu Guo's reply was really a bit unexpected by Zi Chu.

Just by relying on the land of Chen, the envoys of Qin had already persuaded the king of Chu to send troops to attack Zhao. Of course, after the victory, Huaisi County and Wei Dongjun were also generously ceded to the King of Chu by Qin envoys.

For such a result, Zichu is naturally very satisfied.

Not to mention the two counties after the war, even if the king of Chu directly asked Handan of Zhao State, Zichu would happily agree while clapping his hands.

After all, this thing can be beaten down.

As for the Qi State, under the deterrence of the Wei State, it finally nodded and agreed to the request to jointly send troops.

So, at the end of autumn when the balance of victory on the battlefield almost fell to Zhao State, the breeze blew the waves of the battlefield again.