As soon as Wang Di received the information from the Qi State, he almost sat down on the ground.

Needless to ask, as the world's first-class commander, of course he understood that the 140,000 troops of the Qi army were wiped out by the Zhao army in one fell swoop, which would have a huge impact on the pattern of the entire Warring States.

He also knew that from this time on, even if Qin, Chu, and Qi worked together, I am afraid that they would still not be the opponents of Zhao.

At the same time as a deep sense of powerlessness hit my heart, the emotions of self-blame and guilt also instantly surged into my heart.

The main army of Zhao is in front of you, and if you want to annihilate the army of Qi, it must be a large-scale mobilization of the Zhao army in Xinzheng City in front of you. It's a pity that he couldn't see it at all, how could Wang Yi not blame himself.

It's just that after a short period of self-blame, Wang Di quickly reacted.

I have to evacuate quickly!

The crisis of Zhao Guohuaisi has been lifted, and its troops must have returned, although it is not clear how its battle damage is, but it will not be too big, if the Zhao army comes out of the nest at this time, dragging his army to death in Yingchuan County, and waiting for its follow-up army to enter, his own army of more than 300,000 will be really dangerous.

And the more than 300,000 troops in his hands are already the last bargaining chip of the Qin State.

Whatever the method, you must do everything possible to keep these troops. Only when there are enough troops can we hold Hangu and hold the two fortresses of Yanying. Only by holding these two fortresses can the Qin state continue to survive.

Only by surviving can there be a chance - a chance for problems within the Zhao State.

Yes, although Wang Yi didn't want to admit it, he had to admit it: Now, relying on external forces alone, he is no longer able to destroy the behemoth of Zhao State.

"Withdraw." Wang Yi made up his mind almost instantly.

Meng Yu on the side was obviously stunned when he heard this, but he soon understood Wang Di's thoughts, although he was very unwilling in his heart, it was clear that now in Yingchuan County, their troops still had an advantage.

But Meng Fu also understood that General Wang's judgment and decision were right.

As the news of the annihilation of the Qi army spread, the morale of his own army was bound to drop to freezing point. And the two armies, which were originally equal in combat strength, will also be reversed with the arrival of reinforcements from the Zhao army. If you go now and then again, the difference between the result is probably not just tens of thousands of troops.

Immediately, Meng Fu, who wanted to understand all this, also clasped his hands into fists and agreed, "Yes."

With Wang Di's order, the Qin army, which was still pretending to retreat, instantly became a real retreat. And the target of its retreat is not Chen Du, which has the blessing of the Chu army in the rear, but Yingdu, which is almost twice as far as Chendu.

Yes, Wang Di did not dare to let the army stay in Chendu at all.

Without him, it's just that Wang Yi is sure that Chen will lose. In this case, why did the Qin army defend the city for the Chu army.

Fortunately, because of the clumsy performance of the Qin army in the past few days, this real retreat operation was accidentally concealed from the scouts and meticulous work of the Zhao army.

When Zhao Jun's scouts finally realized that something was wrong and reported the situation to Zhao Kuo's ears, it was already the next day.

And the Qin army camp outside the city has basically become an empty shell.

Zhao Kuo, who was a little furious, immediately threw out Zhao Wei's 3,000 heavy cavalry, and took the 20,000 cavalry in the city and the 30,000 foot soldiers of Zhou Qi as the vanguard, and slaughtered the empty camp of the Qin army.

It was almost bloodless, and in less than two quarters of an hour, Zhou Qi had already controlled the entire Qin camp.

It's a pity that in addition to capturing more than a thousand Qin troops who are ready to burn down the camp, there are a bunch of useless siege equipment.

Oh, there is also a batch of food, which is enough for Zhao Kuo's army for several days. Although there is not much food, it is a big harvest.

Of course, Zhao Kuo was not stumped by this petty profit, and even ordered Li Mu to lead the army to continue the pursuit to the south.

It's just that, unlike the Qin army, which simply retreated to the land of Yanying, the target of the Zhao army was Chendu, which was now occupied by the Chu army.

Although Chen Du is not important to Qin Jun, for Zhao Jun, it is Guan

The back road of the capital, that is, the safety of the grain road, naturally it is impossible for Zhao Jun to let go of this key city.

This will be bitter for the Chu army.

You must know that the main force of the Chu army is still in Huaisi County!

As soon as he learned that the Zhao army was moving south, the king of Chu ordered the army of Huaisi County to immediately return to defend Chendu.

Obviously, in the mind of the King of Chu, he still wants to keep the former capital, no matter what way and what kind of cost.

It's a pity that in the face of the offensive of more than 300,000 troops of the Zhao army, even if all the Chu army returns, how long can it last?

What's more, Tian Dan, who now has an army of 140,000 troops, will not let the Chu army, which has become a frightened bird, return to Chen Capital safely.

Without the slightest suspense, from the second day, Tian Dan began to attack the Chu army.

After the Chu army finally got the order to retreat, Tian Dan even mobilized his troops to encircle and intercept the Chu army all the way.

It's a pity that Zhao Kuo did not inform Tian Dan of the retreat of the Qin army and the news that the army had moved south, and Tian Dan, who was in pursuit, naturally did not expect that the Zhao army in Yingchuan could intercept one for him, so naturally he did not inform the sudden retreat of the Chu army.

This also led to the fact that although Li Mu's army had already moved south, it was not able to intercept the Chu army that had been hastily withdrawn from Huaisi outside the Chen capital.

But Rao is like this, and the Chu army that withdrew from Huaisi County is still scarred.

The 150,000 army went out of the city, but only 100,000 returned successfully.

There is no way, if it weren't for the fact that at the last moment, the chief general of the Chu army gave up nearly 20,000 troops to block Tiandan, maybe at this time a Chu army would not want to return to Chendu.

It's just that in this way, there are only 130,000 troops left in the Chen capital.

130,000 people, not to mention the main force of the Zhao army facing Yingchuan, that is, the 140,000 people of Tiandan's Huaisi Front Army, are enough for the Chu army to drink a pot.

If the failure and loss of the Huaisi County attack had already made the King of Chu a little frightened, then the behavior of the more than 300,000 main troops of the Qin army withdrawing towards the Yanying region without saying goodbye completely made the King of Chu lose the confidence to continue to hold on to the Chen capital.

Just as Li Mu began to deploy troops to prepare for the siege of Chendu, the king of Chu decisively ordered: abandon the city to the south and return to Shouchun.

So, in desperation, a siege and annihilation battle was forced to turn into a pursuit battle again.

Only this time, there were many more troops around Li Mu than Tian Dan's, especially the cavalry who were good at pursuit.

Well, it should be said that the main cavalry units of the entire Zhao army are concentrated in Li Mu's hands, and for such a pursuit battle, it is natural to be captured.

Without the slightest hesitation, Li Mu immediately made the following arrangements for the 250,000 troops under his command (Zhao Kuo still had 60,000 troops in his hands, stationed in Yingchuan, and was still on the way south), and the 100,000 troops of Tiandan's department (40,000 remained in Huaisi) who followed the Chu army:

With Tiandan's troops and 50,000 new soldiers, a total of 150,000, as the middle route army, they quickly occupied Chendu and prepared for the contingency by sticking to the grain road;

With 100,000 elite troops as the Western Route Army: quickly move in the direction of Xincai, take the opportunity to recover Xincai, Zengcheng and other places, pursue the Qin army, and defend the Qin army to the south to counterattack. And completely cut off the connection between Qin and Chu.

With 100,000 cavalry as the Eastern Route Army, it quickly pursued the inescapable Chu army to the south, and waited for an opportunity to attack Shouchun.

Because the Qin and Chu armies were all of one mind, even if the Zhao army had already divided their troops, they did not have any intention of counterattacking at all, and they forcibly let the Zhao army chase and kill all the way.

On the side of the middle route army, they regained the important town of Chendu almost without bloodshed;

On the side of the Western Route Army, Xincai and Zeng Cheng also surrendered almost without a fight, and the army once approached the vicinity of Zhiyingdu.

After the Qin army arrived in Yingdu, it obviously showed a strong will to defend the city, and the Western Route Army retreated to Zengcheng and formed a confrontation with the Qin army.

On the side of the Eastern Route Army, although the cavalry tried their best to hurry, they were not able to outpace the vanguard of the Chu army after all, and the goal of attacking and occupying Shouchun was not achieved.

But then the cavalry blocked and surrounded the Chu army that was still on the road, but it caused the Chu army to suffer heavy losses, 130,000 Chu troops

, the army that returned to Shouchun was less than 70,000. Nearly half were either beheaded or captured.

At the same time that the Zhao army, under the leadership of Li Mu, was carrying out a devastating pursuit battle against the Qin and Chu coalition armies, the Sun Gu headquarters on the Hedong side finally came with the news: the army had occupied all the two counties of Hedong and Hexi, and in addition to the 30,000 troops stationed on the front line of Anyi and Quyang, the remaining 70,000 troops could return to help at any time.

Of course, in today's frontal battlefield, there is no need for reinforcements at all.

At the end of the year, as the pursuit of the Zhao army stopped, this epic battle that affected the whole of China finally ended with the complete victory of the Zhao state.

It can be said that as long as Zhao Guo himself does not die, there will be no force in this world that can stop Zhao Guo from dominating the world. Although the Qin army still has the reason for Kuihan, it has the fortified city of Yingdu and the old Qin people and more than 300,000 regular troops;

Although, the state of Chu still has thousands of miles of Yunmengze and millions of subjects;

Although, Qi Guo is still breathing.

But these obviously can't stop Zhao Jun's footsteps.

It's just that the more he gets to this point, the more careful Zhao Kuo becomes.

This can also be seen from Li Mu's pursuit arrangement - the most powerful Qin army is neither to face the stronger Qin army, nor to pursue the Chu army, which may gain more, but to take Chen Capital steadily and ensure that he is invincible.

With the end of the war and the formation of a new pattern, what to do next is a dilemma in front of Zhao Kuo.

Well, it should be said that there are many options in front of Zhao Kuo, so many that even Zhao Kuo is a little confused.

The safest plan, of course, is to withdraw the troops.

There are three reasons for this:

First, since the early autumn of the army, the battle has been stretched on for half a year, and most of the soldiers are tired and in urgent need of repair; At the same time, the soldiers captured from Wei, Qi, and Chu also urgently need to be reorganized, and once the reorganization is completed, the military strength of Zhao will reach a new level;

Second, with the arrival of spring, spring ploughing will also be on the agenda, and continuing to maintain the current army size will inevitably have an adverse impact on spring ploughing in the coming year;

Third, and most importantly, the state of Zhao, which already occupies nearly two-thirds of China's territory, does not have to worry about any accidents at all, nor does it have to pursue a quick victory, as long as it calmly governs the land of Hexi, Hedong, Wei and Chendu, which has just arrived.

Of course, since it is an insurance plan, it is bound to be the plan with the least benefits.

At this time, the Zhao State was naturally able to recuperate, but the problem was that the Qin, Qi, and Chu States would also survive.

In the next year, they will recover not only their strength, but also their morale.

And in the plan to continue the battle, there are three different directions: to destroy Qi, to destroy Chu or to attack Qin?

Exterminating Qi, needless to say, its main army has been wiped out in Huaisi County. Destroying Qi can be completed without even a main army. Moreover, Zhao Guo still has a big killer like Tian Dan, and it is not impossible to even surrender without a fight.

Of course, it is precisely because it is too simple, but it is also the first plan that Zhao Kuo put down.

The reason is very simple, the State of Qi has been abolished, and he will not be able to develop it for another ten years, and he will not be able to fight it or not, so he does not need to think about it with hard work at all.

Of course, there is a reason for destroying Chu. The two pursuit battles have already caused heavy losses to the Chu State, and it is the best time to destroy Chu.

But obviously, with the vast land of Chu and the terrain of Yunmengze, it is still difficult for Zhao to completely conquer Chu State, and it will definitely take a lot of time.

With this time, Zhao Kuo would rather put it on Qin Guo's body.

After all, in terms of the system, the Qin State was the only one that was in danger.

Naturally, the last choice, and Zhao Kuo's most tangled choice, was to attack Qin.

Yes, just now, the State of Qi and the State of Chu were all "destroying the country", but when it came to the State of Qin, Zhao Kuo only dared to use the word "attack".

In the end, it is the head of the six countries, and now the withdrawn army has more than 300,000 people

No one has absolute confidence that they can be destroyed in one fell swoop. Not to mention, how many people have been stopped in Hanguguan......

But if you don't attack at this time and attack again later, the situation will only get worse and worse...

Hangu is still standing there, but the number of Qin troops will be more and more, especially the morale of the Qin army, I am afraid that it will be a year and a half before it will roar again.

What?

Waiting for the internal collapse of the Qin State?

I'm afraid it's hard!

The more difficult the moment, the more it can stimulate the centripetal force and strong will of the old Qin people.

It's really urgent, and it's not impossible for the old Qin people to change the law again and learn from their own Zhao State in an all-round way, and it will really be difficult to control it at that time.

Looking at the map in front of him, facing the dilemma of choice, thinking of his entanglement, Zhao Kuo really laughed out loud - obviously holding four two belts and two kings, but he was afraid of the other party's four threes?

In the Battle of Changping, when Zhao's national strength was obviously weaker than that of Qin, he was still full of confidence, but now that the trend of unification has become clear, he has no confidence?

It's not good, it's not good!

After hesitating for a while, Zhao Kuo finally made a decision in his heart......