"Da Sima, now the Qin people not only forced down tens of thousands of our army, but also stationed troops in the camp outside the city, although there is no siege yet, but it is also a force under the city, and when the Qin army cleans up and captures and builds siege equipment, it will definitely attack Zhencheng."

"When I was patrolling the city just now, I was terrified when I saw not only the defeated soldiers who had fled back from the battlefield, but even the 10,000 soldiers and tens of thousands of auxiliary soldiers who had originally stayed in Zhencheng were also terrified. In this case, if the Qin army comes to attack, I'm afraid this city will be difficult to defend! ”

Tian Dan looked uneasy, and put the situation facing the Qi army on the bright side.

The remaining Qi generals listened with bloodless faces, and their fighting spirit was also broken by the first battle.

Xiangfu said in a trembling voice: "Da Sima, the situation is critical now, what should we do?" ”

Everyone looked at Da Sima.

Although Tian Chong was defeated, with his superb military skills, he was still the backbone of the Qi army, and at this time, no one could replace the important position of Da Sima.

In the eyes of everyone, Tian Chong raised his pale face, but his mouth whispered: "What is the battle of gentlemen?" ”

"In the battle of Jin and Chu in the past, the Jin army retreated, although the Chu people were barbarians, they did not rush to kill them all, but when the Jin army's carriage fell into the pit, the Chu people taught the Jin people to unload the crossbar in front of the car to get out of the pit. When the chariots and horses of the Jin army were circling and could not march, the Chu people taught them to pull out the banner and throw away the yuan wood to help the Jin people escape. What is a Gentlemen's Battle? The victory and defeat have been divided, and if you don't kill them all, this is the battle of gentlemen! ”

"Zhao Tuo, you really deceived me!"

Hearing this, the corners of Tian Dan's mouth twitched slightly.

Although Da Sima has the ability to command troops, his personality is too pedantic. often talk about what gentlemen's battles and what ancient military salutes,

They were also misled by Da Sima before, thinking that Zhao Tuo would really follow the ancient rules of war, and after the battle, they would collect their own troops, so that they could take the opportunity to collect the routs and fight against the Qin army again, and the previous plan was all based on this.

Unexpectedly, the Qin army took advantage of the victory to pursue and chased all the way to Zhen Cheng, and the speed of its march caught them off guard. Under the crisis, they could only close the city gates and leave all the Qi troops who rushed outside the city to the Qin people.

Tens of thousands of people became prisoners of the Qin army.

Tian Dan and the others were very angry at the time, but after they reacted, they felt that the pursuit of the Qin army was the normal state of war in this era.

On the contrary, the idealization of war like Da Sima seems incompatible with today's world.

Before, Zhao Tuo promised not to sneak attack, and waited for the Qi army to recruit troops and then face each other, which is already a rare sight in the world, and now he still expects others not to pursue after victory, how is this possible?

At this time, after Tian Chong finished complaining, he slowly calmed down.

He sighed lightly, glanced up at the generals in the room, and said: "Before, I thought it was too simple, but now after this big defeat, I know that I can no longer fight against the Qin people with the mentality of a gentleman. ”

"Now that it is a matter of the survival of my Qi country, I should not learn from the things of Song Xiang in the past. Since then, I, Tian Chong, will always use the defeat of this battle to alert myself, and then fight against the Qin people, and I should be more safe. ”

When everyone heard this, they knew that Da Sima was not defeated by this fiasco, but had learned his lessons and wanted to reorganize his army and fight again.

The generals were in high spirits and looked at Da Sima expectantly.

Tian Chong groaned slightly, and then began to make the next deployment.

"Although our Qi army was defeated in this battle, there were also a lot of casualties among the Qin people, plus the Qin people made the first contribution, they will definitely clean up the battlefield, collect the corpses and count the battle exploits."

"And the Qin people surrendered our army outside the city, whether they want to kill or detain, it will take time and manpower. In addition, my Zhen city is strong, and if the Qin army wants to attack the city, it will also take time to build siege equipment, and I estimate that the Qin army will not attack the city in a few days. Our army should take advantage of this time to collect supplies and strengthen the city defenses! ”

"The soldiers in the city are unstable, if you want them to fight to the death to defend the city, the only way to provoke them is to fight to the death. Tian Dan, when he patrolled the city later, told the soldiers in the city that the Qin people were fierce and cruel, and they had no benevolence and righteousness, and the soldiers who surrendered to them before would be beheaded and recorded, and no one would be able to live. ”

"If Zhen City is broken by the Qin army, they will fall into the hands of the Qin people, they will be beheaded and killed, if you want to live, there is only one way to fight to the death!"

Xiang Fuji immediately praised: "Da Sima has a good strategy, using the Qin people's ferocious killing to provoke each other, and the soldiers in the city are afraid, everyone must fight bravely to the death, then the hearts of the soldiers in my city can be stable!" ”

Tian Chong pursed his lips and smiled, and continued: "The main force of the Qin army is only 100,000 people, and if they fight on the battlefield, there will definitely be casualties, and the number of troops they can use to attack the city is at most seventy or eighty thousand, and it is not even this number. ”

"And there are still 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers in my city, and if you add the auxiliaries, there are nearly 100,000. If it is a field battle, it is naturally not the opponent of the Qin army, but if it is to defend the city, as long as the military heart in the city is stable, the Qin people's forces will definitely not be able to break the city! ”

Tian Dan's eyes lit up, what Da Sima said was right!

Although they have few soldiers, they have many auxiliaries!

When defending the city, with the advantage of city defense, the combat effectiveness of an auxiliary soldier is by no means worse than that of a soldier.

In this way, the number of people they defended the city was more than the Qin army besieging the city, as long as the morale of the army was stabilized, the Qin army would not be able to break the city in a short period of time!

"However, the last general will patrol the city later, so as to inspire the morale of the army, and let everyone in the city fight to the death!"

Tian Dan gave up his hand to receive the order.

Tian Chong bowed his head and continued: "The Qin army came in a hurry, and it was too late to blockade the city, so you sent someone to the military camp in Ayi and told the guard general Zou Bai there, so that he should not lead the army to come to support, so as not to be broken by the Qin army halfway." asked him to guard the defense along the Ayi line to prevent the Qin army from attacking Ayi after it could not capture Zhencheng. ”

"Zou Bai has 20,000 soldiers and tens of thousands of auxiliaries in his hands, as long as he focuses on defending the city, even if the Qin army really bypasses Zhen City and goes to attack Ayi, it will be difficult to capture it for a while."

"Zhen City and Ayi are important places in the western border of our Qi country, as long as these two cities are defended, the Qin people will not be able to attack my rear, so they can buy time for my Qi country to regroup!"

Speaking of this, Tian Chong's eyes lit up.

"There are more than 2,000 miles of Qi places, more than 70 cities, and hundreds of thousands of people with halberds. This time, 300,000 soldiers is far from the limit of our Qi country, as long as we can drag the Qin army on the border, our Qi country can still recruit another 100,000 or 200,000 troops! ”

"As long as I can drag it to the new army, what am I afraid of!"

Da Sima Tian Chong's voice was sonorous and powerful, and he made the next strategy clear, and immediately made the generals applaud.

"Great Sima Gaojian!"

"Da Sima's strategy is really like a light guiding the way, we are clear!"

Tian Chong smiled and said, "Time is pressing, don't say more." Wait and go down to prepare for military affairs, Tian Dan, you have to send someone to send a message to Ayi, and at the same time to motivate the army. I'm going to think about what I'm going to do next. ”

"Yui."

The generals gave up.

Tian Dan walked out of the house, couldn't help but look back, only to see Da Sima sitting on the couch, looking down at the wooden case, carefully looking at the map on the case.

Under the flickering light, Da Sima's body seemed to be surrounded by a halo of light.

"Da Sima can learn a lesson, and even if he is defeated, he will become stronger. With the great Sima here, my Qi country will definitely not die! ”

Tian Dan's eyes showed reverence.

He strode out of the mansion and called Tian Rong, who was guarding outside, to send the order as an urgent matter, so it was natural to send the most trustworthy person.

"Ah Rong, you quickly lead people to Ayi, pass on the military order of Da Sima, and order Zou Bai to defend Ayi to the death, and beware of the Qin army from attacking from the west. In addition, there are also confessions and requests for help from Da Sima to the king, you must also be careful to protect them, and be sure to send them to Linzi. ”

"Rongding lives up to its mission!"

Tian Rong knew that the matter was urgent, and hurriedly took the silk book full of military orders.

Before leaving, he turned to Tian Dan and said, "Brother, this Zhen City is very dangerous, you should be careful." ”

"Don't worry, I believe in Da Sima!"

Tian Dan smiled slightly, and after seeing Tian Rong leave, he turned around and walked towards the city wall.

Tonight, he will also inspect the city defenses, and at the same time inspire the morale of the army and inspire the soldiers in the city to fight to the death.

……

Outside Zhen City.

The camp that originally belonged to the Qi army is now brightly lit, and there are Qin soldiers patrolling everywhere.

"Haha, before the Qi army battle, they didn't pull out the camp and demolish the village, but it was cheaper for us."

Zhu Qin will follow behind Zhao Tuo and laugh.

Li Shiqi also laughed and said: "Probably because Da Sima thought that he would win this battle, or after a battle, he would have to go back to the camp and make an appointment to fight again in the coming day, so he would stay in the camp to rest, but he didn't expect that he would be defeated in a big battle, but it was left to us, saving some effort to set up camp." ”

Zhao Tuo ignored them, walked straight ahead, and came to a clearing between the camps.

Here, there is a dense crowd of figures.

Under Zhen City, tens of thousands of Qi troops were locked outside the city, and they were pursued and besieged by the Qin army, so they could only raise their hands and surrender.

Now, these Qi people have disarmed their armor and are huddled together under the surveillance of the heavily armed Qin soldiers, trembling, terrified and uneasy.

It looked like tens of thousands of lambs to the slaughter.

Zhao Tuo stopped and looked at those Qi people.

A Xiqi Gu who was in charge of logistics came to report: "General, there are too many of these Qi people, our army's baggage is still in Puyang, and the soldiers are not carrying much food, so I am afraid that the grain and grass in the past two days will be a little troublesome." ”

Zhao Tuo's eyes narrowed slightly, tens of thousands of prisoners, and the food needed for a meal was very huge.

Someone muttered: "Otherwise, cutting off a part of it will not only have military merits, but also save food." ”

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