After dark, the Qin army had the captives carry the bodies of their companions, support each other, and return to the Zhao camp. All four 10,000 generals were only injured and were among those who were repatriated. They were not wearing armor and were dressed in short clothes, and the Qin people did not know that they were ten thousand generals. The same goes for other officers. If Zhao Kuo hadn't identified himself loudly, he probably wouldn't have been recognized.

Of the 10,000 Zhao troops who came out, a large number of them were killed, a small number of them fled, and the rest were here. This morning's departure was stylish and scrappy, but the return at night was like this!

Zhao Jun saw all this in his camp, and deep despair rose in the hearts of everyone.

In the direction of the Qin army, Taniguchi's reinforcements were selected elite soldiers, well-equipped, and complete of troops; In the battle, the Zhao army fought with their lives and won the most. The reinforcements of Dongling are all capable warriors, with average physical strength and not strong combat effectiveness, but at the last moment, taking advantage of the decline in Zhao Jun's physical strength and bloating after eating fried corn, they took advantage of a lot of advantages, but also suffered a lot of losses. The ten battalions on the hill on the side of the Danshui bear the brunt, there is no room for tricks, and the sick account for the majority, it is already very reluctant to be able to come out to fight, basically can not ask for any results, and the losses are not small, most of the dead soldiers are from these ten battalions, and most of the dead are wounded, or even seriously injured.

While settling the Zhao army, the Qin army was also wounded by each other, and each battalion searched for fallen companions and counted the number of dead and wounded. Due to the fierce fighting, the battlefield spread throughout the mountainous area, and those who did not see anyone alive or dead were counted as "dead". Several battalion commanders had gathered hundreds of identification badges in their hands, which had been taken from the bodies of the dead. The officers and doctors of each battalion registered the captures of each soldier. Since Bai Qi ordered the release of the injured Zhao army, not many captures were reported. But it doesn't matter how much they capture, because they have already killed Zhao Kuo, the main general of the Zhao army, and the whole army can be counted as a merit.

In the evening, the 1,000 Beidi Army finally arrived, but they only caught up to escort the Zhao army back to the camp. However, due to the outstanding contribution of Meng Fu in the defensive operations, the Beidi Army was exempted from responsibility, but Meng Fu was in vain.

In the early morning of the next day, Bai Qi, Wang Di, and Sima Jin all reported to the King of Qin: Yesterday, Zhao came to attack Qin Base and wanted to come out. For four teams, four or five can't come out. His general, Zhao Kuo, fought by himself, and the Qin army shot him.

The walled city, which is 500 miles away from Changping, is surrounded by mountains. At the end of September, the weather in the mountains is getting colder, the valleys are babbling with streams, and the crops in the fields have been harvested and returned to the warehouse.

It has been half a month since King Qin entered the walled city. There are not many people in the walled city, and they know each other's roots; Five thousand swordsmen were stationed at the main crossings, and only five hundred were stationed in the city. Coupled with Mang's secret management, the officials tried their best to show that this small city with a population of less than 10,000 could simply not leave no stone unturned and never close its doors at night. The King of Qin traveled every day, either in the city or along the village paths, visiting the poor and asking the poor, respecting the old and loving the young, and coming with a whim. Most of the peasants in Yuancheng had seen this kind old man, who was always accompanied by a large number of retinues, all of whom were shrewd and capable, and knew at a glance that he was a big man, but with an easy-going attitude, polite, and close to the peasants, they would never have imagined that it would be the King of Qin.

After completing the task of conscripting the Hanoi army, Childe Yiren returned to Yuancheng. Halfway through the rapid change in climate, the stranger came back with a fever and headache, which gradually progressed to coughing, body aches, and fatigue. Many of the entourage also had similar symptoms. The king of Qin sent a letter to Xianyang, and the prince immediately sent two Qin doctors, brought two large packages of medicine, and rushed to Yuancheng by boat overnight. After the fourth diagnosis, a dose of medicine was dispensed, and after Yiren ate it, the fever subsided, and he had some strength in his body. Doctor Qin sent people to Yicheng to purchase some rice, cooked rice porridge to drink, and carefully recuperated. Although most of the illness was cured, the Qin doctor said that it was an epidemic, and he was afraid of being contaminated, so he discouraged him from meeting with the king of Qin, and did not allow strangers to run around, and only moved in a courtyard. The other entourage, Doctor Qin, also went over to see the doctor, and asked some of them to drink ginger and jujube soup, some to drink coptis soup, and some to drink rhubarb soup, all of which were three bowls a day. Those who ask to drink ginger and jujube soup are naturally smiling, those who drink coptis soup have sad faces, and those who drink rhubarb soup are soaked three times a day. But everybody is getting better. - Not allowed to run around, but also confined to a courtyard.

Zheng Anping is responsible for the security of various places, usually not in the city, and often in the city is Mangwei. Mang Wei had never presided over the affairs of the walled city, and some of the fathers and elders knew him, which brought great convenience to maintaining law and order. Chen Si was still lurking in Yicheng, collecting intelligence from all over the country, and reporting the movements of each prince once a day, and reporting to the King of Qin in Yuancheng and Zhang Lu and the crown prince of Xianyang respectively.

Gai Nie was incorporated into the ranks of swordsmen by the King of Qin and authorized him to be a personal guard. Whether King Qin was inside or outside the city, he always followed a dozen paces away. The news that the King of Qin was stationed in Yuancheng had not yet spread, and there had been no suspicious outsiders arriving recently, and Gai Nie seemed to have nothing to do. The king of Qin told him that he had also learned swords from the Sima family, and that he was considered to be the same as Gai Nie, and that in his spare time he even occasionally discussed swords with Gai Nie, or asked several swordsmen to fight with Gai Nie with bamboo poles to compete for the championship, so that the swordsmen knew that the new swordsmen were strong in swordsmanship.

Zhang Lu wrote to ask for instructions on how to spend the New Year this year. The king of Qin instructed that he would celebrate the New Year in Yuancheng; Xianyang should focus on rewarding meritorious service this year, and urge all counties and counties to do the affairs of this year's meritorious service; Whenever there is an official document, it must be put in place before or within the year.

Yuancheng is a small city, but due to the large number of garrisons, this year's market is particularly vigorous, and there are markets outside the four gates, which are directly managed by swordsmen. The mountain people on the four mountains, the people of the four towns, and the people in the city all took out their year's harvest and traded it in the market. Hedong specially brought a lot of salt, which was traded in the bazaar at a lower price to raise necessary supplies for King Qin and his party; Even fried millet is traded on the market.

The powerful family steamed the whole family's corn rice in advance, and prepared mountain goods, meat, vegetables, salt, plums, sauce, vinegar and other things; The poor should also cook a few meals of thick porridge and add some salt and plum to taste. Fried millet has become a gift from parents to their children, and you can buy one or two for a penny, and give each child a handful. There are children who don't believe in evil who eat it for a day, and they really have a stomachache; After a while, the children in Yuancheng knew that fried millet could only be eaten with a little dip in their fingers, and they could eat at most three times a day. Because there is a lot of fried millet salt, the taste is very good, and it has become a favorite thing for children.

After eating breakfast, King Qin took a few entourages out of the south gate and wandered around. I saw several children wrestling with fried millet as the championship. King Qin watched it with great interest, and the winner dipped his little finger from the loser's fried millet with a proud face, while the loser was very heartbroken, accusing him of dipping too much, but it was only verbal, and he did not stop it.

Entering a water shop, there are several seats where you can drink water, a penny a can, and about five people can drink. It's still early, it's cool in winter, and there aren't many people who come to drink water, and the seats are empty. Seeing King Qin coming, Pu Bao came up and greeted: "Father, let's go in and rest for a while!" See few people, quiet! ”

King Qin said: "Is there anything to tell me?" ”

Pu Bao blinked his eyes and said, "I have it!" The former has a hunter's trap, looking from a distance, the mountain is densely packed, countless soldiers, but it seems to be a big war. Strange or not? ”

The King of Qin asked, "Where did it fight?" ”

Pu Bao pointed to the east mountain road: "It is convenient to go outside the mountain." Just one mountain apart is the two heavens. Isn't it a blessing that there is a river of blood flowing on that face, and drinking quietly here! ”

King Qin said: "Admittedly! Take five jars of water and tell me about it! "Beckoning everyone to enter the shop, the king of Qin sat down, where did the others dare to sit, only standing inside and outside the shop.

Pu Bao brought the water, put a lamp on the King of Qin, and said: "It is water that is well water, which is quite sweet, but it can be used as wine, and the old father will know it when he drinks it." ”

King Qin took it, scooped it up for Pu Baoye, and said, "Little brother, sit and drink together!" I took a sip. Pu Bao took the water with both hands, knelt down in front of King Qin, and said, "Thank you, old father!" Not just recently. Or at the beginning of the year, a large army crossed the border, and the walled city was fortunately blocked by high mountains, and it was not allowed to enter. Or after a few days, I am afraid of 10,000 people! I don't know where outside the mountain is worth such a big battle. ”

King Qin said: "The army is crossing, and there are people in the walled city?" ”

Pu Bao lowered his voice and said, "Although there is no way to recruit, there is also a way?" He mysteriously pointed to the side of the mountain and said, "In the summer, there are women who enter the mountain and hide in the mountains, not communicating with people, or saying that they are cooking in the army." The old father thought about it, and heard that there were many women, and the daily cooking was endless, and the corn fragrance lasted for a long time. Or smell it......" Pu Bao showed an intoxicated look on his face.

The king of Qin was amused when he heard this, and said to the shop: "The army is good, and you are good, and you are evil?" ”

Pu Bao said: "Good, great good!" We dug a well in the backyard, and the water was sweet, and it was based on Jia Shui. When the soldiers have not arrived, there are no more than a few cans a day, and all the merchants from the north and the south are also. Not today, hundreds of cans are still not exhausted. Who? There are nobles in the city, who do not drink water unless they have water, so they enter hundreds of ten cans a day. ”

King Qin didn't expect that this little brother would also provide himself and his entourage with food and drink, so he became interested and asked, "The nobles in the city, who is Cheng?" ”

Pu Bao said: "It's unspeakably expensive. The city orders are all under it, not the king! ”

King Qin said: "Do you see the king?" ”

Pu Bao said: "I haven't seen it." Every day, the well water is drawn out of the city and entered. The residence of the nobles is unknown. ”

King Qin said: "The battle outside the mountain, the walled city is near, and no one has ever been conscripted?" ”

Pu Bao said: "There is no such thing." Or people over fifteen years old are all enlisted, but there is nothing to do! ”

King Qin said: "Qin was knighted for his military exploits. The people of the wall have no merit without war, and if they have no merit, they have no lord, and they are not sad! ”

Pu Bao said: "When I heard it when I was young, I heard that there were people who had a wall, and I was recruited from Wu'an Jun, and I got the second and third lords, and I was exempted from rent." He moved to the past, and he did not see it. ”

King Qin said: "Or from the conscription, are you willing?" ”

Pu Bao smiled: "My boy may be able to laugh and be happy for a gentleman." If you follow the levy, you will die without a place. ”