946. Abandon honor
Wang Jian nodded, at this time he agreed with Zhao Cheng's words very much, he once felt that he would win forever and become a general who won all battles.
But today's battle of the sand dunes made him realize that his Taoism was still very shallow, at least compared to General Kuang Zhang of the Qi State, it was much shallower.
Wang Jian issued the order to withdraw the army, let the legion retreat to the north, how much can be retreated, it is all up to the will of heaven, to the north, he is reintegrating the legion and fighting a bloody way.
The war with the Qi State can be said to have completely collapsed, and what he has to do now is to reduce the losses, instead of letting the Qi army wipe out the Qin army.
After retreating to the north, even if he won the war, it was just a simple evacuation, which greatly reduced the losses of the Qin army, and allowed the Qin army to leave alive. ’
This battle was the beginning of the Qin and Qi hegemony, Wang Jian knew that the war between Qi and Qin would definitely not be less in the future, and the struggle for hegemony in Kyushu would inevitably go through many bloody battles before he could completely gain hegemony.
The 600,000 army is by no means a small number for the Qin State, and Wang Jian must protect the 600,000 troops, at least 200,000 people, evacuate safely and return to the Qin State.
The evacuation of 200,000 people is not a small number for Wang Qian, 600,000 troops, 100,000 defected to the Qi State, only 500,000 troops, and now in the Battle of the Dunes, the entire Qin State collapsed, and the battlefield was slaughtered by the Qi State.
On the battlefield, it was difficult for the Qin State to form an organized resistance, and the Qin army guarding in the north was an army that had not been harmed by the Qi State, but Wang Jian no longer planned to dispatch this army to meet the battle.
Because to face the battle is to suffer huge losses, and instead of facing the battle with heavy losses, it is better to keep the living force of these 100,000 people.
Because after this battle, Wang Jian knew that there was still a biggest breakout battle, this breakout battle was won, that is the real win, this breakout battle, if it is lost, then everything is over, it is difficult for Qin to advance westward, and can only fight against Qi in a defensive posture, and all the western countries must accept the destruction of Qi.
Wang Jian left the camp, and this Wang Jian camp had already burned into a fire, and a major general of Qi State rode a war horse, looked at the burning Qin army camp, and then looked at the banner of the Qin army.
The cavalry of the Qi State rushed in, and the young general walked in front of the banner of the Qin army: "This is the handsome banner of the Qin State!" After speaking, he cut down the handsome banner of the Qin State with a knife, and the handsome flag fell, representing that this army belonged to a rout.
"Major General, there is no Wang Jian and Zhao Cheng in the camp, I'm afraid the two have been evacuated safely!" The soldier looked at the general of the Qi State and said.
The general took a deep breath: "This battle is not very good, this escape technique is first-class!" ”
If this young general's words are heard by Wang Qian, Wang Jian will definitely gamble on honor to duel with this young general, even if he dies again.
But it's a pity that Wang Jian couldn't hear it, this young general looked ahead, there were many Qin troops fighting here desperately Qi army, but desperately, they couldn't stop the victory of this Qi country.
The young general looked in several directions, then looked at the adjutant on the side and said: "Outflank in several ways, you must capture Wang Jian alive, otherwise this victory will not be a real victory!" ”
"No!" Several lieutenants under the Major General clasped their fists and said to him.
The young general took a deep breath: "It seems that the time has come for me to make meritorious contributions!" ”
At this time, Qin He, who was on one side, killed Zhuo Bing, and the 100,000 army controlled by Zhuo Bing was instantly defeated by Qin He and the samurai legion, but the samurai legion was to impact this army, not destroy it, and Qin He wanted to give this army a devastating blow.
Although Qin He is a Qin person, he does not take care of the Qin soldiers who are Qin people, this is his name to the Qi State, telling the Qi people that he Qin He has no relationship with the Qin State, and he is loyal to the Qi State.
But the people of Qi don't look at these, since you are a second minister, in the eyes of Qi State, you are a second minister, in the eyes of Qi State, it is not that you can't use a second minister, the first generation of the samurai legion commander was a second minister.
But what Qi State doesn't believe in is a second minister who has no sense of honor, because the interests surrender to Qi State, Qi State will definitely not reuse this kind of person.
Like money, Qi doesn't care, everyone likes money, people who are greedy for money, Qi doesn't care either, because there are many people who are greedy for money, and there are many Qi countries.
Qi Guo doesn't care how many shortcomings a person has, what he cares about is a bottom line, if you don't have a bottom line, Qi people care.
You can betray the Qin State and take refuge in the Qi State for the sake of interests today, wouldn't you have betrayed the Qi State and joined other countries for the sake of interests in the past?
Qi Guo doesn't care how many shortcomings a person has, how high his morality is, what he cares about is that this person has a sense of honor and loyalty.
However, there are not many talented and virtuous people in the Qi State, but they are all loyal to the Qi State, which is valued by the Qi State, and among many things, the Qi State values loyalty.
You have a loyal heart, you have a bottom line, Qi Guo doesn't care how high your morality is, after all, how many people have a high moral level in this world?
There are saints with very high moral standards in this world, but it is probably impossible and unrealistic for everyone to become saints.
The ideal of a saint is that everyone is a saint and also teaches everyone to be a saint, so that is only an ideal, not a reality.
Of course, Qin He also knew that as a second minister, it would be difficult for him to be well recognized in Qi and entrusted with important tasks, but he had to show that he had really taken refuge in Qi and let Qi see this.
And the only way to express oneself is to attack the Qin State that served in the past.
Therefore, Qin He's attack on the Qin State was not soft at all, and it was very ferocious, and many Qin people were severely beaten by it.
When the secret guard on the side saw this, he nodded in approval, Qin He looked at the secret guard on the side and said, "My lord, although I was born as a Qin person, I hate the Qin people and the Qin country!" ”
The secret guard nodded, they understood Qin He's words, he knew that Qin He had a deep complaint against Qin State in his heart, otherwise how could Qin He take refuge in Qi State so easily because of interests?
However, the secret guard looks at these, but Qin He is a general, and it is those generals of Qi who will serve in the future, and they will become their subordinates, and the future appointment and removal of positions will also be arranged by the cabinet of Qi.
The generals in the cabinet of Qi State are all people with a strong bottom line, high morality, military cultivation, and a very high value of honor, and they don't like Qin He's second ministers.
What they value is loyal and righteous, and what Qin He did, in front of those cabinet generals of Qi State, was not loyalty, it was trampling on his own honor.
In front of the general of Qi State, betrayal, that is an act of abandoning one's own honor.