"Is the Qin army going to withdraw?"

"Yes, in fact, it is not a real withdrawal, but it is just a retreat to Nanyang County to garrison, as long as the order is given, at most ten days, the army of the Qin army can re-arrive in front of Daliang City, so it can only be regarded as a temporary stop."

"If the Qin army retreats to Nanyang County, won't it be with us again?"

"No, we're leaving Nanyang soon."

"Leaving Nanyang? That's where to go? ”

"King Zheng of Qin has ordered us to immediately send troops from Nanyang to attack the state of Chu."

After listening to Han Teng's words, Jin Changdou, Huo Lieyang, Tuxingsun, Cao Wuxian, Ji Wuzhi and others present were also a little surprised.

Jin Changdou said: "This is a bit interesting, it seems that the Qin army's attack on Daliang this time did hit a hard stone, otherwise the Qin State would not have temporarily withdrawn its troops." ”

Huo Lieyang said: "Besieging Daliang for more than six months, demolishing more than 75,000 troops, this time the losses of the Qin army are indeed not small, so it is also correct to withdraw the troops temporarily." ”

Jin Changdou said: "In fact, if you deduct Yang Duanhe's battle, the Qin army only lost more than 50,000 people, and it is not a heavy loss, but it is a pity that Yang Duanhe was defeated too badly, losing more than 25,000 soldiers, and the army in that battle had almost no losses, so that battle was the battle of Guan Jian that attacked Daliang this time." ”

Huo Liyang also nodded, and said: "Yes, who would have thought that the water warfare ability of the plateau seems to be stronger than that of land warfare, and with only a few fireboats, the Qin army was defeated, and more than 25,000 people were buried in the belly of the fish, although we think that we have studied the plateau very thoroughly, but there seems to be an ability on the plateau that we do not know." ”

Han Teng said: "In fact, Daliang City has a thick wall, it is originally the first fortified city in the world, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the plateau has long recognized the tactics of the Qin army, and occupied Xingkou first, guarding the mouth of the Yellow River in the chasm, the Qin army has lost the first hand, if it is the Wei army guarding Xingkou, the Qin army may still have a chance to take advantage of it, but when it comes to someone like Gao Yuan who is proficient in the art of war, of course the Qin army will not have many opportunities." Whether there is Yang Duan and that battle, it is not Guan Jian, at most, it is to make the Qin army's casualties a little less, but it does not have a big impact on the battle situation. ”

Cao Wuxian also said: "Lord, according to the subordinates to divide the battle between the two sides, although the defense of the coalition army is tight, but it is not invulnerable, but the coalition army is mainly defensive, and the tactics of the cavalry sneak attack are Guan Jian, at least two Qin army's attacks were interrupted by the cavalry's sudden attack, I can't imagine that the cavalry can still use it like this, the plateau is indeed a strange material for soldiers, I think even Li Mu is slightly inferior to him." ”

Ji Wuzhi said: "Yes, fortunately, it was the lord who slaughtered the city and asked Qin Wangzheng to order us to transfer us to Nanyang Jun to keep us away from the battlefield, so this battle has nothing to do with our Nanyang army, and it also reduces the losses of our Nanyang army." ”

Tuxing Sun said: "Lord, what is the intention of the Qin State to let us attack the Chu State, is it difficult that the Qin State intends to attack the Chu State instead?" ”

Before Han Teng could speak, Jin Changdouji laughed strangely with his unique "disc saucer" voice and said, "Tuxingsun, you are making holes every day, is your brain filled with soil?" Now that even Wei has not been defeated, it is impossible for Qin to launch an attack on other countries. Qin sent us to attack Chu State, or to prepare for the attack on Wei State, although this time to keep Wei State, the Chu army is not the main force, but it is also a big help to the plateau, reducing this support force, at least it can also weaken the strength of the plateau, don't you even understand this layer of truth. ”

Huo Lieyang also nodded, and said: "Therefore, this battle against Chu does not require us to destroy or defeat the Chu State, as long as we fight a few victories on the border, capture a few cities, and deter the Chu State, so that the Chu State does not dare to rescue the Wei State, it will be fine." ”

Tuxing Sun said: "Even if the Chu State retreats, will the Qin army be able to conquer Xingkou?" I think the Chu army is completely here to make up the numbers, whether there is a Chu army or not, in fact, it doesn't matter much. ”

Ji Wuzhi patiently explained to Tu Xingsun: "Lord Tu, the Chu army is indeed insignificant in the defense of Daliang City, but behind the Chu army is the Chu State, and it is quite huge to bring psychological support to the Wei people, and it is also a big boost for the plateau to put pressure on the Wei State, so the withdrawal of the Chu army will have a great psychological blow to the Wei people, and it will also make the plateau lose most of the strength to suppress the Wei people, and the actions of the Qin State are by no means only against the Chu State, I think the plateau will also take action. If the Chu army is in the Wei state, maybe the Wei people will have some scruples because of the strong national strength of the Chu state, but as soon as the Chu army withdraws, the clans of the Wei state can also let go of their hands and feet and squeeze out the plateau. ”

Han Teng said: "What means does the Qin State have to deal with the plateau, we don't need to pay attention, but this time in the battle of attacking Daliang, because we retreated to Nanyang and did not participate, we were able to preserve our strength, and we were separated from the battle of attacking Daliang, Qin Wang Zhengcai ordered us to attack Chu State, and we also have to show Qin State the strength of our Nanyang army again, how many troops do we have now?" ”

Cao Wushu said: "Now our total strength is about 25,000, and the Nanyang army has 2,500 people, if we just want to win a few battles on the border of Chu State, it is completely enough." ”

Han Teng said again: "How many soldiers of the Nanyang Army do we still have in the Qin State?" ”

Cao Wuxian said: "There are more than 2,200 people? ”

Huo Lieyang said: "Why is there only so little, haven't we been training new Nanyang Army soldiers all the time?" Until now, even the full force of 5,000 people has not been reached. ”

Cao Wushu said: "Lord Huo, it is not easy to train a soldier of the Nanyang Army, there are not many people who can withstand the power of medicine and Chiyou to transform their bodies, and now we can't act as casually as before, so it is much worse to be able to recruit soldiers now than before, so the success rate is even lower." It is not easy to train 2,000 people now. ”

After a pause, he said: "Since we joined the Qin State, it has been nearly four years, and the group of soldiers who entered Qin with us at that time died more than 1,300 people in the Battle of Jingcheng, and nearly 400 people have been lost in the Battle of Xingkou not long ago, plus many soldiers have also reached the end of their lives, and the group of soldiers at that time only has more than 2,500 people left, and it is estimated that they will only have two or three years at most, and they will die due to physical exhaustion, so we must speed up the training of recruits. After all, the Nanyang Army is our main force. ”

At this time, Jin Changdou smiled again: "I have said a long time ago, the method of transforming soldiers is not reliable, although the transformed soldiers are indeed very strong, but the success rate is too low, and a transformed soldier only has a lifespan of five or six years, if you only want to rely on this army to wait in the Qin State, you can still do it, but when you want to compete for the world, it is impossible to do it with only these thousands of people." Just like Gao Yuan did not have a strong army like the Nanyang Army, but with a large number of conventional troops, he could also compete with the Qin army. ”

Han Teng nodded and said, "Yes, we had some problems with the direction of army building in the past, but at that time we were in the shadows, and it was impossible to form a huge army, so we could only focus on elite troops, but in the future, we should not only pay attention to the Nanyang Army, but also build a strong conventional army." ”

Cao Wuxian said again: "Lord, I think we must establish a cavalry army to establish a regular army. A few battles with the Dai army can prove that the combat effectiveness of the cavalry army is far stronger than that of the infantry army, and the Dai army can repeatedly defeat the Qin army, and it is precisely because he has an elite cavalry army under his command that if we can't also form a cavalry army to compete with the plateau, I am afraid it will be difficult to gain the upper hand in the future. ”

Huo Lieyang said: "I can't understand this, the Qin army also has a large number of cavalry, but compared with the Dai army, it is far inferior, why does the Dai army's cavalry have such a strong combat effectiveness, that is, when Li Mu was in the past, although the Zhao cavalry was slightly better than the Qin cavalry, but the gap was not as big as it is now, if Zhao had such a powerful cavalry at that time, I am afraid it would have already entered Xianyang." ”

Ji Wuzhi said: "Didn't the plateau recruit some Huns? The Huns have always been good at riding and shooting, and after they joined, of course, the strength of the cavalry of the Dai Army could be improved. ”

Cao Wuxian shook his head and said: "Although the Huns are good at cavalry and archery, they have also fought with the Qin army many times, and the advantage is far less than that of the Dai army, and the Huns did not take too much advantage of the Qin army, so I think that the cavalry of the Dai army is strong, there must be another reason, but we have too little to do with the Dai army cavalry, and we don't know much about it, so we will have to collect more information in this regard in the future." ”

Jin Changdou said: "What can I do if I know?" Do you think it's that easy to build a cavalry army? Not to mention anything else, where do the war horses come from, according to the configuration of the Qin army, a cavalry must be matched with at least two war horses, and a 5,000 cavalry army needs 10,000 war horses, such a large-scale war horse trade is impossible to hide from the past, plus the feeding and training of war horses need a large area, Qin is not South Korea, if you want to move these actions under the nose of Qin State, do you think Qin Wangzheng is so easy to deal with? ”

Han Teng said: "If we want to fight for the world and realize the will of Lord Chiyou, we must build a strong cavalry army, I will think about this, you don't have to worry, since I have a way to keep us out of the battle of Daliang, there is another way to establish our cavalry army under the nose of Qin Wangzheng." What we have to do well now is to attack the battle of Chu, and if this battle is fought well, I will be more sure. ”

Cao Wushu immediately said: "Please rest assured, please let your subordinates fight, and it will be no problem to fight the Chu State." ”