"Report to the general, the general has an order, ordering General Xin Sheng to take over the garrison of Yingchuan County, and ask the general to immediately lead the men and horses of his headquarters to return to Daliang, and then withdraw the army back to Xianyang with the general."

Han Teng said: "How many men did Xin Sheng bring to take over Yingchuan? ”

The soldier who reported said: "There are 30,000 horses? ”

Huo Lieyang nodded, and said: "With the men and horses of Changping Jun, there are a total of 50,000 people, with such a force stationed in Yingchuan, and also to defend against the attack of the Chu State, is it a little less." ”

Cao Wushu said: "That can't be helped, the Qin State can only leave so many troops to garrison in the Sanjin Dynasty, Zhao Di alone has used 100,000 troops, and the troops have to be stationed on the banks of the Yishui River, and the Great Liang also has to leave the necessary army, so there can only be so many people left in Yingchuan, but the Korean clan has almost been killed by us, and the Chu State does not have the courage to start a full-scale war with the Qin State, and 50,000 people guard Yingchuan, which is almost the same." However, in this way, the land of the Three Jin Dynasty only used less than 200,000 horses to garrison, and the pressure was much smaller than before. ”

At this time, Han Teng waved his hand and said to the soldier who reported it: "Okay, I know, you go down first." ”

After waiting for the soldiers to retreat, Han Teng said: "Now that the Great Liang has been broken and the Wei State has been destroyed, it seems that the Qin army is also going to return to Xianyang, and the three Jin Dynasty will be unified, the national strength of the Qin State will inevitably increase greatly, and the unification of the world seems to be just around the corner, so what do you think of the current situation." ”

Huo Lieyang said: "Lord, in my opinion, although the Wei State was destroyed, but the price paid by the Qin State in this battle was not small, a total of nearly 200,000 soldiers were killed, and even the national strength was almost exhausted, I listened to the news from the Xianyang Hair Meeting, in August and September, Xianyang began to spread rumors, saying that if it dragged on until next year, the Qin army could not conquer the Liang, the Qin State would increase taxes to supply the battle to attack the Liang, and now that the Liang has been captured, there is no need to increase the tax, but this also shows that The national strength of the Qin State has reached an unsustainable stage. ”

Han Teng said: "According to you, although the current Qin State has destroyed the Wei State, it is also a great loss of vitality, and it is actually very weak?" ”

Flaming Sun said, "Not bad. And judging from the current results, this is probably the good that the plateau has long predicted, that is, to use the Wei State, the use of the strong city walls of Daliang City, to consume the Qin army, consume the strength of the Qin State, although he assisted the Wei State twice before and after, but the total number of troops invested in the two times did not exceed 50,000, and the supply of grain and grass materials was all borne by the Wei State, and also took away hundreds of thousands of troops and people from the Wei State, plus there was no big war in the county in the past two years, so it has been recuperating, and should have accumulated considerable materials, Next year may be a year of great action for the plateau. And the Qin State may not be able to grasp the overall situation in this regard. ”

Han Teng said: "You mean, next year the plateau will set out to attack the Qin State. ”

Huo Lieyang said: "Actually, it's not really about attacking the Qin State, but regaining the land of the Zhao State, or attacking the land of the Yan State. Because Gao was originally a minister of Zhao State, and most of his ministers and generals were from Zhao State, there should be many hidden forces in Zhao Land, just like this Yingchuan rebellion, if Zhao Land was attacked on the plateau, in the area around Handan, a similar thing also happened, with the ability of the plateau and the strength of Daijun, the possibility of Qin State quelling the rebellion is extremely low. If the plateau wants to capture Yandi, Yan is absolutely powerless to resist, the only thing that cannot be determined is that Yan can rely on Jijing's city defense, how long can it last, and whether it can hold on until reinforcements come to support. ”

Han Teng nodded and said: "The plateau's ability in both military and political aspects is not bad, the only deficiency is that Daijun is remote, sparsely populated, and has limited potential, making it difficult to compete with the Qin State for a long time, but if he is allowed to seize the land of Yan Zhao, although it is not as good as the Qin State, it is not far behind, it is enough to compete with the Qin State, and over time, it may not be able to rise." I'm afraid it's not a good thing for us. ”

At this time, Ji Wuzhi said: "My lord, I have some objections to Lord Huo's judgment. ”

Although Ji Wuzhi is only one of the ten generals, he is listed as the two major wise men under Han Teng along with Mu Tuoshan, and even the other five gods dare not despise Ji Wuzhi's wisdom, so Han Teng said: "What do you think about Wuzhi, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Ji Wuzhi said: "Although the Qin State did suffer heavy losses in this battle against Wei, but to say that the Qin State was weak, I dare not agree with it, the Qin State has been strong for nearly a hundred years, and the country is stable, and it will never be greatly damaged because of this temporary loss." Now the population of Qin State exceeds 10 million, and there are as many as 3 million young men and children, even if the loss of 200,000 troops will not make Qin State hurt their muscles and bones, and the people of Qin State still have rich wealth, and there are granaries in Bashu and Guanzhong, even if Qin State increases some taxes, the people can still bear it, and Qin State can still gather huge food materials in a short period of time, so Qin State will never sit back and watch the plateau regain the land of Zhao State and capture Yan State, and it is impossible for the plateau to easily seize the land of Yan Zhao. And judging from Wang Jian's arrangement, he left 100,000 troops to garrison in Zhao Di, and also assigned a part of his men and horses to enter Julu County, approaching Yishui. This is obviously to prevent the plateau from using troops against the land of Yan Zhao. ”

Han Teng pondered for a while before he said, "Then how should we deal with it with our unwise opinions?" ”

Ji Wuzhi said: "Although the plateau is our great enemy, but judging from the current situation, allowing the plateau's power to expand appropriately will do more benefits than disadvantages to our great cause, as long as the plateau maintains a certain threat to the Qin State, the Qin State can rely on us, and we will have enough time and opportunity to expand our power in the Qin State and slowly control the Qin State." Therefore, although this time we can't let the plateau annex the land of Yanzhao, we should still let the plateau's power expand to a certain extent, and it is best to be able to fight with the Qin army to lose both, which is the most beneficial to us. ”

Huo Lieyang said: "Although the idea of no wisdom is good, but with our current strength, it is not enough to stop the plateau, not to mention that the new Nanyang Army will still take several years to form combat effectiveness, even if the formation of the army is successful, it is only a few thousand people, and it may be useful to other countries, but it is difficult to use it against the representative army." After a pause, he said, "Unless we use the power of that force." ”

Han Teng said: "No, that force's power is our last reliance, if it is not at the time of Guan Jian, it must not be used, not to mention that once it is used, the relationship is heavy and involves too much, so it is not the right time." ”

Ji Wuzhi said: "I have thought about this point in Xia, now is indeed not the time to use that force, so we still have to rely on the strength of the Qin army, supplemented by a few masters in our army, and can support it without being strong, but I think that it is the force that can be used to prepare for Shi Wugong, since we have attached to the Qin State, Shi Wugong has already begun to prepare, I heard that he has developed several powerful weapons, and it can be used." ”

Han Teng listened, nodded as well, and said, "Yes, since Shi Wugong was attached to us, it has been more than ten years, and in order to complete the atlas of his ancestors' organs, we have spent 10,000 Yi gold, and now it is time for Shi Wugong to show his achievements." ”

As a few people were talking, they saw a flickering shadow, and Shui Xinyue, who was still masked with a light veil, had already floated into the house, saw Han Teng, and said: "Lord, the powerful forces we secretly cultivated in Dai County have been almost all captured by the plateau, if it weren't for Zhao Xin's absence in Dai County at that time, we would have escaped." ”

Han Teng was stunned for a moment and said, "What about the horse thief?" ”

Shui Xinyue said: "The horse thieves were all destroyed by the Dai army, and only Ma Yu fled to the Xiongnu with more than 30 horsemen." ”

Han Teng was also taken aback, and immediately asked, "What the hell is going on, why was it all wiped out by the plateau all at once." ”

Shui Xinyue also briefly explained the process of the horse thief and the powerful forces of Daijun being discovered by Daijun's Jinyiwei and destroyed.

After listening, Han Teng couldn't help but be disappointed, because Shui Xinyue met Zhao Xin by chance on the grassland, and used his identity as a local powerhouse in Daijun to secretly cultivate power in Daijun, and carefully cultivated a horse thief. Han Teng was also quite expectant of a somewhat unexpected gain, hoping to use Zhao Xin to break his forces into Daijun and establish his own power in the hinterland of the plateau. After almost two years and a lot of financial and material resources, it finally reached a certain scale, but I didn't expect to be served by the plateau all of a sudden.

Han Teng thought for a moment before saying, "Where is Zhao Xin now?" ”

Shui Xinyue said: "Ma Yu and Zhao Xin met in the Xiongnu, and now both of them are staying in the Xiongnu tribe, this time they sent us news from the Xiongnu tribe." ”

Han Teng said: "Does Zhao Xin still have much influence in Daijun now?" ”

Shui Xinyue shook her head and said, "I can't figure this out either." ”

Han Teng pondered for a while before he said, "Xinyue, you go to Daijun, but you can't bring too many people this time, send someone to inform Zhao Xin, and ask him to rush to Daijun and meet you." ”

Shui Xinyue was also a little surprised, and said: "Lord, at this time, I'm afraid that Daijun's inventory is very strict, and it's nothing for me to arrive, but is it appropriate to let Zhao Xin go to Daijun to meet with me?" Even if he still has a certain amount of influence in Daijun, at this time, I'm afraid it is not suitable to go to Daijun. Why don't I go directly to the Huns to find him. ”

Han Teng shook his head and said, "If Zhao Xin still has a certain amount of influence in Dai County, then he will definitely be able to avoid Dai County's interrogation and meet with you, and if he doesn't even dare to go to Dai County, even if he still has a certain amount of influence in Dai County, he is also a useless person, and he is not worthy of our support." ”

Shui Xinyue nodded and said, "Yes, lord, I understand, I'll leave tomorrow." ”