Although the combat effectiveness of the Wei army is not as good as that of the Qin army, but after more than half a year of fierce fighting, the combat effectiveness of the Wei army has been greatly improved.

However, now there is no long-range strike support on the water, and the Qin army has strong troops after all, so the Qin army gradually began to occupy the advantage, and gradually recovered the cofferdam occupied by the Wei army. The other Qin soldiers even lined up on the cofferdam to relay the line, constantly transporting sandbags up to fill the gap.

At this time, the sailors of the Qin army also rushed to the battlefield, and all kinds of warships and rafts covered almost the entire water surface near the cofferdam, although the warships of the Dai army immediately met the battle, but the Qin army's warships and rafts were too many, and the warships and the Dai army were at war, and the rafts sailed past one after another and docked at the cofferdam.

Although some rafts were swept away by the torrent of the gap because of improper docking, and the rafts capsized, most of the rafts still successfully landed, and the Qin soldiers killed the cofferdam from the rafts and engaged in a fierce battle with the Wei army, and this time, the battle situation immediately changed greatly, and the Qin army finally regained the initiative on the battlefield.

Wang Jian breathed a sigh of relief, now it seems that the situation can still be recovered, he was indeed a little careless at the beginning, he didn't expect that the scale of the defenders' attack this time was larger than the previous one, and he almost did his best. Generally speaking, if the trapped army is attacking with all its might, then it means that the defenders are going to break through with all their might, but judging from the current situation, the defenders just want to launch a large-scale attack, and have no intention of breaking through.

So what exactly does plateau mean? Is it so hard that you just want to dig a few more gaps in the cofferdam? Or it was the camp of the Qin army that was flooded, but although the water has now submerged a camp of the Qin army, there are not many Qin troops stationed in the camp of the cofferdam, and most of the civilian service of the Qin army has moved to a higher place to camp, so even if the water is released, it will not flood the Qin army.

At this moment, I saw a Qin soldier rushing to Wang Jian's car and said, "Report to the general, a fleet of boats has come in from the river." ”

Wang Jian was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that the purpose of the original attack on the plateau was only to divert the attention of the Qin army and respond to this fleet. However, if the Dai army still has a fleet, why didn't it come to Daliang earlier, but at this time, Daliang City was about to be unable to hold on, so this fleet was transferred to Daliang, is it preparing to retreat from Daliang?

Just thinking of this, I only heard the horns sounding on the wall of Daliang City, and the Wei soldiers who were fighting with the Qin soldiers on the cofferdam also evacuated the cofferdam, retreated on the raft, and drove in the direction of Daliang City.

At this time, on the water, the warships of the Dai army also achieved absolute superiority, dozens of warships of the Qin army had already ignited a fire, and other warships were still fighting hard in order to contain the Dai army.

However, after the horn of withdrawal was sounded, the warships of the Dai army broke away from the battle one after another and turned to cover the retreating Wei army, and the warships of the Qin army did not dare to pursue when they saw it

Seeing that the war was basically over, Wang Jian left Yang Duanhe and Li Xin to deal with the aftermath, while he rushed to the river to see the arrival of the fleet.

After the last time the fleet of the Dai army arrived at Daliang, someone built a river to block the river to prevent reinforcements from coming, and in addition, it was also to completely trap the defenders in Daliang City to prevent the defenders from escaping.

However, firstly, the Qin army needed to transport food and materials by river, and secondly, the defenders continued to attack the breach, and they also needed to constantly replenish water from the river to maintain the water trap on Daliang City. In addition, in the following five months, there was no fleet coming, and Wang Jian was familiar with the art of war, and knew that the siege must be lacking, if the defenders were completely trapped to death, the defenders could only fight to the death with the Qin army. In fact, if the defenders want to break through from Daliang City, Wang Jian is afraid that he will have to high-five his hands to welcome, because now Wang Jian has thanked God as long as he can occupy Daliang City, and will never stop the defenders from breaking through, so the Qin army has never blocked the river.

When Wang Jian arrived at the river, he saw the boats in the three rivers shuttling and discharging several miles away, and some of them had already sailed out of the river and headed for Daliang City. It is estimated that there are at least two or three hundred of them.

However, Wang Jian could see very clearly that there were no special warships like the Dai Army among these ships, so Wang Jian could also conclude that this fleet was rushed to pick up people and evacuate. In fact, there were still ten large warships in the fleet, but the warships had already sailed out of the river, and Wang Jian couldn't see them. However, Wang Jian's judgment was correct, this fleet was indeed here to pick up people and retreat.

At this time, Xin Sheng rushed from the dock, and saw that the warships of the Dai army sailed out of the river one by one and headed in the direction of Daliang City, and he couldn't help but be startled, because although it has not yet been unified, the Qin army has lost at least dozens of ships in this battle, and now the Qin army has only one hundred and fifty or sixty ships left at most, and the Dai army has two or three hundred ships at once, how can this battle be fought?

But look at Wang Jian, not only is he not nervous at all, but he is also smiling, as if he treats the warship of the Dai army as if he is nothing, Xin Sheng is not extremely admired, and he really deserves to be transcribed as Bai Qi, the most outstanding famous general of the Qin State, is this Qin Mountain's untamed bearing, which is indeed unmatched.

Turning his head to look at Xin Sheng, Wang Jian smiled and said, "Isn't General Xin too worried?" ”

Xin Sheng also smiled bitterly, he couldn't do Wang Jian's calmness, so he said: "General, after this batch of ships arrives, I'm afraid that the plateau will be like a tiger with wings, and if we want to conquer Daliang, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult." ”

Wang Jian said: "General Xin is too worried, don't you see?" These ships are not the style of warships. ”

Only then did Xin Sheng notice that these ships were really ordinary styles, and they were not the powerful warships of the Dai Army. said: "The general really looked carefully, but even if it is not a warship, but there are so many ships, it is not good for our Qin army." ”

Wang Jian shook his head and said, "No, if my expectations are correct, within three or five days, the plateau will withdraw its troops from Daliang, and these ships are actually here to pick them up." ”

Xin Sheng was stunned for a moment and said, "Retreat? ”

Wang Jian nodded and explained: "If the plateau is going to fight a decisive battle with us, then when the first fleet arrives, these ships should also be sent, or a few months ago, and now that the city of Daliang is about to be broken, sending these ships again naturally has only one purpose, that is, to retreat from Daliang." ”

When Xin Sheng heard this, he hurriedly said: "Then please ask the general to give an order to block the river immediately, and the plateau must not be withdrawn from Daliang." ”

Wang Jian laughed and said, "Why do you want to block the river? Wouldn't it be better to let the plateau be withdrawn from the girders? ”

Xin Sheng thought he had misheard, and said, "What? ”

Wang Jian said: "It has been almost nine months since the dispatch of troops this time, if you count the first attack on Wei last year, this battle has been fought for almost two years, and the loss of soldiers is nearly 200,000, and hundreds of thousands of troops plus civilian service are stationed under the city of Daliang, how much grain and grass materials have been consumed?" Although the city wall has collapsed now, if Gao Yuan continues to garrison the city, no one dares to say how much time it will take to capture the girder. How much more food and grass will be consumed? How many good men of my Qin State were buried in front of Daliang City. Therefore, if the plateau wants to retreat from Daliang, let him retreat, so that Daliang is an empty city, and we can get it at our fingertips. And the city of Daliang is broken, and the Wei State has been destroyed by our Qin State, this battle can be over, and the soldiers and civilian service can also return to the Qin State, is it difficult for General Xin not to want to return to Xianyang? ”

Xin Sheng understood what Wang Jian meant, but after thinking about it seriously, he had to admit that what Wang Jian said was indeed reasonable, because this time in the battle, the goal of the Qin army was to destroy the Wei State, so it was the top priority to break through Daliang as soon as possible and end this battle, as for the plateau to escape from Daliang City, it was not unacceptable.

And even if the river is blocked, it may not be able to trap the plateau, because now the naval army of the Dai army can completely break through the cofferdam of the Qin army, and then retreat ashore, and with the strength of the cavalry of the Dai army, the Qin army cannot stop the plateau at all. From this point of view, simply letting the plateau withdraw from the girder is a win-win outcome for both sides.

At this time, almost all the boats had sailed out of the river, and some of the ships had already docked in Daliang City, so Wang Jian said, "Okay, let's go back too." ”

Xin Sheng hurriedly said: "General, the last general has to go to the dock to count the losses, so he can't go back to the camp with the general." ”

Wang Jian nodded and said, "You go." With that, he turned around and left the river and returned to the camp of the Qin army.

At this time, the battle was all over, the Qin army had lost more than 9,700 casualties, more than 4,000 wounded, 61 warships destroyed, 327 rafts destroyed, 113 trebuchets damaged, and 41 bed crossbows destroyed. Moreover, only three of the twelve gaps in the cofferdam were dug by the Dai army, and two camps of the Qin army outside the cofferdam were flooded. It can be said that the Qin army suffered a lot of losses in this battle.

After Wang Jian learned of these circumstances, he didn't mind, but just ordered that the Qin army of the two flooded camps immediately move to the high underground village, and at the same time ordered the Qin army to do everything possible to block the gap in the cofferdam.

Although Wang Jian judged that the plateau should be evacuated from Daliang City, he did not dare to be absolutely sure, so the gap in the cofferdam must be blocked to maintain the siege of Daliang City. But the river was still open, allowing the plateau to retreat calmly.