The rapid withdrawal of the Qin army was indeed somewhat unexpected by the plateau, because it was indeed as Meng Tian said, after a night of fierce fighting, the army was indeed sleepy and lacking, so the plateau originally planned to let the soldiers rest during the day, and then resort to the night to launch a surprise attack on the east camp of the Qin army, but the east camp of the Qin army hurriedly withdrew during the day, which also made the plan of the plateau fall through, and this also shows that although the west camp of the Qin army was defeated, the main general did not mess with the formation, and still kept a very clear head, and the withdrawal was very timely, if you wait until the evening, The eastern camp of the Qin army will definitely suffer the same fate as the western camp.

Of course, there are still a considerable part of the army in the Dai army that did not participate in the night battle, including more than 10,000 cavalry troops, and the Qin army retreated, although it was lightly armed, but it was certainly impossible to outpace the cavalry, so if the Dai army attacked immediately, it was not impossible to catch up with the Qin army, although it could not inflict heavy damage on the Qin army, but it could also cause considerable losses to the Qin army.

However, now that the overall situation of the Qin army's defeat and retreat has been decided, it cannot be changed, these trivial things, the plateau does not care too much, and the hasty attack is often a big risk, the Qin army has always been well-trained, although it is in the retreat, but it will also prevent the pursuit of the army, leaving enough troops to break the rear, so the plateau does not intend to risk pursuit, only sent a small number of cavalry troops to monitor the withdrawal of the Qin army. At the same time, it was also ordered to slaughter cattle and sheep in the camp, reward the three armies, and celebrate for three days.

Originally, Gao Yuan planned to celebrate after the complete defeat of the Qin army, but now that the Qin army has taken the initiative to retreat, it is of course to celebrate in advance.

Li Yinghong ignored the actions of the plateau a little, and said: "After winning the battle, it is appropriate to reward the three armies, but now that the Qin army has retreated to Jingchengsai, even if we don't pursue it immediately, we should prepare to march and seize Jingchengsai, only by capturing Jingcheng, can we open up the route to continue our southward advance, and now celebrate for three days, is it a little inappropriate." ”

Gao Yuan said: "The terrain of Jingcheng is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, I originally planned to lead the Qin army to the vicinity of Hongshangsai, hit the Qin army hard, and reduce the difficulty of our capture of Jingchengsai, but now the Qin army has withdrawn, so it has been able to save a considerable number of troops, plus the men and horses left behind in Jingcheng, the total strength of the Qin army is still not less than 100,000 people, we want to capture Jingcheng, it is very difficult." ”

Li Yinghong said: "If it's difficult, don't you drill wells?" ”

Gao Yuan shook his head and said: "Of course not, I also know the importance of capturing Jingcheng Fortress, first, we have insufficient troops to garrison Hongshang Fortress, and we need to mobilize some more reinforcements from Dai County; Second, it is difficult to capture Jingcheng by relying only on our army, and only by concentrating us and General Sima can we succeed in attacking Jingcheng. ”

As he spoke, Gao Yuan took the map, spread it on the table, and pointed on the map: "Now Sima Shang and Chen Zhibu have passed through the north bank of Yishui Xiazhai, and the entire area north of Yishui has been under our control, a few days ago I have ordered Dai County to send 50,000 reinforcements to Jijing, so that Sima Shang and Chen Shi can send about 80,000 troops to cross Yishui, go south along the Yellow River, pass through Dongyang, Anping, and then cross Hutuoshui, you can go straight to the back of Jingcheng and cut off the connection between Jingcheng and Handan. Now the Qin army stationed in Handan is only 50,000 people, and we will definitely not dare to move lightly, and if we send troops from the north to approach Jingcheng and suppress the Qin army in Jingcheng, then Jingcheng will become a lone army, and then we can capture Jingcheng by attacking back and forth. And this time, the vast area north of Handan and east of Taihang can all fall into our hands, and maybe we can take advantage of the situation to capture Handan. ”

After listening to the plan of the plateau, Li Yinghong couldn't help but frown, because recovering Handan has always been the expectation of Li Mu's old department, and from a realistic point of view, if he can really recover Handan, he will basically be able to restore the territory of Zhao before the battle of Jingcheng, plus the Yan realm that has been occupied, even if it is not as good as Qin, it is not far behind; And even if you can't recover Handan, you can get more than half of the land before the fall of the Zhao State, which is not small, at least it is several times larger than the existing territory of Daijun, and it is enough to compete with the Qin State for a long time.

Gao Yuan said: "In this battle, we defeated the Qin army by driving beasts, and in the future, our army will have to fight in coordination with the beasts, and now our beasts have been exposed, so we can take advantage of the time of these few days, and we can also practice it, and we will use it on the battlefield in the future." ”

―――――――― dividing line ――――――――― dividing line―――――――― the withdrawal of the Qin army proceeded very smoothly, and the Dai army did not take advantage of the situation to pursue, the Dai army only sent a few small cavalry troops, followed the Qin army, monitored the withdrawal of the Qin army, and moved out several Qin army broken squads, only eliminating nearly 1,000 Qin troops, and did not cause much loss to the Qin army. Therefore, the eastern army of the Qin army and the brigade of the rear army evacuated from the front of Hongshangsai very smoothly and returned to Jingchengsai safely.

The Qin army also collected about 12,300 scattered men and horses of the Western Army, and as a result, more than 70,000 people and horses returned to Jingchengsai, plus the Qin army left behind in Jingchengsai, a total of about 120,000, and the strength of guarding Jingchengsai was completely sufficient. However, now the Qin army knows that the Dai army has the ability to drive away beasts and fight, and the Qin army has suffered a crushing defeat on the front line of Jijing, and the whole army has been destroyed, so the morale of the whole army is extremely low.

However, for several days, the Dai army did not send troops to attack Jingcheng, and still stayed in Hongshangsai, which also made Han Teng puzzled, so he invited Meng Wu and Meng Tian's father and son to discuss.

Although the Western Army led by Meng Tian was defeated and lost 57,800 men and horses, first, it was a substitute army to drive away beasts, and no one would be able to please anyone who led the army; Second, the withdrawal plan and command of the Qin army was handled by Meng Tian, and as a result, the Qin army withdrew to Jingcheng very smoothly, and basically did not suffer much losses, of course, the Qin army did not know that the plateau did not plan to pursue at all, and thought that it was Meng Tian's planning role, so they did not despise Meng Tian's strength at all.

Han Teng couldn't see Gao Yuan's intentions, and he also asked Meng Tian to inquire. In fact, Han Teng had long wanted to find Meng Tian to discuss, but in the past few days, Meng Tian was not in Jingcheng Dazhai, but arranged a defensive distance on the periphery, and he didn't return to Dazhai until today, so Han Teng immediately invited Meng Tian to come.

After listening to Han Teng's speech, Meng Tian said: "It's not that Gao Yuan doesn't want to attack Jingcheng, but is making preparations in order to concentrate his forces and take Jingcheng in one fell swoop with a thunderous momentum. ”

Han Teng said: "How does the young general think that the plateau will attack Jingcheng?" Although it is said that the plateau can drive away beasts and fight, in the past few days, I have come up with some ways to deal with the herd. ”

Meng Tian was also a little surprised, he had been thinking about ways to deal with the beasts in the past few days, but he thought of a few, and he felt that it was not very reliable, and now when he heard Han Teng say that he had a way, he couldn't help but be interested, and put the intention of the plateau aside for the time being, and said, "I don't know what good way the general has?" ”

Han Teng said: "Actually, it's not a good way, I have an army composed of giants, with infinite manpower, and it's a bit of an exaggeration to say that it can crack a bear and a tiger, but it's still okay for one person to deal with a tiger or a black bear, and it's more than enough to deal with a wolf and leopard." ”

Meng Tian nodded, of course he knew the ability of the warriors of the Father Clan, only in terms of personal strength, he was indeed not inferior to any beast, and said: "I believe in the ability of the general's army, but as far as I know, there are only more than seven hundred people in this army now, and the beasts driven by the army are infinite, I am afraid it is still outnumbered." ”

Han Teng said with a smile: "It's not so terrible because of the beast, an ordinary soldier, although he can't deal with the bear and tiger, but he can still fight a wolf, and even if he deals with the bear and tiger, there are four or five people joining forces, it is completely enough, but it is still the nature of people to be afraid of the beast, so they will be invincible, but as long as someone takes the lead in fighting the beast, others will naturally follow suit." After a pause, Han Teng said again: "In the past few days, I have ordered people to capture bears, tigers, leopards, wolves and other beasts, and now I have caught more than a dozen, which can be watched by the soldiers, and even send someone to kill a few on the spot, and the soldiers will not be afraid, and after one or two more tough battles, they will naturally eliminate the fear of wild beasts, and if they fight against the beasts in the future, they will be treated as ordinary enemies." ”

Meng Tian also nodded again and again when he heard this, Han Teng's method was indeed worth trying.

Han Teng said again: "Therefore, if the plateau relies on the beast herd to attack the Jingcheng Fortress, and the major general does not visit, we can arrange it according to this, we may be able to make the plateau suffer a big loss and save some disadvantages." ”

Meng Tian smiled bitterly and said, "General, the plateau will never rely on a certain army or force, even if we can deal with the beasts and want to defend the well, it will be difficult, maybe these hundreds of thousands of troops will all be buried in the well." ”

Han Teng was stunned for a moment, and said: "It won't come to such a point, the terrain of Jingcheng is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, we still have 120,000 troops, it should not be difficult to defend Jingcheng." ”

Meng Tian shook his head and said: "Don't forget, the Dai army is not only on the plateau, but also Sima Shang and Chen Shi's men and horses, now the Qin army on the front line of Jijing has been wiped out, and there are less than 10,000 people left, and they can't hold the south bank of Yishui at all. ”

After Han Teng heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised, he had indeed forgotten Sima Shang and Chen Shi's people, so what Meng Tian said was indeed true, if the army used troops like this, Jing Cheng really couldn't keep it, so he said: "Is there any good way for the young general?" ”

Meng Tian said: "There is nothing to do now, only to give up Jingcheng and retreat to Handan, so that although Jingcheng is lost, the 120,000 horses can be preserved, and Handan can be saved, which is the only feasible plan now." ”

Han Teng frowned and said, "Jing Cheng Guan is heavy, without the order of the king, it is still a big crime to give it up like this." ”

At this time, Meng Wu said: "The matter is urgent, and Jing Cheng must not be defended, so please make a decision, see the king in the future, and share this crime with the general." ”