The Qi army of 10,000 people who went out to fight, all of them were Tian Kezang's private soldiers, with 5,000 on the left and right wings, and after joining the battlefield, they immediately started a fierce battle with the Qin army. At this time, the troops on both sides entered the battlefield exceeded 10,000 people, and the scale of the battle was more than doubled.

In fact, these Qi troops have been trained by the Han army for two or three years, and their combat effectiveness has indeed improved a lot, but they lack actual combat experience, but the morale of the Qi army is very good, because after several years of training, everyone wants to go to the battlefield to try their strength, and see that on the battlefield just now, the Han army killed the Qin army and retreated again and again, which also added a lot of confidence to the Qi army, plus the number of the Qi army is also more than the Qin army, so the two sides are inseparable for a while, and they are evenly matched.

Wang Ben was also secretly surprised when he saw it, he couldn't imagine that the combat effectiveness of the Qi army had been so greatly improved, although there was still a distance compared with the Qin army and the Han army, but it also had the strength to fight, and it was no longer vulnerable.

At this time, on the battlefield, on the left and right sides, the Qi army and the Qin army were still difficult to distinguish the victory from defeat for a while, but the Qin army in the middle was defeated by the Beiwei army and was gradually retreating, so the shape of the battlefield gradually changed from a straight line to a shallow saucer. The Qin army's central army was gradually retreating, while the Han army was gradually advancing.

Wang Ben frowned slightly, obviously not satisfied with the situation on the battlefield, so after thinking about it, Wang Ben immediately ordered another order, ordering 12,000 Qin troops to be put into the battlefield, adding 3,000 to the left and right, and the other 6,000 men and horses all joined the middle lane.

Seeing that the Qin army had increased its strength, Gao Yuan also immediately ordered an increase in troops, adding another 5,000 Qi troops on the left and right, and 5,000 Han troops in the middle.

After the two sides increased their troops, the battlefield returned to a state of equilibrium, and at this time the Qin army had dispatched 23,000 troops, and the combined column army had dispatched 28,000 troops, although the combined column army had more troops than the Qin army, but now the Han army only dispatched 8,000 troops, and still retained most of the troops, so the two sides still maintained a roughly balanced reserve force.

By this time the battle had been going on for more than an hour, and the number of soldiers killed and wounded on both sides had reached 2,000.

However, neither side increased the army, because this battle was a test for both sides, the Qin army was to test how strong the combined column army was, and the combined column army was to see what kind of combat effectiveness its own combat effectiveness could achieve, mainly the combat effectiveness of the Qi army. From the beginning of the war to this point, both sides have basically achieved their own goals and have a general understanding of their own strength and that of the other side. Therefore, there is no need to increase the number of troops, and the outcome of Bi Jing's battle has little impact on the overall situation.

So after more than ten minutes of fierce fighting, the Qin army first withdrew from the battlefield, and the joint column army did not pursue, but also collected the troops and returned to the camp, and then each sent someone to clean up the corpses of their own soldiers on the battlefield.

And Tian Kezang on the command platform was also greatly relieved at this time, the appearance of the Qi army in this battle was really a little unexpected to him, at the time of the war, Tian Kezhang was still a little worried, for fear that the Qi army would pull the hind legs of the Han army on the battlefield, and from the process of this battle, the Qi army's performance in this battle is really good, it seems that in the past few years, the rectification of the Qi army has played a lot of roles, of course, the training of the Han army to the Qi army is also an important factor.

Gao Yuan was also greatly relieved, because before the war, he did not have much confidence in the combat effectiveness of the Qi army, although from the perspective of the usual training, the Qi army's Su zhì has indeed improved a lot, but if you don't try it on the battlefield, it is impossible to determine whether the Qi army can fight, after all, the Qi country has not had a large-scale war for forty years. When the Qin army raided Taoyi, the Qi army gave it a try, and today's battle proved that the Qi army was still capable of fighting, which also made the plateau feel a lot more at ease, and in the future, let the Qi army fight against the Qin army alone in Daliang, and there is no need to worry too much.

According to the final statistics, the Qin army lost more than 1,800 soldiers in this battle, and the Hezhong army lost more than 2,300 people, of which the Qi army was about 1,500 people, and the rest were all Han troops. However, the soldiers of the Qi army are all elated, excited, although this is only a draw, but after all, the Qi army is the first time to fight, and the Qin army can achieve such a result, the Qi army is quite a big encouragement, and the Qi army will fight against the Qin army in the future, at least in the heart, they will not be afraid of the Qin army anymore.

Therefore, Tian Kezang said to Gao Yuan: "King Han, my Qi army can have such an excellent appearance, I really want to thank King Han, if it wasn't for the King of Han to send instructors to teach and train the Qi army, how could my Qi army have today's majesty." ”

Gao Yuan smiled and said: "An Pingjun is too polite, the Qi army can have such an appearance, it is the result of An Pingjun's efforts to rectify the armaments of the Qi State since he took power, if it were not for An Pingjun to rectify the armaments of the Qi State with all his might, it would be impossible for us to send instructors to the Qi State, and now we can finally see the results, An Pingjun's hard work is not in vain." ”

Tian Kezhang nodded, and said with great feeling: "In fact, the military strength of my Qi State also shocked the countries back then, when the Qin State was beaten by the Wei State and retreated to the West River, only our Qi army defeated the Wei army twice in Guiling and Maling, that is, when the whole country was lost, only Jimo and Ju were left, they were also able to break the Yan army, and the defeat and restoration of the country were successful, but it is a pity that after Hou Sheng took power, he has been doing Qin well, and he did not repair the army, so that the army of my Qi State is not organized, and in the next lifetime, I must regain the military prestige of my Qi State." ”

Gao Yuan said with a smile: "An Pingjun, don't worry, as long as you can defeat the Qin State this time, the Qi State will be able to restore its military prestige back then." ”

In the following few days, the two sides fought a second battle, the scale was about forty or fifty thousand people, the two sides won and lost each other, and the casualties were about the same, but after these battles, the spirit of the Qi army became higher and higher, and even fought to the plateau to fight, to compete with the Qin army. However, Wang Ben saw that he was fighting with the Hezong army, and it was easy to occupy anything, so he did not challenge the Hezong army outside the city, and closed the city gates, tightened the garrison, and waited for reinforcements to arrive.

On the one hand, the plateau fought with the Qin army, and on the other hand, it stepped up to urge the soldiers to build camp fortifications, so after more than ten days, the army of Hezhong built three large villages, arranged in a triangular shape, and each other was in a situation. Although the fortifications have not yet been fully completed, they have already prepared considerable defensive strength, and of course, the Qin army does not dare to attack the Hezhong army now.

During this time, several more Qi troops rushed to the front of Daliang City to join the army, and at the same time brought a large amount of grain and grass, and they were ready to hold on for a long time. At this time, the number of the Han Qi Column Coalition Army had exceeded 300,000, and the combined column army had also built a relief point from Taoyi to Daliang City, which could basically ensure the safety of its own relief line. At the same time, the Chu army has also entered the territory of Qi State, and it will be able to reach Daliang in ten days at most. It can be said that by this time, the first phase of the battle of this joint attack on Qin was basically over, and the two sides faced each other in front of Daliang City, and the battle situation was basically a stalemate.

At this moment, Gao Yuan ordered to dispatch 100,000 troops to Daliang City to challenge the Qin army, which was also the first time that the Hezhong army took the initiative to challenge the Qin army before arriving in Daliang City.

The Qin army has not been out of the city for more than ten days to challenge, and seeing that the Hezong army took the initiative to challenge him, Wang Ben ordered the Qin army to stick to the city, refuse to fight, and wait for reinforcements to arrive. Because of the first few battles, the Qin army basically did not take advantage of anything, although the draw increased the confidence of the Qi army a lot, but for the Qin army, it was impossible to defeat the Qi army, there was really nothing to be proud of, so it was not good for the Qin army to continue to fight such a battle. On the contrary, they stayed in Daliang City, waiting for the Hezong army to attack, and used the strong city defense of Daliang City to consume the strength of the Hezong army.

In addition, now that Wang Ben has received the news of reinforcements, in a few days, there will be a Qin general Yang Duan and the 100,000 army led by Li Xin to Daliang, so Wang Ben intends to stick to Daliang first, and after the Hezong army attacks Daliang, the morale of the army will naturally suffer a certain setback, and after the Qin army's reinforcements arrive, then attack from the city and launch an attack on the Hezhong army, so that the chance of victory will be much greater.

It should be said that Wang Ben's plan is really good, because after half a year of operation, the Qin army not only strengthened the city defense fortifications of Daliang City, but also built a large number of defensive positions outside the city, with wooden fences, stones, trenches, arrow towers, etc., to form two deep defense lines, and Daliang City formed a mutual horn, echoing each other's momentum, if you do not break through the Qin army's defensive positions outside the city, it is impossible to directly attack Daliang City.

The defensive strength of the defensive positions outside the city was naturally not as strong as that of Daliang City, but Wang Ben estimated that it would take at least ten to fifteen days for the Hezhong army to break through the defensive positions outside the city, or even a month, and at the same time pay about 60,000 to 80,000 losses. Therefore, even if the defensive position outside the city of the Qin army is lost, it will inevitably cause heavy losses to the Hezong army, and the Qin army after joining up with the reinforcements can wait for work and launch a counterattack against the Hezong army.

Now the Hezong army took the initiative to challenge the Qin army, and even put on a momentum of a large-scale attack, which can be said to be in the arms of Wang Ben.

However, Gao Yuan had already expected Wang Ben's plan, because in the past ten days, Gao Yuan had secretly observed the defensive positions set up by the Qin army outside the city several times, and knew that it was not easy to break through the defensive positions outside the city. However, before arriving at Daliang City, Gao Yuan already had a way to break through the defensive positions outside the city, to be precise, before sending troops, Gao Yuan had already determined the tactics of attacking Daliang, so he dared to take the initiative to attack Daliang now.