After the Qin army retreated to the camp, Wang Jian immediately gathered the generals to discuss the gains and losses of this battle, although the casualties of the Qin army were not counted at this time, and the Qin army also took the initiative to collect the troops themselves, so it can only be said that the two sides did not distinguish between victory and defeat, and the Qin army was not considered a loss, at most it could only be regarded as a disadvantage.

But as long as the Qin generals who have seen this battle have to admit that, strictly speaking, the Qin army lost this battle. Because in this battle, the Qin army launched as many as twice as many troops as the Zhao army, but the casualties were definitely greater than the Zhao army. The generals of the Qin army are not the kind of people with dead ducks and hard mouths, victory is victory, defeat is defeat, and there is no ambiguity at all. Because of this battle, the cavalry and infantry of the Zhao army all showed strong combat effectiveness, far better than Qin Zao, so it is necessary to seriously summarize and fight with the Zhao army again in the future, how to fight.

At this time, the casualty statistics of the Qin army had also come out, and the Qin army had lost a total of 5,627 soldiers in this battle, another 3,784 were wounded, 143 chariots were damaged, 176 were damaged, 1,123 horses were killed and 485 were wounded. No matter which one was, the casualties of the Qin army were more than double that of the Zhao army, and the casualties of the war horses were almost five times that of the Zhao army. This is because the Zhao army mainly attacked the war horses of the Qin army's chariots, causing heavy losses to the Qin army's war horses.

Wang Jian generally looked at the casualties of the Qin army before saying, "Generals, what do you think about today's battle?" ”

There was silence in the big tent for a while, and no one spoke, although it was the same as the Zhao army's side, the generals of the Qin army did not know the casualties of the Zhao army, so although they knew that the casualties of the Qin army were definitely greater than those of the Zhao army, the situation was a little better, otherwise it was estimated that the generals of the Qin army would be ashamed.

Wang Jian smiled and said, "Everyone, what's wrong, although our losses in this battle are greater than those of Zhao Jun, we have no real defeat, so we won't be so scared that you don't dare to speak." Xin Sheng, this battle is commanded by you at your responsibility, tell me, what do you think of this battle? ”

was named by Wang Jian, and Xin Sheng couldn't help but speak, so he came out and said: "General, to be honest, I lost this battle convincingly, because the Zhao army didn't use any conspiracy, since it was an infantry, it was completely a real battle with us, and there was no ambiguity at all." We were indeed defeated by the Zhao army, and we were not wronged at all. However, Zhao Jun is indeed a little strong, it makes no sense, Zhao Jun was not so strong before. ”

Although Xin Sheng admitted defeat, none of the other generals refuted him, and Wang Jian said: "You are the commander in front of the battle, you should see it clearly, how does the Zhao army fight, and where is the strength?" ”

Because most of the Qin generals were watching the battle from the rear and did not see the situation of the battlefield clearly, and Xin Sheng was the commander of the front line, so he must see it more clearly, so Wang Jian also hoped that he could speak clearly and come up with a way to deal with it.

Sure enough, Xin Sheng thought for a while, and then said: "Let's talk about the cavalry of the Zhao army first, at the beginning, the Zhao army used cavalry to deal with our chariots, their cavalry is a group of five, two with spears, three with bows and arrows, when it meets our chariot, first shoot our chariot with bows and arrows, although each chariot has four war horses, but as long as one is shot to death, or must be injured and can't run, then a chariot will not be able to move again, and one is not good, the horse will reverse and overturn, even if the chariot does not overturn, But with only three soldiers on one cart, it could not withstand five cavalrymen. Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry of the Zhao army is indeed very strong, and the cavalry of our Qin army is indeed very far apart. ”

Li Xin said: "What if you let the chariot slow down, so that the infantry accompanying the chariot can keep up, and let them protect the chariot from the attack of the Zhao cavalry?" ”

Meng Wudao: "But if you let the chariot slow down and be protected by the infantry, then the power of the chariot will also be reduced by half." Isn't that more than worth the loss? I think it is right to change the way we used to use cavalry to protect the chariots. ”

Hearing this, Wang Jian also pondered for a while, and said: "Let's not talk about the gap between our Qin army's cavalry and the Zhao army, if our cavalry army uses the same method to deal with the Zhao army's chariot, is it feasible?" ”

Xin Sheng nodded and said, "Judging from the future, it should be feasible, but it still needs some training." ”

The king cut his beard and said, "Okay, let's put down the matter of the cavalry first, what about the infantry?" How strong the infantry of the Zhao army was. ”

Xin Sheng thought about it seriously again, and said: "The infantry of the Zhao army seems to use a certain formation, which is a group of more than a dozen people, but the weapons used are different, including shields, halberds, guns, axes, bows and crossbows, etc., fighting together, far and near, attacking and defending, very subtle, you can use a dozen people to fight against dozens of our Qin soldiers, but how the Zhao army's formation is used, the last general has not seen it, maybe you have to fight with the Zhao army a few more times to figure it out." ”

Wang Jian was stunned for a moment and said, "In other words, the Zhao army organized the crossbowmen and other soldiers to fight together?" ”

Xin Sheng nodded again and again, "Yes, that's it?" ”

Wang Jian couldn't help frowning, because the Qin army was good at using bows and crossbows, so the Qin army had always wanted to find a way to organize crossbowmen and other soldiers to fight together, so that the soldiers fought in front and the crossbowmen shot arrows in the back, giving full play to the power of each class. But this idea looks beautiful, but when it comes to implementation, it is full of contradictions that are difficult to reconcile. The reason is that once the soldiers on both sides start a melee battle, how can the crossbowmen shoot arrows so as not to hurt their own people? And how can other infantry protect the crossbowmen without blocking the crossbowmen's arrows?

In fact, not only the Qin army, but also all the famous generals in the Warring States Period, were also thinking about this problem, and tried many formations, but no one could solve this problem well, as a result, on the battlefield, the crossbowmen could only shoot the enemy before the battle began, and after the enemy approached, they could only hide behind other soldiers, and at most they could only use projectiles to hit the rear of the enemy army. However, the projectile lacks the right head, and the crossbow bow throws at the crossbow, the power will be greatly reduced, so this is not a good way, at most, you can only play the role of the bow and crossbow as much as possible before the two sides engage, but after the two sides engage, the crossbowman is basically fine.

And now it seems that Zhao Jun has found a way to solve his awakening. However, this is also very likely, because the main general of the Zhao army is Li Mu, no matter what kind of thing he does, he will not be surprised.

At this time, the other Qin generals also looked embarrassed, if the Zhao army really found a solution to the problem of the crossbowmen fighting with other soldiers, then it would be too terrible. Therefore, some people were a little shaken in their hearts, can the Qin army still win this battle.

Of course, Wang Jian saw the psychology of the generals, and said: "Even if Li Mu really has a way to let the crossbowmen and other soldiers fight together, there is nothing to fear, as long as we fight a few more battles with the Zhao army, pay attention to their tactics, and then train as well, our Qin army can also use the same tactics, just like the tactics of the Zhao army's cavalry to deal with chariots, can't we learn to use them?" And our Qin army has always been good at using bows and crossbows, if we can learn the tactics of the Zhao army, we will definitely be able to be stronger than the Zhao army, so when we go to war with the Zhao army, everyone must pay attention to observe, even if we lose a few more battles, there is nothing, we can afford to lose at all, and if we fight with the Zhao army again, we may not lose. ”

When the generals heard this, they were all a little surprised, but Wang Jian is not a person who likes to talk empty words, even if he said this, it means that he has a way to deal with Zhao Jun, or he has a plan, so everyone's eyes are also focused on Wang Jian.

Wang Jian said: "The cavalry of the Zhao army has always been superior to other countries, and now the infantry army can have new tactics, so it can be regarded as stronger than our Qin army, but our Qin army also has its own strengths, generals, compared with the Zhao army, where is the biggest advantage of our Qin army?" ”

Meng Wu immediately said: "The strength of our Qin army's bow and crossbow is far superior to that of the Zhao army. ”

Wang Jian also smiled and said: "Yes, our Qin army's bow and crossbow are far superior to the Zhao army, but in this battle, we did not play our own, so in the next battle, we must give full play to our bow and crossbow advantages in order to defeat the Zhao army." ”

Li Xin said: "But the range of the bow and crossbow is less than 100 steps, and it is impossible to shoot into the array of the Zhao army, and if the Zhao army does not attack, the crossbowmen will not be able to use force at all." ”

Wang Jian smiled faintly and said: "If the Zhao army doesn't attack, can't our Qin army's crossbowmen take the initiative to attack?" ”

Li Xin said: "What if the Zhao army attacks? ”

Wang Jian said with a smile: "Even if the Zhao army wants to attack, but there is still a distance, we can divide the crossbowmen into three columns, the crossbow is the first column, and the bow and arrow are the last two columns, taking turns to shoot, before the Zhao army catches up, at least five or six rounds can be fired, and the blow to the Zhao army is enough." And we will not only send crossbowmen to fight, behind the crossbowmen, we will also arrange infantry, and when the Zhao army approaches, the infantry will go forward to engage the Zhao army, I want to see if the Zhao army can maintain a good formation after the attack of our bows and arrows, and show their tactics. ”

Meng Wudao: "What the general said is indeed reasonable, but what about our chariots?" What if the Zhao army still uses cavalry to attach our chariots? ”

Wang Jian said: "Just according to the method you said, let the cavalry go out with the chariot, a chariot with ten cavalry, four with spears, five with bows and arrows, protect the left and right of the chariot, three people on the chariot, except for the royal hand, the other two are equipped with bows and arrows, and Zhao I want to see if this time the Zhao army can use bows and arrows to deal with our chariots." ”

Meng Wu also listened, nodded again and again, and said, "Okay, I think that this time our Qin army will definitely be able to defeat the Zhao army." ”

Wang Jian smiled faintly: "It's hard to say whether we can defeat Zhao Jun, but we can give it a try, we can't be frightened by Zhao Jun because of this battle." ”