Wang Ben received a letter from Yang Duanhe in the camp, and he was so angry that he stomped on the ground several times and smashed the cups and bowls on the table. Originally, he was waiting for the materials to be loaded, and the siege equipment was ready, just like Jijing launched an attack, but now that nothing has been delivered, Yang Duanhe has asked Wang Ben to withdraw his troops and join him, how can Wang Ben not be angry?

But after all, Wang Ben is a person who is proficient in the art of war, after losing his temper, he calmed down and thought about it, and he had to admit that Yang Duanhe's decision was correct, not to mention it first, that is, the grain and grass of the Qin army are only enough to support it for a few days? Wang Ben knew very well in his heart that he couldn't let the soldiers go hungry to fight. Therefore, retaking Jijing is simply an impossible task, and continuing to stay in the territory of Yan is becoming more and more dangerous day by day, and retreating as soon as possible is the best policy. As for Wang Jian's matter, although Wang Ben has not received exact news yet, he also knows that he must be more than lucky, and even if Wang Jian is still there, he was captured by the Dai Army, and he can't capture Jijing at all, so he can't rescue Wang Jian.

Therefore, Wang Ben thought about it, and finally figured it out, and now he can only obey Yang Duanhe's order and withdraw his troops from Jijing City, and there is no other way to go.

However, Wang Ben did not order the withdrawal of the army overnight, because it was already night, and most of the Qin soldiers had already fallen asleep, so it was not appropriate to wake them up now, and the pressure here was not as great as that of Yang Duan and that side, so there was no need to withdraw the troops overnight, it was better to let the soldiers rest for the night, recuperate their spirits, and wait for tomorrow morning before withdrawing the army.

Of course, there were still some preparations to be made tonight, so Wang Ben first ordered someone to find the officials of the Quartermaster Department. The official in charge of the Quartermaster Department is called Wang Jun, and he has not rested at this time, and when he heard that Wang Ben was looking for him, he did not dare to slack off, and hurried to see Wang Ben.

Wang Ben didn't talk nonsense, and said: "Now the grain and grass in the army are enough to support it for a few days." ”

Wang Jun said: "Back to the general, it's only enough to support two or three days." ”

Wang Ben nodded and said, "You just work hard, steam all the rice and noodles in the army overnight, and distribute them to the battalions early tomorrow morning." ”

Wang Jun was stunned for a moment and said, "Excuse me, general, I don't know why." ”

Wang Ben snorted and said, "If you are told to do it, you will do it, and you should be less verbose." ”

Wang Jun was startled and hurriedly said, "The villain doesn't dare, the villain will do it." After speaking, he gave a salute to Wang Ben before leaving.

After Wang Jun left, Wang Ben pondered for a while, he was proficient in the art of war, and naturally knew that the withdrawal of the army was the most difficult, because it was now, the Qin army lost its stronghold and became a lone army, and it was in the territory of Yan State, and the army was good at using cavalry, so it was even more difficult, fortunately, the route of the Qin army's withdrawal was not long, from Jijing to the south bank of Yishui, only more than 100 miles away, if it was light, it would be able to withdraw to the south bank of Yishui in two days at most, not only to get help, but also to rely on Yishui, to resist the enemy's army. It's just that in the past two days, how can I avoid the Dai Army, and it is the pursuit of the Dai Army's cavalry.

Of course, Wang Ben knows that the best way to fight against the cavalry is the cavalry, and now Wang Ben has 5,000 cavalry under his command, and Yang Duan and his department still have more than 10,000 cavalry, adding up to about 15,000 cavalry, so if you can join Yang Duanhe along the way, there will be enough cavalry, and the chance of a safe retreat will be much greater.

Early the next morning, Wang Ben immediately ordered the whole army to receive steamed dough and rice balls, and then went on the road lightly, threw away all the baggage, and immediately retreated, leading 5,000 cavalry himself, personally breaking the rear, and at the same time sent a large number of spies along the road to find out the whereabouts of the Dai army.

Sure enough, the Qin army had not gone far, and the Wei cavalry who had been responsible for patrolling today discovered the actions of the Qin army, so they reported back to Sima Shang in the city on the one hand, and followed after him on the other hand, catching up.

However, Dai Jun's movements were soon discovered by Qin Jun's spies, and they immediately reported to Wang Ben to learn about it. Wang Ben immediately ordered the cavalry to be divided into two groups, scattered to the left and right, gave way to the center, and ordered the retreating infantry to leave a thousand men to prepare to resist the enemy's pursuit.

After the Dai army caught up, they did not find the cavalry of the Qin army, but only saw the 1,000 Qin troops left behind, which had lined up in formation, ready to engage the Dai army, and the Qin army's brigade was not far ahead. The Dai army naturally did not take this thousand Qin troops in their eyes, and immediately urged the horse forward and launched an attack on the Qin army.

The 1,000 Qin army was naturally no match for the 5,000 cavalry army, and the Dai army only used one charge to rush across the Qin army's defensive line, but at this moment, the Qin army led by Wang Ben killed from the left and right of the Dai army and launched an attack on the two flanks of the Dai army.

In fact, the number of cavalry on both sides is equal, and the Su zhì and experience of the cavalry of the Dai army are above the Qin army, so under normal circumstances, the victory of the Dai army is at least more than sixty percent, but now the Qin army is a sudden attack, and the Dai army is caught off guard, and the Dai army is indeed unprepared, and was suddenly killed by the Qin army.

The Qin army took advantage of the situation to disperse, slaughtered into the array of the Dai army, and killed the men and horses of the Dai army to the ground, wounded and killed countless people, although some of the Dai army turned the horse's head in time and fought with the Qin army, but one was a small number, and the other was fighting separately, still defeated the Qin army, seeing that the battle situation was unfavorable, so the cavalry of the Dai army left the battlefield one after another, scattered and fled.

This battle was not long, only more than half an hour before and after, the Dai army was defeated by the Qin army, leaving a place of human and horse corpses, although the Qin army did not have time to check the results, but from the ground on the Dai military horse corpses, it is estimated that there are three or four hundred people, and the number of Qin army killed is less than 100 horses, which is also the Qin Dynasty two armies in the cavalry battle, the Qin army has achieved a rare victory.

However, Wang Ben knew that although the Dai army fled, the cavalry was different from the infantry, and could immediately gather and form an army again, and immediately catch up with the Qin army, so he ordered that only the corpses of the Qin soldiers be collected, and then the men and horses immediately retreated, and the battlefield was not even cleaned, anyway, the rest were Dai Jun, and it was left to the Dai Army to clean up.

Therefore, the Qin army immediately rode away, and after a while, they caught up with the brigade. Wang Ben sent a number of small cavalry troops to patrol the front and rear of the battlefield to prevent the Dai army from pursuing again, and the rest of the cavalry slowly retreated with the Qin army.

The group walked out for more than two hours, all of them were safe and sound, and there was no modern army chasing after them, so Wang Ben was also a little relieved. And at this moment, he happened to meet the men and horses led by Yang Duanhe. The two armies converged, and it was already noon, so they paused to rest and eat.

And after Yang Duanhe and Wang Ben met, they were naturally embarrassed, Yang Duanhe said: "General Wang, I ordered the withdrawal of the army because I was forced to do so, and the shape was urgent, and I didn't have time to talk to the general, and I ask the general for forgiveness." ”

Wang Ben hurriedly said: "The general's words are serious, in fact, we should have withdrawn our troops a long time ago, but it was only for my father that we have dragged on until now, to be honest, it is dragging down the whole army." ”

Yang Duanhe said: "General Wang said that, General Wang is still a famous general of my Qin State, and he is the chief general of the whole army, how can we ignore it, but we have come to this point, we are really powerless." ”

Wang Ben now had the worst plan, sighed, and said: "Father's life and death can only be left to fate, and our top priority is to bring the rest of the people back safely." ”

Yang Duanhe nodded and said, "What General Wang said is extremely true, I don't know if General Wang has any good ways." ”

Wang Ben said: "The Dai Army will never let us retreat to the south bank of Yishui so lightly, because it is the Dai Army that makes good use of the cavalry, so it is possible to pursue it at any time, we can't help but be guarded, when I withdrew the army, I had encountered the pursuit of the Dai Army cavalry, fortunately, I had already arranged, so I was not captured by the Dai Army." As he spoke, he arranged how he was arranged, and he defeated the pursuit of the cavalry of the Dai army. Then he said: "Therefore, the general thinks that only the cavalry can be used to deal with the cavalry of the Dai army, and all the cavalry should be gathered, and the dispatch should be arranged in a unified manner to cover the retreat of the army." ”

After listening to Wang Ben, Yang Duanhe also praised it very much, and said: "Okay, according to General Wang's words, all the cavalry troops are gathered and commanded by General Wang, and how the other armies retreat will also be arranged by General Wang." ”

Wang Ben listened to it and was not polite, because the current situation is indeed very urgent, and Wang Ben is not allowed to refuse.

After the two armies combined, the total strength was about 62,300 men, and the cavalry army was about 15,000 men. Wang Ben arranged at the moment, and arranged three Qin armies, each with a thousand cavalry, respectively in the front, left, and right of the army about five miles of periphery protection, the rest of the cavalry army was led by Wang Ben, after the responsibility was broken, the same was divided into two armies, the left and right armies, respectively in the left and right rear of the army. The other armies of about 50,000 people, all commanded by Yang Duanhe, were also divided into two parts, the front and rear, separated by a distance of about ten miles, so that even if one army was attacked by the representative army, the other army could wait for the opportunity to move, either rescue, or retreat at the right time.

After listening to Wang Ben's proposal, Yang Duanhe also thought it was completely feasible, so he arranged it according to Wang Ben's proposal.

After lunch, the Qin army immediately set off on the road again, and the army marched south, protected by cavalry in front, left, and right. And Wang Ben personally led the cavalry of the palace, and was cautious along the way, for fear that the pursuers of the acting army would arrive.

And the Qin army walked not far, there were scouts to report to Wang Ben, just about twenty miles behind the Qin army, found the whereabouts of the Dai army, the number of about 30,000 people, there were infantry troops and cavalry troops, but they never accelerated to catch up with the Qin army, so it was not far behind the Qin army, but there were a few scout teams of the Dai army would catch up and approach the Qin army, and there were several skirmishes with the scouts of the Qin army, and there were more than a dozen casualties on both sides.

The two sides hung back and forth like this, although Wang Ben had been paying close attention to the Dai army behind, but the Qin army walked out for nearly three hours in a row, and nothing major happened. At this time, it was getting late, and the Qin army could no longer continue to march, so Yang Duanhe decided to find a garrison on the back of a small hill to rest for the night.