On the seventh day of the Qin army's entry into Zhongmu, Wang Jian, the main general of the Qin State attacking Wei, also led his army to Zhongmu, and at this time, the strength of the Qin army stationed in Zhongmu had reached nearly 100,000 people. And the main generals are Wang Ben, Han Teng, Qiang Qi, Zhang Han and others.

At this time, the camp established by the Qin army in Zhongmu has also begun to have a scale, although the defensive position has not been completely completed, but the walled wall and ditch have been built, and a certain amount of defense has been prepared, which can basically ensure the safety of the Qin army. It's just that the defensive line on the periphery of the camp has not yet been built, and now the Qin army has enough troops to launch an attack on Daliang or Xingkou.

However, after Wang Jian arrived in Zhongmu, he did not immediately order an attack, but immediately gathered the generals to gather, and the first thing was to question Han Teng about the slaughter of the city.

Because since Bai Qi in the Changping War, the pit killed 200,000 Zhao troops, so that the Qin State was burdened with heavy Taoist pressure, although the countries called the Qin State a tyrannical Qin, but the Qin State itself thought it was orthodox and benevolent, and the pit killed 200,000 soldiers, no matter from that point of view, it is unreasonable, in addition, it was this large-scale killing of prisoners, but also aroused the indignation of the countries, Xinling Jun twice organized the Five Kingdoms to join forces, defeated the Qin army, once beat the Qin army to retreat to Hangu Pass, and later many people thought that Bai Qi's death, It is also related to this mass killing.

Therefore, since then, the Qin army has also been quite taboo about killing prisoners, let alone slaughtering the city, although Qin Wangzheng also ordered the slaughter of Handan, but this time the massacre of the city finally stopped, and it did not happen. And now that there was a massacre of the city, Wang Jian, as the chief general of the whole army, naturally wanted to ask.

And Han Teng did not deny this, admitting that the order to slaughter the city was made by himself.

Wang Jian's face was a little ugly, and he said, "General Han, why did you order the slaughter of the city?" ”

Han Teng said: "Back to the general, the people of Wei have always been hostile to our Qin State, Zhongyang, Zhaiyang, Guangwu, and Ancheng are all located west of Zhongmu, and now they are the rear of our Qin army, and if you keep them, you will become a big trouble for our Qin army sooner or later, and you will also send troops to guard them, there are many things, if you let them escape back to Daliang, they will also be used as soldiers of Wei again, and then kill our Qin soldiers, so only by killing them can you reduce these troubles." Moreover, it can also deter the hearts of the people of Wei in other places, so that they do not dare to be enemies of our Qin State. ”

Wang Jian said: "But have you thought about it, in this way, it will arouse the common hatred of the soldiers and civilians in Daliang City, defend the city with all their might, and fight a decisive battle with our Qin army, the art of war: the mourning soldiers will win, and now the Wei army in Daliang City is the mourning soldiers, so we can attack Daliang, and it has added a lot of difficulties." ”

Han Teng shook his head and said: "The high walls of Daliang City are thick, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if there is no slaughter of the city, it is difficult for us to storm it, the general does not have his own plan, dig the water of the Yellow River to irrigate it, if the flood is flooded, the people of Daliang City are destroyed, are you afraid that they will resist our Qin army?" Therefore, now it is enough for us to attack Xingkou with all our strength and obtain the excavation of the Yellow River. ”

Wang Jian snorted for a while, in fact, what Han Teng said was not completely unreasonable, from a purely military point of view, it can even be said that it is indeed effective, in fact, there are some people in the Qin army who support Han Teng's approach.

However, Wang Jian has been experienced for a long time, and of course understands that the military has never been a purely military matter, and such a thing as slaughtering the city obviously cannot be considered completely from a military point of view. But Han Teng is now Bi Jing is also the general of the Qin State, and Wang Jian can't deal with him for the crime of slaughtering the city, so he said: "Okay, this matter is here, I will play the king truthfully, and the king will decide right and wrong, but before the king ruling, you still have your own responsibilities, and you can't be lazy." ”

The generals hurriedly said in unison: "Yes." ”

Wang Jian nodded and said, "Now we have been attacked by several generations of troops. ”

Han Teng, Qiang Qi, Zhang Han and other generals who arrived in Zhongmu in the early stage were also quite embarrassed when they heard this, it turned out that in the past few days, Jiang Huanwu commanded the Fan Yong army and launched continuous attacks on the Qin army.

Jiang Huanwu divided the Fan Yong army into two groups and took turns to attack, and each time he dispersed the attacking army into thousands of cavalry units, mainly targeting the Qin army's transport teams, patrols, and small troops. If you can fight, you will fight, if you can't fight, you will leave, and if you succeed in the blow, you will immediately flee, coming and going like the wind, fluctuating, giving full play to the characteristics of the cavalry, and also making the Qin army invincible. Although Han Teng's Nanyang Army was extremely strong in combat, the Nanyang Army was all infantry, and it was not powerful when dealing with the Fan Yong Army.

In these six or seven days, two transport teams of the Qin army have been attacked by the Fan Yong army, burning a large number of grain and grass materials, and many patrols and small groups of troops have also been attacked by the Fan Yong army, and the Qin army has killed more than 2,000 soldiers, while the Fan Yong army has killed less than 100 soldiers.

Although the attack of the Fan Yong Army is still relatively limited to the Qin army, but in the long run, it will definitely be unfavorable to the Qin army, in fact, it has had a great impact on the Qin army. In addition, it can also be imagined that every time the news of a small victory reaches Daliang City, it can greatly boost the morale of the Wei army.

Therefore, after listening to Han Teng's speech, Wang Jian also smiled bitterly, in the battle of Jingcheng that year, he paid for the surprise attack and harassment of the Zhao army's cavalry, and later learned that this tactic was thought up by the plateau, and the cavalry of the Zhao army was also trained by the plateau. And now, Gao Yuan has used this trick to deal with the Qin army, which really makes Wang Jian have a headache.

In the battle of Jingcheng, Wang Jian used the method of building a fortress to resist the attack of the cavalry of the Zhao army, and it did receive a certain effect, but the battle line of the Qin army was not long at that time, and the battlefield was mostly mountainous, but now the battle line of the Qin army is obviously much longer than the battle of Jingcheng, and the terrain in this area is flat, which is conducive to the galloping and raiding of the cavalry, and then using the fortress to protect their own relief line, it is obviously useless. The only way to do this is to give each convoy a garrison to defend it. It was the cavalry that was sent to defend the convoy.

Wang Jian thought for a while, and then asked, "What is the situation in Daliang City now?" ”

Qiang said: "I heard that a few days ago, the King of Wei had officially appointed Gao Yuan as the Prime Minister of Wei and Xiang Dong as the Great Sima, and the two of them were responsible for the city defense affairs. ”

Wang Ben said: "Did the State of Chu also send troops to rescue the State of Wei?" Their courage is not small, haven't we already warned the state of Chu not to allow them to interfere in the affairs of the state of Wei. ”

Han Teng said: "I heard that this time the troops were sent in the private name of the Xiang family, and the army dispatched was the private soldiers of the Xiang family, not the official army of the Chu State. ”

Wang Ben snorted and said: "What kind of private soldiers, it's just another way of saying, the Xiang family is also from the Chu State, I don't believe that the Chu State doesn't know about this matter, we should give the Chu State a more severe warning." ”

Wang Jian said lightly: "Wang Ben, what we should do now is on the battlefield of the Wei State, and the affairs of the Chu State will naturally have the ministers of the court to deal with, not something we should consider." ”

Wang Ben was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood that the current exchanges between Qin and Chu are still diplomatic matters, of course, they are handled by the ministers of the court, and the soldiers only need to pay the responsibility for the affairs of the battlefield.

At this time, Qiang Qi said: "Moreover, Gao Yuan has ordered that the city gate be closed, and the residents of the city are strictly forbidden to leave the city, and martial law will be imposed in the city. Therefore, it is much more difficult for us to gather news from the city of Daliang now. However, after Gao Yuan just saw the prime minister, he immediately sent two teams of men and horses from the city of Daliang, respectively, in the north and south of the city four or five miles away from the village, and now they are also building fortifications, because they are relying on the villages and towns outside the city, so the speed of the village is very fast, and now the camp has been basically established, if we want to attack the beam, we must first break the camp outside the city, otherwise we are likely to be attacked from the side while attacking the beam. ”

Wang Jian nodded and said, "Yes, the plateau's ability to use troops is indeed not under Li Mu." First of all, we took the lead and occupied Xingkou and defended the mouth of the Yellow River, and then dragged us with a small number of cavalry, and calmly established a defensive line outside the city, and the situation on the Xingkou side was similar. ”

Qiang said: "Yes, now Xingkou is also building defensive positions, and because the city defense facilities in Xingkou are not strong, the Dai army mainly built strong fortifications on the edge of the city. ”

Wang Jian pondered for a moment before he said: "Now the defense line of the Wei State has been initially formed, but it is easy to take, but we can't blindly deal with it like this, follow the steps of the plateau, but we should take me as the main thing, strive for the initiative, and it is also necessary to show the Wei army the power of our Qin army, so Wang We will send troops tomorrow, and Daliang City will go to challenge the Wei army to see if the Wei army dares to fight." ”

In fact, now is not the time to launch an attack on Daliang, because although the Qin army has gathered 100,000 troops in Zhongmu now, the large siege equipment has not yet been transported to Zhongmu, and the main target of the Qin army now should not be Daliang, but Xingkou, after all, the city defense of Daliang City is too strong, and it can be captured without a strong attack.

Therefore, Wang Jian's goal is not to really attack Daliang, but to challenge the Wei army under the city of Daliang, if the Wei army dares to go out of the city to face the battle, of course, it is what the Qin army wants, then the two sides can fight outside the city, the Qin army is not afraid to fight with the Wei army in the field, and at the same time, it can also test the combat effectiveness of the Wei army. And if the Wei army closed the city and defended itself and did not dare to fight, the Qin army could just declare that the Wei army was afraid of the Qin army and did not dare to fight, and boasted about the military might of the Qin army to the Wei army in Daliang, so as to improve the morale of the Qin army. It's really a win-win-win-win thing.

When the generals heard this, they immediately responded in unison, "Yes." ”

Wang Jian nodded and said, "Okay, everyone go back and rest, everyone will work hard tomorrow, if the Wei army dares to fight, then it depends on your table." ”