Waiting for the three Qin generals to return to Qiuyou, the result of this battle was truthfully reported to Meng Wu and Xin Sheng, of course, it was mainly Zhang Han and Dong Fei who told the story of this battle, and Sima Xin basically had nothing to do.

After detailed statistics, the Qin army lost more than 2,700 people in this battle, and the number of wounded exceeded 1,000, of which more than 300 were seriously injured and basically lost their combat effectiveness, so the attrition of the Qin army in this battle has actually reached 3,000 people.

After listening to the two of them, Meng Wu and Xin Sheng were also shocked, they didn't expect the combat effectiveness of the cavalry of the Zhao army to be so powerful, in fact, the cavalry army trained on the plateau has already emerged in the battle of Fanwu, but because the cavalry of the Zhao army has always been slightly better than the cavalry of the Qin State, and in the battle of Fanwu, the shock brought by the death of Huan Qi to the Qin State is too great, because the Qin army has not had a general-level general who died on the battlefield for decades, so the role of the new cavalry trained by the plateau in this war, Instead, it was ignored by the Qin State.

But now the result of this battle is very clear in front of Mengwu and Xin Sheng, although the scale of this battle is not large, the total of the two sides is only eight or nine thousand cavalry, even if the Qin army loses this battle, it will not affect the overall situation, but in this battle, the cavalry of the Zhao army is almost completely defeated by the cavalry of the Qin army in the frontal battle, according to Zhang Han and Dong Peng, the personal combat power of the cavalry of the Zhao army is far more than the cavalry of the Qin army. Xin Sheng was most worried about something.

Although the cavalry of the Zhao army has always been slightly better than the cavalry of the Qin State, but on the whole, the two sides are basically on the same level, and the fight is also half a catty and eight taels, killing 10,000 enemies and losing 8,000 themselves, but the result of this battle has subverted this situation, and it is difficult to say that the Zhao State has mastered a special training method, so that the trained cavalry combat effectiveness has improved by leaps and bounds, and it can far exceed the cavalry of the Qin State.

Although Meng Wu has always been calm, he was also a little uneasy at this time, if the cavalry of Zhao was really strong enough to do this, then this time the battle against Zhao, would the Qin army still have the certainty of victory?

So Meng Wu also immediately ordered the whole army to strengthen the garrison again, and arrange strong bows and crossbows every day to strictly guard the camp in case the Zhao army attacked again. At the same time, he sent additional scout cavalry, and strictly ordered the Qin army in each battalion not to fight again. Of course, Zhang Han and Dong Fei didn't dare to use it anymore, so they temporarily confined the two of them in the city, and then made a decision after Wang Jian's brigade arrived at Qiuyou.

In the following days, other Qin troops also arrived at Qiu You one after another, and at the same time transported a large number of grain and grass materials, gathered in Qiu Youtun, fortunately, in the past few days, the Zhao army did not attack the Qin army's camp again, but Meng Wu and Xin Sheng did not dare to take it lightly, and personally inspected the camps outside the city every day, urging the Qin troops of each battalion to guard carefully.

It was not until the eighth day that Wang Jiancai, the chief general of the Qin army, led a team of Qin troops to Qiuyou, and at this time the Qin army had gathered more than 350,000 troops in Qiuyou, and it can be said that the main army of the Qin army had basically arrived, and at this time, the five main generals of the Qin army also arrived at Qiuyou.

Before Wang Jian could sit firmly, Meng Wu and Xin Sheng made a detailed report to Wang Jian on the results of this battle.

And after listening to the reports of Meng Wu and Xin Sheng, although Li Xin and Qiang Qi didn't believe that Zhao Jun's cavalry would really be so strong, the result was in front of them, so they were still a little skeptical.

Of course, Wang Jian didn't dare to be careless, and immediately ordered Zhang Han and Dong Fei to be brought out from the confinement room, and interrogated them in detail, and asked them very carefully, many of which were details that Meng Wu and Xin Sheng did not ask, and after asking, Wang Jian called a few Mo Chang and Uncle Chang from the Qin army who went out to fight, and interrogated them carefully, and finally even called a few cavalry soldiers to demonstrate in public.

Of course, Li Xin, Qiang and others also heard everything during the whole process, so the two had to admit that Zhao Jun's cavalry was indeed much stronger than before. After Wang Jian finished asking, he was silent, and the others did not speak again, but their eyes were focused on Wang Jian.

After a long while, Wang Jiancai said: "Have you noticed that in this battle, the cavalry of the Zhao army was actually divided into two parts, one part lined up in a conical formation in front, with more than a thousand people, and the other part that still used a horizontal formation in the back. And the strong combat effectiveness is only the more than 1,000 cavalry in front, and the cavalry in the back is still roughly the same as the cavalry of Zhao in the past. ”

After listening to Wang Jian's words, all the generals also had some sudden realizations, and then Meng Wu said: "The general is right, I have been thinking about it in the past few days, the victory of the Zhao army in this battle is actually related to the tactics of the Zhao army, the cone formation is indeed relatively easy to break through the horizontal formation, and after they break through our array, they will immediately kill back, so that it is not difficult to win the front and back attacks." After a pause, he said: "Of course, the combat effectiveness of the Zhao army's cavalry is stronger than mine, which is also an important reason, if there is no such cavalry army, it will be difficult to penetrate our array lightly." ”

Wang Jian nodded, and said: "Have you thought about it, let's assume that there are 10,000 such cavalry in the Zhao army, if you are Li Mu, what kind of tactics will you use?" ”

Everyone thought about it seriously, and Li Xin said: "I will send out all these 10,000 cavalry troops, supplemented by other cavalry troops, and then attack our army in Qiuyou separately, and break our garrison outside the city one by one, so that we can suffer heavier losses." ”

Meng Wudao: "I will do my best to attack Qiu You with the army of Jing Cheng, and strive to capture Qiu You before the army of my Qin army arrives." Even if we can't conquer the enemy, we can undermine our preparations. ”

When the others heard this, they all nodded their heads again and again, expressing their agreement with the two of them.

Wang Jian said with a smile: "The words of the two generals are very good at using troops, no matter which one it is, it is very unfavorable to our army, but Li Mu did not use the opinions of the two, but only sent two or three thousand cavalry troops, secretly attacked a small village, and then withdrew, if we did not pursue, then the results achieved by the Zhao army are actually very limited, can it be said that Li Mu's way of using troops is not as good as the two?" ”

Meng Wu shook his head and said, "The general is too talkative, and when it comes to the way of using soldiers, he doesn't dare to compare with Li Mu." ”

Li Xin also said: "General, although we and Li Mu are hostile sides, I sincerely admire Li Mu's way of using troops, and I am ashamed of myself. ”

Wang Jian also nodded, and said: "This shows that among the Zhao army, the number of such cavalry is not much, even if there are more than 1,000 people, but there are certainly not 10,000 people, according to the old man's estimate, it is very likely that Li Mu selected a small number of elite soldiers from the army, composed of an elite army, and carried out strict training, supplemented by excellent tactics, so it showed its majesty in this battle." And the total number of this cavalry army, the old man estimates that it should be about two or three thousand, otherwise Li Mu would not have made such a small fuss. ”

After listening to Wang Jian's words, everyone was somewhat relieved, although Wang Jian was only divided, but it was reasonable and well-founded, which was very convincing. Because Zhao was the first country to use cavalry on a large scale, the strength and tactics of the cavalry have always been ahead of other countries, so it is reasonable to send a small number of elite soldiers to train such a super strong cavalry army. But if such a cavalry army only has two or three thousand people, it is not too terrible, and the Qin army can completely win by virtue of its numerical superiority.

At this time, Wang Jian said: "Although this battle is lost, it may not be a good thing, because after this battle, you must not despise the Zhao army, Li Mu is still a famous general, has always used soldiers like a god, although now his strength is far less than ours, but occupy the geographical advantage of Jingcheng, and in addition to such a cavalry army, no one knows what other means he has, so if we want to defeat Li Mu in this battle, it is not easy, you should not be careless." ”

The generals also listened to it, and they were also a little vigilant, before sending troops, there were indeed many people who were very optimistic about this battle, because the strength of the Qin army was far above the Zhao army, and it was backed by the huge national strength of the Qin State, and it was almost the power of one country against one person, so there was still a reason why it could not be won. But this battle also showed that it was very dangerous to despise Li Mu, so everyone also said that they would never be careless.

Wang Jian nodded again and said: "Starting tomorrow, the army will start from Qiu Yong and march towards Jingcheng, but Qiu You is more than 150 miles away from Jingcheng, and there are many mountains and forests along the way, since Li Mu can leap 150 miles and raid Qiu You, it is inevitable that he will not send troops to ambush and attack us along the way, and that cavalry army will definitely be dispatched, so we must not be careless in the process of marching." It is not necessary to march every day, thirty or forty miles, but all armies must advance in turn, cover each other, and send more scouts and cavalry to investigate along the way, and do not rush forward; Once encountering the attack of the Zhao army, immediately stop the advance, fortify on the spot, wait for reinforcements, and if the Zhao army retreats, it is not allowed to pursue; And when camping at night, it is necessary to establish a good position, guard it strictly, and never be careless. As long as the army arrives at Jingcheng safely, we will win the Zhao army for a while. ”

The generals also said in unison: "I respect the order of the general." ”

Wang Jian also nodded, and immediately dispatched the army to arrange a plan for the march to Jingcheng.

So on the second day, the men and horses of the Qin army also marched in turn in accordance with Wang Jian's general order, and marched towards Jingcheng, and the battle between Qin and Zhao also entered the stage of all-out confrontation.