"See the General."

"Well, Li Xin and Qiang Kui have also arrived, how was it along the way."

"Back to the general, there is nothing to do all the way."

Wang Jian also nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Okay, as soon as you arrive at Jingcheng, you will go down to rest first, but you must immediately establish a stable camp, and you must be careful about the boundary, and you must not be careless." ”

Li Xin and Qiang Kui immediately saluted, and then retired to Wang Jian and went back to arrange the arrangement.

At this time, Xin Sheng said: "General, I have already calculated, after Li Xin and Qiang Kui's men and horses arrived, we have gathered 350,000 horses in Jingcheng, and now we have set up three big fortresses, and along the way, we have been attacked by the Zhao army more than ten times, but they have all passed safely, our Qin army did not suffer any losses, and did not let the Zhao army succeed, the general really used his troops well, this time Li Mu is afraid that he has eaten a big deflated at the hands of the general." ”

Wang Jian smiled faintly and said, "Li Mu was deflated? General Xin is too exaggerated, from Qiu You to Jingcheng, there is only a distance of one hundred and fifty miles, and the army is carried out, that is, two or three days, even if the men and horses are orderly, it will only take five or six days at most, but up to now, eleven days have passed, and it has taken twice as long as it takes, and if you add the time to build a camp, I am afraid it will take at least a month. So isn't it obvious who is superior and who is inferior this time? ”

Meng Wu also said: "The general is right, as far as I know, this time the army, the soldiers do have some complaints, although it has not caused a very big blow to the morale of our Qin army, but it does have a certain impact, so we can't take it lightly, we can't be careless at all." ”

Wang Jian smiled and said, "It's better for General Meng to look carefully." ”

Although the Zhao army basically gave up attacking the Qin army on the seventh day, the Qin army still could not be careless at all, and Wang Jian still strictly ordered the Qin army to strengthen its vigilance and not relax a little. Therefore, the Qin army's march was still very slow, and as soon as there was a disturbance, it immediately stopped to prepare for battle, and every night in the night camp, it also took a lot of energy to build a strong defensive line, and these actions did consume a lot of energy of the Qin army.

Although these measures did ensure the safety of the Qin army, so that the Zhao army's more than ten attacks on the Qin army were in vain, and did not suffer any losses, it is difficult for ordinary soldiers to appreciate the good intentions of the commander: the march stops and stops, and immediately stops to prepare for battle as soon as there is movement, and the mind is highly tense, and it is rare to rest well even at night. No matter who it is, in this case, there will inevitably be some complaints. Therefore, it also had a great impact on the morale of the Qin army. And for Meng Wu to be fine, he also observed these situations in the Qin army very clearly, if it was against ordinary generals, Meng Wu was not worried, but this time it was Li Mu who was facing him, and any slight mistake could cause the defeat of the Qin army.

But Xin Sheng was still a little unconvinced, and said: "What's the big deal, I think it's better to do this, now the soldiers are holding back the fire of the Zhao army, we can take advantage of this breath to immediately launch an attack on the Zhao army, and have a good fight with the Zhao army, as long as we can defeat the Zhao army, isn't there nothing to do?" ”

Wang Jian looked at Xin Sheng, and said with a smile: "Xin Sheng, you still can't change your character like this, but this time your recklessness is the right tactic, we really need to fight with Zhao Jun, and it is also to let the morale breathe a sigh of relief, as long as it can reach a draw with Zhao Jun, it can also boost the morale of our Qin army." Tomorrow we will line up to fight, and if the Zhao army goes to battle, you will take the lead. ”

When Xin Sheng heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately said, "The last general respects his life." ”

―――――――― dividing line ――――――――― dividing line―――――――― although the armies of the Qin army had only arrived at Jingcheng at this time, and the fortifications had just begun to be built, Wang Jian still decided to challenge the Zhao army first, of course, not only to let the soldiers breathe a sigh of relief and boost the morale of the army, after all, the morale of the Qin army had not fallen to this point.

Because the Zhao army's raid tactics in the Qin army's march still gave Wang Jian great caution, although the Zhao army's surprise attack was not successful, it does not mean that the Qin army can always defend against the Zhao army's surprise attack. After all, at present, the Qin army is still unstable in Jingcheng, and it is quite difficult to defend, even if it is held nine times out of ten, but as long as it is attacked by the Zhao army once, it will be a heavy blow to the Qin army, and it may cause a chain reaction, defeat after defeat, so blindly defending is definitely not the best policy. It is necessary to take the initiative to attack, find the Zhao army for a decisive battle, and replace defense with attack, which is actually to set up camp for the army in Jingcheng, gain a firm foothold, and win enough time.

Moreover, the Qin army has an absolute advantage in terms of strength, so if it really fights with the Zhao army, it is of course beneficial to the Qin army, even if it is a draw, it can be regarded as a victory, even if it is a small loss, but if it can cause large casualties to the Zhao army, it can also achieve the goal of the Qin army. In addition, if the Zhao army does not defend and does not fight, the Qin army can also claim that the Zhao army is afraid of the Qin army, which can also improve the morale of the Qin army.

So the next day, Wang Jian led a large army and launched a challenge to the Zhao army. And just after the Qin army was dispatched, the Zhao army also immediately attacked, and in front of the formation, it was obvious that it was also going to have a big battle with the Qin army.

In fact, before going to war, Wang Jian also understood that it was not very likely that the Zhao army should not fight, although both sides were ready for a long-term confrontation, but it did not mean that during the confrontation, the two sides would not fight.

Because of the long-term confrontation, the morale and fighting spirit of the soldiers are a drain, a group of young and strong old men, staying in the barracks for a long time has nothing to do, and something will definitely happen if they hold it for a long time, so during the confrontation between the two sides, some small-scale battles can be carried out, on the one hand, so that the soldiers' energy can have a channel to vent, which is conducive to keeping the soldiers' morale high, and on the other hand, it is also to test the strength of the other party, so that the psychology is bottom.

However, the Zhao army did not have many troops, totaling about 15,000, while the Qin army dispatched nearly 50,000 troops, and the difference in strength between the two sides was very large. However, the Zhao army was in a back-to-back formation, and the Qin army could not be outflanked from both sides, so it could only launch an offensive operation against the Zhao army from the front, which greatly offset the Qin army's choice of troops, and the Zhao army could draw reinforcements from Dazhai at any time, so unless the two sides had a general decisive battle, the strength of the two sides was basically at the same level.

The soldiers on both sides were well-trained, so they quickly set up their own arrays. The Qin army was arranged according to the left, center and right armies, and a total of 50,000 troops were dispatched, including 600 chariots and 25,000 infantry, including 8,000 crossbowmen, but there were not many cavalry, only 2,000 people.

The chariot of the Qin army was staffed with fifty soldiers per chariot, ten armor soldiers, armed with spears and halberds, protected by the chariots, thirty lightly armored soldiers, armed with shields, swords, bows and crossbows, who went into battle with the chariots, and ten soldiers who were miscellaneous servants, who were responsible for the management of baggage equipment, but generally did not go to war with the army. Therefore, the actual strength of 200 chariots is about 8,000, while the rest of the infantry and cavalry are in other formations.

The left and right armies have 200 chariots, another 5,000 infantry, 2,000 archers, the Chinese army is divided into two parts, the front army is 200 chariots, 7,000 infantry, 3,000 crossbowmen, and the rear formation is the command array of the main general Wang Jian, including 1,000 crossbowmen and 2,000 cavalry.

And Wang Jian stood on a high car, watching Zhao Jun's array.

The Zhao army is also arranged according to the left, center and right armies, but the chariots are obviously less than the Qin army, about three hundred, and the three armies have one hundred each, but the number of cavalry is more than that of the Qin army, almost more than three thousand horsemen, and they are distributed in the left and right armies, and in the left and right armies, there are also a thousand crossbowmen each, and the Chinese army is an infantry army in addition to the cavalry. This is not surprising, because the Zhao army dispatched fewer troops, and it is reasonable that the chariots are fewer than the Qin army, and the Zhao army has always had more cavalry than other countries, so it is not surprising that the cavalry army is more than the Qin army.

But what makes Wang Jian feel incomprehensible is that because the Zhao army listed all the chariots behind the infantry, at this time a clear violation of the common sense of the use of troops in this era, although the role of the chariot is declining at this time, all countries have independent infantry and cavalry, and can fight independently, but the chariot is still the main force of the battlefield, so unless it is not to fight without a chariot, once a chariot participates in the battle, it is absolutely necessary to be in front of the battle, charging into battle, and no general dares to use the infantry or cavalry to confront the chariot.

After all, the frontal impact of the chariot is quite powerful, and the general war horse pulling the chariot must be covered with leather armor on the head, front, neck and chest, and a few are also covered with bronze armor, which has a certain ability to resist the bow and crossbow, which is by no means something that ordinary infantry can resist.

In fact, not only Wang Jian, but even other generals of the Qin army were puzzled by the way the Zhao army arranged the formation, if the Zhao army was replaced by a general to lead the army, maybe the Qin army would have laughed at it a long time ago, but the main general of the Zhao army was Li Mu, and no general of the Qin army dared to despise Li Mu, so everyone was thinking in their hearts that the Zhao army must have his reason for arranging the formation like this, and Li Mu must have some tricks.

Although Wang Jian is a famous general alongside Li Mu, on the whole, he is still a more traditional general, and his use of troops is also known for his steady construction.

However, Wang Jian's style of using troops is in line with the conditions of the Qin State, because the Qin State has strong national strength, a huge number of troops, and the personal quality of the soldiers is high, and the battle is brave, so there is no need for anything surprising to win, to defeat the strong with the weak, as long as you fight steadily and steadily, you can defeat the general opponent, just like in the face of absolute strength, any tricks are useless. And Wang Jian can just give full play to this advantage of the Qin State.

It's just that Li Mu is not an ordinary opponent, Wang Jian is very clear, it is far from enough to deal with Li Mu in a steady and steady way, Li Mu will not wait for the enemy to make a mistake, but will take the initiative to create a chance for himself to win, just like the one in front of him.