These two Jinyi guards are called Xie Kai and Lu Kuang respectively, they are both Li Mu's old subordinates, who have been lurking in Handan for more than four years, and are around forty years old, and they are shrewd and capable, otherwise they can't be spies.

The two of them, accompanied by Zhao Xuan, came to see Gao Yuan and Li Yinghong, and after the ceremony, Gao Yuan did not beat around the bush, and asked directly: "What is the situation in Handan City now?" ”

Xie Kai said: "Back to the lord, now the Qin army has withdrawn to Handan to garrison, a total of about 180,000 troops, the day before the two of us left Handan, the edict of the king of Qin passed to Handan, pardoning the Qin army soldiers for the crime of defeat, as well as the responsibility of abandoning the well, and still give mercy to the dead soldiers, but require the Qin army to hold Handan, and must not let Handan lose again, otherwise it will be severely punished, so Han Teng and Meng Wu have ordered the whole army to defend Handan, and must not take a step back. ”

Gao Yuan nodded, and had to admit that Qin Wangzheng's edict not only came very timely, but also very clever, pardoning the crime of defeating the battle and abandoning the well, which could make the generals of the Qin army completely feel at ease, and giving generous mercy to the soldiers who died was to appease the ordinary soldiers, which can be said to not only stabilize the morale of the army, but also play the greatest role in stimulating the morale of the whole army. Because the sins of defeat and abandonment of the land were pardoned, and the soldiers who died in battle were also given generous mercy, it would naturally arouse the gratitude of the Qin soldiers to Qin Wangzheng, so in the later battles, of course, they would fight to the death in order to repay Qin Wangzheng's forgiveness.

However, this is obviously bad news for the Dai army, because the mourning soldiers will win, and the current Qin army is also the mourning soldiers, and such an army is the most difficult to deal with. Gao Yuan said again: "How is the Qin army now arranging to guard Handan?" ”

Lu Kuang said: "Back to the lord, the Qin army is stationed in Handan, divided into two parts, inside and outside, set up six camps outside the city, ranging from three to five miles away from Handan, each village can garrison 5,000 to 10,000 people, all choose the high ground outside the city to build, with big stones, logs to build walls, dig trenches outside, and there are tunnels connected to Handan, you can get reinforcements in the city at any time, because when the camp was built, the Qin army had requisitioned a large number of civilian servants in Handan City, and many of us participated in the construction of the camp, so the situation of the camp can be understood very clearly. ”

Xie Kai said: "We don't know much about the layout of the Qin army in the city, but the Qin State closed five of the nine gates of Handan City, leaving only one city gate in each of the four directions, and only open for one hour to enter and exit every morning and afternoon, and the inventory is very strict, the residents of Handan go out of the city, they must be issued a volume voucher, and when they return to the city, they will enter the city with the volume, otherwise they will not be allowed to enter, and the foreign merchant convoy must go through a detailed inspection, only to make sure that there is no hindrance, can they be released into the city, and stipulate the time to stay in the city, after entering the city, the designated inn hall to live, or market operation, which shall not be changed with it. ”

Lu Kuang said: "And the Qin army also ordered that it is forbidden to assemble in public, confiscate the weapons of the residents of the city, and all those who travel with weapons will be arrested at the first time, and the night ban will be implemented, and the city walls, city gates, Qin army garrisons, warehouses and other areas are divided into forbidden areas, and the people are not allowed to enter, before we left Handan, the Qin army has arrested more than 3,000 people, and beheaded more than 250 of them for public display, so no one in the city dares to disobey the orders of the Qin army." ”

Gao Yuan nodded, and had to admit that these measures of the Qin army in Handan City were very effective, and it can be said that they had fully learned the lessons of the loss of Jijing, and then Gao Yuan asked them some details of Handan City, Xie Kai and Lu Kuang also answered one by one, of course, there are some things, the two of them are not clear, and they all replied truthfully, this time the meeting was carried out for more than an hour, and Gao Yuan basically grasped the situation in Handan City, and it can be confirmed that it is basically impossible to raid Jijing again.

Of course, Jin Yiwei's work in Handan City was still fruitful, which made Gao Yuan very satisfied, so he nodded and said, "Okay, you two have worked hard, first rest in the camp for a few days, and after I discuss and decide with the generals, I will assign tasks to the two of you." ”

Xie Kai and Lu Kuang hurriedly got up and said, "Thank you, lord." "Then he retired to the plaintiff.

After the two of them retreated, Zhao Xuan said: "This time, the Qin army has a tight garrison of Handan, and it can be said that there are no loopholes at all." ”

Gao Yuan said: "Yes, I have suffered a loss, how can I not have a long memory, if the Qin army can't even do this, it is impossible to destroy several countries in a row and become our most difficult opponent." ”

Zhao Xuan said: "So now do you have a way to capture Handan?" ”

Gao Yuan didn't answer yet, but saw the tent curtain lifted, and a guard entered the tent, and Shi Li said: "Report to the lord, there is an urgent official document delivered on behalf of the county." ”

Gao Yuan was slightly stunned, of course, the official documents of Dai County were transmitted to the front line as scheduled, so that Gao Yuan could see them, but they were all official documents of a general nature, only when something heavy happened, there would be an urgent official document, and if it was a critical matter, it was an urgent official document, which was sent by Guò Asuka first, so that Gao Yuan knew as much as possible, and then the official official document came. Therefore, Gao Yuan immediately said: "Bring it to me." ”

The guards handed the sealed official document to Gao Yuan before turning around and leaving the camp. Gao Yuan tore open the seal, took out the letterhead, opened it, and couldn't help sneering, and said, "Their news is well-informed." As he spoke, he handed the letterhead to Li Yinghong and said, "Look at it." ”

Li Yinghong took the letterhead and looked at it, it turned out that the remnants of Yan State, who had fled to Liaodong, actually sent an envoy to Daijun to ask the plateau to return Jijing to Yan State. Although Ning Qi, Shen Shen, Geng Zhong and others who stayed in Daijun knew that Gao Yuan would definitely not let out Jijing, but this was an official envoy sent by Yan Guo, and they didn't know how Gao Yuan decided to deal with it, whether it was a clear refusal or a vague statement, and delayed it first, after all, the current war on the front line was the most important, so the three of them arranged for the envoy of Yan State to live in the pavilion, and then hurriedly sent an urgent official document to Gao Yuan to ask for countermeasures.

After Li Yinghong read it, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and said: "How can this be true, Jijing was taken from the Qin army by us with great effort, and it was not taken from the Yan army, so why should we return it to them." Yan Guo actually sent someone to Daijun to ask for it, it was really unthinkable. ”

Although Zhao Xuan didn't read the official document, when he heard Li Yinghong say this, he also knew what was going on, and said with a smile: "It turned out that Yan Guo came to ask for Jijing, it is indeed ridiculous, I really don't know what Yan Wang Junchen thinks, is it possible that they think that they can really ask Jijing to go back." ”

Li Yinghong said: "No matter what they think, we won't give Jijing to them anyway." ”

Gao Yuan said: "Jijing is already our place, of course we will not give it to Yan Guo again, but since Yan Guo has come to ask us for Jijing, we can't be unguarded, if we refuse Yan Guo, will they send troops to attack Jijing." ”

Li Yinghong's eyes widened and said, "Now that the monarchs and ministers of the Yan Kingdom have fled to Liaodong, how many men and horses dare to attack Jijing." ”

Gao Yuan said with a smile: "For the monarchs and ministers of the Yan Kingdom, we can't use common sense, since they can come to us to ask for Jijing, why can't they send troops to attack Jijing?" Do you still remember that the battles we fought with Yan Guo were all provoked by Yan Guo for no reason, so we can't use the mentality of ordinary people to measure the monarchs and ministers of Yan State. After a pause, Gao Yuan said: "And now we are fighting with the Qin army with all our might, and the garrison of Jijing is inevitably empty, Jijing is the old capital of Yan Kingdom, there must be many people who expect Yan Wang Junchen to return to Jijing, so the Yan army is not completely without a chance, of course, whether they can seize this opportunity is another matter, but we can't take it lightly." ”

Li Yinghong said: "So what should we do? ”

Gao Yuan said: "Withdraw the troops." ”

Li Yinghong was stunned for a moment and said, "Why should we withdraw our troops?" Yan Guo has nothing to worry about, as long as he adds some troops to Jijing. ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said, "Of course, the Yan Kingdom is not worried, but now that the Qin army is in strict position in Handan, and it is well guarded, we can't attack inside and outside like the raid on Jijing, so if we want to capture Handan, we can only attack strongly." But Handan is one of the few fortified cities in the world, when the Qin army failed to capture Handan three times in the year, even if we can capture Handan, it is bound to lose repair, now we can not afford such losses, and at most two or three months, Qin can send reinforcements, if we attack Handan for a long time, Qin's reinforcements arrive again, we will be attacked on both sides, it will be dangerous. And now that the Yan Kingdom has come to make trouble for us again, it is better to take this opportunity to withdraw from the army and fight. Anyway, now the population of the area we occupy is sufficient, and it has expanded several times more than Dai County, so a truce is also a very good result, and there is no need to risk attacking Handan again, otherwise it will be like adding to the snake, and it will not be good. ”

Zhao Xuan said: "But will the Qin army let us retreat lightly?" If Qin Jun knew that Yan Guo was making trouble for us, wouldn't he use this opportunity to fight back? ”

Gao Yuan shook his head and said: "No, now the Qin army has suffered heavy losses, the consumption is huge, and it has no ability to counterattack, and it is looking forward to us being able to withdraw from the army to fight, and the strength of the Yan State is low, and it is not reliable at all, so the Qin army will not have high hopes for the Yan State." And after the strike, we not only have to stabilize the occupied areas, but simply destroy the Yan State completely, lest they come to make trouble with us, so that after we stabilize it, we will slowly accumulate strength to fight against the Qin State. ”

Li Yinghong thought for a while and said, "It's a pity that such a good opportunity to capture Handan was given up like this, and I am indeed a little unwilling." ”

Gao Yuan said with a smile: "Handan is there, you can't run away, if you want to capture Handan, there will be opportunities in the future, and it is not a good opportunity now, so there is nothing to borrow." ”

Zhao Xuan nodded and said, "I agree with Gao Yuan's opinion, now is indeed not a good opportunity to attack Handan, it is better to accept it when it is good and withdraw the army." ”