Three days later, there were only more than 1,000 Qin soldiers who finally left Handan, and the vast majority of Qin soldiers stayed, among the officials of Qin, only six chose to leave, and the officials who left were all middle-level officials, such as Li Si, Wei Yi, Weak Dun, Meng Wu, Meng Yi, Meng Tian, Feng Di, Feng Quji, Xin Sheng and other important ministers of Qin State, all stayed, and none of them left.

However, the officials and soldiers of the Qin State are different, they choose to stay, not all of them are influenced by Hehua, after all, the officials see a much wider world than the soldiers, and they will not be so easily affected, and the reasons for their stay are also varied, some people are loyal to Qin Wangzheng and are determined to avenge Qin Wangzheng; And some officials are wait-and-see, they have no bottom about returning to Xianyang and defecting to Han Teng, so they decided to stay in Handan for the time being and wait and see how the situation changes; Some officials have the mentality of taking a gamble.

Because the plateau can be said to be self-made, when he took a group of remnants of the Zhao State to defeat the generals, fled to a remote place to survive, no one thought that he only took a few years, he laid down a large territory, can be called Wang Jianguo, any impossible thing, to the hands of the plateau has become possible, so although the plateau is now at a disadvantage, but there are still many people who think that the plateau can still create a miracle again this time, so they will bet the treasure on the plateau.

But no matter what these people think, the vast majority of Qin soldiers and officials of the Qin State chose to stay in Handan, and since Hehua persuaded the Qin army, the soldiers of the Qin army have also improved significantly, which is naturally the best result, so Gao Yuan can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

And on the third day, another Han army arrived in Handan, although the number was small, but it brought sixty-six thunder trucks, which were the most needed weapons in the city of Handan.

At this time, the total number of Han and Qin coalition troops in Handan City was close to 400,000, of which the Qin army accounted for about one-third, and the Han army was two-thirds.

Of course, it is impossible for 50,000 troops to hold the positions outside the city, but they can control the main points of the positions outside the city, so that it is enough, and when the battle begins, they will send additional support forces depending on the direction of the enemy's attack. Because although the Han and Qin coalition troops in Handan City now reach nearly 400,000, it is not too much for a fortified city like Handan, so it is impossible to fix a large number of troops on the defensive positions outside the city, and it is of course better to retain more mobile troops and dispatch them flexibly, which is also the usual principle of using troops on the plateau.

However, just as the plateau was arranging the defense line of Handan, the enemy army finally appeared on the periphery of Handan City.

The first to arrive at Handan City was the army of the Jiuli tribe, their number was not large, of course, they did not dare to get too close to Handan City, and set up camp at a place about thirty miles away from Handan City, and did not advance again.

But just three days later, the Qin-Qi coalition army reached the periphery of Handan, and the combined strength of the three parties totaled about 650,000 people, and there were more than 300,000 Chu troops on the way, and they could reach Handan in a month at most. However, although the strength of the coalition army is large, it did not immediately advance to the camp near Handan, but based on the camp established by the Jiuli people, and gradually moved forward, the advantage of this is that it can be a battalion step by step, steady and steady, and at the beginning of the camp, when the defense line is not stable, there can be a relatively stable rear base as a support, not afraid of the opponent taking the opportunity to attack.

This plan was naturally conceived by Wang Ben. It turned out that when the Qin-Qi coalition army first arrived in Handan, it received an order from Han Teng, appointing Wang Ben as the commander of the coalition army, which could command the Qin, Qi and later Chu armies, including the Jiuli tribe.

And after receiving this appointment, Wang Ben's mood is also very complicated, being able to command an army of 650,000 is of course a proud thing for appointing a general, and with such a strong force, the chance of avenging his father is naturally greater, but Wang Ben also knows very well in his heart that even if there is insufficient evidence that Han Teng is the mastermind of the assassination of Qin Wangzheng, Han Teng took advantage of Qin Wangzheng to the front line to supervise the battle and Xianyang was empty, and occupied Xianyang in one fell swoop, which is definitely an act of betrayal of Qin. It was impossible for Wang Ben to completely pretend not to know.

In addition, Wang Ben also knows that now in Handan City, there are more than 100,000 Qin troops, as well as the ministers of Qin, they were all their colleagues in the past, and there are many people who have a good relationship with Wang Ben, but now they want to turn against each other and become hostile parties, but they can openly claim to be carrying out the will of Qin Wangzheng and avenge Qin Wangzheng, but Wang Ben can't say that, so he always feels that he loses first psychologically, and the closer he gets to Handan, the more uneasy Wang Ben's heart is.

However, he has made a choice, and regret is useless, but fortunately, Wang Ben can also comfort himself with avenging his father, and he can also feel a little more at ease, and Wang Ben has also made up his mind, if he succeeds in avenging his father, he will immediately resign and retire to the township, and no longer care about the affairs of the world, and at present, he will focus on the current war. Therefore, just after taking over as the chief general of the coalition army, Wang Ben ordered to gradually advance on the basis of the camp built by the Jiuli army.

Because Wang Ben is clear in his heart, the plateau's ability to use troops is absolutely above his own, so it is not advisable to fight wits with the plateau, and he can only use the advantages of the coalition's strong strength and national strength to fight steadily and slowly fight with the plateau to have a chance to defeat the plateau.

Now the Qi army is actually under the control of the Jiuli tribe, and the rest of the Jiuli tribe has been instructed by Han Teng to follow Wang Ben's orders for marching and fighting, and dispatching troops, so everyone is also very cooperative, and the camp of the coalition army is also very smooth, and after five or six days, it has advanced to a distance of only ten miles from Handan City, and it is naturally closer to the position outside Handan, only seven or eight miles. And Wang Ben also knew that the distance was almost over, so he would not continue to move forward.

Although the Chu army had not yet arrived at this time, only the strength of the Qin-Qi coalition army had already surpassed the strength of the troops guarding Handan, and it was the camp of six or seven hundred thousand troops, which could reach dozens of miles in a row, and there was no end in sight at a glance, and the distance between the two sides was only more than ten miles, so the atmosphere suddenly became tense, and there was a bit of a touching atmosphere.

However, Wang Ben did not order the attack on Handan, but ordered the soldiers to build stones for walls, dig for trenches, and erect fences for walls, and insert antlers and forks in front of the camp to build fortifications. Second, in the battle of Daliang, Wang Ben learned the huge power of the lightning car, so that Wang Ben suffered a lot, and almost abandoned the city and left, until now, Wang Ben could not find an effective way to deal with the lightning car.

And before the Qi State betrayed the alliance, the last group of troops left by the Han army in front of Daliang City was also transferred back to Lingshou by the plateau, and the forty lightning trucks of the Han army were of course also taken away by the Han army, so after Qin Qi joined forces, a lightning truck was not obtained, although Wang Ben later found that although the power of the lightning truck was terrifying, the blow to Daliang City was not big, after all, the thick city wall was not just a few stones that could penetrate it, but now the coalition army does not have the protection of the city wall, so first of all, it is better to do a good job of their own defense.

But Wang Ben didn't want to engage the Han army immediately, but the Han army obviously didn't give him this opportunity, and some soldiers reported to Wang Ben that the Han army sent about 100,000 troops to challenge the coalition army.

After receiving the report, Wang Ben thought about it for a while, and decided to lead the army to meet the battle, because the coalition army is the attacking side, and the strength is far superior to the defenders of Handan, if the other party comes to challenge and his own side does not dare to face the battle, it will also be a big blow to his own morale; In addition, the two sides are facing each other like this, and Wang Bendao is not afraid of an honest battle, and this is also the battle mode he hopes for the most.

Because of this kind of battle, there is not much room for the use of clever strategies, and the main thing to compete is the combat effectiveness of the armies of both sides and the command ability of officers at all levels, and in these two aspects, the Qin army naturally needless to say, and the Qi army under the help and training of the Han army, the army's Su zhì has been greatly improved, and there is a battle power, so Wang Ben feels that he might as well send troops to fight with the Han army.

And the people of the Jiuli tribe did not have any objection to Wang Ben's decision, because this attack on Handan was originally intended to fight, since the other party took the initiative to challenge, naturally they could not retreat, and the people of the Sang, Tu Yong, Jiang Li and other tribes also wanted to see how powerful the plateau was.

So Wang Ben also ordered to mobilize 100,000 Qin troops to go out of the camp to meet the Han army.

The armies of both sides marched out of their respective camps and advanced towards each other's camps, until they were about 500 paces apart, and then they stopped and confronted each other.

Wang Ben stood on the temporary platform and looked at the opposite side, but his expression was a little uncomfortable, because in the middle of the opposite array, two big flags were erected, one yellow and one black, with the two big characters "Han" and "Qin" written respectively.

Although Wang Ben couldn't see the characters under the banner clearly because of the distance, he felt very uncomfortable in his heart, because this was the first time Wang Ben had played against the flag of the Qin State. And Wang Ben looked back at his back, the same big flag with red characters on a black background was fluttering in the wind, and a huge "Qin" word was embroidered on the flag, and he couldn't help but sigh softly, I don't know if it is himself now, or the person opposite can represent the Qin State?

And just when Wang Ben had mixed feelings, he saw that from the opposite array, under the two big flags, a car and a horse drove out, walked towards the array of the Qin army, and stopped until they came to the middle of the array of the two sides.

Because of the proximity, Wang Ben could also see clearly that the person riding the horse was a man in full uniform, but on the chariot beside him, there were two women, the person acting as a guard on the right was also fully clothed, and on the left stood a woman dressed in white, who was Hehua.