Although Li Yinghong was extremely tired at this time, when he heard the letter from Gao Yuan, he suddenly perked up and immediately said, "Show it to me." ”

The beast trainer immediately untied a thin copper pipe from the bird's claw and handed it to Li Yinghong.

After taking the paper roll, Li Yinghong immediately unscrewed the yellow wax of the sealing tube, pulled out a small paper roll from the inside, and unfolded it to watch, because it was carried by a flying bird, so the paper roll was not big, only the size of a palm, and it was full of small characters, but after reading it, Li Yinghong also concealed the ecstasy in his heart, and said loudly to everyone: "Good news, the husband has conquered Xianyang, the army of the Jiuli tribe was beheaded by 10,000 people, more than 2,000 people were captured, and Han Teng was seriously injured and fled. Now Xianyang City is under the control of Fujunxiang, and all parts of the Qin State have been restored. Moreover, the husband has personally led the army to reinforce Handan, asking us to hold on for a few more days. ”

When everyone heard this, they all cheered, because although they were guarding Handan here, everyone knew that the battlefield that really decided the outcome of this battle was not here, but Xianyang, although every three or four days they would receive a bird pass from the plateau to learn about the situation on the Xianyang battlefield, but even if it was a bird pass, it would take three or four days to send it to Handan, and because the number of birds carried was limited, so each time it was transmitted back could only be a few words, and only the general situation of the people could be sù sù.

Prior to this, the latest news that everyone who stayed in Handan learned about the Xianyang battlefield was that at this time, Plateau and Hehua had already recruited more than 100,000 Qin troops and marched to the city of Xianyang, preparing to attack Xianyang.

After receiving this news, everyone was naturally very happy, after all, now that Gao Yuan and Hehua have a large number of soldiers, the chance of capturing Xianyang will naturally be greater. However, because there was not much information received, everyone did not know the details, so there were also a lot of worries, first, they did not know whether the Qin troops recruited had really surrendered, and their combat effectiveness was geometric; Second, although more than 100,000 Qin troops have been recruited, Xianyang is still the largest city in the world, under normal circumstances, it is impossible for more than 100,000 troops to capture Xianyang, and there are more people and horses, and it is difficult to hide their whereabouts. After this period of fighting, everyone has a deep understanding of the strong combat effectiveness of the Jiuli army, so although there are many troops under Gao Yuan and Hehua now, it is really hard to say whether they can defeat Han Teng.

But now these fears are no longer true, because Gao Yuan not only captured Xianyang, but also defeated the Jiuli army. Although the letter is still not a few words, it also touches on the process of the battle, focusing only on the results and results of the battle. But just from the number of results, everyone can see that this battle is indeed a big victory. During this period of time, I can finally see the results of my hard fighting in Handan, and my efforts have not been in vain. Although everyone didn't understand why Gao Yuan had to personally lead the army to aid Handan just after occupying Xianyang, at this time, everyone ignored this.

In fact, although the pursuit of the Jiuli clan achieved a great victory, he did not find Han Teng's whereabouts, only knowing that Han Teng left the army without saying goodbye a day ago. Although Han Teng left a note, he returned to the Jiuli tribe in advance, so that the army of the Jiuli tribe also returned immediately. But Gao Yuan didn't dare to completely believe it, what if Han Teng came to Handan in a circle, these people in Handan City were not Han Teng's opponents now.

Although the Xianyang battlefield is the main battlefield of this battle, it does not mean that the Handan battlefield is not important, even if he has captured Xianyang now, but if Handan is finally lost, then he can only be regarded as a crushing victory, and the advantage is limited. Therefore, Gao Yuan decided to lead the team with Hehua and rushed to Handan to reinforcements to ensure the victory of the Handan battlefield.

Li Yinghong and the others naturally didn't know these inside information, so they were very optimistic, and after cheering for a while, Li Yinghong immediately said: "Immediately spread the good news to the whole army, so that all the generals know that the king has occupied Xianyang, and will immediately rush to reinforce Handan, let them hold on for a few more days, just wait for the king to arrive, we can defeat the enemy army and achieve a big victory." ”

Chunyu Zhongxiu nodded hurriedly and said, "Don't worry, Yinghong, I will immediately spread the news to the whole army, you better go and take a rest." ”

Li Yinghong nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, I can finally sleep peacefully." ”

―――――――― dividing line――――――――― dividing line―――――――― "It seems that something is wrong, the military atmosphere in Handan City seems to be a little strange?" ”

"What's so strange?"

"I can't tell, it's just a pure intuition."

Lu Xiuhong frowned, after this period of fighting, he has a fairly intuitive understanding of the leadership of the battle, knowing that Wang Ben is a famous general who has experienced a hundred battles, and has an almost intuitive feeling about the military spirit, which is a bit like a master match, even if the two have never fought each other, but a master like Lu Yanhong, as long as he is on the top, he can generally see through the strength of the opponent, and will never regard an incompetent person as a master. Therefore, Wang Ben felt that the military atmosphere in Handan City was a little strange, and it would never be nonsense.

However, although Lu Xiuhong is no longer completely ignorant of marching and fighting when he first sent out the army, he also knows that he is still a considerable distance from Wang Ben, so he can only listen to Wang Ben now, so Lu Xiuhong said: "Then what should I do?" Do we still want to attack Handan? ”

Wang Ben thought for a while, and said: "Of course, we have to attack again, these days, we have been harassing the defenders of Handan, it is estimated that the defenders should be very tired, these two attacks, it can be seen that the energy of the defenders is not as good as before, if this attack is still like this, then we can dispatch the main force and launch a full-scale attack, so our offensive must not stop." ”

Lu Xiuhong nodded and said, "Okay, then according to the general's opinion." ”

But Wang Ben didn't expect that the result of this attack was greatly beyond his expectations, after days of fierce fighting, the defenders should be exhausted, but I don't know what stimulated, the defenders were very excited, everyone was brave, the previous fatigue was almost swept away, and it was not like a tired army, the attack of the Qin, Qi and Chu Three Kingdoms Alliance Army was like kicking to an iron plate, and it was impossible to attack the city, and it was killed and injured countless times.

Because at this time, the news of the victory of the Han and Qin coalition forces in Xianyang has spread throughout the whole army, the number of Han troops in Handan City is far more than that of the Qin army, and the Han soldiers are like gods to the plateau, after hearing the news of the victory in Xianyang, it is natural that the army's heart is greatly boosted, and it is known that the plateau will personally lead the army to reinforce Handan, and the fighting spirit is even higher, and the fatigue of continuous combat for several days has also been swept away. The Qin, Qi and Chu Three Kingdoms Alliance launched another attack, of course, it just hit the knife edge, and was cleanly beaten by the Han and Qin Coalition Army.

Wang Ben is a person who is proficient in the art of war, although he doesn't know why the defenders of Handan suddenly have a big boost in morale, but he also understands that the defenders still have a lot of spare strength, so it is not the best time to conquer Handan City, so Wang Ben immediately ordered to stop the attack and collect troops and return to the village.

On the way back to the village, Lu Xiuhong couldn't help but ask Wang Ben again: "General, is this here today?" What should we do tomorrow? ”

Wang Ben said: "Although I don't know, why the defenders of Handan suddenly cheered up and boosted their morale, but I ordered the collection of troops, just to avoid its edge, but the manpower is limited after all, it may be that the defenders of Handan have been stimulated for a while, so that the morale has been temporarily improved, but this kind of improvement is difficult to last, at most a day or two, it will be exhausted, so we will continue to attack tomorrow, I think two or three days later, the defenders will be tired again, and even better than before, that is when we attack Handan with all our might." ”

When Lu Xiuhong heard this, he also nodded again and again, and said, "Okay, it's all up to the general." ”

Although Wang Ben thought very well, but the truth was very different from his expectations, although the Qin, Qi and Chu Three Kingdoms Alliance launched a harassing attack on Handan City for three consecutive days, but the defenders of Handan did not look tired, but became more and more courageous, and even took the initiative to open the city gate twice and launched an attack on the Three Kingdoms Alliance.

It turned out that since the Han and Qin coalition forces retreated to Handan City, they did not go out of the city to fight with the Three Kingdoms Alliance, and even the Han army's usual cavalry harassment tactics were not used, this is because this time the strength of the Qin, Qi and Chu Three Kingdoms Alliance is too strong, not only has enough troops to protect their own logistics and supplies, but also has the army of the Jiuli tribe to escort the formation, and the plateau raided Xianyang, taking away most of the elite cavalry in the Han army, so Sima Shang and Li Yinghong did not send cavalry to attack the logistics supply line of the Three Kingdoms Alliance. It's just to defend Handan City with all his might.

As a result, the Qin, Qi and Chu Three Kingdoms Alliance, including Wang Ben, were also a little careless, and were caught off guard by the Han and Qin Alliance, and fought two defeats in a row, and the Han and Qin Alliances were not greedy for merit, and after defeating the Three Kingdoms Alliance, they did not pursue, but immediately retreated to the city, so although Wang Ben immediately transferred the Jiuli army twice, he did not catch up with the battle and returned in vain.

Although the losses of the Triple Alliance Army in these two defeats were not many, it was still a big blow to the morale of the Triple Alliance. And the defenders were not only motivated by the news of the victory on the plateau, but also won two battles in a row, so the morale was naturally higher.

Faced with such a situation, Wang Ben was also a little at a loss for a while, and he didn't know if there would be any results in launching another attack on Handan City, so Wang Ben had to decide to temporarily stop the attack on Handan City and discuss the next attack strategy with the generals. The Han and Qin coalition forces seized this rare time to rest and rest, and only waited for the reinforcements from the plateau to arrive, so that they could launch a counterattack against the three kingdom alliances.