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After hearing Wang Lu's words, Wuxin Hou Gongsun Qi said calmly: "It doesn't matter. Since it is difficult for people to approach this fire, I believe the same is true for the Wei people. I don't believe that the Wei army has the ability to attack the top of the mountain with such fire... Pass the order

Go down and ask the sergeants of each battalion to retreat one after another. Remember, retreat is only allowed when the fire is approaching."

After saying that, he turned his gaze to the royal flag of "King Su of Wei" in the Wei army at the foot of the mountain, and raised an inexplicable smile at the corner of his mouth.

"The fire attack strategy is not a clever move, Wei Gongzi Run..."

He said secretly in his heart.

At the same time, Zhao Hongrun was at the main line of the Wei army at the foot of the mountain, watching the movements on Hanshan Mountain with his naked eyes.

Beside, the Zongwei had already assembled a "telescope", which was being used by Lu Mu, the Zongwei. Under the curious gaze of Que'er, who was pretending to be a Zongwei, he carefully watched what was going on in the Qin camp.

Suddenly, Zongwei Lu Mu shouted: "Your Highness, several battalions of the Qin army have withdrawn!"

"..." Zhao Hongrun was stunned when he heard this, then he got off his horse and walked a few steps to the far-sighted mirror, using it to spy on the movements of Qin's camp on Hanshan Mountain.

Just as Zongwei Lu Mu said, the Qin army seemed to be retreating on a large scale in the Qin camp that stretched for more than ten miles on Hanshan Mountain, because the number of flags with the word "Qin" on the camp decreased rapidly. It was obviously that the Qin army was

Taken back.

But the strange thing is that only the Qin soldiers in the partial Qin camps that were about to be hit by the fire would choose to retreat, while in those partial camps that were temporarily far away from the sea of ​​​​fire, the Qin soldiers in the camps did not move.

"..."

Frowning, Zhao Hongrun raised his head and looked in the direction of Hanshan.

His reason was that burning Hanshan would force Wuxinhou Gongsunqi to fight him, but it turned out that Wuxinhou Gongsunqi was not fooled at all. The other party calmly made a judgment - you want to set fire to Hanshan? Let you burn it, I

Retreat. You won't be able to survive the mountain fire anyway.

"No way? Could it be..."

Muttering in his heart, Zhao Hongrun had a bad feeling in his heart.

He immediately ordered: "Send the order to Gu Tao to suspend the attack."

"Obey the order!" The ordering soldier followed the order and left.

Immediately, Zhao Hongrun summoned several Green Crows, pointed to the distance in the direction of Hanshan that was not affected by the fire, and ordered: "Go to the end of Qin camp, go around, climb to the top of the mountain, and see if there is anything behind Hanshan."

The other camp of the Qin army."

"As you command!"

A dozen Green Crows immediately led the troops and galloped toward the southwest on their horses.

Faintly seeing a group of more than a dozen knights walking away from the Wei army's main formation, Gongsun Qi, the Marquis of Wuxin in the Qin camp, was slightly stunned, with a somewhat unpredictable expression on his face.

"The reaction is really fast, Wei Gongzi Run... Yes, I had expected that you would use fire attack, so I have already built several backup camps behind Hanshan. After you led your army to arrive here a few days ago, I

He also ordered some of the general's baggage to be transported back to other camps... If you think that burning this camp will give you a chance to defeat our army, haha, I'm afraid you will be disappointed."

Stroking his beard, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi looked like an old god.

Thinking of this, he glanced at the sea of ​​fire halfway up the mountain and said to everyone on the left and right: "Everyone, let's evacuate to the rear as well."

The generals nodded and followed the words of Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi to leave. Only Qin Shaojun stayed for a moment and looked at the royal flag of "King Su of Wei" in the distance with a complicated expression.

In his opinion, his good friend Wei Gongzi Run had already lost in the contest with Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi.

It is not the difference in intelligence or military use, but the situation of both sides - Wei Gongzi Run's situation is so disadvantaged that Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi can defeat the former without fighting as long as he adopts delaying tactics.

In Qin Shaojun's view, if Wei Gongzi Run's opponent this time was not Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi, then the Wei army still had a chance of winning this battle. But unfortunately, Wei Gongzi Run faced Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi, a man with great wisdom and skills.

The Qin army commander with impeccable strategic vision.

"Shaojun?" Guard Peng Zhong reminded softly from the side: "It's time for us to evacuate."

"..." Qin Shaojun nodded and left with complicated feelings.

If possible, he really didn't want his good friend Wei Gongzi Run to be defeated in this situation and in this way.

After all, in his heart, Wei Gongzi Ji Run can be called a hero, even though he is a hero of Wei.

Therefore, not to mention Qin Shaojun, even Peng Zhong, Wang Lu and others lamented the defeat of this hero in this way.

In fact, when Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi proposed his tactics, many Qin army generals felt angry - how could the proud Qin people ever use such despicable means to win victory?

But there is no way. The opponent of Wei Gongzi Run is too terrifying. His intelligence can see through the strategy of Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi, and the army under his command can also make the powerful Qin soldiers feel afraid. There is such a figure in Wei State.

, the Qin State had no chance of expanding eastward.

The disastrous defeat in the "Battle of Sanchuan between Wei and Qin" the year before last caused turmoil in the entire Qin State, because at that time the Qin State lost 200,000 young men without gaining almost any war benefits. This was simply a loss for a country.

A devastating disaster.

It is precisely because of this that "Wei Gongzi Run" became famous in the Qin State; and precisely because of this, when the Qin court and the nobles in the country learned that they would face Wei Gongzi Run again in this war, they acquiesced to Wu Xinhou Gongsun.

To win this war in an ugly way.

Not only the Wei State cannot afford to lose, but in fact the Qin State cannot afford to lose either. The Qin State, which advocates the "military merit system" and adopts the "fighting to support war" approach, if it is defeated by Wei Gongzi Run again this time, then the "military merit system" will

"The nobility system" may completely collapse, and Qin will suddenly fall from power as a powerful country.

Therefore, Qin must win this battle!

Even if it looks ugly, we still have to win!

The Qin State needs to obtain a large number of war benefits to make up for the resource consumption of various classes in the country.

Finally, when the last Qin Army flag disappeared from Hanshan Mountain, the Qin Army's ten-mile-long company camp had been completely engulfed by fire.

However, there was no trace of joy on the face of King Su Zhao Hongrun. Instead, he frowned and tightened the reins.

After a long time, he took a deep breath, raised his arms and shouted: "Very good! The Qin army was timid and abandoned their camp and retreated. This is a victory for our army!"

After hearing this, the 50,000 Shangshui soldiers shouted joyfully, and even the 20,000 soldiers of the Sichuan-Luo Allied Army showed signs of joy.

Only some people have almost no joy of victory on their faces, or in other words, even if they do, their smiles are very forced.

Just like Zhai Huang, the deputy general of the Shang Shui Army.

In his eyes, the Qin army was at best a strategic retreat. Was there any actual loss?

Although their Wei army seemed to have the upper hand, what about in reality? Did they cross Hanshan Mountain? No, the Wei army were also mortals of flesh and blood, and there was no way they could forcefully occupy that mountain top despite the sea of ​​fire.

Just as Wuxin Hou Gongsun said in his heart to slander Zhao Hongrun: Since you clearly know that I am adopting delaying tactics, what is the use of setting fire to the mountain? The fire will burn the mountain for several days, but your Wei army will still be unable to get through?

Therefore, fundamentally speaking, the situation of the Wei army has not changed at all - the fire sealing the mountains is actually no different from the Qin army sealing the mountains.

Of course, all generals can only think about this kind of "truth" in their hearts and will never reveal it to their soldiers.

It is precisely for this reason that even if Zhao Hongrun knew that they had not won, he had to pretend to have won the battle to boost the morale of his soldiers.

In the evening of that day, Zhao Hongrun met the dozen or so returning Green Crows in the commander's tent of the military camp.

Those green crows brought back bad news. Just as Zhao Hongrun guessed, the Qin army still had several military camps west of Hangu.

"As expected..."

After sending away the dozen or so Green Crows, Zhao Hongrun lay with his head on the sheepskin blanket inside the tent, closing his eyes and thinking.

Once upon a time, the most difficult opponent he encountered was Shouling Jun Jingshe of the Chu State, but now, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi, the commander-in-chief of the Qin State, must be added to this list.

"...Qin cannot afford to lose. If the Qin army is defeated again, the military merit system will most likely collapse, and Qin will become extremely weak. Therefore, no matter how ugly the victory is, we must win... and

Our situation is quite similar.』

Sighing secretly, Zhao Hongrun sat up suddenly, summoned two Green Crows, and told them: "You must go to Luonan as quickly as possible, ask for an audience with General Sima An in the name of this king, and order him to lead the army immediately.

The army crossed the Qinling Mountains and invaded the territory of Qin. During this period, all military affairs will be decided by General Sima An!"

"Yes!" The two Blue Crows followed the order and left.

Looking at the swaying tent, Zhao Hongrun's slightly confused eyes gradually became firm.

"...Qin cannot afford to lose, but I, the Wei Dynasty, can't afford to lose either. No matter how ugly the victory is, I will win!"
Chapter completed!