That night, around the Xu hour, Dou Xing, Wei Qing, Fei Hui and other Wei army soldiers returned to their base one after another from the camp on Yique Mountain.

During the day today, after the Wei army evacuated from Qin camp at noon, Meng Zhong summoned these soldiers from the army.

During the meeting, Meng Zhong apologized to these soldiers for the matter on the battlefield, such as Zheng Shi.

Zheng Shi reminded Meng Zhong that his original intention was naturally good, but in order to make his strategy smoothly, Meng Zhong had to choose to conceal it at that time, but in an unpolite tone, he prevented Zheng Shi from continuing to talk about this matter.

"It was really hard to disclose it in advance at that time, so... I offended many people, Zheng Sima."

“Where do it.”

Faced with Meng Zhong's apology, Zheng Shi waved his hands repeatedly.

It has to be said that Zheng Shi was indeed very dissatisfied and confused about Meng Zhong's "retreatment of troops" today, but until he understood the mystery, he was not dissatisfied with Meng Zhong at all, but instead admired him.

That's right, today's "strong" Wei army was blocked by the "vulnerable" Qin army. Logically speaking, the lie of the generals in the army - that is, the lie of "the Qin army vulnerable" - will inevitably be questioned by the Wei soldiers. However, because of Meng Zhong's words, the Wei army blamed their own underestimation of the enemy today, and the morale in the army is still full. In fact, more and more Wei soldiers began to believe that they would definitely win.

Such strange ideas really impressed many people.

For example, Dou Xing.

Today, Dou Xing was the most angry one on the battlefield. After he understood Meng Zhong's intention, the brave military Sima couldn't stop smiling and insisted on apologizing to Meng Zhong with wine.

Well, in fact, Sima of the other army felt that Dou Xing took the opportunity to drink, but no one cared about it, including Meng Zhong. After all, according to the current trend, when his Wei army attacked the Qin camp again tomorrow, he would probably be able to break through the camp in one fell swoop, so that his Wei army could wash away the previous shame.

In order not to eliminate the interests of the generals, Meng Zhong finally drank a few bowls of wine with the generals in the mountain camp. As for these wines, they naturally got them from the Han army. The commander of the Han army, Bao Yuan, was a man who liked to drink. Now this man took tens of thousands of Korean troops to attack the main camp and new city of the Qin army. The wine stored in his camp naturally became cheaper to the Wei army.

"That kid is really amazing..."

On the way back to their respective camps, Dou Xing, Wei Qing and Fei Hui walked together, chatting about Meng Zhong on the way.

More or less, the three of them knew that Gongsun Shu intended to support Meng Zhong as the Hedong Shou and replace Gongsun Xi's previous position, but before that, the three of them did not agree with this.

Meng Zhong wanted to become the commander of their Hedong Army at such a young age?

If we look at the past, people like Dou Xing, Wei Qing and others might have laughed out loud, but considering that this matter was the intention of Gongsun Shu, and even though Meng Zhong was old, he did save the Wei army in the Yique Mountain area of ​​60,000 to 70,000. Therefore, Dou Xing, Wei Qing and others had no face to oppose it and could only maintain a default attitude.

But default does not mean they support it.

After all, in their opinion, Meng Zhong is far inferior to their original coach Gongsun Xi.

But today's incident made Dou Xing, Wei Qing and others truly see Meng Zhong's "crawl" on the battlefield and his military strategy that people have to believe.

"...I thought at that time that if I continued to attack like Sima Zheng said, there might be 20% chance of breaking the Qin camp, but our army would suffer a lot; if we put our hopes on tomorrow, we would have 70% chance of winning and defeating the Qin army. Therefore, I would give up today and seek tomorrow... If the commander is not sure, at best, he would just ask his soldiers to go to die for nothing. Such a meaningless war, even if he wins by chance in the end, I don't think it is enough to call it victory."

Recalling the views that Meng Zhong had just put forward in the military discussion, Dou Xing and others talked and praised Meng Zhong's character and character.

They gradually felt that the "Meng Shishang" was not only high or low in terms of morality, character, or strategy on the battlefield, compared to their original coach Gongsun Xi...

Of course, Dou Xing, Wei Qing, Fei Hui and others would never say this kind of thought - Xiwu is Xiwu, and no one can replace it!

However, it is not a bad thing to let Meng Zhong be the head coach of his Hedong Army.

"Okay, let's separate here."

Going down the mountain from the north side of Yique Mountain, Dou Xing, Wei Qing and Fei Hui said goodbye with fists. After all, the two were stationed on the defense line in the north of the mountain, while Dou Xing was stationed in the northwest corner of Yique Mountain, and they were not on the roads of each other.

Wei Qing smiled and said goodbye to Dou Xing with fists, and teased: "Can you fall asleep peacefully tonight?"

According to what he saw, Dou Xing was a little overly excited since he withdrew from Qin camp at noon.

Of course, it was not just Dou Xing, but in fact, the Wei army was overly excited because these people believed in one thing, that is, they would definitely defeat the Qin army tomorrow.

"You said you were with me? Haha!"

After being teased by Wei Qing, Dou Xing laughed and said, "You must fall asleep peacefully, otherwise you will have no energy to defeat the Qin army tomorrow? Okay, I'll leave."

Amid the laughter of Wei Qing and Fei Hui, Dou Xing and his guards found the chariot they came and left slowly in the chariot.

As Wei Qing said, Dou Xing was indeed a little overly excited today, because he had indeed seen the hope of defeating the Qin army and the hope of avenging Gongsun Xi.

"In a few more hours, the Qin people will usher in their death!"

Thinking in his heart, Dou Xing returned to his garrison camp.

It was around the hour of Hai. When more than 60,000 Wei soldiers in Yique Mountain fell asleep peacefully with the strong idea of ​​"the Qin army will definitely be defeated tomorrow", the commander of the Qin army, Bai Qi, had ordered more than 50,000 Qin troops under his command to quietly evacuate to the west.

Bai Qi was very clear about the general deployment of the Wei army: with Yique Mountain as the center, Dou Xing was stationed in the northwest, and in the north were two generals Wei Qing and Fei Hui, and in the northeast, namely the Yishui area, there were two generals Zheng Shi and Cai Wu. These three Wei army garrisons were connected to each other, ensuring that the Qin army could not go south to return to its main business.

In order not to disturb these three Wei troops, the Qin army did not hesitate to go around the north and did not dare to use torches to illuminate them. More than 50,000 Qin soldiers quietly headed towards the Luoshui River to the west under the dark night.

As for the camp, Bai Qi did not dare to order fire to avoid being learned by the Wei army. He did not guarantee the others, but he remembered that "Wei Army Commander" was very cunning.

Unfortunately, even though Bai Qi was so cautious, the actions of the Qin army under his command were still discovered by the Wei army's scouts.

It is not surprising to think about it carefully. After all, it was a night operation of a total of 50,000 Qin troops. Even though the Wei army had no prediction about the Qin army's evacuation tonight, how could the Qin army march in the dark night without making any noise? - On the contrary, as long as it makes some noise, it is enough to arouse the vigilance of the Wei army scouts.

Thanks to the previous night attack by the Qin army, the Wei army generally had a very high sense of vigilance towards the Qin army at night.

"Sima, Sima."

At the third hour of the Hai Dynasty, when Dou Xing was lying in the straw shed where he was stationed in the camp, and fantasizing with expectation how he would defeat the Qin army opposite tomorrow, his soldiers rushed into the straw shed in a hurry.

"Sima, my scout sent back the news that the Qin army was marching to the west on a large scale."

"..." Dou Xing, who was lying on the straw couch, was stunned for a moment, and slowly sat up. His face was full of confusion.

The Qin army marched west on a large scale?

Why?

Could it be to sneak attack Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge in the Luoshui area?

Or is the Qin army planning to evacuate?

"...Isn't you really going to escape just now, are you?"

A strange look appeared on his face. Dou Xing stood up, frowned and paced back and forth in the straw hut, thinking about the intention of Qin army's strange actions.

"It should be that I wanted to escape... The Qin army might have seen the actions of Meng Shishuai today. The Qin people might also think that it might be difficult for them to defend the camp tomorrow, so they fled at night... Humph! Those Qin people only have this kind of courage."

After secretly despising him, Dou Xing immediately called the guards and ordered in a deep voice: "Immediately send someone to the mountain camp to report this matter to the commander Meng Shishuai, and also wake up the soldiers in the camp and tell them that our army will immediately send troops to pursue the Qin army... By the way, I will send someone to inform Wei Qing, Fei Hui and the others, and ask them to send someone to the Qin camp to find out the news immediately and see if the Qin army has abandoned the camp and fled."

Speaking of this, a few traces of hatred flashed in his eyes, and a sentence burst out from the gaps of his teeth with gritted teeth: "How can they allow them to escape so easily now?"

"Here!" Several guards retreated according to the order.

Afterwards, Dou Xing immediately ignited the troops under the camp and chased the Qin army.

It was probably around the middle of the hour, and Wei Qing and Fei Hui received the news from Dou Xing first.

"May the Qin army want to flee tonight?"

When he learned about this, Wei Qing and Fei Hui looked at each other.

I have to say that they didn't expect that, in fact, even Meng Zhong did not expect that the Qin army would evacuate so decisively. After all, in the past two days, the Qin army under Bai Qi's command had all kinds of signs that they were preparing to decide the victory and defeat with the Wei army - who would have expected that the Qin army suddenly changed its mind and was ready to withdraw its troops?

"Is it because of Meng Shishuai's actions today that aroused the Qin army's vigilance?" Wei Qing said to Fei Hui in private.

Fei Hui thought about it, then frowned and said, "If this is the case, then the chief general of the Qin army should not be underestimated."

Indeed, there is a military strategy saying: Know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be lazy in every battle.

A general who knows how to judge the situation and knows how to advance and retreat will not tell whether he can defeat his opponent repeatedly, but at least he will not be easily defeated.

And this is the most basic quality of a general.

"Send someone to Qin camp to see the noise...... Our soldiers and generals are holding back their energy to defeat the Qin army in one fell swoop tomorrow. How can we let these Qin soldiers escape easily under our noses?"

"Well!...I'll send someone to send a message to Meng Shishuai."

"good!"

After a few simple discussions, Wei Qing and Fei Hui immediately sent someone to Qin Camp to inquire about the news.

During this period, Wei Qing summoned his army. If the Qin army really evacuated overnight, he would immediately lead the army to pursue him.

About half an hour later, Meng Zhong brought Rongfu, Meng Ao and more than a dozen Song guards to the defense line where Wei Qing and Fei Hui were stationed.

After meeting Wei Qing, Fei Hui and the others, Meng Zhong frowned and asked, "What's the situation?"

Hearing this, Wei Qing immediately clasped his fists and reported: "After half an hour ago, someone had been sent to Qin Camp to inquire about the news, and I believe there would be a result soon."

Meng Zhong nodded slightly.

At this time, Meng Ao couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Brother, did the Qin army really retreat? Will there be any fraud? Are they preparing to decide the outcome with our army?"

“Um…”

Meng Zhong lowered his head and thought in contemplation.

"I was wrong. I just thought about how to defeat the Qin army, but I ignored the reaction from the Qin army... But then again, the chief general of the Qin army has a very sharp intuition. If he doesn't withdraw his troops tonight, he will definitely be defeated by our army tomorrow... Maybe because he expected this, that guy would withdraw his troops decisively... decisive! really decisive!"

While thinking about this, a figure of a person appeared in Meng Zhong's mind.

The man who escaped from Yiqueshan by chance, the man who killed Gongsun Xi in front of the Qin and Wei armies a few days ago - a young man called "Baishou" by the Qin army soldiers.

After thinking for a while, Meng Zhong calmly said to Wei Qing, Fei Hui and the others: "We just received the news from Dou Xing and Sima, and he had led his soldiers to pursue the Qin army. At the same time, after receiving this news, I immediately sent someone to warn Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge, the two Simas of the army. The Qin army may not be able to easily cross the Luo River and escape... Therefore, we don't need to be too anxious."

"Well." Wei Qing, Fei Hui and the others nodded, secretly praised Meng Zhong, a young man, for his careful work, Zhou Xiang.

After a moment, the scouts sent by Wei Qing and Fei Hui and the others sent us a message about the current situation of the Qin camp: At this time, the Qin camp was already an empty camp, and there were no Qin soldiers in the camp except for some Qin soldiers who were seriously injured and could not escape and could only wait for death silently.

This incident is enough to prove that the Qin army has indeed retreated.
To be continued...