"Retreat?" When Wang Cheng received this order, he hesitated for a while.

From Wang's personal perspective, he naturally hoped that he could fight Li Mu hard and defeat the other party. After all, King Zhu of Qin had already made it very clear in the order issued at the beginning, allowing Wang to "make meritorious service with guilt."

And now? Now Wang not only wasted a large amount of military rations and supplies, but also lost about 3,000 soldiers. This was not enough to meet the standard of making meritorious service by looking at it.

In this situation, let alone making meritorious service by committing crimes. It is better to add a first-class crime if you don’t commit crimes.

However, after some psychological struggle, Wang still made a decision.

"Send the order to continue, and the entire army will deport the camp early tomorrow morning and return to Xianyang!"

In this situation, Wang Yu absolutely dared not disobey the orders of the new Qin King.

Not familiar with it.

In fact, because the Qin King Zhu ascended the throne for a few years, most of the Qin ministers did not consider that the Qin throne would change again in such a short time, so they did not deliberately contact the current Qin prince Zhao Zichu.

In addition to Zichu's past concubine's background and his experience as a hostage in Handan for many years, except for those who have blood or interest relationships with Zichu, who have been with Zichu from Lu Buwei and Yangquan Jun Mi Chen, most of the ministers of Qin have met Zichu during various rituals to sacrifice to heaven, and Wang Cheng is no exception.

If you are not familiar with it, of course you can only do your duty as a minister.

Otherwise, if Wang Yan's family is killed by disobeying orders, it is normal for him to implicate the entire clan or even the three clans.

Moreover, Wang Yi is very clear now that he will never be able to catch up with Li Mu. How could he catch up with four legs?

Indeed, the Qin army also had some cavalry, but if these thousands of Qin cavalry were used to face the 20,000 cavalry led by Li Mu, there was almost no need to think about the result.

If you chase north further, you will enter the Longdong Plateau, which is the territory of Yiqu people, and the actions of the Qin army there are also unfavorable.

Even if you can't fight, and there is a king's order here, what can you do if you don't retreat?

So Wang Ying pondered for a while and immediately summoned all the Qin generals to issue orders.

"There is an order in Xianyang, and the army will set off and return to Xianyang immediately tomorrow morning!"

This news will certainly surprise many people, and a general even stood up in person to question the decision because he was too angry.

Wang Feng was very able to understand the general because he knew that the general's younger brother had become a member of the two thousand dead soldiers of the Qin army in the war two days ago.

So he said very politely: "Drag on, the military stick will be 50, and the official will be demoted to two levels. If you have any objections, you can go to the Chef Camp to report directly."

There is no more objection.

The next day, the Qin army began to set off and headed south.

For these 80,000 Qin troops, this was obviously not a war journey worth boasting about.

Coming in a mighty way, returning home without anything, this was obviously a very bad ending for the 80,000 Qin soldiers who were eager to make achievements on the battlefield.

But what they didn't expect was that the war was actually not over yet.

Because Li Mu did not allow the war to end.

"What? Do you still have to continue fighting?" Yiqiusheng opened his mouth wide, and there was no problem swallowing a goose egg.

"I came to Guanzhong with 20,000 troops, not just to rob some food and burn a dilapidated city." Li Mu told Yi Qusheng this way.

Yi Qusheng widened his eyes and looked at Li Mu as if he was looking at a monster: "You really want to start 'the enemy retreats and I chase'?"

In Yiqusheng's view, Li Mu's performance this time is actually unprecedented.

With 20,000 cavalry alone, they could come and go freely in the land of Guanzhong, grab money, grain and people, and finally even rob the former capital of the Qin people. After robbing, they burned the fire.

It is true that Li Mu's troops did not destroy many Qin people in this war, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was definitely the worst blow to the morale and people's hearts of the Qin people in previous Qin and Zhao wars.

This time it is Liyang City, so will it be Xianyang City next time?

This problem will cover all the Qin people like a huge shadow, causing great pressure from the Qin people to the civilians to bear.

Many people can't do such a feat.

If it were someone else, it would be satisfying to achieve such a record. I would happily return to China to receive the reward, but Li Mu would have to continue to turn around and go south and re-enter the unknown situation?

Li Mu snorted through his nostrils, and just looking at the expression on his face, you can tell how dissatisfied with the idiot Yiqusheng.

Guerrilla warfare, what a wonderful word.

If the modern military tactics of the ancestors could not be reproduced on earth, wouldn’t Li Mu have let down the king’s earnest expectations and the trust of the 20,000 Zhao cavalry under his command?

"Idiot, the Zhao men under my command are still waiting to use the heads of the Qin people to go back to earn credit for their families. If the order is passed, the entire army will go south immediately! This time, we must bite a few pieces of meat from the Qin people!"

With Li Mu's order, 20,000 Zhao cavalry rumbled south from the edge of the Longdong Plateau and followed closely towards the Qin army.

The nightmare between Wang and the 80,000 Qin troops was truly beginning from this time.

The 20,000 Zhao cavalry that followed was like 20,000 evil wolf, constantly appearing behind the Qin army, biting the back of the Qin team.

Due to the great superiority of cavalry speed compared to infantry, the one-day journey between the two sides was only half a day for Li Mu.

After several surprises, the Qin army caught the Qin army off guard and the casualties of the Qin army's rear army began to increase sharply.

For this reason, Wang He, the chief general of the Qin army, had to order the entire army to stop and start forming a formation, preparing to counterattack Li Mu's next offensive.

But after Wang Yan finished forming the formation, a Qin army scout with Zhao people still stuck in his arms appeared in front of Wang Yan and told the Zhao cavalry that he had left far away...

When Wang heard the news, his face turned extremely blue.

At this time, if Wang He didn't understand Li Mu's plan, then Wang He would be too stupid.

The Zhao cavalry led by Li Mu is now going to fight against the Qin army!

In the next few days, Wang He and his 80,000 Qin soldiers had extremely difficult life.

Li Mu divided the 20,000 Zhao cavalry into five units, led by five school captains, each dispatched one unit to harass the Qin people's rear formation.

Under the continuous rotation of these five Zhao cavalry, the Qin rear army had to tighten their nerves almost at every moment to face the Zhao people behind them.

These Zhao people followed so far away, and rushed up to shoot a few cold arrows whenever they had the chance.

Under such circumstances, the marching speed of the Qin army suddenly became comparable to that of the turtle.

As long as the Qin army wanted to raise the speed of the march slightly, these damn Zhao cavalry would approach immediately, forcing the Qin army to stop and start defending.

As soon as the Qin army stopped, the Zhao cavalry immediately rode away, letting the Qin army do whatever they wanted.

Wang He had tried to counterattack. At the most extreme, Wang He sent out the only three thousand cavalry in his hand in a gambling manner, hoping to use the sacrifices of these cavalry to delay the speed of the Zhao cavalry and gain time for the infantry encirclement.

Then Wang Ying saw the ace force that Zhao State had always relied on to sweep across the countries with armored cavalry.

With just one charge, a thousand armored cavalry completely scattered Wang's three thousand cavalry formations, and then the Zhao cavalry began to ruthlessly harvest the Qin cavalry.

After Wang Cheng arrived with the infantry brigade, he saw only more than 2,000 corpses of the Qin army. The people of Zhao had already returned triumphantly a quarter of an hour ago.

Looking at the messy battlefield in front of him, Wang Yu, the once famous Qin army general, sighed deeply, and seemed to have become a few years older in an instant.

If Wang had some hope of turning defeat into victory before, then when the last little cavalry in his hand was lost, Wang knew that what he was thinking about now was not about victory, but to ensure that he would not be defeated by Li Mu before withdrawing from Guanzhong.

The maneuverability advantage of cavalry over infantry was most perfectly reflected in this war between the two sides.

"Li Mu, Li Mu!" Wang gritted his teeth and said this name, wishing to crush the owner of this name to ashes.

When Wang led the Qin troops under his command to retreat to Jingyang seven days later, the army of more than 80,000 people was now only more than 50,000 people left.

The remaining more than 20,000 Qin soldiers were either killed by the Zhao army or captured by the Zhao people.

In this war, the 20,000 Zhao army cavalry faced four times the enemy that was four times their own, and in the end, less than two thousand casualties exchanged ten times the Qin army's war losses.

After this battle, Li Mu was completely famous all over the world and was recognized as the strongest general of the younger generation and the super general in Zhao State second only to Lian Po.

When you arrive in Jingyang, you are not far from Xianyang.

And after entering the city, the cavalry's advantage over the infantry disappeared.

Wang Yi still had a last glimmer of luck in his heart. If the Zhao army wandered outside the city and even set up camp, then the Qin army would still have a little hope.

Unfortunately, when the Qin people retreated to Jingyang, the Zhao cavalry, who had always been following like a maggot, never appeared again.

At this time, the messenger from Xianyang also arrived.
Chapter completed!