Ying Zichu's old words were re-introduced, causing the hall to fall into silence again.

In the magnificent hall, many Qin ministers in gorgeous clothes seemed to have turned into clay statues and did not dare to move.

The King of Qin took a deep breath and looked at Ying Zichu and said, "Retreat?"

Ying Zichu nodded and said, "Father, since Wei Liao has been sure that he cannot catch up with Li Mu, he must have more troops to encircle Li Mu with Wei Liao.

So, it's time to withdraw troops from Zhiyi.

Even if all of them are not retreating, at least some of the troops must be drawn back to the rescue.

Otherwise, Li Mu will continue to rage in Guanzhong, and the destruction of the city will be the second. The blow to the people in Guanzhong is the real worrying place."

Ying Zichu's words sounded quite reasonable, which made the King of Qin start to shake.

Indeed, I used to think that a single garrison could handle Li Mu.

But the facts proved that the garrison was indeed not enough to deal with Li Mu.

The King of Qin looked at Fan Sui and said, "Yinghou, what do you think?"

Fan Sui's face changed slightly, and after a while, he said helplessly: "The old minister has no objection."

Although Fan Sui did not support withdrawing troops from Zhiyi before, the current situation is indeed here, and Fan Sui has no choice but to do anything about it.

The King of Qin nodded and said, "It's great, then I'll send someone to Zhiyi to pass the order immediately and let Meng Ao draw... 30,000 troops back to the rescue!"

After thinking about it, King Qin gave a relatively conservative number.

After the 30,000 troops were transferred, there were 120,000 Qin troops left on the front line of Zhiyi, which still had enough numerical advantages compared to the Zhao army.

After making the decision, the King of Qin gritted his teeth and said, "Send someone to pass on the order to Wei Liao. I can tolerate Wei Liao not being able to catch up with Li Mu because of speed, but I will never tolerate any Qin city falling again! If such a thing happens next, Wei Liao, the chief general of the garrison army, should not do it!"

Under the urgent delivery of the 500-mile fast horse in Qin State, Wei Liao received the order from the King of Qin the next afternoon.

After hearing the orders of the King of Qin, Wei Liao's face was a little complicated, and he said to Meng Wu beside him: "This time we are the venters of the king's anger."

Meng Wu said helplessly: "This is also impossible. Who made the king have high expectations for us?"

At this moment, a Qin army scout rushed over with an excited expression: "General, you found the Zhao army's tent outside the ruins of Gaoling City!"

"What?" Wei Liao and Meng Wu were shocked at the same time and asked, "Are you sure it is the main force of Li Mu's troops in Zhao Jun?"

The scout said: "From the scale, it is definitely a camp of ten thousand people!"

Wei Liao and Meng Wu looked at each other, and both of them saw surprise and disbelief in each other's eyes.

Meng Wu was both surprised and happy, and at the same time he was half-believing and half-doubted: "Does Zhao Jun want to fight us?"

Wei Liao snorted and smiled coldly: "It seems that Li Mu is floating. After conquering several cities, he will no longer take our Qin troops seriously."

Meng Wu felt a little nervous and reminded: "General, judging from his previous record, there is no reason why Li Mu was able to get Wu Xinjun's trust.

Since the king has said that he is drawing reinforcements from Zhiyi back to Guanzhong, we might as well confront Li Mu here for a few days and wait until the reinforcements come back before making plans."

This sentence immediately aroused Wei Liao's dissatisfaction. Wei Liao snorted heavily and said, "How many days does it take to confront you?"

It will take seven or eight days to receive orders from Zhiyi to transfer troops back, and it will take more than ten days to wait.

Haven't you seen the order given to us by the king?

During this period, Li Mu must be prevented from invading other cities in Guanzhong.

If we confront Li Mu here, he can evacuate at any time with his speed advantage. How can we stop his invasion?

Therefore, we must take this opportunity to fight Li Mu immediately, so that we can completely eliminate the hidden danger of Li Mu and gain opportunities and time for the main force of the Qin Dynasty in Zhiyi direction!"

After Wei Liao finished speaking, Meng Wu was actually quite convinced, but he still couldn't help but say, "Can we really defeat Li Mu?"

Wei Liao laughed and said, "Li Mu?

He only has only 12,000 cavalrymen in his hands, but we have the 30,000 most elite troops of the Qin Dynasty, nearly three times that of him! If Li Mu cannot be defeated like this, you and I might as well cut off your head and kick it as a ball!"

Two days later, in the Qin army camp outside Zhiyi City, Wang Jian, deputy general of the Qin army, hurried into the commander's tent.

"The general suddenly summoned me. Could it be that something happened?"

Wang Jiandao.

The chief general of the Qin army, Meng Ao, sat in the tent with a gloomy face, raised the scroll in his hand towards Wang Jian: "This is a king's order that just came from Xianyang, General Wang Jian, you can take a look."

A moment later, Wang Jian also showed a shocked expression on his face: "In addition to Jingyang City, Gaoling City was also breached and burned?

This Li Mu...is so powerful?"

Meng Ao sighed and said, "Guanzhong... Alas, it's such a bunch of waste! I don't know how ten thousand cavalry can break through big cities like Jingyang and Gaoling! Now, the king wants us to draw troops back to Guanzhong. This is really..." Meng Ao shook his head, feeling extremely depressed.

Although the Qin army now has a large number of troops, it is actually quite difficult to siege Zhiyi on the one hand and intercept Zhao reinforcements in the north.

Wang Jian calculated and said, "It's not impossible to draw 30,000 troops, but after the draw is completed, we don't have enough reserve teams."

Wars require a reserve team, so that it can come in handy in an emergency, which is also common sense for leading troops.

Meng Ao took a deep breath and said, "Of course I know this truth, but now that the king's order has been given, what can I do?

If you pass the order, draw 30,000 troops back to the rescue immediately!”

The next day, at the top of Zhiyi City.

Just early in the morning, smoke rose constantly in the Qin army's camp, and many Qin army soldiers were eating voraciously.

After this meal, they are about to go out to gather and launch another round of attack on Zhiyi City.

Taking advantage of this time, Zhao Kuo and several confidants climbed the city walls of Zhiyi.

Looking at the endless Qin army camp outside the city, most of Zhao Kuo's confidants were not very good-looking.

Li Si said: "Master, now the reinforcements from Wuyuan and Jiuyuan counties have not arrived for a long time. I think it is better to consider breaking through as soon as possible."

Li Si also reiterated the old story. He and Han Fei were responsible for the government affairs in the city, so he could clearly feel that the Zhao army's strength in Zhiyi City was gradually weakening.

Once it reaches a certain critical value, the city breaks may happen at any time! Faced with Li Si's suggestion, the other people's faces changed, but no one stood up to refute it.

Zhao Kuo laughed and looked around the confidants present: "Don't you all think that this marquis will lose this time, right?"
Chapter completed!