Hexi, Linjincheng.

The index finger of his right hand kept moving on the map in front of him. Long Jia, the commander-in-chief of Wei State's Hexi Province, was staring ahead intently at this moment.

Now the 50,000 Hexi troops in Long Jia's hands have retreated to Shaoliang and two fortified cities in Jin Dynasty, preparing to rely on the strong walls of the two places for defense.

While the Wei State's Hexi Army was moving, the opponent Qin Army did not stop either.

That is to say, shortly after the soldiers from Fanpang, Jigu and other cities in the north of Hexi Province retreated into Shaoliang City, the Qin State's northern army of more than 60,000 people surrounded this place under the command of deputy general Shu Changguo.

As for the Qin State's middle army, under the leadership of the general Zhang Yu, they went east to capture Heyang City between Shaoliang and Linjin, cutting off the connection between the two Wei State Hexi fortresses.

Looking at the entire Hexi battlefield from the map, the Wei side was almost completely at a disadvantage at this moment, and large tracts of Hexi territory became the spoils of Qin's eastward march.

Although every city on the map in front of him has now been captured by the State of Qin, Long Jia's face, which saw all this, was still full of calm.

The outcome of a war is never determined by the gains and losses of a city or a place, but by who on both sides of the war can have the last laugh.

Just as Long Jia was concentrating on planning the battle, a burst of rapid footsteps appeared outside the main hall.

"Report..."

"Two generals, a battle report has been sent from the direction of Heyang."

After hearing the news reported by the messenger, the deputy general standing next to Long Jia slowly turned around and took the battle report from his hand.

"Thank you for your hard work, you go down and rest first."

"Here."

After the figure of the messenger disappeared in the main hall, the deputy general quickly scanned the battle report in his hand and quickly returned to Long Jia's side.

"General, according to the information obtained by frontline scouts, the main force of the Qin army in the direction of Heyang has already moved north."

Long Jia took the battle report from the deputy general beside him, and as the seal characters on it came into his eyes one by one, his eyes suddenly flashed with a bit of solemnity.

The next moment, Long Jia's eyes returned to the map in front of him, and he quickly crossed one city after another, and finally locked on the only remaining fortress of the Wei Kingdom in the northwest of Hexi Province.

Shaoliang Yi.

A cold light flashed in Long Jia's eyes, the silk book in his right hand was tightly grasped, and a loud noise appeared in the hall.

Looking at his right fist that hit the map in front of him, the solemnity on Long Jia's face seemed to disappear in an instant, leaving only that meaningful smile.

"The Qin State is preparing to push our Hexi Army into a desperate situation step by step."

When Long Jia's sigh fell, the deputy general on the side immediately took a step forward and put forward his own suggestion, "General, or the last general will lead an elite army and take advantage of the opportunity when the main force of the Qin army goes to Shaoliang to attack Heyang."

Take it back?"

"It doesn't have to be this way."

While looking at the map in front of him, Long Jia said in a deep voice to the deputy general beside him: "Now there is a huge gap in strength between our army and the Qin army."

"If our army attacks rashly, it will not only disperse the forces that were originally gathered together, but will also most likely be defeated by the Qin army one by one."

"This is not consistent with our army's previous strategy."

After denying the deputy general's request to take the initiative, Long Jia shifted his gaze again, from the north of the map to the south of Linjin.

"Have there been any changes in Qin's southern army these days?"

Long Jia's question made the deputy general beside him fall into deep thought, and pieces of news kept appearing in his mind.

After pondering for a moment, the deputy general's expression gradually returned to clarity, and he looked at the commander Long Jia beside him with some seriousness.

"General, according to reports from the scouts monitoring the south, Qin's 40,000-strong southern army has not taken any action since they captured Luoyin."

After receiving this answer from the deputy general, Long Jia's face immediately showed a look of understanding.

If he guessed correctly, the Qin army's commander-in-chief Zhang Yu had carefully prepared a trap, and he was waiting for him to lead the Wei army into it.

As his thoughts flowed to this point, Long Jia's expression suddenly showed a hint of caution. He only heard him order in a deep voice to the deputy general beside him: "Send my military order, and all soldiers must guard the city defense."

"No one is allowed to attack without my order."

"The general will obey the order."

After receiving the order from General Long Jia, the deputy general beside him immediately prepared to leave the main hall.

But before he could take a step forward, Long Jia's voice sounded from behind him again, "There's one more thing."

Looking away from the location of Qin's southern army on the map, Long Jia turned around and looked at the deputy general, a solemn look flashing in his eyes.

"Let the frontline scouts always pay attention to the movements of Qin's southern army. If anything unusual is discovered, report it to me at any time."

"Here."

After a few breaths, looking at the figure gradually disappearing from the field of vision, Long Jia's eyes returned to the map again.

He could already sense that the turning point in this Hexi battle might be coming soon.

…

"Xilulu..."

Accompanied by the constant neighing of war horses, a black figure galloped quickly on the road from Linjin to Heyang.

I don't know how far along the road I walked, but this black figure finally stopped in front of a chariot. At this moment, standing on top of the chariot was a Qin army general wearing dark armor.

This Qin Army general is none other than the Qin Army’s commander in chief in this battle, Zhang Yu.

Just like usual, he jumped off the horse neatly and neatly, and the black figure quickly came to the front of the commander-in-chief Zhang Yu and bowed.

"General, the defenders in Linjin City have suddenly increased their vigilance, and there is no sign of sending troops."

After listening to the news reported by the messenger in front of him, Zhang Yu knew that his intentions had been seen through by Long Jia. While he felt a little pity, his evaluation of Long Jia as a person could not help but be a little higher.

As the top general of the Qin army in the Hexi battle, Zhang Yu had a clear understanding of the war he was commanding after experiencing the previous deduction of the battle situation.

Although the Qin army has captured Wei's cities one after another and seems to have the upper hand, the Wei army has not suffered any major losses.

Under the orders of Wei General Long Jia, these 50,000 troops retreated to Shaoliang and Linjin respectively. These two well-defended fortresses will inevitably become two huge blocks on the way for Qin to take over Hexi.

Such a difficult opponent forced Zhang to treat him with caution; such a cautious general also made Zhang feel a sense of admiration in his heart.

"The person who can be entrusted with important tasks by the Marquis of Wei does have some abilities. Long Jia is indeed a good general in the Wei army."

After sighing in his heart, Zhang Yu slowly looked towards the north, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

"The army sets off, the target..."

"Shaoliang City!"
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