Daqin Engineering Corps

The Heijia Army obviously failed to do this when they were Wei soldiers, because the Wei King was unpopular.

In contrast, the Qin army ruled the country with legalism and the prefecture and county system implemented gave the people a considerable degree of personal freedom. Coupled with the Qin army's governance in Daliang during this period, people's hearts quickly turned to Qin.

This in turn affects the Heijia army, giving them a sense of honor and pride after winning battles, which obviously affects their combat effectiveness.

Just thinking about it, the boat docked at Heijiaying.

Just as Shen Bing was on the ground, a messenger stepped forward and said:

"Captain, the general has a request."

Shen Bing only said that Yang Duanhe came to him because he wanted to know more about the battle situation, but this time he guessed wrong.

Seeing Shen Bing entering the tent, Yang Duanhe said happily:

"Captain!"

"Your Majesty named me General and ordered me to prepare 20 troops for battle."

Shen Bing didn't feel anything at first.

Let's be the general. This Yang Duanhe can be regarded as having a bright future.

But then I thought about it... 20 troops?

Why does this sound familiar?

Shen Bing asked:

"General, did your majesty order you to attack Chu?"

Yang Duanhe nodded proudly:

"At this time, who else can attack Chu?"

Shen Bing couldn't help being stunned.

What the hell has this history been changed by himself?

Li Xin was supposed to lead an army of 20 to attack Chu, but now it has become Yang Duanhe?

Then Li Xin came back in a big defeat, did Yang Duanhe also end up in the same way?

If yes, does that mean that my life will be lost in this battle...

"Captain, Captain?"

Yang Duanhe's cry pulled Shen Bing back, and Shen Bing responded quickly.

Yang Duanhe asked:

"I don't know if the captain has a way to attack Chu?"

Shen Bing was the one who defeated [-] Chu troops with [-] sailors, so of course he had to listen to Shen Bing's opinion first.

But Shen Bing hesitated at this moment.

He tried hard to recall how Li Xin lost this battle in history.

The records of this battle in the history books are very simple. At the beginning, Li Xin's attack was very smooth, and he won more than ten cities in a row.

But everyone didn't know that Xiang Yan's trick to lure the enemy into deep:

When Li Xin's army went deep into the territory of the Chu army, it was troubled by the excessively long supply line. In order to ensure the supply line, the army was divided into garrisons. As a result, the main force was surrounded by Xiang Yan...

supply line?

Thinking of this, Shen Bing said:

"General, 20 troops are far from enough to attack Chu!"

Yang Duan and Qi said:

"Why did the captain say that?"

"Then the Chu army has 40, and you have flooded more than 30 before and there are still [-]."

"With 20 against 30, how can it be 'far from enough to attack Chu'?"

It's no wonder that Yang Duanhe feels strange.

The quality of the Qin army has always been higher than that of other countries. Even against the powerful Zhao army, they can often defeat two with one...except for Li Mu's northern soldiers.

So according to common sense, there would be no major problem with the 20 Qin army versus the 30 Chu army.

Shen Bing replied:

"The general does not know that the terrain of Chu is mountainous and the roads are difficult, especially in spring and summer when it rains a lot. It is extremely difficult to march and transport food."

In fact, marching is still secondary, mainly to transport food.

The terrain of Chu State is different from Yimapingchuan in the north.

A flat surface often means that there is no danger to defend.

However, the mountains and hills in Chu State are all dangerous places, and most of the roads are built along the mountains, not to mention their twists and turns, and they are also restricted by the mountains... The Chu army can easily use these mountains to block the roads.

To solve this problem, the Qin army had to occupy the mountains and hills next to the supply line all the way.

It's fine if the supply line is short, but if the supply line is long, there will be loopholes everywhere and a lot of troops will be needed.

After hearing Shen Bing's explanation, Yang Duanhe frowned:

"How can this be good?"

"Ruochu is really what Captain Ruo said... 20 troops are indeed not enough to attack Chu."

This is not a question of whether the combat power is strong or not, but a question of the dispersion of troops.

Therefore, Wang Jian in history said that he wanted to use the whole country to attack Chu, not to show weakness, but to attack Chu in the real situation requires more troops.

Shen Bing didn't know what to do for a while.

It is said that "more soldiers are more expensive than fine", but this also depends on the situation. In some special cases, "more" is more necessary than "fine".

Shen Bing suddenly thought...how did Wang Jian destroy Chu?

Isn't it enough to copy his tactics?

However, this was just a thought, and soon disappointed.

Because Wang Jian destroyed Chu with an army of 60, which was three times more soldiers than Yang Duanhe.

In addition, Wang Jian pressed 60 troops on the border of Chu State to play.

It's really fun, and it still allows the 60 troops to eat and drink well, and they can play for several months.

This is actually a psychological warfare and a war of attrition.

Although the Qin State at that time was able to raise 60 troops from all over the country.

But it has destroyed the three countries of Han, Zhao, and Wei successively, not only robbing a large number of fertile land, but also a large number of people and prisoners of war.

Although these people and prisoners of war cannot be armed for the time being, they can still farm and do hard labor.

So there is no shortage of people in Qin to farm the fields.

But Chu State is different...

As soon as Wang Jian's 60 troops stationed at the border of Chu State, Xiang Yan was so frightened that he immediately mobilized soldiers from all over the country and urgently recruited adult civilians to join the army to fight.

But Wang Jian did not see Wang Jian's attack while waiting on the front line, and there was a large area of ​​land in Chudi in the rear that needed to be worked hard...

It is definitely not the way to spend it like this, the Qin army can afford it but the Chu army can't afford it.

As a result of consumption, when the harvest next year, the Chu army may starve to death without the need for the Qin army to attack.

So Xiang Yan had no choice but to withdraw his troops first, and only returned to face the Qin army after the field was finished.

Imagine that Wang Jian launched an offensive at this moment... Needless to say what happened next, the Chu army was defeated, and the Qin army defeated Shouchun all the way and succeeded in destroying Chu.

Although Shen Bing knew Wang Jian's tactics, he couldn't imitate them.

One reason is that Yang Duanhe had only 20 troops and was not enough to intimidate Xiang Yan to mobilize the whole country.

Secondly, it is because Yang Duan is no better than Wang Jian...

Wang Jian could spend time with Xiang Yan on the border, but Ying Zheng didn't even dare to urge him.

It would be different if Yang Duanhe led the soldiers. I am afraid that within a few days, Ying Zheng's order will come:

"Why stagnant?"

"Is the general afraid that the Chu army will fail?!"

Therefore, Shen Bing could only think of another way.

Chapter 189

Of course, if you don't have soldiers, you can only recruit soldiers.

But where to enlist?

Wei Guo, Zhao Guo or South Korea?

If it is purely about conscription, Wei should be the best.

Han and Zhao have the deepest hatred for Qin, and they try every means to make some troubles.

The king of Wei is the most stupid, the king is stupid and the people want to change, and the people want to change, and it is easier to fall to Qin.The performance of the Heijia Army and the people of Daliang during this period is enough to prove this point.

So conscription may not be a problem, and a certain number of soldiers can be recruited.

The problem is that these newly recruited soldiers need time to train, and Qin's attack on Wei is just around the corner.

So if you want to recruit, you must recruit soldiers who can fight...

So Yang Duanhe and Shen Bing thought of something almost at the same time:

"Wei State surrenders!"

Shen Bing asked:

"Are the soldiers still in the Mengshan camp?"

Yang Duanhe replied:

"Most have been sent to hard labor."

Of course, Qin Jun would not keep these captives for nothing, so he pulled them to do hard work in the same way as the captives were handled before.

At this time, there happened to be a lot of things to do. For example, when the Chu army was flooded last time, a large number of residential roads were destroyed, and more than [-] prisoners were used to repair the facilities.

Of course, the life of hard labor will not be easy. Not to mention the lack of food and clothing, and the heavy labor every day, half of them will die of exhaustion after a year.

These are not what Shen Bing needs to consider, Shen Bing is just worried:

"They are soldiers from the Kingdom of Wei, I'm afraid..."

Yang Duanhe shook his head with a smile and said:

"You have trained the Black Armored Army and defeated the Chu Army, but you still don't trust them?"

Shen Bing replied:

"This time and the other."

"The Black Armor Army has only 3000 people, and among the 10 people in our Great Qin Dynasty, there is nowhere to start even if they want to make trouble."

"But if it's 20 or even [-] people..."

Yang Duanhe nodded thoughtfully.

If the three thousand Wei troops wanted to rebel against Qin, there would be no hope at all, and if there was no hope, they would not think about it.

But if it is 20 or [-], which is even comparable to the Qin army, then there is hope to rebel against Qin and restore the country, and if there is hope, it will naturally make plans...

Yang Duanhe hesitated and said:

"No, assign these Wei soldiers to the Qin army..."

Shen Bing knew what Yang Duanhe meant.

The so-called "attachment" is actually to organize them into the soldiers who fall into the battle, that is, to be a death squad.