Daqin Engineering Corps

No wonder it happened.

As I said before, the children of the nobles eat delicious food and drink. They have read military books since childhood and received military training. Marching and fighting are commonplace for them.

Common people who have not received education and training are of course incomparable to them. Even some grassroots "jumping over the dragon's gate" with military merits are promoted to high ranks, which is still an embarrassing task.

Wang Ben originally thought that Shen Bing was one of them.

But after seeing Shen Bing, he realized that this was not the case.

Not only was this not the case, Wang Ben also believed that everything was in Shen Bing's calculations.

Only then did Wang Ben realize that what his father said was right, Shen Bing was by no means an ordinary person.

Wang Ben even doubted Shen Bing's identity... This is not the temperament and conversation that a grassroots person can have.

Wang Ben was really skeptical.

Because in Shen Bing's eyes, people like Wang Ben are those who are ignorant and ignorant, so there is naturally a kind of confidence and aura in the conversation, which can suppress Wang Ben's aura.

Shen Bing didn't take these things to heart.

At this time, spies came to report:

"Deputy general, the Chu army has abandoned the city and fled since the defeat last night."

"Chencheng is already an empty city at this time!"

"The general ordered you to quickly occupy Chencheng."

Shen Bing nodded.

It is right to occupy Chencheng, which is the advance base for the Qin army to attack Chu.

Moreover, the waterway between Daliang and Chencheng needs to be cleared and unblocked, so that supplies and reinforcements can be transported from Daliang.

None of this is a big deal.

The problem lies in what Wang Ben said just now, whether these cities are garrisoned or not.

Of course Chen Cheng wanted to garrison troops.

Not only to garrison, but also to invite Lord Changping.

To be honest, Shen Bing is not sure whether Mr. Changping surrendered for real or falsely.

At this moment, Lord Changping may really want to surrender to Qin, but at the moment when Lord Changping becomes the king of Chu and holds power in his hands...will he be willing to let go?

Will he be willing to avoid the barbarian land in Jiangdong like this?

Although they know that this power cannot be grasped, and even if they continue to grasp it like this, they will only die, but how many people can clearly understand this? !

Chapter 2 wins over

Chencheng, also known as Chencheng, has a history of 37 years as the capital of Chu State.

There are actually reasons why Chu State uses Chencheng as its capital and does not use Chencheng as its capital.

When Chu State used Chencheng as its capital, it was the stage of ZTE’s national strength. At this time, Chu State still wanted to compete in the Central Plains, and setting the capital in Chencheng would help it compete with the six countries for hegemony.

However, this ZTE was only a few short decades, and the state of Chu soon became weaker and weaker due to the continuous development of the "poor country and weak people" situation of "too many ministers, too many monarchs" and "force the lord from above to abuse the people from below".

To put it simply, the strength of the nobles is increasing day by day, and the king is unable to control it. For example, the current king of Chu, although he had 40 soldiers before the war, the nobles can control nearly 40 troops, which can basically compete with the king.

Under such circumstances, if the Chu State still wants to fight for hegemony, it will further weaken the king's strength and lead to the collapse of the domestic political situation.

So Chu State no longer wanted to contend for hegemony.

If you don't want to fight for hegemony, you don't need to set the capital in Chencheng, which is vulnerable to attack, so you move it to Shouchun, the hinterland of Chu State.

Shen Bing and others arrived in Chencheng that evening.

Shen Bing intentionally slowed down a step to let Meng Wu advance into the city... Shen Bing still knew this bit of etiquette. Although the Liang army had made more contributions than the Meng Wu army along the way, Meng Wu was a general after all.

When Shen Bing entered the city, he saw that most of the people in the city were old, weak, sick and disabled, and ten households had vacant houses.

This is not surprising, because the Chu army had long planned to abandon Chencheng, so they would move the people away first.

As long as there are common people, there will be labor, and there will be a source of soldiers. This is something everyone understands. Of course, they will not be left to the Qin army.

When Shen Bing met Meng Wu under the leadership of his personal guards, he was leading his troops to count the granary.

Seeing Shen Bing coming up, Meng Wu shook his head and said:

"The granary has been emptied by the Chu army. They should have been prepared."

Shen Bing understood what Meng Wu meant.

If the Chu army hadn't prepared early, the Chu army would have fled temporarily after the defeat that night. However, it is impossible to clean up Chencheng's food, people and property so thoroughly in one day and night.

So what Qin Jun got was an empty city.

To be precise, it is not an empty city, there are old, weak, sick and disabled waiting for the Qin army to support them.

Shen Bing had no hope for these, so he cupped his hands and asked:

"How should we deal with the people left behind by the Chu people?"

Meng Wu replied without thinking:

"It goes without saying that it is better to chop up the food than to waste it."

Shen Bing replied:

"But Mr. Changping..."

Only then did Meng Wu remember that Mr. Changping came with his team.

Moreover, Lord Changping's task is to appease the people of Chu State. If the Qin army cut these people down, how can Lord Changping appease them?

Besides, it was Ying Zheng's order.

Meng Wu thought for a while and said:

"If not, gather the Chu people outside the city into the city."

"In this way, it is easier to manage, and secondly, it is also conducive to the appeasement of Lord Changping."

Shen Bing responded, and then passed the order down.

Although the order was an order, Shen Bing secretly thought that Meng Wu was really not a general.

If he saw that Lord Changping was unreliable...wouldn't he gather the people in the city to be appeased by him, wouldn't that be giving Lord Changping a chance to rebel against Qin?

Shen Bing found Mr. Changping immediately.

At this time, Mr. Changping was walking by the lake, and he seemed to be lamenting that he set foot on this land that should have belonged to him as an enemy.

Shen Bing looked at him from a distance with a lost look, and suddenly felt that Mr. Changping was a little pitiful.

Lord Changping is a character, but it is a pity that he was born into the wrong family of the emperor of Chu... If he was born into an ordinary family without this special status, he might still be the prime minister of Qin now.

For example, Li Si is from Chu, Zheng Guo is from Korea, and both of them can be reused by King Qin.

However, good fortune tricks people, Mr. Changping's identity and blood haunt him like a curse and he can't get rid of it, so he can only survive by grievances.

Shen Bing stepped forward and bowed to Lord Changping:

"Mr. Changping, how is your journey?"

Mr. Changping nodded, then waved back his personal guards and let them guard around ten paces away.

Mr. Changping led Shen Bing to a small pavilion in the middle of the lake, then looked at the lake with his hands behind his back, and said thoughtfully:

"Congratulations to the deputy general, who led the Liang army to defeat the Chu army a few days ago."

Shen Bing replied:

"It's just a fluke, it's nothing to worry about."

Mr. Changping smiled and seemed to be talking to himself:

"The bravery of the Xiang clan of the state of Chu has long been known throughout the world."

"However, the deputy general first flooded Xiang Yan with a large beam, and then led the city to defeat Chu's naval army, and now he directly defended and defeated Xiang Liang's [-] Chu State, causing heavy casualties..."

"I think those Wei soldiers would be like a flock of sheep under the presumption of Wei Wang, they would just hide in the city and dare not fight."

"Now under the position of the lieutenant general, he has become a master of tigers and wolves. How can the talent of the lieutenant general be described as 'lucky'?"

It would be a little too fake for Shen Bing to be more modest at this time, so he bowed slightly to be regarded as being praised by Lord Changping.

Shen Bing thought that Mr. Changping would get to the point, but unexpectedly he changed the subject and asked:

"The deputy general thinks, what about the rivers and mountains of Chu State?"

Shen Bing was a little puzzled:

"I don't know what Lord Changping is referring to?"

Mr. Changping said with a smile:

"How is the water and soil in this Chu country?"

Shen Bing replied:

"Rivers are densely covered with jungles, and if you manage them with care, you will have great potential."

What Shen Bing said was the truth.

The land of Chu State is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Plain and Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian, which are rich in modern times.

The reason why it was wild at this time was because of backward productivity and unable to develop and utilize these resources.

If Shen Bing invents some tools or manages it, he will soon surpass the Yellow River Basin.

Mr. Changping asked again:

"What is the strategic position of Chu State?"

Shen Bing replied again:

"There are many mountains, forests and rivers as barriers, so it can be said to be easy to defend but difficult to attack."

Mr. Changping nodded again:

"So, does the lieutenant general intend to manage the Chu land?"

Shen Bing's heart "thumped" for a moment... I'll go, it turns out that Mr. Changping is planning to win him over, Shen Bing?

Sure enough, Lord Changping turned around and cupped his hands at Shen Bing:

"The deputy general is an incomparable genius. If I have the deputy general to help me, coupled with the bravery of the Xiang family, why can't we stop the Qin army in Huaibei?"

"At that time, the deputy general will be the prime minister of Chu, and all the land of Chu will be governed by the deputy general. What does the deputy general think?"

I have to say that the cake drawn by Mr. Changping is quite attractive.

Qin Guobing has many generals, and even though Shen Bing has outstanding abilities, he is still only a lieutenant general after all, and it is still too early to think that one person is under one man and ten thousand is above ten thousand.

But now, Shen Bing only needs to rebel against Qin with Lord Changping, and he can even take Daliang Army with him...Then the failure of Qin Army's attack on Chu is doomed.

Then, Shen Bing can become Xiangbang at once.

If Shen Bing hadn't known that Qin would eventually destroy the six kingdoms including Chu... I'm afraid he would have agreed now.

Chapter 2 Baiyue

To be honest, Shen Bing also hesitated.

Because he thought of a possibility: What if Chu State defeated Qin State with his help?

Isn't it Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu who overthrew the Qin Empire?

The Qin State in history only has a life of more than ten years. Can I skip the Qin State and go straight to Chu and Han to fight... If so, then I should first occupy the Chu State and then go to Liu Bang.

But after thinking about it, Shen Bing gave up this idea.

The reason why Chu State was defeated by Qin State was not that its strength was inferior to Qin State.

In fact, even if Qin State successively destroyed Han, Zhao, and Wei countries and possessed more land and more population, it was still slightly inferior to Chu State.