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Shen Bing nodded, then lowered his voice and said:

"This time I am stationed in Chencheng, what I want is not to lose Chencheng, but to lose Chencheng."

Wang Yu didn't understand after hearing this:

"Lieutenant General, this..."

Shen Bing made it clear:

"In a few days, the Chu people in the city may cause chaos."

"Lieutenant Wang, remember, don't kill them all, let Chu people out of the city as much as possible."

"You only need to transfer the food and grass to other places in advance, causing heavy losses to confuse the Chu army, do you understand?"

Wang Yu is not a fool. There is still no reason why he doesn't understand this matter. He nodded and replied:

"This subordinate understands, the deputy general can rest assured that this subordinate will definitely settle this matter."

Shen Bing nodded in satisfaction.

The reason why he didn't say it was Lord Changping was because Lord Changping was uncertain whether he would surrender after becoming the Queen of Chu.

If Lord Changping does not surrender and Shen Bing intends to let Lord Changping go today, Yingzheng will know that he will not be cleared by jumping into the Yellow River.

However, if it is not specified that the Dao surname is Lord Changping, it can be said that the "Chu people" are expected to make trouble, so they will plan.

Although this cannot be done cleanly, at least there is an excuse.

If Mr. Changping still surrendered in the end, there would be nothing to say. Even if Ying Zheng knew the cause and effect of the whole incident, he would only be able to contribute.

After Chen Cheng made arrangements, the army set out again.

After all, soldiers are expensive, and the sooner they arrive at the Chu army's defense line, the shorter the preparation time left for the Chu army.

Sending troops from Chencheng is still divided into two routes:

Meng Wu led the Qin army straight to Chengfu, while Shen Bing led the Daliang army slowly behind.

The reason for marching in this way is still that the Qin army led by Meng Wu is more powerful...

At least Shen Bing was willing to think so.

What's wrong with being able to fight less and be less dangerous?

What are you fighting for?

Is it bad to live?

Meng Wu didn't think like this, so he was happy to lead his troops first.

In this way, Mengwu's [-] troops can rush to the Chu army's defense line first and put more pressure on the Chu army.

Shen Bing's troops, on the other hand, advanced in the rear while clearing the river, and then searched and occupied important villages and cities along the way.

Of course, the river course is the most important thing in this battle, because food and reinforcements can be transported down the river.

Therefore, the cities occupied by Shen Bing are usually also cities along the river or at the intersection of rivers.

These are nothing, although the wooden stakes and iron chains to seal the river are indeed annoying, but it is not difficult for the tens of thousands of Daliang and Heijia troops.

The difficulty lies in... The Liang army continued to occupy and garrison all the way, and the number of more than 5 people became [-], and it was still decreasing.

Seeing this, Wei Wei was a little worried:

"Deputy General, the Daliang Army was originally short of troops."

"At this time, they were scattered to garrison all over the place. If we go on like this and reach Ruyin City, there may only be 3 people left."

"How can we attack the city then?"

Shen Bing replied:

"Naturally, I won't be the only one waiting for 3 people in Ruyin City."

"My first task is to clear the river. When the time comes, the general will lead 10 people down the river and attack the city with our army."

After Wei Xi responded, he stopped talking.

In fact, Wei Wei was a little unhappy. He also said that the Liang army could make more military exploits this time so that they could be equipped with armor after being promoted. Who would have thought that this battle would be used to clear the river and secure the supply line.

If it hadn't been for the night attack by the Chu army before, I am afraid that even the main force of the Chu army would not be able to be touched in this battle.

Shen Bing couldn't help laughing secretly when he saw that Wei Wei seemed to be losing something. This Wei Wei seemed to have been assimilated by the Qin army's military merit system, and became aggressive and aggressive.

Chapter 212 Still Planning

It is reasonable for Yang Duanhe to allocate troops in this way.

The Qin army used a total of 27 people to attack Chu.

Among them, [-] are the Qin Army led by Yang Duanhe, the other [-] are the Qin Army led by Meng Wu, and the remaining [-] are the Daliang Army led by Shen Bing.

Of the three armies, the Daliang Army led by Shen Bing was undoubtedly the weakest, even if the Daliang Army had wolf traps and mandarin duck formations, it was no exception.

In particular, the Wolf Whip is more suitable for field battles. When it comes to siege... holding this moso bamboo with branches and leaves may not even be able to climb the siege ladder.

In addition, the Daliang Army did not have armor, and its defensive power was reduced by another point.

So without thinking too much, the main force led by Meng Wu to attack Chengfu and Yang Duanhe attacked Ruyin respectively.

Shen Bing's Daliang Army was naturally used on the second line.

However, no one knew that Shen Bing actually had another plan in mind.

In this set of plans, the Daliang Army and the Heijia Army are the protagonists.

On Xiang Yan's side, he managed to pull the Caozhou soldiers back to the line of defense before the Mengwu army arrived at Chengfu.

On the other side, [-] soldiers from Jiangdong and [-] sailors also arrived in due course, and Xiang Yan immediately set about deploying a line of defense on the front line of Rushui.

Ruyin is in the south and the father is in the north. The distance between the two cities is more than two hundred miles. The two cities are connected by Rushui and form a natural barrier to the west of Shouchun to block the Qin army.

As soon as Xiang Yan arrived at Chengfu, he immediately reformed the navy.

He said to Xiang Bo, the leader of the army:

"All warships are equipped with poles and trained quickly, making sure to learn how to use them within a few days."

"In addition, add crossbowmen and trebuchets on the east bank of Rushui, the counterweight trebuchets used by the Qin army!"

Xiang Bo responded and hurriedly led people to arrange it.

Xiang Yan's arrangement is no problem.

The loophole in this line of defense is neither Ruyin nor Chengfu.

Because the two cities of Ruyin and Chengfu have been as solid as a rock and impregnable after decades of management by the Chu State, not to mention that the strength of the Chu army is still higher than that of the Qin army, and there is more room for maneuver.

Just like what I said before, the Qin army must have insufficient troops to occupy the city all the way.

Xiang Yan even prepared a cavalry army of tens of thousands of people ready to raid the Qin army's supply line at any time.

Under such circumstances, if the Qin army attacked Ruyin or Chengfu to the death, it would only end with the loss of troops...

The two cities of Ruyin and Chengfu are different from other cities. Both of these two cities use Rushui as their moat. If the Qin army wanted to attack the city, they had to cross Rushui.

In this way, not only is it difficult to deploy troops, but it is also very easy for the Chu army to counterattack.

Xiang Yan also considered whether the Qin army would flood the two cities like flooding the beams.

But this is almost impossible, because the upper reaches of the Ru River are in the hands of the Chu army, and the Qin army cannot build embankments to store water.

In contrast to the Chu army, the two cities can reinforce each other along the waterway and serve as cover for each other.

Therefore, the only thing the Chu army needs to worry about is that the Qin army breaks through Rushui with the invincible navy, that is, Shen Bing's black armor army, breaks the connection between the two cities, and then breaks them one by one.

This is also the reason why Xiang Yan transferred the [-] sailors from Jiangdong.

This ten thousand navy army is not comparable to the [-] navy army of Chu State, and the battleships are equipped with poles, and there are a large number of catapults and crossbowmen on the shore to cover them. Forgive the black armor navy army is useless land.

What Xiang Yan thought about was really the same thing.

The Heijia navy is more suitable for water warfare, that is, two navy teams face off.

Even if the Jiangdong water army goes into battle, it may not be able to win well, because the black armor army has wheeled warships.

The advantage of the wheeled warship is its speed, and speed on the battlefield may often determine the outcome.

Because in terms of relative motion, if one side is fast and the other is slow, it can almost be considered that after the difference between the speeds of the two, the slow side stands still.

So the speed is slow, so the only option is to be beaten passively. At that time, the wheel warship can flexibly circle around the dead corner of the Chu army's warship and then approach and attack.

The problem is that the Chu army also deployed trebuchets and crossbowmen on the shore... As long as the chariot warship came into its range, it would be attacked from multiple directions.

This is not so much a water battle as it is a beach landing battle.

So even Shen Bing's black armor army plus the wheel warship can't please.

Fortunately, Shen Bing didn't intend to do this from the beginning.

At this time, Xiang Liang had already stationed his troops in Rushui, and then ordered Qingqi to go to Shouchun to report the battle situation in person.

This is Xiang Yan's order.

It is said that the generals are not allowed to leave the station before the battle, but Xiang Yan did it as a last resort.

Because the internal opinions of Chu State were not unified at this time, the nobles still fought on their own and refused to send troops.

Xiang Yan sent Xiang Liang to Shouchun just to convince the nobles and give them a sense of crisis.

Xiang Yan made this move with a lot of thought, because Xiang Liang had been defeated in a battle, and even had an arrow wound on his right arm... The journey along the way was full of wounds and blood, and if he stood in the hall, he would be healed immediately. The urgency of war.

Xiang Liang reported to the King of Chu among the well-dressed ministers:

"Your Majesty, the general sent the last general to return to report: because all the Huainan armies have not yet arrived, they cannot return to the meeting."

"Dare to ask your majesty to immediately send capable ministers to send food and grass to Ruyin and Chengfu."

"And focus on planning the arrowheads of the army's weapons!"

King Chu Chu asked nervously:

"According to reports... our army lost the first battle?"

Xiang Liang didn't evade, and replied generously:

"Exactly, the last general led troops to attack the Qin army at night."

"I don't want the Qin army to block our offensive with moso bamboo formations, and our army lost more than [-] people."

These words immediately caused an uproar in the hall, and the faces of the nobles turned pale.

They knew about Liang's ability. All of Xiang's children were good at using soldiers, and Xiang Liang was the best among them.

However, Xiang Liang led the troops to attack the Qin army unexpectedly, and the Qin army was defeated... How powerful is this Qin army?

Xiang Liang didn't elaborate on the reason, let alone make an excuse.

In fact, this is what Xiang Yan confessed, just to scare them.

The original thoughts of the nobles were still: Maybe Xiang Yan could stop the Qin army with the 30 soldiers of the king of Chu, but they, the nobles, could enjoy the benefits without spending a single soldier.

This can not only retreat from the Qin Dynasty but also weaken the power of the king, why not do it?

But when I heard it at this time, Xiang Liang had consumed 30 troops in just one battle. Wouldn't the [-] troops be finished in a few days?

Then didn't they surround Shouchun and hit their own fief?

Is this ok?

If you don't think about it, you can't do it!

So the nobles exchanged glances with each other, and Zhaoxie took the lead to ask:

"I don't know what the general's strategy is to resist Qin?"

Xiang Liang replied:

"The war is still being planned, it must be determined according to the movement of the Qin army..."

Zhaoxie was surprised again:

"A powerful enemy has already approached the country, but the battlefield strategy is 'still planning'?"