Daqin Engineering Corps

"Three thousand riders dare to go forward and chase the enemy, this Chen Duan really underestimated the Chu army!"

"How can you not suffer a loss if you underestimate the enemy and rush forward for quick success?"

"The black-armored army said they came to rescue our army, but I'm afraid we still need our army's rescue."

However, the face-slapping reality came soon...

The Mengwu army who followed them saw dead bodies and prisoners along the way. Although some were not considered prisoners, hundreds of Chu soldiers were trapped by dozens of black armor soldiers and could not move.

This is the benefit of the Black Armor cavalry and archery to infantry:

If the infantry formed a shield formation, the Heijia Army would indeed have nothing to do with it.

But the Heijia army didn't need to do anything to get the infantry, they just needed to run around the infantry at a distance, and the infantry relaxed a little to catch up with the large army... The Heijia army rushed to shoot arrows.

In desperation, the infantry had no choice but to form a shield again, so they could not walk or fight, and could only wait for the Mengwu army to come up and capture them.

Only then did Meng Wu realize that maybe that Yan Jun was really scared away by Shen Bing.

Chapter 223 Preparation

Shen Bing caught up with Meng Wujun that evening.

When the cartloads of grain were transported into the Mengwu army, the Qin army was full of joy and morale was greatly boosted.

Meng Wu came to greet him with embarrassment, he cupped his hands and said to Shen Bing:

"Meng Wu is ashamed of the lieutenant general."

"If it wasn't for the help of the deputy general, our army is afraid..."

Shen Bing hurriedly returned the salute and said:

"The general is too modest. You and I are both Qin generals. It is only natural to reinforce each other. You are welcome, general."

Meng Wu nodded, but when he thought that his tens of thousands of troops were defeated by Xiang Yan and Shen Bing only led more than [-] people, he could scare them back. Before that, he and his subordinates kept looking down on Daliang Army, so they And feel ashamed.

But it was a good thing to have such a time, and then Meng Wu became more polite.

He welcomed Shen Bing into the tent and asked:

"I don't know if the lieutenant general has any strategy to deal with the enemy here?"

Shen Bing cupped his hands and replied:

"Don't dare to say strategy."

"The subordinates think that since the Chu army has retreated, our army can attack the city as before."

"However, as the general said, we should make long-term plans for this battle."

Meng Wu repeatedly nodded in agreement.

After a pause, he said:

"It's just that our army has already lost [-] troops. If we still need to divide our troops to defend the rear wall, I'm afraid we won't have enough troops..."

Shen Bing replied:

"The general ordered me to come here to provide reinforcements and to defend the city."

"If the general has no objection..."

Meng Wu didn't dare to have any opinions, so he quickly replied:

"So good."

"With the deputy general guarding the rear wall, Meng Wu can rest assured!"

Meng Wu can really rest assured that Xiang Yan was scared away by Shen Bing's troops, so of course there will be no problem in guarding the city.

That night, the Daliang Army camped next to the Qin Army's barracks, and the Heijia Army returned after dark as usual... The Heijia Army was not suitable for fighting at night, so they stopped chasing.

Early the next morning, the Mongolian and Shen armies marched in two directions:

The Mongolian army went to Chengfu again along the retreat route of the Chu army, while the Shen soldiers marched westward to occupy the rear city wall.

It is not difficult to occupy the strongholds, because these strongholds have long been emptied like other cities of the Chu army.

What Shen Bing has to do is to leave a few teams of soldiers in the villages and cities, and then build defenses and set up post stations and beacon towers.

Defenses are used to deal with possible attacks.

Posts were used to deliver letters and orders.

Originally, the post station was unable to transmit quickly because of the lack of horses, but the horses captured after the first battle with the Chu army were given to each of the Heijia army to match one more horse, which was just used for the post station setting.

It is said that the cavalry of the Chu army came in time. At this time, each of the black armor army is equipped with two horses, which can greatly improve their mobility, which is just used to protect the supply line.

Shen Bing marched all the way to Taocheng with Daliang Army.

Taocheng is only ten miles away from Shashui, and there is an artificial river connecting it. It is an important stronghold for the Qin army to attack Ruyin and Chengfu by land. Almost all grain and grass will be transported here by water and then transported to the two places by land.

Before this place was occupied by Xiang Yan's cavalry army, the Qin army was in chaos.

Fortunately, one of the five hundred masters of the Qin army who was in charge of the city's security saw that the situation was not good, so he took the first step to ship a large amount of grain back to the river, so that the grain and grass could be preserved.

However, the [-] soldiers stationed in Taocheng died in battle because they could only defend to death because they did not receive an order to retreat.

This is also a drawback of the strict Qin law.

According to the five hundred masters' own thinking, they must first evacuate to the water with the food to avoid the sharp edge. Then, it is not only impossible but also meaningless to block the enemy's large cavalry attack with 500 people.

But Yang Duanhe's order to them was to "live and die with Taocheng".

It would be fine if there were telephones or telegrams in this era. Send a telegram to Yang Duanhe for instructions, and Yang Duanhe might change the order to let them retreat.

The problem is that this era does not exist, and Yang Duanhe is far away in Ruyin, a hundred miles away, so they have no choice but to die in Taocheng.

The heads of these Qin soldiers were cut off and hung outside the city gate with hemp ropes. At this time, they were somewhat corrupt and recognizable.

This kind of practice is very common in this era. The purpose is to deter the enemy or the people, and tell them what will happen if they stand on the side of the enemy.

What Shen Bing could do was to order people to remove those heads and bury them outside the city.

After entering the city, Shen Bing looked around the terrain for the first time, and then cleared all the people and soldiers in this area.

It is not difficult to do this, because the Chu army usually only leaves the old and the weak, and Taocheng is already empty out of ten households, and the only thing to do to clear the people is to make them move to another residence.

Then Shen Bing ordered his guards to dig a few tunnels under the city wall.

The tunnel is not long, even from the outside to the inside of the city, the entrance and exit are very secret.

The entrance outside the city is behind a small mound, and then it is sealed with wooden boards and then covered with soil, so there is no trace at all from the outside.

The exits in the city are directly dug in the wooden houses, such as under the bed, in the warehouse, etc., which are also camouflaged, and it is difficult for the common people to find out even if they come back to live in it.

In addition, Shen Bing asked people to dig a few tunnels on the east mountain of the city, and pushed in a cart of grain, as well as armor and equipment handed over from the Chu army.

Finally, seal the openings of these tunnels.

Seeing what Shen Bing was doing, Wei Wei felt a little inexplicable. He asked:

"Why is the deputy general like this?"

"Are you worried that the Chu army will come and occupy Taocheng?"

Shen Bing didn't answer but instead asked:

"The captain thinks that our army can capture Rushui in this battle?"

Wei Wei pondered for a while, then said:

"Xiang Yan's plan is well prepared, and the nobles of the Chu state seem to have the potential to join forces. The troops on the front line of Rushui are gradually increasing. It will be even more difficult for our army to break through Rushui."

Shen Bing nodded and said:

"If our army can't capture Rushui, then we have no choice but to withdraw."

"Is there any reason why Tao City will not fall into the hands of the Chu army again?"

"I just made some preparations in advance. It will be much easier when our army wants to attack the city next time."

Wei Xi felt right when he heard it, so he didn't say anything more.

In fact, Shen Bing did this to make it easier to regain Taocheng, but the reason was not just that "the Chu army could not break through Rushui".

At this time, Chencheng, which was used by the Qin army as a base, had gathered tens of thousands of Chu people.

Lord Changping worked hard for the people all day long on the grounds of stabilizing the people of Chu.

I don't know whether Lord Changping is acting. During this period of time, he has been busy registering household registrations for the people, asking about their health, making porridge and delivering clothes for the people.

At the beginning, the common people didn't know who Lord Changping was, and thought that it was sent by Qin to buy people's hearts, so they still resisted psychologically.

But after a long time, he knew that Lord Changping was actually the son of Chu State... and he was in awe of Lord Changping in an instant.

In private, some people secretly suggested to Mr. Changping:

"Chencheng's Qin army numbered only five thousand, and they were not armored at all."

"There are tens of thousands of people waiting for me. As long as the young master gives an order, we can wait..."

Chapter 224 Betrayal

Mr. Changping didn't agree to anything, but just stopped these "good people" from continuing to talk.

But in fact, this is a very clever approach.

Because this is to tell the "good person" Mr. Changping that he has this meaning, otherwise the "good person" should be dragged out and chopped down immediately.

So the "good people" knew what to do, and they secretly promoted and established an organization for Lord Changping among the people.

At the same time, the food rations of the people of Chu were decreasing again... In fact, the Qin army did not lack any food for Changping Jun, but Changping Jun deliberately withheld it and dumped the blame on Qin Jun.

Mr. Changping knows that the people have a weak concept of the country, especially the internal wars of the countries in the Central Plains.

So as long as they can survive, most of them will choose to swallow their anger or muddle along.

But if it has reached the point where it is impossible to survive, it will only be that the government forces the people to rebel against the people.

Mr. Changping's trick really worked, and it didn't take long for the people who didn't have enough to eat or wear warm clothes to complain.

At this time, Mr. Changping distributed the grain again, saying that he bought it at a high price from other places with his private property... The people became more and more grateful to him.

After that, Mr. Changping asked his subordinates to release rumors at the right time:

"The Qin army was defeated in Rushui and the food and grass were taken away, because the food and grass were in short supply and were not enough to feed the people of Chu."

"The Qin army even planned to kill a group of people to save food..."

This rumor is half true.

It is true that the Qin army was indeed defeated and the food and grass were taken away, and the Mengwu army lost 4 people.

What is false is that this has little impact on the Qin army, especially the grain and grass have not been taken away much.

And the battle situation has stabilized again and is developing in a direction that is beneficial to the Qin army.

But how could the people of Chu State in Chencheng know this, they were fooled by Lord Changping and believed it was true.

The people thought about it this way:

If this continues, maybe one day he will be starved to death or even killed by the Qin army.

But if it is against Qin... At this time, the Chu army is about to win. Wouldn't it be a great achievement to fight against Qin and help the Chu army?Is he still waiting for him to be promoted?

For a while, the undercurrent among the people was raging, and there was an endless stream of petitioners secretly petitioning Lord Changping.

Only then did Mr. Changping feel that the time was ripe, and he raised his arms and shouted:

"Master Qin is not benevolent, dare to offend our Chu state."

"We are the people of Chu, how can we serve Qin with our orders?"

"If this is not the time, when will it be?"

So the people took up sticks and bamboo sticks to make troubles... It was not the farming season, and the people of Chu State didn't even have farm tools in their hands, and these were the only weapons they could find.

Wang Yu couldn't help being surprised when he heard that Chu Min rebelled.