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At the same time, all the guards jumped off their horses and slapped the horse's butt... The horses were frightened and immediately spread their hooves and ran around, only charging at the Chu army, screaming and dodging.

This is not to say that the quality of these Chu troops is not good, in fact these Chu troops are well-trained private soldiers of the Qu family.

It's just that this sudden situation made them unprepared, so they lost the opportunity.

By this time, Wang Ben's men and horses had already rushed in front of Qu Zhuo, and with a jump, he flew Qu Zhuo, who was about to draw his sword out of its scabbard, to the ground with a single jump. Before Qu Zhuo could react, Wang Ben had already drawn out an arrow. It pierced hard into his eyes...

Qu Zhuo screamed and fell to the ground, not knowing whether he was alive or dead, and the guards around him didn't even come to stop him.

At this time, Wang Ben's personal guards had shouted and killed him with a bronze sword in their hands...

Chapter 232 Supplies

The Chu army was defeated in this battle.

The reason was not that the Chu army was weak in combat power, nor that the Chu general was dull, but that its chief general was killed by Wang Ben immediately and the entire army was in a state of no command.

On the other hand, it was also in the middle of the night that there were only more than [-] people of the Chu army guarding the city gate, and the rest were sleeping in the barracks and knew nothing about what happened at the city gate.

As a result, the Qin army easily broke through the city gate and rushed to the barracks to surround the rest of the Chu army.

Shen Bing didn't give the Chu army any chance to resist. As soon as he gave an order, the Heijia army fired rockets into the camp in batches.

Amidst the screams, the barracks ignited a raging fire.

During this period, soldiers of the Chu army kept trying to rush out of the camp gate, but the camp gate had been locked with iron chains by the Heijia army.

Shen Bing couldn't be blamed for being cruel, but he knew from Wang Ben that these Chu troops were all elites.

If they were like other Chu troops, that would be fine, Shen Bing might still save them.

But they are elite...then only death can make Shen Bing feel at ease.

The heart-piercing screams in the barracks lasted until dawn the next day, and shocked all the people in Ruyin City.

Ruyin is different from the Chu city that the Qin army occupied before.

The previous Chu City was voluntarily abandoned by Xiang Yan, and the people in the city were all old, weak, sick and disabled.

This is not the case for Ruyin, it is the city that Xiang Yan intends to defend to the death.

Therefore, not only did Xiang Yan not evacuate the people, but also because a large number of people were withdrawn from the west of Rushui and the Rushui defense line required labor to build fortifications, so there were many young and strong.

This is another defense method of Xiang Yan. These young men can be used for transportation, building fortifications or repairing city walls in normal times. If there is insufficient troops in wartime, they can be armed.

For this purpose, Yan also stored a large amount of grain and equipment in Ruyin.

So much so that Shen Bing took people to the warehouse to have a look, and everyone was stunned. There were countless piles of grain, all kinds of armor, sword blades, and bows and crossbows, especially the bundles of arrows. More than ten warehouses.

Seeing this, Chen Duan couldn't help but click his tongue:

"The Chu army plans to stay here for a few years?"

Chen Duan only thought that this was a joke, but he didn't know that he was actually telling the truth.

Xiang Yan originally planned to stay here for a few years.

Didn't the battle of Jimo last for a few years?It is not surprising that Xiang Yan has long-term plans in Ruyin.

What's more, Ruyin is not a city, but to use it as a base to support a Rushui defense line, the food, grass, equipment and weapons needed will be far more than a city.

So those from Shouchun, as well as those from the nobles of Chu State, supplies were transported from all directions and all directions, and all were stored in the two cities of Ruyin and Chengfu.

Xiang Yan even asked the two cities to have the ability to make arrows and weapons:

There are iron mines, iron furnaces, and blacksmiths in the city, and then you can make all kinds of arrow clusters and weapons, especially arrows.

Arrows are the most needed thing for defending the city, and the arrows are also the most consumed.

The walls of Ruyin City are solid and thick, so as long as the Chu army occupies the land and shoots arrows condescendingly... half of the battle will be won.

The Rushui defense line also needs a lot of arrows. As long as there are enough crossbowmen and trebuchets on the river bank, the enemy will not be able to attack.

Wang Ben said with a wry smile:

"It's a pity that I want to bring more equipment and food along the way, but I don't want Ruyin to be piled up like a mountain..."

Chen Duan smiled and said:

"It's Xiang Yan who deserves more admiration!"

"He never imagined that all the supplies he had prepared so hard would fall into our hands!"

The surrounding soldiers immediately burst into laughter.

Shen Bing didn't say much, he only confessed:

"Firewood was planted around the warehouse and guarded."

"If you can't defend the city, these supplies can no longer fall into the hands of the Chu army."

Everyone responded in a boisterous voice.

Needless to say why this is, occupying Ruyin is only the first step.

Next, the throat of Ruyin was occupied by the Qin army, how could the Chu army be willing to give up?

This is related to the life and death of Shouchun, the capital of Chu State, which is related to the defense line of Rushui. What if it is controlled by the black armor army?

Therefore, the Chu army will definitely hope to take it back before the main force of the Qin army hits Ruyin, and at all costs.

This is also one of the reasons why Shen Bing ruthlessly refused to let the Chu soldiers in the city survive.

The Heijia army was about to be besieged by the Chu army, wouldn't it be a disaster to keep those Chu soldiers in the city?

In fact, not only those Chu soldiers, but also the tens of thousands of Chu people in the city.

There are more than [-] of these people... This is still the number of people who have sent a lot of labor to transport and build fortifications.

And the Heijia Army has only 3000 people. If these more than [-] people rebel at the same time, even an unarmed charge can drown the Heijia Army.

However, the reason why the common people are the common people and not the army is that they are not organized or united.

So it's not going to be more than [-] to [-].

What Shen Bing was worried about was that the more than 3000 people would rebel internally when the Chu army attacked the city. At that time, no matter whether it was a big chaos or a small chaos, the [-] people of the Heijia Army would face internal and external difficulties.

After thinking about it for a while, Shen Bing opened the west gate and called out to the people:

"The Great War between Qin and Chu has nothing to do with civilians. There may be places in this city where the war will not last long. You can escape by yourself when you leave the city!"

What Shen Bing said is also true, as long as everyone knows that Ruyin will become the key to Qin and Chu's struggle, and there will be arrows and stone bullets at that time, the city is definitely not a safe place.

At this time, Shen Bing was willing to let them go again, so why would they be unwilling, they packed up and left the city in groups with food.

Even the old and weak were taken away, because Shen Bing put down a word, if he despised the old and weak and left him in the city, then the neighbors would also leave their heads.

How could the people of Chu dare to say anything more? Helping the old and the young quickly moved Ruyin into an empty city.

In this way, the Black Armor Army does not need to worry about threats from within.

The reason why Shen Bing opened the west gate instead of the east gate was also considered...

The people are actually the foundation of the army and the country. The army, wealth, etc. actually come from the people. Therefore, a small country with a small land and few people basically has no say.

How could Shen Bing not know this truth, so these tens of thousands of people could not be given to Chu State for nothing and let them take them back to become the resistance and obstacle for the Qin army to unify the six countries.

Shen Bing opened the west gate, which means that these Chu people can only go to the west side of Rushui.

The west side is the place where the Qin army attacked and the Chu army retreated. At this time, Yang Duanhe stepped up his attack from the front and could reach Ruyin in a few days.

These Chu people may be able to cross the Ru River and return to the east bank, but if the Chu army hears that Ruyin has been occupied by the Qin army at this time, they will be in chaos.

Then, in order to avoid being encircled, the Chu army will transport the supplies to the east bank of Rushui... At that time, the Chu army will not have time to transport the Chu people, especially there are more than [-] Chu people.

Therefore, these Chu people will eventually become the people of Great Qin.

Chapter 233 The Capital Guard

After a little rectification in Ruyin, Shen Bing reported the situation to Yang Duanhe with a carrier pigeon.

After receiving the message, Yang Duanhe said "yes" three times in a row:

"I also said that it would take several years of long-term attack to break the Chu army's Rushui. I didn't want this Shen soldier to take down Ruyin in just one day."

"When you are in the shade, the Rushui defense line will be useless."

"If you don't attack now, when will you wait?"

So Yang Duanhe announced the news to the whole army as soon as possible, and ordered to attack Chu across the board.

The morale of the Qin army was greatly boosted and they fought more and more courageously. However, the follow-up defense line of the Chu army was just a dirt ditch. In addition, the follow-up supplies were all burned by the black armor army all the way. Naturally, they could not resist the offensive of the Qin army and had to retreat all the way.

The information soon reached Ying Zhengna.

This information was sent by Yang Duanhe.

Because Shen Bing had already taken Ruyin, there was no question of keeping it secret, so Yang Duanhe took advantage of the cause and effect, that is, how Shen Bing planned to withdraw his troops falsely, and at this time, how he made a surprise attack and took advantage of the emptiness to occupy Ruyin.

After seeing it, Ying Zheng couldn't help but shoot the case, and praised:

"It's a good one to lure the snake out of the hole and take advantage of the void."

"Let's see how that Xiang Yan guards the Rushui!"

Then he laughed again:

"Well, Shen Bing, I know that no problem can trouble you."

"With Shen Bing here, the unification of the Central Plains is just around the corner!"

Zhao Gao, who was standing on one side, had a strange expression on his face.

Yingzheng's thinking was not like this before, if he hadn't become suspicious of Yang Duanhe and Shen Bing, how could he not let Wang Jian report his old age and return home?

You must know that Wang Jian has a powerful army in his hands and has made great achievements. If he wishes to retire and return to his hometown, Ying Zheng will be happy before it is too late.

But Zhao Gao was just thinking about it, so of course he didn't dare to show it.

It wasn't until then that Xiang Yan got the news that Ruyin had fallen.

The reason why Xiang Yan got the news later was because he didn't come back to report until the person who sent the messenger arrived at Ruyin and found out that something was wrong, so the news of riding horses back and forth was naturally much slower.

Although Xiang Yan had been mentally prepared for a long time, she was still pale and sweating at this moment.

Xiang Bo stood aside and asked for a fight:

"General, the Black Armored Army only has three thousand men, so what if they take Ru Yin?"

"Subordinates invite [-] troops to retake Ruyin first..."

Xiang Yan interrupted Xiang Bo's words with a "hum":

"Do you think Ruyin is so easy to grab?"

"It has Rushui as a barrier, and there are high-walled archery towers everywhere on the west side."

"A rain of arrows on the city wall can cause heavy casualties to our army."

"Not to mention 20, it is unknown whether [-] can be recaptured!"

The defense of Ruyin City was laid by Xiang Yan, and Xiang Yan didn't know how powerful it was, so he didn't even think about attacking it head-on.

however……

It may not be possible to attack from the front, but the east side facing Shouchun is not as strong as the west side. If you attack from the east side, there may be hope of success.

After thinking about it, Xiang Yan said to Xiang Bo:

"That's all, you will take [-] cavalry troops to Ruyin in the starry night, and then you will have [-] infantry troops to reinforce."

"As soon as we arrive, launch an attack, and take Ruyin at all costs."

Xiang Bo felt a little strange.

Just now my father said that Ruyin could not be captured, why did he let himself attack it in a blink of an eye...not only let himself attack but also sent cavalry, and even rushed to attack the city at night.

But Uncle Xiang didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he answered and went to order soldiers.

After Uncle Xiang left, Xiang Yan immediately wrote a letter in silk and sent it to Shouchun, which means that Ruyin is the gate of Shouchun. Once Ruyin loses Shouchun, he will be in danger. Please send [-] cavalry Xingye rushed to Ruyin to attack the city, and he would lead his troops to delay the Qin army along the way and attack Ruyin.