Daqin Engineering Corps

During this period, Xiang Bo crossed the river and discussed with Zhang Qi about the attack.

After all, the two armies are attacking Ruyin from left to right, so coordination and information sharing are still necessary.

Xiang Bo noticed the problem as soon as he saw Zhang Qi's offensive. He suggested:

"General Zhu Kingdom, Ruyin is a solid city with water behind it, and there are countless arrows and equipment in the city."

"If our army continues to attack like this, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to make an inch of success."

But how could Zhang Qi listen to it, he just "hummed" and replied:

"Am I attacking like this to consume the enemy's arrows and equipment?"

"The Qin army only has 3000 people, but our army has tens of thousands. Even if we exchange ten for one, we will wipe out all the enemies!"

Xiang Bo persuaded again:

"But General Zhu Guo, if things go on like this, I'm afraid you'll even lose one out of ten..."

Before Xiang Bo finished speaking, Zhang Qi raised his hand and interrupted him:

"This battle is all about time. The general may only be able to stop the Qin army for ten days."

"If our army fails to capture Ruyin within ten days, all previous efforts will be wasted."

"Yes, your department should also attack the city as soon as possible to disperse the enemy's forces."

Xiang Bo was speechless for a while.

But his position as deputy general was far below that of General Zhu Guo, so he had no choice but to agree, and commanded the troops to launch an attack after returning.

Regardless of Xiang Bo's lack of focus on the issue of strategic direction, he still has a few hands on the issue of tactics, otherwise he would not be able to save Liu Bang from Xiang Yu again and again.

Xiang Bo's offensive strategy is to send people to contact the father of the city upstream, and ask him to organize troops and labor to intercept the Ru River.

It is not difficult to do this. Although the force in Chengfu area is only [-], it has gathered a large number of laborers just like Ruyin.

As the saying goes, when everyone gathers firewood, the flames are high, and the Chu army only needs to do their best to submerge the crops and introduce Rushui into the irrigated fields. The amount of Rushui will soon decrease.

But having said that, if this Ruyin is lost, even the state of Chu may be destroyed, so what kind of crops are there to consider.

The risk is that once the Ru River stops flowing, the Qin army may easily cross the river bed and attack the east bank where the Chu army is stationed on the other side. At that time, even Ruyin will not be important.

But at least Chu Jun doesn't need to worry about this issue these days.

As soon as the Ru River was cut off, Xiang Bojun moved soil under the city to fill the river.

Xiang Bo's method of filling the river is somewhat similar to the method Shen Bing used when attacking the beams, that is, pushing a cart to transport soil, and then pouring the carts of soil and gravel into the dry river bed.

All the Black Armors could do was throw stone bombs at them with trebuchets.

Although many carriages were shattered by stone bullets and Chu soldiers suffered heavy casualties, Xiang Bo's army successfully filled the riverbed two days later.

This surprised Shen Bing, Zhang Qijun who thought he was a big threat was not a threat, but Xiang Bojun who thought he was not a threat put a lot of pressure on Ruyin from three sides.

This situation became even more severe when Xiang Bojun's follow-up [-] infantry soldiers and Zhang Qi's [-] chariot soldiers arrived.

There are only two thousand black armor troops in Ruyin city, but there are more than fifty thousand elite Chu troops outside the city.

This is only the Chu army that Shen Bing knows, and Zhang Qi's garrison and labor from the Rushui line, plus the reinforcements sent by the nobles later, there are more than [-] people, and Ruyin is completely surrounded.

Moreover, the Chu army's offensive continued day and night.

The Chu army can easily do this because the Chu army has many soldiers.

More than [-] people can be divided into three batches of [-] to [-] each, and then the three batches will attack in turn.

This is the wheel tactics also known as fatigue tactics.

Compared with the Chu army that can be divided into groups, the Heijia army guarding the city is originally insufficient in strength, so of course it cannot be divided into several groups to fight against the enemy.

So after a few days, he was tired and almost tired the Heijia Army, and even Shen Bing didn't close his eyes for several days.

Chen Duan walked up to Shen Bing unsteadily, and said:

"Lieutenant General, this is the seventh day!"

Shen Bing replied:

"It should be the eighth day."

Chen Duan asked again:

"Are you sure the general will arrive on the tenth day?"

Shen Bing smiled wryly and replied:

"Who can be sure?"

"If the general does not come on the tenth day, you can surrender later!"

Shen Bing knew that he shouldn't say this at this time, he should have said "the general will arrive", "you will all be meritorious ministers" and so on.

But Shen Bing really didn't want to deceive these brothers who had been through life and death with him at this last moment of life and death, so he just said it straight.

Chen Duan handed the wine bag to Shen Bing, and replied relaxedly:

"The deputy general was joking, if I have the intention of surrendering to Chu, how can I stay until now?"

Shen Bing was taken aback for a moment, then nodded slightly.

Chen Duan was right, the Heijia army was besieged by dozens of times the strength of the Chu army, and the casualties were already heavy. The original two thousand people had dropped to one thousand and one hundred, and almost everyone was injured.

According to common sense, the entire army should have collapsed long ago with more than half of the casualties, but the Black Armor Army did not.

Not only did it fail, but it also became more and more courageous.

Shen Bing only sighed, shook his head and said:

"Fame and wealth are nothing but things outside the body..."

Chen Duan interrupted Shen Bing:

"The deputy general thinks we are waiting for fame and fortune?"

Shen Bing was speechless.

He didn't understand, if it wasn't for fame and wealth or for the twenty military merit system, why bother?

Chen Duan took the wine from Shen Bing, raised his neck and took a few sips, then wiped his mouth, looked around at the soldiers resting on the city wall during the interval of battle, and said thoughtfully:

"As the saying goes, a scholar dies for his confidant."

"The lieutenant general doesn't know. They are just like their subordinates. The reason why they have been able to fight until now and not surrender is because it is so fun to follow the lieutenant general to kill the enemy."

"If we fight like this, we can fight against [-] elite Chu troops with [-] troops. What kind of hero and how amazing is this?"

"What regrets do you have in this battle in life? How can you surrender the enemy and settle the matter?"

Chapter 238 Wolf Smoke

Shen Bing could understand what Chen Duan said.

When they were still Wei soldiers, they had no intention of killing the enemy, but the king of Wei was fatuous and had no way to serve the country.

There is nothing to say about this kind of mood. They wish they could have a good time with the enemy on the battlefield, but they are always suffocated because of one or another reason. Exhausted.

However, following Shen Bing is another matter.

Shen Bing led them to win one victory after another, and each time they won more with less and defeated the strong with the weak.

The city-leading water battle, Ruanqiao town riding and shooting, wild wolf ridge ambush and so on.

Even though the current battle seems to be lost, and the Heijia army has suffered heavy casualties and is exhausted, it still resists the siege of the [-] Chu army with [-] troops, and it is still "a glorious defeat".

So what Chen Duan said was right, they didn't just fight for fame and fortune, and it wasn't all because of the [-]th Army Merit System, they were fighting for this kind of pleasure and glory.

Shen Bing just smiled, and then stopped talking.

After being silent for a while, Chen Duan went on to say:

"Besides, we don't think this battle will be lost."

Shen Bing asked back:

"Even in the current situation, does the captain think we are undefeated?"

Chen Duan replied:

"Wang Ben hasn't returned to the city at this time, it must be a dark game set by the lieutenant general!"

"Although the subordinates don't know what role the 500 people led by Wang Ben can play, they do know that they are our hope."

Shen Bing nodded, thinking to himself that Chen Duan was quite thoughtful.

Wang Ben was sent by Shen Bing after he ambushed the Chu army in Yelangling.

In fact, it cannot be said to be "dispatched", but Wang Ben's 500 personal guards and [-] black armor troops, a total of [-] people, have not returned to Ruyin since the battle of Yelangling. They took dry food and hid in the dense forest.

At that time, many people, including Chen Duan, thought Shen Bing was crazy.

The Black Armored Army only had 3000 people in total. With these 3000 people, it would be difficult to defend the city, but Shen Bing actually sent 500 of them out of the city.

And what can these 500 people do?

There are tens of thousands of elite Chu troops outside the city. If the location of the city wall is lost, wouldn't Wang Ben and his five hundred soldiers be wiped out in minutes?

But Shen Bing did not give them a chance to object.

If the Heijia army thought so, then of course the Chu army would think so too, so they didn't realize that there was a Heijia army outside the city.

Moreover, returning from Yelangling was the only chance for Shen Bing to set up an ambush.

In the future, Chu soldiers will besiege Ruyin, and it is almost impossible to send troops out.

But what can those 500 people do?

Sneak raid on supplies?

The Chu army is outside the city, and the supply is endless, and even if the supply is burned, they can still transport it from Shouchun, so the surprise attack on the supply will not cause them much pressure.

Internal and external attack?

This is not right either.

Not to mention how effective the 500 men led by Wang Ben can be. At this time, the more than a thousand black armored troops in the city have been fighting continuously and almost collapsed. Shoot arrows and the flesh is bloody.

They can still defend Ruyin City and defeat the attacks of the Chu army again and again, relying on their condescending location, shooting poles and beliefs.

At this time, if they are allowed to go out of the city to fight, even if they attack from two sides or even break through, they will be powerless.

Looking at Chen Duan's puzzled eyes, Shen Bing replied:

"You're right, it's time for them to make a difference."

Then Shen Bing turned his eyes to the camp of the Chu army under the city, and said:

"Don't you want to know where they are?"

"There they are..."

Chen Duan turned around and followed Shen Bing's gaze to look down. Where there was Wang Ben's shadow, there were only Chu Jun who was busy burying the pot for cooking and tents.

Chen Duan looked at Shen Bing in confusion, and then suddenly understood:

"The lieutenant general means that they have mixed into the Chu camp?"

Shen Bing nodded, and then ordered:

"Let the wolf smoke out."

Chen Duan immediately passed on the order:

"Let the wolf smoke!"

Zhang Qi on the other side is complacent in the handsome camp.

He knew from the information that Xiang Yan's situation was good.

Although Xiang Yan's army retreated due to low morale before, Xiang Yan finally used sand and water to build a defense line in Taocheng to temporarily stop the Qin army.

Calculated by the distance, it will take at least three days for the Qin army to reach Ruyin.

But judging from the current state, it only takes a day or two at most for the Chu army to take Ruyin down.