Daqin Engineering Corps

In actual combat, the Daliang Army stood in the Qin Army's ranks, and apart from other things, even the ranks seemed untidy.

This is not an advantage, but there is no way for the Daliang Army without armor protection.

Therefore, sending Li Yan to command the Qin army to fight was a last resort.

But Yang Duanhe gave Li Yan an order:

"All affairs are subject to Shen Bing's arrangement, and there should be no objection."

Li Yan obeyed.

At this time, Li Yan was convinced.

Not to mention that Shen Bing saved his life in the water battle in Qiancheng... In fact, even though Shen Bing saved his life in the water battle in Qiancheng, Li Yan still refused to accept it. He still thought that Shen Bing was just relying on a little cleverness and luck In terms of seniority, when will it be Shen Bing's turn to command.

But after Shen Bing designed a surprise attack on Ruyin and resisted the 3000 Chu army with [-] manpower, Li Yan knew that he was indeed far from Shen Bing.

To be able to set up clever tricks to lure snakes out of their holes is a trick.

It is courageous to defend Ruyin against the Chu army with [-] troops.

Brave and resourceful, why does Li Yan look down on Shen Bing?

Although he thought so in his heart, the face-saving Li Yan didn't show it on the face, and when he saw Shen Bing, he just bowed his hands as a greeting.

Unexpectedly, Shen Bing greeted him, and respectfully saluted:

"This subordinate has seen the general."

"The general once asked his subordinates who he wanted to lead the army, and the subordinates thought that this person must be the general."

"Now it's really the general who came to help me, so the subordinates can feel relieved."

This made Li Yan a little surprised.

Li Yan didn't have a good face towards Shen Bing before, if Shen Bing was allowed to choose, why shouldn't he be chosen?

But thinking about it, Li Yan felt that Shen Bing was telling the truth.

Because everyone knows that Shen Bing at this time is highly valued by the king, even Yang Duanhe wants to let him get three points, so it's nothing to choose a general to fight with.

Thinking of this, Li Yan's complexion immediately softened:

"Vice general, Li Yan is just a reckless man..."

Shen Bing interrupted Li Yan's words:

"Don't say that, General."

"The general has led the troops for more than ten years and has done a lot of research on marching formations, and his subordinates have heard about it for a long time."

"Now the safety of the city depends entirely on the general."

Li Yan quickly replied:

"The deputy general doesn't need to look outside like this, this is my job."

His tone and demeanor were immediately very polite.

The ancients were actually easy to deceive, as long as they said a few polite words, they would be confided in their hearts in minutes.

Although there are also people like Lord Changping who are deep in the city, but they are a minority after all.

Isn't Shen Bing just for the sake of fighting and cooperating with each other...

Chapter 251 The Trap

Shen Bing made some arrangements for the North Camp:

Li Yan's [-] Qin troops deployed to the north of the city wall, that is, external defense.

The Daliang Army arranged to defend Shouchun in the south.

The reason for this arrangement is because Shen Bing guessed that if the breakout did not happen, it must have been planned by Xiang Yan.

It's not hard to guess.

At this time, the state of Chu was already in a state of "trees falling and monkeys scattered". Everyone of the nobles only cared about preserving their strength to deal with possible future attacks by the Qin army, and would not even think about saving the king of Chu.

Xiang Yan is the only one who wants to save the king of Chu.

By the way, Xiangyan is also a wooden fish head, he, Xiang, stayed in Jiangdong well, but he wants to wade into this muddy water?

From the analysis of the overall situation of the Chu State, the Xiang family should be the least of the nobles in the Chu State.

Because most of Xiang's fiefs are in the dense forest and water network to the east of the Yangtze River, if there is any other fief, it is a small piece of fief for Xiang to build a village next to Shouchun.

But what if this small piece of fiefdom is not needed?

The fact that this fief is located next to Shouchun is intended for King Qin. At this time, King Chu is already trapped, so there is no need for King Qin.

The offensive of the Qin army should be to seize the rich land of the king of Chu in Huaibei first, and then take the lands of the nobles in Huainan, and then direct their troops to Jiangdong and enter Baiyue.

It doesn't even matter if Ying Zheng fights Baiyue or not.

The reason is that Baiyue's poor mountains, bad waters and food are tasteless, and it can't even be regarded as the Central Plains at this time... Ying Zheng thought that he had completed the great cause of unification and called Qin Shihuang before Baiyue was conquered.

Therefore, Xiang Yan can retreat to Jiangdong and wait for the Qin-Chu battle, while the Xiang family preserves its strength or considers managing Baiyue. When the Qin army attacks Baiyue, it will not only be "heavy losses".

However, this Yan wanted to do the opposite to try to protect the desperate Chu State, and finally ended up being defeated and committing suicide.

At this time, Shen Bing was thinking: If Xiang Yan planned this breakout battle, then he must have come prepared.

And his "preparation" of "coming prepared" naturally means that he has scouted out the situation of the Qin army, and knows that there are [-] Daliang troops guarding the northern camp.

On the other hand, Xiang Yan fought against the Daliang Army... This happened when Shen Bing was guarding Ruyin.

Xiang Yan first learned about the tactics of the Daliang army from Xiang Liang, and then tried to use the long halberd to defeat the wolf.

Needless to say what the result is, of course it ended in failure.

Therefore, when Xiang Yan came to fight this time, he should also be targeting the Wolf Whip of the Daliang Army.

That being the case, of course, Shen Bing would not be so stupid as to continue to use the Liang army to carry the wolf wand, and Li Yan's orthodox Qin army could catch Xiang Yan by surprise.

Shen Bing didn't say anything to Li Yan, but confessed:

"If there is a war, the general should not join the battle too early. It will not be too late to counterattack after the Chu army breaks through the city."

Although Li Yan didn't understand why, he still responded very simply.

Shen Bing is worried that Xiang Yan will change his strategy against the enemy in time when he finds that the situation is different.

But if the Chu army breaks through the city wall and launches an attack only to find out that the opponent is the orthodox Qin army... then it will be too late to change.

After finishing the arrangements on Li Yan's side, Shen Bing turned his attention to Shouchun City.

Shouchun City is actually very easy to solve. If it is not known that the Chu army will break through and attack from both sides, then Shouchun City may be a problem... At that time, Shouchun will be the knife in the back.

But now that Shen Bing is prepared, then Shouchun is a matter of blocking the city gates with trebuchets and crossbowmen.

The difficulty is that what Shen Bing wants is not just to seal the city gates, but what he wants is... the King of Chu's burden.

If the gates of the city were directly blocked, wouldn't the king of Chu be unable to get out?

If the king of Chu didn't come out, then Shen Bing wouldn't have to make such a secret deployment of troops, and all his arrangements would be in vain.

So a series of questions arise:

If the king of Chu wants to leave the city, he must pretend to let the Chu army break through successfully.

Afterwards, he had to ensure that he could catch the big fish, King Chu, otherwise the battle would be considered a defeat.

It is still possible to pretend that the Chu army breaks through the encirclement successfully, because the Daliang army has a wolf stick in their hands, and they will not lose much if they fight and retreat.And you can stop whenever you want, and you can counterattack if necessary.

The problem is how to catch King Chu in this dark night...

There are three gates in the north, west and east. Shen Bing thought that the king of Chu would leave the city through the east gate.

the reason is simple:

The west gate is the supply line of the Qin army, and it will be guarded by the Qin army all the way westward.

The north is a large plain, although it is a good direction to escape, but if Xiang Yan leads troops to attack, it must come from the north.

At that time, the north will be the front line where the Qin and Chu armies will fight. It will not be easy for the king of Chu to escape from this direction. Even if he can pass through the Qin army's defense line, he may be accidentally injured by the Chu army.

So there is only the east gate.

Once the king of Chu leaves the city, his right wing is the Huaihe River, so he doesn't have to be wary of an attack from one direction.

On the other hand, to the east is to go straight to Dongting and Xiang's Jiangdong. At that time, the Qin army will not be able to catch up even if they want to catch up.

So Shen Bing had an idea.

He immediately found Li Yan and said:

"The corner of the east gate of the Walled City is handed over to the Daliang Army."

Li Yan was a little puzzled:

"Lieutenant General, I'm afraid the two armies are mixed..."

It is indeed more taboo to mix two armies on the same line of defense, especially two armies with different formations and tactics.

Because under certain circumstances, it is suitable for the Qin army to attack and for the Daliang army to defend on the spot. Should it advance or retreat?

Even in the dark, there will be various problems such as difficulty in identifying friend and foe and command confusion.

Shen Bing also considered this issue, and he replied:

"It doesn't matter, I can draw a clear line at the corner of the east gate and practice a few times."

Since Shen Bing insisted, Li Yan had nothing to say.

So the corner of the East Gate was about a hundred paces away and was defended by Daliang Army.

That night, Shen Bing ordered Daliang Army to build a trap inside the city wall.

This trap is a deep pit that is more than two steps high and five wide. It extends a hundred steps north from the Huaihe River, which is the defense area of ​​the entire Daliang Army.

The top is covered with wooden planks and covered with soil, and the bottom is connected with the machine.

There is no difference in walking and fighting at ordinary times, but as long as the machine is pulled, the pieces of wood will fall off, and then the road will form an insurmountable fault.

Wei Wei was puzzled by this:

"Lieutenant General, since ancient times, most traps have been set outside the city wall, how can they be set inside the city wall?"

Shen Bing chuckled and said:

"The traps outside the city are for catching small fish, but the traps inside the city are for catching big fish!"

Hearing these words, Wei Xi was stunned. Although he knew that the "big fish" Shen Bing meant was different, he didn't understand what kind of "big fish" would use this trap to catch them if they could reach the village...

After arranging these, Shen Bing couldn't help thinking about another question:

If Xiang Yan wanted to help the King of Chu break out of the siege, Lord Changping could not have known about it.

Then why did Mr. Changping not warn?

Does this mean...

Chapter 252 News

Shen Bing faintly realized that Changping Jun was still swaying, and even Changping Jun might want to use Xiang Yan's hand to get rid of him.

That's why he didn't make a sound until now.

But Shen Bing felt that this was normal.

What is there to say?

"There are only permanent interests, but no permanent friends."

This is originally a world of natural selection, everyone is thinking about their own interests, and the grass on the grave will be several feet high if they don't do this.

So Shen Bing didn't think there was anything wrong with Lord Changping's doing so, and even Shen Bing was still thinking... If he were Lord Changping, he might feel embarrassed about whether to surrender to Qin.

What Shen Bing has to do is to let Mr. Changping understand that standing on the opposite side of Qin has no future, and only in this way can he lose his heart to restore the country.