Daqin Engineering Corps

After everything was arranged properly, Shen Bing just waited.

On the third night, it rained lightly again as if God knew something had happened.

Chu State is located in the south and has a lot of rainfall... To be precise, the dividing line is the Huaihe River in the Qinling Mountains.

The rainfall in the north of the Huaihe River is relatively small, and the rainfall in the south of the Huaihe River is relatively large, and the temperature is about the same... The Huaihe River in the Qinling Mountains is roughly the zero-degree isotherm. In January, the temperature in the south of the Huaihe River is above zero, and in the north it is below zero.

But of course, in this era, there is no such thing as how many degrees the temperature is.

At this time, it has entered spring, so the continuous spring rain is reflected in the Huaihe River area for the first time.

At that time, Shen Bing was sleeping in a tent in a hammock.

Because Shen Bing really couldn't get used to the hard bed of this era, the next morning he woke up with either this pain or that pain, and sometimes his neck was crooked and he couldn't get it back.

Compared with the hammock, it is much better. You only need to tighten the hemp rope and spread a layer of coarse cloth...a soft and suitable brown bed is made.

As for pillows, Shen Bing would not use wooden pillows like the ancients.

Just take a bag and stuff the reeds and catkins used to fill the quilt... Isn't this a pillow?

One day, if conditions permit, Shen Bing hopes to get a duck down pillow to enjoy. Now it is the front line in wartime, and this thing is a bit overdone.

Just when Shen Bing was soundly asleep, Ren called out from outside the tent:

"Lieutenant General, there is an enemy situation!"

Seeing that there was no movement in the tent, Ren repeated with louder volume.

Only then did Shen Bing respond:

"Come in!"

Being in the barracks is no joke, no one, including the personal guards, is allowed to enter the tent without permission, otherwise, if an assassin sneaks in, Shen Bing will lose his life in his sleep in a daze.

After getting the permission, Ren handed in the money and said:

"Deputy general, a large number of Chu troops have been found [-] miles north of the village, approaching Shouchun."

The territory north of Shouchun is no longer controlled by the Qin army.

The reason is that the Qin army was short of troops... It was only 27 yuan that was collected by patchwork during the expedition. Tens of thousands were wasted by Meng Wu's siege father, and then tens of thousands were lost in fighting with Xiang Yan's army all the way. There are less than 20 people.

These 20 people were not enough to destroy Chu at all, because Chu's territory was too large, and it would take 10 people to occupy those cities and protect the supply lines along the way.

Therefore, Yang Duanhe adopted the tactic of concentrating his forces to encircle Shouchun.

To put it simply, the cities near Shouchun will not be attacked or occupied. Just attack Shouchun and surround the king of Chu in it.

This strategy is of course correct.

The characteristic of the Qin army is that it is good at field combat, and it is almost invincible in the world to set up a battle in an open area.

Therefore, Wei Shouchun is to "respond to all changes with the same", and no matter how many troops come, they will be kept out.

The disadvantage of this tactic is that the information is not well-informed... There are no warning cities and buffer zones around, and the enemy's army is approaching the city as soon as it arrives.

However, Shen Bing was unwilling to be so passive.

It is actually simple to know the news, that is, let the soldiers of the Daliang Army pretend to be Chu people and disperse to various places to inquire.

The Daliang army was originally a Wei soldier, and the Wei land was only a short distance away from the Chu land in the Huaibei area. Their living habits and even their accents were very similar, as long as they changed into brown clothes, it would be almost the same.

But this is also because of Chu State, if you want to do this in Qin State, it is as difficult as heaven: even the common people in Qin State are organized into five households with a team leader, and then these five households have a continuous seat system...

Under the threat of the continuous seat system, the common people will sue adulters in order not to be affected by a little trouble.

If spies from other countries were among the people of Qin, they would probably be caught out by those troublesome three aunts and eight aunts within a few hours.

But this is not the case in Chu State, especially in Chu State where the people ran around everywhere during the war... Sometimes the refugees in this village and the laborers in that village cannot be counted at all.

The spies just need to get in there, basically like a fish in water, no one can tell the difference.

However, there are still problems with this arrangement. After the spies know the news, they must quickly send the news to Shen Bing, otherwise the news is meaningless.

It is the Rider hiding in the jungle who is responsible for this message.

It will take time for the information to be transferred, and it will also take time for it to be delivered to Shen Bing.

So based on this estimate, Xiang Yan's army is probably only ten miles away from Shouchun at this time.

Without any hesitation, Shen Bing immediately gave two orders:

"Ready to fight."

"Tell the news to General Shang and General Li Yan."

Ren responded and went to deliver the order.

Shen Bing is still looking forward to this battle, because he is a little curious about how the Chu army broke the pontoon bridge and cut off the connection between Huaibei and Huainan.

This answer was given by Ren, who came back shortly after he ran out and reported:

"Lieutenant General, the pontoon bridge is broken, and the subordinates cannot cross the bridge to inform the general."

Shen Bing couldn't help but wonder:

"Why did the floating bridge break?"

Ren replied:

"The water volume of the Huaihe River suddenly decreased sharply, and the pontoon bridge was torn off the ropes that bound it and was washed away..."

Shen Bing couldn't help being taken aback. It was raining and the river was growing. How could the river suddenly decrease sharply?

Then Shen Bing understood... This is the trick of the Chu army. They control the water volume upstream.

Indeed a good way.

In this dark night, even if Qin Jun stood by the river, he might not notice that the water volume was decreasing.

Until the pontoon sank, relying on its gravity to tear the rope...

Without hesitation, Shen Bing ordered:

"Take a boat across the Huaihe River and send the information to the general."

Ren responded and went to make arrangements.

This battle is mainly Shen Bingbu, and it seems that it has little to do with Yang Duanhe.

but it is not the truth.

Before Shen Bing and Yang Duanhe made a plan, once something happened, Yang Duanhe's army should attack the city with all their strength to contain the Chu army to reduce the pressure on Shen Bing's department.

On the other hand, this is also a good time for the Qin army to attack Shouchun... If the Chu army wants to escape, it means that they have no intention of defending.

In case Shen Bing's strategy of leading the snake out of the hole fails and the King of Chu escapes back, Yang Duan and his side will not suffer a loss if they gain something from attacking the city.

Chapter 253 Infantry Coordination

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The horn sounded.

Instead, the Hanoi soldiers led by Yang Duanhe were the first to fight in this battle.

Yang Duanhe was stunned at the news sent by Shen Bing, and then sighed:

"Shen Bing is really a man of heaven, Chu Jun just let him count everywhere."

As soon as he spoke, he no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered the soldiers to fight while putting on his clothes.

Yang Duanhe's Hanoi soldiers had been preparing outside Shouchun City for a long time, and the siege equipment had already been prepared. At this time, after Yang Duanhe gave the order, the Hanoi soldiers launched an offensive on Shouchun City within a short time of tea.

The first is Mai Fireball.

This thing is undoubtedly a siege tool, especially in the dark night...

Just like the previous battle of Ruyin, it is actually not suitable to attack the city with cold weapons at night, because the low visibility further increases the advantage of the defender.

However, it is different with Mai Fireball.

Fireballs were thrown into the city one by one, and some were thrown onto the city wall.

Not to mention whether the buildings in the city were lit to cause riots, only the light of the ignited fire can illuminate the city wall and put the Chu army on the city head in the light, but the Qin army who attacked the city was in the dark.

To achieve such an effect, the sackcloth fireball is indispensable, so the fireball hit for a long time before Yang Duanhe beat the drum and ordered the Qin army to attack the city.

Qin Jun shouted, lifted the siege ladder and rushed to the city wall.

This startled the king of Chu in the city, he immediately found Zhang Qi and asked in a panic:

"Why did the Qin army attack the city at this time?"

"Could it be that the Qin army has known about our army's breakout?"

Zhang Qi replied:

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, this matter is absolutely impossible."

"In the opinion of my subordinates...the Qin army may have become suspicious of attacking the city because they noticed that the pontoon bridge was greatly reduced by the river water."

The king of Chu felt at ease.

Zhang Qi's statement can be considered reasonable.

After all, the Qin army was not stupid. When they found that the floating bridge was broken, they could guess that the Chu army would move, so it was possible to attack the city first to disrupt the Chu army's plan.

But Xiang Yan, who rushed to the north of Shouchun City on the other hand, was not so optimistic.

From a long distance, he saw groups of fireballs cutting through the dark night sky in the south of the city and heading straight for Shouchun, and the number of them was daunting.

Seeing this, Xiang Yan couldn't help but frowned:

"No, Qin Jun may be ready."

Mr. Changping asked puzzledly:

"Why did the general make such a statement?"

"It was the southern camp that attacked the city, and its momentum is so huge. Doesn't it mean that the main force of the Qin army is in the southern camp instead of the northern camp?"

Xiang Yan shook her head and replied:

"According to common sense... If Yang Duanhe found out that the pontoon bridge was broken, he should immediately order someone to build a pontoon bridge or reinforce Beiying."

"But the Qin army attacked the city instead of reinforcements."

"This proves that they have nothing to fear. The purpose of their siege is to contain Shouchun so that they cannot break through with all their strength."

If Shen Bing heard Xiang Yan's words, he would regret that he shouldn't be so anxious to let Yang Duanhe attack the city.

Mr. Changping's complexion couldn't help changing, and he said:

"The meaning of the general is that Yang Duanhe..."

Xiang Yan answered with certainty:

"It's not Yang Duanhe, but Shen Bing."

Lord Changping felt the same, because he was also afraid of Shen Bing.

After hesitating for a while, Mr. Changping asked again:

"So for now..."

Xiang Yan sighed again and said:

"Now the arrow is on the string and has to be fired."

"At this time, it is only a stick of incense time before we meet with the king to break through the encirclement."

"If you send a letter to the king at this time... I'm afraid it will be inappropriate."

What Xiang Yan said was true.

In order to be able to attack the unprepared Qin army, Xiang Yan calculated the time very tightly.

At this time, if you use a carrier pigeon to send a letter to tell the King of Chu that the plan is cancelled... What if the letter fails to be delivered?Or what if it is sent to the king of Chu later and has already broken through?

There are too many uncertainties, and the king of Chu may go out of the city alone to meet the enemy at that time.