Daqin Engineering Corps

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"Small man, please tell me, why is the retreat westward planned by the Chu army?"

Shen Bing asked two questions:

"General, I don't know how far the Great Liang is from the Qin State?"

"If our army marches normally, how many days will it take to return to Qin?"

Yang Duanhe replied:

"It's nine hundred miles away, at least it will take more than ten days to return to Qin."

Shen Bing said:

"That's it."

"Most of our troops are infantry marching slowly, how could the Chu army allow me to march for more than ten days and retreat to Qin territory..."

Li Yan interrupted Shen Bing:

"The Chu army is deceiving me that I have no food, otherwise how can I be afraid of the 20 Chu army with my [-] troops?"

This is true. The Qin army has a strong fighting capacity. If the food road is not cut off, it will be as strong as one against two.

Li Yan added another sentence:

"What's more, I wait for the marching speed to be slow, so how fast can the Chu army go?"

"Using cavalry to outflank? What's the point of that little cavalry?"

The cavalry in this era is not the main force, even if there are not many, so it is true that the [-] Qin army cannot be stopped according to common sense.

But Shen Bing has a different opinion.

Shen Bing pointed to the route of the Qin army's withdrawal on the map and said:

"First of all, the Chu army will not let me wait for the nine hundred miles."

"The Chu army will definitely send cavalry troops to demolish bridges and roads in front of our army or set up ambushes to attack."

"So the actual marching time of our army will be far more than ten days. By the time I arrive near the Qin border, I will already be a tired army."

Yang Duanhe looked more dignified, nodded in agreement and said:

"The strategy of the exhausted army is what the Chu army should do."

Li Yan is not dissatisfied:

"Even so, we can successfully return to Qin with the support of our ministry."

"General Li Xin is on the border between Qin and Wei!"

"How can those Chu soldiers stop our army from attacking from both sides?"

Shen Bing replied:

"If it's just the Chu soldiers, it's true that we can't stop our army. But what if we add the Wei army?"

Li Yan was a little confused:

"Wei Jun?"

Shen Bing pointed to the location of Anyi on the map and said:

"Anyi was originally the capital of Chu State, and it happens to be on the border between Qin and Chu."

"The Chu army can use an excuse to come to the rescue of the Wei army to attack Qin, take Anyi without any effort, and even get the help of the army and civilians in Anyi."

"When……"

Everyone changed their colors when they heard the words.

Because everyone will think what will happen if this continues.

Then Anyi doesn't need to defeat the Qin army, it only needs to block the Qin army for a few days, and then the Chu army will catch up from all directions.

Yang Duanhe sighed:

"What the miser said is true."

"Other than that, I'm ignoring one more thing."

"The 20 Wei soldiers trapped in Daliang are the easy-going generation?"

"At this time, they just couldn't go out of the city to fight because of a wrong decision-making."

"If our army withdraws... these Wei soldiers will definitely go out of the city to chase after them."

"At that time, how can we face more than [-] Chu troops? There are also countless Wei troops!"

This is what Shen Bing wanted to say.

Don't look at the fact that Wei Jun is trapped in the city like a turtle and has no power to fight back.

However, troops with poor quality often have a characteristic, that is, they cannot fight against the wind but can fight against the wind.

They were afraid that the Qin army was also the king of Wei's false decision-making mistakes, so they were passive.

It would be fine if the Qin army didn't withdraw, as soon as they withdrew, this "Pandora's Box" would be opened.

Coupled with the defeat of the Qin army, those Wei soldiers will naturally follow behind in hot pursuit.

Speaking of this, Yang Duanhe knew where the point was. He gritted his teeth and said:

"Yes, we can't withdraw our troops no matter what."

"Even if we want to withdraw, we must take down the main beam to withdraw!"

These two sentences actually mean the same thing, that is to stay where they are and continue to destroy Wei.

Because obviously, when the Qin army captured Daliang, the encirclement circle of the Chu army would have closed long ago, and there was no chance to withdraw.

Li Yan asked worriedly:

"But general, the rations..."

Yang Duanhe replied:

"There is food in Daliang City, as long as we take down Daliang, our army will have no worries about food."

That's an idea, but...

Just as Shen Bing was about to say something, he found that Yang Duanhe looked at Shen Bing meaningfully.

So Shen Bing swallowed what he wanted to say.

Chapter 141 The Big Water

What Shen Bing wanted to say was that if the water attacked Daliang, the food in Daliang City might also be flooded or could not be preserved.

Stopped by Yang Duanhe's wink, Shen Bing realized that he couldn't say this.

Even the fact that the Chu army cut off the Qin army's food road and was about to encircle Daliang cannot be said.

Because it is certain that talking about it will affect the morale of the troops.

Spread the word and let the soldiers know, I'm afraid it will be difficult even to attack Wei.

After the meeting, Yang Duanhe also confessed:

"Don't tell others about this matter, otherwise it will be dealt with by military law."

Everyone responded in a boisterous voice.

Perhaps due to the influence of the Chu army, Yang Duanhe ordered a water attack the next day.

In fact, water attack is already possible at this time, but Zheng Guo is relatively conservative, and some details need to be measured clearly.

But at this time, there was no time to think so much. Following Yang Duanhe's order, Zheng Guo and others decided to open the embankment to release the water.

As soon as the estuary opened, the water of the Yellow River rushed straight to Guangwu Jian like a water dragon.

Since the rocks and silt in Guangwu Jian had been emptied, the river water entered the Jian with no resistance and became more and more urgent, and then poured into the Bian River like a river tide, rushing towards Daliang City.

I saw a big gong beating "Dang Dang Dang" in Daliang City. This big gong is usually sounded when the Yellow River floods to remind the people on both sides to evacuate or gather people to fight the flood.

But at this time, knocking on the big gong was useless. Even if we gathered anti-waterlogging personnel, we couldn't leave the city and could only watch from the top of the city.

Wei Wangjia also received the news.

At that time, he was teasing the mastiff in the mastiff palace, and his personal guard rushed in and shouted:

"My lord, water...water!"

Wei Wang pretended to be angry and said:

"What water?"

"The widow told you that if you have anything to do, don't bother..."

How can the personal guard care about these things at this time, he took a breath and continued to report:

"Your Majesty, the Qin army has attacked with water, and there is water everywhere, flood!"

Wei Wang's false heart sank, and only then did he realize that the last moment had come.

King Wei didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly climbed to the top of the city surrounded by a team of mastiffs to inspect.

At that moment, the flood under the city became his eternal nightmare.

There is no Tianchou, no riverbed, and a few dog barks can be faintly heard from the shadow of the mountains behind the embankment, and the boundless silence suddenly oozes suffocating terror.

The commotion in the city behind him had quieted down at some point, soldiers and common people crowded the crenels one after another, everyone opened their mouths wide but no one spoke, everyone's face was pale and at a loss.

At that moment, the mastiff was silent.

For the first time, King Wei felt really scared...

This seems unbelievable. It has been a while since the Qin army has been approaching the city, but Wei Wangjia only felt scared at this time.

But this also seems to be normal.

People born in wealthy families usually have never experienced danger or fear since childhood.

They take it for granted that they don't need to be afraid of anything, that danger is illusory and unrealistic to them, and that they only need an order and someone will help him solve it.

Over time, this mentality was used by them on any occasion, even on the battlefield.

It wasn't until the flood had rushed to the foot of the city that Wei Wangjia suddenly realized that this was real, and he couldn't solve it with his own strength.

King Wei pretended not to say a word, nor issued an order, and quietly led his guards out of the crowd and down the wall.

Only then did King Wei think of Wei Xi, and hurriedly asked:

"Where's the general? Where's Wei Wei? Go and call him!"

The guard stepped forward to report:

"My lord, General Wei is wounded in bed!"

Only then did King Wei realize that this happened.

After thinking about it, he asked again:

"Where's the corpse? Call him here!"

Shi Cheng walked forward slowly, Shi Shiran bowed to King Wei, and said:

"Your Majesty, Shicheng is here to ask for your resignation!"

"The king does not love people but loves dogs, and the general is loyal but has no family. Isn't it the sorrow of Wei Guo?"

"The old minister is loyal and loves to rule the way and cannot do Wei, so this resignation!"