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"General Wei, don't worry."

"At this time, our army is actually on the same boat as the soldiers and civilians of Daliang."

"The common people make our army live, and the common people mess with our army and die."

"How can we be so ignorant and seek our own death?"

Shen Bing's words are a hint:

One day, if the Qin army can't hold Daliang at the end or there is civil strife in Daliang, then the people and prisoners will die together immediately.

Actually it is.

The first is the prison where the prisoners are held, which is a camp built by the Wei army...

In the huge Daliang City, there is no prison enough to hold 20 people.

So Wei Bing was actually imprisoned in a mountain depression, with wooden fences at both ends. Not far away was an inland river, and there was an artificial river dug directly leading to the mountain depression.

Of course, this artificial river was also dug by Wei Bing.

As long as there is something wrong, the Qin army can flood the Wei army prisoners at any time.

The family members on the other side gathered in a group of wooden houses, and the Qin army could turn them into ashes as long as they set a fire...

This is not to say that Yang Duanhe is cruel, but that sometimes he has to do this to save his life.

There is a saying that "you have to dare to fight to stop the war".

It means that if you dare not fight, everyone will come to bully you, so the troubles will only increase.

The same is true of the Qin army at this time.

They must have enough coercive power to seize the handle of Wei Jun's captives, so that they can get peace instead of killing.

Shen Bing was relieved when he said Wei Wei in this way.

Human psychology is so strange sometimes, when you are in danger, the more nice you say, the more scared he will be.

On the contrary, a little gunpowder smell will make it feel at ease.

Wei Xi cupped his hands and replied:

"The stingy man's method is very good, it's because his subordinates are overwhelmed."

"However, general... one of my subordinates has an unfeeling request."

"Can this matter be handed over to the subordinates?"

"The subordinates will explain the situation to the people and collect all the food."

Shen Bing turns his attention to Yang Duanhe, this is not a decision he can make.

Yang Duanhe thought about it, it would be appropriate for Wei Xing to do it.

Wei Xing's reputation in Daliang was already good, if he were to explain the situation to the people at this time...Of course it would save a lot of trouble, so why not do both?

So he nodded in agreement:

"I can trust General Wei, so I'll let you handle this matter!"

Wei Wei hastened to worship:

"Thank you, General."

Then he whispered to Shen Bing again:

"Thanks, miser."

Shen Bing hurriedly returned the gift.

After Wei Xing left, Yang Duanhe asked:

"What do you think of Wei Wei?"

Shen Bing replied:

"It is said that he led the troops to attack Guangwu Mountain?"

Yang Duanhe nodded:

"indeed so."

"The arrow wound on his body is from that night."

Shen Bing praised:

"Courageous and resourceful, a rare general."

"It's a pity that the king of Wei pretended to have no eyes, so he didn't know how to use his talents by his side, and he didn't feel wronged when he lost."

Yang Duanhe nodded with deep sympathy, and asked again:

"Is this person available?"

Shen Bing was a little surprised, can Yang Duan and this general ask himself?

But Shen Bing still replied:

"The subordinates thought it was available, but not at this time."

Yang Duanhe just replied:

"So good."

1Chapter 16 战略

At this time, the fighting under the city wall had stopped. Not surprisingly, the Qin army was victorious, and the soldiers cheered directly towards Yunxiao.

Yang Duanhe didn't even look at it, he seemed to have expected this result a long time ago, his eyes were still staring at the map in front of him, and he asked Shen Bing slowly for a long time:

"Does the coward know where the difficulty lies in this battle?"

Shen Bing replied:

"It's still food!"

Yang Duanhe nodded, and then asked:

"Tell me the reason why the difficulty lies in the food and grass."

Shen Bing looked at the map and replied:

"It is extremely difficult for the generals to go south to reinforce Daliang in this battle."

"The water network of Wei State is all east-west. That is to say, if the general wants to attack Daliang from Handan, he must break through the water network layer by layer."

"With the ability of a great general, it is easy to break the water net, but it is difficult to defend the water net!"

"And the closer you get to the girder, the more difficult it is."

Yang Duanhe nodded in agreement.

This is actually the geographical advantage of Wei State, but Wei State didn't know that it was used by Chu State.

At this time, the Chu army deployed troops along the water network along the river. With Wang Jian's ability and the help of floating bridges, it was not difficult to break through one or two layers of defense.

The problem is that every time you break through a floor, you must prevent the Chu army from sneaking around the waterway...

The characteristic of the Chu army is that it is good at water warfare in addition to having a large number of soldiers.

You must know that the Chu army lives in a family with dense water networks along the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, and its shipping is very developed.

The reason why the line of the Yellow River is not suitable for shipping is that there are flood seasons in all seasons: there are spring floods in spring, which are also called peach blossom floods because the floods occur when peach blossoms bloom. After summer, the rainy season extends until autumn, and there are summer and autumn floods, and winter has ice floods.

There are few days of calm in all seasons of the year, and the amount of water varies from time to time and is irregular, which will cause great trouble to shipping.

The flood season of the Yangtze River is mainly concentrated in the rainy season. At other times, the river has the advantages of clear water, gentle flow, and stable water volume. Therefore, swimming, boating, and boat building are common things for Chu people.

With this foundation, it is not difficult to form a powerful navy.

On the other hand, the Qin army came from the northwest region where water was scarce, and most of them were landlubbers. They might be invincible in the world if they were to fight foot battles, but they would be stretched for water battles.

Therefore, the Chu army can take advantage of this advantage to let the water army attack everywhere, sometimes interspersed and sometimes sneak attack in the water network, making the Qin army overwhelmed and exhausted. Facing this situation, even the famous general Wang Jian may have nothing to do.

Especially when Wang Jian's army went deep into the Chu land, that is, close to the beam, as the supply line behind it became longer and longer, it was more vulnerable to attack.

To deal with this situation, the only way to change the direction of attack is to attack from west to east as before.

But at this time, Qin's food and army were concentrated in Handan. If they moved to Xianyang first, then attacked Anyi, and then attacked Daliang...it would probably be several months later.

What's more, in this way, Handan is almost handed over to the Chu army.

Shen Bing went on to say:

"The Chu army relied on the strength of the water net to block the general, and our army also relied on the strength of the beam to block the Chu army."

"It's a situation where no one can do anything to anyone."

"The Chu army can only besiege the city and wait for me to run out of food, so it is still a matter of food and grass."

The 25 Qin army under Yang Duanhe not only occupied Daliangjian City and the surrounding water network, but also were veterans who had fought for many years, and their quality was much better than that of the Chu army. The [-] Chu army could not be shaken.

So just like what Shen Bing said, no one can do anything but waste.

Yang Duanhe pointed to the map and drew a line to the north, saying:

"What if I send a part to go north to meet the general?"

Shen Bing objected:

"General, this book is very dangerous."

"If the Chu army uses the power of the army to harass along the way and then use the water network to divide our army..."

Needless to say what will happen next.

No matter how good the quality of the Qin army is, if it is divided into several pieces that cannot support each other, they can only be defeated one by one.

Yang Duanhe couldn't help sighing.

Why didn't he think of this, he just didn't want to admit it.

Because if this doesn’t work, then it doesn’t work, there is only one way to stick to it.

If you can stick to it, there is no problem. After a few months of defense, the Chu soldiers will retreat.

The problem is that sticking to it is also a dead end... The Chu army keeps compressing the Qin army's space, and it doesn't matter that the Qin army has a lot of fertile land outside the city. The food for the Qin army will only eat less and less.

As long as the Chu army surrounds Daliang City like this, they can wait for next year's harvest, and they don't even need to transport grain from Chu.

On the other side, Xiang Yan of the Chu Army also planned in the same way.

Although he was a little frustrated after launching a tentative attack, because the morale and combat effectiveness of the Qin army did not weaken at all.

Seeing this item, Yan couldn't help complaining:

"Wei Wang fakes this trash."

"Not only failed to consume the strength of the Qin army, but also gave a fortified city and food to the Qin army for nothing."

"If I knew it earlier, I should have taken Daliang before Qin!"

The ministry will recommend:

"General, if the Qin army can break the embankment and flood the girders, why don't we do the same?"

Xiang Yan shook her head and said:

"How could Qin Jun be as stupid as Wei Wangjia?"

"They must be defending the upper reaches of the estuary to prevent our water attack."

"At that time, they only need to block the river to prevent the girder from being flooded."

"What's more, the weather is getting colder at this time, and the rivers in the North will be frozen in a few days. How can the river be effective if the water volume is small?"

Hearing this, the general couldn't help but sigh in admiration, and secretly thought that the general had put in a lot of effort for this battle.

Of course Xiang Yan has to work hard, and it can even be said that he is bound to win this battle.

Xiang Yan's strategic goal is very simple, which is to encircle and wipe out the [-] Qin army in Daliang when the Qin State has successively destroyed Han and Zhao, and its strength has been damaged after the first battle with the Yan army.

This is not only the effective force against the Qin army to prevent the Qin army from going south to attack Chu, but also the starting point for Xiang Yan to attack the Qin army: