Daqin Engineering Corps

As a result, the infantry on these rafts were majestic, and they went down the river in batches. Whenever they saw Chu troops in the water or on the shore, they raised their long halberds and waved at them...

Yang Duanhe only laughed when he saw this scene, and praised Shen Bing:

"The miser is really a god-man."

"First the water attacked Daliang, and now the Chu army is flooded."

"Wei and Chu armies were defeated by the coward's same strategy, which is unprecedented!"

Shen Bing didn't think there was anything wrong, but his subordinates such as Cang, Ji, Ren and others all stared at Shen Bing in a daze.

They didn't know until then that Shen Bing had done all of this.

A stingy man, a stingy man who commanded only five hundred soldiers and was still a craftsman, could set up such a scheme to defeat the two countries in a row.

Among them, the State of Wei has 20 troops, and the State of Chu plus other scattered armies has at least 30 troops...

A total of 50 was lost to a handyman!

They couldn't believe it and had to believe it, because who else could have thought of this method except Shen Bing?

Ying Zheng on the other side was also very satisfied with the result of the battle.

Although the Qin army also suffered some losses in this battle, and part of the fields in Handan were flooded.

But what is this compared to flooding 30 Chu troops?

After this battle, the Chu army was afraid that their vitality would be severely damaged and they would no longer dare to counterattack Qin.

More importantly, Ying Zheng thought to himself:

Why water?

Water twice?

This reminded Yingzheng of Zou Yan's theory of the five virtues, and he once predicted that Qin would be the virtue of water.

But now Shen Bing has overcome the two major difficulties of Wei and Chu with water twice, paving the way for Qin.

Could it be... just like the widow said before, this Shen Bing is the lucky general of Great Qin?Is it the fate of Daqin?

Chapter 153 Rumors

In this battle, the Chu army was defeated. 30 people were drowned to death, and only more than [-] remnants fled back.

Not only the 30 people, but also the fertile farmland and the people in the Caozhou area were severely affected by the disaster.

Xiang Yan took his life by luck.

At that time, he was discussing with the generals in the tent how to recruit Wei Jun, Zhao Bing and people from all over the world.

This is actually the real purpose of Xiang Yan's sending 25 troops to fight against the Qin army... At this time, he can command all countries by standing on the opposite side of Qin, even the newly destroyed South Korea is no exception.

However, at this moment, the guard shouted outside the tent:

"General, something is wrong!"

"The upstream flood is coming, it will be too late if we don't evacuate!"

Xiang Yan hummed and replied:

"At this time, when the upper reaches are frozen, where is the flood coming from?"

However, before the words finished, the Chu army outside the tent was in chaos.

Xiang Yan frowned and led the general out of the tent. What he saw shocked him on the spot... The flood from nowhere was coming wave after wave to the Chu army camp.

This is on the west side of the beam, and the Chu army's camp is still on a high ground. If the flood floods here, it means... Xiang Yan secretly thought that something was wrong, and the flood was probably caused by the Qin army.

When Xiang Yan was hesitating, the water became stronger and mixed with ice, and suddenly several tents were thrown down.

The general guarded Xiang Yan and said:

"General, let's go, I'll wait here..."

This is just idiom.

If there are pursuers in the rear, it can still be broken, but at this time, it is the flood that is chasing up from the rear... so how to break the back?

Xiang Yan knew in her heart that if she didn't leave at this time, it would be useless except to save her life, so she immediately took a few personal guards and retreated to a higher place.

But it was too late to withdraw at this time, another big wave came and washed the tent and Xiang Yan away together.

The guards screamed and wanted to rescue them, but they couldn't help them in the flood, and they were washed up to pieces.

It also coincided with Xiang Yan's fate, Xiang Yan was caught by a tree before being rushed out of the tent's hemp rope, Xiang Yan grabbed the tent and struggled to climb up to get out of the water to catch a few breaths. Finally, let him climb the treetops until the water receded.

However, by the time Xiang Yan got down from the tree, she was out of her wits.

He wasn't behaving this way because he nearly drowned.

Xiang Yan, as a veteran of the Chu State, has long regarded life and death as a routine.

But Xiang Yan has never encountered such a situation in his decades of military campaigns: watching his subordinates being crushed from the tree, but there is nothing he can do, he can only watch it happen.

Then Xiang Yan thought of the main force of the Chu army stationed between Handan and Daliang... If the main beam was flooded, how could the main force be spared?

Sure enough, after the personal guard found Xiang Yan, the first thing he did was to report to Xiang Yan:

"General Zhang sent a beacon for help, and they may be attacked."

Xiang Yan didn't answer.

He knew what the beacon meant. They were not attacked, but flooded.

But... how can Xiang Yan go to rescue in this situation?What to do to rescue?

Xiang Yan's face was dark, and after thinking about it, he ordered:

"Pass my order, the whole army retreats!"

The general could not help being shocked when he heard this:

"General, many troops in our army are trapped on the high ground and cannot retreat."

"If our army withdraws, then they..."

Xiang Yan raised her hand and interrupted the general.

What the general said may be right, but Xiang Yan knew that if he didn't withdraw at this time, everyone might not be able to leave.

Xiang Yan's decision is correct.

Because it is obvious that this flood was not a normal flood of the Yellow River but was intentional by the Qin army.

If the Qin army did it intentionally, then the Qin army would be prepared, and would attack everywhere when the Chu army's morale was severely damaged and defeated.

Can the Chu army at this time withstand the Qin army's counterattack?

Obviously not, even if Xiang Yan can barely gather more than [-] troops.

Because these more than [-] troops were washed by the flood and could not even find dry clothes. They stood shivering in the cold wind and maybe they couldn't even hold their swords. How could they fight the Qin army desperately?

Therefore, the most sensible choice is to escape, to escape from this land of right and wrong with the fastest speed.

After Xiang Yan made a decision, he executed it very simply. He led the remnant soldiers to retreat to the south. At this time, only Chencheng in the south was considered safe.

Before retreating, Xiang Yan was still a little unwilling.

Xiang Yan wanted to know what was going on and who lost it.

So he left a group of spies here pretending to be the people of Wei State to inquire about the news.

This task is not difficult to complete, because at this time the story of Shen Bing has been spread throughout the army and even among the people of Wei State.

This was actually spread on purpose by Yang Duanhe.

Because Yang Duanhe believed that erecting a hero would be more beneficial for the Qin army to rule Wei in the future, and at the same time, the Qin army also needed such a hero to boost morale.

So Yang Duanhe deliberately revealed more information and details, and even made up some random things to beautify and deify.

For example, Shen Bing pinched his fingers and figured out where the Chu army would deploy the main force, and then chose to capture Daliang without withdrawing intentionally.

As these news spread by word of mouth among the common people, they became more and more mysterious.

It is said that Shen Bing had the help of Thor to split the ice upstream, so that the Chu army could be flooded.

Not to mention, this trick is really useful, the ancients were very fond of ghosts and gods.

This made Qin Jun also think that he had God's help, but Chu Jun was even more guilty, and as a result, his morale further widened the distance.

Then Xiang Yan got relevant news before he escaped back to Chencheng:

"Shen Bing? Is this all the strategy of that Shen Bing?"

The spy replied:

"Return to the general, it is absolutely true."

"It's the Shen Bing who invented the waterwheel and overturned it to cure the drought in Zhao State."

"they said……"

Xiang Yan asked:

"what did they say?"

The spy replied:

"They said that Shen Bing was sent by the gods to help Qin unify the six kingdoms!"

"That's why Shen Bing was able to make meritorious service in attacking Zhao, and then he cured the drought in Zhao, and then attacked Yan and Wei..."

The last spy didn't dare to say anything, and there was another Yanchu.

How could Xiang Yan not know this, he just "hummed" and gritted his teeth angrily.

Of course Xiang Yan doesn't believe in such ghosts and gods.

But if you believe it or not, you don't have it.

Xiang Yan didn't believe it but couldn't stop others from believing it.

As long as others believe it, Qin's unification of the six countries will become a matter of course and unstoppable.

Especially important is Ying Zhengxin.

When this "rumor" reached Handan Yingzheng's ears, he slapped his thigh:

"Go!"

"If that Shen Bing was not sent by the gods to help the widow unify the six kingdoms, how could he plan to kill Li Mu?"

"You must know that Li Mu was an obstacle that Qin State could not remove even after more than ten years, but Shen Bing was able to remove it at once."

"And how can he invent so many things?"

"How can you repeatedly use delicious food to wake up the widow?"

"How can..."

Chapter 154

Xiang Yan's army withdrew, and those Chu troops who were besieged by the flood on the high ground could only be taken as prisoners.

It is not difficult to capture these Chu troops. The Qin army only needs to drive a raft around the high ground, and then shine the bronze sword in their hands.

In fact, it is very easy for the Chu army to resist in this situation, and it can even be said that they will win. After all, they are the down-to-earth side and they have much more troops.

The question is whether resistance still makes sense:

Although the high ground is temporarily safe, there is not enough food, and there is only a dead end if you continue to persist.

If there is no reinforcement, the only way to survive is to surrender, and resistance will become self-defeating.

Of course Chu Jun was unwilling to choose this path.

There were even Chu soldiers who were too cold and hungry to look forward to the Qin army to "capture" them.

Therefore, the Qin army was not so much about fighting as it was about saving people.