Daqin Engineering Corps

If you can only walk on the mountain road, you have to climb a mountain to get from this small piece of land to another...you can imagine how difficult it is.

Similarly, marching and fighting in this area is extremely difficult.

If Chu State implemented the system of prefectures and counties like Qin State and took all the control rights into the capital, should the capital send troops to wipe out bandits once there are bandits?

And the soldiers sent by the capital couldn't adapt to the terrain and didn't know how to fight, so how many soldiers should be sent to destroy them?

There was a rebellion called "Zhuang Yu Baoying" in Chu State decades ago.

That Zhuang Yu only led thousands of soldiers and clansmen to revolt, and shuttled between the water network and the mountains and forests, so that the whole Chu State had nothing to do with it.

In the end, it took more than ten years before Xiang Yan led eight thousand Jiangdong soldiers (private soldiers) to follow and kill them all the way, and the rebellion was quelled.

Xiang Yan and Jiangdong's eight thousand soldiers also became famous for this.

In the final analysis, this is actually a problem of control... Even the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Chu State cannot effectively control this mountainous and watery area in the south of the Five Ridges, so they can only rely on the private soldiers of the nobles to solve it by themselves.

Therefore, Chu State cannot reform the system as drastically as other countries.

Mr. Changping, as the prince of Chu State, of course knew about these situations, he stroked his beard and nodded and said:

"What the deputy general said is reasonable. If I only ask for the voluntary command of Baiyue in the wild land of Jiangdong, the king may agree."

In this way, it is not much different from An Ling.

It is also willing to surrender, it is also easy to defend and difficult to attack, and because there is not much development in the barren land, why would Yingzheng not do it?

If Yingzheng wants to take this area by force, what benefits can he get?

But Mr. Changping changed the subject and said:

"However, the deputy general thinks...there is no hope for Chu State?"

Mr. Changping asked this very boldly.

But now that we've talked about this, and Shen Bing also knows Changping Jun's intentions, so what can't be said anyway?

Shen Bing understood after hearing this.

In fact, Mr. Changping still has a glimmer of hope for Chu.

Just like the Lingnan area mentioned just now, if it is really impossible to defeat, then retreat to Lingnan to live a hard life.

But Shen Bing shook his head and said:

"Mr. Changping's words are wrong."

"The king's purpose is to unify the Central Plains."

"The reason why the Mausoleum of An is left is because it has been surrendered to Qin, if the Mausoleum of An has not been surrendered..."

"Does Lord Changping think that the king will lose his reputation through the ages because of the strong city of Anling?"

Mr. Changping was taken aback for a moment, then heaved a long sigh after thinking about it.

Although Shen Bing didn't say it clearly, Mr. Changping understood it.

The same is true of Lingnan in Chu State.

Although it is very difficult to use troops in Lingnan and there is not much benefit, but if Lingnan does not surrender...

At that time, the Qin State will be able to unify the Central Plains only by this piece, and can it stop?

At that time, the Qin State was neither short of food nor soldiers, so the army would continuously flock to the South of the Five Ridges, and even the thousand-year-old trees would be uprooted. Isn't it a trivial matter to destroy them?

Therefore, Mr. Changping's idea is very dangerous and unrealistic.

At that time, I'm afraid that if I want to be in a corner, I won't have this chance.

Mr. Changping thought for a long time, finally made up his mind, nodded heavily, and said to Shen Bing:

"Thank you for your advice, Lieutenant General."

"I will never forget it in my life. If I can get lucky in the future, I will repay the lieutenant for saving my life."

Shen Bing quickly replied:

"Mr. Changping is serious. Your subordinates are just talking about it. You don't have to take it to heart."

Chapter 198 Meng Wu

Mr. Changping hopes that Shen Bing can testify for him.

This is a very sensible approach.

Because Lord Changping was in a very embarrassing situation at this time, the strategy that Shen Bing and Lord Changping set up did not say anything to Ying Zheng.

Tell Ying Zheng directly, for example, Mr. Changping intends to flee back to Chu and become the king of Chu, so what will happen...

Can the suspicious Ying Zheng be trusted?

When Ying Zheng heard this strategy, he would definitely think:

You kid is treating the widow as a three-year-old child, right?

You fled back to the state of Chu and became the king of Chu, can you still come to surrender?

Wouldn't it be time to let the tiger go back to the mountain?

So not only would he not agree, but he would put Mr. Changping under house arrest or even imprison him.

If we don't talk about it...

One day Lord Changping persuaded Xiang Yan and others to surrender, saying that this was planned long ago.

How could Ying Zheng believe it so easily?

Yingzheng only thought that Mr. Changping was a fool on the wall, and he brought people here to surrender when he was attacked by the Qin army and saw that there was no hope of restoring the country.

Therefore, only Shen Bing can testify to prove all this, and then he will be able to win the trust of Ying Zheng and have more capital to bargain.

Shen Bing responded straightforwardly.

After all, this is a good thing. This is to persuade Lord Changping to surrender and bring the remnants of Chu to surrender to Qin, which saves a lot of trouble, and it is naturally a great achievement.

When Shen Bing returned to the barracks, he saw Meng Liang anxiously waiting for him outside the door.

Seeing Shen Bing coming back, Meng Liang hurriedly greeted him and said:

"Vice General Shen, save me."

Shen Bing couldn't help but wonder:

"What's so alarming about?"

It's no wonder that Shen Bing was puzzled, one must know that Meng Liang is the son of Pang Chen Meng Jia, so what could harm him in this barracks!

Na Mengliang replied:

"The deputy general doesn't know that the [-] Qin troops from Handan are about to arrive."

Shen Bing smiled, and while walking into the vice general's mansion, he asked:

"What does it have to do with you when the [-] Qin troops arrive? Could it be that they are here to catch you?"

Meng Liang replied:

"That's not true, it's just that...the leader of the army is General Meng Wu."

Shen Bing let out an "oh", feeling even more strange in his heart.

Meng Wu is Meng Ao's son, and Meng Jia is Meng Ao's younger brother, so Meng Liang is Meng Wu's cousin?

Mengliang should be happy to have a cousin who is a general leading the army, how could he look like a catastrophe is imminent.

Meng Liang obviously knew what Shen Bing was thinking, so he sighed and said:

"The deputy general doesn't know anything. My father and my cousin's family have always been at odds."

"If my cousin finds a reason to send me to the battlefield this time..."

Hearing this, Shen Bing understood. It turned out that Meng Liang was still worried that Meng Wu would take this opportunity to avenge his personal revenge.

This does not seem to be surprising, Meng Ao is a famous general of Qin, while Meng Jia is Pang Chen.

Famous generals and Pang Chen have been opposites since ancient times, so the relationship between them is not much better, so Meng Wu is naturally not ashamed of the work style of Meng Jia's family.

It's no wonder that Meng Liang has a cousin who is a general, but he wants to go to the artillery division to inherit his merits.

Meng Liang cupped his hands and said to Shen Bing:

"Vice general, if that Meng Wu wants to transfer me to him, please also lieutenant general..."

Shen Bing pretended to be embarrassed:

"This... I am just a lieutenant general, while Meng Wu is a general."

"If the general has an order, how can I, the deputy general, have no reason to refuse?"

Meng Liang's face turned pale:

"Lieutenant General, this is absolutely impossible. If I go to his place, I will be close to death..."

Shen Bing laughed loudly:

"You are nothing but unfounded worries. As a general of an army, Meng Wu mostly thinks about attacking the city and killing the enemy, so why would he want to deliberately embarrass you?"

"I'm afraid he doesn't care about you at all."

"You can relax!"

Only then Meng Liang breathed a sigh of relief:

"If only he didn't take me to heart."

"In short, the deputy general must protect his subordinates when the time comes!"

"Mengliang is very grateful!"

Shen Bing had no choice but to agree.

Shen Bing guessed right, Meng Wu did not take Meng Liang to heart.

The [-] troops of the Qin army arrived three days later.

Handan is only more than 500 miles away from Daliang, and it should have arrived in more than ten days.

But because the road between the two cities was flooded, the [-] troops had to take a long detour, and it took them more than [-] days to reach Daliang.

This is also one of the reasons why Shen Bing plans to attack Chu again in the spring of next year.

The river has not retreated to Heze, and it is difficult to transport army supplies.

Unless the black armor army is placed on the river to patrol and escort, it cannot be transported by ship.

But in this way, the Heijia Army would be entangled and unable to escape.

Yang Duanhe inevitably had to introduce Shen Bing again.

This Meng Wu was already a veteran in his forties, he only glanced at Shen Bing and nodded slightly, then remained silent.

After a long while, Meng Wu said to Yang Duan and cupped his hands:

"General, it is heard that the tentative strategy for attacking Chu is to go down the Chencheng along the Bian River and then attack the Huai River."

"The subordinates think it's inappropriate."

Yang Duanhe asked:

"What's wrong?"

Meng Wu replied:

"If our army attacks the Huaihe River, it will be a lonely army going deep into Chu."

"Although this strategy can cut off the retreat of the Chu army in Huaibei, our army is also surrounded by enemies."

"If there is a change in Chencheng in the rear, our army will be deeply surrounded by the Chu army, and we may lose our troops and generals if we fail to attack Chu."

Yang Duanhe asked:

"So, how should our army attack Chu in the opinion of the general?"

Meng Wu replied without thinking: