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"In the battle of Ruyin, the lieutenant general and the Shenwu army were famous all over the world, and the subordinates and the Daliang army are honored!"

Shen Bing gave a wry smile and replied:

"What do you say is famous all over the world, it is almost going to be famous for thousands of years!"

Wei Wei couldn't help laughing out loud:

"If one survives, there will be future fortunes."

"What's more, with the Chu army's tens of thousands of people, how can it take the lieutenant's life?"

Shen Bing was speechless for a while, how many thousands of people?

However, Shen Bing didn't waste his time talking with Wei Xing. The first thing he did was of course to visit Yang Duanhe.

At this time, several pontoon bridges have been built on the Huaihe River to facilitate the return of the Qin army, and wooden stakes have been laid in the upstream and downstream directions to block the river and lock the river to prevent the Chu water army from coming to help, so the natural danger of the Huaihe River is in vain.

Shen Bing looked at Shouchun, who was besieged by the river and the Qin army regiments in the distance. Although he was tall, he was alone like an isolated island. Even the big flag with the characters of Chu on the top of the city was fluttering weakly, revealing a kind of saying I can't get out of loneliness.

While walking forward, Wei Wei introduced to Shen Bing:

"There are [-] Liang troops in Huaibei, guarding the east, west, and north gates."

"As the general, Huainan personally led [-] soldiers in Hanoi, and guarded the two gates on the south side."

This deployment of troops is reasonable.

Although there are three city gates in Huaibei, all three city gates are trapped by the Huai River. It is easy to seal the Chu army inside the city gates by deploying trebuchets and crossbowmen on the opposite bank of the Huaihe River at the gates.

The two city gates on the Huainan side are connected to the land.

Moreover, these two city gates were set up by the Great Urn City... The so-called Great Urn City has double gates with a large area, so that more troops can be sent out of the city to fight at a time.

In addition, the catapults and crossbowmen at the top of the city can also cover the formation of the city, so it is difficult to block the south, so more troops are needed.

Wei Wei went on to say:

"Our Liang army has another [-] stationed in Taocheng and the cities along the way."

"At this point in the Daliang Army's battle, nearly 2 people have been lost."

Shen Bing nodded.

2 people is just a number, but when he thinks that the Ruyin Shenwu Army only suffered more than [-] casualties and there are corpses all over the ground... Shen Bing feels inexplicably heavy in his heart.

It's a very strange state of mind.

Shen Bing used to be a small soldier or even an engineer, although he felt the casualties of his comrades and subordinates, but he didn't have a deep feeling.

But now, when Shen Bing heard the number of casualties, it was like a red-hot iron branding a number in his heart.

Investigating the reason, Shen Bing thought it might be because he was powerless before and drifted with the tide, and the casualties on the battlefield had little to do with him.

But now, the strategy was set by Shen Bing, the soldiers were trained by Shen Bing, and the troops were also commanded by Shen Bing... The deaths and injuries of these people were directly related to Shen Bing.

So Shen Bing couldn't help thinking, if he worked harder, or made a better plan, he wondered if he could avoid some casualties.

However, thinking about these things is useless, and Shen Bing also knows that this is too idealistic.

After a while, the two came to Yang Duanhe's handsome tent.

When the guard saw Shen Bing, he was in awe immediately, and rushed to inform Yang Duanhe without ordering.

Yang Duanhe came out of the tent quickly, and when he reached Shen Bing, he cupped his hands happily and said:

"Why don't the five doctors rest in Ruyin for a few more days?"

"The five doctors will solve the difficulties, and let the old man deal with such trivial matters as the siege."

Yang Duanhe intentionally called Shen Bing "Five Doctors", and also intended to congratulate Shen Bing on his promotion to the rank of noble.

To be honest, Yang Duanhe actually has a sense of crisis, and his title is only that of the right concubine, but he is two ranks higher than Shen Bing.

If Shen Bing continues to be promoted at this rate, it will be just around the corner to surpass Yang Duanhe.

But Yang Duanhe thinks farther, he will not think about suppressing Shen Bing like Chen Wei.

In fact, it should be said that Yang Duanhe is not that stupid... You must know that Shen Bing's promotion to the rank is the meaning of the king, especially the bounty of one hundred taels and the name "Shenwujun".

A bounty of one hundred taels is normal, and Wang Jian often received this kind of treatment when he won. Yang Duanhe naturally knew this when he followed Wang Jian to fight east and west.

But the name "Shenwujun"... This has never happened before.

This is enough to show that Shen Bing has been valued by the king, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a celebrity. At this time, Yang Duanhe is going to suppress him again, isn't it just asking for fun?

So Yang Duanhe knew in his heart that with Shen Bing's age and talent, it was only a matter of time before he would be ahead of him.

It's better to be a good person and try to win over now than wait until the future.

That's why Yang Duanhe came out to greet him, otherwise, as a general, he would have no reason to come out to greet a lieutenant general.

Then Yang Duanhe asked with concern:

"Is the lieutenant's injury all right?"

Shen Bing hurriedly cupped his hands and replied:

"General Lao is concerned, it's just a skin trauma, nothing serious."

Yang Duanhe nodded:

"That's good. I'll call that Xu Xian to prescribe some medicines for you later."

"Chu land is very humid, so don't be careless."

Xu Xian is Yang Duanhe's disciple... The witch doctors who accompany the army are usually quack doctors with low level. Naturally, those who are at the general level are worried about letting them treat them, so they will bring "private doctors" with them.

Shen Bing hurriedly thanked him, wondering why Yang Duanhe suddenly became so polite.

However, Shen Bing didn't take it too seriously, he only said that Yang Duanhe had such an attitude because his Ruyin battle was in line with Yang Duanhe's intention and reversed the situation of attacking Chu.

When Shen Bing was in a daze, Yang Duanhe sat before returning to the case and said to the map on the case:

"The deputy future is just right."

"This is the defense map of our army. The lieutenant general will see if there is any problem?"

2Chapter 17 Boardwalk

Wei Wei had already briefly introduced Shen Bing before, but now the defense map is more clear.

Yang Duanhe is worthy of being a famous general who has followed Wang Jian in the East and West for many years, and he has set up the encirclement of Shouchun to be impermeable:

Needless to say, the Daliang Army in Huaibei is mainly building camps for the outside world.

In fact, Yang Duanhe's [-] Qin army also built camps abroad.

Because although this battle is to besiege Shouchun, it is not Shouchun's breakout that needs to be defended... It is very difficult for the troops in Shouchun City to break through the encirclement. The opening of the city gate will shake the sky, and the Qin army outside the city will be ready and able Play more with less.

Therefore, the siege of Shouchun is mainly to prevent other Chu troops from coming to rescue, and prevent the Chu army from attacking the Qin army by surprise.

Therefore, the camps of the Daliang Army and the Hanoi Army were established externally.

Internally, a large number of trebuchets and crossbowmen were used to block the gates of the city.

The most distinctive part of this defense is that Yang Duanhe used the Huaihe River to connect his troops: Shouchun used the Huaihe River as a moat to circle half a circle outside the city, while Yang Duanhe's Hanoi army followed the two turning points of the Huaihe River. The other half of the circle was formed to build a village.

In this way, Hanoi soldiers can not only surround Shou Xuan, but also do not have to worry about their flanks being attacked when defending externally...the left and right flanks are the Huaihe River, and the Huaihe River has been sealed off, so they cannot attack even if they want to.

On the other hand, even if the pontoon bridge is made very spacious, it is not a problem for several horses to move forward side by side.

Therefore, the Qin armies on both sides of the Huaihe River can reinforce each other.

If there is any danger, it is that Hanoi soldiers will face the two big urns of Shouchun.

Thousands of Chu soldiers and even cavalry troops will rush out of these two urns at any time.

But this problem is also solved:

Yang Duanhe laid out a large number of horse traps and horse refusal guns outside the city gate, followed by rows of trebuchets.

According to Yang Duanhe's explanation, those horse pits were dug under the city by the Qin army in the dark.

The so-called horse trap is not a trap or a trap, but a small pit specifically for horse cavalry.

This small hole is only slightly bigger than a fist, more than a foot deep.

Such a small pit is not a threat to people, but it is a nightmare for cavalry and chariots.

The reason is that if the horse’s hooves step on the horse trap, it will sink in, so the cavalry and chariots can only move slowly but not fast. However, the carriage moved forward due to inertia, so the entire horse's leg would be torn off if it was lame.

Even if you walk slowly, you will limp and easily trip, and the rider on horseback is easy to fall off.

As a result, the cavalry and chariots of the Chu army became waste that could not go out of the city to fight.

But if you go out of the city to fight with infantry...you have to face the new type of trebuchets lined up in several rows behind.

Therefore, the Chu army tried to break through the siege several times before, but was beaten back by the Qin army.

It's a pity that Zhang Qi, the capital guards he put down, especially the cavalry and chariot soldiers, failed to play a role from the beginning to the end:

When Ruyin attacked the city before, cavalry and chariot soldiers were used as infantry, but now they can't even get out of the city gate when they are guarding Shouchun.

Zhang Qi had previously said that he would take Shen Bing's life in the future, but he didn't want Shen Bing to take his life.

Shen Bing was a little distressed about this, but those were all elite cavalry, so it was such a waste?

He even wanted to tell Zhang Qi that the cavalry was not used in this way!

But this is just a thought, of course Shen Bing would not do this.

After watching the deployment, Shen Bing said:

"The general's defense can be said to be invincible. We just need to wait for Shouchun to run out of ammunition and food."

Yang Duanhe was a little worried:

"The old man is not worried about Shouchun."

"It is said that Mr. Changping is lobbying the nobles to counterattack, and his intention is to attack my rear supply line."

Shen Bing thought for a while and replied:

"This strategy is difficult to achieve great things."

"Let's not say that the various ethnic groups in Chu have different thoughts and are unwilling to send troops, even if they send troops, it may not help."

"The reason is that our army captured countless supplies in Ruyin, and Ruyin is only two hundred miles away from Shouchun."

"We just need to protect your yin, so we don't have to worry about food and arrows."

Yang Duanhe nodded yes.

Xiang Yan was responsible for this blame. In order to build the Rushui defense line, he concentrated the supplies of hundreds of thousands of troops in Ruyin and Chengfu.

Therefore, the supplies of these two cities can be described as "pile up like a mountain", and even Ruyin has the ability to produce arrows.

And Ruyin was succeeded by a surprise attack by Shen Bing, so all the supplies and equipment in the city of Ruyin fell into the hands of Qin Jun.

This gave the Qin army an excellent advance base.

First of all, Ruyin is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Before Shen Bing only led 3000 troops to garrison Ruyin, he could make the [-] Chu army helpless.

Now that Yang Duan and [-] elite Qin troops are stationed, how many people will it take for the Chu army to conquer?

Secondly, it is only two hundred miles from Ruyin to Shouchun, and it only takes two days for the cavalry to arrive.

If the Chu army attacked Ruyin, wouldn't they be afraid of Yang Duanhe attacking from behind?

Therefore, the so-called attack of the Qin army's supply line by the Chu army is almost impossible to succeed, because it almost means a decisive battle with the main force of the Qin army.

Yang Duanhe wondered after thinking about it:

"Since that's the case, why does Mr. Changping bother to go back and forth?"

Shen Bing knew the reason, Lord Changping was preparing to become King of Chu.

But of course Shen Bing couldn't say, not to mention he wasn't sure what Mr. Changping was planning now.

Not to mention that Shen Bing is not sure, even Mr. Changping himself is not sure.

Originally, Mr. Changping was sure, because he believed that as long as Shen Bing was in the Qin army, he would be invincible, so there would be no hope for revitalizing Chu, so of course he could only do what Shen Bing said.

However, this idea was shaken when he lobbied and returned to Xiang Yan.