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After returning from Lord Changping, Shen Bing went to report to Mengwu.

But of course it's not just reports.

Shen Bing briefly talked about the situation of Lord Changping...Of course he picked up the good ones, and then asked Meng Wu for instructions:

"General, the beam army is not well equipped and not strong, and the subordinates think that the rear city should be handed over to the beam army to garrison."

Meng Wu was very comfortable when he heard this.

The reason was that he led a hundred thousand Qin army to fight along the east bank of the Bian River, and although it was hard work, the results were few.

However, the Liang Army led by Shen Bing defeated the Chu Army and injured more than 30,000 enemies in the previous battle, and the Liang Army suffered no more than 1,000 casualties.

This casualty is much rarer than the Qin army who has always been arrogant.

This time made Mengwu very depressed. In fact, it was not only Mengwu, but also the soldiers of the Qin Army who were quite unhappy.

At this time, Shen Bing took the initiative to admit that the Liang Army was inadequate and voluntarily defended the city, and Meng Wu was naturally very helpful.

So Mengwu agreed without thinking:

"This statement makes sense."

"However, the lieutenant will defend the Liangjun..."

Although Mengwu hadn't finished speaking, Shen Bing understood it.

Mengwu couldn't believe in the Liangjun, and worried that the Liangjun would make chaos in the rear.

Shen Bing quickly answered:

"General, rest assured, this Liang army is the army of Wei, and Chen Cheng is already the city of Chu."

"If the Liangjun makes a chaos, the people of Chu State cannot support it."

"What's more, the people in Chencheng are all old, weak, sick, and disabled. The Liangjun is not so stupid that he will make trouble based on Chencheng."

"The subordinates are guaranteed by the head, and the Liangjun dare not make mistakes."

Whether a city has vitality or value, in addition to military strength and food and grass, there is another very important thing that is the people.

The people of Chencheng can be said to be of little value or even cumbersome. The Liangjun would use it as a base, and that would be a flood of brains.

Meng Wu felt reasonable after thinking about it, so he nodded and said:

"It's so good, so I will leave it to your ministry."

So Shen Bing left a 5,000-strong force stationed in Chencheng.

In fact, Mengwu was hit by Shen Bing's plan.

Shen Bing wanted to garrison Chencheng because he was worried that Lord Changping would be unfavorable.

Mr. Changping has no more than a hundred people and no more than a few thousand old and weak people. In addition, there are only tens of thousands of people in the villages who were driven into the city.

With tens of thousands of unarmed people and still not young and strong, it is not easy for five thousand soldiers of the Qin army.

Although in history, Lord Changping managed to escape by chaos, history has been changed by Shen Bing. What if Mr. Changping was caught or killed by Qin Army?

Wouldn't Shen Bing's efforts be in vain?

Commanding this five thousand garrison is a captain named Wang Tu.

The garrison of five thousand people was originally enough to be handed over to the commander of the army, but considering that Chencheng was located on the main traffic road and was the forward base for the Qin army to attack the Kingdom of Chu, a large number of armaments and food and grass would go in and out of the cumbersome affairs, so it was allocated. A school lieutenant.

Shen Bing also asked Wei Wei about this Wang Yu, knowing that this person was once Wei Wei's guard and loyal to him, so Shen Bing dared to use it.

Shen Bing found Wang Tuo, rejected the guards beside him, and asked:

"Does Wang Xiaowei know the importance of stationing Chencheng?"

Wang Tu quickly answered:

"The subordinates know that Chen Cheng is the main source of supply for our army."

"The lieutenant can rest assured that his subordinates will go all out to ensure that Chen Cheng is not lost."

Shen Bing nodded, then lowered his voice and said:

"This time I am stationed in Chencheng, what I want is not for Chen Cheng to lose, but for Chen Cheng to lose."

Wang Tu didn't understand when he heard:

"Vice-General, this..."

Shen Bing pointed out the words directly:

"In a few days, the Chu people in the city might make trouble."

"School Lieutenant Wang must remember, don't rush to kill, you can let Chu people out of the city."

"You only need to move the grain to another place in advance, causing heavy losses to confuse Chu Jun, do you understand?"

Wang Tu is not a fool. When it comes to this, he doesn’t understand the truth. He nodded and replied:

"The subordinate understands that the lieutenant can rest assured that the subordinate will definitely handle this matter."

Shen Bing nodded in satisfaction.

The reason why he didn't know that it was Lord Changping was because after the Lord Changping became the Queen of Chu, he still couldn't tell whether he would fall.

If Lord Changping did not descend and Shen Bing had intentionally let Lord Changping go today, then Ying Zheng knew that it would be impossible to clean up by jumping into the Yellow River.

However, if the Dao's surname is not specified as Changping Jun, it can be said that the "Chu Min" will be upset and will be used.

Although it is impossible to push it cleanly, at least there is an excuse.

If Lord Changping surrendered in the end, there is nothing to say. Even if Ying Zheng knew the cause and effect of the whole thing, he would only have merit.

After Chen Cheng made arrangements, the army set out again.

After all, soldiers are extremely fast, and the sooner they arrive at the Chu army's defense line, the shorter the preparation time left for the Chu army.

Sending troops from Chencheng is still divided into two ways:

Meng Wu led Qin Jun straight to the father of the city, while Shen Bing led Liang Jun to go slowly afterwards.

The reason for marching in this way is that the Qin army led by Mengwu is still stronger...

At least Shen Bing was willing to think so.

What's wrong with being able to fight less and be less dangerous?

What military merits are you fighting for?

Is it good to be alive

Mengwu didn't think so, so he was happy to lead his troops first.

In this way, the 100,000 troops of Mengwu could rush to the front of the Chu army's defense line and put more pressure on the Chu army.

Shen Bing's troops, while advancing in the rear, cleared the river, and then searched and occupied important villages and cities along the way.

The course of this battle is of course the top priority, because food and reinforcements can be transported downstream.

Therefore, the cities occupied by the soldiers of Shen Bing were usually also cities along the river or the intersection of rivers.

These are nothing. Although the river closure stakes and iron chains are indeed annoying, they are not difficult for the tens of thousands of Liangjun and Black Armies.

The difficulty lies in... The Liang army occupied and garrisoned like this all the way, and the more than 70,000 people became 50,000, and it is still declining.

Wei Wei was a little worried when he saw this:

"Lieutenant General, the Liang Army is already insufficient."

"At this time, they were scattered and stationed in various places, and if they went down to Ruyin City like this, there were only 30,000 people left."

"How can you attack the city then?"

Shen Bing replied:

"Of course I won't be the only one waiting for 30,000 people to get to Ruyin City."

"My first task is to clean up the river. At that time, the general will lead a hundred thousand people down the river and attack the city with our army."

After Wei Wei answered, he stopped speaking.

In fact, Wei Wei was a little unhappy in his heart. He also said that this time the Liang army could make more military exploits so that it can be equipped with armor after being promoted to the nobility. Who would think that this battle was used to clean up the river and secure the supply line.

If it weren't for the night attack by the Chu army, I'm afraid that even the shadow of the main force of the Chu army would not be touched in this battle.

Shen Bing couldn't help but secretly smile when he saw Wei Wei's failure. Wei Wei seemed to have been assimilated by the Qin Army's military merit system, and he became eager and warlike.