Daqin Engineers

Shen Bing caught up with the Mengwu Army that evening.

When the carts of grain were transported into the Mongolian military, the Qin army was very happy and morale.

Meng Wu came to greet Shen Bing with embarrassment on his face.

"Meng Wu is ashamed to the lieutenant."

"If it weren't for the lieutenant's help, our army would only be afraid..."

Shen Bing hurriedly replied:

"The general is overly modest, you and I are both Qin generals. It is only natural to strengthen each other, and the generals don't need to be polite."

Meng Wu nodded, but when he thought that his tens of thousands of troops were defeated by Xiang Yan and Shen Bing could scare him back with only 30,000 people, he and his subordinates still looked down on Liangjun before And ashamed.

But it was a good thing to have such a time, and then Meng Wu was more polite.

He welcomed Shen Bing into the tent and asked:

"I don't know what strategy the deputy has to deal with the enemy?"

Shen Bing replied:

"Don't dare to say a strategy."

"Subordinates thought that since the Chu army has retreated, our army can attack the city as usual."

"But as the general said, this battle should be a long-term plan."

Mengwu nodded and said yes.

After a pause, he said:

"It's just that our army has lost forty thousand. If we have to divide our troops to defend the rear walled city, I am afraid that our troops will be insufficient..."

Shen Bing replied:

"The general ordered me to come here for reinforcements and for defense of the city."

"If the general has no opinion..."

How can Mengwu have any comments? He hurriedly answered:

"That's great."

"With the lieutenant guarding the rear walled city, Mengwu can rest assured!"

Meng Wu could indeed rest assured that the Shen Bing troops scared Xiang Yan away when they came up, so of course there would be no problem garrisoning the walled city.

That night the Liang Army camped next to the Qin Army barracks, and the Black Armored Army returned after dark as usual... The Black Armored Army was not suitable for fighting at night, so it stopped chasing after it.

Early the next morning, the two armies of Mongolia and Shen walked in two directions:

The Mongol army went to the city father again along the retreat route of the Chu army, while the Shen Bing went west to occupy the rear city.

It is not difficult to occupy the city walls, because these city walls have been emptied like other cities in the Chu army.

What Shen Bing has to do is to leave a few teams in each village and city, and then build defenses and set up post and beacon towers.

Defense is used to deal with possible attacks.

The post is used to deliver letters and orders.

Originally, the post was unable to pass quickly due to lack of horses, but the horses seized after the first battle with the Chu Army were given to the Black Armored Army each with one more horse and there was a surplus, which was used for post setting.

In other words, the cavalry of the Chu Army arrived in time. At this time, the Black Armored Army can be equipped with two war horses to greatly improve the mobility, which is just to protect the supply line.

Shen Bing led the Liangjun marching all the way to Taocheng.

Taocheng is only ten miles away from the sand and water, and there is an artificial river connected to it. It is an important stronghold for the Qin army to attack Ruyin and Chengfu by land. Almost all grain and grass will be transported here by water and then transported to the two places by land.

Before this place was occupied by Xiang Yan's cavalry, which caused the Qin army to be in chaos.

Fortunately, the five hundred masters of the Qin Army, who was responsible for the safety of the city, saw that the situation was not good, and took the first step to ship a large amount of grain back to the river, so that the grain and grass were preserved.

However, the five hundred soldiers stationed in Taocheng died in battle because they had not been ordered to retreat.

This is also a drawback of Qin Law's harshness.

If according to the thoughts of these five hundred masters, they must first withdraw to the water with the grain to avoid the sharpness of the enemy. With five hundred men to block the enemy's massive cavalry attack is not only unstoppable but also meaningless.

But Yang Duanhe gave them the order to "live and die with Taocheng."

If there were telephone calls or telegrams in this era, it would be okay to send a telegram to Yang Duanhe for instructions, and Yang Duanhe might change the order to make them retreat.

The problem is that there is no in this era, and Yang Duan and Ruyin who are a hundred miles away, so they can't retreat and only die in Taocheng.

The heads of these Qin troops were chopped off and hung outside the city gate with twine. At this time, they were somewhat corrupt and recognized their appearance.

This kind of practice is very common in this era, and the purpose is to deter the enemy or the people and tell them what will happen if they stand on the side of the enemy.

What Shen Bing could do was to order people to take down those heads and bury them outside the city.

After entering the city, Shen Bing looked around the terrain for the first time, and then cleared all the people and soldiers in this area.

It is not difficult to do this, because as usual, the Chu army only left the old and the weak, and Taocheng was already empty. To empty the people only needs to make them move to another residence.

Then Shen Bing ordered his guards to dig a few tunnels under the city wall.

The tunnel is not long, that is, from outside the city to the city, the entrance and exit are very secret.

The entrance to the outside of the city is behind a small mound, and then it is sealed with wooden planks and covered with soil, so that there is no trace from the outside.

The exits in the city were dug directly in the wooden houses, such as under the bed, in the warehouse, etc. They were also disguised, even if the people came back to live in it, it would be difficult to detect.

In addition, Shen Bing had people dig a few tunnels on Chengdong Mountain, and pushed in carts of grain, as well as armor and equipment handed over from the Chu Army.

Finally, seal these tunnel openings.

Wei Wei looked at what Shen Bing was doing was a little inexplicable, he asked:

"Why is the lieutenant?"

"Are you worried that Chu Jun will come and occupy this pottery city?"

Shen Bing did not answer the question:

"The school lieutenant thinks can our army take Rushui for this battle?"

Wei Wei pondered for a while, then said:

"Xiang Yan's veteran plan is well prepared, and the nobles of the Chu Kingdom seem to have a joint force. Rushui's front-line forces are gradually increasing, and it is more difficult for our army to break Rushui."

Shen Bing nodded and said:

"If our army cannot take Rushui, then there is only one way to withdraw."

"Will there be any reason why Tao Cheng will not fall into the hands of Chu Jun again?"

"I just made some preparations in advance, and it will be easier next time when our army will attack the city again."

Wei Wei felt right when he heard it, so he didn't say much.

In fact, Shen Bing did this to make it more convenient to get back to Tao City, but the reason was not just that "the Chu army could not penetrate Rushui."

At this time, Chencheng, which was used as a base by the Qin army, had gathered tens of thousands of people from the Chu Kingdom.

Lord Changping worked hard for the people on the grounds of stabilizing Chu people.

I don't know whether Changping Jun is acting. During this time, he registered the household registration for the people and asked for warmth. He was busy making porridge and clothes for the people.

In the beginning, the people didn't know who Changping Jun was, but the Qin State sent him to buy people's hearts, and they were still a little bit psychologically resistant.

But after a long time, I knew that Lord Changping was actually the son of Chu State... Instantly respected Lord Changping.

Some people secretly suggested to Jun Changping:

"Chen Cheng Qin Jun is no more than five thousand, and there is no one."

"I wait but there are tens of thousands of people. As long as the son gives an order, I can wait..."