Daqin Engineers

In fact, Yang Duanhe didn't know if anyone else would reinforce Ruyin.

He just couldn't believe that this battle would be like this.

But when Yang Duanhe walked into Ruyin City and saw the corpses of black armored soldiers on the ground and the exhaustion on the faces of the survivors, they believed.

Although more than a thousand casualties were nothing to Yang Duanhe, he had never seen any army so exhausted. Those soldiers, including Shen Bing, were simply inhumane.

Quite a few of them did not cheer when they knew the reinforcements came, but fell asleep in a dry place for the first time. Many of them fell down like Chen Duan and never stood up again.

Yang Duanhe found Shen Bing the first time.

Shen Bing couldn't wait to see Yang Duanhe asleep in the battlements. Yang Duanhe immediately asked the witch doctor accompanying the army to come forward and take a look. After the witch doctor reported that Shen Bing had only a few skin injuries, Yang Duanhe was relieved. Tone.

He was worried that Shen Bing would fight with wounds like many people in the Black Armored Army. At this time, it was not good to relax suddenly.

Yang Duanhe didn't wake up Shen Bing, he just let Qin Jun settle in, and the other side reported the situation to Handan with flying pigeons.

After receiving Yang Duanhe's battle report, Ying Zheng was so excited that all the Jiuchen in his hand fell to the ground.

No one could know Ruyin's situation before, because at that time Ruyin had been besieged by the Chu army and the main force of the Qin army was hundreds of miles away.

Even Yang Duanhe, who commanded the battle on the front line, was not sure whether Ruyin was in the hands of Shen Bing or was captured by the Chu army, let alone Yingzheng.

At this time, Ying Zheng knew the detailed situation of the battle and couldn't help sighing:

"Facing over 70,000 people in the Chu army with three thousand soldiers."

"Not only to protect Ruyin, but also to kill tens of thousands of enemies, only Shen Bing can do it, and only the Black Armored Army can do it."

"Li Si, what merit is this battle?"

Li Si replied:

"Given the great king, kill tens of thousands of enemies with three thousand soldiers to be promoted to the first rank."

"Preserving Ruyin without losing the Chu Army's Rushui line of defense is useless, and losing the barrier to Shouchun will be of great benefit to Chu. It can be promoted to two ranks."

"Subordinates think that they will be promoted to the third rank of the army."

Ying Zheng didn't even think about it, so he agreed:

"Okay, the whole army will be promoted to the third rank."

"Another bounty hundred liang publicize the whole army as an example, and give the name... Shenwu Army!"

Ying Zheng's approach is wise, especially when the Qin army is in urgent need of troops, rewarding the Black Armored Army for its miraculous achievements can lead other troops to follow suit.

In particular, the black armies were still formed by Wei's surrender.

So this is actually publicizing the world: no matter which country’s army is, Qin or Wei, even Chu, Yan, and Qi, after the Qin Dynasty, as long as they perform meritorious services, they can be rewarded and reused.

So... this is not just a question of rewarding and motivating the Qin army, but also a question of enticing soldiers from other countries to come.

On the other side, King Chu Wang was frowning in Shouchun.

Xiang Yan went to Shouchun to apologize as soon as he escaped Rushui.

Xiang Yan took his Shuai Yin with him. As soon as he arrived in the palace, he only knelt in front of King Chu Wang, and sent the Shuai Yin and helmet in a tray together:

"At the end, the incompetence will cause Rushui to fall and the enemy soldiers will come to the city."

"The final general has the unshirkable responsibility, please rule the crime of the final general's ineffective command!"

Although Chu Wang Siu was dissatisfied with Xiang Yan's successive defeats, he knew that it was not Xiang Yan's incompetence but that Qin Jun was too powerful.

Perhaps it is that Shen Bing's tricks were too unexpected.

The Rushui line was originally well guarded, but who would have thought that Shen Bing could use a fraudulent defeat to induce the Chu army to attack, and then use a surprise attack on Ruyin and hold it for more than ten days... The result is today's dilemma.

Knowing this a long time ago, I left a large area of ​​Huaibei land without occupying it and just guarding Ruyin.

But there is no regret medicine in this world, and it is useless to think about it so far.

Xiang Yan's defeat was not due to the use of troops, but to miscalculations.

What's more, if Xiang Yan is removed, who can be replaced?

Zhaoshi?

Qu's?

Or Zhang Qi who just came back?

The nobles such as Zhao and Qu can't believe it naturally. If the military power is handed over to them, it will be reversed immediately, and it may not even be necessary to seek peace with his head.

Although Zhang Qi can be trusted, but... he took 30,000 elites out and assembled 70,000 soldiers. Even Ruyin, who was stationed with 3,000 men, could not be attacked. Can he fight with 200,000 Qin troops?

So after thinking about it, only Xiang Yan is available.

So the king of Chu stepped forward to support Xiang Yan, and said:

"The general is serious. Victory or defeat is a common matter for soldiers."

"Now that I have just lost Rushui, I still have the power to fight again when the strength remains."

But Xiang Yan couldn't afford it.

The King of Chu could not help but wonder:

"Why the general..."

Xiang Yan replied:

"Majesty, the king will eventually ask the king to move his capital to Dongting."

"When Ruyin is lost, Shouchun will lose the barrier, and the Qin army can drive straight into the city."

"In the opinion of the final general, no one can match the Qin army in field battles, and our army has no danger to defend from the west of Shouchun."

"So..."

Without waiting for Xiang Yan to finish, she said and interrupted Xiang Yan:

"If you can keep water, why can't you keep Shouchun?"

"The general didn't know that Shouchun had the danger of the Huaihe River?"

This statement seems reasonable.

The Rushui line of defense relies on Rushui, while Shouchun relies on the Huai River.

Compared with Rushui, the Huaihe River is wider and more urgent than Rushui.

So if the Qin army guarding Rushui couldn't break through, then Shouchun should be more difficult to break through.

Xiang Yan shook her head and replied:

"This statement is absurd."

"Rushui can be kept because its upstream is the father of the city, and the Qin army cannot occupy the upper reaches of Rushui to block the flow."

"The upper reaches of the Huai River is to the south of Ruyin. Once Ruyin is lost, the Qin army can use Ruyin as evidence to capture the upper reaches of the Huai River."

"By then Shouchun will be another beam city."

Zhao Xie was speechless.

Xiang Yan was right. The most important thing about taking the river as a natural danger to stop the enemy is actually to see who holds the upper reaches.

If the upstream is in the hands of the enemy, there is no "natural danger" at all.

Even if there is no natural danger, the river is still a scourge. For example, the Qin army flooded Daliang City, or blocked the river upstream like Xiang Bojun attacked Ruyin.

Xiang Yan then added another sentence:

"My lord, staying in Shouchun is a dead end."

"For the present plan, the only long-term plan is to move the capital to Dongting, and then use Dongting and Yunze as the two major barriers to deal with the navy and the Qin army."

When the king of Chu was hesitating, Lord Changping stood up and asked:

"Admiral, use the navy to deal with the Qin army?"

"But it's a water war with the city..."

Negative was surprised when he heard the words, and then asked:

"This statement is reasonable. The Qin army has wheeled warships and black armored forces. In the battle of the city, our navy is lost to ten. How can we use navy to deal with it?"

Xiang Yan replied:

"Majesty, the Black Armored Army has suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Ruyin."

"And my navy warship also has a pole, plus my Jiangdong navy is familiar with the terrain and hydrology..."