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Wei Wei had briefly introduced Shen Bing before, but at this time the deployment plan was more clear.

Yang Duanhe is worthy of being a famous general who has followed Wang Jian for many years, and has laid out Shouchun's encircling circle so that it does not leak:

Needless to say, the Huaibei Liangjun is mainly building a foreign camp.

In fact, Yang Duanhe's 80,000 Qin army was also building a foreign camp.

Because this battle is to besieged Shouchun, but it is not Shouchun’s breakthrough... It is very difficult for the forces in Shouchun to break through the siege. As soon as the gate opens, the Qin army outside the city is ready and able to break through. Hit more and less.

Therefore, the siege of Shouchun was mainly to prevent other Chu troops from coming to rescue.

Therefore, the battalions of the Liang Army and the Hanoi Army were set up externally.

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

The more distinctive feature of this defense is that Yang Duanhe used Huai River to connect his troops: Shouchun used the Huai River as a moat to circle the city for half a circle, while Yang Duanhe’s Hanoi Army moved along the two turning points of the Huai River. Encircled the other half of the circle to build a village.

In this way, the Hanoi soldiers can encircle Shouchun and 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, even if they want to attack, they cannot attack.

On the other hand, the pontoon bridge is very spacious, and it’s not a problem for several horses to go side by side.

Therefore, the Qin army on both sides of the Huai River can reinforce each other.

If there is any danger, it is that Hanoi soldiers have to face the two big urn cities of Shouchun.

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

But this problem is also solved:

Yang Duanhe set up a large number of horse traps and carbines outside the city gate, followed by rows of trebuchets.

According to Yang Duanhe's explanation, those trapped horse pits were dug under the city by the Qin army using the night to build a shield formation.

The so-called horse traps are not traps or traps, but small pits specifically for war horses and cavalry.

This small pit is only slightly larger 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 horseshoes step on this horse trap, they will fall into it. Therefore, the cavalry and chariot can only move slowly but not fast. I won’t say anything about what happens when the speed increases... The horse’s legs cannot be pulled out in time. However, the carriage moved forward due to inertia, so the entire leg of the horse would be torn off if it was lame.

Even if it is slow, it will be limped and easily tripped, and horseback riders can easily be thrown off.

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

But if the infantry is to go out of the city to fight...and then face the new trebuchets that are densely lined up in several rows.

Therefore, the previous few attempts by Chu Jun to break through were beaten back by Qin Jun.

It's a sigh that Zhang Qi, the capital guards he set down, especially the cavalry and chariot soldiers, failed to play a role.

Before Ruyin attacked the city, cavalry and chariot soldiers were used as infantry. At this time, it was even more difficult to get out of the city gate when defending Shouchun.

Zhang Qi said before that he would take Shen Bing's life later, but he didn't want Shen Bing to take his life.

Shen Bing feels a little distressed about this. Those are all elite cavalry soldiers, so it's wasted?

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

But this is just thinking about it, of course Shen Bing would not do this.

After watching the deployment, Shen Bing said:

"The general's defense can be said to be non-exhausted. I only need to wait for the Shouchun ammunition to run out of food."

Yang Duanhe has some concerns:

"The old man is not worried about Shouchun."

"It is said that Lord Changping's servant is lobbying each to counterattack, and the intention is to attack the supply line behind me."

Shen Bing thought about it, then replied:

"This strategy is difficult to achieve."

"Let's not say that the various ethnic groups of Chu have different minds and are unwilling to send troops, but I am afraid that sending troops will not help."

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

"I only need to protect Ruyin without losing any food, grass and arrows."

Yang Duanhe nodded and said yes.

This pot was carried by Xiang Yan. In order to form the Rushui line of defense, he concentrated all the supplies of hundreds of thousands of troops in Ruyin and Chengfu.

So the supply 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 successfully attacked by Shen Bing, so all the supplies and equipment of Ruyin City fell into the hands of the Qin Army.

This gave the Qin army an excellent forward base.

First of all, Ruyin is easy to defend and hard to attack. Before, Shen Bing only had 3,000 troops stationed in Ruyin, which could make the 70,000 Chu army helpless.

Now that Yang Duanhe has left ten thousand elite Qin troops in garrison, how many people will the Chu army need to take it?

Secondly, from Ruyin to Shouchun, it is only two hundred miles away, and the cavalry can arrive in two days.

If Chu Jun attacked Ruyin, wouldn't he be afraid of Yang Duanhe from behind?

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

Yang Duanhe thought about it and said strangely:

"Since this is the case, why bother Mr. Changping rushing back and forth?"

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

But of course Shen Bing could not say, and he was not sure what Changping Jun had planned now.

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

Originally Lord Changping was certain, because he believed that as long as there were Shen Bing in the Qin Army, he would be invincible, so there would be no hope for rejuvenating Chu State, so of course he could only do what Shen Bing said.

However, this idea was shaken when he returned to Xiang Yan after lobbying.

Xiang Yan didn't ask the result of Changping Jun's lobbying, because he already knew what the result would be.

Instead, Mr. Changping sighed with shame:

"This monarch is incompetent and cannot borrow a soldier from all races."

Xiang Yan replied:

"It's not the fault of the monarch, how can the situation be changed by manpower?"

This is true.

There is a saying, "There are only eternal interests and no eternal friends".

This is the situation in Chu State.

When Xiang Yan was expected to win, the nobles hoped to get a little victory, so they sent troops.

But now Xiang Yan basically has no hope of winning. It is not enough for the nobles to protect their fiefdom. Where else would they send troops to lead the Qin army to their home?

They only hope that King Chu Wang can hold on for a little longer in Shouchun, and they will have more time to build defenses and prepare.

So this is determined by the interests, no matter how Changping Jun moves with emotions, knows or reason, it will not help.

Xiang Yan didn't say much, he just brought Lord Changping to the front of the case and said:

"Look, Lord Changping, this is the defense of the Qin army."

After seeing it, Mr. Changping shook his head and sighed:

"Yang Duanhe deserves to be Wang Jian's top general. This defense can be described as impenetrable, and life is in danger!"

Xiang Yan shook her head and said:

"The old man didn't think so."

Changping Junqi Road:

"Why did the general say this?"

Xiang Yan pointed to the Huai River on the map and said only two words:

"pontoon!"