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Shen Bing made some arrangements for Beiying:

Li Yan's 20,000 Qin army was deployed to the north of the walled city, which was the defense.

Liangjun arranged to face Shouchun defense in the south.

The reason for this arrangement is because Shen Bing guessed that if there was no breakout, Xiang Yan must have planned it.

It's not hard to guess.

At this time, the State of Chu was already in a state of "trees falling down and scattered", and every nobleman was in danger of preserving his strength to cope with a possible future attack by the Qin army, and how could he even try to rescue the King of Chu.

Xiang Yan was the only one who wanted to save the King of Chu.

By the way, this Yan is also the head of a wooden fish. His Xiang family stayed in Jiangdong well but wanted to go to the muddy water?

Analyzing from the overall situation of Chu State, the nobles of Chu State should not contribute the most to Xiang family.

Because most of the Xiang clan's fiefs are located in the dense forest water network to the east of the Yangtze River, if there is any other fief, it is a small piece of land for Xiang Jianzhai to operate next to Shouchun.

But what if this small piece of land is not required?

This fief was set next to Shouchun, in fact, with the meaning of King Qin. At this time, the King of Chu was already trapped and naturally he did not need King Qin.

The offensive of the Qin army should be to seize the rich land of the king of Chu in the north of Huaibei, and then to seize the lands of the nobles in Huainan, and then direct their troops to the east of the Yangtze River and enter Baiyue.

It doesn't even matter if Yingzheng fights Baiyue or not.

The reason is that Baiyue's poor mountains and bad waters are tasteless, and at this time it can't even be regarded as the Central Plains... Ying Zheng thought that the great cause of unification was completed before Baiyue was defeated and called Qin Shihuang.

Therefore, Xiang Yan could retreat to Jiangdong and wait for the battle between Qin and Chu, while Xiang Clan would save strength or consider operating Baiyue. When the Qin army attacked Baiyue, it would not be just "heavier loss".

But this Yan had to go the other way to protect the Chu State, which was at the end of the road, and finally fell to the end of defeat.

At this time, Shen Bing was thinking: If Xiang Yan planned this breakout war, then he must have come prepared.

And his "preparation" that "comes prepared" naturally means that the situation of the Qin army is clear through reconnaissance, and he knows that the 20,000 Liang army is guarding the Beiying.

On the other hand, Xiang Yan fought with the Liang Army again... This happened when Shen Bing was guarding Ruyin.

Xiang Yan first learned about the tactics of the Liang Army from Xiang Liang, and then tried to use the halberd soldiers to overcome the wolf.

Needless to say what the result was, of course it ended in failure.

Therefore, this time Xiang Yan came to fight, it should also be aimed at the wreck of the Liang Army.

That being the case, Shen Bing certainly wouldn't be so stupid to continue to use the Liangjun to hold the wolf pit, and Li Yan's orthodox Qin army against Xiang Yan could catch him by surprise.

Shen Bing didn't say much to Li Yan, just confessed:

"If there is a war, the general must not join the war prematurely. It will not be too late for the Chu army to break through the walled city and then counterattack."

Although Li Yan didn't know why, he still responded very simply.

Shen Bing was worried that Xiang Yan discovered that the situation was different and changed his strategy against the enemy in time.

But if the Chu army broke through the walled city and launched an offensive, it was discovered that the opponent was the orthodox Qin army...At this time, it would be too late to think about change.

After Li Yan finished making arrangements, Shen Bing turned his attention to Shouchun City.

Shouchun City is actually very easy to solve. If you don't know that the Chu army will break through and attack on both sides, then Shouchun City may be a trouble...Shouchun will be the knife behind.

But now Shen Bing is prepared, and Shouchun is the problem of trebuchets and crossbowmen blocking the city gates.

The difficulty is that what Shen Bing wants is not only to block the city gates, but also to... King Chu.

If this blocked the city gate directly, wouldn't Chu King Minchu be able to get out?

If King Chu Chu didn't come out, then Shen Bing wouldn't have to engage in such mysterious and secret transfer of troops, all his arrangements would be wasted.

So a series of questions will arise:

If he wanted Chu Wang to leave the city, he had to pretend to let the Chu army break through.

After that, he must ensure that he can catch the big fish of King Chu, otherwise the battle will be defeated.

Pretending to make the Chu army break through successfully can still be done, because the beam army has a wolf in hand, and there will not be much loss in fighting and retreating.And you can stop whenever you want, and you can counterattack if necessary.

The question is how to catch King Chu in this dark night...

Shen Bing believed that the king of Chu would leave the city through the east gate.

the reason is simple:

The west gate is the supply line of the Qin army, and the Qin army will guard it all the way to the west.

There is a large plain to the north. Although it is a good direction to escape, if Xiang Yan brings troops to attack, it must come from the north.

At that time, the Qin and Chu armies were fighting on the north side. It was not easy for the King of Chu to escape from this direction. Even if he could pass through the Qin army's defense line, he might be injured by the Chu army.

So only the east gate.

Once the King of Chu leaves the city, his right flank is the Huai River, so he does not need to guard against attacks from one direction.

On the other hand, going east is the Jiangdong that goes straight to Dongting and the Xiang clan. At that time, Qin Jun wants to chase it, but he can't catch it.

So Shen Bing had an idea.

He found Li Yan immediately and said:

"The corner of the east gate of the walled city is handed over to the Liangjun."

Li Yan was a little puzzled:

"Vice general, I'm afraid the two armies are mixed..."

It is indeed taboo for two armies on the same line of defense to mix up two armies with different organization and tactics.

Because under certain circumstances, it is suitable for the Qin Army to attack and for the Liang Army to defend in situ. Should they advance or retreat?

Even in the darkness, problems such as difficulty in identifying friend or foe and confusion in command will appear.

Shen Bing also considered this issue, and he replied:

"It doesn't matter, I can draw a line at the corner of the east gate and practice a few times."

Since Shen Bing insisted, Li Yan had nothing to say.

So the corner of the East Gate was defended by Liangjun about a hundred paces away.

That night, Shen Bing ordered the Liangjun to build a trap inside the walled city.

This trap is a deep pit with a height of more than two steps and a width of five, extending a hundred steps north from the Huai River, which is the entire defense zone of the Liang Army.

The top is covered with wooden boards and soil, and the bottom is connected with the machine bracket.

There is nothing unusual about walking and fighting, but as long as the machine is pulled, the planks will fall, and the road will form an insurmountable fault.

Wei Wei was puzzled:

"Vice general, since ancient times, traps have been mostly located outside the walled city. How can they be located inside the walled city?"

Shen Bing chuckled and said:

"The trap outside the walled city is for catching small fish, but the trap inside the walled city is for catching big fish!"

Hearing these words only made Wei Wei look confused. Although he knew that Shen Bing's "big fish" meant something else, he didn't understand what kind of "big fish" could go to the village and still use this trap to catch...

After finishing these arrangements, Shen Bing couldn't help thinking about another question:

If Xiang Yan wanted to help the King of Chu break through, Lord Changping would not know.

Then why did Mr. Changping not warn me?

Does this mean...