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After capturing the king of Chu and occupying Shouchun, the Qin army stopped for a while.

In fact, the Qin army was busy using Shouchun as the basis to descend along the Huaihe River and occupy the riverside cities.

This is consistent with the strategy formulated at the beginning. If the Huai River is occupied and controlled, then the Chu State will surrender without fighting in the area north of the Huai River.

This may be the only largest encirclement in the Warring States period.

From the north of the Huai River to Qi State, this area is Qi State to the north, Wei State and Chu State occupied by Qin State to the west, the sea to the east, and Huaihe River to the south...

The entire area was blocked by the Qin army. The Chu army in this area had the following options:

Drop together.

Drop Qin.

Fend for themselves.

Jump into the sea.

The options seem to be many, but there is no way out.

Shen Bing said that the Qin army "stopped for a while" because the occupation of the Huaihe River basically encountered no resistance.

This was mainly because Xiang Yan knew that as Shouchun fell to its downstream areas, he would not be able to hold it, so he took the initiative to give up.

On the other hand, Chu Wang's humor also played a certain role.

After Xiang Yan left, there were still some private soldiers in the local area. Most of these private soldiers were recruited by squires or businessmen... This is a characteristic of Chu, and the restrictions on private soldiers are very loose in Chu, while Qin requires noble officers. If you have power, private soldiers have their own followers, otherwise they will form a party for private business.

Of course these private soldiers could not fight the Qin Army.

In fact, there is no need to confront. Qin Jun took out the Wang Ling Yixuan of the Chu king, and the private soldiers immediately put down their weapons and dropped... I don't know if they really don't know or fake they don't know that the Chu king has come to Qin. .

Shen Bing guessed they knew it, but Wang Ling gave them a step: They did not surrender, but obey Wang Ling.

Then, the Qin army sent troops everywhere to take over the cities in Huaibei.

Not only the Huaihe River in Shouchun, but also the Qin Army from the beam and Chencheng to the east.

They also brought Wang Ling, who was born by the King of Chu... Actually, Wang Ling who was born by the King of Chu was not delivered to Liangang so quickly, but at this time it didn't matter whether Wang Ling was true or not.

The important thing is to read it before Xiang Yan announces the new king, and at the same time tell them that King Chu has descended.

The news of King Chu's surrender spread quickly.

This is because it is not spread like a horse and whip, but spread from ten to one hundred, spread by the military and civilians to various places overnight.

After the Huaibei Chu soldiers heard the news, there was no reason to continue resisting, so they gave up their weapons and surrendered.

Due to the vast number of cities in the Huaibei region, but the number of Qin troops is not that many, so that several Qin troops with hundreds of Chu descendants went to take over another city...

Shen Bing and Yang Duanhe operated the Huaihe Defense Line in Shouchun.

This line of defense is Qin Chu's latest border.

After stabilizing, Shen Bing's first thought was what choice Changping Jun would make.

But Shen Bing was not in a hurry, because he knew he should give Mr. Changping some time.

What's more, even if you want to surrender, you will not surrender to Qin as soon as the king of Chu has been appointed. If this is the case, I am afraid that even Xiang Yan will not be able to convince him.

Shen Bing thinks Mr. Changping has more than a month.

Because the Qin army will rest in Huaibei for more than a month, and then go south to attack Huainan.

Yang Duanhe even wanted to direct his troops south...He was originally stable, but the sudden ups and downs during this period disrupted his inherent thinking or combat experience, so he became a little anxious:

"The king of Chu has come down when the dragons of the various tribes of Chu have no leaders."

"The old man thought I should take this opportunity to continue southward, what does the lieutenant think?"

Shen Bing thought about it, then replied:

"Subordinates thought it was impossible."

"One is that our army is underpowered and exhausted after years of fighting."

"The two are that although the various ethnic groups of Chu State say that the dragons have no leader, but at this time, Xiang Yanli Changping Jun is the new king."

"There should be conflicts or discord between faces and hearts."

"At this time, if I continue to go south, I will help Lord Changping to coordinate the various ministries."

Yang Duanhe thought about it and thought it was right.

Although Xiang Yan was a general of Chu, he was not a great family of Chu. He established Changping Jun as the new king. One was the problem that Changping Jun could not convince the nobles, and the other was the mentality of the nobles who were jealous of Xiang Yan...

Chu Wangqi was established by Xiang Yan. If the restoration of the country is successful in the future, does it mean that Xiang Yan will be the first?

So on the surface they promised but may not be convinced.

If the Qin army went south to attack the noble fiefs at this time... then it was almost the Qin army who helped Chu Wangqi defeat them, because these nobles could only rely on Chu Wangqi and hope that he could unite the Chu army against Qin.

So at this time it should be slowed down.

The Huai River defense line does not need the Shen soldiers to worry too much. At this time, the Chu army is in danger. It is fine if the Qin army does not attack them. Of course, they dare not attack the Qin army first.

On the other hand, the Qin army mainly deployed its defensive forces to the north of the Huai River.

This is different from the defense direction of the Chu army.

For example, Shouchun City is located on the south of the Huaihe River. To the south of the Huaihe River means that there is no Huaihe River as a buffer zone or moat. Even if it is attacked, the Huaihe River will prevent the Qin army from retreating.

The solution is actually very simple, that is, to build a few more pontoons on the Huai River, and rely on the city to place the main force in Huaibei...

Qin Jun would definitely not place the main force in the city.

The reason is that the Qin army is good at field battles. Although relying on city defenses to occupy more land, the enemy only needs to block the city gates with crossbowmen and trebuchets. It is a trouble for the Qin army to go out of the city.

The forces in the city are more for maintaining law and order and preventing the city from being occupied by the enemy.

Therefore, Shen Bing’s Liang Army and Shenwu Army were deployed inside the city, while Yang Duanhe’s Qin Army camped outside the city.

Yang Duanhe also confessed to Shen Bingdao:

"Beware of the chaos in the city."

"The lieutenant has experience in suppressing the chaos in Handan, and it would be better if the Liangjun came to defend the city."

Yang Duanhe's "experience in calming chaos" refers to the trick that Shen Bing shouted "The wolf is coming" in Handan to first draw out anti-thief and spies.

Shen Bing originally thought that he would have to repeat the same tricks, but after stationing in Shouchun, he realized that it was unnecessary.

Chu Min and Zhao Min are two different things:

When Zhao Min saw Qin Jun, there was resentment and unyielding in his eyes besides fear.

And Chu Min looked at Qin Jun's eyes... except for fear or fear.

Because of fear, they also obeyed all kinds of tame.

Shen Bing believes that this is because there is a deep-seated hatred between Zhao and Qin, but Chu does not.

On the other hand, Chu Min was accustomed to separation of power.

For example, the fiefs of the nobles in the Chu Kingdom have absolute power over the people within their fiefs, and these people should listen more to the nobles than to the king of Chu.

Therefore, the concept of kingship and even the concept of "nation" is not strong.

Because the concept of "country" is not strong, then Qin Jun is just a new king when he comes. They will continue to live as they should live, and it has nothing to do with these disputes.