The King of Chu was frightened to death as Xiang Yan said.

People are often like this, staying in a familiar environment and not being willing to change until the last moment.

The king of Chu was no exception.

His refusal to leave Shouchun was due to King Changping's trick, but it was also due to his own reasons: King Chu was familiar with Shouchun, and he felt inherently safe in familiar places.

So why move the capital to Dongting, and even go to Baiyue to avoid the war... Who knows what hardships you will have to endure?

Therefore, although King Chu of Chu knew that the hope of uniting all ethnic groups to attack the Qin army's supply line was very slim, he was still willing to give it a try.

It was not until the Qin army besieged Shouchun that he realized the seriousness of the problem: If the Qin army continued to besiege like this, for one year, two years, three years... wouldn't he starve to death in this city?

During this period, the King of Chu also went to the top of the city to see twice.

But seeing the morale of the Qin army below was high and murderous, the King of Chu regretted it even more. He secretly thought that if he had known this, he would have listened to Xiang Yan's move of the capital. No matter what happened, he would not be waiting to die like now.

At this time, a servant sent a letter to King Chu of Chu, saying:

"Your Majesty, a secret message from the General."

The king of Chu picked up the cud and hurriedly opened it.

The letter first stated that although Lord Changping tried his best to lobby, none of the tribes were willing to send troops. He also said that the only plan for now was to cooperate with the inside and outside to break out from the north of the city. I wonder if the king is willing to leave the city?

The king of Chu could not help but be overjoyed, and immediately sent a letter to express his willingness to leave the city and asked for detailed plans.

The breakout time is set at midnight three days later.

The reason why it was set at Zi hour was because most of the Qin soldiers were already asleep at this time.

In addition, not many people will notice that the water level of the Huaihe River drops at night.

Furthermore, it was more difficult for the Qin army to rebuild the pontoon bridge in the dark, so the Chu army had more time to attack the Daliang army.

The battle plan is very simple. For the Chu army in the city, they only need to attack from the three city gates and outflank the Liang army when the Huaihe River cuts off.

Xiang Yan even has arrangements for how to leave the city:

Let the soldiers prepare a large amount of "straw bags of mud" at the city gate.

The so-called "straw bags of mud" are sandbags used by ancient people to build dams.

After the Huaihe River stopped flowing at night, the soldiers were ordered to bring "straw bags of mud" out of the city to fill the river and build a road to block the river.

Then the soldiers went out of the city first to attack the Liang Army with Xiang Yan's main force, while the capital guards covered the King of Chu when he left the city to join Xiang Yan's main force.

All the arrangements are perfect. If this plan is implemented, Shen Bing and his Liang Army may really be in trouble.

After all, there are more than 100,000 Chu troops, and Shen Bing and his party are still in danger.

If there is any "danger" that Shen Bing can defend, it is the walled city made of wooden palisades.

But this walled city could not stop the Chu army's trebuchet attack.

On the other hand, Yang Duanhe and his army will be blocked on the opposite side by the cut-off Huaihe River... In fact, they will not be blocked on the opposite side. Yang Duanhe's army can still reinforce Huaibei.

However, the reinforcements had to go down the river bed and then cross the river on the mud. This was not only slow, but also easily blocked by Xiang Yan and the Chu army who were fighting out of the city with trebuchets.

The troops that can successfully reinforce Huaibei by then will only be a drop in the bucket.

At that time, Shen Bing was reorganizing the Shenwu Army.

The Shenwu Army has suffered heavy casualties since the last battle in Ruyin. There are only about 1,200 people left in the army and the captain Chen Duan also died in the battle.

Not only do these more than a thousand people need to be reorganized, they also need to be supplemented to maintain combat effectiveness.

The reason for regrouping at this time was because both Yang Duanhe and Shen Bing believed that this siege would be long-term.

Because it is not difficult to imagine that if the king of Chu dared to stay in the city with his cud, he must have sufficient food and grass.

They even drove out a group of people before the Qin army arrived... Most of these people were old and weak. The old and weak would only consume food in the city, while the young and strong people who stayed in the city could become sources of troops and labor.

So if we want to live long and have all the food in the city, we have to be surrounded for a year or two.

Yang Duanhe was not in a hurry. Anyway, surrounding the Chu Kingdom like this would only exist in name only.

Since the days are long, the Qin army should do whatever they have to do.

Shen Bing planned to expand the Shenwu Army into a cavalry army of 5,000 men.

This time there is no need for this cavalry army to be able to fight with water and shoot with cavalry... The reason why the black armored army was required to be able to do both was to destroy Chu.

There is a saying that "If you don't have long-term worries, you will have immediate worries." Shen Bing thought further.

If Chu State is destroyed, then Yan State, Dai State, and even Qi State are not worth mentioning, and unifying the Central Plains will not be difficult.

Next is the problem of the Huns in the north, which is what Shen Bing will most likely face.

What tactics should be used against the Huns?

Like Meng Tian, ​​use a large number of people to connect the Great Wall of various countries?

This may be useful, because many dynasties after the Qin Dynasty reinforced and extended the Qin Great Wall to prevent the northern nomads from going south.

Although it was still unblocked, it contributed greatly to the stability and prosperity of the Central Plains.

However, Shen Bing believed that there was no need to rush in building the Great Wall and could be done slowly. Like Ying Zheng did, he requisitioned a large number of people to work hard and waste money... This became one of the inducements for Qin's demise.

If there is no rush to build the Great Wall, we must find another effective and feasible way to defeat the Huns.

There is no need to think too much, of course, riding a horse will defeat a horse.

And it must be a mounted archer, that is, a real cavalry rather than infantry on horseback.

The Shenwu Army must be such a cavalry.

This takes time to train, so Shen Bing must think ahead.

There were a lot of troops, and with the support of Yang Duanhe, the cavalry he placed was left to Shen Bing to choose.

Shen Bing couldn't help but be overjoyed. He even felt that this was a bit unrealistic... You must know that these cavalry are all old subordinates who have followed Yang Duanhe for many years. Many of them participated in the Qin-Zhao war, and even came from the surrender of Zhao. Northern Goblin Rider.

It goes without saying what happened during the Qin-Zhao war. The Zhao cavalry was famous all over the world. Even if they could fight with it, they would still have gained experience under its tactics even if they didn't win.

The Northern Goblin Riders are elites who have been fighting against the Huns for many years and can even defeat the Huns.

Now Yang Duanhe is actually willing to give these veterans to Shen Bing?

This is a big favor.

Of course Shen Bing didn't know that Yang Duanhe was planning for his future:

Give Shen Bing more help now. When Shen Bing takes over in the future...

Therefore, Jiang is still old and hot, and although Shen Bing knows how to deal with enemies and prepare for the future, he is a fool when it comes to these internal human affairs.

So a Shenwu army of 5,000 people was quickly formed and trained on horseback and archery under Shouchun City.

However, Shen Bing discovered something abnormal at the top of Shouchun City during training.

In the past two days, the number of soldiers at the top of the city suddenly increased, and some people were peeping towards the Huaihe River below the city...
Chapter completed!