In this battle, the Chu navy was defeated and suffered more than 4,000 casualties.
The number of casualties was second, but the point was that the defeat was so fast that even Xiang Yan didn't react...
The entire battle took only one hour from start to finish, which was almost the time it took for the Qin army to arrive at the battlefield from upstream.
What's more important is that Xiang Yan has no way to deal with this Qin Shui army.
Lieutenant General Zhang Yao, who had escaped, reported to Xiang Yan:
"General, the Qin army is fully armored and is not afraid of arrows. We cannot fight with bows from a distance."
"My subordinates wanted to come forward for a close fight, but were struck by the falling rock..."
At this time, the Chu army did not know that it was called a pole, so they called it falling rocks.
But Xiang Yan was so anxious that she walked around the commander's house not knowing what to do.
All his plans are based on the dominance of the navy.
This was not a problem originally, because the Chu Shui Army did have obvious advantages, both in terms of quality and strength.
However, after this battle, it was discovered that this was not the case. Instead of having an advantage, the Chu Shui Army was at a disadvantage, and it was an absolute disadvantage.
How can we defend this city from now on?
If the city cannot be defended, then Caozhou, Chencheng, and even the capital Shouchun...
The more Xiang Yan thought about it, the more he became afraid. As a result, Chu State was in danger.
However, Xiang Yan was secretly glad:
Fortunately, it was discovered early. If the Qin army is ready to fight again in the spring of next year, something serious will happen.
Xiang Yan was right about this.
His move must have been a mistake. Although he lost the water battle, he gained a strategic advantage.
Otherwise, if the Chu army only knows how to defend and wait for the Qin army to attack as before, and at the same time the Chu army thinks that the navy is stronger, then it will probably not even have time to prepare for other things after this battle.
Shen Bing didn't think so much about it.
After the Chu Shui army was defeated, they continued to fight.
The reason is that Qiancheng and the surrounding forts are still in the hands of the Chu army.
But these are no longer big things:
If the Chu Shui army cannot defeat the Heijia army, these Chu troops trapped in Qiancheng will be alone. They will naturally surrender after being trapped for a few days without food.
Therefore, Shen Bing did not order an attack, but just surrounded Qiancheng from the outside.
If the Qin army suffered any losses, it was the infantry led by Li Yan, which suffered more than a thousand casualties and some whose lives are unknown.
In fact, in a water battle, "life or death unknown" almost means death.
Because "life or death is unknown", there is a high probability of falling into the water, which is a narrow escape for the Qin soldiers who wear bronze armor and cannot swim.
However, there are some exceptions. It is said that some soldiers of the Qin army floated downstream carrying the wreckage of the warship and were rescued by the Qin army in Handan.
As for the Black Armored Army... Shen Bing nodded, and there were no more than a hundred casualties.
Most of them were minor injuries, and more than 20 people died due to some small probability incidents:
For example, if an arrow hits the eye...the rattan armor can cover the vital parts, but it cannot cover the eyes.
Another example is when warships collide, they are at the point of collision.
Five of the warships capsized during the battle, and some soldiers were "survived or dead".
However, the "uncertain life and death" of the Black Armor Army will most likely survive, because they will float on their own after falling into the water and will not drown.
As soon as the casualties were tallied up, the black-armored troops couldn't help but cheer in unison.
This was an amazing victory. Three thousand troops defeated Chu's 10,000-strong naval force, and more than 100 people were exchanged for more than 4,000 casualties of Chu's navy...
This is almost a miracle in the era of cold weapons, because even more than 4,000 unarmed people can crush more than 100 people to death, but the more than 4,000 people faced by the Qin army are well-trained and fully armed.
Chu Shuijun.
However, Shen Bing did not relax just because the situation was good. After observing Qianqian City and the surrounding small forts, he ordered the navy to capture three of the small forts.
The reason why these three small forts were captured was because the naval and infantry troops camped in different ways.
The infantry camp only needs a piece of land. What needs to be paid attention to is the water source and the problem of being attacked by the enemy.
The navy must have a solid place to camp, otherwise these boats will have nowhere to dock.
The three small forts selected by Shen Bing are in a triangular shape surrounding Qian City, so two pairs can reinforce each other.
In addition, two of the small forts are facing Caozhou on the other side of the river. Once the Chu Shui Army attacks the Heijia Army, they can meet the enemy in time.
Attacking these three small forts is almost effortless.
On the one hand, this is because the Chu army has lost all morale, and on the other hand, the Black Armored Army does not need boats to land when attacking the small fort... They only need to put the rattan shield into the water, and then row to surround it from all directions. Xiang Xiaobao.
Each small fort could only accommodate dozens of people, and the small fort was in dilapidated condition after changing hands after several battles. How could it withstand the attack of the Black Armored Army?
So before Shen Bing could even take a breath as he laid out the mission, battle reports on the capture of various small forts over there were already reported one after another.
They even took two more small forts because some Chu troops were so frightened by the sight of the Black Armored Army coming and going freely in the river that they left the fort and surrendered before the Black Armored Army could attack...
Therefore, the Black Armored Army is not actually fighting, but is taking in prisoners and sending ships back to Daliang.
Then they stopped and set up camp... The more than 100 ships were divided into five parts, with more than 20 ships in each part.
The so-called encampment actually means driving a pile on the ground, then tying the warship to the pile, and the soldiers rest on the boat.
After the food was prepared in the beams, it was transported and distributed... The Heze area near Qiancheng was not suitable for cooking for the army. There was a worry about fire when cooking on board, so this was the only way.
At night, patrol boats were sent from various places to patrol to prevent the Chu army from sneak attacks.
Everything is in order and without flaws.
Xiang Yan on the other side looked at this scene and could only sigh and said:
"Qiancheng can no longer be rescued."
What this means is that the navy army is necessary to rescue Qiancheng, but the Qin Heijia Army is now undefeated. It is like a copper wall and an iron wall blocking Xiang Yan. What can Xiang Yan do?
Call in more navy troops?
Xiang Yan knew that this was not a matter of the number of naval forces, but a matter of being unable to defeat this tactics.
After thinking about it, Xiang Yan issued two orders:
"Go to Shouchun quickly to ask for reinforcements and add 50,000 infantry troops to Caozhou."
"Send the rock-falling warfare method back to Shouchun, and order the navy to control the rock-falling warship according to its tactics!"
The bodyguard responded and went to deliver the order.
Xiang Yan's decisions make sense.
If the Black Armored Army cannot match the water and cannot take the city to protect Caozhou as before, then the only option is to use infantry to fortify along the river to protect Caozhou.
Therefore, what needs to be mobilized at this time is the infantry army rather than the navy army.
As for the navy, of course they should imitate the "falling stone"... This thing is not as complicated as the wheeled warship, so it is not difficult to imitate.
So the Qin army can do this, and the Chu army can certainly do the same.
Although there is still a gap, at least the Navy will not be as helpless as it is now when they fight again.