Lord Changping hoped that Shen Bing could testify for him.
This is a very wise approach.
Because Lord Changping was in a very embarrassing situation at this time, the strategy decided by Shen Bing and Lord Changping was not something Ying Zheng could not say.
Just tell Ying Zhengzhi, for example, if Lord Changping plans to escape back to Chu and become the King of Chu, then whatever happens...
Can Ying Zheng, who is suspicious by nature, be trusted?
When Ying Zheng heard this plan, he would definitely think:
Are you treating me like a three-year-old?
If you escape back to Chu and become the King of Chu, will you be able to come and surrender?
Wouldn't it be like letting the tiger go back to the mountains then?
So not only would he not agree, but he would also place Lord Changping under house arrest or even imprison him.
If you don't say this...
One day Lord Changping persuaded Xiang Yan and others to surrender, saying that this had been planned in advance.
How could Ying Zheng believe it so easily?
Ying Zheng only thought that Lord Changping was a loser. He was attacked by the Qin army and saw that there was no hope of recovering the country, so he brought his people to surrender.
Therefore, only Shen Bing's testimony can prove all this, and then Ying Zheng will be more trustworthy and will have more capital to bargain.
Shen Bing agreed simply.
After all, this is a good thing. It persuaded Lord Changping to surrender and brought the remnants of Chu to surrender to Qin, which saved a lot of trouble. Naturally, it was another great achievement.
When Shen Bing returned to the barracks, he saw Meng Liang waiting anxiously for him outside the door.
As soon as he saw Shen Bing coming back, Meng Liang hurriedly greeted him and saluted:
"Vice General Shen, save me."
Shen Bing couldn't help but wonder:
"Why are you so alarmed?"
No wonder Shen Bing was confused, knowing that Meng Liang was the son of Pang Chen Meng Jia, what could harm him in this military camp?
Na Mengliang replied:
"The deputy general doesn't know, but the 100,000 Qin troops coming from Handan are about to arrive."
Shen Bing smiled and asked as he walked into the deputy general's house:
"What does it have to do with you when the 100,000 Qin troops arrive? Are they here to capture you?"
Mengliang replied:
"That's not true, it's just that...the leader of the army is General Meng Wu."
Shen Bing said "Oh" and felt even more strange.
Meng Wu is Meng Ao's son, and Meng Jia is Meng Ao's younger brother. So isn't Meng Liang Meng Wu's cousin?
You should be happy to have a cousin who is a general leading troops to Mengliang. How can he look like a disaster is imminent?
Meng Liang obviously knew what Shen Bing was thinking, so he sighed and said:
"The deputy general doesn't know. My father and my cousin's family have always been at odds with each other."
"If my cousin finds an excuse to send me to the battlefield today..."
When Shen Bing heard this, he understood that Meng Liang was still worried that Meng Wu would take this opportunity to avenge his private revenge.
This does not seem surprising, Meng Ao is a famous general of Qin, while Meng Jia is Pang Chen.
Since ancient times, famous generals and Pang Chen have been opposed to each other, so their relationship is not much better, so Meng Wu naturally does not feel ashamed of the style of work of Meng Jia and others.
It's no wonder that Mengliang has a cousin who is a general but wants to go to the artillery division to inherit his merits.
Meng Liang raised his hands and said to Shen Bing:
"Lieutenant General, if Meng Wu wants to transfer us and others under him, please Lieutenant General..."
Shen Bing pretended to be embarrassed:
"Well... I am just a deputy general, and Meng Wu is a general."
"If the general has an order, how can I, the deputy general, not obey it?"
Meng Liang's face turned pale:
"Lieutenant General, this is absolutely impossible. If I were to leave him behind, I would have a narrow escape from death..."
Shen Bing burst out laughing:
"You are just unfounded worries. As a general of an army, Meng Wu mostly thinks about attacking the city and killing the enemy. How could he want to deliberately embarrass you?"
"I'm afraid he doesn't care about you at all."
"Just relax!"
Mengliang breathed a sigh of relief:
"It would be better if he didn't take me to heart."
"In short, the deputy general must protect his subordinates when they arrive!"
"Meng Liang is very grateful!"
Shen Bing had no choice but to agree.
Shen Bing's guess was correct, Meng Wu did not take Meng Liang seriously.
The Qin army's 100,000 troops arrived only three days later.
Handan is only more than five hundred miles away from Daliang, and it should have taken more than ten days to arrive.
But because the road between the two cities was flooded, the 100,000-strong army had to take a long detour, and it took more than 20 days to reach Daliang.
This is one of the reasons why Shen Bing plans to attack Chu again next spring.
The river water has not receded to Heze, and it is difficult to transport supplies for the army.
Unless the black armored troops are placed on the river to patrol and escort, they cannot be transported by ship.
But in this way, the black-armored army will be trapped and unable to escape.
Yang Duanhe inevitably had to introduce Shen Bing again.
This Meng Wu was already a veteran in his forties. He only glanced at Shen Bing, nodded slightly and then remained silent.
After a while, Meng Wu raised his hands to Yang Duanhe and said:
"General, I heard that the tentative strategy for attacking Chu is to go down to Chencheng along the Bian River and then attack the Huai River."
"My subordinates think it's inappropriate."
Yang Duanhe asked:
"What's wrong?"
Meng Wu replied:
"If our army attacks the Huaihe River, it will penetrate deep into Chu territory alone."
"Although this strategy can cut off the retreat route of the Chu army in Huaibei, our army is also surrounded by enemies on all sides."
"If there is a change in Chen City in the rear, our army will be deeply surrounded by the Chu army. At that time, we will be afraid that we will fail to attack Chu and will lose our troops and generals."
Yang Duanhe asked:
"Then, as a general, how should our army attack Chu?"
Meng Wu answered without thinking:
"Take Caozhou first, then Chencheng."
"This way we can protect the city of Chen."
Yang Duanhe and Shen Bing exchanged glances.
Mengwu's strategy is indeed more stable, but it is too safe... This is equivalent to taking one city and one pool steadily.
Then as you continue to fight, you will find that there are no fewer enemies, they are just moving the battle line back.
Although the tactics decided by Shen Bing and Yang Duanhe were dangerous, they were to insert a knife in the middle of the Chu army along the Huaihe River, and then divide and encircle them.
You must know that in this battle, the Qin army has strong fighting power but few troops, while the Chu army has weak fighting power and many troops. Therefore, the Qin army should give full play to its advantages and boldly attack instead of attacking steadily.
It can also be seen from this that Meng Wu is a traditional person.
Yang Duanhe did not refuse on the spot, but responded politely:
"What General Meng said is reasonable. I will discuss it later."
I don’t want to be a monk but still persist:
"General."
"It took more than ten years for our army to destroy Zhao."
"Now the Chu State is not inferior to Zhao, and its national power is even stronger than Zhao."
"That's why Meng Wu believes that we must not be impatient and should make plans for a long-term war."
This sounds reasonable, but in fact the situation in Zhao and Chu is different.
Moreover, the Qin State when Zhao was destroyed was different from the Qin State when Chu was destroyed, so of course one cannot use the destruction of Zhao to overturn the destruction of Chu.
Shen Bing frowned.
Secretly, it is no wonder that Meng Ao, the grandfather of the Meng clan, is a famous general, and Meng Tian, Meng Yi, the grandson, is also a famous general, but Meng Wu in the middle is unknown.
If he had participated in any battles, it was with Li Xin and Wang Jian who defeated Chu.
But he did not lead the army alone like Meng Ao and Meng Tian.