The "evil" behavior of the Black Armored Army is not just a simple ambush.
In fact, the Black Armor Army had been "doing evil" for some time before ambushing Zhang Qi's army.
Shouchun's reaction speed was not fast. After receiving the news, they needed to discuss, organize their troops, and then march another two hundred miles to reach Ruyin. This gave the Black Armored Army about two days to prepare.
The Black Armored Army needs trebuchets.
But of course, they don't need to make it themselves.
All they had to do was go up the Ru River and shout to the Chu army:
"The king has issued an order. The frontline is in urgent need of supplies. We are urgently recruiting trebuchets and arrows!"
"Each department will hand over what they need as soon as possible without any mistakes!"
The Chu army originally had lax military discipline. In addition, the army also included troops directly connected to the King of Chu, troops from the nobles of Zhao, Qu, and Jing, as well as Jiangdong descendants of the Xiang family, so the management was very chaotic.
And the news of the fall of Ruyin spread quickly, so when these Chu troops saw these black-armored troops wearing Chu army armor issuing orders in the name of the king, they did not raise any suspicion, and handed over their trebuchets and arrows in batches.
, and even sent horses for transportation.
How could the Black Armored Army be polite to them? They rushed all these supplies to Ruyin.
There were also a large number of stone bombs among them. Due to the lack of manpower, local people were requisitioned as laborers.
What's worse, the soldiers and laborers who transported supplies became prisoners as soon as they arrived in Ruyin.
Needless to say, the result was that they were all exiled to the west side of Ru River as before.
This is one of the reasons why the news of Ruyin’s occupation did not spread far...
Ruyin was captured at night, and the city gates were closed when captured, which meant that no one could escape.
When the whole city fell into the hands of Shen Bing, the people were exiled to the west.
The people were walking on the west side of Ru River, while the black-armored troops were riding horses on the east side to cause chaos. Of course, the speed was one step faster.
By the time the Chu army on the Ru River bank received the news and found out, it was already too late.
In fact, what Shen Bing needs is not these materials, such as stone bullets, arrows... There are piles of them in Ruyin warehouse.
The problem is that Shen Bing knows that if he does not collect the nearby supplies, in the near future these stone bullets and arrows will soon become the supplies for the attacking Black Armored Army and hit Ruyin's city wall.
Among them, trebuchets are needed. There are not many trebuchets in Ruyin City, but the Black Armor Army needs it to ambush the Chu army.
The sad thing is that these trebuchets are all old-fashioned trebuchets, the kind that are thrown by human power.
This is actually not surprising. Chu is located in the south among the seven kingdoms and is traditional and conservative and not easy to accept new things.
Therefore, it has been nearly a year since the new trebuchet was invented in the hands of Shen Bing. Its manufacturing methods and advantages must have been spread to the Chu State, but the Chu State was still unwilling to change.
This is a good thing for Shen Bing, because it means that Ruyin has to face this kind of backward trebuchet.
Shen Bing only needs to slightly modify these trebuchets.
Soon, Shen Bing received a report that the Chu army had sent troops from Shouchun.
This is not difficult at all for the black-armored army. They are wearing Chu Qi's armor and even carrying Chu Qi's verification. They are in the Chu land where inspections are not strict. It can be said that "the sky is high and the birds can fly over the sea."
"It's as bright as a fish leaping".
All Shen Bing had to do was to send a few cavalry to the direction of Shouchun, and by following them all the way, he could accurately know the marching route of the Chu army.
Now that we have mastered the marching route of the Chu army, setting up an ambush is a piece of cake.
Shen Bing set up an ambush at Yelangling, more than eighty miles away from Ruyin.
Although the terrain of Yelang Ridge is not steep, it is densely covered with jungles, and the woods are oily and flammable coniferous forests...
The difference between coniferous forests and broadleaf forests is that coniferous forests are more drought-resistant, and their needle-shaped leaves reduce water loss.
Because it is drought-resistant, its branches and leaves are relatively dry, such as pine needles and pine branches. The forest is even covered with branches, leaves and pine cones that have fallen off over the years and accumulated into a thick layer.
Shen Bing led his troops to make some preparations in the pine forest. He piled a pile of branches and leaves every few steps for lighting a fire, and then cut a fire break in the middle.
The so-called fire break is to cut down the branches and leaves of the trees on the ground and clear them to form a "fire break road" that is more than ten steps long and wide. Because this fire break road has no combustibles, the fire cannot cross it, making the other side a safe area.
The Black Armored Army was waiting in a safe area.
The Chu army only wanted to rush to Ruyin and join the battle. Who would have thought that the Qin army would set up an ambush here, so they stepped into the ambush without any precautions.
Seeing that the time had come, Shen Bing ordered the soldiers to light the fire, and then the soldiers fired several batches of rockets...
The dead branches and needles ignited instantly, and the fire quickly reached the crown of the tree. When the wind blew, it crackled and roared towards the Chu army on the road.
The Chu army panicked for a moment, and the men and horses neighed and became a mess.
To Shen Bing's surprise, the Chu army settled down after being chaotic for a while and continued to advance instead of retreating...
Shen Bing miscalculated this point. He originally thought that the Chu army would retreat, so he deployed more troops in the rear.
It can be seen from this that this Chu army is not just a bunch of people, and the generals leading it are also very intelligent.
However, this seems to be unable to change anything, because this dense forest is like a pocket array laid out in advance. As long as the Chu army walks in and wants to escape, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky.
Sure enough, when Chu Qi rushed forward, he found that the way forward was blocked by mountains of firewood and dead branches.
In fact, it was not firewood, but rather a wall of fire, a wall of fire that had been ignited and spread to both sides.
Zhang Qi squeezed up from behind and took a look, then ordered:
"Halbermen and shield-bearers clear the way!"
The Chu soldiers responded and immediately separated into several groups of halberdiers and shield bearers.
The capital guards are worthy of being the private soldiers of the King of Chu. Under such circumstances, they can advance and retreat in an orderly manner in the face of danger.
Zhang Qi is indeed a general of Zhuguo, and he can still stay awake and make correct judgments at this time.
For example, the halberds and shield bearers are now deployed...the halberds can pull out the wall of fire, and the shields covered with cowhide can block fire or arrows that may be shot by the enemy.
The problem is that the shots fired from the opposite side are not arrows, but stone bullets.
Zhang Qi knew something was wrong when he heard bursts of "squeaking" sounds coming from the other side of the fire wall. He shouted:
"spread……"
But there was no rush, and even if the Chu soldiers wanted to disperse, there was no space. There was fire all over the front, back, left, and right, and all the people and horses were crowded on the road in the middle, unable to move.
As a result, a wave of stone bullets immediately set off a bloody storm, and the halberdiers and shield bearers were smashed into a pulp in rows before they could react.
The cavalrymen who followed were not much better. The horses were frightened and threw the rider off the horse. The panicked horses immediately trampled him to death.
Some riders wanted to turn around, and some wanted to move forward. Even Zhang Qi didn't know what to do, so the Chu soldiers soon fell into real chaos.