The benefit the Black Armored Army gained was a sudden drop in pressure.
On the one hand, the Black Armored Army could rest at night, because Xiang Bo's Army no longer dared to attack the city at night since the last infiltration battle. Even if they attacked the city, they would just do it for a show.
On the other hand, the Black Armored Army can concentrate its forces on the east side for defense, and they can even rest in batches.
But even so, the black-armored army, which had been fighting hard for days, was still lingering on the edge of breaking the city.
I don’t know how long it took, but Chen Duan, who was standing at the top of the city, suddenly shouted:
"Cavalry, cavalry from the west!"
The reason why Chen Duan was so excited was because Xiang Yan's army in the south of Ruyin was unlikely to retreat in this direction, so if a cavalry army appeared on the west side, it was most likely the Qin army.
Sure enough, soon a black flag with the word "Yang" appeared in everyone's sight, and the soldiers immediately cheered.
The Chu troops under the city wall were as dejected as wilted cabbage.
There were not many cavalry troops coming, only dozens of them. They should be spies placed in front of the troops by the Qin army, so they just waved their flags in the direction of Ruyin from a distance and did not approach.
But this is enough, because the arrival of the spies means that the main force will not be too far away.
Xiang Bo immediately reported to Zhang Qi...According to Xiang Bo's wishes, the troops should have withdrawn long ago, but Zhang Qi refused to withdraw.
Now that the Qin army's spies have arrived in Ruyin, there should be no doubt about the withdrawal.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Qi still ordered:
"Send the cavalry to disperse them and continue to attack the city."
As a result, even the few captains under Zhang Qi did not agree:
"General, Xiang Yan has withdrawn his troops from Ru River, and the Qin army must capture Ru Yin in order to break through Ru River's defense line."
"If our army continues to attack the city, we will face hundreds of thousands of Qin's main troops!"
"General, we have not built any defenses except for attacking the city for several days, and our troops are less than 50,000 and our morale is low. If we try to resist the Qin army here, I'm afraid..."
In fact, Zhang Qi also knew that he had to withdraw at this time, he just couldn't swallow this breath.
Seeing that Zhang Qi was still unmoved, Xiang Bo rolled his eyes and advised:
"I know that General Zhuguo intends to fight the Qin army."
"However, General Zhu Guo is leading the capital guard force, and the cavalry and chariot troops are the main elite of the guard force."
"If the general fails here, who will defend Shouchun?"
"Therefore, I sincerely request you to attack the city here, and the general will lead the army first!"
What Xiang Bo said sounded nice, but you must know that Xiang Yan was in charge of the military at this time. Even if Zhang Qi was the general of the Zhu Kingdom, he would not dare to withdraw first and leave Xiang Yan's son here to rear.
However, Zhang Qi found a way to go down the stairs. He sighed and said:
"That's all. This trip will make Shen Bing's life easier. We can come back to take his life later."
"General Xiang is commendable for his courage. However, the battle situation has been decided and there is no need to attack again. Please follow me and retreat to Shouchun!"
The generals were overjoyed and agreed to the promise.
So not long after, the Chu army retreated like a tide, leaving only abandoned tents, siege equipment and corpses.
Seeing this, Shen Bing and a group of black-armored soldiers didn't even have the energy to cheer, so they just sat down on the city wall.
When people are nervous, adrenaline secretion accelerates and they don't feel tired. When they relax, they feel as if all the bones in their body are falling apart.
After a while, Wang Ben laughed:
"This battle is fun!"
"Wang Ben had never dared to think of using three thousand manpower to fight against the Chu army's 70,000 elite troops."
"But under the leadership of the deputy general, this battle came true..."
Chen Duan took the water bag and took a sip of wine, then handed it to Shen Bing and said:
"I still can't believe it. We really defeated the Chu army, 70,000 Chu soldiers?!"
Wang Ben asked back:
"Do you still hope that the Chu army will win?"
"If the Chu army wins, I'm afraid Zhang Qi will have to cut us into pieces to vent his hatred."
Chen Duan smiled weakly:
"With this battle, what's the regret if the body is torn into pieces..."
Before he finished speaking, a mouthful of blood spurted out from his mouth.
Seeing that something was wrong, Shen Bing hurriedly stepped forward and tore off Chen Duan's leather armor...and found that his abdomen had two sword wounds wrapped in linen. Judging from the degree of suppuration in the wounds, they had been there for some time.
It turned out that Chen Duan had been fighting with injuries in order not to affect the command of the Black Armored Army.
Judging from the severity of his injury, it might have been fine if he had recovered a few days ago, but now the wound is seriously infected, and in an era without antibiotics, he can only wait to die.
Shen Bing sighed and only asked:
"Do you have a family?"
Chen Duan answered intermittently:
"There is an old mother looking for the deputy general..."
Shen Bing nodded:
"Stop saying anything."
"Don't worry, I will treat her like my own mother."
Chen Duan breathed a sigh of relief, then shivered a few times as if he had caught a cold and then lost his voice.
The surrounding soldiers bowed their heads in greeting, and the rain became heavier and heavier. It was not clear whether it was rain or tears that fell on everyone's faces.
Shen Bing slowly picked up Chen Duan's body, walked step by step to the bottom of the city, and then laid it flat on the ground... There were more than a thousand corpses there, the bodies of dead Black Armor soldiers.
The ancients were very taboo about dying in a foreign land, because they believed that if you died in a foreign land and were buried elsewhere, your soul would not be able to find its way home and would be unable to be reincarnated.
Therefore, all these corpses were left unprocessed in order to have the opportunity to be transported back to Daliang for burial.
Looking at the corpses on the ground, Shen Bing didn't know what to feel.
They believe in themselves and follow themselves through life and death, but in the end this is the result.
Although they won the victory, they also got the credit.
But what do these victories and achievements mean to them?
Sometimes Shen Bing doesn't know whether it is right or wrong for him to participate in the disputes in this world.
Just when Shen Bing was in a daze, a soldier from the top of the city shouted excitedly:
"Vice general, reinforcements, reinforcements are coming! They are the general's troops!"
It was Yang Duanhe's troops who came. Knowing that the war in Ruyin was tense, he personally led 5,000 light cavalry and 5,000 chariot troops to come for reinforcements... The Qin army focused on foot but not on cavalry. It was able to gather enough cavalry for the time being. Not bad.
Originally, Yang Duanhe thought that he would have to fight a battle in Ruyin to get out of the siege, but apparently he was overly worried.
When the Qin army arrived, the Chu army had already withdrawn.
Due to time constraints, the Chu army did not even rush to remove the bodies or bury them... This was partly because the casualties during the infiltration war were too great. More than 20,000 people were killed or injured in one night, and it was too late to bury them.
Another part of the reason is that the Chu army was in a chaotic organization, unfamiliar with each other, had no relatives, and was so numerous that they naturally couldn't take care of it.
Yang Duanhe and the cavalry under his command were stunned by the corpses everywhere.
Yang Duanhe even asked Li Yan next to him:
"Is there anyone else in our army to reinforce Ruyin?"
"Otherwise, how could Shen's army of three thousand inflict such casualties on the Chu army?"