In fact, how could Yang Duanhe not know whether there were others to reinforce Ruyin.
He just couldn't believe that this battle would end like this.
But when Yang Duanhe walked into Ruyin City and saw the corpses of black armored soldiers everywhere and the exhaustion on the faces of the survivors, he believed it.
Although the casualties of more than a thousand people were nothing to Yang Duanhe, he had never seen any army so exhausted. Those soldiers, including Shen Bing, had no human form.
Quite a few of them did not cheer when they knew the reinforcements were coming. Instead, they immediately found a dry place to fall down and sleep. Many of them, like Chen Duan, fell down and never stood up again.
Yang Duanhe found Shen Bing immediately.
Shen Bing couldn't wait to see Yang Duanhe asleep in the battlement. Yang Duanhe immediately asked the witch doctor accompanying the army to come over and take a look. After the witch doctor reported that Shen Bing only had a few skin injuries, Yang Duanhe relaxed. tone.
He was worried that Shen Bing would be like many people in the Black Armored Army who relied on their will to fight with injuries. It would not be good to suddenly relax at this time.
Yang Duanhe did not wake up Shen Bing, he just let the Qin army move in and reported the battle situation to Handan with flying pigeons.
After receiving the battle report from Yang Duanhe, Ying Zheng was so excited that the wine in his hand fell to the ground.
No one could know the situation of Ruyin before this, because at that time Ruyin was besieged by the Chu army and the main force of the Qin army was hundreds of miles away.
Even Yang Duanhe, who was commanding the battle on the front line, was not sure whether Ruyin was in the hands of Shen Bing or had been captured by the Chu army, let alone Ying Zheng.
At this time, Ying Zheng knew the detailed battle situation and couldn't help but sigh:
"With three thousand soldiers, we faced the Chu army of more than 70,000 people."
"Not only did you protect your Yin, but you also killed tens of thousands of enemies. Only Shen Bing could do it, and only the Black Armored Army could do it."
"Li Si, what contribution should I take in this battle?"
Li Si cupped his hands and replied:
"Your Majesty, if you kill tens of thousands of enemies with three thousand soldiers, you can be promoted to the first level."
"Keeping Ru Yin intact will render the Chu army's Ru water defense line useless, and thus making Shouchun lose its barrier, which will be of great benefit to the destruction of Chu. It can lead to promotion to two levels of nobility."
"My subordinates thought that the whole army would be promoted to the third rank."
Ying Zheng agreed without thinking:
"Okay, the whole army will be promoted to the third level."
"Another hundred taels of bounty will be announced to the whole army as an example, and they will be named...Shenwu Army!"
Ying Zheng's approach was wise, especially when the Qin army was in urgent need of troops. Giving a heavy reward to an army like the Black Armored Army that had made extraordinary achievements would encourage other armies to follow suit.
In particular, this black armored army was formed by surrendered troops from Wei State.
So this is actually a public announcement to the world: No matter which country's army it is, whether it is Qin or Wei, or even Chu, Yan, Qi, as long as it performs meritorious service after surrendering to Qin, it will still be rewarded and be reused.
So... this is not only a matter of rewarding and motivating the Qin army, but also a matter of luring soldiers from other countries to surrender.
On the other side, the King of Chu was carrying the cud but was looking sad in Shouchun.
After Xiang Yan escaped from Ru River, he immediately went to Shouchun to plead guilty.
Xiang Yan took his commander's seal with him. When he arrived at the palace, he knelt down in front of King Chu of Chu and sent his commander's seal and helmet up on a tray:
"The general's incompetence resulted in the entire Ru River being lost and the enemy troops approaching the city."
"The last general has the unshirkable responsibility. Please, Your Majesty, punish the last general for his incompetent command!"
Although King Fu Chu of Chu was dissatisfied with Xiang Yan's successive defeats, he knew that this was not because Xiang Yan was incompetent but because the Qin army was too strong.
Perhaps Shen Bing's trick was too unexpected.
The Rushui defense line was originally well defended, but who would have thought that Shen Bing could actually fake defeat to lure the Chu army to attack, and then use surprise troops to surprise Ruyin and defend it for more than ten days... The result is today's dilemma.
If I had known this, I would have left a large area of land in Huaibei unoccupied and only guarded Ruyin.
But there is no regret medicine in this world, and it is useless to think about it now that things have come to this.
Xiang Yan's defeat was not due to the fault of his troops, but because of his inferiority in planning.
What's more, if Xiang Yan is removed, who can be replaced?
Zhao family?
Qu's?
Or is it Zhang Qi who just came back?
Zhao, Qu and other nobles naturally couldn't believe it. If the military power was handed over to them, they would probably rebel immediately, and it would not even be possible to ask for peace with his dead head.
Although Zhang Qi was trustworthy, he... took 30,000 elite soldiers out and assembled 70,000 troops. However, Ruyin, which was garrisoned by 3,000 men, could not even attack. How could he still fight against the 200,000 Qin troops?
So after much deliberation, Xiang Yan was the only one available.
So the King of Chu stepped forward to help Xiang Yan up and said:
"The general's words are serious. Victory and defeat are common matters for military officers."
"Now we just lost Ru Shui. We still have the strength to fight again."
But Xiang Yan could not afford to pay homage.
The king of Chu couldn't help but wonder when he was carrying the cud:
"General why..."
Xiang Yan replied:
"Your Majesty, I will ask you to move the capital to Dongting."
"As soon as your Yin is lost, Shouchun will lose its barrier, and the Qin army can march straight into the city."
"In my opinion, the Qin army is unmatched in field battles, and our army has no danger of defending from the west of Shouchun."
"So..."
Before Xiang Yan could finish speaking, Zhaoxie interrupted Xiang Yan:
"If Ru River can be defended, why can't Shouchun be defended?"
"Does the General not know that Shouchun is in danger of the Huaihe River?"
This seems reasonable.
The Ru River defense line relies on the Ru River, while Shouchun relies on the Huai River.
Compared with Ru River, Huaihe River is wider and faster than Ru River.
Therefore, if the Qin army cannot defeat Ru River, then Shouchun should be even more difficult to defeat.
Xiang Yan shook her head and replied:
"This is a big fallacy."
"The Ru River can be defended because the upper reaches of the Ru River are the city's father. The Qin army cannot occupy the upper reaches of the Ru River and intercept it."
"The upper reaches of the Huaihe River are to the south of Ruyin. Once Ruyin is lost, the Qin army can take Ruyin as its base and capture the upper reaches of the Huaihe River."
"By then Shouchun will be another Daliang City."
Zhaoxie was speechless.
Xiang Yan is right, the most important thing about using the river as a natural barrier to stop the enemy is actually who controls the upper reaches.
If the upper reaches are in the hands of the enemy, there is no "natural danger" at all.
Not only is there no natural danger, the river is also a disaster. For example, the Qin army flooded Daliang City, or it blocked the river upstream like Xiang Bo's army attacked Ruyin.
Xiang Yan then added:
"Your Majesty, staying in Shouchun is a dead end."
"For the current plan, the only long-term solution is to move the capital to Dongting, and then use Dongting and Yunze as two major barriers to deal with the Qin army with the navy."
When King Chu was hesitating, Lord Changping stood up and asked:
"General, use the navy to deal with the Qin army?"
"But the water battle in Qiancheng..."
Fu Chu couldn't help being surprised when he heard this, and asked:
"This makes sense. The Qin army has chariots and black armored troops. In a battle with the city, our water army is outnumbered by ten. How can we deal with it with our water army?"
Xiang Yan replied:
"Your Majesty, the Black Armored Army suffered heavy losses in the battle in Ruyin."
"And our navy warships also have shooting poles, plus our Jiangdong navy is familiar with the terrain and hydrology..."