Sure enough, Lord Changping took his personal guards to the various tribes' fiefdoms that night to persuade them.
What Lord Changping said sounded nice, but on the surface he meant "to persuade all tribes to send troops."
In fact, Lord Changping had already known the situation of Chu State clearly, and he even knew that under such circumstances, the nobles would not be willing to send troops to fight.
Perhaps on the surface, we should respond first, but when the Qin army surrounds Shouchun...
Where is the order from the King of Chu to carry the cud?
Xiang Yan, as a defeated general, how can you command others?
Especially Zhao, Qu and Jing are everywhere in high positions. When will it be Xiang Yan's turn to speak?
Therefore, Lord Changping went on this trip to persuade various tribes not just to get them to send troops.
In fact, even though the tribes were really willing to send troops, Lord Changping was not willing to do so.
On the one hand, Lord Changping did this to show off in front of Xiang Yan, showing that he was dedicated to the country and the people.
On the other hand, it is to show his talent in front of the nobles, or to become familiar with him and establish friendship. Then he will be able to talk to him when he becomes the King of Chu.
But no matter what Changping Jun did, there were always two forces competing in his heart: surrender to Qin or fight against Qin?
If Mr. Changping didn’t need to consider this issue before.
But now, as the situation becomes more and more favorable to Mr. Changping, how to choose becomes the focus again.
Lord Changping would sigh to himself when no one was around:
"This Shen Bing is truly a peerless genius."
"Not only was he eclectic in the use of troops, he was also superb."
"His foresight is even more impressive. He was able to predict early on that he would rebel and become the king of Chu after returning to Chu."
"This is something that even he, the young master of the Chu Kingdom, has never thought of, but Shen Bing can think of it!"
"But, what if I become the King of Chu?"
"Can it withstand the Qin army's fierce attack?"
Time and time again, Lord Changping tried to convince himself that under his call, the army and people of Chu State would unite to stop the Qin army and defend Chu State.
But this dream was shattered by reality time and time again.
This is the conclusion that Lord Changping came to after traveling among the nobles to persuade him.
From a certain point of view, Lord Changping also hoped that he could persuade these nobles.
Because being able to persuade people to move at this time means that they can also be persuaded to move in the future, which means that Chu State can still be saved.
However……
Thinking about it, Mr. Changping could only sigh heavily and said to himself:
"As long as Shen Bing is in Qin, there is no possibility of success."
Shen Bing has been resting in Ruyin for three days.
The past three days have been three days of drowsiness. I woke up to eat something and then fell asleep in a daze.
It was only on the third night that I finally woke up. When I woke up, my whole body was still sore, and my left shoulder and right arm were still bandaged with healing bands... You could tell by touching them that they were made from gray hair and were more delicate.
Seeing Shen Bing wake up, Ren quickly called for food, but it was a bowl of fragrant noodles.
Shen Bing poured it down into his stomach with a clatter, and suddenly felt a little stronger.
After wiping his mouth, Shen Bing looked around and asked:
"I'm still waiting in Ruyin?"
Ren answered:
"It's Ruyin."
Then Ren couldn't wait to tell Shen Bing a series of good news:
"Vice general, Your Majesty will promote the entire Black Armored Army to the third level, and give them the name of 'Shenwu Army', as well as a reward of one hundred taels."
Shen Bing said "Oh".
Saying that he is... Shen Bing couldn't help but feel ashamed. He had been here in this time and space for so long, but he still didn't remember Qin Shi's twentieth title, so he didn't know what title he had even after being promoted to the third level.
Or Ren reminded:
"The deputy general has become the fifth doctor, and he is respected as a doctor."
Starting from the fifth-level noble doctor, all the officials and officials after that, from the male doctor to the fifth-level doctor are all senior officials.
The fifth official is the respected official, and those after that are the concubine and chief.
Meng Wu has been fighting for so many years and is still at this age. He is just the chief of Zuo Shu, which is one level higher than Shen Bing... In other words, Shen Bing is now a high-ranking official and even a high-ranking official. The title here is considered high.
Then Ren brought a tray and said:
"This is the deputy general's five great examinations, sent by the censor himself."
Shen Bing hummed again, rubbed the sore arrow wound, and asked:
"How's the battle going?"
Ren answered:
"Our army has moved south to capture Nanzhao, and then attacked east to Shouchun, which is only fifty miles away."
Shen Bing casually opened the map, looked at it, and nodded secretly.
Yang Duanhe is worthy of being a veteran who has followed Wang Jian for many years. He knew that in order to attack Shouchun, he must first occupy the cities in the upper reaches of the Huaihe River.
Nanzhao is located on the upper reaches of the Huaihe River. When Shouchun is flooded or the river is blocked to attack the city, Nanzhao can be used as a stronghold.
Shen Bing thought for a while and asked again:
"Is this King of Chu...still in Shouchun?"
Ren cupped his hands and replied:
"I don't know."
"But it is rumored that Lord Changping is traveling around to lobby."
The Qin army has set up spies all over the Chu State. Of course, the traitor Changping Lord cannot escape the surveillance of these spies wherever he goes.
When Ren said this, Shen Bing knew what was going on.
Lord Changping was lobbying outside, and his intention must have been to hope that all ethnic groups in Chu State would unite to resist Qin.
This shows that the King of Chu did not leave Shouchun, otherwise Lord Changping would not have had to lobby.
Shen Bing thought to himself: That's the end of it for the King of Chu to carry the cud.
Sure enough, two days later Yang Duanhe successfully surrounded Shouchun with an army of 100,000.
Yang Duanhe doesn't even need to dam the river or flood it.
When everyone thought that Yang Duanhe would go all the way east to Shouchun, Yang Duanhe suddenly rushed to the Huaihe River overnight and crossed the Huaihe River at night.
The location where Yang Duanhe crossed should be the fiefdom of the Jing family, and was originally supposed to be defended by the Chu army.
However, all the tribesmen in Chu State felt threatened and withdrew their troops without fighting. In fact, Yang Duanhe crossed the Huaihe River without losing a single soldier. It is said that only two horses fell into the river and were washed away by the water.
I don’t know if the Chu army didn’t notice or if they wanted to let the Qin army cross the river.
Shen Bing thought it was because he didn't stop him after he discovered it.
At this time, the war situation was tense, so the Jing family would of course send spies along the river to observe.
But even after discovering that the Qin army was about to cross the river, Jing also knew that the Qin army was attacking Shouchun.
If troops were sent to stop it at this time... wouldn't it mean that all the Jing family's troops would be used to fight the Qin army to the death?
How could Mr. Jing do such a stupid thing?
So when they discovered it, they pretended not to know about it and allowed Yang Duan and his party to cross the Huaihe River.
Once the Qin army crosses the Huaihe River, it will be easy to surround Shouchun.
Shouchun is similar to Ruyin. It is also built on a bend in the river, so that it is surrounded by the Huaihe River on three sides and only one side is connected to the mainland... Chu State, which has a developed water system, likes to build cities in this way.
There are many benefits to building a city in this way, such as it is good for shipping and defense, and at the same time it will not become a "dead city" like Chen City.
However, once the enemy crosses the river elsewhere, his advantage is lost.
At this time, Yang Duanhe did just that. He crossed the river upstream and then led his troops to suddenly appear on the land side to block it. Shouchun was immediately unable to retreat, like a turtle in a urn.