"Floating bridge?" Changping Jun asked in confusion: "Why is there a problem with the floating bridge?"
Xiang Yan pointed to the upper reaches of the Huaihe River and explained:
"The Qin army only occupied Nanzhao and thought they controlled the upper reaches of the Huaihe River."
"But the Huaihe River has many tributaries and most of these tributaries are in the hands of our army."
"If our army can intercept these tributaries..."
Mr. Changping sounded a little confused and asked:
"What does this have to do with the floating bridge?"
Xiang Yan continued:
"The pontoon bridge is made of wooden rafts floating in the water, and then connected with ropes to the wooden piles on both sides for stability."
"If the water volume of the Huaihe River does not change, the pontoon bridge can be used."
"But if the water volume suddenly becomes smaller..."
So Changping Jun understood:
"If the amount of water suddenly decreases, the rope will break and the pontoon will cease to exist?"
Xiang Yan nodded and said:
"Exactly."
"In this way, at least for a period of time, the Qin army in Huaibei and Huainan will not be able to support each other."
"And Huaibei only has 20,000 "Daliang Army" led by Shen Bing."
Changping Jun suddenly realized:
"The general wants to attack Shen Bing's 'Daliang Army'?"
Xiang Yan nodded:
"I will contact the king and ask him to make preparations."
"At that time, the inside and outside should work together to catch the Liang army off guard... Not only can we avenge an arrow, but we can also save the king."
Lord Changping was silent for a moment and then said:
"It's just that...this 'Daliang Army' seems to be difficult to deal with even if it is equipped with wolves. Our army has suffered several losses."
The Daliang Army's wolf trap was no longer a secret to the Chu Army at this time.
When Xiang Liang suffered the first loss, it was still fresh. Later, the Chu army faced off against the Daliang army several times, and they realized the power of this wolf battle again and again.
However, Lord Changping was not worried about Lang Zhen, he was worried that Xiang Yan could rescue King Chu.
Because it is indeed possible.
The first is the issue of contact.
Xiang Yan knew early on that Shouchun would be surrounded by the Qin army, so he brought many carrier pigeons with him when he left Shouchun.
Even though the Qin army had completely surrounded Shouchun at this time, things like homing pigeons could still fly into the city from the air easily...
The scenario of shooting down a homing pigeon with an arrow can only appear in movies and TV.
In fact, the flying height of homing pigeons is often outside the range of crossbows, and we don’t know when homing pigeons will come and go. It is impossible to keep the crossbowmen waiting at all hours of the day. Especially if you fly into the city at night, it will be even more difficult to see. .
The second is that if Xiang Yan's strategy is adopted, Shouchun's 80,000 men and Xiang Yan's 100,000 men attack Shen Bing's 20,000 Liang army... This disparity in strength is such that even Shen Bing will be unable to recover.
As for the wolf, Xiang Yan has his own way of dealing with it:
"There's no need to worry about the wolf's trap. I've already had someone make the Qin people's trebuchet."
Lord Changping asked:
“Conquer the wolf with a trebuchet?”
Xiang Yan nodded, then used a few bamboo chips to set up a formation on the case, and said:
"I think the reason why the wolf is so difficult to defeat is not because of the wolf itself but because of the trebuchet."
"The Qin people's trebuchets are both far and accurate, so none of our trebuchets can get close to the enemy."
"In this case, we can only attack Langzhen with infantry."
"The wolf trap can make soldiers get lost and is mixed with gun formations, so our army is completely passive."
This analysis can be said to be profound.
This is indeed the role of the wolf trap. It has a miraculous effect on the ancient infantry's mass sea charge tactics. If the infantry charges forcefully, the forceful attack will almost mean lining up to hit the muzzle of the gun.
Xiang Yan continued:
"But if we also have trebuchets like the Qin army, the situation will be completely different."
As he said this, Xiang Yan placed a bamboo stick as a trebuchet.
"The Qin army has trebuchets, and our army also has trebuchets. If the trebuchets of the two armies have similar ranges and the Qin army's trebuchets are behind Langzhen..."
"Then when our trebuchets defeat the wolf trap, the Qin army's trebuchets will not be able to reach our trebuchets."
Changping Jun couldn't help but admired when he heard this:
"The general's words make sense."
"In this case, Langzhen is indeed nothing to worry about."
"Once the wolf trap is broken, the Liang Army will have no luck."
This is easy to understand.
The Liang Army mainly relied on langzhen for defense. They didn't even have armor... in fact, only some of them had armor.
Some of these armors were captured by the Black Armor Army before, and some were captured during this period.
Although the Qin Law stipulates that materials captured on the battlefield should be handed over and distributed uniformly, in fact this law is not so rigid and rigid in its implementation.
Because special situations often occur on the battlefield.
For example, when Shen Bing and his party captured Ruyin, they seized a large amount of materials in the warehouse. Can they not be used and need to be handed over for unified distribution?
For another example, if a soldier's sword is broken and missing after a battle on the battlefield, can't he get a new one from the trophies?
This is obviously unreasonable and will even affect the combat effectiveness of the army.
Especially after a victorious battle, there are large quantities of equipment on the enemy's corpses that can be reused. It would be a fool not to use them.
This is the case for the Daliang Army, so after a battle, although the number of troops was reduced by 20,000, the armor and equipment became more and more complete.
It's just that no one is willing to replace the vine shield... The key point is that it is light and has pretty good protection. It is almost an artifact for infantry.
But even so, if the Daliang Army loses Langzhen's advantage, it will still be difficult to resist Xiang Yan's attack, especially since Xiang Yan still has an absolute military advantage.
But at this time, Chang Pingjun was conflicted in his heart.
He hoped that the Chu army could win this battle, and preferably get rid of Shen Bing.
Because at this time Shen Bing had become a stumbling block for him to become the King of Chu.
But he did not hope that the Chu army could win this battle.
Because if the Chu army wins this battle, it means that Xiang Yan can rescue the King of Chu.
If the King of Chu was rescued carrying the cud...in what year and month would he be able to become the King of Chu?
Lord Changping was silent for a while and then asked:
"But I wonder if the king is willing to leave the city?"
"If your Majesty still can't hold on, won't this battle be in vain?"
Xiang Yan hesitated for a moment and then said:
"This time, that time."
"I think the king at this time has understood the situation between us and the enemy."
"As long as we repay your Majesty and the various clans are unwilling to send troops... Your Majesty will also know that holding on to Shouchun will only lead to death."
Xiang Yan is right.
The reason why the King of Chu was reluctant to leave the city before carrying out his duties was because he had a glimmer of hope in attacking the Qin army's supply line.
Now this is hopeless, so why stay in Shouchun and wait?
In addition, being surrounded by the Qin army was so frightening that they were helpless. How could they object if they had the chance to escape?
Although Lord Changping didn't dare to show it on his face, he secretly said something bad.
But after thinking about it...it might not be a good thing if Shen Bing can be eliminated in this battle.
Because as long as Shen Bing is around, Chu will have no hope.
But what if Shen Bing is not here?
Compared with the King of Chu carrying the cud, Lord Changping was more afraid of Shen Bing.