The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 775: Unwilling to Lose [Subscribe*Monthly Ticket Request]

Quyang City is not a big city, just like Guanyi to Xinzheng, it is a satellite city of Shouchun and a checkpoint city to guard the capital.

But even so, Quyang City still has city walls and fortifications.

What's more, after experiencing a cold winter, even if Shouchun was mentally retarded, he knew that he had to build fortifications in Quyang to resist the attack from Bingzhou and the navy.

Faced with Quyang, which had complete fortifications and was guarded by tens of thousands of troops, Li Ren and Wei Ju did not choose to attack directly.

"It's not that we can't get through and break Quyang, but the losses will be somewhat large!" Li Ren said with a frown.

The Bingzhou Blood Cavalry are good at field battles and breaking formations, but they are really not good at attacking cities.

Therefore, Li Ren intended to hand over the task of siege to the navy which already had a full complement of built tower ships.

Wei Ju was also a little hesitant. Although the navy had been established for several years, it had never fought any tough battles. The only battle was against the Shadow Tiger Legion in the wild. It was also not good at siege warfare.

It’s not that they don’t know how to do it, but they have never fought before. If they insist on attacking Quyang, it’s not that they can’t win, but the losses will be heavy.

They have a clear positioning of themselves, that is, they are just a detachment, and the main force still depends on Qin.

So they didn't want to suffer heavy losses in the fight in Quyang City.

Shouchun also knew this clearly, so it only sent the Thunder Leopard Corps and 30,000 troops to garrison, while the main force of the army was led by Xiong Qi to the north to deal with the Qin army.

"The enemy commander was defeated by you, so why don't you go?" Li Ren looked at Wei Ju with a smile.

Wei Ju frowned, the navy was the foundation of his livelihood and he had worked hard to make a name for the navy, he didn't want to fail in Quyang, as that would mean losing the reputation he had worked so hard to build.

"Actually, we don't need to play with them in Quyang!" Wei Ju thought about it. Quyang is on the south side of the Huai River. They can completely bypass Quyang and take a detour from the south side of the Huai River to go straight to Shouchun.

With the navy around, they don't have to worry about being ambushed while crossing the river.

"Go around the Huai River?" Li Ren thought about it and it seemed to be the case. There was no need to get hurt in Quyang.

"Then, how about we move the army forward?" Li Ren's choice of words was very particular, and he would never admit that they were afraid of Qu Yang.

"Well, the turn is good!" Wei Ju also nodded tacitly.

No one wants to suffer heavy losses in Quyang. The worst that can happen is that it will just take more time.

What they lack the least now is time. On the contrary, it is the State of Chu that lacks time the most.

"Send the order, line up the tower ships in a row, cruise with the warships, and build a floating bridge on the Huai River." Wei Ju directly ordered the light boats to be connected in parallel and a floating bridge to be built on the Huai River so that the Blood Cavalry could use the floating bridge to bypass Quyang.

"Can we play it this way?" Li Ren was a little surprised.

He knew about floating bridges, but it was the first time he had seen a navy build a floating bridge across the wide and turbulent Huai River in just one night that allowed cavalry to pass smoothly.

"Keep the chopping board. We'll need it in Shouchun!"

After the Blood Cavalry passed through, Wei Ju ordered the warships to collect the wooden boards used to build the pontoon bridge. When they arrived in Shouchun, they would need to let the Blood Cavalry pass from the other end of the Huai River, so they would need to build another pontoon bridge. There was no need to cut down trees again to build a bridge; they could just reuse the trees.

In Quyang City, Ji Bu looked at the scout's report with an ugly expression. They had thought that Bingzhou and the navy would bypass Quyang, but they did not expect that the navy would build a pontoon bridge so quickly.

In their plan, the Bingzhou Blood Cavalry would not attack Quyang, and the navy would use the tower ship to transport the Blood Cavalry to Shouchun. However, they never thought that the navy could build a floating bridge on the Huai River overnight that could allow the cavalry to pass.

Originally, if the navy used tower ships to transport the cavalry, it would be impossible to send too many cavalry at one time. They could seize this time point while the cavalry and navy were not yet stable, and raid the enemy's temporary base, or raid the rear of the navy and the blood cavalry, forcing the navy and cavalry to return for support, and use the method of besieging Wei to save Zhao to resolve the crisis in Shouchun.

However, they did not expect that the appearance of the floating bridge would directly interrupt all their plans.

The Bingzhou Blood Cavalry always had a complete organization, and they had tower ships and warships patrolling the river. They couldn't destroy the pontoon bridge or launch a sneak attack on the Blood Cavalry.

They could only watch helplessly as the Bingzhou Blood Cavalry and the Navy bypassed Quyang right under their noses.

"Retreat to Shouchun!" Ji Bu had no choice. Bingzhou and the navy refused to fight them, and the defensive fortifications they had repaired for a whole winter became useless.

"What a great Maginot Line!" After learning that Qu Yang had become a decoration, Yan Yan smiled and shook his head.

Li Ren didn't want to get hurt in Quyang, and the navy didn't want to lose the reputation they had worked so hard to win, so they both chose to take a detour, which directly resulted in Quyang's defense becoming a decoration.

How is this different from the Maginot Line?

Moreover, the cavalry of this era was no different from the steel torrent of later generations.

It's really a small Maginot Line.

"Don't run too fast!" Li Ren, who crossed the Huai River, did not order a forced march. Instead, he repeatedly suppressed the speed and helped the navy to clear the hidden stakes and iron chains blocking the Huai River.

"Don't row too fast!" Wei Ju also understood the situation tacitly.

The Quyang City could have caused them to suffer heavy losses, let alone the Shouchun Royal City which the State of Chu had spent several years and huge amounts of money to build?
They didn't even want to fight Quyang, let alone Shouchun.

"So, why are we here?" Li Ren and Wei Ju looked at each other and saw what was in each other's eyes.

"or……"

"I think it's okay!"

Before Wei Ju finished speaking, Li Ren decisively agreed.

Attack Shouchun?
Forget it, the losses are too heavy. Both armies are not good at attacking cities and are really not suitable for this kind of siege battle.

Therefore, Wei Ju and Li Ren discussed and decided to give up Shouchun decisively. Since they had crossed the Huai River anyway, it would be better to cut off the connection between Shouchun and the northern Chu State and cut off the army from the north of Chu State that might come to support.

Without the intelligence from Shouchun, the cities north of the Huai River had never thought that the Blood Cavalry and the Navy would suddenly attack them.

They were all waiting and watching, waiting for the Blood Cavalry and the Navy to clash and bleed under the cities of Quyang and Shouchun, and then depending on the wind direction, decide whether to rush to Shouchun's aid or choose independence.

What they didn't expect was that the Bingzhou Blood Cavalry and the navy suddenly appeared at the foot of the city in large numbers. Before they even had time to react, the navy with large engineering equipment and the Blood Cavalry broke open the city gates and they were directly occupied.

No one expected that the Blood Cavalry and the Navy did not attack Shouchun, but instead came to attack them. You must know that to the north of the Huai River, they have the Tenglong Legion and the 70,000-strong army of Changping Jun Xiong Qi.

Not long after the army left, the Blood Cavalry and the Navy came to attack them. Shouchun did not notify them immediately, and the Thunder Leopard Legion and the 30,000-strong army did not come to support them.

This caught the Bingzhou Blood Cavalry and Navy off guard, and even cut off the connection between the northern army and Shouchun, cutting off the logistical supplies of the Tenglong Legion and the Xiong Qi Army.

(End of this chapter)