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Zhang Qi became more annoyed as he fought.

To be honest, this Metropolitan Guard Army is far superior to other troops in terms of equipment, quality, and individual combat strength...As said before, the so-called elite soldiers in this era are often rich soldiers.

When other troops eat white rice all day and are malnourished or even worried about starving to death, the guards are well-nourished and well-trained, and the gap can be seen immediately.

If Zhang Qi prepares to attack again step by step, even though he will still be unable to penetrate Ruyin, he can at least cause some pressure and casualties to the Black Armored Army.

The weakness of the Black Armed Forces is the lack of strength, only three thousand people.

In this way, if the Black Armed Forces fight less and less, the number will drop to a certain level, I am afraid it is really possible to attack the Chu Army within ten days.

But in the attack like this, the Chu army was just wasting its troops.

All it can do is consume the arrows and stone bullets of the Black Armored Army.

And the arrows and stone bullets in Ruyin City are piled up like a mountain, and Shen Bing can't wait to let every soldier shoot ten arrows out.

At this time, Xiang Bo's army also launched an offensive.

In fact, Bo Xiang’s army has arrived for more than a day, but Bo Xiang is not as impatient as Zhang Qi. He first fell wood to build trebuchets and siege ladders... Bo Xiang’s offensive direction is to cross Rushui. Can't get up soon.

During this time, Xiang Bo crossed the river to discuss the offensive with Zhang Qi.

After all, the two armies attacked Ruyin from left to right, and coordination and information sharing are still necessary.

As soon as Bo Xiang saw Zhang Qi's offensive, he noticed the problem. He suggested:

"General Zhu Guo, Ru Yin is a strong city on the back of the water. There are countless arrows and equipment in the city."

"If our army attacked like this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to gain an inch."

But Zhang Qi couldn't hear it, he just "hummed" in reply:

"Am I attacking this way to consume the enemy's arrows and equipment?"

"The Qin army has no more than 3,000 people, but our army has tens of thousands, so it is necessary to wipe out all the enemies with ten for one!"

Bo Xiang also persuaded:

"But General Zhu Guo, if you continue like this, I'm afraid that it will change every ten..."

Before Uncle Xiang was finished, Zhang Qi raised his hand to interrupt him:

"This battle is expensive. The general may only be able to block the Qin army for ten days."

"If our army is unable to capture Ruyin within ten days, it will be useless."

"Therefore, your ministry should also attack the city as soon as possible to disperse the enemy forces."

Xiang Bo was speechless for a while.

But the official position of his deputy was far below General Zhu Guo, so he had to respond, and when he returned, he commanded the troops to attack.

Regardless of Xiang Bo's strategic direction, he still has a few tactics, otherwise he would not be able to rescue Liu Bang from Xiang Yu again and again.

Xiang Bo's offensive strategy is to send people to contact the upstream city father, let him organize troops and labor to block the river.

It is not difficult to achieve this. Although Chengfu's area has only two thousand troops, it has a large number of laborers like Ruyin.

Just as the firewood is so high that everyone gathers firewood, the Chu army only needs to drown the crops and introduce the water into the irrigated fields. The amount of water will soon decrease.

But having said that, if Ruyin is lost, even Chu Kingdom is going to die, so he still considers what crops.

The risk is that as soon as Rushui stops flowing, the Qin army may easily cross the river bed to attack the east bank where the Chu army is stationed on the other side, and even Ruyin will not matter at that time.

But at least these days Chu Jun does not need to worry about this issue.

When the water was perfect, Xiang Bojun transported soil under the city to fill the river.

Xiang Bo's method of filling the river is somewhat like the method used by the Shen soldiers when attacking the beams, that is, pushing a horse cart to transport soil, and then dumping carts of soil and gravel into a dry river bed.

All the Black Army can do is use a catapult to fire stone bullets at them.

Although many carriages were smashed by stone bullets and the Chu soldiers suffered heavy casualties, Xiang Bojun succeeded in filling the river bed two days later.

This surprised Shen Bing. Zhang Qijun, who had thought it was a big threat, was not a threat, but Xiang Bojun, who had thought it was not a threat, put a lot of pressure on Ruyin from three sides.

The situation was even more severe when Xiang Bojun arrived with 20,000 infantrymen and Zhang Qi's 10,000 chariots.

There are only more than two thousand black armoured troops in Ruyin city, but there are more than fifty thousand elite Chu troops outside the city.

This was only the Chu army that Shen Bing knew, plus the garrison and labor transferred by Zhang Qi from the Rushui front line, plus the subsequent reinforcements sent by the nobles, there were more than 70,000 people, and Ruyin was surrounded by water.

Moreover, the Chu army's offensive continued day and night.

The Chu army can easily do this because the Chu army has many soldiers.

More than 70,000 people can be divided into three groups of 20,000 to 30,000 each, and then three groups will attack in turn.

This is the wheel tactics, also called the enemy tactics.

Compared to the Chu Army, which can be divided into batches, the Black Armored Army guarding the city is originally insufficient in strength, and of course it cannot be divided into several batches to resist the enemy.

So after a few days, he was tired and almost put the Black Armour down on the ground, even Shen Bing did not close his eyes for several days.

Chen Duan staggered to the front of Shen Bing and said:

"Vice-General, this is the seventh day!"

Shen Bing replied:

"It should be the eighth day."

Chen Duan asked again:

"The general is sure to arrive on the tenth day?"

Shen Bing smiled bitterly and replied:

"Who can be sure?"

"If the general doesn't come on the tenth day, wait and drop it!"

Shen Bing knew that this shouldn't be said at this time, he should say "The general will definitely be there", "You will all be worthy officials by then."

But Shen Bing really didn't want to deceive these brothers who were born and died with him at the last moment of life and death, so he just said it straight.

Chen Duan handed the wine pouch in his hand to Shen Bing and replied easily:

"The lieutenant joked. If I wait for Chu, how can I stay here?"

Shen Bing was taken aback, then nodded slightly.

Chen Duan was right. The Black Armored Army was besieged by dozens of times the strength of the Chu Army. At this time, the casualties were heavy. The original two thousand people had dropped sharply to 1,100, and almost everyone was injured.

According to common sense, the entire army should have collapsed with more than half of the casualties, but the Black Army did not.

Not only did it not, but also became more and more courageous.

Shen Bing only sighed, shook his head and said:

"Fame and fortune are nothing but outside things..."

Chen Duan interrupted Shen Bing:

"The lieutenant thought I was waiting for fame and fortune?"

Shen Bing was speechless.

He doesn't understand, if it's not for fame and fortune and not for the twentieth military meritocracy, why bother?

Chen Duan took the wine from Shen Bing, took a few sips with his neck back, and wiped his mouth. He glanced around at the soldiers who were resting on the wall during the battle and said thoughtfully:

"As the saying goes, a scholar dies for a confidant."

"The lieutenant does not know something. They are like their subordinates. The reason why they can fight until this time without surrendering is because of the joy of following the lieutenant to kill the enemy."

"So we fought like this. I can fight against the elite of the 70,000 Chu army with 3,000 troops. What kind of hero is this, and how good is it?"

"What's the regret of this battle in my life? How can you bring the enemy down?"