Daqin Engineering Corps

On the one hand, this is because the three-bow bed crossbow does not require professionally trained soldiers to operate it...Soldiers are trained in combat, horseback riding, etc., but to operate the bed crossbow actually only needs to have the strength to turn the winch.

It is obviously a waste of troops to let soldiers who can fight or even ride horses operate.

On the other hand, it is because each bed crossbow requires 20 people to operate.

Among them, ten people directly operate the bed crossbow: eight are responsible for turning the winch, two are responsible for installing the crossbow arrows, and the other ten are responsible for logistics and backup...Logistics refers to pushing the cart full of iron arrows, and the backup is to make up for it in time in case of casualties .

If 20 people control it, if it occupies the original organization and equips one for every hundred people, it will disrupt the original organization and tactics, and it may cause a series of chaos.

For example, in the original establishment, the head of the village commanded 50 people, and the hundred generals commanded 100 people.

Occupying the establishment will make the original 100 troops become 80 people, and the general is used to estimate the combat power of the original 100 people when commanding operations.

The advantage of the additional organization is that the original mechanism and combat power remain unchanged, so the tactics and habits do not need to be changed. The three-bow bed crossbow is just extra combat power.

The manpower problem is not difficult to solve.

Shen Bing's team of more than 2000 people only needs to be equipped with a hundred bed crossbows, which means an additional [-] people.

Some of these 2000 people are craftsmen... Each bed crossbow must have at least one craftsman, and this craftsman is responsible for the use, command, and maintenance of the bed crossbow when necessary.

Most of the crossbowmen were laborers transferred from the Central Plains.

The most indispensable thing for the Qin army was labor. Zhao, Wei, and Chu were destroyed, and even Yan was beaten to the north of Jicheng.

The Qin army was worried about using these soldiers directly, and more often they were converted into labor.

Shen Bing went to Yunzhong County to open up a new city to resist the Xiongnu. It was inevitable to build fortifications and fortifications, and it was not excessive to ask for thousands of labor.

However, I don't know whether it was Li Si and Zhao Gao who sent it on purpose or sent it nearby, the [-] labors that Shen Bing received all came from Zhao State.

As we all know, the state of Zhao has a deep resentment towards the state of Qin, because its labor is extremely difficult to control, either sneaking away or secretly destroying tools or even rebelling... Especially at this time, strictly speaking, the state of Zhao has not yet perished, and the generation established by Zhao Wangjia The country is still there, so the Zhao people who rebelled were especially fierce.

If these labors are only used for farming, building villages, and building roads, then there is nothing wrong with them. If the supervision is stricter, the loss of tools for destruction will not be large.

But if they are incorporated into the army to control the bed crossbow, it will be different. If one is not good, if they rebel during the battle, there will be a big problem.

Shen Bing's solution to this problem is to let Wang Bai and Lei Hui do their ideological work.

Before that, Shen Bing brainwashed Wang Bai and Lei Hui:

"If we were to fight in various countries in the Central Plains, Shen Bing would definitely not send laborers into battle to kill the enemy."

"But this trip to Yunzhong County is to fight against the Xiongnu."

"Everyone knows the evil of the Xiongnu. If we lose Yunzhong County, the Xiongnu will go south and enter Yanmen and even Taiyuan. Those who plunder are also the original Zhao people."

"Therefore, I would like to ask you two to communicate more with the slaves."

"At the moment of righteousness, we must put down our hatred and defend against foreign enemies."

"Shen Bing must believe, use and treat Qin people!"

There is nothing wrong with what you say, but it is actually a trick commonly used by modern countries: using external conflicts to divert internal conflicts.

This trick works very well.

In particular, the people of Zhao suffered unspeakably from the Huns for hundreds of years, and Wang Bai and Lei Hui were also one of them.

Although the Qin army is hateful to the Zhao people, they are still of the same family and roots after all, while the Xiongnu are barbarians and beasts... In any case, they should not help the Xiongnu enter the customs and kill the people of the Central Plains because of their resentment towards the Qin army.

What's more, Shen Bing also promised to treat the former Zhao State labor labor with the treatment of the Qin people, so there is nothing to say.

So Wang Bai and Lei Hui didn't hesitate at all, and immediately agreed:

"Don't worry, general, we will be bound to labor and obey the general's orders!"

The two of them lived up to their mission and suffered a lot in front of the slaves, and temporarily let go of their hatred for the slaves.

Of course, this is only "temporarily".

As the saying goes, "Frozen three feet is not a day's cold." Zhao Qin's hatred has been accumulated over decades and generations until now, and it is not just letting go.

The people of Qin were also especially wary of the people of Zhao. Compared with the labor labor of Wei, Yan, Han, Chu and other countries, the people of Qin were particularly harsh on the people of Zhao.

So a vicious circle is formed.

But the most taboo thing about hating this thing is that you can't let it go at first.

If there is a beginning and a group effect is formed, for example, the bed crossbow soldiers formed by the Zhao people obey orders and win the approval of the Qin people for their bravery and skill, so they change their attitude towards them...then enter a virtuous circle.

After a long time, the hatred in the past is naturally forgotten, and sometimes when I look back, I feel that it is not a big deal.

Even they will subjectively find an excuse for Qin Jun:

How can there be undead on the battlefield?Qin Jun killed my family and others, why didn't Zhao Jun kill Qin Jun's family?

Changping killed hundreds of thousands of Zhao Jun?

If the Zhao people captured hundreds of thousands of Qin troops...then they would be killed in the same situation or in the same way!

So the hatred slowly dissipated.

Fusu admired Shen Bing's actions again.

Because if Fusu is asked to do this, he will undoubtedly treat him with "benevolence", and then after a long period of probation, what will happen in the end...

Doing so may be successful, but it will take a long time and come at a considerable cost.

But Shen Bing just took advantage of the conflicts among the foreign races and added some kindness and power, and he did it easily in a short period of time.

The so-called grace is to treat him as a Qin person.

The so-called prestige is also restrained by Qin law.

This is the way of Confucianism, but it is also true in detail. For example, no one in Qin State at this time dared to treat Zhao people like Qin people, especially even recruiting them into the army.

But at the same time, legalism is also useful, such as using laws to restrict.

For a while, Fusu was a little confused. Is it Legalism or Confucianism?

Or is it Shen Bing's own creation of picking up the strengths of each family?

But what is certain is that Shen Bing's method is indeed useful.

Because the newly formed bed crossbowmen even worked harder than the Qin army.

Subsequent actual combat also proved once again that Zhao Ren was indeed superior in military quality.

Chapter 3 Head Man Chanyu

After everything was ready, Shen Bing sent his troops out of the city.

At this time, it seems that the military strength is a bit stretched:

A total of 1000 troops, [-] were used to dig Nirvana stones in Hequ Village, [-] cavalry were used to garrison Yunzhong City, and five troops were sent to station in the walled area with more than [-] people each. The remaining [-] people took advantage of the maneuver.

If there is any other army, it is Shen Bing's 1000-strong personal guard.

Shen Bing estimated that the Xiongnu would not do anything to Yunzhong City, because Shen Bing's enclosure plan was more cautious, that is, starting from Yunzhong County and going west along the Yellow River for five miles...set up a village every other mile, and surrounded the city. The land is only more than 5000 mu. (Note: One square meter in Qin Dynasty = 375 mu)

Shen Bing did not enclose the land vertically.

Because if the enclosure goes south and north, it will not be convenient for irrigation on the one hand, and on the other hand, there will be insufficient troops.

More importantly, this directly blocked the Huns' access to the Central Plains, which forced the Huns to clear these fortified cities that were stuck on the traffic arteries.

In other words, by doing this, Shen Bing actually partially opened the way for the Xiongnu to Yanmen County, and the Xiongnu could still go south to plunder.

It's just that Yunzhong County will become a thorn in the back of the Xiongnu at that time, which may cut off their back at any time.

In this case, Shen Bing believed that the Xiongnu was at most leaving some troops to restrain or prevent Yunzhong County from doing so.

However, what Shen Bing didn't expect was that the Xiongnu was beyond his expectation this time.

At this time, it was Touman Chanyu who led the Huns.

Touman is actually not a name. It means "ten thousand" in Mongolian and Turkic, that is, "Tong Wan", "a general who leads an army of ten thousand".

It should be more of a military rank, but the Xiongnu mostly scattered in small tribes at the beginning, and a general who can lead an army of [-] is already very impressive, so he took this name, and then became stronger and stronger, and finally became the first generation of the Huns. At.

At this time, Touman Shanyu was very excited about recapturing the Hetao area.

Don't look at the strong soldiers and horses of the Huns and their plunder everywhere, in fact, every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite, and Touman Chanyu is no exception.

The Huns are located in the northern grasslands, "when it is time, the Donghu is strong and the Yue clan is prosperous."

The Donghu in the east once defeated the Xiongnu, known as "20 people who control strings", which put a strong pressure on the Xiongnu.

In the west, the Yuezhi blocked its westward advance by terrain, and in the south were the powerful countries of the Central Plains, especially when Li Mu was in charge of the northern lands, the Xiongnu could not advance an inch...

The way of life of the Xiongnu is very simple, one is to live by water and grass, and the other is to plunder everywhere.

If the weather is good and everyone has enough food and clothing, the Huns are unwilling to choose the latter.

The problem is that there are often cold currents in the north that damage production. For example, this year, the cold and persistent weather froze countless cattle and sheep to death.

Seeing that the herdsmen were so hungry that they wanted to feed their hunger with war horses, Touman Shanyu habitually looked elsewhere.

Touman Chanyu first looked to the west.

Although the Yue clan in the Western Regions is strong, they are not yet at the level of the Eastern Hu and the Central Plains, especially after Touman suffered a big loss under Li Mu's hands for several years, he dared not go one step further.

However, at this time, there was a Malay newspaper:

"Chan Yu, I heard that Li Mu is dead."

Touman Shanyu was taken aback for a moment, then asked in surprise:

"Li Mu is dead? Is it true? How did he die?"

In ancient times, the flow of information was slow, especially between the Central Plains and the Xiongnu... On the one hand, this was because the Central Plains and the Xiongnu had little communication, and on the other hand, the Xiongnu was located in the north, and they usually hid in tents during the cold winter.

So when Tou Manchan heard the news, it was several months after Li Mu's death.

Tanma replied:

"It is said that he died on the battlefield and was killed by the Qin people!"

This is of course not true, Li Mu died at the hands of King Zhao.

But in the Xiongnu, it was hard for them to imagine that a hero like Li Mu would be killed by their king.

So when it was passed on by word of mouth, it was taken for granted and changed it to a more believable word of being killed by the enemy on the battlefield.

But Touman Shanyu replied without thinking:

"It's impossible, is there anyone in the Central Plains who can kill Li Mu on the battlefield?"

So for quite a long time, Tou Manchanyu didn't take this information seriously, only thought it was a rumor, and kept dispatching troops and condemning generals to plan westward.

Until there were more and more rumors on the border, saying that Li Mu was dead and the Northland was deserted, so Touman Shanyu sent several teams to the Northland to investigate.

It was only after this investigation that the "rumor" was found to be true, and the Northland, which was originally a strong military force, had turned into an empty city.

So Touman Shanyu hastily transferred his troops from the west to the south.

This is also one of the reasons why the Xiongnu offensive was delayed.

On the other hand, Touman Shanyu still has doubts about Li Mu's death.

In fact, it wasn't entirely because he had doubts about Li Mu, but because he was unfamiliar with Qin Jun, so he acted cautiously.

Touman Shanyu's thoughts are as follows:

Li Mu was able to defeat the Xiongnu, but the Qin army defeated Li Mu and even destroyed Zhao. Does that mean that the Qin army currently occupying the North is stronger than Li Mu?

If the Qin army was stronger than Li Mu, how could the Huns defeat Qin?

So the Xiongnu entered Hetao at the beginning only tentatively, and even restrained themselves, for fear of offending Qin and making themselves look good.

It wasn't until Shen Bing shrank the line of defense and concentrated all the people in Yunzhong County that Touman Shanyu dared to enter Hetao with peace of mind.

In a way, Shen Bing's shrinking of the defense line encouraged the Huns.

Because Touman Shanyu then thought:

Why did Qin Jun give up Hetao and why did he shrink the line of defense?

The reason may be lack of troops.

As a result, after inquiring, it turned out that there were no more than [-] Qin troops stationed in Yunzhong County.

At this point, Man Chanyu boldly mobilized his troops and prepared to go south to plunder.