Daqin Engineering Corps

Because the Huns are not as persistent as the countries in the Central Plains. The countries in the Central Plains are farming peoples based on land, so there is no need for too many reasons for war. They just want your land... If you give up a little, you will ask for more, and if you give up a little, you will ask for a little more , never have too much.

The primary purpose of the Xiongnu's war should be to plunder rather than land.

Because these lands themselves will migrate with the change of climate.

So the Xiongnu would not attack Yunzhong County, unless...they didn't take Shen Bing's 1 people seriously at all.

Shen Bing thought for a while, then ordered:

"Pass down the order, and each village is ready to respond to the enemy."

Everyone responded and each took orders to prepare.

It was the Daliang Army under Wei Wei who directly responded to the enemy.

The Daliang Army is an infantry army, and the improvement of crossbow arrows during this period is mainly infantry.

The fortress outside Yunzhong City was also completed by the infantry... It would be a waste to send cavalry to defend the city.

As for the five thousand martial arts army led by Wang Ben, they were used by Shen Bing as a mobile force.

The Shenwu Army may not be able to compare with the Xiongnu in riding and archery, but they are superior in having rattan armor... The rattan armor workshop set up by Shen Bing in Daliang has been producing it all the time.

When he was transferred to Beidi and passed Daliang, Shen Bing really wanted to take the rattan armor workshop with him.

But think about it or forget it...

It's useless to move this thing to the Northland. The Northland is a desert and grassland terrain. There are no vines here, so how can we make rattan armor?

What's the use of bringing workshops and workers to the Northland?

So the workshop still stays in Daliang.

In order to obtain a continuous and stable supply... This is almost the lifeblood of the Shenwu Army, because one day the neck is suddenly stuck or the price is raised, then the Shenwu Army will fall into the dilemma of having no armor to use.

Shen Bing handed over the matter to Yun Tian.

On the one hand, Shen Bing believes that Yunpan is on the one hand, and on the other hand, Shen Bing also holds Yunpan's lifeblood...paper.

At present, all the paper industries in the Central Plains are in Yuntian, which has made Yuntian give up other industries and specialize in paper.

Because other industries are a waste of time compared to paper management.

One day, if Yuntian does not supply rattan armor, then Shen Bing will stop supplying paper.

In fact, there is not much need to worry about it, because the method and technology of rattan armor are in Shen Bing's hands, and it is impossible for Yun Tian to form a monopoly on Shen Bing... Taking a step back, even if Yun Tian does not do it, Shen Bing You can also find other people to do it, as long as there are rattan and basket weavers, rattan armor can be made.

By this time, the Shenwu Army already had a manpower, and there were still two thousand spares and replacements in the warehouse.

It's just that the quality of these rattan armors is still not high-quality...the superior rattan armors need to be soaked for a year, which means that they will only appear after at least one year.

In terms of the titles of the Shenwu Army, most of them are hairpins after they have been promoted to three levels in a row after the first battle of Ruyin... There are also low titles added later.

At this time, they have enough armor.

But after some discussion, almost everyone wants to continue to match rattan armor.

Later, even Wang Ben and his personal guards, who were used to wearing Qin armor, were equipped with rattan armor.

Just kidding, who doesn't know how to use good equipment?

Especially after knowing that we are going north to fight against the Huns, who doesn't know how to use this rattan armor, which is light and comprehensive, and can perfectly resist bows and arrows?

Wang Ben even suggested:

"General, why don't we equip the horses with rattan armor for protection?"

Shen Bing let out a "huh" and replied:

"good idea."

As the saying goes, "shoot people first and shoot horses", there is another weakness of the Shenwu army equipped with rattan armor, that is, the horses are injured by the enemy and cause battle damage. The rider will be thrown off the horse.

If rattan armor is used to protect the horse's vital points such as the head, chest and flanks without adding much weight, wouldn't it double the combat power?

Shen Bing stopped hesitating immediately, and immediately "placed an order" with Yuntian.

Because of the ready availability of soaked rattan, a thousand horse harnesses were soon delivered.

Shen Bing first equipped it to the original black armor army led by Jiang.

No one can blame Shen Bing for being biased. The original Heijia Army followed Shen Bing in Ruyin and made great military exploits and was awarded the name of Shenwu Army. If you want this kind of treatment, you must first make military exploits.

Shen Bing's tactics are to use the Liang army to guard the city, and use the Shenwu army to attack on the move.

As a result, a defense system with both offense and defense was formed with Yunzhongcheng as the center and the city wall as the auxiliary.

For example, which city has no arrows or food, or a supply team came from the Central Plains but was intercepted by the Huns...

If there were only infantry, it would be too much, because it was difficult for the supply convoy to be safely transported to the city under the charge of the Huns cavalry, and it was also difficult for the infantry to rush to the destination quickly to protect the supply team.

There is no problem with the Shenwu Army. Shen Bing believes that even if the Shenwu Army is not as good as the Xiongnu in riding and shooting, it is still invincible with rattan armor protection.

Just as Yunzhong City and the villages outside the city were preparing for battle, the Huns' unique long horn horn was blown outside the city.

Then there were soldiers at the top of the city waving flags and shouting:

"Huns, here they come!"

A great war cannot be avoided.

Chapter 3 and Five: Wolves

Before that, Shen Bing had made several times in his mind to draw the appearance of the Xiongnu army.

After all, this is an army that has been competing with the Central Plains for a long time... Looking at the history of China, it is almost the process of the farming peoples and the northern nomads fighting for the world.

In order to deal with the harassment of the nomads, the farming people even built a Great Wall.

Therefore, Shen Bing always thought that the Xiongnu was an army that was even better than the Qin army.

However, when he boarded the top of the city and looked down, what he saw disappointed Shen Bing...

The Xiongnu army under the city wall was scattered and disorganized, and they gathered together in groups of three or four at random. Some were covered with leather armor, some were just animal skin clothes, and the hats on their heads were also strange and varied.

Occasionally, he could see a few people in bronze armor, and Shen Bing guessed that they must be the centurion or thousand commander of the Xiongnu.

Thinking about it later, it is not surprising that the Huns would look like this.

The army of the northern nomads is different from the army of the Central Plains.

The army of the Central Plains pays attention to formation, formation, system and uniformity.

Strictly speaking, the Huns are not even considered an army. They are actually made up of herdsmen to plunder livestock and property.

If evaluated by the standards of the Central Plains, this is a mob, an unrighteous army.

However, it is precisely this group of mobs, this unrighteous army that possesses formidable combat power...

The reason, Shen Bing believes that this is because the Xiongnu's tactics and tactics come from hunting, so they can fight like wild beasts and wolves.

The wolves will not be in the same team, but the long-term hunting makes each wolf know what to do when, and even cooperate with each other to attack the prey.

The Huns are like these wolves, they fight more by intuition, instinct, and sixth sense.

If this kind of combat mode is immature, it will be a mob, but if it is mature... it will display a terrifying combat effectiveness that is even higher than the standard army.

While Shen Bing was meditating, he saw the Xiongnu launching an offensive against the Qin army.

Their goal was the Walled City outside Yunzhong City.

At this time, Shen Bing suddenly realized that the incentive for the Xiongnu to attack the Qin army was probably because of his "enclosure" plan...

If the Qin army stayed in Yunzhong City, the Xiongnu would be unable to attack even if they wanted to.

However, Shen Bing sent his army out of the city to build a stronghold and enclose the land... Field battles outside the city can be said to be dominated by the Huns cavalry. Isn't this a kind of provocation to the Huns?

When the Xiongnu moved, there were more than [-] people. They shouted like wild animals and rode their horses towards the city wall.

To be precise, it is not in the direction of the Walled City, but in a circle along the tangential direction of the Walled City...

According to Wang Bo, this is a common offensive tactic used by the Huns.

The Xiongnu rarely used cavalry to charge directly, let alone attack the city.

In fact, even the cavalry of the Central Plains don't often use cavalry to charge the battle, let alone the Huns who are good at riding and shooting.

In an era without saddles and stirrups, directly using cavalry to attack infantry was almost death-seeking.

The Central Plains cavalry chose to dismount and fight on foot.

The Xiongnu, who are good at riding and archery, let their team circle counterclockwise, like a spinning wheel.

The reason for "counterclockwise" is because the left hand holds the bow and the right hand takes the arrow, and counterclockwise is to put the enemy on the attacking surface.

But leaning towards the enemy's side just entered the range of the bow and arrow, and the Xiongnu soldiers opened their bows and set up arrows to shoot arrows into the enemy's formation continuously.

Sometimes there are rockets and torches, as now.

Needless to say why this is, they hope to ignite the Qin army's unbuilt city.

All of a sudden, thousands of horses were galloping, and smoke was everywhere, and arrows flew to the Qin army's stronghold like locusts, and soon the fence was nailed all over it, looking like a hedgehog.

Seeing this scene, Fusu's face turned pale with fright, and his breathing also became short of breath.

As a scholar, he has never seen such a scene before, this trip is an eye-opener.

Wei Wei was also a little nervous, because this was his first time confronting the Huns, and he was afraid that something would happen if he didn't know the enemy.

After waiting for a while, Wei Wei became impatient and asked Shen Bing for instructions:

"General, please fight..."

Shen Bing replied without thinking:

"Be safe and don't get bored, just wait a little longer."

Wei Xi responded, but didn't dare to say anything more.

He didn't understand what Shen Bing was waiting for. At this moment, two cities had already been set on fire by the Huns, and the situation was very critical...

None of the Qin army's city walls had time to complete, and because the Huns did not expect the attack, the branches and bark cut from the logs were piled up in a mess.

These were used by the Huns. They fired rockets at these places, and occasionally threw a few torches... The Huns are very good at riding. In the village, and the location is very precise.

For a while, there were fires everywhere in the city, and the soldiers and laborers of the Qin army rushed to put out the fire under the rain of arrows.

Fortunately, the river water has been introduced into the city, so it is not difficult to put out the fire, but some soldiers are often shot down by arrows in the process of putting out the fire.

According to Wei Xing's thinking, the troops should be ordered out of the village to meet the enemy at this time... The ballistic of the Qin crossbow is relatively straight, and it is not conducive to shooting unless it is in the arrow tower or the village building.

But Shen Bing didn't give an order, and Wei Wei didn't dare to make a mistake, so he could only continue to wait.

After another cup of tea time, the north side suddenly raised a banner, and then Ren rushed to report:

"General, Jiazhai encountered five thousand enemies, and it seems that the defense is about to be broken!"

Shen Bing nodded and said:

"coming!"

Then ordered:

"Let them in!"

Wei Wei next to him immediately broke out in cold sweat on his forehead when he heard this...

He didn't expect that the Xiongnu had another army, and this army broke through the defense line of the walled city unreasonably and interspersed.

If he ordered to go out of the stronghold to meet the enemy just now, he might be attacked by the Xiongnu on both sides at this time.

You must know that the Qin army outside the city has only more than 1 people, while the Xiongnu has at least [-] people, plus the newly added [-], its total force is at least three times that of the Qin army, and then it is flanked by two sides... Even if the Qin army has the advantage of bed crossbows, I am afraid that they will be killed and defeated.

Thinking to this point, Wei Wei couldn't help but secretly said it was a fluke, luckily Shen Bing stopped it in time just now, otherwise he would not know how to deal with it now.

Then Shen Bing gave Wang Ben another order:

"Get ready for battle, one thousand infantry and two thousand cavalry!"

Wang Ben responded coquettishly, and then went to make arrangements.

The advantage of using Wang Ben is that Shen Bing only needs to give an order, and he knows what to do.

For example, now, as soon as Shen Bing mentioned Wang Ben, he knew that he would arrange for him to attack in three urn cities at the same time... Each urn city can accommodate about 1000 troops.