Daqin Engineering Corps

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The Qin army used the enemy's head to discuss military exploits, and it was impossible to waste precious healing belts or medicines on these wounded soldiers... Therefore, if you want to keep these wounded Huns alive, you must first challenge and overthrow Qin Law.

The Hun captive who was squatting and controlled on the other side didn't feel much when he saw this scene.

This was something they were used to, and they would do the same to wounded prisoners if they won the battle, even in civil wars.

The reason why these captives did not continue to escape was because the open space between the two cities had already been filled with corpses of people and horses, and there were ropes stretching between the cities... Knowing that it is impossible to escape alive.

Wei Wei and his former troops were originally soldiers of the Wei State. Wei State did not border the Huns, so although they heard that the Huns were strong, they had never fought against them.

So he asked Shen Bing with a smile on his face, saying:

"General, how should we deal with these prisoners?"

Shen Bing didn't know how to answer.

Wei Wei’s question is actually superfluous. Even if the Xiongnu captives are sent to do hard labor, not many people are willing to take it... Hun hard labor is extremely difficult to train, and they will riot and rebel if they find a loophole. If they steal a few horses for them, they will be satisfied. The world ran wild and couldn't catch it anymore.

So there is no doubt that the normal procedure is to cut them all.

However, this is more than 1000 people... In one sentence, more than 1000 people will be killed, which is easier said than done.

But as soon as he saw Fusu who was pale with fright beside him, Shen Bing had an idea, he cupped his hands towards Fusu and said:

"Young master, how do we deal with these captives?"

Shen Bing kicked the ball to Fusu. He is the son of Qin, so it is common sense for him to decide, and with Fusu's character, he will definitely not execute the prisoners.

Sure enough, Fusu replied:

"Why don't you send these captives to Handan and hand them over to your majesty."

"This can also show the general's achievements in the first battle. What does the general think?"

Shen Bing breathed a sigh of relief, and replied:

"According to what the young master said, send the captives to Handan."

But of course, before sending the captives, Shen Bing had to send a fast horse to send the battle report.

Shen Bing first praised the Xiongnu fiercely, and then said how the Northern Army bravely defeated the invading Huns.

The last important point is:

"The subordinates are worried that the Xiongnu's invasion is just a test, and there may be a war in the next few months after the food in the Central Plains is cooked."

"But the manpower and resources in the northern land are in short supply, especially the copper and iron ore for making arrows and agricultural tools. I hope that the king will reinforce it."

When Ying Zheng heard that Shen Bing had won another battle not long after he took office, he couldn't help being overjoyed, and immediately waved his big hand and ordered:

"Double the amount of copper and iron ore sent to Yunzhong County."

"As for manpower... another ten thousand labor!"

Zhao Gao persuaded from the side:

"Your Majesty, if you put in [-] labor, I'm afraid that the food and grass that will be sent to Yunzhong County..."

Ying Zheng said "oh", and replied without thinking:

"Double the food and grass!"

Zhao Gao said again:

"My lord, but I don't have enough food and grass, how can I..."

Ying Zheng replied:

"It's okay, you can borrow food from the people first, and repay it double after the harvest."

"Yunzhong County is an important place to enter the customs. If you protect Yunzhong County, you can protect the Central Plains from the Huns."

"The common people are also duty-bound."

Zhao Gao said again:

"However, Your Majesty, according to the report from the governor of Yanmen County, Shen Bing didn't strictly guard the main route of entry, and the Xiongnu can still go south around Yunzhong County."

"Shen Bing acted because he was timid and stagnant..."

Ying Zheng couldn't help laughing when he heard this:

"If you are too timid to fight, how can you kill seven thousand enemies and capture one thousand enemies?"

"Shen Bing's move is really out of desire to capture him!"

A black line appeared on Zhao Gao's forehead.

He soon understood that "victory is the last word", and it would be untenable to restrict Shen Bing or say bad things when he was winning a battle.

So Zhao Gao didn't dare to say anything more, and hurriedly changed his tone to agree.

Whether this is the case or not, only Shen Bing himself knows.

However, if it is said that this is Shen Bing's trick to scare off the Xiongnu, it is correct, because Touman was frightened at the first time, and he sighed when he visited Maodun:

"If the Qin people in Yunzhong County have these methods to deal with my iron cavalry, then how can the Qin people in the Central Plains not have them?"

"In this way, how can we go south to plunder?"

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Of course Touman Shanyu didn't know that there was only one army like Shen Bing in the whole world, especially the three-bow bed crossbow that disrupted the Huns' cavalry and shooting. Never heard of it.

However, the appearance of the three-bow bed crossbow is really convenient for the Qin army, especially against the cavalry army.

For example, in the field against the cavalry, they would shoot a few arrows around at every turn... So the Xiongnu circled around and shot arrows in the middle.

Modu also had the same idea as Touman.

Under such circumstances, it would not be beneficial to enter the Central Plains to plunder... Even if you could rob some property, the loss would not be worth the loss. Of course, the Huns were unwilling to do money-losing business.

Therefore, Shen Bing's battle actually brought about the tranquility of Yunzhong County, and even later when Shen Bing continued to expand the scope of the enclosure and speed up his pace, the Huns could only swallow their anger and dare not act rashly.

Shen Bing turned his attention back to the issue of developing production.

Grain, ore, and labor shipped from the Central Plains also gradually increased.

In fact, Shen Bing knew that what Yunzhong County lacked most was not these things, but the people.

If there are people, there is everything, otherwise everything can only depend on others...

For example, in Yunzhong County at this time, because there are no people, the soldiers can only be provided by the Central Plains, in addition to labor and ore.

This is not to say that Shen Bing wants to rebel, but that Shen Bing knows how history will develop in the future:

After Yingzheng's death, Zhao Gao colluded with Li Si in order to establish Huhai, and secretly passed on the imperial decree to Fusu after death.

Once Fusu died, Meng Tian, who was Fusu's half teacher, would be forced to death sooner or later.

Although Shen Bing seems to have changed the direction of history, but in fact, the change has not changed... He just accelerated the historical process of Qin's unification of the six countries.

If anything, far fewer people died.

For example, Lord Changping and Xiang Yan should be defeated and slay themselves, and there are thousands of soldiers fighting against each other from Qin and Chu.

In particular, the interest relationship between Zhao Gao and Li Si has not changed, which means that they will kill Fusu's motives.

But Shen Bing just replaced Meng Tian as Fusu's "half teacher".

What if history repeats itself?

Zhao Gao is the person next to Yingzheng who wrote the imperial edict and issued the imperial edict.

Li Si is the prime minister who is under one person and above ten thousand people.

They say that Ying Zheng is not dead, so who dares to say that Ying Zheng is dead?

They issued a false imperial decree... In fact, it was the real imperial decree, because the imperial decree was always written by Zhao Gaodai, and it was stamped with the seal of Yingzheng.

The difference between it and the real decree is that it is not what Ying Zheng said.

But if Ying Zheng is dead, can he climb out and question Zhao Gao and Li Si?

As a result, almost the whole world was under the control of Zhao Gao and Li Si.

Of course, this control is temporary, Zhao Gao and Li Si can't use the dead body to spread the decree for a long time, and the officials will become suspicious if they don't see Ying Zheng for a long time.

So Zhao Gao and Li Si had to force Su Li to be the emperor of someone they could control to keep their power. This person was of course Zhao Gao's student Hu Hai.

What should Shen Bing do if he encounters this situation?

Resisting the order and not obeying it?

That is to oppose the world is treason!

Many people in later generations said that Fusu committed suicide because he was pedantic and read the imperial decree of giving death. However, from his standpoint... Fusu didn't know that Yingzheng was dead, and thought that this was what Yingzheng really meant.

So is it still meaningful to go to Xianyang Miansheng?

What kind of determination does Ying Zheng have to make to put his son to death?

How can a few words be able to persuade you to turn back?

Therefore, there are only two paths before Fusu: either to commit suicide according to the order, or to rebel.

Fusu is unwilling to choose the latter, and at the same time has no confidence in the latter, so he can only choose the former.

Shen Bing didn't want this ending to happen, so he had to make more preparations in advance.

How can we get more people?

After thinking for a long time, Shen Bing found Ji and asked:

"Can the masters of two or five hundred understand the language of the Huns?"

Kung clapped his hands and replied:

"We are similar to the language of the Xiongnu. Although we can't say that we understand it well, we are almost the same."

Shen Bing nodded and said:

"So good!"

As he said that, he asked someone to take a Hun prisoner and ordered him to retreat to the left and right, and asked him to tell the prisoner:

"Tell the King of the Huns, under the bed crossbow and cable arrows created by Shen Bing, I will destroy as many as you come!"

Not doubting that there was it, he translated the original words to the captives and put them back to report.

This seemed normal on the surface, that is, Shen Bing demonstrated and warned the Xiongnu, and even Touman Shanyu was only angry when he heard it, and almost chopped off the prisoner who came back to tell the news.

But Modu stopped Touman and asked the captive:

"Again, do you remember?"

The captive repeated it again, and then replied:

"King Zuoxian, my subordinates remember every word."

Mao Dun asked again:

"Are you sure he said the word 'original creation'?"

The captive replied in the affirmative:

"Sure!"

Only then did Touman realize the problem, and asked:

"Does this mean that only Yunzhong County has bed crossbows and cable arrows? Even such a great crossbow?"

Mouton nodded:

"That's what I thought too."