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So in the end, Shen Bing gave up this idea.

In a battle, it’s okay if one point requires luck, but if two or three points require luck, then it’s a joke with the lives of your subordinates.

At this time, Shen Bing certainly doesn't need to try his luck anymore. With the "thunderbolt fireball" and the chariot, Shen Bing is sure to win Jiuyuan quickly.

But Shen Bing still didn't do that.

Wang Ben expressed doubts about this:

"General, our purpose is to take down Jiuyuan."

"With the 'thunderbolt fireball', I will be sure to win Jiuyuan after waiting for three thousand riders."

"Why not win in one battle?"

Wang Ben's suggestion is indeed correct.

In the past, if you had to raid Jiuyuan with [-] cavalry, that is, the entire Shenwu Army, it would be possible to win Jiuyuan with a "quick battle". After equipping the "Thunderbolt Fireball", you only need [-] to do it with confidence.

You must know that the Huns guarding Jiuyuan were cavalry troops, and they didn't even repair the city gates.

One can imagine how the Xiongnu would respond to the enemy, they would go out of the city to fight the Qin cavalry...so they didn't need the city gate, and even felt that the city gate was redundant and a burden.

Needless to say what the result of this will be, the Shenwu Army threw the "thunderbolt fireball" over, and the first wave could defeat the Huns and easily take Jiuyuan.

As for the supply line, it will be protected by another [-] cavalry troops from the Shenwu Army.

After being equipped with the "Thunderbolt Fireball", the combat power of the Shenwu Army has greatly increased. Even if it is divided into three teams of 1000 people, each team has the strength to stand alone.

At the same time, the Daliang Army marched towards Jiuyuan City. Once the Daliang Army arrives at Jiuyuan City, the battle will be over... The Daliang Army can replace the Shenwu Army to guard Jiuyuan, so all [-] Shenwu troops can be used to protect supply lines.

This may have been difficult before, but after equipping "Thunderbolt Fireball", it is almost no pressure.

But Shen Bing did not choose this option.

He shook his head and said:

"Our army's goal is not just Jiuyuan!"

Wang Ben wondered:

"If it's not for Jiuyuan, what purpose can it have?"

Shen Bing picked up a pen and drew a circle on a large open space between Yunzhong County and Jiuyuan, and said:

"It's to keep the peace of this place."

"The population of Northland is increasing and the land is becoming more and more tense."

"Even the workshop needs to be built on two floors and the planting site needs to be carefully planned."

"If the four hundred miles from Yunzhong to Jiuyuan can be kept peaceful, there will be no shortage of land for industrial and agricultural use!"

Wang Ben couldn't help saying "oh", and he understood the general idea.

Wei Wei said a little strangely:

"But general, if we want to keep this place safe, what does it have to do with whether we can quickly capture Jiuyuan?"

From this, Shen Bing also saw that there was still a gap between Wei Wei and Wang Ben.

This may also be because Wei Xing is old and more chariot soldiers than cavalry soldiers in Wei Xing's time, and Wang Ben himself was born in the cavalry army and was obsessed with cavalry tactics, so he understood it at a glance.

Of course, Fusu was also confused when he heard it, and he didn't know what the relationship was.

With Shen Bing's acquiescence, Wang Ben explained:

"Yunzhong is four hundred miles away from Jiuyuan. If you want to keep this place safe, you must first threaten the Xiongnu."

"If we're looking for a quick solution, I'm afraid the Xiongnu will escape if we hit the 'thunderbolt fireball' in Jiuyuan..."

When it came to this, Wei Xi and Fu Su realized that they nodded their heads in agreement.

In fact, this is the characteristic of the Xiongnu's combat, and it can also be said to be their tactics... In fact, it is a typical wolf pack tactic.

What can be predicted at this time is that the Huns will be in a state of "unbeatable".

Since it is "unbeatable", it will flee in all directions. If the Qin army flees in all directions, the main force of the Huns will not be found, so there is nothing they can do about them.

It is conceivable that if the Qin army relied on the "thunderbolt fireball" to attack Jiuyuan, it would expose its strength as soon as it came up and scare the Huns...

"How can the Qin army win with such a thunderstorm?"

"If you don't escape now, when will you wait?"

So he escaped cleanly with the sound of the gong, and Qin Jun punched hard but hit the empty space.

At the same time, because the strength of the Huns is still there, the four hundred miles from Yunzhong to Jiuyuan will definitely not be peaceful in the future and will often be harassed by the Huns.

The "thunderbolt fireball" is suitable for large troops to fight and cannot deal with small team harassment...

The main reason is that it ignites the fuze to detonate instead of the shell that triggers the fuze like modern warfare.

The shell that triggers the fuze explodes wherever it hits, and there is no delay, so aiming can work and the enemy has no reaction and dodge time.

The "thunderbolt fireball" that points the fuze obviously cannot do this.

If the fuze is too short, Qin Jun himself is in great danger of being injured.

The fuze is too long... the detonation is delayed so long that the enemy has time to dodge.

If there is no problem with a large army charging, if you throw it in the direction of the enemy, as long as you are in the enemy group, you will basically not miss it.

But if it's just a small group of harassing Huns, it's basically useless.

"Yes!" Shen Bing came to a conclusion: "We should seek to fight the main force of the Huns in this battle, and we must let them suffer heavy casualties!"

Several people nodded in agreement.

At this time, it is entirely possible to seek a battle with the main force of the Huns.

Because the Xiongnu didn't know that the Qin army had been equipped with the "thunderbolt fireball", so they thought they were still in a "able to fight" state.

With its usual tactics, it will gather from all directions and swarm up.

Needless to say what the result is...

Fusu clapped his palms and said with a smile:

"This may be the worst battle for the Huns!"

"And after this battle, I'm afraid that Jiuyuan will be defeated by itself!"

Fusu said yes.

If the Xiongnu saw the power of the "thunderbolt fireball", how would they dare to guard Jiuyuan?

So Jiuyuan is no longer the point.

Chapter 332 Supplies

The Qin army set off the next day after the strategy was set.

The first batch of troops consisted of 5000 people, consisting of [-] soldiers and [-] cavalry. They were led by Jiang and marched towards Jiuyuan.

At this time, Ji was able to stand alone. Although he had never studied the art of war, he was very familiar with the tactics of the Huns and knew how to deal with the attacks of the Huns.

Taking him as the vanguard, Shen Bing is still more at ease. As for him not understanding the formation of troops in the Central Plains... Shen Bing asked Li Jian to cooperate with him.

Shen Bing led [-] main forces to follow closely behind, and also brought a large amount of supplies with the army, a considerable part of which was crossbow arrows... In fact, it was the crossbow arrows that consumed the most, and there were tens of thousands of them in one shot. "Fireball" is of course also taken, but it is expected to be enough to carry a few cars.

When the army set out, the people in Yunzhong County could really be called "send each other ten miles away". They were provided with food and goods along the way, and many people rushed to join the army and go out with the army.

This was an unprecedented scene, even Fusu was quite surprised.

Shen Bing believes that there may be two reasons for this.

One, of course, is that many of the people are from Jiuyuan. Although Yunzhong County has room to accommodate them, it is of course better to go back to their hometown.

The other is that Shen Bing's subsidy system for soldiers is more acceptable to them... Soldiers can get subsidies without worrying about food and clothing. In addition, if they can make meritorious service, they will also have titles and rewards. Why not do it?

Of course, the same is true for the Qin army, so the Qin army is always more brave than other countries in combat.

Shen Bing originally planned to let Fusu sit in Yunzhong County. After all, there are always many dangers when fighting abroad because arrows have no eyes.

But Fusu said:

"Father intends for Fusu to practice with the general. If Fusu even avoids this battle, how can it be called training?"

Shen Bing thought it was the same.

Not only is this an opportunity to practice, but it is also an opportunity to establish prestige for Fusu... As a son, he personally went to battle and led the army to defeat the Xiongnu. What a prestige this is.

If Fusu was not present, it would be meaningless even if he won the battle, and Ying Zheng might even think that Fusu was cowardly and disappointed, which would affect the development of Yunzhong County.

So Shen Bing had to take Fusu with him, but he added personal guards to protect him.

As soon as the Qin army moved out, the Xiongnu got the news immediately.

In fact, Touman Chanyu and Modun did not go far, but took [-] Huns cavalry to station in the Yinshan area to the north.

They were worried that Shen Bing would send troops to block the retreat of the Huns to plunder southward, so they made preparations here.

As for Jiuyuan, they didn't think Shen Bing was capable of attacking at all.

So when the spies came to report that the Qin army was leaving the city, Touman Shanyu's first reaction was that the Qin army was finally going to seize the main road.

When he heard that Qin Jun was heading west, he couldn't help being taken aback:

"West? Why did Qin Jun go west?"

Mao Dun looked at the map and said:

"Shan Yu, the Qin army should go west to capture Jiuyuan City."

Touman Shanyu was still puzzled:

"Why did they take Jiuyuan City? It's just an empty city!"

Touman Chanyu is thinking about the military art of the Central Plains with the thinking of the Huns.

Nomads are based on interests rather than cities, so they take it for granted that Jiuyuan has nothing, so why seize it?

He didn't know that the army in the Central Plains was mainly defensive and benefited from the land... With the land, there will be food, and then there will be people, and there will be soldiers.

Although Mao Dun knew this, he didn't know how to explain it for a while, so he could only answer:

"The Qin army occupies Jiuyuan, or they hope to prevent me from recruiting warriors to help!"

When Mo Dun said that, Tou Manchanyu understood...

The geographical location of Jiuyuan is very important. To the north of Jiuyuan is Yinshan Mountain and to the south is the Yellow River, forming a long and narrow corridor leading to Houtao to the west.

If the Qin army occupied Jiuyuan, it would not only have the pedal to advance in the west, but also divide the Huns in the Hetao area into two and be unable to contact each other.

To be precise, it is possible to connect without dividing into two, but the Hun army in Houtao needs to bypass Yinshan Mountain, and the road is several times farther and very difficult.

Touman Shanyu, who had been fighting in the open grasslands for a long time, did not have this habit of looking at the terrain at the beginning, and now he was discovered by Maodun's words.

So I quickly asked:

"How do we deal with this? Our army doesn't know how to defend the city, and Jiuyuan has no defense!"

Mouton replied:

"Shan Yu, don't panic, the Qin army's entire army is no more than 2 people, and its strength to attack Jiuyuan is no more than [-]!"

Touman Shanyu thought for a while, then asked the spies:

"How did the Qin army march?"

The spy replied:

"Infantry and cavalry go together."

Touman Shanyu sighed and said:

"Infantry and cavalry walking together... Our army was defeated by this formation last time."

"The infantry of the Qin army had strong crossbows and chain arrows, and the cavalry wandered around the periphery so that our army could not approach."

"Three thousand of them are enough to defeat my ten thousand elite cavalry."

"Now that the Qin army is [-], wouldn't it be possible to defeat my [-] army?"