Daqin Engineering Corps

The so-called Shan Yuting of the Xiongnu, in the final analysis, is to put up a few tents, at most it is to surround a few wooden fences to prevent enemy cavalry from attacking.

Not to mention that they will move when the Qin army attacks, even if the Qin army does not attack, they will often move... The grass in this area is almost exhausted, they have to change to another area to graze, otherwise so many cattle, sheep, and horses What to eat?

In addition, there are issues of warm and cold weather, as well as issues of strategic focus, etc. It is even possible to change places if you are in a bad mood.

Sometimes even they themselves don't know where they will be in the next moment, how can Qin Jun know?

If you don't even know where the enemy is, how can you talk about "extermination"?

Wang Ben then said:

"It is said that the area north of Yinshan Mountain is open and full of grasslands and deserts, which are suitable for the Huns cavalry to fight."

"If our army goes deep into the hinterland of the Xiongnu to fight, I'm afraid we will use our own weaknesses to attack the other's strengths."

Wang Ben was right.

One of the most important reasons why Shen Bing was able to win many battles in the Northland was the support of the cities of Jiuyuan and Yunzhong.

For example, in the Battle of Jiuyuan, Shen Bing used [-] recruits to guard Yunzhong County and used Yunzhong County as a supply base.

Otherwise, if the Shenwu Army and the Daliang Army are allowed to camp on the grassland like the Xiongnu... I am afraid that they will be attacked by the Xiongnu in a few days.

Wei Wei said:

"Our army is not familiar with the terrain of the Xiongnu. I am afraid that we will not be able to find the main force of our army even for supplies. How can we win the battle?"

This is of course also a problem.

If it is in the Central Plains, it is relatively easy for the two troops to find each other. A letter in the past tells the other party how many miles to the north of a certain city, and they almost know where they are.

However, in the vast grasslands and deserts, unlike modern times, it is not possible to locate or how many degrees east longitude and north latitude, how can we determine where the friendly army is?

I don't know where the friendly forces are, how to supply and how to reinforce them in the future?

So Yingzheng was completely confused about the situation, just slapped his head and believed the "Hu Ye who died of Qin", and ordered the North to attack the Huns indiscriminately.

This battle cannot be fought at all, even if there are 30 troops like Meng Tian in history... 30 troops thrown into the Mongolian plateau of 200 million square kilometers to the north is a drop in the ocean.

In the end, didn't Meng Tian go northward for a while and then come back to repair the Great Wall?

or……

Shen Bing thought to himself, the Northern Army is also like Meng Tian, ​​who went out for a while and said that they had expelled the Huns, and then came back to repair the Great Wall?

This is an option.

As long as you don't leave Jiuyuan too far, you can use Jiuyuan as a supply base to march out for three to five days, and it is not very difficult to ensure the safety of the supply line.

But Shen Bing thought about it and finally gave up this tempting idea.

This method seems to be very safe and easy, and it can even win one more battle for nothing, and can control more troops and laborers... Of course labor is needed to build the Great Wall, and of course there will be more troops if soldiers are stationed to repair the Great Wall.

The problem is...

At this time, the state of Qin was building Chidao and straight roads, and at the same time, building the Great Wall, and Yingzheng was building some kind of Afang Palace... All these are not small projects.

It can be said that galloping and straight roads are a must.

Chidao is the foundation of the prefecture and county system, without which the prefecture and county system cannot be implemented.

Straight roads are the guarantee of frontier military strength and supplies, without which it would be difficult to fight against the Huns.

Great Wall……

The Great Wall is also necessary, a boundary between farming peoples and nomadic peoples, and it will play a role for a long time to come.

But it doesn't have to be built at this time.

What Shen Bing thought was to stagger the construction of the Great Wall from the straight and straight roads.

In addition, try to avoid the non-essential project of Efang Palace replacing the Great Wall with its manpower and material resources.

Otherwise, wouldn't the Qin Dynasty still collapse in just over ten years just like history?

At that time, even if he helps Su to the top, so what?

Aren't we going to face a disintegrated state of Qin?

The strategic direction is right.

But if Yingzheng is to have no intention of building the Great Wall for the time being, he must be able to fight back, that is, to be able to destroy the Xiongnu, or at least severely wound the Xiongnu.

Otherwise, with a big wave of Yingzheng's hand... connect the Great Wall, and see how the barbarians will destroy my Daqin? !

So Shen Bing was neither left nor right, and was very embarrassed for a while.

Seeing Shen Bing like this, Wang Ben suggested:

"General, why don't I tell the emperor the truth and express my interests?"

"If the emperor understands these difficulties..."

Fusu shook his head at the side, and said:

"If you want the father to take back his life, I'm afraid..."

Fusu didn't dare to say the next thing, especially Fusu's identity is sensitive, and it would be a big deal if the talk about Yingzheng's character spread to Xianyang.

But Shen Bing still understood Fusu's meaning.

This Yingzheng is the king of a country, and the orders he issued are equivalent to announcing the world.

So if you attack the Xiongnu in the north, you have to attack the Xiongnu in the north. Even if you turn around like Meng Tian, ​​you can still have an explanation to the world. Otherwise, wouldn’t he show weakness to the Xiongnu and lose face in front of the world?

But Shen Bing thought it was worth a try.

Because Shen Bing felt that Ying Zheng might not be able to change his strategy as a general of the Northland.

But at this time, Yingzheng has become obsessed with fairy arts, and it may be okay to use a little foresight...to make Yingzheng make a small change in the strategic direction.

Chapter 352 Wuyuan

Shen Bing immediately wrote a letter to Ying Zheng as the General of the Northland.

At the beginning of the letter, I first praised Ying Zheng, flattering is always a must.

The beginning of the text is:

"The subordinates know that the Hu people may have the potential to shake the Great Qin, but the subordinates think that we must not let it go too far."

"If you attack the Xiongnu in the north before the tao is recovered, you may return without success."

"Subordinates think, why don't I recover first and then think about going north?"

"After a while, Xitao and Hexi will be besieged by our army, and the Xiongnu will have nowhere to go!"

Shen Bing mentioned a feasible solution:

If the back cover is in the hands of the Qin army, then the back road of the Huns in Xitao and the Hexi Corridor will be cut off, and the two places will be destroyed by themselves.

But that's by no means the highlight.

Shen Bing hides the bright spots very deeply, if it is not for those who are interested, they will not be able to see it at all.

Ying Zheng is naturally a caring person.

As soon as he saw that "the subordinates knew that the Hu people might shake the Great Qin", he couldn't help applauding.

It turns out that what Lu Sheng said was "Hu Ye, who died in Qin Dynasty".

Ying Zheng sealed it tightly and didn't let it spread.

Just kidding, the barbarian can kill me Daqin?

And it's what the immortal said... How can this word spread?

After the news got out, did it mean that the army and civilians of the Great Qin surrendered to the barbarians?

So even in Xianyang, only Zhao Gao and Lu Sheng knew this, and of course Li Si also knew it.

Besides, Ying Zheng didn't even say anything about helping Su.

However, Shen Bing chose to use "Huren" instead of "Xiongnu" in his letter, which coincides with what Lu Sheng said.

So Ying Zheng became more convinced of his previous thoughts, that is, Shen Bing must be related to the immortal.

There was another point that Ying Zheng couldn't understand.

He looked around and didn't know what Shen Bing said at the end. He frowned and said to himself:

"Let's set it up later, why are there nowhere for Xitao and Hexi Xiongnu to follow?"

"strangeness!"

This is also a foreshadowing laid by Shen Bing.

Based on Shen Bing's knowledge, he knows that the other side of the Hexi Corridor is the Western Region, which is the territory of the Yuezhi and also the enemy of the Huns.

Yingzheng didn't know this, he didn't even know that there were other countries outside of Hexi, and he thought that all the wild lands outside the Central Plains were full of savages.

So of course I didn't know that the Huns had enemies, so I couldn't figure out why the Huns had nowhere to follow.

But after thinking about it for a while, Ying Zheng only said that this is "a secret that must not be leaked", so he stopped speculating about the immortal's thoughts.

As for Shen Bing's request, he didn't even need to think about it, of course it was right.

In fact, this was also the reason for the slight shift in strategy. If Shen Bing asked not to fight at all... Ying Zheng might not be able to afford to lose this man again.

Now they are still fighting the Huns, but they are fighting in a different direction, not going north but west, which is easier to accept.

But this still surprised Fusu, he asked:

"The general actually persuaded the emperor to change to the back?"

"How...how did the general do it?"

Shen Bing just smiled and replied:

"This subordinate is just trying, I don't want the emperor to really agree."

Once this strategic direction is changed, it will be much easier to implement.

Wei Wei and Wang Ben also relaxed.

The first is to have a definite strategic goal.

The northern attack on the Xiongnu did not have a definite target. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing went all over the world to find the main force of the Huns. The parachutist Li Guang even lost his way several times and found nothing.

Recovering the back cover is different. The back cover will not run there. Even if the terrain is unfamiliar, you only need to walk west along the Yellow River.

The second is that Jiuyuan can be used as a supply base.

There is also a small town called Wuyuan in the back set.

According to legend, these five original place names were handed down more than 4000 years ago.

At that time, the world was full of floods, and Dayu took the method of dredging to cure the floods. After the water receded, several mound-shaped plains appeared at Gaobu, among which there were five larger ones. Building houses, multiplying, living, and farming, so there are five plains.

Wuyuan is not a county.

It is actually a part of Jiuyuan County, and it is also the westernmost part of the power of Jiuyuan County established by the original Zhao State. (Note: Wuyuan County was established in the Han Dynasty)

Since Shen Bing had abandoned the entire Jiuyuan County at the beginning, Wuyuan was naturally also abandoned.

These are not the key points, the key point is that there is Wuyuan City there, "Northwest of Jiuyuan is connected to a city, and it is also the old city of Wuyuan".

As long as there is a city, it means that the Qin army has a definite goal.

This goal is very important, because the Qin army is always used to "siege cities and land", that is, only capture a city and use it as a base to plunder its surrounding land.

Otherwise, the Qin army could only build a city from scratch in the center of Houtao.

So the offensive strategy was quickly decided:

The Shenwu Army and the Daliang Army were still the main forces to capture Jiuyuan, while the [-] Qin Army led by Yang Duanhe was responsible for the supply security of Yunzhong, Jiuyuan to Wuyuan.

This strategy seems a bit ironic. There are only 2 combat troops in the front, but 10 people are required to protect the supply line in the rear.

But this is normal when fighting against the Huns. This is also one of the major shortcomings of infantry against cavalry: "Insufficient mobility can only be combined with troops."