Daqin Engineering Corps

The first attack was on the south and north sides. Teams of Xiongnu rushed out on horseback and used bows and arrows to prevent the Qin army from setting traps.

It's nothing, it's normal operation.

Shen Bing also guessed early on that if the Xiongnu wanted to attack, they would definitely attack the west side, and it was inevitable to implement containment and blockade on the south and north sides.

What happened next made Shen Bing unexpected.

The soldier in charge of sealing the city gate shouted:

"General, the city gate is open, the enemy is about to leave the city!"

Shen Bing looked back, and sure enough, he saw the city gate slowly open.

Shen Bing was puzzled for a while. Normally, the enemy would never go out of the city to counterattack. At this time, the Qin army had blocked the city gate with long-range weapons.

This is Qin Jun's advantage.

It is true that the Huns are good at riding and archery, and it can even be said that the Huns are also good at infantry... Those who have played bow and arrow since childhood, of course they are more accurate than the Qin army.

But it's useless to shoot accurately, no matter how far the bow and arrow can shoot, it can't compare with a crossbow that uses hands and feet to open the bow... "The arm can't twist the thigh", the difference in bow strength lies in that.

So the new crossbow in the hands of the Qin army has a much longer range, even if the Huns are on the city wall.

Because of the long range, the crossbowmen of the Qin army could be deployed safely outside the range of the Xiongnu's bows and arrows, and even formed a ring to aim at the city gate.

Coupled with trebuchets and three-bow bed crossbows, it can almost be said that the city gates were sealed, and as many Huns came out, they could be killed.

At this time, the Xiongnu opened the city gate, and Shen Bing ordered without thinking:

"Open the bow!"

The orderly immediately passed on the order:

"Open the bow!"

The three hundred crossbowmen, two hundred trebuchets and three bow bed crossbowmen who were in charge of blocking the city gate immediately opened their bows and aimed their arrows and stone bullets at the city gate.

However, in the next second, what appeared in Shen Bing's eyes was not Huns but slaves, rows of slaves with their hands tied, slaves in brown clothes from the Central Plains.

These slaves may also know what will happen, and they all shouted in the direction of Qin Jun:

"Don't shoot the arrow, I'm from Qin!"

"We were captured by the Huns and reduced to hard labor..."

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At this time, Wang Ben on the other side shouted again:

"General, there are also here!"

Shen Bing turned his head to look, and sure enough, he saw a large number of slaves being tied up on the other side, and the crowd of people was like a dark cloud, rushing towards the Qin army's stronghold.

Wang Ben's eyes were sharp, he leaned up and said:

"General, the Huns are in it!"

Shen Bing nodded, and he also saw that it was not just the costumes that were different, but also that the Xiongnu was holding a scimitar in his hand and carrying a quiver on his back.

In modern times, Shen Bing only heard that the Mongols would use this tactic, but he did not expect the Huns to do it.

"General!" The soldier shouted: "The enemy is about to leave the city!"

Shen Bing gritted his teeth and ordered:

"Fire arrows!"

The orderly shouted:

"Fire arrows!"

With the sound of machine guns, the crossbow arrows flew out, and the people screamed and fell to the ground, some of them were paralyzed and unable to stand up.

The stone bullets of the trebuchet hit the city gate with a "thump", knocking back all the enemies who were about to pour out.

What was even more powerful was the three-bow bed crossbow. After a few bowstrings, five "thunderbolt fireballs" were thrown to the city gate, and then there was a loud "boom", and there was a burst of crying at the city gate and screams.

Shen Bing didn't want to do this, but he was helpless.

Between the people and the army, he can only choose the army.

Because only the army and the people can live...at least there are a few survivors.

But if the army collapses due to benevolence at this time, then both the people and the army will have to die.

The same thing is happening on the other side.

Groups of slaves were driven up by the Huns, and then groups of slaves fell under the crossbow arrows of the Qin army.

Perhaps it was because Qin Jun himself couldn't bear it...in fact, it can't be said that he couldn't bear it, but that his mentality was different when facing slaves with crossbows and facing Huns.

When dealing with the Xiongnu, what they think is the hatred of the country and the family, and as soon as the hatred comes up, they will kill more and more ruthlessly, and their hands will speed up unconsciously.

But facing slaves...

Most of the Daliang Army and the Shenwu Army came from the Wei Army. In the Wei State, where people are not as good as dogs, the Wei Army is almost a slave.

Therefore, when they raised their arrows to shoot at the slaves, they would feel "sorrowful for the death of the rabbit and the fox", and their subordinates would naturally slow down.

If the subordinates are slow, the flow of people will push closer and closer to the Qin army.

The Xiongnu mingled with the people and used the people as shields to shoot at the Qin army with bows and arrows.

The Huns are all sharpshooters, even on galloping horses, not to mention on smooth and firm ground.

Fortunately, the Shenwu army was well defended with rattan armor all over the body, and the Xiongnu couldn't find a loophole if they wanted to shoot.

But the Daliang army was equipped with the standard Qin army breastplate, and they were all targets except for the breastplate...so they fell to the ground one by one.

Getting closer, getting closer, and then the Xiongnu soldiers shouted and simply jumped over the slaves and charged towards the Qin army with a scimitar.

Standing on a high place watching the battle situation, Mao Dun Shanyu couldn't help feeling a little proud.

All he knew was that the battle had already been won.

Although the Xiongnu were good at cavalry and not good at attacking by force, the Qin army had only 5000 men, while the Xiongnu had [-].

As long as the [-] troops rushed into the Qin army's formation, it would be a two-on-one situation.

In addition, let alone defeating the Qin army, the [-]-strong army only needs to make them disorderly and unable to block the city gate...the Hun warriors from Wuyuan will come out.

At that time, it will attack from both sides with four times as many troops. Even if the Qin army has three heads and six arms, it will be difficult to survive in this melee.

However, Mouton was too happy.

Just as the Xiongnu rushed towards the Qin army's battle formation with a sword, Shen Bing gave an order:

"Thunderbolt Fireball!"

At the moment, the Qin army in the front row tilted their spears forward and raised their shields to block the Huns, while the Qin army in the back row quickly ignited "thunderbolt fireballs" and threw them out one by one.

Just hearing the "booming" explosion, the Huns who were charging intensively were blown up and down and defeated.

Mao Dun frowned slightly.

Although he knew that the Qin army had "shocking thunder", he only thought that the Qin cavalry army relied on chariots to launch them. How could there be infantry?

Taking chances, Mao Dun Shanyu thought that the infantry did not bring many "shocking thunders", so he ordered his subordinates to continue attacking.

But the situation on the battlefield quickly disappointed Maodun...

The "shocking thunder" behind Qin Jun's spear and shield array came over in batches, blowing up the Huns who rushed forward wave after wave.

"Thunderbolt Fireball" may not be able to deal with the fast and maneuverable cavalry, but it is really good for the infantry who are charging intensively... it is really good!

Chapter 358 Courage

At that moment, Mao Dun was frightened by "Shocking Thunder".

Mao Dun followed his father, Tou Manchan, on the grasslands for decades, and never showed timidity in front of the enemy, but he was timid again and again when facing Shen Bing.

It was a kind of invincible powerlessness, an indescribable helplessness, even more a kind of despair and fear, as if Shen Bing's resourcefulness and army should not appear in this world, it was a unparalleled and invincible army .

If it were any other time, Maodun would have given up fighting and ordered to retreat...Retreating does not mean cowardice, the Huns' tactics are to fight if they can beat them, and then run away if they can't beat them.

But after thinking about it, Mao Dun felt that this matter was of great importance.

With this withdrawal, not only the city of Wuyuan, but also the whole of Hexi will be lost.

So Mouton ordered coldly:

"Send more slaves."

"Recall [-] cavalry on each side for reinforcements!"

The messenger responded and passed on Maodun's order.

Mao Dun's approach is correct. His purpose is obvious, which is to use slaves to consume the Qin army's "shocking thunder".

Recalling the two-winged cavalry is to let the cavalry cooperate with the attack of the ground troops...

As a result, new changes soon appeared on the battlefield. Teams of the Huns cavalry galloped past the flanks of the Qin army and then continuously shot arrows into the Qin army's formation.

Shen Bing immediately felt a sudden increase in pressure.

The Xiongnu's attack can be said to be three-dimensional and multi-directional.

The ground and the cavalry were combined, and the front and flanks attacked at the same time, and there were east, south, west, and north sides. The Xiongnu cavalry even used their mobility to go around to the rear of the Qin army, which is the direction of Wuyuan City, to cover the troops in the city. The friendly army is out of the city.

What's worse is that at this time, the Xiongnu no longer tried to be brave and broke the formation first, but drove the slaves to the Qin army's camp with machetes and bows and arrows.

At this time, Shen Bing was faced with a dilemma: should the "thunderbolt fireball" be used or not?

It's not that Shen Bing is worried about accidentally injuring slaves.

In fact, not all of these slaves were from the Central Plains, and many of them were from the Eastern Hu and Western Regions.

If it is used, the "thunderbolt fireball" will always blow up slaves.

The "thunderbolt fireball" is limited after all, how many charges against the fierce slaves can be left after the slaves are blown up?

But if it is not used, then the army of slaves will rush towards the Qin army like a tide, so how can we stop it?

Shen Bing could only shout:

"Those who are close to the battle will be shot and killed!"

But it seemed that it was already too late. After hesitating for a while, there was already a little chaos in the battle formation.

It turned out that some of the Qin army couldn't bear to kill the people, or it could be said that they were too dense to kill, so many people squeezed into the Qin army's formation.

As soon as the people squeezed into the camp, the interior of the Qin army was too crowded, and the missing personnel on the front line could not be replenished, so a gap appeared immediately.

In the direction of Wuyuan City, teams of Xiongnu soldiers rushed up with slaves under high pressure.

At this time, it is too late to use "Thunderbolt Fireball".

One is that the enemy and the enemy have been mixed together, and the random throwing of "thunderbolt fireballs" cannot avoid accidentally injuring one's own side.

Second, the Qin army was crowded and chaotic, and many soldiers had lost the space to throw the "thunderbolt fireball".

Not only does the "thunderbolt fireball" lose its effect, but so does the crossbow.

But even so, the Qin army still stood in their position and did not retreat half a step. They put away their bows and crossbows and drew out their bronze swords to fight hand-to-hand with the Huns.

Under Wang Ben's command, the Shenwu Army kept wandering in the formation to make up for the gap.

The Daliang army deserved to be the elite soldiers selected by Shen Bing thousands of times. They had no fear in the face of the Xiongnu soldiers who were several times as many and pounced on them like wolves.

A scimitar cut off the right hand of the Qin army holding the sword. The soldiers of the Qin army did not retreat after screaming. The squeezed reverse pressure rushed forward and bit the opponent's neck fiercely...

Another machete pierced the abdomen of a Qin soldier.

The severe pain made the soldiers of the Qin army almost faint, but he still gritted his teeth and tried his best to keep himself awake, and exhausted his last strength to tightly wrap around the hands and feet of the Huns.

An arrow hit the Qin soldier's neck, and blood poured into the respiratory tract, making him breathless.

He struggled a few times to pull the arrow out, but soon realized it was futile.

Then he gave up. He watched the Huns rushing up continuously, and used the little time and consciousness left to ignite all the "thunderbolt fireballs" on his body...

Shen Bing was surprised and shocked by this fighting power.

Shen Bing had thought that his troops would have stronger combat effectiveness and morale.