Daqin Engineering Corps

Shen Bing was not joking.

What he was thinking was, anyway, in the future when you, the Tuoba clan, established Xixia and would unite with foreign tribes to attack the Song Dynasty, it doesn't matter if you are a "savage" or not, let's teach you a lesson first.

What's more, it is not a good thing for the Central Plains to let the Tuoba family dominate and finally unify the various ethnic groups in the party. Therefore, it is necessary to engage in "regional balance" now.

And this "regional balance" has to be taken advantage of when it is weak. One day, Xixia is strong enough to confront Song head-on.

Don't people develop because of your so-called "regional balance"?Do you want to cut off your own arm and even offer the results with both hands?

So Shen Bing did not hesitate, and immediately discussed countermeasures with Wang Ben after returning to the camp.

As soon as Wang Ben heard that he was going to do something, he was gearing up. He had long wanted to use these "savages" to stand out.

Or it can be said that Wang Ben also noticed the disdain in Liqing's eyes when he looked at Qin Jun...

Shen Bing doesn't need to take it seriously, but he, Wang Ben, can't stand it.

Now that there is such a good opportunity to stand up, how could he, Wang Ben, object.

So without thinking about it, he said:

"It's not easy. Waiting to go down, Wuyuan will transfer the Shenwu Army, and kill as many as they come!"

In fact it is true.

The Shenwu army has 6000 people and they are all cavalry, plus they use a strong bow comparable to the Huns and are equipped with "thunderbolt fireballs"... Even if the Tuoba clan has [-] soldiers and horses, so what?It is still how many come to kill.

But Shen Bing shook his head and denied this statement:

"The Tuoba clan and other barbarians hunt and fight in the mountains all year round."

"How can you not find out the truth when you go to battle?"

"If I wait to call in all the Shenwu troops... I'm afraid I will scare them away as soon as they appear on the stage."

Wang Ben nodded again and again:

"It's true what the general said."

"These barbarians are good at walking in the mountains, and if we escape to the mountains, I won't be able to catch up."

"Let's kill chickens with a sledgehammer. If you have a thousand soldiers in Hanoi, you can call in another thousand Shenwu troops."

Shen Bing thought for a while and said:

"Deploy two thousand martial arts troops for a big victory."

"However, the secret march of these two thousand martial arts troops is unknown, and after arriving in Xitao, they lurked on the two wings and three miles away to wait for orders."

Wang Ben responded and went to make arrangements.

Chapter 381 Vulcan

After arranging the strategy against the enemy, Shen Bing did two things.

One is to drive the sheep to the plains and Sichuan to raise them.

This is done out of combat considerations... The Tuoba clan who has lived in the mountains for a long time must be good at fighting in the mountains.

Mountainous areas are not only unsuitable for the formation of the Qin army, but also unsuitable for shooting with strong crossbows... The advantage of strong crossbows is that they have a long range, but the disadvantage is that their ballistic trajectory is straight.

Mountainous areas often turn here and there, and the enemy will be at close range as soon as they appear, so it is difficult to take advantage of the long range.

If the terrain is undulating, the ballistic trajectory of the crossbow is too straight to hit the target hiding in a low depression or behind stone obstacles.

In short, the advantages of the crossbow cannot be brought into play, but the disadvantages will be magnified.

On the contrary, the bows and arrows in the hands of the enemy can use their strengths to avoid weaknesses and give full play to their strengths.

Of course, Shen Bing would not let such a thing happen, so he preset the battlefield in the northern plains.

This can also be said to lead the snake out of the hole:

Since you, the Tuoba clan, have taken a fancy to Qin Jun's flock of sheep, and want to take revenge because Qin Jun saved Xiangli's village, then naturally you will go to the plains to settle accounts with Qin Jun and grab the sheep.

In addition, Shen Bing preserved his strength and showed that there were only [-] infantry plus [-] personal guards... I was not afraid that Tuoba would not be fooled.

If there is any problem, it is that the northern Sichuan area is relatively dry because there are no water conservancy facilities, and there are not many grasslands and the quality is not good.

But this is also very easy to solve, just send some people to the northern mountainous area to mow the grass and transport it.

Another thing Shen Bing did was to go to a village in Liqing.

Shen Bing brought dozens of healing belts to Liqing.

The reason why healing belts were valuable in the past was because the price of cloth was not low. At this time, the North Land can already mass-produce them with water trucks, and the rest is to fill the cloth with plant ash, so mass production is extremely cheap.

At this time, Xiang Liqing was leading his subordinates to take care of the wounded. Seeing that Shen Bing was wearing a healing belt, he nodded gratefully to Shen Bing and took it.

"I hope you and your villagers can move out of the mountains to the plains!" Shen Bing said as he bandaged the villagers, "Because we plan to fight the Tuoba clan there, if you stay here, we can't help you and your villagers." Villagers offer protection!"

Xiang Liqing just smiled:

"Do you know how many people Tuoba will bring with him when he comes again?"

Shen Bing replied indifferently:

"Two thousand, three thousand, or even more?"

Xiang Liqing replied:

"You have 3000 sheep, which is enough for them to dispatch [-] people to plunder."

"They are determined to win!"

Hearing what Xiang Liqing said, Shen Bing was relieved, he was afraid that not many people came from the Tuoba clan.

After a pause, Shen Bing asked:

"So, it was my sheep that hurt you?"

Xiang Liqing stopped what he was doing and raised his head, with some apology in his eyes:

"No, you said it the other way around!"

"The Tuoba clan has been hunting us down. If it wasn't for us, they might not have discovered your flock."

Shen Bing smiled and said nothing.

What Xiang Liqing didn't know was that there was no question of who harmed whom.

If it really harmed anyone, it would be Xiang Liqing who harmed the Tuoba clan.

Shen Bing returned to the topic and asked:

"When are you going to the plains?"

Xiang Liqing was silent for a while, then replied:

"We're not going to the plains."

Shen Bing asked in surprise:

"why?"

Xiang Liqing got up and answered:

"We cannot survive without the mountains."

"We will go to another place, hoping to distract some Tuoba clan."

Shen Bing understood that Xiang Liqing still did not believe that Shen Bing and his party could defeat the Tuoba Clan, so he chose this bad strategy of "dividing the troops".

After thinking about it, Shen Bing said:

"Why don't we defeat the Tuoba clan together?"

Xiang Liqing asked without thinking:

"Only by us?"

Shen Bing replied:

"Are you scared?"

Xiang Liqing turned her head and stared at Shen Bing angrily, clenched her fists as if she wanted to rush up to fight Shen Bing...but she held back in the end.

"We have just over 300 warriors, and many have been injured."

"If we stay, we will face the danger of extermination!"

What Xiang Liqing said was correct, she was considering the overall situation... More than 300 people really did not have the capital to fight Tuoba to the death.

If she left a fight to the death without moving, her tribe would have been exterminated or annexed long ago.

Shen Bing is not reluctant.

After all, there is nothing wrong with Xiang Liqing's approach.

The Tuoba family will definitely come here first to look for it, and then bump into Qin Jun first, and then... there will be no more.

Therefore, Shen Bing is not worried about the safety of Xiangliqing and the villagers, as long as they leave here, they will be safe.

only……

Shen Bing glanced at the wounded.

Xiang Liqing seemed to understand the meaning of Shen Bing's expression, and replied:

"They'll stay here."

Shen Bing was not surprised.

Because if they leave with the wounded, it is impossible for them to get rid of the Tuoba clan, even if the Qin army defeats the Tuoba clan.

It's a bit like the law of the jungle where the fittest survive, where the weak will be left behind for the good of the whole.

Shen Bing did not ask to leave these wounded to Qin Jun.

Because Shen Bing knew that if Xiang Liqing believed that the Qin army could not defeat the Tuoba clan, then it would make no difference whether to hand over the wounded to the Qin army.

Shen Bing respected Xiang Liqing's choice, so he could only walk away silently, and then...

Shen Bing saw a "savage" struggling to make fire by drilling wood.

Shen Bing took out the torch and blew on it a few times, then lit the haystack in front of him.

Unexpectedly, it was such an inadvertent action that made the "savage" scream as if seeing a ghost, then knelt down with his hands clasped together and then threw himself on the ground.

Soon everyone knelt down around Shen Bing.

Shen Bing looked towards Li Qing suspiciously, and found that she was also kneeling on the ground, staring blankly at the fire folder in Shen Bing's hand, her face was full of surprise and confusion.

Shen Bing asked puzzledly:

"Why are they like this?"

Xiang Liqing asked in horror:

"You, can control fire?"

"Did Vulcan teach you?"

Only then did Shen Bing realize that it was Huozhezi who had gotten the limelight.

It is said that many ethnic minorities worship fire, because fire can solve many problems for them, such as heating, cooking, lighting and so on.

And they always had trouble getting fire, so they kept it burning, and this time it was probably extinguished by an attack.

According to the imagination, the Liqing tribe is also one of the primitive tribes that worship fire.

Shen Bing didn't want to explain too much. To explain this, he had to involve paper and saltpeter. I'm afraid it would become more and more chaotic.

So he just said:

"You wait to go, it's too late!"

Turning to leave.

However, before taking a few steps towards Liqing, he chased him from behind.

"We will fight with you!" Xiang Liqing said, "They think they should follow the messenger of Vulcan!"

Shen Bing returned a wry smile.