Daqin Engineering Corps

In fact, the Tuoba clan was not so easy to deal with, Shen Bing underestimated the enemy.

For example, it chooses to attack at night, and its purpose is to weaken the advantages of Qin Nu's long range and high accuracy as much as possible.

As you can see now, the Tuoba family rushed towards the Qin army barracks like a tide in the dark night, howling as they advanced, and occasionally shooting a few arrows...

Soon Shen Bing discovered that what was shot was not only arrows, but also wooden spears.

That probably couldn't be called a wooden spear, because if it was used for throwing it should be called a "javelin".

That is to say, Shen Bing had been misunderstood before, and the "wooden spear" in the hands of Li Shi and others was actually a javelin.

This may also be due to the combat method generated by the hunting demand...

Bows were light weapons at long range, and javelins were heavy weapons at close range, which could also be used as spears if necessary.

Sure enough, just as Shen Bing thought.

With an order from Xiang Liqing, those "warriors" with spears trot forward, and then accelerated and shot vigorously, and the spears in their hands flew out row by row...

They actually used the long spears as javelins, and it really worked. A group of Tuoba cavalry was immediately shot by the javelins.

"Let them come back!" Shen Bing yelled at Xiang Liqing: "Listen to my orders!"

Xiang Liqing responded and called the "warrior" back.

Shen Bing shook his head secretly. These "savages" probably don't have the concept of collective warfare at all, or they are too nervous and think that this battle will be lost?

Shen Bing didn't pay attention to these anymore, and ordered behind him: "Songming fire bomb!"

The orderly shouted and passed it on:

"Pine Fire Bomb!"

"Pine Fire Bomb!"

……

After hearing a sound of "Teng Teng", the pine fire bombs were thrown out by the trebuchet, and they were thrown one after another from all directions.

But after a while, the surrounding environment was illuminated... Although the fire light was not as good as flares, at least it could clearly see the general situation of the enemy.

And what Qin Jun needs is the general situation.

To be precise, Qin Jun can analyze more useful things based on this general situation, such as judging the distance of the enemy from the point where the fireball falls.

Then Shen Bing gave an order: "Let go!"

The dense crossbow arrows went straight to the enemy group and shot them down to the ground one after another.

The Tuoba family was not frightened by the rain of arrows, they still howled and rushed towards the Qin army, the front fell down and the rear stepped over the corpses of their comrades in arms, and the shields in their hands were even wooden boards, and the weapons Or stubby wooden sticks or even stone axes...

Getting closer and closer, the Tuoba clan obviously wanted to fight the Qin army in close combat.

This tactic is obviously correct.

Because their equipment is backward, they can only take advantage of their numbers in close combat, otherwise they will have to be shot and killed by the Qin army's powerful bows in the distance.

And this tactic could theoretically be successful.

On the one hand, it is the cover of night, and on the other hand, it takes time to launch the crossbow bolts, so the speed is always not as fast as the charging speed... Modern bolt-type rifles cannot stop group charging, let alone ancient crossbows.

So Tuoba clan is getting closer and closer...

As soon as Shen Bing waved his hand, the messenger ordered:

"Thunderbolt Fireball!"

"Thunderbolt Fireball!"

……

Rows of "thunderbolt fireballs" were thrown out, and the fuses "squeaked" burning in the open space between the enemy and ourselves.

The Qin army had put away the bow and crossbow and drew out the bronze sword, ready to meet the enemy.

And Tuoba didn't know that he was in danger, and he still held his weapons high and rushed towards the Qin army. Their eyes were shining with excitement, their faces showed ferocious smiles, and their mouths let out piercing laughter... like A beast of prey looks like its prey.

This power even frightened Xiang Liqing and his party, they couldn't help but took half a step back and gathered together to take a defensive posture.

However, what Tuoba didn't know was that they were actually the prey.

The hunter was standing in front of them, calmly preparing to draw the net.

Chapter 384 Messenger

After a burst of "boom boom", the Tuoba clan's offensive was disintegrated at that moment.

In fact, the "thunderbolt fireball" only wounded the Tuoba family who rushed forward, and even quite a few people could only be injured and not killed...

Due to the gunpowder formula and rough production, the power of the "thunderbolt fireball" is far from that of modern grenades. It is more likely to shock the target or scratch the enemy with its barbed wire.

But how had the Tuoba family ever suffered such a blow, they were all frightened by the burst of explosion without any psychological preparation, and they didn't even know what to do to stay in place or lie on the ground.

How could Qin Jun have changed this opportunity, and rushed forward with a loud shout.

Amidst the screams, the Tuoba family was slaughtered by the Qin army like a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

Xiang Liqing and his party were also dumbfounded.

I don't know if they were stunned by the "thunderbolt fireball" or because they didn't react because of the reversal of the battle situation.

Shen Bing shouted at Xiang Liqing:

"When is it not now?"

"Kill!"

Only then did Xiang Liqing respond emphatically, and shouted for the "warriors" to follow the Qin army to the battlefield.

What made Shen Bing angry was that some of the "warriors" among them might have been frightened, and they lay motionless on the ground like Tuoba, and tried to pull him up several times in Liqing but failed.

The Tuoba clan's army quickly collapsed and retreated towards the mountainous area.

But it was too late for them to go back.

The Shenwu army ambushing on both sides has received the signal from Shen Bing to outflank them from both wings.

The Shenwu Army could easily catch the Tuoba clan... The cavalry followed the enemy while firing arrows, and the thunderbolt chariot continuously fired thunderbolt fireballs into the densely packed enemy group, blowing up the Tuoba clan to the point of defeat.

In the end, the Tuoba clan saw that the way back was cut off, so they could only put down their weapons and choose to surrender.

In this battle, the entire Tuoba clan was wiped out... More than a thousand people were killed or injured, and another thousand people were surrendered.

If there were still people who escaped, it was some wandering warriors who fled back to the mountains in the dark.

However, Shen Bing was not a little excited.

Because compared with previous wars, the benefits of this battle are almost zero.

Fighting the Huns can at least capture some high-quality war horses or strong bows, scimitars, etc., but fighting the Tuoba clan... there is almost nothing usable except for a few skinny horses that are barely useful .

What made Shen Bing even more troublesome was... how to deal with these thousands of Tuoba clans who surrendered?

Keep it as a coolie?

What will these "savages" do?

Incorporated into the army?

They obviously couldn't integrate with the Qin army either.

Is it just contained?

Xitao was originally short of food, and it still had to support more than a thousand captives...

In the end, there was nothing to do, so Shen Bing had to go to Liqing.

However, the group in Liqing was not like Shen Bing. They wandered through the pile of dead bodies, looking for anything they could use.

Seeing Shen Bing coming on horseback, Xiang Liqing ran over excitedly carrying a pile of "trophies" that in Shen Bing's eyes were rubbish, and said:

"You actually defeated the Tuoba clan, with 1000 people defeating 3000 of them!"

"They are right, you really brought us light and hope..."

Shen Bing interrupted Xiang Liqing's words:

"Wait, you can call me a general just like them!"

Xiang Liqing said doubtfully:

"General?"

Shen Bing asked:

"Any questions?"

Xiang Liqing said:

"The general is your name?"

Shen Bing fainted. It seemed that Liqing's parents only taught her how to communicate, but did not tell her about official positions.

"The general is an official position." Shen Bing replied, "It's like you...go to the leader of the Li family!"

Xiang Liqing nodded suddenly:

"So, you have 1000 people?"

Then added another sentence:

"Those two thousand cavalry are also yours?"

Shen Bing replied helplessly:

"Do you think the general commanded only 3000 people?"

Xiang Liqing asked puzzledly:

"How many people should you command?"

"Could it be possible that he still commands tens of thousands of people like Tuoba?"

Shen Bing smiled and shook his head, then jumped off the horse.

At this moment, Ren Cheng whispered to Li Qing:

"There are fifteen Tuoba clans under the command of the general!"

What Ren said is correct, one hundred thousand soldiers from Hanoi plus more than ten thousand soldiers from the North, plus the newly conscripted soldiers and those who have been in service, the number is at least 15.

Xiang Liqing laughed:

"Of course you are a three-year-old child..."

But seeing Ren's serious expression, the smile slowly froze on her face.

Fifteen Tuoba clans, what is that concept?

The Tuoba clan is already the most powerful in the Dangxiang clan. Even the Yue clan, which was as powerful as before, only had [-] troops.

The Xiongnu who defeated the Yuezhi was only [-]... The Huns entered Hexi with only [-] troops.

And Shen Bing can actually command 15 soldiers and horses, and he is still a soldier with such a strong combat effectiveness.

No wonder Shen Bing said before that they drove away the Xiongnu, and it was nonsense to go to Liqing only as Shen Bing, but now it seems that this is very likely to be true.

Shen Bing didn't notice the change on Xiang Liqing's face. He cast his eyes on the rows of captives tied up by Qin Jun on the other side, and asked:

"How did you deal with the captives?"

Xiang Liqing replied with difficulty:

"General, I... I don't know either."

Shen Bing asked suspiciously:

"Have you never captured an enemy before?"

Xiang Liqing replied:

"Although there are, there are not so many."

"Usually, there are as few as a few captives, and as many as dozens of captives, and they can be turned into slaves."