Daqin Engineering Corps

Chapter 399 Suzhou

As soon as Qiu Jiu surrendered, the [-] Yue clan cavalry in Suzhou surrendered to the Qin army without bloodshed.

Of course, Shen Bing surrounded Suzhou first and then asked Qiu to persuade him to surrender.

At this time, there was no city wall in Suzhou... When the Qin army withdrew from here, the city wall had been burned down, so the Yueshi cavalry could only set up tents by the river.

For the Qin army, this reduced the difficulty of siege. They only needed to sneak across the river and block the bridge. The Yuezhi cavalry could only look at the river and sigh... They never imagined that the Yuezhi army was still there the day before After chasing Qin Jun, when he woke up early this morning, Qin Jun was already behind him and blocked his retreat.

At this time, Qiu appeared in front of them on horseback, and he shouted to his subordinates in Suzhou:

"The Yuezhi's battle with the Qin army this time is really a helpless act of being coerced by the Huns."

"Now that our defeat is settled, the soldiers don't need to fight to the death, let's surrender!"

The contradictions and struggles between the Yuezhi and the Huns are well known to all.

This time the Xiongnu formed an alliance with the Yuezhi, originally many soldiers were dissatisfied, but the King's order had no choice but to obey.

Now I heard Qiu say so, and it was true that he was surrounded by the Qin army and there was no way out, so he had no choice but to surrender.

In this battle, the Qin army captured nearly [-] Yueshi cavalrymen, more than [-] horses, more than [-] cattle and sheep.

These cattle and sheep seem to be a lot, but in fact they did not alleviate the food crisis of the Qin army.

The reason is that the captives also need food... [-] captives have [-] cattle and sheep, and the average amount of these captured cattle and sheep is only two and a half heads for each captive.

So in the end, the Qin army may have to subsidize food.

Wang Ben even had some ideas, and he suggested to Shen Bing in a private whisper:

"General, our entire army has no more than [-] people, and the Yuezhi prisoners are nearly [-]."

"Coupled with the lack of food, if there is a mess..."

Shen Bing knew what Wang Ben meant.

As I said before, most of the generals of the Qin army were ruthless and ruthless under the influence of Legalism, and Wang Ben was no exception.

At this time, although Qin Jun said that he had regained Suzhou with successive victories, it was actually in danger:

The Yuezhi still has [-] fine cavalry, the Xiongnu still has [-] cavalry, and there are [-] Yuezhi prisoners inside... When they find that the Qin army is short of food, or when it is time to starve to death , It is only natural for them to conspire and rebel.

That being the case, it would be better to end sooner rather than later. Killing or beheading all these captives will firstly gain prestige and secondly save some food.

But Shen Bing didn't think so.

In any case, even if the Qin army finally retreated from Hexi, these captives would not be able to be killed.

Because once these captives are killed, what will other countries in the Western Regions think of Qin?In the future, which country dares to surrender to the Qin army and form an alliance with the Qin army?

At that time, if the Western Regions and the Huns unite to drive the Qin army away...it will be too late to regret.

From this point of view, although Wang Ben is a general, his strategic vision is still lacking and needs more training.

Shen Bing refused:

"I have my measure."

"Are there enough wheelbarrows?"

Wang Ben replied:

"Reporting to the General, that's enough."

"I also made some more so that they could be damaged for replacement."

Shen Bing nodded, then turned his gaze to Shazhou on the map.

Now is the right time to attack Shazhou... The [-] Yuezhi army was wiped out, and reinforcements had to be sent to defend Sanwei Mountain, so there were not many troops left in Shazhou.

So Shen Bing no longer hesitated, ordered the troops to rest for a while to replenish drinking water, and then drove the sheep towards Shazhou.

Suzhou was garrisoned by [-] Qin troops. Their task was to defend Suzhou while watching over [-] captives and rebuilding the city of Suzhou with the captives.

Shen Bing led the main force and marched towards Shazhou mightily.

The Qin army advanced along the foot of Qilian Mountain.

The reason why I want to walk along the foot of the mountain is because I am worried about being attacked by the Huns...

It should be said that this is the time when the nomads give full play to their strengths in riding and archery.

Suzhou is [-] miles away from Shazhou, and the Qin army lacked supplies, so they sent cavalry to harass the Qin army along the way. When the Qin army arrived at Sanwei Mountain, wouldn't it be a tired army?

At that time, let alone attacking Sanwei Mountain and attacking Shazhou, it would be nice not to be surrounded by the Yuezhi coalition forces of the Xiongnu.

However, the Yue clan seemed too conservative, abandoning the advantages of the cavalry's mobile harassment and building a defense line on Sanwei Mountain... Although it was dangerous to defend, defense was not the strength of the Yue clan's cavalry.

The Xiongnu would be much smarter than the Yuezhi, and Shen Bing believed that they would know how to harass the Qin army.

The Qin army can avoid the harassment of the Huns by advancing along the foot of the Qilian Mountain... No matter when the left wing of the Qin army is safe, it can also camp on the mountain when resting. The Huns cavalry may be the king in the plains. But in the mountains, there is only the share of being masturbated.

However, what Shen Bing didn't expect was that the Xiongnu didn't attack either. They just sent a few cavalry to follow from a distance, and then occasionally approached and walked quickly before they entered the range of the Qin army.

At the beginning, Shen Bing also said that the Huns were playing some kind of trick, or they had set a trap ahead.

After thinking about it, I realized that the Xiongnu is sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight:

If the Huns make a move, it will become a battle between the Huns and the Qin army.

The Xiongnu used [-] to fight against the Qin army's [-]. They are still highly mobile cavalry, and they may be able to defeat the Qin army or drag the Qin army into a tired army as Shen Bing said.

But what does this mean for the Huns?

What it hopes more is that the Qin army will maintain its strong combat effectiveness and rush all the way to Sanwei Mountain to launch a fierce attack, and it is best to hit Shazhou... When the Qin army is at the end of its crossbow, the Xiongnu will come and clean up the Yuezhi and Qin army.

Wang Ben also saw this.

He said to Shen Bing:

"General, this battle is extremely dangerous."

"If we have defeated the Yueshi, I'm afraid we will have to fight the Xiongnu again!"

Shen Bing just let out a "hmm" and replied meaningfully:

"That's why I need a unicycle!"

Wang Ben nodded clearly.

On the other side, King Yueshi really did what Shen Bing thought. After learning that Qiu Jiuque and the [-] army were defeated by the Qin army, he immediately sent an additional [-] troops from Shazhou to Sanwei Mountain.

At the same time, King Yueshi also sent envoys to seek help from Youxian King of the Huns:

"The Qin army is approaching fiercely, and our [-] army has been wiped out. I hope that the right king will flank the Qin army to stop its sharpness!"

Hearing this, King Youxian felt like he hated iron but not steel.

At this time, Xun Yun was a little surprised why the Yuezhi was the opponent of the Huns before and was also a great enemy.

However, this does not seem to be surprising. Before the Xiongnu defeated the Donghu, they only had more than [-] soldiers. These more than [-] people still have to deal with the Donghu in the east and the Yuezhi in the west at the same time. How can they have [-] troops like today? Yu Wan looked down at Yueshi.

Although Xun Xun was dissatisfied in his heart, he didn't say that in his mouth. He said to the envoy:

"Tell you my lord, Sanwei Mountain is where the Qin army is buried!"

Chapter 400 Three Dangerous Mountains

There is only one update today, and I will make it up tomorrow.

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Sanwei Mountain is located fifty miles southeast of Shazhou. It is named Sanwei Mountain because of the precarious stand of three peaks.

There is an ancient poem: "The first mountain in Dunhuang, who moves Taiyue to Yangguan".

The mountain stretches for more than 120 miles, becoming a natural barrier for Shazhou facing Hexi.

This may also be one of the reasons why the Yue family would rather stay in Shazhou than enter Hexi... There is such a natural danger to defend and an oasis to survive, so why enter Hexi to compete with the enemy for the barren land?

Qin Jun arrived at Sanwei Mountain [-] days after regaining Suzhou.

As soon as they arrived at Shanwei Mountain, the Qin army built a city at the foot of the mountain and built trebuchets to quarry stones and make stone bombs.

Seeing this, Li Yan couldn't help frowning.

From the very beginning he was not in favor of attacking Sabah.

To be precise, Li Yan did not approve of attacking Sanwei Mountain.

Because he has found out before that that these three dangerous mountains and strange peaks are steep and easy to defend and difficult to attack. They are extremely difficult to break through.

Compared with facing Sanwei Mountain, Li Yan would rather face the [-] cavalry of the Huns.

Li Yan said this to Shen Bing:

"General!"

"If the Xiongnu hadn't harassed our army on the road, I thought they wouldn't have stopped our army with all their strength."

"Our army can take this opportunity to bypass Sanwei Mountain and attack Shazhou from the north..."

But Li Yan was interrupted by Shen Bing before he finished speaking.

"The main force of the Yue clan is in Sanwei Mountain."

"If the Huns allow us to bypass Sanwei Mountain, wouldn't they hand over Shazhou to our army?"

"Even if the Xiongnu wanted to reap the benefits of the fishermen, it would not be so."

"Besides, Sanwei Mountain is 120 miles away. We have to go around Beijian Shazhou, and the journey will be hundreds of miles longer."

"It's another ten-day journey. How can the Xiongnu let go of this great opportunity to wipe out all of us?"

Li Yan replied:

"But the Three Dangerous Mountains..."

Shen Bing replied:

"This general has his own measure, General Li Yan prepares for himself!"

Li Yan responded, and could only prepare for the battle according to the order sullenly.

Ever since the water battle in Daliang, Li Yan believed that Shen Bing was stronger than Yang Duanhe and even Wang Jian.

Otherwise, who could bring Xiang Yan or even the entire Chu Kingdom into the territory while talking and laughing?

You must know that Chu State was once the confidant of Qin State, and even Wang Jian said that it was invincible without the power of the whole country.

Before that, Wang Jian was sure to hit the mark.

But this time it was broken by Shen Bing. Shen Bing only led a mere 20 troops to destroy the Chu State. Not to mention that a considerable part of the 20 troops were surrendered by the Wei State, the battle to destroy Chu was fought cleanly.

From this point of view, what can Mie Yueshi be?

However, Li Yan felt that Shen Bing was wrong this time.

Insufficient supplies, difficult water sources, no way to advance and no way to retreat... At this time, the Qin army is almost in a desperate situation, and the hope of survival is also decreasing day by day with the passage of time.

However, Shen Bing ignored all of this, and still lined up in front of Sanwei Mountain to prepare for the siege.

Li Yan thought to himself, seeing the calm look of the general, there must be another clever plan!

So I stopped thinking about it.

However, at this moment, the messenger entered the account to report:

"General, the general has an order to attack in an hour!"

Li Yan couldn't help being shocked, did the general really think that he could capture Sanwei Mountain with the "thunderbolt fireball"?

Thinking of Li Yan, he couldn't hold back any longer, and ran to Shen Bing's tent.

Li Yan didn't beat around the bush when he got the money, cupped his hands and said:

"General, this subordinate thinks that this attack on the mountain is absolutely impossible!"

"Even though we were able to capture Sanwei Mountain, the Huns cavalry went around to the rear of our army and cut off our supply line..."

Shen Bing knew that it would be impossible not to say anything at this time, so he replied with a smile:

"General Li Yan can find that Colonel Wang Ben has not been seen for a few days."