Daqin Engineering Corps

"The Xiongnu left after destroying the city wall. Gushi is an empty city. I haven't seen Gushi Wang and other people. I haven't seen any corpses either."

Lord Daomin sighed, with some regret on his face:

"Or let the Huns take him captive!"

The rest of the nobles also sighed, and even covered their faces and wept.

Shen Bing knew that perhaps only Lord Daomin was real among them, and the others were just acting.

The reason why Lord Daomin hopes that Gushi Wang can come back alive is more because he doesn't want Gushi to split.

And the others... I'm afraid they hope that Gu Shiwang is dead.

Then Lord Daomin cupped his hands towards Shen Bing and said:

"General, please allow me to lead the troops to Gushi to restore the country."

Shen Bing didn't answer, he felt that Lord Daomin still didn't give up.

Shen Bing guessed right.

Who is this Daoist gentleman? He is not only resourceful but also well-informed due to his missions to various countries for many years. Shocked.

But look back and think about it:

Although the Qin State is powerful, it is far away from the Western Regions.

And along the way, not only the mountains are dangerous, but also the Gobi desert is everywhere.

The Huns rode their horses from the grasslands in the north. If the Qin State lived by farming and had few cavalry... wouldn't it be that the mountains are high and the emperor is far away?

This is also one of the reasons why the Qin army only had thousands of soldiers in Gushi.

Although the Qin army is strong, if the various divisions of Gushi can be united into one and mediate between the Huns and Qin, maybe Gushi will have a turning point.

This is the inertial thinking of an envoy. His specialty is to use strength to fight, even if the Huns are the enemy.

In the end, Lord Daomin also considered that the reason why Shen Bing didn't take his aunt as his own was to set an example in the Western Regions of being more lenient than others.

Therefore, Shen Bing actually didn't dare to do anything to these nobles, otherwise everything he had done in Loulan would be in vain.

Mr. Daomin, this can be said to be walking on the edge of a knife, playing with fire.

However, which strategists and lobbyists are not playing with fire at this time?

Shen Bing hesitated for a while, then nodded and replied:

"It's rare that the Taoist monarch is eager to restore the country. If Shen Bing refuses, it will be unkind."

"Let the Lord Daomin decide the restoration of the country!"

"Qin Jun will stay here and not interfere with your actions!"

Lord Daomin couldn't help being overjoyed, and bowed his hands and said:

"Thank you, General, for your kindness and virtue, I will never forget it."

"Don't worry, General, in the future we will definitely remember Qin Jun's kindness in our hearts."

"My aunt's door is always open to Qin Jun."

Shen Bing replied:

"So good."

"However, Lord Daomin should proceed with caution."

"The Huns may leave behind a reconnaissance cavalry."

"That's why Shen Bing thought it would be appropriate for you to wait until day and night."

Needless to say why this is, aunts and other nobles have no more than a thousand troops, and only a few dozen less. If they are sent out casually to restore the country... as long as they are killed by the Xiongnu cavalry and returned to the carbine, it will be over.

Dao Minjun cupped his hands and said:

"Thank you General, I will be careful later."

After speaking, he left with a group of nobles.

As soon as Lord Daomin left, Wang Ben stepped forward worriedly and said to Shen Bing:

"The general must not do what the Lord of the People says."

"If this son is thinking about excluding Qin Jun at this moment..."

Shen Bing raised his hand to prevent Wang Ben from continuing, saying:

"I have my measure!"

Wang Ben backed away in response.

On the other side, Lord Daomin and a group of nobles became excited like a chicken blood, and everyone rushed to return to Gushi.

Because everyone knows that Gu Shi is not only the biggest oasis, but also a sign of royal power and status. Whoever can recover Gu Shi first will almost mean becoming the next generation of Gu Shi Wang.

However, at this time, Lord Daomin was a little hesitant.

Because he felt that everything came too easily.

Shen Bing is not a fool, how could he allow them to return to the country so freely?

But looking at the nobles who were gearing up and looking at him expectantly, Lord Daomin let go of his worries.

Chapter 435 will count

Although the nobles and ministers have status and military power, their methods are not as good as the Daominjun.

So the final discussion... Or it can be said that it was the result of the exchange of interests, just as Lord Daomin wished, he took Xiang Shanjun and An Guohou to Gushi to restore the country.

Lord Tongshan and Marquis Fuguo went to the other two oases outside Gushi City, Qitai and Tuyu respectively.

It goes without saying why Dao Minjun chose Xiangshanjun, Xiangshanjun is the future aunt he hopes to assist.

As for why he chose An Guohou instead of Fu Guohou, it was the same idea as Shen Bing's "supporting the weak and suppressing the strong".

The difference is that Shen Bing looks at the nobles from a higher perspective, while Dao Minjun considers them from the perspective of the nobles:

If Marquis Fu Guo had a thousand troops, Marquis An Guo had only eight hundred.

Although the extra troops were not many, there were only two hundred.

It can be said that these two hundred people are not worth mentioning in the Qin army or the Huns.

But there is not a small gap in the aunt who has a pitifully small base.

At the same time, if Mr. Xiangshan wants to regain his aunt, it is obviously impossible without soldiers, just like what Shen Bing said... Just a few teams of Huns scouts can wipe them out, so what kind of country can we restore?

So to choose one of the two, Lord Daomin of course chose the weaker An Guohou.

There is one thing that Daominjun did according to Shen Bing's intention, and that is to walk day and night.

This can't be said to be done according to Shen Bing's will, but it must be done out of safety considerations... After all, the aunt at this time has no capital to fight against the Huns, and if she is not careful, the country will really die.

At the same time, because Lord Daomin was worried that the people would be detained by Shen Bing, Fuguo took the people with him.

Its march sequence is as follows:

Three teams of ten scouts ahead, responsible for scouting in three directions.

The main force of six hundred followed closely behind and was responsible for occupying the important area of ​​Gushi City.

In the end, [-] troops and [-] people marched towards Gushi, and only waited for the main force to occupy Gushi before entering the city to rebuild.

Lord Daomin has even allocated manpower, which people are in charge of food, which people are in charge of city defense, and which...

Dao Minjun is capable and proper, just like a generation of virtuous ministers.

However, in Shen Bing's eyes, all of this is like a child playing house.

What kind of gentleman?

And the minister, the prince...

Up to now, there are only more than a thousand troops in total, and they are divided into several factions. They are actually thinking about restoring the country?

Not only do you want to restore the country, but you also want to fool Da Qinla into playing tricks?

All Shen Bing could think of at this time was "the little demon in the temple is strong, and the pool is shallow and the king is more than eight".

If you want to play with fire, you can play as much as you want, and it happens to be a model for other countries, so as to tell the countries in the Western Regions that although the Qin army is benevolent, it is not stupid.

After the soldiers and civilians of Gushi left, the Qin army was ready to fight.

Shen Bing only left 500 people to guard the camp, and the rest of the soldiers came out in full force to follow the Gushi's team after a day's journey.

Jiaohe and Saar are not far from Gu Shi, and it took Dao Minjun and his party two days to arrive.

When Lord Daomin heard the report from the detectives that there was no one in Gushi City and the Xiongnu had indeed withdrawn, he couldn't help but be ecstatic, and secretly thought that this was a great achievement.

So without any scruples, he commanded the army and the people to enter the city and build fortifications overnight.

What Mr. Daomin didn't know was that when they were busy, there were a few Xiongnu spies watching the movement of Gushi City from a distance behind the sand dunes.

For fear of scaring the enemy, these Xiongnu spies did not dare to get too close. They only saw people entering the city and there were a lot of them, so they turned around and reported.

This was a trap set by the Huns.

To be precise, it was a trap set by Ge Yu.

Xun Yun was suffering from the fact that the Huns were unwilling to withdraw their troops, but the Qin army did not come to attack for a long time.

So Ge Yu offered advice and said:

"If you want the Qin army to attack, isn't it easy?"

"I just need to pretend to retreat but lurk nearby."

"I am a cavalry soldier who can travel more than a hundred miles a day, but the Qin army will not be able to find it if we guard fifty miles away."

"At that time, I will suddenly kill the carbine..."

Ge Yu was right.

Although the terrain in the desert area is flat and the sight is far away, it is no more than fifty miles away.

Even with scouting horses, it is not possible to do it in a day or two if you want to search all over a radius of [-] miles.

By that time, Qin Jun had already been surrounded by Gu Shi.

There's only one problem with this:

That is, the Qin army was good at defending. What if the Huns couldn't attack for a long time after the Qin army occupied Gushi?

So the Huns destroyed most of Gushi's city wall before leaving.

Destroying the city wall is fine. This can be understood as the Huns venting their anger.

But the Xiongnu wanted to open a big mouth on all sides of the city wall.

This did not attract the attention of the aunts and nobles, including Lord Daomin.

This is not surprising, Mr. Daomin's skills are only diplomatic, at most he has a bit of political savvy... To say that political savvy is a bit too much, the total population of Gushi is only over [-], how can it be called "political" ", this is almost at the level of Lidian in Daqin, not to mention that Lord Daomin has not really managed these many people.

The other nobles, no matter whether they were ministers with "heavy soldiers in their hands" or "young and promising" townspeople, had no experience in wars, so there was no military strategy to speak of.

So they didn't think there was anything wrong with it, even when they went to Gushi City to see it with their own eyes, they didn't take it seriously.

But Shen Bing found out that there was a fraud in it immediately.

Shen Bing also asked the spy one more question:

"Has drinking water been poisoned or buried by the Huns?"

The spy replied:

"It has never been buried, and we have also taken drinking water from Gushi City, and we have never been poisoned."

So the Huns' intentions became obvious.

The most important and critical thing in desert areas is water.

If the Xiongnu wanted to vent their anger and make the Qin army or Gushi soldiers and civilians uncomfortable, poisoning the water was the easiest, fastest, and most labor-saving method. Why bother to destroy the city wall?

And it doesn't just destroy one side, it destroys all four sides.