Daqin Engineering Corps

"If that's the case, it's better to die on the battlefield!"

As he spoke, he held up his scimitar, and the Huns on the top of the city shouted loudly in response to their approval.

The Yuezhi soldiers who stepped forward to shout did not know how to answer for a while.

Ji translated these words to Shen Bing, and Shen Bing also found it difficult to hear.

That's ten thousand Huns, what can they do after surrendering?

They will definitely not do it if they are reduced to slaves.

You can't even kill it!

Then only fight a battle and lose both?

After thinking about it, Shen Bing stepped forward and said loudly:

"If you wait to surrender, let your troops be stationed at Jiaohe. I don't know what to do?"

Jiang looked at Shen Bing unexpectedly, and said:

"General..."

Shen Bing raised his head and ordered:

"That's what I said."

"If you don't want to surrender again, there is only one battle!"

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Hearing this, Ge Yu couldn't believe it, and asked:

"Is this true?"

"Are you someone who can talk things out?"

Before the translator let Shen Bing know, he replied angrily:

"This is Qin State General Shen Bing, do you think he is a man who can talk?"

Hearing this, Ge Yu was stunned. He had heard of the name Shen Bing before... As a member of the Huns, he had certainly heard of Shen Bing.

It's just that Ge Yu thought that Shen Bing should be a veteran in his seventies and eighties, but he didn't think he was a young man in his early twenties.

Shen Bing replied:

"It's true."

"You can even hold weapons."

"But there is one condition, you must not own horses, camels and other mounts!"

What Shen Bing said made Ge Yu feel relieved.

Because if there are no conditions, judging from the principle of "there will be no pies in the sky", it is basically a deceptive trap, and it will be caught by surprise after the Hun army surrenders.

But now Shen Bing has put forward the condition that the Huns should not own war horses... This is enough to show that what Shen Bing said is true, otherwise there is no need to do anything extra.

Shen Bing's consideration is that the Huns are best at riding and shooting. The Huns without horses are like tigers whose teeth have been pulled out.

On the other hand, the area around the Western Regions was an oasis. There was no other water source within a hundred miles of the Jiaohe River, and there were no animals such as horses and camels to transport water.

What's more, there will be the Qin army sitting in Gushi City, and the main force of the Huns will stay away from the grasslands. The [-] Huns can only stay in Jiaohe and have nowhere to go.

Ge Yu discussed with his subordinates for a while.

One of the subordinates said:

"Master Wan must not trust the people of Qin, they always keep their promises."

"This move is just to trick me into surrendering."

Ge Yu shook his head and said:

"The Qin people may not keep their promises, but this Shen Bing has never backed down."

"What's more, the Youxian King has withdrawn, and I will die if I sit down without a horse in this aunt."

"It's dead anyway, why don't you believe him for a while? Maybe there is still a way out?"

Ge Yu's analysis made sense.

The Huns had neither hope of escape nor hope of victory.

From the point of view of hatred, it is a fight with the people of Qin.

But what's the point?

The Huns are also a group of interests...

This is fundamentally different from the Mongolian army. What the Xiongnu saw in combat was the enemy's wealth, livestock and food.

The Mongolian army also saw these, but they had strict military discipline and courage.

Relatively speaking, the Huns were more like a group of robbers than an army.

Groups that talk about interests will weigh gains and losses, and after such a calculation, they will know that they have surrendered.

So Ge Yu stood on the top of the wall and replied:

"If we surrender, how can we keep our weapons?"

This is indeed a problem.

At the moment of surrender, the weapons must be handed over, otherwise the Hun army will suddenly attack after leaving the city, and the Qin army will be caught by surprise.

But if the Xiongnu handed over their weapons at this time, if the Qin army did not keep their promises, they would kill the Huns... Who will the Xiongnu talk to?

Shen Bing replied:

"It's simple."

"You can drop thousands of people first."

"I escorted these thousands of people to Jiaohe and returned the weapons, and then I will send you a secret letter, and you will know whether it is true or not."

Ge Yu sighed, threw the scimitar down the wall, and said:

"Don't be so troublesome."

"I'll trust you just once today."

"If you go back on your word and don't keep your promise, I, Ge Yu, will agree!"

Seeing this, the rest of the Huns also dropped their weapons and left the city to surrender.

Lord Daomin and Lord Xiangshan also came out of the city with a group of soldiers and civilians who were bruised and scarred. When they saw Shen Bing accepting his head, they bowed and thanked the general for saving his life.

Naturally, Shen Bing also said a few words in a high-spirited manner, such as that allies should help each other, and so on.

On the contrary, Ge Yu came out with all the generals of the Xiongnu tribe and remained silent. After Shen Bing had dispatched all his aunts and men to leave, Ge Yu cupped his hands and said to Shen Bing:

"Subordinate Ge Yu, in the future only the general will follow."

This statement is half-truth, half-false, of course after the surrender.

Shen Bing only smiled and replied:

"You know, Mr. Wan. Fortunately, you didn't choose to break out."

Ge Yu couldn't help asking in doubt:

"What did the general say?"

Shen Bing didn't answer and asked instead:

"Wait for the [-] troops to lurk near my aunt, I'm afraid the drinking water will almost run out?"

Ge Yu replied:

"It can last for another two days."

Shen Bing asked again:

"If you break through, where will you go to replenish the water source?"

Ge Yu replied without thinking:

"Go to Qitai and Tuyu to supplement."

Then Ge Yu understood, he looked at Shen Bing in astonishment, and said:

"The General's meaning is..."

Shen Bing didn't say anything, just smiled.

Ge Yu thought that Shen Bing was poisoning the water sources of these two places.

In fact, it is not so exaggerated as poisoning.

But it’s not wrong to say that it’s poisoning, it’s even more poisonous than poisoning…

Because Shen Bing planted crotons for the water sources of these two places.

The croton is an indispensable military supplies for the Qin army to fight.

The reason is that its external application has the effect of inhibiting poison, sterilizing bacteria, analgesic and removing sores, and it is the most used healing medicine besides the healing belt.

Qin Jun usually grinds it into powder and applies it on the wound.

But this thing can only be used externally and not taken internally. The result of taking it internally is vomiting.

One can imagine the result of Shen Bing lowering this thing into the water source.

The reason why it is said to be more poisonous than poison is because after the croton is dropped, nothing can be seen on the surface... If the poison is injected, the fish in the lake will be poisoned to death and float up, and the problem can be seen at a glance .

Croton did not show any abnormality.

So the Huns will replenish the water into the water bag.

This supplement pollutes the originally clean water.

In addition, after replenishing water, people and horses usually drink enough before setting off.

There was no problem at first, but after walking for half a day, each of them held their stomachs and screamed for pain, and even the horses were hit together.

And the more upset the stomach, the more dehydrated, the more dehydrated the more you drink, the more serious you drink...

By the time it was discovered that the problem was water, it was too late.

At this time, in the desert, there are hundreds of miles away from the grassland, at least a few days away, and there is no water all the way to the Gobi.

So should I drink this water or not?

If you don't drink, you will die of thirst.

Drinking is also dying of thirst!

As a result, only two thousand of Xun Yun's tens of thousands of people could escape back to the grassland, and each of them was dragged weakly as if a layer of skin had been peeled off.

Xun Xun went back alive, but this nightmarish experience made him terrified whenever he thought about it.

But it's not all that awaits him.

Soon Xun Xun was in trouble:

How should I report this to Shan Yu?

From the very beginning, he disobeyed Shan Yu's orders and guarded Gu Shi privately.

Now that he has suffered such a big defeat, can Shan Yu spare him? !

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However, although Xun Yun was very embarrassed, he still had to report the situation to Maodun Shanyu truthfully, including Ge Yu's surrender to the Qin army.

Xun Xun had to report it, because it was a matter of tens of thousands of troops, even if he didn't report it, he couldn't hide it from Mao Dun Shanyu, and Shan Yu would eventually know the truth.

Mao Dun Shanyu was furious when he heard about this. He was so angry that he knocked the food on the desk to the ground and cursed: