Daqin Engineering Corps

"The general has captured Wuyuan?"

The spy replied:

"Exactly, the flag of our army has been raised on the top of the city!"

Wei Xi still didn't believe it, so he walked out of the tent and looked in the direction of Wuyuan in three steps at a time. Sure enough, he saw a "Shen" flag had been raised on the top of the city.

After being stunned for a while, Wei Xing gave an order:

"Show the flag and ask about the situation!"

In fact, Wei Wei's order to play the banner was not "inquiring about the situation" at all, but only the Qin army knew about the Qin army's banner communication, and even the armies had agreed secret codes so that they could not be identified.

Therefore, the purpose of "playing the banner" is to determine whether the Qin army is at the head of Wuyuan City.

It wasn't until the Qin army at the top of the city responded smoothly with a banner that Wei Xun had to believe this fact, and at the same time secretly marveled:

"The general is really a god-man."

"Not long ago, it was dangerous to Huansheng, but now it has captured Wuyuan... But it makes me worry a lot!"

Then the gates of the city opened wide.

Of course, the opening of the city gate is not like opening two floors at the same time like the Huns, but only one floor, and batches of Qin troops outside the city were brought into the city.

After looking at the way Wuyuan opened the city gate, Mao Dun realized that the defending Xiongnu had made a fatal mistake... If Wuyuan did not have two city gates opened at the same time, I am afraid that even with the ability of heavy soldiers, they would not be able to counterattack under this situation Entering the city, even if you instigate slaves.

But the battlefield is like this, what happens is what happens, there is no medicine for regret, and Mao Dun can only look forward to the city and sigh.

Ji Porridge asked cautiously:

"Shan Yu, what should we do now?"

Mao Dun Shanyu sighed heavily, as if he was ten years older, and ordered:

"We lost, order the slaughter house to withdraw from Hexi as soon as possible!"

The butcher is the ten thousand head of Modun, who is in charge of the command of Xitao and Hexi Corridor.

Letting him withdraw from Hexi means giving up Hexi completely.

Mouton had no other choice.

A loss of the five originals means that the back cover will not be guaranteed.

Houtao Mountain Pass is also the main passage from Xitao and Hexi Corridor in the south to the grassland in the north... To the west of Houtao is the continuous and curved Yangshan Mountain (now Langshan Mountain in Inner Mongolia), and to the east is Yinshan Mountain. There is a pass between the two mountains. Connect the prairie.

If the Qin army stabilized its position in Wuyuan and then sealed the mountain pass, and there were Yuezhi in the Western Regions on the other side of the Hexi Corridor, then part of the butchery would be sealed off.

Shen Bing did not do this.

Because there is a saying that "a trapped beast will still fight".

If the mountain pass is really sealed so that the Xiongnu army in Hexi cannot return, it will only invite the Huns to fight desperately.

At that time, what the Qin army had to face was the ruthless Huns, and the energy they burst out would probably be more terrifying than the situation when the slaves captured Wuyuan.

More importantly, this is not Shen Bing's strategic goal.

What Shen Bing hopes is to open up the Hexi Corridor and connect to the Western Regions. Now that the Huns have withdrawn on their own initiative, why not do it?

What Shen Bing had to do was to wait until the Huns had almost withdrawn, take a group of people to take over Xitao, and then build a walled city along the Hexi Corridor to protect the trade roads.

So the first thing after occupying Wuyuan... to be exact, the second thing.

The first thing is of course to report the results to Ying Zheng.

The second thing is to find Yun Tian.

When Yuntian rushed to Wuyuan and saw Shen Bing, he cupped his hands and congratulated:

"Congratulations to the general, another victory!"

"After Wuyuan, Hetao will no longer have a foothold for the Huns."

Shen Bing just smiled and said:

"Do you still remember the deal with Xirong that I told Brother Yuntian before?"

"It's time to start preparing."

Yun Tian looked at Shen Bing in surprise:

"The general's meaning... is that we have established a business relationship with Xirong?"

In fact, Yun Tian didn't have much idea about the Western Regions. At this time, he only thought that Hetao was recovered. He didn't expect that after taking Wuyuan, he would be connected to the Western Regions, so he was so surprised.

Shen Bing nodded:

"Although it is not completely unobstructed, it is not far away!"

"When the northern land can produce silk, the commercial road may be able to pass."

Yun Tian was stunned for a while, and then he took a few breaths like waking up and said:

"General, in this way, the Northland will become rich like an enemy!"

Chapter 361 The Western Regions

There is only one update today, and the third update will continue tomorrow.

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The connection with the Western Regions is much faster than Shen Bing imagined.

While Shen Bing was still discussing with Yun Tian how to build a silk workshop in Wuyuan and organize a caravan to go to the Western Regions, Jie broke in regardless of the obstruction of his personal guards and knelt down:

"General, please save my people!"

Shen Bing asked puzzledly:

"Your tribe? You mean the Gaoche people?"

"How can I save your people?"

Ke replied:

"Great General, the next family is called Pu Lei, located in the east of Baishan..."

"Just now, my subordinate met a few clansmen among the slaves, and only then did I know that our clan has been defeated by the Huns several times. At this time, we are running around with no home."

It turned out that when he was taking in the slaves in the city, he was recognized by those clansmen, and he only found out about these things after asking.

He is impatient, and he came to beg Shen Bing non-stop.

Shen Bing was stunned for a moment.

After thinking about it, I asked:

"Your department is in the Western Regions?"

With a confused look on his face:

"The subordinates don't know where the Western Regions are, so they don't know whether our troops are in the Western Regions, but they are indeed in the West."

Shen Bing put the map in front of Jiang again, and said:

"Can you point out where your department is?"

After looking at the map for a long time, he was not sure from the Yellow River to the west... The road to the Western Regions is actually not the only one in the Hexi Corridor.

The other road is the commercial road known as the "Prairie Silk Road" in the area of ​​Jiuyuan.

It’s just that this road has to enter the hinterland of the Xiongnu and walk from the direction of the grassland. Although the distance is short and easy, the Huns and the Central Plains have been enemies since ancient times, so they are usually controlled by the Huns... It is through this Silk Road that the Huns, Mongolia and other nomadic peoples " Buying and selling in the form of "barter".

Then he specified a point and said:

"It's probably here!"

Shen Bing couldn't help feeling dizzy when he saw the location Ji was pointing at. It was actually within the Western Regions... Shen Bing had always wanted to contact a person from the Western Regions, but he didn't expect to have one by his side all along.

This catfish should be one of the 36 countries in the Western Regions.

It's just that the Central Plains didn't know the Western Regions at this time, and as a member of the Western Regions, Jiang didn't know that he was from the Western Regions... Everyone called him Gaocheren, so he didn't find out until now.

Shen Bing immediately asked:

"How many people are there in your clan?"

Ke replied:

"When I left, there were thousands of households with tens of thousands of people. I don't know how many there are now."

He spoke with sorrow from his heart again, and said in a mournful voice:

"Please ask the general to send rescuers, and the subordinates will go through fire and water and die!"

Shen Bing replied:

"Do you know that it's a long way to go to the Western Regions?"

Ke replied:

"Subordinates know."

Shen Bing asked again:

"Do you know what difficulties will arise if I send troops to the Western Regions?"

After thinking about it, he said:

"The general is worried about the lack of troops in the North?"

Shen Bing shook his head:

"The war in the North has come to an end, and the three counties of Wuyuan, Jiuyuan, and Yunzhong will echo each other from afar. The Xiongnu may not dare to invade for a while."

Jiang also said:

"Is the general worried... that he won't be able to defeat the Huns?"

Shen Bing shook his head again:

"Although our military strength is less than half that of the Huns, we have not lost a single defeat. How can we be afraid of the Huns?"

Ji Qi said:

"The general is worried about..."

Shen Bing asked back:

"Does your clan have enough food?"

With a sigh, he replied:

"My family has been plundered by the Huns several times, I'm afraid we can't cover our stomachs anymore."

Shen Bing asked again:

"Does your department know how to farm and grow food?"

Jiang shook his head again:

"I have been hunting for a living for many years, and I have never farmed."

Shen Bing said:

"So, if we send more than ten thousand troops to reinforce your clan, how can we make a living?"

It was only then that Jiang suddenly realized, and replied distressedly:

"What the general said is true."

"If you rush to reinforce, not only will you not be able to save our family from the fire and water, but it will harm the Qin army."

The truth is obvious.

This is not a question of military strength or combat effectiveness, but a question of food, equipment, and clothing for more than [-] people.

Don't look at the fact that the Beidi army can have enough food and clothing in the Beidi, it's because of Shen Bing's management in the Beidi.

It would be a different matter if the army left the Northland and went on an expedition to the Western Regions.

It's not that he doesn't understand these principles, but he ignores all these problems in a hurry.