Daqin Engineering Corps

"After the previous war, he went back to Jiuyuan overnight to recuperate."

"However, don't worry about the envoy's safety. The son was born in Confucianism, and he has always been kind and generous to others."

"I'm afraid this matter will alarm the emperor..."

Beads of sweat trickled down Wu Zhiluo's forehead in an instant.

He has been doing business in the Central Plains for a long time, of course he knows that Fusu is approachable and gentle, but the cruelty of Yingzheng is known to the whole world. If Yingzheng knows about this, I am afraid it will not be so easy to be kind.

Shen Bing said:

"That's right, Shen Bing can only ask the son to put the emperor's dragon body first, and the emperor doesn't need to worry about these trivial matters."

Wu Shiluo hastily replied:

"What the general said is true, and all the things here have been resolved and the misunderstandings have been resolved. It is better not to bother the emperor with these trivial matters!"

Shen Bing changed the subject and said:

"It's just that if one day the emperor asks about Xitao, how should I respond to the relationship between Qin Jun and the Tuoba clan?"

"An enemy? A friend? Or..."

Wu Shiluo immediately understood the meaning of Shen Bing's words.

The enemy, of course it is impossible, and this is not what we are talking about now.

Friends... How can the little Tuoba clan be qualified to be an ally of the Qin army?

If it is neither an enemy nor a friend, it is a vassal state.

Wu Zhiluo didn't think too much, and immediately knelt down and said:

"Please don't worry, General."

"Although Wu Zhiluo can't make the decision for Tuoba clan, it is Tuoba clan's blessing to become a vassal state of Great Qin."

"Wu Shiluo will go back and report the situation, Caomin expects that Tuoba clan will not refuse!"

Shen Bing also said:

"If the Li family and the Tuoba family are both vassal states of Qin..."

Wu Zhiluo couldn't help being stunned, although the Xiangli clan used to be quite large, but it was besieged by the Tuoba clan and only a thousand people remained, how could it be called a country?

But since Shen Bing said so, Wu Shiluo naturally did not dare to object.

"Don't worry, General!" Wu Shiluo replied, "Since the Tuoba clan and the Quili clan belong to the same Qin Dynasty, they should turn their hostility into friendship and communicate peacefully in the future."

Shen Bing nodded to express his satisfaction, and said:

"This is also what the young master wants. If the Tuoba family wishes to belong to Daqin, the young master will not be able to pursue it!"

Wu Zhiluo was overjoyed, and he quit after making repeated promises.

Wu Zhiluo immediately informed Tuoba Li of these conditions after returning to Tuoba's camp.

Tuoba Li also breathed a sigh of relief, but said with some worry:

"If my Tuoba clan is a vassal state of Great Qin, does that mean that I have to pay tribute to Great Qin every year?"

"Does it mean that I will accompany the Qin army in battle?"

Wu Shi said bitterly:

"The chief doesn't know something. My tribute is nothing more than giving some cattle and sheep, but Daqin will give silk in return. Why worry?"

Tuoba Li was a little confused, and asked:

"Really? Daqin will give back?"

Wu Shiluo replied:

"Great Qin is a great country with hundreds of thousands of troops, how could it be without the Tuoba clan's reward?"

Wu Zhiluo felt relieved when he said that to Tuobali.

In fact, as Wu Zhiluo said, the Central Plains has always been tolerant to the neighboring countries. After receiving the tribute from the vassal states, there will be rebates, and the value of the rebates is often higher than the tribute.

On the one hand, the Central Plains wants to reflect the demeanor of a big country, and on the other hand, it is to show off to other small countries that have not been attached to it or use it as an example... There are many benefits to becoming a Central Plains vassal state, why don't you come to the DPRK soon?

Wu Shiluo went on to say:

"As for fighting with the Qin army."

"If the Tuoba clan can defeat the Xiongnu or the Yue clan together with the Qin army, then the unified party..."

Tuoba Li let out an "oh", then immediately became happy, nodded repeatedly and said:

"This statement is justified, this country has done it!"

So there was nothing to say, Tuoba Li agreed immediately, and asked Wu Shiluo to tell Shen Bing that he would bring tribute to Xianyang to pay homage to the emperor someday, and Shen Bing should inform Shen Bing first.

Originally, at this time, Tuoba Li should go to apologize to Shen Bing in person.

But Shen Bing guessed that Tuoba Li didn't dare to meet Shen Bing in person all the time because he was worried that this was Shen Bing's trick to lure snakes out of the cave, and he was afraid that once he arrived at the Qin Army's barracks, he would never be able to return.

Shen Bing just thought it was funny, if he really wanted to deal with you Tuoba clan, would he still need this method?

Wu Zhiluo kept his promise, and then drove the cattle, horses and sheep that he promised to compensate to the Qin army's barracks.

That is a total of nearly 1 sheep and more than [-] cattle, plus more than a thousand good horses.

It would be difficult to obtain so many livestock at once from other places, because feeding is a big problem.

But in Xitao, where the grassland occupies more than half of the land, there is no need to worry at all. The Qin army only needs to surround a valley with wooden fences and drive the cattle, sheep and horses in without any hesitation.

This time, there is no need to worry about food in Xitao or even in the Hexi Corridor. There will even be cattle for farming in Xitao next year.

It's just that there is a little bit of Wu Shilu, but he didn't guess it right.

Shen Bing knew very well that the Tuoba family should not be allowed to dominate, so how could he give the Tuoba family a chance to unify the party!

Chapter 388 Mountain Troops

Since the Tuoba Clan was already a vassal state of the Great Qin, Shen Bing generously released those more than a thousand captives back.

As for Lishi, Shen Bing gave them a job to take care of and graze the cattle and sheep for Qin Jun.

The Xiangli family was originally a nomadic people, and now it is considered a old profession to be able to herd cattle and sheep for the Qin army, so how could they not agree.

As for the more than [-] warriors who went to Liqing's troops...

Shen Bing intends to train it.

The direction of training is mountain combat troops.

This is a special force in modern times.

These "savages" who have lived in the mountains for a long time can't do anything else, but they are born with skills such as trekking through mountains and rivers, and rock climbing. It would be a pity not to be a mountain army.

The number of people is a bit small, but if Shen Bing intends to cultivate and build it into a tribe or army that can rival the Tuoba clan, then the number of people will not be a problem.

Shen Bing just sent a notice to the southern mountainous area through the hand of Wu Zhiluo: recruit soldiers and civilians from all party clans...the treatment will be favorable.

This preferential treatment is the key point, followed by the Qin army, which just defeated the Tuoba clan and also accepted him as a vassal state.

You must know that the Tuoba clan is the strongest clan in the party, but they lost so simply and surrendered to the Qin army...

In fact, Tuoba's submission is the key point.

If the Tuoba clan did not surrender, the other clans would worry about being retaliated by the Tuoba clan, so they wanted to join the Qin army but did not dare to be the leader.

Now that the Tuoba family has become a vassal state of the Great Qin, isn't it a matter of course for them to join the Great Qin?

He even jumped to become a soldier of the Qin army, a suzerain country higher than the Tuoba family, why not do it?

Wu Zhiluo knew what this notice was about, but he had to send it.

Tuoba Li also knew what the consequences would be, but at this point, he could only knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

So countless party members came from all directions to join the Qin army, and there were even many people from the Tuoba clan... There is no way for people to go to high places and water to flow to low places.

In fact, this is also the characteristic of party members.

Regardless of how powerful the Xixia Kingdom built by the Tuoba clan was, it was finally destroyed because it blocked the Mongolian siege several times, and Genghis Khan was so angry that he ordered the massacre of Xixia, so the Xixia civilization disappeared.

But before the founding of Xixia, the law of survival of party members was to rely on the strong... This is actually a kind of primitive animal nature, and it is also a natural law of survival. For example, wolves always lead by the strongest and respect the strong.

At this time, the Qin army showed its strength and could solve the survival problem of its tribe, so they naturally came to surrender one after another.

Shen Bing put them all under the management and training of Lishi, so the population of Lishi increased several times in just a few days and is still increasing.

Shen Bing would occasionally consider a question.

That's why it didn't happen when the Yuezhi ruled Hexi or the Xiongnu ruled Hexi... They were supposed to be strong enough to defeat Dangxiang as well.

If the rule of relying on the strong is based on the party item, it should have been annexed by the Yuezhi long ago.

After asking Liqing in the past, Shen Bing understood.

The Yuezhi, the Huns, and Dangxiang are all slavery countries, and they have more unilateral "extortion" from Dangxiang, the Dangxiang people who live in the mountains...

To put it simply, they only want strong young men as slaves.

The party members who depend on grazing and hunting for a living will not be able to survive if they lose their youth.

So they were incompatible with each other...Dangxiang did fear the Yueshi and the Xiongnu, but in order to survive, he could only stay away from them and use the terrain to deal with them.

If Xiang Lishi hadn't been hunted down by Tuoba clan, he wouldn't have fled to the edge of this mountain.

This is also the reason why Shen Bing recruited soldiers and also recruited people at the same time... If only soldiers are recruited and no family members are allowed, that is, if they are recruited like the Qin Army, they will obviously not be able to meet the minimum survival requirements of the Dangxiang clan, so they will not be able to recruit to soldiers.

It all boils down to low productivity.

The productivity in the Central Plains is relatively high, so the young and strong in the family can survive even if they enter the army, especially the Qin Army also has a title system. Once promoted, the whole family will be rich.

The productivity of the party is relatively low. If the young and strong are conscripted, several people will starve to death. It is impossible to wait for the promotion or the soldiers to bring back the food.

Therefore, when this party member came, he dragged his family along.

But Shen Bing is not worried about this, because these party members are not free to eat and drink after they come... There are more than 5 sheep and more than 1 cows in the mountainous area. They can graze, deliver, milk, and slaughter the cattle and sheep. , Made of sheepskin, cowhide, etc.

All these are not what the soldiers of the Qin army are good at, but the party members have no problems at all.

In time, when the Sichuan area in the northern plains grows a grain harvest, it will be even less of a problem.

Shen Bing, the training subject, was mainly handed over to Li Qing.

First of all, it is necessary to learn the Qin army's passwords, semaphore and signals, and to make corresponding responses and even deploy formations according to these passwords.

It may not be a problem for these "savages" to cross mountains and mountains, but learning these things for them who never know the rules seems to kill them.

Among them, especially looking at the formation of flags, it was running around in a mess.

But if you don't learn these things, you can't do it. You can't tell if these "savages" will fight with the Qin army one day. How can they command if they don't understand the orders of the Qin army!

Shen Bing's method is to let the ten-year-old Qin Jun lead them first, just like instructors, each leading dozens of people, and training under Xiang Liqing's translation.

Of course the equipment needs to be updated.

Whether to use arrows or crossbows has been discussed with Xiang Liqing.

In the end, it was decided to focus on arrows. The reason is that arrows are more suitable for fighting in mountainous areas, and this is also the strength of party members.

The other is the javelin... This is just to shorten the long spear used by the Qin army and carry it on your back.

As for the crossbow, it is equipped by a small number of delicate and strong people.

The reason why you must equip a crossbow is that besides being used as a weapon, it is also helpful for climbing, especially the arrows fired from the crossbow...

Xiang Liqing couldn't put it down when she saw Suo Jian at the first sight. After trying it a few times, she sighed:

"With this thing, all the mountains and mountains are nothing to worry about!"

Shen Bing also thought so. With their rock climbing skills plus equipment such as cable arrows and rope ladders, wouldn't that be even more powerful?

On the basis of these, it is matched with a scimitar captured from the Huns... Nomads are accustomed to using scimitars, mainly because scimitars are good for chopping and occupy relatively small space.

Of course, another advantage is that it is single-edged and has a thicker back.

A single edge means saving time and effort in making.

A thick blade means low production requirements... Bronze is easy to break, and it is difficult to make the length of a sword without breaking without a certain level of technology. The knife is much simpler.