Daqin Engineering Corps

Another example is that the tripping rope is easy to be found and destroyed on the ground... as long as a few cavalry dismount and open the way ahead, the tripping rope can be removed along the way.

Therefore, the tripping rope is usually used to block the enemy on the battlefield, when the military situation is urgent, there is no time to dismantle it.

On the contrary, there is almost no cost to trap a horse, and it is even difficult to destroy it.The enemy can't take earth and rocks with him to fill the horse traps one by one.

If there is any cost, it is that the horse pit requires more time cost... Its layout is more difficult, and it needs to be dug deep with a semi-circular spade.

But this is nothing to Wang Ben and others. The Shenwu Army has more than 2000 people, and they can dig two thousand horse pits in one unit of time.

As for Xiang Lishi... forget it.

Even Xiang Liqing didn't understand what these little pits could do until Wang Ben asked her to try riding a horse... But of course, she wasn't stupid enough to try riding a horse.

But Qiu just waited for the group of people to trip, when Wang Ben and others shouted and emerged from the ambush on the left and right sides, shooting randomly at the Yuezhi cavalry.

The Yuezhi cavalry responded immediately. They wanted to disperse and counterattack Wang Ben and his party to protect General Zhouquan.

But how did they expect that they fell off the horse one by one before taking a few steps...

The horse pit formation laid down by Wang Ben is concave, that is, the front is thinner and the sides are thicker.

When Qiu Jiuque, who was walking in the forefront, and his personal guards tripped over the horse pit, the Yuezhi cavalry was actually trapped in the encirclement of the horse pit formation.

Unless they retreated, they would have nothing to do but fall into the mud.

Qiu Jiu, who was bruised and swollen from the fall, was still awake. He immediately understood what was going on, and shouted:

"Dismount and fight!"

The Yuezhi cavalry responded and gave up their horses to charge towards Wang Ben's army.

Qiu Ju felt that this order was correct. Although he didn't know how many enemies there were, he had no choice but to dismount and fight on foot.

Five thousand was against three thousand, but Qiu just waited for the Yueshi cavalry to still have hope of breaking through.

However, soon Qiu was disappointed when he waited for others.

Because Wang Ben and the others had no plans to fight Yuezhi in close combat.

The Yue clan entered the Qin army and then retreated, the Yue clan entered the Qin army and then retreated, and then...

When the Yueshi soldiers ran out of the trapping pit, they found that Wang Ben and his party were already waiting for them on horseback.

Chapter 398

To chase or not to chase?

Let's chase, the Yuezhi cavalry has no horses when they sit down, how can they catch up with the Qin army who is riding on horses?

If you don't chase him, why don't you just confront him and wait for the Qin army to come?

At that moment, Qiu knew that the general situation was over. He never imagined that the Qin army would use this method to make them, the Yuezhi warriors who are good at riding and shooting, have no horses to use, and in turn have to face the enemy's cavalry tactics...

For a long time, when the Qin army, which was dominated by infantry, fought against the Yue clan, which was dominated by cavalry, it was the Yue clan who used cavalry tactics against the Qin army.

At this time, they switched positions with each other, the Qin army became a cavalry army and the Yueshi became an infantry army.

At this moment, Qiu had only two choices:

One is to turn around and ride the horse around the horse trap or lead the horse through the trap.

But in this dark night, I don't know how wide the Qin army's trapping horse pit formation is, and it's not easy to bypass it.

It may be feasible to lead the horse through the horse trap, as long as the speed is slow enough, even if the horse's legs get stuck in the horse trap, the horse will not be injured.

But there is no doubt...it will take a long time, and the Qin army will not sit back and watch them do this. As long as they shoot a few arrows to frighten the horses or take the opportunity to attack, the consequences will be disastrous.

Another option is to completely abandon the horses and go to Suzhou on foot.

However, Suzhou is fifty miles away from here, and it takes half a day to walk there.

The point is not how long it takes to get there on foot, but Qiu, who has been fighting with cavalry all the time, knows that on the way to Suzhou on foot, the Qin cavalry in front of them will definitely accompany them all the way and serve them with bows and arrows.

Then the main force of the Qin army will catch up from behind.

As such...

Thinking of Qiu, he sighed and ordered:

"I'll wait to surrender!"

The lieutenants who followed beside him couldn't help being shocked and shouted:

"General..."

Qiu Jiu didn't wait for them to finish speaking before replying:

"Are you planning to fight the Qin army to the death?"

"If this battle continues, there will be no reason for us to wait."

"Death or life, how do you choose?"

Hearing this, the generals fell silent.

Who wants to die if they can live?

Then one of the generals said:

"General, if we surrender, we may not survive!"

What this is saying is that the Yue family is an old opponent of the Qin army, and he knows that the Qin army either kills or turns them into labor... Although turning into labor is not dead, it is not much different from death.

But Qiu replied:

"Fighting against us is Shen Bing, the Northern General of the Qin Army."

"This person has never killed a prisoner, and he is still waiting for appointment. There are many soldiers from various countries in the Central Plains and even party members under him."

"If we surrender to Qin, most likely we will save one life!"

Qiu is the great general of the Yue family, so he naturally sent someone to find out the reality of the Qin army before the battle.

And Shen Bing's Northern Army did have many soldiers from various countries in the Central Plains. For example, the Daliang Army belonged to the State of Wei, the Northland Jingqi belonged to the State of Zhao, and some were recruited from the State of Chu...

The mix of different countries gave Shen Bing a headache before, but he didn't expect it to be an advantage at this time.

In this way, the generals of the Yuezhi naturally had no problem, so they all agreed to surrender.

But this Qiu was also surprised. He persuaded the soldiers to surrender, but in the end he himself hesitated, and retreated to the mountain on the south side with hundreds of personal guards to defend against danger.

When Shen Bing arrived, he reported:

"General, those guarding the mountain say it's Yuezhi General Qiu Que."

"He wants to have a few words with the general."

Shen Bing was about to step forward when Li Yan came up to stop him:

"General, be careful of fraud."

"Those hundreds of people standing guard on the mountain are nothing, I will burn them all when the fireball goes up!"

Shen Bing shook his head and said:

"This is a rare opportunity for us, how can we be so rash!"

This is indeed an opportunity.

You must know that this is the Western Region, thousands of miles away from the Central Plains.

In the final analysis, the countries of the Western Regions are enemies with the Huns and should become friends of the Qin army. They are only afraid of the threat of the Huns and have to be enemies with the Qin army.

In this case, if the Qin army also killed at every turn like the Huns, wouldn't it be no different from the Huns?Then why did the countries in the Western Regions form an alliance with the Qin Army?

So at this time, Shen Bing had to show a "soft" look, not only for the Yue clan, but also for the countries in the Western Regions.

As he said that, Shen Bing rode forward under the protection of his bodyguards and shouted loudly towards the mountain:

"In Shenbing, I met General Qiu!"

"Great Qin has no intention of being an enemy of the Yue clan, but the Yue clan killed our envoy first and then occupied Suzhou, so Shen Bing had no choice but to make such a bad plan."

"Now that the overall situation has been decided, it's better for the general to surrender!"

"Shen Bing has always respected great generals, and this time he will definitely not make things difficult!"

This is just a polite remark, in fact, before that, Shen Bing had never even heard of the name Qiu Jiuque.

Ji, as an interpreter, passed on Shen Bing's words.

Then Yau shouted back:

"If I want to surrender, there are a few conditions. I wonder if the general agrees?"

Shen Bing replied:

"If Shen Bing can do it, he will do his best."

But Qiu said:

"One, don't use me to persuade Yuezhi soldiers to surrender."

"Second, don't use me to harm the king."

"Three, Qiu will not provide any information after his surrender."

"If the general refuses to agree, Qiu will kill himself here to thank the king!"

As soon as Shen Bing heard it, he felt that Qiu was a little bit interesting.

Not only did he think farther, but he was more righteous, and he didn't want to bring losses to the Yuezhi or the Yuezhi King because of his surrender.

Shen Bing thought for a while and replied:

"The second and third Shen Bing may agree, but this first..."

But Qiu just immediately "hummed":

"I, Qiu Jiu, would rather die than do something wrong to the Yue family, but the general has misjudged the person."

"You and I will talk about this!"

Shen Bing quickly replied:

"Wait a minute, has General Qiu thought about the [-] subordinates in Suzhou at this time?"

But Qiu replied:

"So what if you think about it?"

Shen Bing replied:

"No one in your department can escape the siege and go to Suzhou to warn."

"But our army surrounded it with lightning speed..."

This is also the reason why Shen Bing launched a counterattack after two days of walking.

It took only two days to march from Suzhou for a hundred miles. During the counter-offensive, the infantry only needed one day and one night without sleep to return to Suzhou...

Shen Bing went on to say:

"General Qiu should know that Suzhou will definitely be defeated in this battle. In fact, Shen Bing can win without General Qiu going to persuade him to surrender."

"However, Shen Bing does not want you and me to increase casualties, but let the Xiongnu take advantage of the fisherman, so I hope that General Qiu can go to persuade him to surrender!"

"If General Qiu is unwilling to do so, then Shen Bing can only..."

What he said was reasonable, and it was considered from Yueshi's point of view, but Qiu was speechless for a while.

And think about it really is.

The Yue clan was originally an enemy of the Huns, but now they are coerced by the Huns to fight against the Qin army, while the Huns are watching from the sidelines...

Thinking of this, Qiu couldn't help sighing, saying:

"What the general said is reasonable, but Qiu is convinced!"

Then he ordered the left and right guards to put down their weapons and surrender.