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Li Yan wondered:

"Didn't Lieutenant Wang Ben lead the Shenwu cavalry to investigate the enemy's situation?"

This is the news released by Shen Bing. The Shenwu Army is a cavalry army. It is a routine operation to investigate the enemy's situation and become the main force's eyes and ears.

Shen Bing didn't speak, but slowly unfolded the map in front of him, and made a gesture towards Li Yan.

Li Yan went up to take a look, but saw that there was an additional route from the inner side of the mountain to Shazhou.

Li Yan was still frowning at the beginning, not knowing why, did the general want to go around Sanwei Mountain from the southern mountainous area and attack Shazhou directly?

This is almost impossible to accomplish.

Thinking again, Li Yan widened his eyes and said:

"General, could it be Wang Ben and his party..."

Shen Bing nodded and said:

"They've been out for five days."

"If everything goes well, we can arrive in Shazhou tomorrow."

"Together with General Wang Ben, there is also Xiang Lishi who is good at marching in mountainous areas."

"The Yue clan has gathered heavy troops on Sanwei Mountain. At this time, the interior of Shazhou must be empty."

"General Wang Ben led a surprise attack on Shazhou with 3000 people... What does General Li Yan think the result of this battle is?"

Only then did Li Yan heaved a sigh of relief, and sighed:

"The general's plan is very clever. If King Yuezhi is not prepared, he will definitely lose this battle."

"If Shazhou is captured by our army, the Yuezhi army will love to fight. Although Sanwei Mountain is naturally dangerous, it will not be able to stop my army!"

"Li Yan has been taught!"

Shen Bing said with some apology:

"It's not that Shen Bing can't trust General Li Yan."

"It's Shen Bing who knows that General Li Yan is upright."

"If there are spies in our army and see that the general is not in a hurry to face this crisis, he will definitely feel suspicious, so..."

Li Yan touched his head in embarrassment, and said:

"What the general said is true, but now you can't pretend to be anxious if you want your subordinates to pretend to be anxious."

"If I had known this earlier, the general would have told me later."

Shen Bing replied:

"At this time, the general doesn't need to pretend anymore."

"You just say that our army has something new that can break through the natural dangers of the Three Dangerous Mountains."

Li Yan replied:

"What the general said is true, I will appease the soldiers like this!"

That's what Li Yan said.

He turned around and happily returned to the barracks, and shouted to the soldiers before launching an attack:

"Soldiers don't need to worry too much."

"The general is resourceful, and if he can make a 'thunderbolt fireball', he can make other things."

"At that time, how can the three dangerous mountains be all there?"

Some people really believe what Li Yan said.

Not to mention that Qin Jun believed it, even King Youxian of the Huns and King Yueshi believed it.

Because Shen Bing invented a lot of things, first the trebuchet, then the gunpowder and the arrow and so on.

And each one is unheard of and has a game-changing effect on the battlefield.

This time the Qin army will attack Sanwei Mountain in such an uncharacteristically unfavorable situation...

Either Shen Bing was stupid, or Shen Bing had other ways to win.

And if there is any other way, the most likely thing is that Shen Bing invented something shocking.

There were many stragglers from the Western Regions in the Qin army, and it was inevitable that spies from the Yue clan and the Huns were mixed among these stragglers.

So as soon as Li Yan's words spread, King Yueshi and the Huns immediately focused all their attention on Sanwei Mountain.

Chapter 4 and One Abacus

Sanweishan's attack was fierce, and the Qin army even used poisonous fireballs.

This poisonous fireball was also improved with gunpowder. The actual combat record of this kind of poisonous fireball in history was when Mongolia attacked Europe...

The Mongolian cavalry ran around with long spears carrying smoke balls, and soon the battlefield was full of choking smoke. The European knights in heavy armor were originally short of breath, and they were even more out of breath when they were smoked. reduce.

At this time, the Mongolian cavalry rushed out of the smoke howling...

Needless to say where the poisonous smoke and fireballs used by the Mongolian cavalry came from. While they were attacking Europe, they were also attacking Song Dynasty on the other side.

At this time, Song gunpowder has been widely used in military affairs, and it will be used to attack Europe after the Mongolian cavalry learns it.

That's why European countries knew that there was gunpowder.

Shen Bing rarely used poisonous fireballs on the battlefield, but he had to use them when fighting on terrain like Sanwei Mountain.

Otherwise, the Yuezhi army is good at using bows and arrows, and the second is condescending, occupying favorable terrain and guarding the narrow corridors, even the Qin army can't attack even if they have three heads and six arms.

Much better with poison smoke fireballs.

Throwing the fireball upwards...the fireball added with gunpowder burned rapidly and released a lot of smoke.

On the one hand, the smoke obscured the Yuezhi army's vision so that they could not see the target, and on the other hand, it could fascinate or at least make them unable to fight.

Therefore, Qin Jun really took down several hills guarded by Yueshi.

However, being able to capture a few hills is not the point, the point is to attract King Yuezhi's attention and make him nervous.

At this time, King Yuezhi was fidgeting in Shazhou. He was summoning ministers of Yuezhi in the tent to discuss countermeasures.

King Yueshi asked anxiously:

"I only thought that the Qin army would stop in front of Sanwei Mountain, but I didn't expect the Qin army to capture it..."

"How to deal with the current situation?"

Everyone in the audience didn't know how to respond for a moment, and after a while Xiu Mixiu replied:

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the Qin army may not be able to capture Sanwei Mountain in this battle. Even if they can capture it, they may not be able to attack Shazhou again!"

"What's more, we have the Xiongnu to help us, and the subordinates think that we will win this battle!"

"Xihou" is an official position commonly set up in the Western Regions, and it actually means the leader of the nobility.

There are five Xihous in Yuezhi, and Xiumi Xihou is one of them.

肸【xī】Dun Xihou objected:

"It is said that the commander of the Qin army has his own way to take down the Three Dangerous Mountains."

"And the Huns' [-] troops have not seen any action yet."

"It's hard to guarantee that when the Yue clan and the Qin army are both defeated, the Xiongnu will take both countries..."

King Yueshi couldn't help but sighed, this was also what he was worried about.

Originally, King Yuezhi thought that the Qin army would see this, so he would not start a war with Yuezhi anyway.

But didn't expect...

King Yuezhi even complained: It is said that the general of the Qin State is resourceful, why is he so stupid this time, and insisted on going to war with the Yueshi despite the Xiongnu watching him sideways.

Just when everyone was in trouble, the Huns envoy came to report:

"Your Majesty, the Huns have dispatched an army of [-] to attack Suzhou."

"King Youxian ordered someone to bring a message, asking the king to guard Sanwei Mountain with peace of mind."

"The Qin army's food supplies will soon be exhausted, and the Qin army will be surrounded by us!"

Everyone couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief when they heard the words, even King Yuezhi did the same.

Only the brows are still furrowed.

If the Xiongnu wanted to defeat the Qin army or cut off its food supply, it could be said to be an easy task... [-] troops were all cavalry, while the Qin army only had a small number of cavalry.

They only need to send their troops south to defeat the Qin cavalry army and outflank the Qin army to the rear to surround the main force of the Qin army.

But the Xiongnu sent troops to attack Suzhou.

You must know that Suzhou is [-] miles away from Shazhou, and it will take seven or eight days for the cavalry to reach Suzhou.

Does this mean that the Xiongnu deliberately delayed the time for the Yuezhi and the Qin army to fight for another eight days?

He paused and thought rightly, this is exactly the plan of Youxian Wang Xunyun.

On the one hand, it would be unreasonable for the Xiongnu not to send troops to support the Yuezhi at this time.

On the other hand, the Huns were unwilling to intervene in this war too early.

At the same time, Xun Yun was also a little worried that the Qin army would really have a way to capture Sanwei Mountain.

Xun Yun fought against Shen Bing in the Hetao area, and he knew that Shen Bing was not an easy man, and there must be a reason for Qin Jun's insistence on attacking Sanwei Mountain.

At this time, the Yue Clan had lost [-] troops in a new defeat. If Sanwei Mountain was lost again, the entire Yue Clan would be owned by the Qin army.

Of course, this is not what Xun Yun likes to see.

Because Shazhou is not only an oasis, but also a large number of people from the Western Regions living there...a total of 40 households and [-] people.

If these 40 households and [-] people fell into the hands of the Qin army, and there were still a large amount of food and livestock, then the Qin army would have gained a firm foothold in the Western Regions.

Xun Yun didn't dare to take this risk, so he immediately sent [-] troops to attack Suzhou.

The smoker's idea is this:

Once in Suzhou, not only will the main force of the Qin army be cut off, but the Xiongnu will also be able to regain a favorable offensive position... Regardless of whether the Qin army or the Yuezhi army wins in Shazhou, they will face the two sides of the Xiongnu.

The Yuezhi and the Xiongnu each had their own plans, and their abacus were playing like a bang, just waiting for the Qin army's food to be wiped out.

King Yuezhi still has another hope. He was thinking... If the Xiongnu attacked Suzhou, shouldn't the main force of the Qin army at this time understand that it is impossible for the Qin army to win this battle?

If the Qin army realized this, shouldn't they withdraw their troops and return to Suzhou?

King Yuezhi even wondered, is it because the Qin army is not sufficiently supplied to return to Suzhou?

If this is the case, it is no problem for Yueshi to send some cattle and sheep to Qin Jun.

What King Yuezhi didn't know was that at this time Wang Ben had led 3000 people out of the mountainous area and approached Shazhou from the south.

Before entering the mountains, Shen Bing did some homework.

The first is to find someone who is familiar with this mountainous area as a guide.

Although Xiang Lishi is good at marching in mountainous areas, after all, they live in Xitao, which is far away from this place. If they are not familiar with the terrain, they will have to do a lot of useless work.

It is not difficult to find such a person... The Qin army captured [-] Yuezhi soldiers.

Some of the [-] Yuezhi soldiers are from this mountainous area, so if you give them some favors, they will become guides.

Another homework is to draw the Shazhou City Defense and the location of King Yuezhi in detail.

This is even simpler, almost everyone knows about the [-] Yuezhi soldiers.

As long as you take some time to ask a few more people, and then combine the answers given by several people, a complete and detailed map of Shazhou and city defense will come out.

Of course, there must be a big gap in the city defense.

The reason is that there were still many garrisons in Shazhou before that. At this time, the Yueshi first lost [-] soldiers and then sent [-] guards to garrison Sanwei Mountain. The garrison in Shazhou was less than [-].

These [-] people are distributed around Shazhou and the main force is still east to north... These two directions are the main directions for the Xiongnu and Qin troops to attack.

So there are only 2000 people in the west and south directions.