Daqin Engineering Corps

Pu Leijun only hesitated for a moment, then drew out their scimitars and rushed up behind him shouting.

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The best way to prevent the cavalry from charging quickly is actually the cavalry.

In particular, the Pulei army is still advancing obliquely from the two wings to the middle... Although the total strength of the Pulei army is only one thousand, the oblique insertion of the two wings in the middle means that the carriage is obliquely compared to the Huns cavalry, which is almost like stopping the Xiongnu cavalry. An obstacle in front of the army.

The Xiongnu cavalry did not expect such a move, and at the same time, because of the poor visibility in the dark, they could not stop their momentum and slammed into it fiercely...

Immediately, a group of people turned their backs on their horses and screamed again and again.

At the same time, such blocking is continuous on a large scale.

Scale means that there are a lot of horses and corpses on the ground, and they will form a new obstacle.

Continuous left and right means that the cavalry of the Xiongnu is inevitable, and they either hit head-on or slow down.

As a result, the speed of the Huns' cavalry charge quickly slowed down, and even caused a lot of confusion.

This bought the Qin army a little precious time and a chance to counterattack. Shen Bing made a decisive decision, pulled out the bronze sword and swung it forward, ordering:

"Soldiers, expel the Xiongnu and make meritorious service, kill them!"

The soldiers of the Qin army shouted, and surrounded them with spears and bronze swords drawn.

If the cavalry loses speed, it is far inferior to the infantry, because its tall riding on the horse will be a good target for infantry, especially long weapons.

At the same time, its lower plate is unstable and unable to exert force, and there are no saddles and stirrups in this era... just grab it and drag it down to throw it into a mess.

So of course Shen Bing would not let go of this good opportunity, and Qin Jun also knew this, swarming up and following the Huns cavalry was a burst of hacking and killing.

At this point in the battle, Ge Yu also realized that the defeat was certain, so he could only order the messenger to blow the cornet to withdraw the army.

Shen Bing heaved a sigh of relief amidst the cheers of Qin Jun.

Although he won this time, it was a narrow victory. If he hadn't acted decisively and led the troops forward, the consequences would have been disastrous.

Only then did Shen Bing think of Ji, and hastily ordered to Ren:

"Go find him!"

Ren responded, and rushed up with a team of personal guards.

In fact, there is no need to search for it, the soldiers of the Qin Army have consciously turned the Pu Lei Army out of the pile of horse corpses... The Qin Army is also martial and brave. , but the performance just now is enough to earn their respect.

The Pu Lei army suffered heavy casualties. They were either killed, injured or trampled by war horses. Some people were even crushed by the corpses of several war horses.

Yao Mingda did not die, and was rescued from the pile of dead by Qin Jun.

It was only later that Shen Bing found out that it wasn't because of his fatality but because of his quick reaction... He was knocked down by the Huns cavalry who approached from an angle not long after he rode his horse, and his whole body was knocked out.

Fortunately, this is a desert oasis, with soft ground and turf. When he fell to the ground, his stomach writhed and he vomited a mouthful of blood, but his injuries were not serious and he was conscious.

In a blink of an eye, he saw a continuous stream of Hun cavalry coming from the other side. He hurriedly rolled on the spot, and then rolled into a horse corpse and huddled in it.

then……

Horses neighed and screamed one by one, stacked up one after another.

But because there was a horse corpse supporting him where he was, he was not injured at all.

There were more than [-] Pu Lei soldiers who crawled out of the pile of dead bodies with Ji, and the rest were either dead or injured.

When the soldiers of the Pu Lei Army came out of the pile of corpses covered in blood, the soldiers of the Qin Army burst into cheers, and many soldiers shouted the names of Pu Lei and Ji.

Soon, Jiang and a group of surviving subordinates came to Shen Bing under the escort of his personal guards.

Shen Bing nodded towards Jiang and said:

"Well done! Qin Jun owes you a favor, and Pu Lei owes a favor!"

"I, Shen Bing, swear here that as long as the Qin army is there, I will help Pu Lei restore the country!"

But he calmly replied:

"General, what the subordinates do is not for the restoration of the country."

Shen Bing couldn't help but wonder:

"If you are not for the restoration of the country, why?"

No wonder Shen Bing was surprised.

He left Pulei and went to the Central Plains to move the soldiers, and he was thinking of going back to Pulei to expel the Huns and regain the lost land. Just now... when he called on the Pulei army to stop the Huns' army, the slogan he shouted was the restoration of the country.

But when Shen Bing wanted to restore the country for him, he opposed it!

Jiang bowed his hands to Shen Bing very seriously and said:

"General, Pu Lei does not want to restore the country, but only wants to follow the general and become a citizen of Great Qin."

"Please allow the general!"

Shen Bing was taken aback for a moment, and then he understood what Ji meant.

Jiang is a smart man, he knows that it is meaningless to talk about restoring the country at this time.

For example, Loulan...

Does it have a state or not?

Let's say it has a country, Loulan is actually under the control of Shen Bing.

Let's say it has no country, Loulan exists, and there is also a Loulan king.

If Pu Lei were to restore the country, the result would not be much better than Loulan.

Perhaps, because of Pu Lei's loyalty to Da Qin and his great contributions to Da Qin, coupled with the personal relationship between Shen Bing and Yu, Pu Lei will have more autonomy.

The problem is that……

More autonomy is sometimes a bad thing.

Because this means that Pu Lei is not controlled by Daqin, and may become the enemy of Daqin in the future.

There is a saying, "How can others sleep soundly on the side of the couch"?

He didn't understand these things before, but after following Shen Bing's conquests all the way to the west and watching the annexation of the countries in the Central Plains and open and secret struggles, he certainly understood the truth that the more important they are, the greater the military exploits are sometimes the more dangerous.

What's more, what can Pu Lei restore the country?

Under the trend that the Qin army will control the entire Western Regions, keep Pulei, a small country with only tens of thousands of people?

And also at the border with the Huns?

Qin Jun doesn't even need to do it himself, he just doesn't need to provide protection for the cattails...the cattails will not be able to eat and walk around.

Therefore, Pu Lei's brightest future should be to become a part of the Qin army by virtue of his bravery, loyalty and merit.

This is the general trend and a wise choice.

Shen Bing nodded and said:

"My Great Qin has always been willing to accept soldiers and civilians from various countries. If Pu Lei wants to be incorporated into the Great Qin, I, Shen Bing, can make the decision to merge into the Qin nationality for you!"

Shen Bing wasn't just talking in vain.

The law of Qin has such regulations, if the soldiers and civilians of other countries come to vote, they will be given as many fields as they want, as well as homesteads and rewards.

Of course, this law was enacted before the unification, mainly to attract the soldiers and civilians of the six countries to vote, but there is no time to change it after the unification.

At this time, the Pulei country is also another country, and of course it also applies to the laws of Qin. It is also reasonable and legal for Shen Bing to say this.

Not only is it reasonable and legal, Shen Bing thinks this is a good start:

As a member of the 36 countries in the Western Regions, Pu Lei is willing to submit to the Great Qin, so should other countries also consider it?

Even Shen Bing believes that cattail trees should be used as an example and reused.

Chapter 431 Living Space

More than a thousand people were killed or injured by the Qin army in this battle, most of them were Pu Lei's army.

Killed [-] enemies and captured [-] enemies... Most of these captured Huns were injured after falling off their horses and could not escape.

But they were quickly counted in the kill count.

It's not that Shen Bing is cruel, in fact, after the Loulan battle, Shen Bing has realized that he should be more lenient to the Huns.

But firstly, the Qin army at this time is really not suitable for keeping prisoners, and secondly, most of these prisoners are wounded...

The wounded are in trouble.

Of course, Shen Bing was unwilling to bring the little healing to the prisoners. At the same time, the doctors accompanying the army were all witch doctors who could only dance to the gods.

then……

Let's keep the prisoners in the next battle.

The ratio of casualties is actually not very important. What is important is that the Qin army achieved its strategic goal: to capture the Jiaohe Oasis and drive the Huns to Gushi.

Then Qin Jun stayed in Jiaohe for a few days.

Qin Jun didn't do anything these days, except to build fortifications in Jiaohe.

Almost all the trees in the Jiaohe area were cut down by the Qin army, and a city was built in Jiaohe.

Then dig horse pits everywhere within a few miles of the city wall... The cost of trapping horse pits is extremely low, as long as you are willing to spend effort and time.

After a few days, the Jiaohe area became an oasis unsuitable for cavalry attacks.

At this time, Xunyun, who is in Gushi, has a disagreement with Geyu.

After Ge Yu retreated to Gu Shi from Jiaohe defeat, he reported to Xun Yun:

"Youxian King, my subordinates think that Qin Jun did not come here for my aunt this time."

Xun Xun wondered:

“How come you see?”

Ge Yu replied:

"The Qin army seems to only carry five firearms, leaving most of them in Loulan!"

The Huns didn't know what artillery was called, they only called it firearms.

Seeing that Xun Yun didn't think so, Ge Yu went on to say:

"It is said that the Qin army took twenty hours to destroy the Loulan City Wall."

"If it's five firearms... it won't be able to destroy Gushi's city wall even after a day's attack."

"What's more, Gushi's city wall is thicker than Loulan, and we can still repair it..."

"If the Qin army wanted to attack the city, wouldn't it be boring for themselves?"

Xun Xun replied:

"If it wasn't for Gu Shi, what purpose does Master Wan think Qin Jun has?"

This question stopped Ge Yu, he really didn't know what Qin Jun was planning.

In fact, what Ge Yu said was right, but it was also not right.

That's right, because from a tactical point of view, the Qin army really didn't intend to attack Gu Shi.

If it is not right, it is because strategically speaking, its target is Gu Shi.

Although Ge Yu was wise and brave enough to sense something was wrong, how could he tell the difference.

Then Xunyun said:

"Qin's army took Jiaohe just to prepare for attacking Gushi."

"Although this work is beyond our expectations, it will attack after a little adjustment."

"I just need to wait for Qin Jun to come."

Ge Yu said with some worry: