Daqin Engineering Corps

Therefore, Shen Bing immediately judged that it was the Huns who used a false retreat to lure the Qin army to attack Gushi, and then the Huns surrounded and wiped them out.

It worked.

Because the Qin army only had more than [-] people in the Gushi area, if they wanted to stay in the two cities of Jiaohe and Saer, the strength to attack Gushi might be only [-] or [-].

And the tens of thousands of Xiongnu troops surrounded Gushi with fast horses, and there were gaps on all sides of the city wall... Not to mention dismounting to fight, even if they stepped on Gushi, they could level Gushi.

If the main force of the Qin army was surrounded and wiped out in Gushi, then the two cities of Jiaohe and Saar would be lost.

Wouldn't the Huns be able to regain the initiative by then?

This is also one of the reasons why the Xiongnu did not poison the water source... The Huns still intend to continue guarding the Gushi, so they need these drinking water.

How could the Xiongnu have thought that the thousands of people who "came to attack" Gushi in the dark were not the Qin army.

Chapter 436

While Lord Daomin and Lord Xiangshan were happily directing the soldiers and civilians of Gushi to build the city wall, suddenly there was a screaming sound from a distance.

Lord Daomin was startled, and shouted:

"No, Qin Jun is here!"

Xiang Shanjun asked doubtfully:

"Isn't it just a coincidence that the Qin army is here? Gu Shi will have no worries about the Huns!"

Daominjun said:

"Xiang Shanjun doesn't know something, and Qin Jun is not a kind person. How could they let me wait for my aunt so easily and sit here?"

Xiang Shanjun gasped when he heard the words:

"Mr. Daomin means... the Qin army is coming to attack my aunt?"

Lord Daomin expressed relief:

"But Xiang Shanjun, don't worry too much."

"The Qin army is hindered by the general situation of the countries in the Western Regions, forgive it and dare not mess around!"

Lord Daomin said that Xiangshanjun was a little relieved.

From this, we can also know that what Minjun has been worried about is the Qin army, or it can also be said that it is Shen Bing.

But it’s no wonder that the Daomin Lord knows that Shen Bing is not happy to see the aunts united and is unwilling to support the Xiangshan Lord, but Shen Bing suddenly agreed two days ago and handed over all matters to the aunts and nobles to handle by themselves... It doesn't make sense.

Along the way, Lord Daomin was thinking about the intention of Shen Bing's move, or what to do next.

But after much deliberation, I couldn't figure out why, so I had to give up.

However, Dao Minjun soon realized that he was wrong.

Soon, several detectives rode their horses and galloped into the city, then knelt down in front of Lord Daomin and reported:

"Your Majesty, the Huns are coming to attack!"

"The darkness is full of enemy cavalry, I don't know how many people there are!"

Lord Daomin turned pale with shock:

"What? It's actually the Huns?"

"Hung... Didn't you say that the Huns have withdrawn?"

The spy was stunned. It has nothing to do with the withdrawal before and the return now, right?

If you withdraw before, you must not return?

They are just spies, how can we guarantee that the Xiongnu will not kill their carbine?

Mr. Xiangshan was still able to maintain his composure, he pulled Mr. Daomin aside, and whispered:

"Mr. Daomin, how can we be enemies of the Huns? Why don't we just surrender!"

Mr. Daomin dismissed this idea without even thinking about it:

"If you talk about surrender, my aunt has already surrendered to the Huns."

"But the Xiongnu vowed to kill the Gushi if they wanted to stop the Qin army on the basis of Gushi."

"If the Huns are surrendered, the king will be our fate."

Daomin-jun is right.

Both the people and the army of Gushi can say surrender, because at most the Xiongnu only robbed their property but did not kill them.

This is not to say that the Huns were benevolent.

Instead, the Huns also take into account two negative effects:

First, Gu Shi signed an alliance with the Huns and paid tribute to the Huns every year. If the Huns continued to hack and kill them, which of the Western Regions would dare to form an alliance with the Huns?

Second, the Xiongnu also knew that for the countries in the Western Regions, they should not kill the chickens to take their eggs, and they should be allowed to raise them to have more benefits.

But this is not the case for the aristocrats.

Because as Dao Minjun said, at this time due to the changing situation, the Huns need to occupy the Gushi to stop the Qin army, so they must offend or control the Gushi nobles, otherwise how can the Gushi nobles agree?

So even if the nobles surrendered, there would be no good end.

Xiang Shanjun panicked when he came, and asked:

"Mr. Daomin, isn't it a dead end for me to wait?"

Lord Daomin thought for a while, then replied:

"For the sake of today..."

"You can only ask Qin Jun for help."

"If I can wait until Qin Jun arrives, maybe there is still a way to survive."

Xiang Shanjun responded, and immediately organized troops to build fortifications.

The fortifications they built were also simple, that is, to block the gap with sundries, and then deploy archers on the city wall.

Dao Minjun commanded while praying that there would not be too many people from the Huns.

But the facts disappointed him. It was early morning when the Huns arrived, and the sun was slowly rising from the east.

Dao Minjun stood on the beacon tower and looked down, but he saw the darkness, and all the Huns cavalry as far as he could see.

This made Lord Daomin a little confused. He didn't understand why the Xiongnu made such an unnecessary move:

Since you want to take Gushi City for yourself, why do you want to withdraw?

Even if they come back to take over by force, they don't need to send so many people. Judging from the current situation, there are at least [-] people!

After thinking about it, Mr. Daomin seemed to understand.

The [-] troops of the Huns should have come to deal with the Qin army, but they were just used by Shen Bing as a shield.

Thinking of Lord Daomin, he couldn't help gnashing his teeth with hatred, but there was nothing he could do.

Even Lord Daomin could only knock out his teeth and swallow it... because once he said it, wouldn't it appear that he was not good enough?

So Dao Minjun simply pretended not to know anything.

Lord Daomin woke up, although it was too late.

But the Xiongnu only said that the Qin army was besieged in Gushi.

Xun Xun laughed loudly at Gu Shi's city wall and said:

"Qin Jun was really fooled, let's see how they can escape from Gu Shi!"

"Gushi City is the place where Qin Jun was buried!"

As he spoke, he waved his hand and ordered the troops to attack.

The ox horn "Woooo" sounded outside Gushi City, and teams of Huns dismounted and assembled outside the city, and then rushed towards Gushi City with scimitars... The walls of Gushi City were not high at all, and the gap opened in advance Although it was blocked by debris, as long as it rushed forward and tied it with a rope and dragged it with horsepower, it would not take long to move it away.

The Gushi soldiers were so frightened that they almost lost their souls. Most of them wanted to surrender, but under the order and coercion of Daominjun and Xiangshanjun, they could not take up their bows and arrows to resist.

Ge Yu, who was in charge of the attack, felt a little strange that the Qin army's resistance was too weak.

But soon Ge Yu was relieved. He believed that this was the reason why the Qin army was insufficient and concentrated in the gap or fighting the Huns in the city.

This time the Xiongnu came with 2 people, and Xunyun and Geyu each brought [-].

The reason why only [-] came is because of insufficient supplies and water, and because of fear that too many troops will be discovered by the Qin army.

What's more, it is enough for [-] Qin troops to besiege and [-] ill-prepared Qin troops. Even if it is not enough, the Huns can continue to mobilize troops.

Not long after, the debris in the gap was dragged away.

The Xiongnu soldiers had been suffocated for a while, and at this time they finally seized an opportunity to beat up the Qin army. They were willing to give up this opportunity, rushed in from the gap with a shout, and killed anyone they saw.

Ge Yu personally led his troops into the city wall, only to realize that something was wrong... All he saw was the Gushi's army and the common people, not a single Qin army.

Angrily, Ge Yu dragged an aristocrat who was kneeling beside him and surrendered, and asked:

"Where are the Qin people? Where are the Qin people?"

Ge Yu still had a glimmer of hope, hoping that the main force of the Qin army would be concentrated in the city.

However, the answer he received disappointed him.

"The people of Qin are crossing the river!"

"They didn't come, only... only us!"

With a flick of his hand, Ge Yu threw the nobleman heavily to the ground, and then spat at him.

After thinking about it, I said badly to myself.

If the Qin army came to attack at this time, the Xiongnu would have their backs to the Qin army, and half of the troops would still be inside the city and half outside the city...

Chapter 437 A Dilemma

This made Ge Yu guess right.

If the Qin army was able to defeat the Xiongnu before, it was only because of "insufficient water and grass" that the Xiongnu were gradually forced back.

But now, after knowing that the Huns are going to besiege Gushi, it is time to kill the Huns' vital forces and use this to threaten the Western Regions.

How could Shen Bing let go of this good opportunity, and immediately launched a series of arrangements and dispatched troops to punish the generals.

The first arrangement is to send a team to Qitai and Tuyu.

These two places are the only two oases left outside Gushi City. If Gushi City cannot get drinking water, the Huns cavalry can only replenish them in these two places.

Shen Bing just needs to play with the water...

The second step is to urgently mobilize some troops from Loulan to supplement... The infantry must be dispatched in a hurry. The two thousand Shenwu troops and one thousand Yueshi cavalry who came with Wang Yu, plus the recruits from Loulan A thousand cavalry, each with three horses, rushed to catch up with the main force that was marching towards Gushi.

So Qin Jun gathered more than ten thousand troops.

One thousand Loulan is more of a symbolic meaning.

Shen Bing knew that they were unwilling to make any effort or fight to the death.

On the one hand, the Loulan cavalry has a small number of troops, and a slight casualty can be called "heavy".

On the other hand, the Loulan cavalry is the Loulan cavalry after all. Although they are allies with the Qin army, as I said before, "there are only interests between countries."

So it is conceivable that the Loulan cavalry will not do their best to fight for the Qin army.

But what Shen Bing needs is the effect of his battle, or let the Xiongnu see the figure of the Loulan cavalry.

So the "Liangzi" between the Xiongnu and Loulan was formed.

In the future, it will not be said that Loulan and the Xiongnu will be in the same situation, but at least there will be obstacles to the alliance between them.

Later, as the number of battles increased, the hatred between the Xiongnu and Loulan would become deeper and deeper.

This is what Shen Bing wants.

The purpose of sending Yuezhi cavalry into battle is similar.