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If you don't know the relationship between Anxi, Dawan and Seleucid, you may think that the Seleucid troops are here to fight Anxi or Dawan.

But Shen Bing knew that this was not the case.

Anxi is already a vassal state of Seleucid, and Dawan is on the other side of Anxi...

So the Seleucid army had only one goal, and that was Lanshi City.

Shen Bing didn't know why the Seleucid army would suddenly send troops to fight against him, but he knew that he couldn't waste any more time and let Seleucid advance.

Because Shen Bing knew that although the Macedonian phalanx like the Seleucids moved slowly, the dense spear formation was almost an unbreakable tank for the cavalry...

Alexander the Great led a mixed team of about [-] infantry and cavalry to defeat the entire Persian army of hundreds of thousands... It is rumored that Persia has an army of one million, but the army of one million is definitely an exaggeration.

If the Seleucid army reaches Lanshi City, then those Macedonian phalanxes will surround Lanshicheng like a Great Wall outside the city.

At that time, the cavalry in Shen Bing's hands can only rush out...

The result of not rushing is to be trapped in the city and starve to death day by day.

And the result of the rush was not much better, because the cavalry rushed to the Marston phalanx to seek death, and they died faster.

Therefore, there is only one way to deal with this kind of army, and it cannot be allowed to approach and surround the Lan family.

Chapter 499 Breaking Down Each One

Shen Bing immediately called a meeting with his subordinates, which naturally included Ge Yu, Gui Lu and others.

This is not because Shen Bing hopes they can come up with any ideas, but to show an attitude of trust in them... If important military meetings do not invite them to participate but directly issue orders, does it mean that they are not regarded as their own?

After Shen Bing roughly finished introducing the situation, Ge Yu frowned and said:

"I'm afraid this battle will not be good for us. First there are the elite Seleucid infantry, and then there are Dawan and Anxi's elite cavalry. Both infantry and cavalry should not be underestimated."

"Not to mention that our troops are less than half of them, and they are all cavalry..."

At this time, although the Qin army did not know how many troops Anxi and Dawan sent, they knew that Anxi had [-] troops and Dawan had [-] troops.

Gui Lu interrupted Ge Yu:

"We also have infantry. Lan's [-] soldiers surrendered. Although they are useless, they are good at defending the city!"

Ge Yu shook his head:

"The Lan clan's [-] surrendered troops originally had good relations with Anxi and Dawan."

"If they are allowed to defend the city, I'm afraid they will open the city gate and surrender the Lan family immediately!"

What Ge Yu said was correct, this battle cannot rely on the surrender of troops from the Lan clan, and even the thousands of newly surrendered cavalry from the Yue clan are not enough to trust, because they are also friendly with Anxi, and they also have reasons for rebellion.

Therefore, if you really want to say how many troops the Qin army has, there are only 3000 people brought by Shen Bing.

However, Anxi and other countries have 13 troops, more than twice that of the Qin army.

Troop strength is still secondary, because the Qin army often does the work of winning more with less, and this is not the first time.

The important thing is that the enemies we face this time are all elite...

Needless to say, the Macedonian infantry, Dawan may be worse, but the Parthian cavalry can defeat the Roman Crassus.

With such a combination of strengths and various arms, it is indeed more advantageous to be a cavalry in the face of the Qin army.

For example, if the infantry is good at attacking and besieging cities, they can directly attack the Lan clan where the Qin army is stationed.

And because of the water source problem, the Lan family must be defended by the Qin army.

The cavalry is good at maneuvering in the field, and the Anxi and Dawan cavalry can serve as an auxiliary for the Macedonian infantry outside the city, and can even cut off the supplies and foreign aid of the Qin army.

Taking a step back, Anxi and Dawan only used cavalry to fight against the Qin army, relying on their strength and familiarity with geography to win or lose is unknown.

Wang Ben and Jiang also knew this, and their faces were cautious.

After a while of silence, Ge Yu cupped his hands and said:

"General, my subordinates think that we should first take the Lan family's soldiers into custody to prevent them from taking advantage of the situation to cause chaos."

"If the Yue clan surrenders, they can go out of the city to fight."

"The Lan family is defended by the Shenwu army, and all the rest of the troops will go out of the city to fight!"

"It is possible to win in this way!"

Ge Yu was a Hun, and his expressive ability was not very strong, so he didn't speak very clearly.

But Shen Bing understood what he meant.

Needless to say why the Lan clan's descendants were taken into custody, the Yue clan's descendants were sent out to fight in the city to prevent them from rebelling in the city.

Then, although the Shenwu Army is only three thousand in number, they can operate artillery and have "thunderbolt fireballs", so there is no need to worry about defending the city.

After there is no worry about defending the city, the remaining [-] cavalry can fight with confidence outside.

Shen Bing only asked:

"If this is the arrangement, Ge Yu thinks how to deal with the Seleucid infantry?"

Ge Yu replied:

"Naturally, we will fight with the cavalry."

"The infantry moves slowly, and we will use the advantage of the cavalry to harass him on the left and right."

This is a common tactic used by the Xiongnu. Simply put, it means not rushing into the formation or attacking by force, sticking to it and shooting arrows to kill its vital forces.

If this tactic might be useful on other occasions, at this time...

Shen Bing pointed to the map and said:

"If Seleuci disregarded the harassment from your side, but under the cover of Anxi and Dawan cavalry, he went straight to the Lan's city and surrounded the Lan's city, how should we break it?"

Ge Yu just said "This..." and was speechless.

This battle is different from the grassland.

The grassland can be replenished as you go, and you don't need to worry about the city being attacked.

The difficulty of this battle is to attack and defend at the same time.

Because the loss of Lan's family means that the army will be short of water, which almost means the end of the game.

And as long as the Macedonian infantry surrounded Lan's... the cavalry outside could not get in, and the troops inside couldn't get out either.

剺 said:

"Why don't I wait for the artillery to deal with those infantry?"

Wang Ben replied:

"Although the artillery is good, there are only ten."

"To deal with [-] infantry, I'm afraid I'm powerless."

Shen Bing brought a total of ten cannons, which were originally intended to be used to attack the city wall of Dawan.

However, the artillery itself is not suitable for field combat.

To be exact, it was the artillery at this time.

Because they have disadvantages such as heavy weight and slow rate of fire.

Roughly calculated, if you can complete ten volleys against the enemy's phalanx in one battle, then ten cannons can fire one hundred shells. Even if the hundred shells hit all of them, and each shell can kill ten enemies...enemies The loss was only 1000 people.

The number of enemies killed on the real battlefield is much less than this, and it is quite good to kill or wound two or three hundred enemies.

Then the enemy rushed in front of the artillery unit.

Should we withdraw or fight?

withdraw.

The cumbersomeness of the artillery made it difficult and slow to move, and troops were bound to be needed to cover their retreat, so the cavalry, who were good at maneuvering, were dragged by the artillery and became infantry.

beat!

How can artillerymen beat ultra-long spearmen in close combat?

If the cavalry came for reinforcements, the cavalry would turn into infantry again.

Shen Bing was silent for a while, then asked:

"Do you know the relationship between Anxi, Dawan and Seleucid?"

Everyone shook their heads, only Wang Ben replied:

"The subordinates know something."

"This Sabbath is the kingdom of Seleucid."

"Dawan is not, but I heard that Dawan also joined Seleucid recently."

"I'm afraid that our army will attack the city, so I used this to lure Seleucid!"

Shen Bing nodded.

This Wang Ben is worthy of being a famous general in the Central Plains, knowing that the two armies must first "know themselves and know each other" in battle.

If you don't even know this information, you'll just have to fumble around in the dark.

Shen Bing continued:

"So, the enemy is not united."

"Shen Bing thought... Anxi and Dawan might sit back and watch our army fight the Seleucid infantry."

"Unless it is absolutely necessary, they will not help!"

"Or it's just spoofing on one side."

Everyone couldn't believe it, but only Wang Ben said "Oh" and said:

"The general is right."

"Anxi is a Seleucid vassal state, and Dawan just voted to Seleucid recently. These two countries are nothing more than wanting to attract Seleucid soldiers to hurt both us and Seleucid, so that they can reap the benefits of the fisherman!"

When Wang Ben said this, everyone understood.

Shen Bing nodded and said:

"So, why don't we take advantage of this to defeat each one?"

"Before Anxi and Dawan reacted, they concentrated their forces to defeat Seleucid?"

Chapter 500

After being analyzed by Shen Bing in this way, the situation became clear, and at the same time, the difficulty of interference was reduced a lot.

Otherwise, like before, you have to take care of Anxi, guard against Dawan, and hate Seleuci, and at the same time guard the Lan family... This is almost an impossible task.

In this way, everyone clarified their strategic goals, and used a small amount of troops to contain Anxi and Dawan perfunctorily.

Or it could be said to be an excuse for Anxi and Dawan to slacken their fight.

If the Qin army didn't divide any troops into Anxi and Dawan, then Seleuci would curse:

"My side is fighting inextricably, but your side is strolling in the courtyard."

So Anxi and Dawan had to make some moves no matter what.

Regardless of what Anxi and Dawan did, as long as they took the initiative, Qin Jun would most likely fall into a passive position.

However, if the Qin army each divides thousands of troops to Anxi and Dawana to ask for a fight, there may be different results...

Anxi and Dawan will have a good excuse. They can say to Seleucid:

"Look, the Qin army is not only attacking you, it is still attacking us, so we are not without effort."

So Anxi and Dawan will maintain this state of watching the battle.

Shen Bing thought that the cavalry of the Western Regions and the cavalry of King Youxian were suitable for this task.

The reason for this arrangement is that the two troops are not many: three thousand cavalry from the Western Regions, and two thousand cavalry from the Right Wise King.