Daqin Engineering Corps

Units that are too fragmented and belong to different chains of command are more difficult to command.

Moreover, the Western Regions and the Hun cavalry of King Youxian had a grudge before. If they perform a mission at the same time at this time, I am afraid that there will be problems in coordination.

So three thousand horses from the Western Regions were used to deal with Anxi, and the Youxian King's two thousand horses were used to deal with Dawan, which was just right.

Shen Bing then ordered:

"Mr. Guilu Wan, Lan's City has been handed over to you for defense. What do you think?"

Gui Lu puffed up his chest, and responded very simply:

"Don't worry, general, one day when you have subordinates, you will definitely protect the Lan family!"

There is also a reason why Shen Bing handed over the city to Guilu.

As I said before, although Gui Lu is from the Yuezhi family, he is a supporter of Shen Bing, and so are most of his subordinates.

At this time, Shen Bing handed over the Lanshi City, which is related to the life and death of the Qin army, to him. In the eyes of them, the Yueshi cavalry, that is the trust and respect for the Yueshi... Otherwise, how could they hand over life and death to them? ?Otherwise, what if GUI Lu drops with a group of people?

So Gui Lu was very happy to accept the task of defending the city.

Not only happy, but also deeply moved by it and dare not be negligent, otherwise, how can I be worthy of the trust of the general?

As for what to do with the [-] surrendered soldiers of the Lan clan and the surrendered troops of the Yue clan... Then Shen Bing intervened, and the full power was handed over to Gui Lu.

Later, Gui Lu handled it well.

In fact...it should be said to be excellent.

Gui Lu was not as simple and rude as Ge Yu said, but persuaded the Yue family to surrender.

To do this, Guilu has inherent advantages.

Because they belonged to the Yue clan before, there were even many acquaintances.

"Meet an old acquaintance in another hometown", this would have a certain kind of intimacy.

Then there was another round of brainwashing such as revenge for King Yueshi and how many benefits of Dragon City would be shared under Daqin.

The Yue clan's subduing army was originally a bit unaccustomed to the dry saline-alkali land of the Lan clan. Now when they heard that the Yue clan was able to defeat the Xiongnu and go to the grassland, and even occupied a piece of Fengshui treasured Dragon City... Of course, it was a look of envy .

So Guilu said again

"Let's really surrender!"

"What's the point of rebelling like this? Wouldn't it be nice to go to the grassland with us after winning?"

So he didn't think much about it, and just did what GUI Lu said.

After these Yuezhi surrendered troops were subdued, the next thing would be much easier.

Before Lan's [-] soldiers surrendered, they had obeyed the Yuezhi's order to surrender. Once the Yuezhi surrendered, they naturally did not dare to disobey.

As soon as the Lan family surrendered, the Lan family city was firmly controlled by Gui Lu.

But the most difficult problem is still the [-] Seleucid infantry who are approaching the Lan family step by step.

The ones used to deal with them are naturally the [-] Pu Lei Army, the [-] Tu Ge Army and the [-] Shenwu Army.

At least on this part of the battlefield, the Qin army had a military advantage of [-] against Seleucid's [-].

It will be much easier when you have the advantage of troops.

Shen Bing ordered:

"Geyu Department, cut off its supplies!"

Ge Yu responded and took the order.

The Xiongnu cavalry is especially good at guerrilla warfare and harassment, and the task of cutting off the enemy's supplies is exactly what Ge Yu wanted.

"Pu Lei Army and Shen Wu Army!"

"Follow me to meet the enemy!"

Ji and Wang Ben each took orders.

The Shenwu army led by Wang Ben is of course the main force of the attack.

The Pu Lei army led by Jiang has also developed [-] heavy cavalry, which is reaching the power of force.

However, Shen Bing did not intend to focus on cavalry in this battle.

Because for the Macedonian phalanx equipped with super long spears, it is difficult to break through whether it is light cavalry or heavy cavalry.

Shen Bing intends to take full advantage of the artillery.

Then I made some preparations and brought food and water... The cavalry can carry much more food and water than the infantry.

Because cavalry relies on horsepower, and usually each person has two or more horses for replacement.

So one horse is used for riding, and the other horse can carry food and water... But this will slow down the marching speed, because both horses are exhausted at the same time and cannot march alternately, so they need to rest on the way to avoid The horse is overtired.

Then, following Shen Bing's order, the Qin army almost all went out to their respective battlefields, except for Gui Luyi and the surrendered troops.

On the other side, Akaifus was riding his horse and leading [-] Macedonian infantry in a neat formation, marching majestically towards Lan's City.

Acaevus actually didn't want to fight this battle, because he felt that Seleucid was played by disgusting countries like Partia (rest).

If it was up to him to make the decision, Akaifus would say a few perfunctory words, and then just sit and wait for the silk country from the Central Plains to fight with them.

Finally, Seleucid sent troops again.

Only in this way can the maximum benefit be obtained at the minimum cost.

But Antiochus III didn't think so, and Akaifus could only accept his orders.

"That's fine!" Akaifus said to his subordinates nonchalantly: "Let's go and defeat those barbarians! The last thing is to never appear in our sight again!"

The subordinate responded with bursts of relaxed laughter.

In Acaevus' view, the so-called Silk Country was a country like Parthia, if anything... that was that they could weave fine silk.

Akaifus even thought, if they can fight to the country of silk along the way they came, does that mean that there can be countless silk as spoils of war?

It would be best to get the method of making silk, so that he can have untold wealth!

Chapter 5 and One

Acaeves encountered a group of cavalry when he was marching that afternoon. When the scouts reported that they found the enemy, he was nervous for a while, because he did not expect the enemy to take the initiative to go out of the city to counterattack.

However, he only hesitated for a while, and Akaifus immediately ordered the blowing of the trumpet to form the formation.

The Fifth United Phalanx led by Akefs is a battle-tested force. It was this force that sent troops to defeat Anxi and forced Anxi to pay tribute. If you trace its history, it can even go back to the Alexander period.

As soon as they got the order, they immediately changed from a marching formation to a combat formation... The heavy spearmen lined up in a dense hedgehog-like phalanx in front, with crossbowmen and trebuchets in the middle, and the light spearmen lined up in the square. Cover the rear of the formation, and deploy cavalry and a certain number of light spearmen on the two wings.

The Macedonian phalanx of Seleucid still maintains the establishment of the Alexander period, that is, 64 armored soldiers form a platoon, two platoons form a company, two companies form a battalion, four battalions form a regiment, and four regiments form a regiment. division.

This is different from the organization of the Roman legions.

Then add more than 2000 light shield soldiers, more than 1000 auxiliary soldiers, and more than 1000 cavalry to a division. In the full state, 8192 people form a primary phalanx.

Then the four primary phalanxes can form a joint phalanx, with a total of 32000 people.

This is also the reason why Akaifus led 3 people to attack Lan's.

As soon as Akaifus and others got ready, they saw groups of cavalry coming with dust.

Acaevus shouted from the horse: "Get ready!"

The soldiers responded with a "hey", and the five rows of spear guns in the front fell forward to form a wall of spears, waiting for the enemy's impact.

What came was [-] Xiongnu cavalry led by Ge Yu.

Ge Yu was very puzzled when he saw the spears of the Seleucid infantry lined up neatly like hedgehogs. Curiously, he reined in his horse and looked at the troops from a distance, and then said to his subordinates:

"Are they waiting for us to put them at gunpoint?"

"I would rather give them arrows!"

The subordinates burst into laughter.

Another subordinate replied:

"Master Wan, let me go and give them some arrows!"

Ge Yu shook his head and replied:

"No, Bo Wu."

"Though I'd love to see what it's like to fight them."

"But the General told us to attack the enemy's supply lines..."

"Fighting in Daqin's army is different. We must strictly obey orders, understand?"

The subordinates responded one after another.

Ge Yu grasped this point very well.

Because fighting in the Qin army is indeed different from putting down the Xiongnu.

The Xiongnu were more loose, conscious, and attacked like a wolf pack. They said they were disciplined and did whatever they wanted, and they said they were undisciplined, but they gathered and scattered.

The Qin army is different. It must do what the Qin army ordered, otherwise it is "disobeying the military order."

Therefore, Ge Yu didn't stay long, and led the cavalry around the Seleucid Western Front and headed towards its rear.

Seeing that the enemy dared not fight, the Seleucid soldiers roared and cheered in demonstration style.

But Acaves looked very ugly.

Because he noticed something... these barbarian cavalry seemed to have something right away, and their feet and the speed of the cavalry were not comparable to the Seleucid cavalry, or even the Anxi and Dawan cavalry.

"What's that?" Archevus asked his subordinates, "I mean what they stepped on!"

"I don't know, General!" the subordinate replied: "Maybe it's something like an iron ring, fixed on the horse's belly!"

Archevus frowned.

Because this is indeed a good idea. Fix a pair of iron rings on both sides with belts or the like so that the legs have a strong point, so that you can fight with both hands, which will undoubtedly greatly increase the combat effectiveness of the cavalry.

But the Seleucid cavalry...

Akefs looked at himself and others, and he needed to clamp the horse's belly hard on the horse, and at the same time, he needed a hand to assist his balance.

It's no wonder that Lan's City changed hands overnight.

In fact, Acaevus thought of more than that, he thought about it on a deeper level... If they can think of such a way to improve the combat effectiveness of cavalry, Seleucid and even Rome didn't think of it.

Does that mean they are a higher civilization than Seleucid and Rome?

But after thinking about it, Akaifus abandoned this possibility, because he also noticed that the hats and equipment of those cavalrymen were all simple animal skins.

Thinking of Acaevus yelled, "Go on!"

It was not until the next day that Akaifus encountered Qin Jun again.

This time it was the Pu Lei Army and the Shenwu Army led by Shen Bing.

In fact, Shen Bing and his party of more than [-] people were able to meet the enemy yesterday evening, but Shen Bing did not let the troops advance but rested on the spot.

The reason is that Shen Bing knew that it was dangerous for troops to camp around the Seleucid army.

There is a characteristic of the cavalry against the Macedonian phalanx formed by super long spears, that is, it is useless for the cavalry to surround the Macedonian phalanx, and if the Macedonian phalanx surrounds the cavalry... that is a nightmare for the cavalry.

Needless to say what the reason is, the cavalry surrounded it, and the Seleucid army could rely on ultra-long spears to push the encirclement away step by step at any time.

The phalanx may surround the cavalry, and the cavalry can only face the densely packed spears.

Therefore, at any time, Shen Bing was not at ease camping within fifty miles of the Seleucid infantry.

Once they are allowed to come up and surround the camp in the dark, they will not be able to rush out even if they want to.

In the early morning of the next day, Shen Bing calculated the time and led his troops forward, and arrived at Seleucid's camp when the sky was getting dark.

At this time, Akaifusi and others were eating breakfast, and immediately dropped their bowls and ordered the formation after hearing the warning.

Then, Akaifus saw a scene that surprised him. Groups of cavalry troops in black armor appeared before them... These troops were obviously much more advanced than the ones they met yesterday.

Akaifus speculated that perhaps these were the real Silk Kingdom troops.

Shen Bing first observed the famous Macedonian phalanx. The surrounding area was densely packed with long spears, which looked really scary.