"General!" Wang Bai said anxiously as soon as he walked into the tent: "The Huns are going to attack Yunzhong County."
Shen Bing asked puzzledly:
"How can I see it?"
Shen Bing asked this question because Wang Bai and Lei Hui had previously judged that the Huns would not attack Yunzhong County. They had the same idea as Shen Bing, thinking that the Huns would leave some troops to contain Yunzhong County and then go south to plunder.
But now they are so sure.
Wang Bai explained:
"General, the Huns keep falcons."
"When the eagle flies into the sky, it can find the enemy's cattle, sheep and horses, and then the Huns will rush out in large numbers."
Shen Bing said "Oh" and asked:
"Did you see the falcon?"
Wang Bai nodded and said:
"That's true."
"It comes and hovers every few hours."
Shen Bing was a little strange:
"But I don't have any cattle or sheep..."
Lei Hui replied:
"We have horses, and the Shenwu Army has tens of thousands of horses."
"The Huns have determined from this that all our cavalry troops are in Yunzhong City."
Shen Bing sounded a little confused.
Fighting against the Huns is really a bit different. They used "spy satellites" in this era. This thing is really much easier to use than spies. You can get a few of these falcons to play with.
After a pause, Shen Bing asked again:
"But...why did the Huns attack Yunzhong County?"
No one can answer this question.
If it was the food and grass of Yunzhong County, wouldn't the Qin army burn it before their defeat?
If it's for war horses... Although tens of thousands of war horses are a lot, the point is that there are still more than 10,000 Qin troops.
To defeat more than 10,000 Qin troops and capture tens of thousands of war horses, it is clear that this is a loss-making business.
Wang Ben thought for a while and said:
"Maybe he knew that our army was not strong enough and thought he could easily defeat our army, so..."
Shen Bing nodded in agreement.
That's the only way it can be explained.
Because the Huns are not as persistent as the countries in the Central Plains. The countries in the Central Plains are farming people who are land-based, so there is no need for too many reasons for war. They just want your land... If you give up a little, they will ask for some more, and if you give up a little, they will ask for some more. , never too much.
The Xiongnu's primary purpose in launching a war should be plunder, not land.
Because they themselves will migrate to these places as the climate changes.
Therefore, the Xiongnu would not attack Yunzhong County unless... they did not take Shen Bing's 10,000 people seriously at all.
Shen Bing thought for a while and then ordered:
"Go down with the order and prepare enough crossbows and arrows in each village to prepare for the enemy."
Everyone responded and took orders to prepare.
Directly facing the enemy was the Daliang Army under Wei Wei.
The Liang Army was an infantry army, and the improvement of crossbows during this period was mainly due to the infantry army.
The walled city outside Yunzhong City was also completed by infantry... It would be a bit wasteful to send cavalry to defend the city.
As for the five thousand Shenwu troops led by Wang Ben, they were used by Shen Bing as a mobile force.
The Shenwu Army may not be able to compete with the Huns in cavalry and archery, but they are better because of their rattan armor... Shen Bing's rattan armor workshop in Daliang has been producing it.
When he was transferred to Beidi and passed through Daliang, Shen Bing wanted to take the rattan armor workshop with him.
But think about it and forget it...
There is no use moving this thing to the Northland. The Northland is a terrain that alternates between desert and grassland. There are no vines here, so how can I make vine armor?
Even if we bring workshops and workers to the North, what will they do?
So the workshop still stayed in Daliang.
In order to have a continuous and stable supply... this is almost the lifeblood of the Shenwu Army. Because one day it suddenly gets stuck or the price increases, the Shenwu Army will be in a dilemma with no armor available.
Shen Bing left the entire matter to Yun Tian to handle.
On the one hand, Shen Bing believes in Yun Tian, but on the other hand, Shen Bing also holds Yun Tian's lifeline... Paper.
At present, all the paper industries in the Central Plains are owned by Yuntan, which has caused Yuntan to give up other industries and specialize in paper industry.
Because compared with paper management, other industries are a waste of time.
One day, if Yun Tian does not supply the rattan armor, then Shen Bing will cut off the supply of paper to him.
In fact, there is not much need to worry, because the manufacturing method and technology of rattan armor are in the hands of Shen Bing, and it is impossible for Yun Tian to form a monopoly on Shen Bing... To take a step back, even if Yun Tian doesn't do it, Shen Bing will You can also find other people to make it. As long as there are rattan and basket weavers, you can make rattan armor.
By this time, the Shenwu Army had one man per man and two thousand spares and replacements in the warehouse.
It's just that the quality of these rattan armor is still not of the highest quality... The best rattan armor needs to be soaked for a year, which means that it can be produced after at least one year.
If we talk about the titles of the Shenwu Army, most of them have hairpins after being promoted to three levels in a row after the battle in Ruyin... Those with lower titles will also join later.
At this time, they are equipped with enough armor.
But after some discussions, almost everyone wanted to continue wearing rattan armor.
Later, even Wang Ben and his bodyguards, who were accustomed to wearing Qin armor, wore rattan armor.
Just kidding, who doesn’t know how to use good equipment?
Especially after knowing that they are going north to fight against the Huns, who doesn’t know how to use this light and comprehensive vine armor that can also perfectly resist bows and arrows?
Wang Ben even suggested:
"General, why don't we equip our horses with rattan armor for protection?"
Shen Bing said "Huh" and replied:
"good idea."
As the saying goes, "Shoot the man first, shoot the horse." The Shenwu Army equipped with rattan armor also has a weakness, that is, the horse is injured by the enemy and causes battle damage. In the past, most of the black armor army was injured because of this...the war horse was injured or frightened. The rider will be thrown off the horse.
If rattan armor is used to protect the horse's vital points such as its head, chest and flanks without adding much weight, wouldn't it double its combat power?
Shen Bing immediately stopped hesitating and immediately "placed an order" with Yun Tian.
Since soaked rattan was readily available, a thousand horse protective gears were soon delivered.
Shen Bing first gave the equipment to the original black armor army led by Yan.
No one can blame Shen Bing for being partial. The original Black Armored Army followed Shen Bing in Ruyin and made outstanding military exploits through life and death, and was awarded the name of the Shenwu Army. If you want such treatment, you must first achieve military exploits.
Shen Bing's tactics were to use the Daliang Army to garrison the walled city and use the Shenwu Army to attack on the move.
As a result, a defense system with both offensive and defensive capabilities was formed with Yunzhong City as the center and the city wall as an auxiliary.
For example, which city is out of arrows or food, or a supply team coming from the Central Plains is intercepted by the Huns...
It would be difficult if there were only infantry, because it would be difficult for the supply convoy to safely transport the supply convoy to the walled city under the charge of the Huns cavalry, and it would also be difficult for the infantry to rush to the destination quickly to protect the supply convoy.
With the Shenwu Army, there would be no problem. Shen Bing believed that even if the Shenwu Army was inferior to the Xiongnu in cavalry and shooting, they would still be invincible with the protection of the vine armor.
Just as Yunzhong City and the villages outside the city were preparing for war, the Xiongnu's unique long horn horn sounded outside the city.
Then there were soldiers at the top of the city waving flags and shouting: