Chapter three hundred and ninety-eight Qiu Jiequan
Chase or not?
Chase, the Yuezhi cavalry was sitting down at this time, how could they catch up with the Qin army riding on horseback?
If you don’t chase him, would you just confront him like this and wait for the Qin army to come?
At that moment, Qiu knew that the situation was hopeless. He never thought that the Qin army would use this method to make these warriors who were good at riding and shooting the Yuezhi warriors, and in turn, face the enemy's cavalry tactics...
For a long time, the Qin army, which was dominated by infantry and the Yuezhi, which was dominated by cavalry, were fighting against the Qin army with cavalry tactics.
At this time, they changed positions with each other, and the Qin army became a cavalry and the Yuezhi became an infantryman.
At this time, Qiu had only two choices:
First, turn around and ride a horse around the trapped horse pit formation or lead the horse through the trapped horse pit formation.
But in this dark night, I didn’t know how wide the Qin army’s formation was arranged in the horse pit, so it was not easy to bypass it.
It may be possible to lead the horse through the trapped horse pit. As long as the speed is slow enough, even if the horse's legs are stuck in the trapped horse pit, the horse will not be injured. Of course, you can pull out the horse's legs and continue moving forward.
But there is no doubt... this will take a long time, and the Qin army will not sit idly by and watch them do this. Just shoot a few arrows to scare the horses or take the opportunity to launch an attack, and the consequences will be unimaginable.
Another option is to completely give up the horses and walk to Suzhou.
However, Suzhou is fifty miles away, and it takes half a day to walk to get there.
The key point is not how long it takes to walk, but Qiu Jue, who has been fighting with cavalry, knew that on the way to Suzhou, the Qin cavalry in front of him would definitely accompany them all the way and wait with bows and arrows.
Then the main force of the Qin army would catch up from the rear.
In this way...
Thinking of this, Qiu sighed and ordered:
"I'll wait for the surrender!"
The deputy generals who followed were shocked and shouted:
"General..."
Qiu replied before they could finish their words:
"Are you planning to fight to the death with the Qin army?"
"If this battle continues, we will be unlucky."
"Whether to die or live, what should you decide?"
Hearing this, the generals were silent.
If he could live, who would want to die?
At this time one of the generals said:
"General, if we surrender, we may not be able to survive!"
What this means is that Yuezhi is an old rival of the Qin army. He knows that the Qin army either kills prisoners or turns them into labor... Although it is not dead to turn into labor, it is not much different from death.
Qiu replied:
"The one who faced us was Shen Bing, the general of the Qin army in the north."
"This man has never killed prisoners and is still on the verge of appointment. He has many soldiers from the Central Plains countries and even Dangxiang people."
"If we surrender Qin, we will probably be able to save a life!"
Qiu was the general of the Yuezhi. Before the war, he naturally sent people to inquire about the reality of the Qin army.
There are indeed many soldiers from various countries in the Northern Army of Shen Bing, such as the Daliang Army belongs to Wei, the Northern Ghost Cavalry belongs to Zhao, and there are also recruited from Chu...
The mixed compilation of various countries before gave Shen Bing a headache, but unexpectedly it became an advantage at this time.
After saying this, the Yuezhi generals naturally had no problem? So they agreed to surrender.
But this hill was also strange. He persuaded the soldiers to surrender, but in the end he hesitated. He led hundreds of personal guards to retreat to the mountain on the south side to guard the dangerous mountain.
When Shen Bing arrived, he reported:
"General, the one who guards the mountain said it was General Qiu Juque, the Yuezhi."
"He wants to say a few words to the general."
Chen Bing was about to step forward? Li Yan came up to stop him and said:
"General, be careful of fraud."
"What can those hundreds of people be guarding the mountain? I'll burn them all when I wait for a fireball!"
Chen Bing shook his head and said:
"This is a rare opportunity for us? So how can we be so rash!"
This is indeed an opportunity.
You should know that this is the Western Regions, thousands of miles away from the Central Plains.
After all, countries in the Western Regions should be friends with the Huns. They were just afraid of the threat from the Huns and had to become enemies with the Qin army.
In this case, if the Qin army would kill them at any time like the Huns? Isn’t that different from the Huns? Then why did the countries in the Western Regions form an alliance with the Qin army?
So why did Shen Bing look like "soft" at this time? Not only for Yuezhi, but also for the countries in the Western Regions.
As he said that, Shen Bing immediately stepped forward under the protection of his personal guards and shouted loudly to the mountain:
"I've seen General Qiu in the sinking army!"
"The Qin Dynasty had no intention of becoming an enemy with Yuezhi, so why did Yuezhi kill our envoy first and then occupy our Suzhou? The Shen Bing had to come up with this worst."
"Now the overall situation has been decided, so the general might as well surrender!"
"Chen Bing has always respected the general? This time I will not be embarrassed!"
This is just a polite word. In fact, before that, Chen Bing had never heard of Qiu Zi's name.
As a translator, he passed on Shen Bing's words.
Then Qiu shouted back:
"I want me to surrender? How many conditions are needed? I wonder if the general agrees?"
Chen Bing replied:
"If Shen Bing can do it? He must do his best."
Qiu Ju said:
"One? Not to lend me to persuade the surrender of the Yuezhi general."
"Two? Don't borrow me to harm the king."
"San Qiu, after surrendering, he will not provide any information."
"If the general does not agree, Qiu will commit suicide here to thank the king!"
When Chen Bing heard this, he thought that this Qiu was a little interesting.
Not only did he think far, but he was also more righteous, and he was unwilling to bring losses to the Yuezhi or the Yuezhi King because of his surrender.
Chen Bing thought about it and replied:
"The second, the third Shen Bing may be able to agree, but this is the first..."
Qiu Jur was humming immediately:
"I, Qiu, would rather die than do something to be sorry for Yuezhi, but the general misjudged the person."
"You and I will talk about this!"
Chen Bing hurriedly answered:
"Wait, General Qiu has thought about being under ten thousand subordinates in Suzhou at this time?"
Qiu replied:
"So what can I do if I have thought about it?"
Chen Bing replied:
"No one in your department can escape from the siege and go to Suzhou to show the warning."
"But our army surrounded it with lightning speed..."
This is also the reason why Shen Bing launched a counterattack after two days of leaving.
There are only one hundred miles of marching from Suzhou for two days. During the counterattack, infantry can return to Suzhou only if they do not sleep a day or a night...
Chen Bing continued:
"General Qiu should know that Suzhou will definitely be defeated in this battle. In fact, Shen soldiers can win without General Qiu going to persuade him to surrender."
"However, Shen Bing did not want you and me to increase casualties, but let the Huns take advantage of the fisherman. Therefore, I hope General Qiu can go and persuade him to surrender!"
"If General Qiu doesn't want to do this, then the only thing that sinks the army..."
This is reasonable and considering it from the perspective of Yuezhi, Qiu Ju was speechless for a moment.
And think about it, it's true.
Yuezhi was originally an enemy of the Huns, but now she was enslaved by the Huns to fight the Qin army, while the Huns were watching...
Thinking of this, Qiu couldn't help but sigh and said:
"What the general said is reasonable, but Qiu was convinced!"
As he said that, he ordered his left and right guards to put down their weapons and surrender.