It was easy for the Huns to take Gu Shi and Loulan.
Because before this, Gu Shi and Loulan could almost be said to be vassal states of the Huns, especially Gu Shi...
Gu Shi's position is northeast of the Western Regions. Every time the Huns enter and exit the Western Regions, they have to pass Gu Shi and rob.
After several times, the prince realized that this would not work. He asked the Huns to rob him a few times and was afraid that the prince would fall apart.
So Gu Shiwang made peace with the Huns, with the condition that he would pay tribute to the Huns every year, and when the Huns army passed by, he would provide accommodation, food and water for them.
Maodun felt that the conditions were good. The Huns' army not only got a base for advancement but also got the livestock they wanted. Why not do it?
So Gu Shi became a vassal of the Huns, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he was accomplice of the tiger.
Loulan is similar. Although it did not make peace with the Huns, every time when the Huns army approached the city, they drove out thousands of herds and animals, just like paying protection fees.
Seeing that Loulan had only more than 1,000 households and more than 10,000 people, the Huns would not have the advantage of killing them all at once, so they got the animal and left, as if they had formed a tacit understanding.
But one time and another.
Maodun knew that with Gu Shi, Loulan's own strength could not stop the Qin army... Gu Shi only had 5,000 troops, while Loulan only had 3,000 troops. This little force in front of the Qin army was just a drizzle.
Maodun had an idea, that is, the Huns could assist Gu Shi and Loulan in garrison.
But Maodun also knew that this was not realistic.
He knew that Gu Shi and Loulan had to surrender because he was afraid of the plunder of the Huns. If the Qin army was at the city... it would be great if these two countries did not give the Huns a knife from behind, and they would still expect them to resist the Qin army?
So Maodun did not stop and ordered Xunyu to take the lead in occupying Gushi and Loulan in the name of discussing and jointly resisting Qin.
Then the Huns divided the troops to station Gushi and Loulan with 30,000 and 10,000 troops.
Gushi and Loulan both have Tucheng... This was built by the two countries to prevent the Huns.
Who would have thought that these earthen cities not only did not play a role but were used by the Huns?
Then Xunyu ordered two people to use Gu Shi, and the people of Loulan continued to improve and strengthen the Tucheng for hard labor, and then stationed the remaining 60,000 cavalry north of Shazhou.
The idea of smoked is like this:
Once the Qin army attacked Gushi or Loulan, his 60,000 cavalry would go south into the desert to attack the Qin army's supplies.
At that time, the Qin army would not get water on the road, so they rushed to Gushi, and they would not get water under Loulan City. Let's see how he could attack the city?!
Shen Bing admitted that he had miscalculated.
He did not consider this desert area with a water shortage of more than a thousand miles in the middle. Water on this special terrain is the top priority for the competition between the enemy and us.
Therefore, once Shen Bing took Shazhou, he should immediately send troops to Gu Shi or Loulan. As long as he takes down a country, he can obtain a stronghold thousands of miles away, so he will not worry about water shortage.
Now he is in a passive position because he is robbed by the Huns.
Wang Ben continued:
"The general, my subordinates asked the Yuezhi people and said that there were Tuchengs in Gushi and Loulan."
"This city is about thirteen feet high and more than twenty feet thick. It may not be difficult to capture it!"
The Qin army was good at siegeing the city, one Qin foot and twenty-three centimeters, and the seven or eight-meter-high city walls of the Central Plains were thirty-three feet at every turn.
So Loulan and Gu Shi's city wall, which was only thirteen feet high, can only be regarded as a short wall, and it is just a pediatric department for the Qin army.
Wang Ben means that even if the Qin army lacks water, it is not a problem to attack such a city wall.
But Chen Bing shook his head and said:
"Even if the city wall is only more than ten feet, it's not unusual."
"Captain lieutenant knows that this time, the aunt is all barren. How can we log and build siege equipment?"
After saying this, Wang Ben was stunned.
Without wood, there is no ladder to siege the city.
Do you also need to cut down good wood from Shazhou to Gushi or Loulan?
This is obviously unrealistic.
Because there are quite a few woods used by an army to siege, and after more than a thousand miles of travel, the Qin army also had to carry food, arrows, and water. The volume and weight of this wood were difficult to transport in the desert.
And they will definitely be harassed and attacked by the Huns on the way.
Another question is where to find stones used by stone catapults in this vast desert to make stone bullets!
It’s impossible to transport even the stone bullets together!
In fact, it's not just these more terrifying...
Chen Bing added another sentence:
"What's more, the Huns still have the 'Pi Li Fireball' in their hands."
"I believe that the Huns will definitely use the 'Pi Li Fireball' to defend the city!"
This is of course.
At this time, the Huns purchased a large number of raw materials for making "Pili Fireballs" on the border of the Central Plains for production, and the quantity must have been quite large at this time.
In fact, these raw materials can be said to be sold to the Huns by Shen Zhan.
However, although Shen Bing can control it, that is, it is urgently cut off its source, there is no need to cut it off in this battle.
Because the Huns did not need many "Pi Li Fireballs" to blow up the Qin army under the city to pieces.
Of course, Wang Ben knew the power of the "Pi Li Fireball", so he became anxious:
"General, what should I do...this should I do?"
"There are no two cities in Gushi and Loulan, so we can only defend Shazhou."
"Although Shazhou has abundant water and grass, we are here to watch the Huns devour the Western Regions and are powerless..."
Li Yan, who had been talking nonsense, interrupted:
"General, if we cannot attack Gushi and Loulan cities, can we attack the main force of the Huns?"
"If the Huns divided their troops to garrison the Western Regions, the main force would definitely be insufficient."
"And our army has more than 50,000, plus the Yuezhi 50,000, which is enough to fight the Huns!"
Chen Bing shook his head slightly.
If it is just in terms of the comparison of troops, it is indeed the case.
The Qin army had more than 40,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry, plus the Yuezhi cavalry, it was 100,000.
The total force of the Huns was only 100,000.
In the past, only half of the Qin army could defeat him, not to mention that the military strength comparison was one to one!
But Chen Bing knew that war could not be done by comparing the strength of the troops.
The main force of the Qin army was actually the nearly 30,000 infantry and the Shenwu Army.
In addition, the Pulei Army is quite strong, but its expansion has been too fast since it has expanded from 5,000 to more than 10,000 people. At this time, the training has not been completed, and there is no way to marching and fighting according to the banner.
As for the 50,000 Yuezhi Army...
As long as the noble power is not uprooted for a day, the soldiers have the power to be promoted by military merits without getting rid of their slaves for a day, Shen Bing will not dare to have hope for them.
On the other hand, the Huns cavalry were a battle-hardened army of tigers and wolves.
And if you attack its main force, it means that you will likely be taken to the depths of the grassland by them...
How will the Qin army, which is mixed with infantry and cavalry, fight?
Are cavalry and other infantry soldiers or are they separated?
So Shen Bing thought it would be a matter of time before attacking the Huns, but not now.