There was no conclusion about the discussion between Chen Bing and Wang Ben and Li Yan, but Chen Bing had an idea in mind.
The method of Chen Bing's analysis of the problem is very simple, that is, first eliminate the impossible, and then think of a targeted solution if there are any possible ones.
The situation facing this time is that it is impossible to attack the main force of the Huns. After excluding it, you can only attack the city.
It is also impossible to use the old-style tactic of directly attacking the city wall.
As mentioned before, although the city walls of Loulan and Gu Shi were much shorter earth walls, the Qin army could not obtain wood from the desert, so they could not make siege equipment on a large scale.
In addition to the bows, scimitars and "thunderbolt fireballs" in the hands of the Huns... it is even more difficult to attack this earth wall.
A common method is to dig tunnels and destroy city walls.
This method may be possible in the Central Plains, but in the desert area... the tunnel will bury itself before it can be dug far.
After thinking about it, Chen Bing believed that only by tidying up the artillery can we win this battle.
Although the artillery is heavy and also carries shells, it is essentially different from the catapult.
The quality of the wood required by the catapult may not be lighter than that of the cannon, and the hit rate is low and the destructive power is much smaller, so a lot of stone bullets and wood are needed to be expected to break the city wall.
The artillery is different.
Although the accuracy of the artillery is also not high, because the artillery's trajectory is relatively straight, the target of the city wall lying across the front can increase the hit rate in a certain range...
For ballistic straightness, you only need to consider the vertical height of the shell. If the vertical height does not exceed the range of the city wall, you can hit the target no matter how large the scattered area is, the accuracy or difference can be achieved. This is also one of the advantages of modern cannons over howitzers.
The second is the great destructive power of the artillery.
Once the two advantages are combined, it determines that if you use artillery attacks, you only need to carry much fewer artillery and shells to blow up the city wall.
Thinking of this Shen Bing, he stopped hesitating, and immediately went to Yuezhi Wangting to see Qiu.
At this time, Qiu was discussing with Xiumi Xuhou about organizing trade and forming a caravan... The only one who fled to the west was Judun Xihou, and the other four Xihou all surrendered to the Qin army and became Qiu Juku assistant.
This is also the reason why Chen Bing said that the Yuezhi army was still dominated by aristocratic forces.
Due to the needs of the situation, Shen Bing could not use excessive means to eradicate these nobles and replace them. Instead, they had to protect their interests temporarily... If they wanted to overthrow the rule of the nobles, they had to gradually collapse from within.
As soon as he saw Chen Bing come in, Qiu and Xiu Mihu hurriedly stood up to greet him:
"I don't know if the general is here, I will be in a hurry to welcome you!"
Because Qiu found an interpreter to serve him at any time, Shen Bing could understand.
After returning the ceremony, Chen Bing said:
"There is nothing important to Chen Bing here, he just wants to ask the king for a few blacksmiths."
"The king knows that our army's equipment has been greatly damaged after several battles."
"Although our army has blacksmiths, it is a drop in the bucket, so..."
Qiu Ju hurriedly replied:
"This is naturally. If the general needs this, I should help you with all your strength."
"Not only ask for a few, it's not impossible to hand it over to the general."
Then Qiu asked again:
"Is this the General's words the Huns going to attack again?"
Although Qiu was the King of Yuezhi at this time, his authority was only to manage internal affairs and trade with the Central Plains. He knew nothing about military affairs, such as intelligence investigation.
Chen Bing nodded slightly and said:
"Jin Bing just got the news that the Huns occupied Gushi and Loulan."
Qiu was stunned, but he still didn't believe it:
"This is true?"
"Then the aunt had already surrendered to the Huns, why did the Huns take it?"
Chen Bing's helpless answer:
"I don't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me."
"The Huns should be worried that our army would have a foothold westward, so they took the initiative first!"
Qiu was a veteran who had been fighting for many years. When he heard Chen Bing's words, he understood, and then his eyes turned to anger and cursed:
"The Huns are really bullying!"
"The Western Regions have been tolerant of it again and again, but they didn't expect that they would never escape the fate of destroying the country!"
Then he changed his mind and said:
"In this way, how is the general ready to deal with the enemy?"
"Yuezhi and Qin are allies, and Yuezhi will do their best to help in this battle!"
Chen Bing bowed gratitude:
"Thank you for your kindness, lord."
"But Gu Shi and Loulan are just tens of thousands of Huns, so there is no need to worry about the king!"
Qiu nodded:
"That's how the general will work hard."
"I believe that with the talent of the general, I will be able to win the flag and return peace to the Western Regions!"
This seemed like an extremely normal conversation, but there was a surging undercurrent.
Qiu Wu was not concerned about the peace of the Western Regions. He was just eager to get back his military power.
But Chen Bing was so stupid that he believed his words. He only wrote a few words lightly and then passed by perfunctorily.
As for the military power of the Yuezhi Army, it was actually in the hands of Wang Ben's deputy Li Jian.
Shen Bing sent Li Jian to the Yuezhi Army as an instructor in the name of the coordinated combat between the two armies.
And not only Li Jian, he was a teaching group with 500 people.
Once these instructors were placed, they served as deputy officers among the noble officers of all levels of the Yuezhi Army.
Chen Bing told Li Jian and his men:
"If you want to truly control and command the Yuezhi Army in the Yuezhi Army, you must treat its soldiers as the Qin army. Do you understand?"
Li Jianguang certainly understood the truth when he read military books, so he took his subordinates to take office after giving instructions.
The so-called instructor is to use the Qin army's training in the Yuezhi Army.
Usually soldiers are used to the command of instructors. If the instructors regard them as human beings and noble officers regard them as slaves... When there is a conflict in something, you can imagine whose command the soldiers are more willing to obey.
These are secondarily. There are several benefits to doing this. For example, promoting communication between Yuezhi and Qin army made them understand that people are not necessarily slaves and are not born inferior, so they have a desire to resist noble officers.
Another is that the instructor has certain promotion rights: whoever is excellent in training will be promoted to the sergeant commander, what is the chief, or even the chief of the garrison, and hundreds of generals.
The Yuezhi nobles did not take these grassroots officers seriously. If they wanted to be the masters of five hundred or two hundred or more.
The problem is...
If these grassroots officers are appointed and removed by instructors, they will naturally feel grateful to be appreciated. At that time, they are more willing to listen to the instructors who promote them or the arrogant nobles?
Being a Yuezhi Army is a slave, while the Qin Army is a free man who can be promoted and rewarded for his military merits.
So is the Yuezhi Army more willing to choose the former or the latter?
So Chen Bing did this, in fact, he slowly hollowed out the situation from the grassroots level.
It can be imagined that it won’t take long to get the Yuezhi Army firmly controlled by Shen Bing and even assimilated into Qin Army. At that time, Qiu would not be able to get the military power back.