If the Qin army could defeat the Xiongnu before, it was only because of "insufficient water and grass" that they gradually forced the Xiongnu back.
But now, after knowing that the Xiongnu will besiege Gu Shi, it is the time to kill the Xiongnu's effective forces and intimidate the Western Regions.
How could Shen Bing miss this good opportunity? He immediately launched a series of arrangements and dispatched troops and generals.
The first arrangement was to send a team of people to Qitai and Tuyu.
These two places are the only two oases left outside Gushi City. If Gushi City cannot get drinking water, the Huns cavalry can only replenish it in these two places.
Shen Bing just needs to do something with the water...
The second step is to urgently mobilize some troops from Loulan to supplement... It must be too late to mobilize the infantry. The two thousand Shenwu Army and one thousand Yuezhi cavalry who came with Wang He, plus the additional troops recruited from Loulan A thousand cavalrymen, each with three horses, arrived at starry night to catch up with the main force marching towards Gushi.
So the Qin army gathered more than 10,000 troops.
Among them, Thousand Loulan is more of a symbolic meaning.
Shen Bing knew that they were unwilling to make any effort and were unwilling to fight to the death.
On the one hand, the Loulan cavalry force was small, and a few casualties could be considered "heavy".
On the other hand, the Loulan Cavalry is still the Loulan Cavalry. Although it and the Qin Army are allies, as said before, "there are only interests between countries."
So it is conceivable that the Loulan cavalry will not do their best to fight for the Qin army.
But what Shen Bing needs is the effect of his battle, or to let the Huns see the Loulan cavalry.
So the "Liangzi" of Xiongnu and Loulan were concluded.
It is not said that Loulan and the Xiongnu will be at odds in the future, but at least there will be obstacles to their alliance.
Later, as they participated in more and more wars, the hatred between the Xiongnu and Loulan would become deeper and deeper.
This is what Shen Bing wants.
The purpose of sending Yuezhi cavalry into battle is similar.
Shen Bing ambushed his troops in the south, with the infantry in front and the cavalry two miles behind.
This is because Shen Bing predicted that the Huns would not deploy their troops in the south... The south is in the direction of Jiaohe and the two Saar oases. If the Xiongnu deployed their troops in this area, it would be easy for the Qin army to find them when they pass through this area. Some clues.
In particular, most of the Xiongnu were cavalry, and it was difficult to control the horses' hooves and neighing.
Therefore, the Qin army would not be discovered by the Huns if they ambush in this area.
Sure enough, when it was almost dawn, the Xiongnu surrounded Gu Shi from three directions: north, west and east.
Among them, a cavalry army from the east crossed over and cut off Gu Shi's retreat... This cavalry army was almost opposite the sand mountain where the Qin army was lurking.
The Qin army remained calm and waited quietly, and then found that the Xiongnu army was rushing towards Gu Shi like a tide.
After waiting for a while, Shen Bing felt that the time was almost up, so he waved his hand and ordered his troops to move forward.
At this time, Xunxu was still riding proudly on his horse, looking at his uncle from a distance, thinking about what it would be like when groups of prisoners of the Qin army were brought out.
Among them, especially Shen Bing...
Xun Hao was not sure whether Shen Bing was in the city.
If he were captured in the city, Xunxu thought that this would be enough for him to show off in front of Shan Yu.
What Xun Xun didn't know was that Ge Yu was in a dilemma in the city at this time.
Because the Huns charged too hard in this battle...or it can be said that the Huns were too eager for a victory and wanted to kill the enemy and grab loot, so the army rushed into the city from the gaps and gates like crazy, and there were many soldiers among them. He rode in with his machete brandished, but it was useless no matter how Ge Yu shouted.
Although Ge Yu knew that something bad was going on, he could not inform Xun Hao outside the city.
He didn't even dare to order the troops to withdraw from the city, because the soldiers outside the city were rushing into the city. If they retreated further... they would be blocked and cause trampled casualties if they were not careful.
Just when Ge Yu was stamping his feet anxiously, he heard several "boom booms" of cannons outside the city.
Ge Yu secretly sighed "It's over"... The Qin army came at the right time.
When Xun Hao outside the city was still drawing a beautiful blueprint in his mind, several whistling cannonballs whizzed past his head, and then exploded "boom" among the Xiongnu crowd in Xun Hao's surprised eyes.
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Xun Hao turned his head and looked around, only to find that groups of Qin troops had appeared on the sand mountain behind him at some unknown time. At this time, they were setting up formations and advancing towards him step by step.
Looking in other directions, there are also figures of Qin Army cavalry galloping.
Xun Yu couldn't believe what he saw before him. He looked at Qin Jun and then back at his aunt.
He didn't understand how the Qin army suddenly appeared in the rear. The Xiongnu were supposed to be surrounding the Qin army, but now the Qin army was encircling the Xiongnu... This huge change and psychological gap made Xunxun unable to adapt for a while, so that he didn't know it at that moment.
How to direct.
Until the subordinate reminded:
"King Youxian, the Qin army is coming!"
"How should we respond to the enemy?"
Only then did Xunxun suddenly react and realized that this was not the time to look for reasons. The top priority was to consider how to deal with the enemy.
Xun Hao's first thought was to retreat.
If you can't fight, run away. This is the Huns' unchanging rule of war.
But now they don't even want to run away... half of the troops are in Gushi City.
When the Xiongnu outside the city ran away, it meant that the Xiongnu inside the city were lost to the Qin army.
At that time, the Qin army only had to use firepower to block the city gates and gaps, and the Huns in the city would be surrounded to death.
In particular, most of these Huns dismounted and rushed into the city on foot, which determined that they had no chance to break out... The Huns were accustomed to riding horses. If they fled on two legs, they would be out of breath soon.
Angry.
But if he didn't run away, the 10,000 Huns outside the city would probably have to stay here to be buried with him.
Because all the Xiongnu turned their backs to the Qin army, and many Xiongnu still did not react.
The sudden appearance of the Qin army in the rear caused the Xiongnu's high morale to drop to freezing point in an instant, and they had no intention of fighting.
So, can this battle still be fought?
What will be the result if the fight continues?
Just as I was thinking, I heard the sound of piercing the air one after another, and the crossbow arrows fired from the direction of the Qin army rushed towards the Xiongnu with a "whooshing" sound like rain all over the sky.
The Huns who had no time to block fell to the ground.
If the personal guards had not raised their shields in time to block Xun Hao, Xun Hao would have been hit by a few arrows.
After Xun Yu weighed it in his mind, he gritted his teeth and ordered:
"Withdraw, withdraw the troops!"
"Hurry out before the enemy closes the encirclement!"
A short horn horn sounded immediately above Gu Shi.
Ge Yu, who was in Gushi City, sighed again.
He knew he was doomed, along with all the Huns who had rushed into the city.
Ge Yu felt that he was not wronged because it was his own idea.
Those subordinates who were trapped in the city because of his idea were unjust. When they rushed in, they certainly didn't expect that my uncle was their tomb.