Without waiting for the translation to be known to Shen Bing, Yan replied angrily:
"This is General Shen Bing of the State of Qin. Do you think he is a man of good words?"
Ge Yu was stunned when he heard this. He had heard the name Shen Bing before... As a member of the Huns, of course he had heard of Shen Bing.
It's just that Ge Yu thought Shen Bing should be a veteran in his seventies or eighties, but unexpectedly he turned out to be a young man in his early twenties.
Shen Bing responded:
"It's true."
"You can even hold weapons."
"But there is one condition. You are not allowed to own war horses, camels or other mounts!"
Shen Bing's words reassured Ge Yu.
Because if there are no conditions, according to the principle of "pie in the sky will not fall", it is basically a trap to deceive people. After the Huns surrender, they will be caught by surprise.
But now Shen Bing has put forward the condition that the Huns are not allowed to own war horses... This is enough to prove that what Shen Bing said is true, otherwise there would be no need to bother with it.
Shen Bing's consideration was that the Huns were best at riding and shooting. The Huns without horses were like tigers with their teeth pulled out.
On the other hand, the Western Region is an oasis terrain. There are no other water sources within a hundred miles of the river, and there are no animals such as horses and camels to transport water. The army can hardly move there. It is almost under house arrest. Even if it has weapons in hand, it will be of no use.
What's more, the Qin army will still be stationed in Gushi City, and the main force of the Xiongnu is far away from the grassland. These ten thousand Xiongnu can only stay in Jiaohe with nowhere to go.
Ge Yu discussed with his subordinates for a while.
One of the subordinates said:
"Captain Ten Thousands must never trust the people of Qin. They always break their promises."
"This move is just to trick me into surrendering."
Ge Yu shook his head and said:
"The people of Qin may have broken their promises, but Shen Bing has never gone back on his word."
"What's more, King Youxian has already withdrawn. If we sit down here without a horse, we will be dead."
"Anyway, it's death, why not believe him for once? Maybe there is a way to survive?"
Ge Yu's analysis makes sense.
The Huns had no hope of escape or victory.
From the perspective of hatred, it's like fighting the Qin people one by one.
But what's the point?
The Huns are also a group that cares about interests...
This is fundamentally different from the Mongolian army. What the Huns saw in battle was the enemy's wealth, livestock and food.
The Mongolian army also saw this, but it had strict military discipline and courage.
Relatively speaking, the Huns were more like a group of bandits than an army.
A group that cares about interests will weigh the gains and losses, and after such a calculation, they will know that it is better to surrender.
So Ge Yu stood on the top of the city and replied:
"If we surrender, how can we still keep our weapons?"
This is indeed a problem.
The weapons must be surrendered at the moment of surrender, otherwise the Xiongnu army can suddenly attack after leaving the city, and the Qin army will be caught off guard.
But if the Xiongnu surrendered their weapons at this time, and if the Qin army broke their promise and killed all the Xiongnu... who would the Xiongnu talk to then?
Shen Bing replied:
"This is simple."
"You can surrender a few thousand people first."
"I will escort these thousands of people to Jiaohe and return their weapons. I will send you a secret letter back, and you will know whether it is true or false."
Ge Yu sighed, threw his scimitar down the city, and said:
"No need to go to such trouble."
"I will believe you for once today."
"If you go back on your word and don't keep your promise, I will admit it too!"
Seeing this, the other Xiongnu also threw away their weapons and went out of the city to surrender.
Lord Dao Min and Lord Xiang Shan also came out of the city with a group of injured soldiers and civilians. When they saw Shen Bing bowing his head, they bowed and thanked the general for saving his life.
Naturally, Shen Bing said a few words in a high-spirited manner, saying that since allies should help each other, they should.
Ge Yu, on the other hand, came out with a group of Xiongnu generals and remained silent. After Shen Bing sent a group of aunts and others away, Ge Yu raised his hands to Shen Bing and said:
"My subordinates are dismissed, and from now on only the general will follow his lead."
This is half true and half false, and of course you must say this after surrender.
Shen Bing only smiled and replied:
"Captain Ten Thousands knows that it's a good thing you didn't choose to break out."
Ge Yu couldn't help but asked in confusion:
"What do you say, General?"
Shen Bing did not answer but asked:
"When you wait for the 20,000 troops to lurk near my uncle, you're probably running out of water, right?"
Ge Yu replied:
"We can hold on for two more days."
Shen Bing asked again:
"If you break through, where will you go to replenish the water source?"
Ge Yu replied without thinking:
"I will go to Qitai and Tuyu to replenish my supplies."
Then Ge Yu understood. He looked at Shen Bing in astonishment and said:
"The general's intention is..."
Shen Bing didn't say anything, just smiled.
Ge Yu thought Shen Bing was poisoning the water sources in these two places.
In fact, it is not as exaggerated as poisoning.
But it's not wrong to say it's poisoning, it's even more poisonous than poisoning...
Because Shen Bing provided Croton as the water source for these two places.
Croton is an indispensable military supply for the Qin army.
The reason is that when applied externally, it has the effects of suppressing toxins, sterilizing, and analgesically removing sores. It is the most commonly used healing medicine besides healing belts.
The Qin army usually ground it into powder and applied it to wounds.
But this product can only be used externally and not taken internally. The result of taking it internally will be vomiting and diarrhea.
One can imagine what would happen if Shen Bing dropped this thing into the water source.
The reason why it is said to be more poisonous than poison is because nothing can be seen on the surface after adding croton... If it is poison, the fish in the lake will be poisoned and float. You can see the problem at a glance .
There is nothing strange about Croton.
So the Xiongnu would add the water to the water bag.
This addition polluted the originally clean water.
In addition, after replenishing water, both the person and the horse are usually required to drink enough before setting off.
At first there were no problems, but after walking for a long time, everyone started clutching their stomachs and complaining of pain, and even the war horses were affected.
And the more you have a stomachache, the more you lack water. The more you lack water, the more you drink. The more you drink, the more serious it becomes...
By the time it was discovered it was a water problem, it was already too late.
At this time, we were in the desert, still hundreds of miles away from the grassland, at least a few days' journey away, and there was waterless Gobi all the way.
Should I drink this water or not?
If you don't drink, you will die of thirst.
Even if you drink it, you will die of thirst!
As a result, only two thousand of Xunhao's tens of thousands of people were able to escape back to the grassland, and each of them was so weak that they looked like they had been peeled off.
Xun Hao returned alive, but this nightmarish experience made him cringe when he thought about it in the future.
But that's not all that's waiting for him.
Soon Xun Yu was in trouble:
How should I report this matter to Shanyu?
From the beginning, he disobeyed Shanyu's orders and garrisoned Gushi privately.
Now that he has suffered such a huge defeat, can Shanyu spare him?