Chapter four hundred and fiftieth chapters branch outside the section
Leading this team of personal guards was a village chief named 徾[zhù].
Chu means dust, which probably explains the situation when he was born or when his father named him... The house was full of dust and no one took care of it.
Chu was very capable in his work. As soon as he arrived at Shen Bing's residence, he immediately familiarized the people with the surrounding terrain and even drew a map.
Then several people were arranged to set up hidden sentries around the area, and several possible escape routes were designed.
Not to mention, a city wall like Qiuci that is only a few meters high cannot really trap the Qin army, especially the Shenwu army.
The reason is that they are equipped with rope arrows.
These rope arrows were previously used for surprise attacks on Yuezhi across mountains and ridges, and now they have become a common equipment of the Shenwu Army.
Shen Bing looked at the escape plan, and even Shen Bing was surprised.
Tu pointed to one of the routes leading to the east gate and said:
"My subordinates believe that if there is a war, we will be trapped in a tight siege."
"If you just escape along the same route, your chances of success are slim."
"Therefore, we can take advantage of the darkness to attack the city gates along the way to lure the enemy, while climbing up the city wall from the north to break through on the other side."
Shen Bing nodded secretly.
Although this breakout plan is unlikely to be used, and even if it is used, the probability of success is not high, but Shen Bing is comforted by the fact that just a village commander can use the strategy and his careful thinking.
Shen Bing asked curiously:
"With your talents, why are you still the commander of the village to this day?"
He cupped his hands and replied:
"I returned to the general because my subordinates did not want to leave the Shenwu Army."
Shen Bing said "Oh" and understood.
In fact, it is quite normal for the Shenwu Army to have so many people. Their predecessor was the Wei Cavalry Army. The Cavalry Army itself was an elite force. Shen Bing selected the best among them and trained them. Since then, he has always been Shen Bing's most trusted main force. Even the personal guards were selected from the Shenwu Army.
This also confirms the status of the Shenwu Army, which is also full of talents and has outstanding military achievements.
The reason why Chu was still just a village commander at this time was not because of his lack of military exploits or his low title, but because of his military exploits in the Shenwu Army, and there were many people with higher titles than him.
If you want to hold a high position, you can only transfer the Shenwu Army to serve in the Daliang Army or Pu Lei Army.
The Daliang Army is an infantry army, and the Pu Lei Army is a Western Region Army with whom they don't understand the language, so it doesn't seem appropriate to go to either army.
Shen Bing said:
"That will change soon."
Shen Bing was talking about the coalition forces. Once an alliance is formed with the Western Regions, the high-quality talents of the Shenwu Army will be put to use.
As time passed, Shen Bing felt something was wrong.
Because of Princess Wuyou's free-spirited character, after knowing that Shen Bing was the general of Qin, she should have flown to Shen Bing's side after talking to King Qiuci.
However, Shen Bing didn't see anyone for a long time.
At this time, Shen Bing became a little alert.
He was thinking in his mind:
Could it be that King Qiuci would fall out with the Qin army if he was rejected?
But thinking about it, I think this is unlikely.
Although Qiuci is the largest country in the Western Region and may unite more than ten small neighboring countries, it does not have the capital to fight the Qin army.
The reason is as mentioned before, the countries in the Western Region actually have the advantage of controlling the water source, and whoever defends the city has the advantage of the water source, so it is better to defend than to attack.
But this rule is invalid in front of the Qin army.
The reason is that the Qin army has the advantage of artillery and the strength of infantry, so no matter which city they attack, they are confident and sure to win it within a few days...
Artillery that fires solid bullets is most useful for sieges, and its destructive power on walls is unmatched by other equipment.
In this way, the Qin army can be said to be invincible in the Western Regions, that is, it can destroy any city it wants.
What's even more terrible is that once the Qin army captured a city, they controlled the water source there, and then set up artillery at the top of the city... The city soon became impregnable.
Therefore, the cities in the Western Regions seemed to be tailor-made for the Qin army, allowing the Qin army to attack and defend.
King Qiuci is a smart man, of course he knows this.
This is one of the reasons why artillery is so attractive to King Kucha.
After having artillery, although it still cannot fight against the Qin Army... of course it cannot fight against the Qin Army. Its artillery and shells are provided by the Qin Army.
To be precise, Kucha is capable of making artillery and solid projectiles to some extent.
As the largest country in the Western Region, Qiuci has the ability to smelt bronze, and even has many mineral deposits in the Tianshan Mountains.
Although there is no new iron technology in Qiuci, it can be replaced by bronze. Although the quality is not as good as the iron-core bronze cannon, it at least has it.
The problem lies in the medicine packs and explosive shells. These cannot be made and are used one at a time during the war. It doesn't take long for them to run out of ammunition and food, and the artillery becomes a pile of scrap metal.
The reason why King Kucha urgently needs artillery:
On the one hand, as Shen Bing said before, if Kucha possesses artillery, it can shock the domestic nobles and use this as a basis to promote domestic reforms and concentrate the power in the hands of the nobles into the hands of the King of Kucha.
On the other hand, if Qiuci has artillery but other countries do not, then it will definitely be the most powerful country in the Western Region.
If one day the power of the Qin army recedes in the Western Regions, wouldn't Qiuci be able to use these artillery pieces to unify the Western Regions?
In the face of many benefits, how could King Qiuci easily fall out with the Qin army?
Considering this, Shen Bing calmed down and thought that he was thinking too much.
But it turned out that Shen Bing didn't think too much.
While Shen Bing was pouring himself a drink out of boredom, a maid brought a plate of grapes to Shen Bing's case, and then whispered in a changed Chinese dialect:
"Let's go!"
"Hun envoy!"
Although the words did not fit in with the context, and the maid turned around and left without saying anything else, Shen Bing immediately understood what was going on.
This maid must have been sent by Princess Wuyou to warn Shen Bing.
The problem was not the "rejection of marriage", but the fact that the Xiongnu intervened between Qin and Kucha and even sent envoys to Kucha.
However, it can also be said to be the reason for "rejection of marriage".
Because if the Qin general had not "refused to marry", King Qiuci might have directly driven away the Xiongnu envoys instead of hesitating between the two.
Shen Bing's guess was correct. King Qiuci called Princess Wuyou away for this reason.
From the perspective of King Qiuci, if he can marry the Qin army, the trust between them will be even higher.
Now the Qin army refuses to marry... Does that mean that the Qin army is just planning to cross the river and burn the bridge?
Of course, this inference is untenable.
Because even if the Qin army planned to cross the river and demolish the bridge to use Qiuci, they could still accept the marriage.
But King Qiuci would not think about these things when he was so angry.
Just at this time, the Huns envoys arrived at Kucha, so the King of Kucha did not think much and asked the soldiers to welcome them into Kucha.
It goes without saying what the purpose of the Huns envoy was.
That is to let Qiuci unite with the Xiongnu and then attack from the east and west to drive the Qin army out of the Western Regions.
When King Qiuci heard this, he felt that this might be a feasible plan.