Chapter 466: Killing Chickens and Horrifying Monkeys
Shen Bing stopped talking because it was not suitable to continue.
But Princess Wuyou understood it.
If the soldiers have become accustomed to the Qin general's orders and subconsciously form the idea that they must carry out the orders, this will not only be effective on the battlefield against the Xiongnu, but how can the countries in the Western Regions easily take back these soldiers?
For example, if Princess Wuyou gives an order at this time, the Kucha soldiers may still listen to Princess Wuyou.
But if the training is completed and a few battles are fought against the Xiongnu on the battlefield...then the real deal will come, and anyone who disobeys the order will be killed without mercy.
After a few times, will the soldiers obey the orders of General Qin or Princess Wuyou?
Therefore, it is easy for countries in the Western Region to hand over military power, but it is even more difficult to take it back.
Princess Wuyou is a smart person. How could she not know what was going on after being reminded like this by Shen Bing? She couldn't help but laugh and said:
"It's a shame that I'm still worried about the general. I only know that the general will be harmed by him."
"I don't want to, but I'm worrying too much. It's fine if the general doesn't harm others."
Then Princess Wuyou's expression darkened, she turned to look at Shen Bing with pleading, and said:
"If one day comes... General, please show mercy."
Shen Bing knew what Princess Wuyou meant. She was already worried about King Qiuci.
Shen Bing replied:
"Don't worry, princess."
"Even if he is not a princess, Shen Bing is not a ruthless person."
Princess Wuyou nodded slightly, then lowered her head and remained silent.
Shen Bing knew what Princess Wuyou was worried about.
Sometimes these things are involuntary. If King Qiuci wants to go against the Qin army and even wants to kill Shen Bing, what will Shen Bing do?
Shen Bing also understood this.
But he is not as confident as Princess Wuyou.
Because Shen Bing knew that the strength of Kucha was too far behind that of the Qin army... If they were evenly matched, there might be a conflict, but if the gap was too big, the King of Kucha would have no choice but to accept his fate.
Let's not consider these Shen Bing for now.
Shen Bing handed over the Western Region cavalry to Wang Ben, the Yueshi cavalry to Li Jian, and Yan was in charge of Pu Lei's army.
The reason for this arrangement is that the cavalry of the Western Regions is composed of thirty-six countries, and its composition is complex and difficult to command. Relatively speaking, the composition of the Yuezhi cavalry is relatively simple.
Naturally, the more difficult tasks should be handed over to Wang Ben as early as possible. Otherwise, if left in the hands of Li Jian, it would not take long for it to become a mess.
Wang Ben really did not disappoint Shen Bing.
As soon as he took over the Western Region Cavalry, he made some adjustments to the organization.
These adjustments may seem inconsequential, that is, exchanging one hundred people with that one hundred people, or transferring this team of 1,000 people to another team of 1,000 people.
But in fact he is very knowledgeable:
During this period, Wang Ben had roughly learned about the relationship between the countries in the Western Region from Yan Na, which countries were hostile and which countries were interdependent.
Shen Bing originally thought that Wang Ben would move those with good relationships together and those with hostile relationships away.
Unexpectedly, Wang Ben did the opposite and organized the hostile troops into one unit.
Shen Bing asked the reason, and Wang Ben replied:
"General."
"If these soldiers were our Qin army, my subordinates would naturally separate their enemies and unite them into friendly forces."
"However, they are soldiers from the Western Regions with different intentions."
"Only when hostile relations are organized into one unit can we supervise each other instead of forming cliques for personal gain."
"What's more, only by codifying hostile relations can it be possible to expose problems during training and bring them under legal control."
"If it was revealed only after we were on the battlefield, I'm afraid it would already be too late."
Shen Bing couldn't help but nodded after hearing this, secretly thinking that this Wang Ben was indeed from the Legalist family, and he still had some skills in military training.
Then the situation turned out to be just as Wang Ben thought. After the hostile troops were grouped together, a conflict broke out.
The two countries that were in conflict were Nu Qiang and Yu Ling.
The two countries are bordering each other, and they don't have many troops. The former has 300 troops and the latter has 100 troops.
The reason for the contradiction is that the Nuoqiang is stronger than Yu Ling... The country of Nuoqiang is a bit strange. It neither grazes nor cultivates. Because there are copper, tin, and iron ores in the country, it specializes in smelting metals and forging weapons. Sell weapons and buy food from other countries.
Because it has more advanced weapons, it has been bullying the neighboring weaker ones, Sub Zero, and always wants to annex them.
There have been several wars between the two countries, but they failed due to the supply problems caused by the special geographical environment of the desert oasis area as mentioned before.
At this time, the soldiers of the two countries met in Gushi, and Nu Qiang thought that an opportunity had come.
In the past, when attacking the city, Yu Ling always held out and sent out his envoys, the Cross and Qiang soldiers, but returned without success. However, this time the two armies were face to face, and Yu Ling's 100 soldiers were half of his country's strength... The Nu and Qiang soldiers had 500 soldiers, and Yu Ling's troops were Zero 200 soldiers across the country.
So Nu Qiang thought:
If we can take this opportunity to destroy Yu Ling's hundred soldiers, wouldn't it be easy to destroy Yu Ling in the future?
So I found an excuse to launch an offensive against Zero at night.
I didn't want to be caught by Wang Ben at the beginning of the offensive... How could Wang Ben put these hostile countries together and not send someone to keep an eye on them secretly?
So early the next morning, more than 300 Nuo Qiang soldiers were tied up in front of the team by the Qin army.
Wang Ben announced in public:
"Qin's law strictly prohibits private fighting, and anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"
"I hope all officers and men will take this as a warning and never violate it again!"
At this time, even Princess Wuyou felt incredible. She said to Shen Bing:
"General, it is normal for the countries in the Western Regions to fight each other."
"If we kill more than 300 Nuqiang soldiers, I'm afraid the Nuqiang people will be dissatisfied because of this!"
Shen Bing replied:
"No rules, no standards."
"The countries in the Western Region may fight each other, but in the coalition and under the command of the Qin army, they must strictly abide by the laws of Qin!"
"What's more, if the crime is not punished this time, the Western Region will not be able to form an army!"
So with an order, the heads of 300 Nuoqiang soldiers were chopped off. There was a bloodstain in front of the school grounds, and their heads were hung on the side of the school grounds for three days.
At this time, all the countries in the Western Regions knew how rigorous the Qin army was in running the army and the importance of obeying orders, so they did not dare to mess around.
Therefore, the Legalist method is still very effective for the cavalry in the Western Regions. These cavalry are used to unrestrained indulgence, and the only fault in a country is three to five hundred soldiers.
There are no rules or systems at all. If something happens, we just make a decision after discussing it.
At this time, being controlled by the Qin army, his mental outlook was different, and his combat effectiveness was greatly improved.
Nao Qiang was indeed dissatisfied as Princess Wuyou said.
No one would be convinced, because this attack would kill three-fifths of the country's soldiers.
King Nuqiang originally hoped that these soldiers could bring some benefits back.
So King Nuqiang took the complaint to King Qiuci, hoping that he would make the decision, and tried to encourage other countries to withdraw their troops...
However, this is seeking death.
Within a few days, Shen Bing sent a force of ten thousand people, including Yu Ling's army, to surround Nuqiang.
Shen Bingquan thought this was military training...