To the Yuezhi, the sandbank was like useless food. It was a pity to abandon it if it was tasteless.
The reason is that the sandbar is located at the entrance of the Hexi Corridor.
If the Central Plains is strong, it will inevitably march westward from the Hexi Corridor to attack the sandbank.
If the grassland is strong, the sandbar must be attacked first before entering the Central Plains from the Hexi Corridor.
Therefore, if the Yueshi were on the sandbank, they would be sandwiched between the grassland and the Central Plains. No matter which side was stronger, they would be beaten.
This is also one of the reasons why the Yuezhi eventually moved to Central Asia in history.
At this time, the whole Yueshi nation moved to Dragon City... At least for now, it was right, at least Dragon City was still rich and beautiful.
When the sandbar is in the hands of Da Qin, it means that it has a strategically important area: guard Yangguan and Yumenguan here, and then build the Great Wall on the high mountains, and basically there is no need to worry about the invasion of enemies from the grasslands to the west.
So this is a good thing for both Yuezhi and Qin.
It's just that no matter where the Yuezhi moved, it was true that they could not escape Shen Bing's control... because just like before, the Yuezhi Wang Qiu was at this time, and even the personal guards around him were Qin soldiers.
Shen Bing's acquisition of the sandbank was not just a strategic location.
On the one hand, it was an important node from the Central Plains to the Western Regions, and all caravans going back and forth had to supply supplies on the sandbank.
On the other hand, the sandbank has iron mines and blast furnaces, and it is closer to the grassland, so it would be a good idea for it to provide iron equipment for the grassland army.
Another place where iron can be smelted is Nuqiang, which was destroyed by Shen Bing before.
Shen Bing asked Qian to bring the iron-making technology to Nuqiang, so that Nuqiang could be responsible for the equipment supply in the Western Regions.
So the iron armor, spears, broadswords, and front armor of the horses needed for the heavy cavalry were shipped to Longcheng in batches to equip the Pu Lei army.
Wang Ben was a little moved when he saw this. He stepped forward and asked:
"General, can you also build a heavy armored cavalry army for the Shenwu Army?"
Shen Bing replied:
"Of course, it's just..."
"All the Shenwu Army are equipped with rattan armor. If they are equipped with heavy armor, they will have to abandon rattan armor, but you are willing to give up?"
After saying this, Wang Ben stopped talking.
Vine armor can be said to be an artifact of this era. Its defense against arrows is not inferior to heavy armor at all, but it is much lighter than heavy armor.
Therefore, the Shenwu Army built with it can be said to be the king of light cavalry... The enemy's arrows cannot hurt the Shenwu Army, but the Shenwu Army can hurt the enemy.
So only a fool would trade heavy armor for vine armor.
Of course Wang Ben knew this, he was just jealous of the majestic equipment of the heavy armored cavalry.
As the wedding day gets closer, Longcheng becomes busier and busier.
On the one hand, Fusu was busy preparing the new house, banquets and entertaining guests.
Shen Bing sometimes feels a little embarrassed in this regard... You must know that Fusu's identity is a young master, and his other identity is the brother-in-law. How can a marriage need to be organized by the brother-in-law?
But Fusu didn't take it seriously and said:
"The general is busy with military affairs. It's not too late for Fusu to be happy that he can share the burden with the general!"
"What's more, Fusu did this for his sister-in-law, as it should be!"
So Shen Bing just let him go.
Another reason for the busyness is that many guests came... These guests were sent from the Western Regions and King Youxian, and all of them brought gifts.
The reason why I arrived early is because in ancient times, unlike modern times, you can get there on the same day by taking a train or something.
In ancient times, we had to be on the road for several days at all times. If we were delayed for something, we would miss the time. In order to ensure that such an accident would not happen, we usually arrived a few days in advance.
So the arrangement of food and accommodation is another problem.
Fortunately, life on the grassland is relatively simple. When someone comes, they are given a bunch of tents to set up by themselves, and for food, they just take a few cattle and sheep to them every day and let them kill and roast them themselves.
Of course, Shen Bing doesn't need to worry about these things. Shen Bing just feels a bit unrealistic.
She was single just like that, and she was still a princess...a princess who didn't seem to be that easy to deal with.
Shen Bing didn't know what kind of life he would be like in the future.
At this moment, Fusu hurriedly entered the tent, holding a piece of information in his hand and said:
"General, things have changed."
With that said, Fusu handed the information to Shen Bing.
Shen Bing received the information and saw that it was actually Ying Zheng who ordered him to send troops to Dawan.
But it turned out that after Ying Zheng heard from Shen Bing in Wuyuan about the sweat-blooded horse in Dawan, he was so passionate about horses that he sent an envoy to Dawan with generous gifts that night to buy horses.
Ying Zheng was very ambitious. He not only wanted one horse, but two pairs, one male and one female.
Ying Zheng has a good idea: one pair is for riding and viewing, and the other pair is for breeding.
Since the Hexi Corridor and the Western Regions had already belonged to the Qin Dynasty, and there were post stations along the way, it was also the Prairie Silk Road. In addition, the envoy was eager to seek success and hurried all the way, and finally arrived in Dawan in more than a month.
The envoy thought that buying a few horses would be no problem, because this was the Emperor of Qin who came to ask for horses. Who would dare not to obey?
But Dawan is located in Central Asia, and they have never even heard of the Central Plains, let alone Ying Zheng.
What's more, a sweaty BMW is still a BMW, how can it be sold casually?
So I refused on the spot without hesitation.
If that was the case, that would be fine. The envoy became so angry that he knocked the belongings he brought to the ground in front of the court and even cursed... The envoy did this because he actually looked down on the barbarians like Dawan. The salinization of the land in Central Asia is also serious. They were mainly engaged in animal husbandry, and in the eyes of the Central Plains envoys, they were considered barbarians.
Of course it was a great shame to be looked down upon by the barbarians, so he lost his temper and left.
How could the King of Dayuan be able to swallow this sigh of relief, and then sent people to intercept and kill these envoys halfway.
It would be fine if they killed them all, but a few escaped back to the Western Region Station.
The post station then sent out carrier pigeons to report the news to Xianyang.
Ying Zheng was furious when he heard this:
"As long as you don't sell my blood and blood, how can you intercept and kill my envoy?"
"Does Dawan think that there is no one in Daqin?"
There was no hesitation at the moment, and he couldn't even wait for the horse to issue an order. He directly used the flying pigeon to send a message and ordered Shen Bing to go to Dawan to seize the bloody horse.
Shen Bing couldn't help but regret what he said casually before.
This was originally supposed to happen to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but now it happened to him.
This is great. We could have lived a quiet life on the grassland, but now we have to go west again.
But thinking about it, I think it’s not a bad thing.
Because if there is going to be a war, does that mean...
Shen Bing pretended to be distressed and asked Fusu:
"Then this marriage..."
Fusu replied:
"The war is urgent. We can only discuss the marriage after conquering Dawan!"
Shen Bing nodded.
Although he was secretly relieved in his heart, he did not dare to show it on his face.
But think about it, what’s the difference if it’s later or earlier?