The four hundred and ninetieth chapters break each
Shen Bing immediately called a meeting with his subordinates, which naturally included Ge Yu, Gui Lu and others.
This is not that Shen Bing hopes they will come up with any ideas, but it shows an attitude of trust in them... If an important military meeting does not invite them to participate but directly issues orders, does that mean that they are not treated as one of their own?
After Shen Bing roughly introduced the situation, Ge Yu frowned and said:
"I'm afraid this battle will be unfavorable to us. First there are the elite Seleucid infantry and then there are the Dawan and Anxi elite cavalry. Their infantry and cavalry battles cannot be underestimated."
"And our troops are less than half of them, and they are all cavalry..."
At this time, although the Qin army did not know how many troops Anxi and Dawan sent, they knew that Anxi had 100,000 troops and Dawan had 60,000 troops.
Gui Lu interrupted Ge Yu's words:
"We also have infantry. Lan's 30,000 troops have been sent down. Although they are not very useful, they are good at defending the city!"
Ge Yu shook his head:
"Lan's 30,000 troops were originally on good terms with Anxi and Dawan."
"If we let them defend the city, I'm afraid the Lan family will open the city gate and surrender immediately!"
Ge Yu was right. We could not expect the Lan clan to surrender their troops in this battle, and even the thousands of newly surrendered Yuezhi cavalry were not enough to be trusted, because they were also on good terms with Anxi and had reasons to rebel.
Therefore, if we really want to say how many troops the Qin army had, they only had the fifty-three thousand men brought by Shen Bing.
However, the army of Anxi and other countries numbered 130,000, which was more than twice that of the Qin army.
Military strength is still secondary, because the Qin army often defeats more with less, and this is not the first time.
The important thing is that the enemies we face this time are all elite...
Needless to say, the Macedonian infantry, Dawan may be worse, but the Parthian cavalry can defeat the Roman Crassus.
With such a strong combination and various arms, it is indeed more advantageous to face the Qin army as a cavalry force.
For example, if the infantry is good at attacking and besieging cities, they can directly capture the Lan clan where the Qin army is stationed.
And because of the water source problem, the Qin army must defend the Lan family.
The cavalry is good at mobile combat in the field. The Dawan cavalry can become an auxiliary to the Macedonian infantry outside the city, and can even cut off the Qin army's supplies and foreign aid.
To say the least, Anxi and Dawan only used cavalry to fight the Qin army. The outcome was uncertain due to their superior strength and familiarity with the geography.
Wang Ben and Yan also knew this, and their faces showed caution.
After a moment of silence, Ge Yu raised his hands and said:
"General, my subordinates think that we should first detain the Lan family's soldiers to prevent them from taking advantage of the situation to cause chaos."
"If the Yueshi surrender their troops, they can fight out of the city."
"The Lan clan is defended by the Shenwu Army, and the rest of the troops are sent out of the city to fight!"
"It's possible to win this way!"
Ge Yu was a Huns, and his ability to express himself was not very strong, so what he said was not very clear.
But Shen Bing understood what he meant.
It goes without saying why the Lan clan's surrendered soldiers were taken into custody. The Yuezhi's surrendered soldiers were sent out to fight in the city to prevent them from rebelling in the city.
Then, although the Shenwu Army only numbers three thousand, they can operate artillery and possess "Thunderbolt Fireballs", so there is no need to worry about defending the city.
After there is no need to worry about defending the city, the remaining 50,000 cavalry can fight with peace of mind outside.
Shen Bing only asked:
"If this is the arrangement, how does Ge Yu think he should deal with the Seleucid infantry?"
Ge Yu replied:
"Of course we will fight with cavalry."
"The infantry moves slowly, so we rely on the strength of the cavalry to harass them on the left and right."
This is a common tactic used by the Xiongnu. To put it simply, it means not charging into the formation and not attacking by force. Instead, stick to it and shoot arrows to kill its effective forces.
This tactic might be useful in other situations, but at this time...
Shen Bing pointed at the map and said:
"If Seleucid ignores your attack, but under the cover of Anxi and Dawan cavalry, he approaches Lan's city and surrounds Lan, how can we defeat it?"
Ge Yu only said "This..." and was speechless.
This battle is different from the grassland.
The grassland can be replenished as you go, so you don’t need to worry about the city being attacked.
The difficulty of this battle is that we have to attack and defend at the same time.
Because once Lan Shi is lost, it means that the army will be short of water, which almost means the game is over.
And as long as the Macedonian infantry surrounded the Lan clan...the cavalry from outside would not be able to enter, and the troops inside would not be able to get out.
Yan said:
"Why don't we use artillery to deal with those infantry?"
Wang Ben replied:
"Although the artillery is good, there are only ten of them."
"To deal with 30,000 infantry, I'm afraid it's not enough."
Shen Bing brought a total of ten artillery pieces, which were originally intended to be used to attack the Dawan City Wall.
However, the artillery itself is not suitable for field combat.
To be precise, it was the artillery at this time.
Because they have disadvantages such as heavy weight and slow rate of fire.
Rough calculation, if ten volleys can be fired against the enemy square in a battle, then ten artillery can fire one hundred shells. Even if all these one hundred shells hit, each shell can kill ten enemies... Enemy The losses were only a thousand people.
The number of enemies killed on the real battlefield is much lower than this. If you can kill two or three hundred enemies, it is quite good.
Then the enemy rushed in front of the artillery unit.
Should we withdraw or fight?
withdraw.
The heavy weight of the artillery made it difficult and slow to move, and troops were inevitably needed to cover its retreat. Therefore, the cavalry, which was good at maneuvering, was dragged down by the artillery and became infantry.
beat!
How can artillery soldiers defeat super spearmen in close combat?
If the cavalry arrives for reinforcements, the cavalry will turn into infantry.
Shen Bing was silent for a while and then asked:
"Do you know the relationship between Anxi, Dawan and Seleucid?"
Everyone shook their heads, and only Wang Ben answered:
"My subordinate knows something."
"This rest is a vassal state of Seleucid."
"Not Dawan. I just heard that Dawan has also defected to Seleucid recently."
"I was afraid that our army would attack the city, so I used this to lure Seleucid here!"
Shen Bing nodded.
This Wang Ben is worthy of being a famous general in the Central Plains. He knows that when fighting between two armies, they must first "know themselves and the enemy."
If you don't even know this information, you can only make random calls in the dark.
Shen Bing continued:
"So, the enemies are not united."
"Chen Bing thought... Anxi and Dawan might sit back and watch our army fight the Seleucid infantry."
"They won't help unless it's absolutely necessary!"
"Or maybe it's just giving in to one side."
Everyone couldn't believe it, but only Wang Ben said "Oh" and said:
"The general's words make sense."
"Pitia is a vassal state of the Seleucids, and Dawan has recently surrendered to the Seleucids. These two countries just want to attract Seleucid soldiers to make us and the Seleucids suffer losses, so that they can reap the benefits of the others!"
When Wang Ben said this, everyone understood.
Shen Bing nodded and said:
"So, why don't we use this to defeat each one?"
"Before Anxi and Dawan could react, they concentrated their forces to defeat Seleucid?"