After Shen Bing analyzed the situation in this way, the situation became clear. At the same time, there was less interference and the difficulty was reduced a lot.
Otherwise, like before, we have to take care of An Anxi and guard against Dawan, fight against Seleucid, and at the same time defend the Lan family... This is almost an impossible task.
In this way, everyone clearly understood the strategic goal and used a small number of troops to contain Parthia and Dawan.
Or it can be said to be an excuse for Anxi and Dawan to neglect the war.
If the Qin army does not have any strength in Anxi and Dawan, then Seleucid will curse:
"I'm fighting hard here, but you're taking a leisurely stroll on the other side."
So no matter what happens to An Anxi and Dawan, they have to do something.
No matter what actions Anxi and Dawan take, as long as they take the initiative, the Qin army will most likely fall into passivity.
But if the Qin army divided thousands of troops into Anxi and Dawana and took the initiative to fight, there might be different results...
Parthia and Dawan will have a good excuse. They can say to Seleucid:
"Look, the Qin army is not only attacking you, it is also attacking us, so we are not without our efforts."
So Anxi and Dawan will maintain this state of watching the battle.
Shen Bing believed that the cavalry of the Western Regions and King Youxian's cavalry were suitable for this task.
The reason for this arrangement is that both have small numbers of troops: 3,000 cavalry from the Western Regions and 2,000 cavalry from King Youxian.
Troops that are too fragmented and belong to different command structures are more difficult to command.
Moreover, the Western Regions had a grudge against the Hun cavalry of King Youxian before. If they were to perform a mission at the same time, there would be problems in coordination.
So the three thousand cavalry of the Western Regions were used to deal with Anxi, and the two thousand cavalry of King Youxian were used to deal with Dawan, which was just right.
Shen Bing then ordered:
"Captain Guilu, Lan's City has been handed over to you for defense. What do you think?"
Gui Lu puffed up her chest and responded simply:
"Don't worry, General. When your subordinates are here, I will protect the Lan family!"
There is also a reason why Shen Bing handed over the city to Gui Lu.
As mentioned before, although Guilu was from the Yuezhi, he was a supporter of Shen Bing, and most of his subordinates were also like this.
At this time, Shen Bing handed over Lan's city, which was a matter of life and death for the Qin army, into his hands. In the eyes of them, the Yue's cavalry, that was their trust and respect for the Yue's... Otherwise, how could they hand over the life and death of the Qin army? ?Otherwise, what if Guilu descends with all his troops?
So Guilu was very happy to accept the task of defending the city.
Not only are you happy, but you are also deeply moved by it and dare not be a little negligent. Otherwise, how can you live up to the general's trust?
As for what to do with the 30,000 surrendered soldiers of the Lan Sect and the surrendered army of the Yue Sect... Shen Bing intervened and left all the power to Gui Lu.
Later Guilu handled the situation pretty well.
In fact... I should say it's outstanding.
Gui Lu was not as simple and crude as Ge Yu said, but instead persuaded the Yuezhi to surrender their troops.
To achieve this, Gui Lu has inherent advantages.
Because they were both members of the Yuezhi family before, many people even knew each other.
"Meeting an old friend in another country" inherently brings a sense of intimacy.
Then there was another round of brainwashing about revenge for the Yuezhi King and how many benefits it would be to get the Dragon City under the Qin Dynasty.
The Yue clan's surrender army was originally acclimated to the dry saline-alkali land of the Lan clan. Now when I heard that the Yue clan was able to defeat the Xiongnu and invade the grassland, and even occupied a geomantic treasure land, Dragon City... Of course, I was filled with envy. .
So Guilu said again
"Just surrender sincerely!"
"What's wrong with such a rebellion? After winning, wouldn't it be nice to go to the grassland with us?"
So I didn't think much and just did what Guilu said.
After the Yuezhi surrendered and conquered, the next thing would be much easier to handle.
Before Lan's 30,000 soldiers surrendered, they had obeyed the Yuezhi's order to surrender the army. Once the Yuezhi surrendered the army, they naturally did not dare to disobey.
Once Lan's soldiers were surrendered, Lan's city was firmly controlled by Guilu.
But the most thorny problem is still the 30,000 Seleucid infantry approaching Lan's step by step.
The troops used to deal with them were naturally 30,000 Pu Lei troops, 10,000 Tu various troops and 3,000 Shenwu troops.
At least on this local battlefield, the Qin army had a strength advantage of 43,000 against the Seleucid 30,000.
It will be much easier to handle once you have the military advantage.
Shen Bing ordered:
"Destroy the Yu tribe and cut off its supplies!"
Ge Yu accepted the order.
The Huns' cavalry were particularly good at guerrilla warfare and harassment, and the task of cutting off the enemy's supplies was exactly what Ge Yu wanted to do.
"Pulei Army and Shenwu Army!"
"Follow me to face the enemy!"
Yan and Wang Ben each took orders.
The Shenwu Army led by Wang Ben was of course the main offensive force.
The Pu Lei army led by Yan has also developed 10,000 heavy cavalry, and is now ready to use force.
However, Shen Bing did not intend to use cavalry as the main force in this battle.
Because it is difficult for both light and heavy cavalry to break through the Macedonian phalanx equipped with super long guns.
Shen Bing planned to make full use of the advantages of artillery.
Then I made some preparations and brought food and water... Cavalry can carry much more food and water than infantry.
Because cavalry relies on horse power, and each person usually has two or more horses for replacement.
So one horse can be used for riding, and the other horse can carry food and water... However, this will slow down the marching speed, because both horses are using up energy at the same time and cannot march alternately, so they need to rest constantly along the way to avoid The war horse is overtired.
Then, following Shen Bing's order, almost all the Qin troops, except for Gui Lu and the surrender troops, marched to their respective battlefields.
On the other side, Akefs was riding his horse and leading 30,000 Macedonian infantrymen in a neat formation, marching majestically towards Lanshi City.
Akevus actually did not want to fight this war, because he felt that Seleucid had been tricked by disgusting countries like Parthia (Parthia).
If it were up to him to make the decision, Akefus would say a few perfunctory words, and then sit back and wait for the silk country from the Central Plains to fight with them.
Finally Seleucid sent troops again.
Only in this way can we obtain the maximum benefit at the minimum cost.
But Antiochus III didn't think so, and Akevus had no choice but to accept the order.
"That's fine!" Akevs said to his subordinates nonchalantly: "Let us defeat those barbarians! Finally, don't appear in our sight again!"
The subordinates responded with bursts of relaxed laughter.
In Akevus' view, the so-called silk country is a country like Parthia. If there is any difference... it is that they can also weave exquisite silk.
Akevs was even thinking that if they could reach the Silk Country along the way they came, would that mean there would be countless silks as trophies?
It would be best if he could get the method of making silk, so that he could have countless wealth!