After Princess Wuyou's persuasion, the King of Kucha's attitude turned 180 degrees.
Originally, he didn't even dare to receive Chen Bing for concern, so he smiled when he came out of the back hall, and then General Gao Da greeted him with a short greeting, and he also had the vague meaning of deciding Chen Bing as a son-in-law in his words.
As for Fusu and Ziyang, they were even regarded as guests of honor and served as the prince of the Qin Dynasty.
The soldiers are in trouble and ask the princess for worry-free:
"The princess is not afraid. If Shen Bing is defeated, will it implicate your father and even the entire Kucha?"
Although what Princess Wuyou said to the King of Kucha is nothing wrong. If Zhao Gao successfully supports Hu Hai to the throne, the vicious Zhao Gao will of course include the Western Regions in the territory when the conditions are ripe.
but……
If the King of Kucha stood on Zhao Gao's side, Zhao Gao would at least find an excuse for a while to start.
But if the King of Kucha stood on Shen Bing's side, Zhao Gao would not even need to find excuses, and he would immediately attack Kucha if he defeated Shen Bing.
Princess Wuyou replied:
"What's the difference between earlier and later? It's just a few more days of lingering."
"So, Ziyang is not a deceiving father. There is indeed only one way to live in Kucha, that is, to be with you!"
"If you don't want Wuyou to lose his father and Kucha, you just need to defeat Zhao Gao!"
Chen Bing nodded in agreement.
Obviously, Princess Wuyou's vision is much longer than that of King Kucha.
The advantage of the King of Kucha standing on Shen Bing's side is that Shen Bing has 20,000 more Kucha cavalry under his command.
However, in fact, it cannot be called "many", because the 20,000 Kucha cavalry were originally divided into several cities, with only a few thousand people in each city.
This amount of troops is a little insufficient for defending the city, let alone to draw them out for battle.
So these soldiers can't move, including the small countries around Kucha that obey orders.
In fact, Shen Bing won over Kucha was not for those soldiers. To be honest, Shen Bing looked down on these soldiers... He was not good at language, had difficulty in command, and his combat effectiveness was also questionable.
What Shen soldiers need more is to use Kucha as their base camp to obtain its supplies and water sources, as well as Kucha's reputation and influence in the Western Regions.
Otherwise, the tens of thousands of cavalry of Shen Bing would not even have a foothold in the Western Regions, let alone fight with Yang Duanhe's 200,000 troops.
The first thing Chen Bing did was to send a cavalry to inquire about Yang Duanhe's news, and the last word he got was "stability".
Yang Duanhe did not make any rush.
He could have won more cities by using the imperial edict and troops, but he did not do so.
After Yang Duanhe took over Gushi and Loulan, he built a supply point on the route between Shazhou and these two cities, especially the water source, and built a city to defend heavily.
This is a very clever tactic. With retreat as he advances, Shen Bing couldn't help but frown when he looked at the map.
On the other side of Yang Duanhe, Li Yan couldn't understand Yang Duanhe's approach, so he asked a little strangely:
"General, we could have been at the city of Kucha to put pressure on the King of Kucha to prevent him from accepting the Shen soldiers."
"Why are we waiting to watch the Shen soldiers enter Kucha and hold them still?"
Yang Duanhe replied:
"The man Chen Bing is full of wisdom and varied in his use of military force, and he is good at using cavalry to attack."
"If I take up many cities in a short period of time, it seems that I have gained a lot of advantages, but there are loopholes everywhere and there are everywhere and there are always things that need to be wary of."
"The Shen soldiers are quite famous in the Western Regions, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not be attacked by them and fire in the backyard."
"The first battle is particularly critical."
"If the first battle is over, the countries in the Western Regions will have great hope for it, so it will be difficult for us to gain a foothold in the Western Regions."
"Reversely, if Shen soldiers lose their first battle, the situation will be extremely unfavorable."
Li Yan couldn't help but say "Oh" and nodded slightly.
At the same time, he sighed in his heart that Yang Duanhe and the two masters Chen Bing fought, and he, the maid general, could not even understand.
On Shen Bing's side, what he saw was Yang Duan and an almost integrated defense system like an iron triangle. The three points were Shazhou, Loulan, and Gushi.
It is said that Yang Duanhe also set up a large number of crossbowmen in the city. Ironically, the crossbowmen are equipped with Qin crossbows with iron rings at the front end developed by Shen Bing.
Qin Nu is a powerful weapon to defend the city. With it and the city walls to defend the water source, how many days can the siege troops last?
What's more, the troops belonging to Shen Bing are cavalry who are good at fighting in the field but not good at siegeing cities.
What's even more amazing is that there are more than a thousand kilometers from Gu Shi to the sandbank, and the water sources here are controlled by Yang Duanhe Yichengzhai. If the sinking soldiers want to attack for a long distance, where will the water needed by the men come from?
So the iron triangle was pressed against Shen Bing's neck like a fork, making him unable to move.
Chen Bing found some time to meet Yang Duanhe in front of the formation.
"Why are the old general? " Chen Bing respectfully bowed to Yang Duanhe when he saw Yang Duanhe.
Yang Duanhe just nodded slightly and said:
"General, if you don't want you, I will have a day to fight against the battlefield. It's really a fate to make people."
"But now that things have come to this point, I, Mr. Yang, have to do my best and hope that the general will be forgiven!"
Chen Bing expressed understanding.
In fact, many words don’t need to be said too clearly. Yang Duanhe is a sensible person, and he knows in his heart what’s going on.
He would never believe that Fusu would murder the emperor at this time... The emperor is becoming more and more satisfied with Fusu. He is known to everyone in the world. Isn't it difficult for Fusu to join the emperor at this time to be with him?
If Fusu had not conspired to murder the emperor, how could Shen Bing rebel?
However, that's what the imperial edict is written.
My family is in the Qin Dynasty again. Once the order is resisted, it will be a crime of being executed by the whole family or even the crime of being killed by the nine clans. Who dares to disobey?
"There is no choice but to do it on the battlefield!" Chen Bing replied: "Chen Bing knows this truth well. Chen Bing is here just to tell the old general that Chen Bing has no room for this battle, so he can only fight with all his might. Please be careful!"
Yang Duanhe laughed: "I, Yang Duanhe, can fight with all my strength, will have no regrets in my life!"
As they said that, the two bowed their hands and turned back to their own camp.
After returning to the military camp, Princess Ziyang saw Chen Bing look confident, so she asked strangely:
"Has the general thought of a plan to defeat the enemy?"
Chen Bing shook his head.
"Then why is the general full of confidence?" Princess Ziyang asked in confusion.
Chen Bing replied:
"Yang Duanhe used twenty troops to control more than 2,000 miles of water sources and used defense instead of attacking, leaving our cavalry useless."
"This game cannot be solved."
"but……"
"Maybe Zhao Gao can do me a little favor!"
Princess Ziyang was confused for a moment, and then suddenly understood. She widened her eyes and nodded:
"This plan is very wonderful!"
"No wonder the general intended to come here to meet Yang Duan and his side."
"Yang Duanhe...is afraid he will be forced to send troops!"