When Yang Duanhe heard that Xuquan had been lost, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and shouted: "Finally, Shen Bing has been fooled!"
It turned out that this was a plan set by Yang Duanhe.
It is true that he was forced by Xing Chi to send troops, but Yang Duanhe had been thinking hard about an issue before, that is, Shen Bing led cavalry while most of the Qin troops led by Yang Duanhe were infantry.
Of course, the Qin army also had cavalry, and they even had saddles and stirrups like Shen Bing's cavalry... Shen Bing's equipment has always been the focus of Zhao Gao and others, and such important equipment certainly cannot escape their eyes.
The problem is that……
Even though the Qin army had saddles and stirrups, the combat effectiveness of the Qin cavalry was ultimately inferior to that of the Xiongnu and Western Region cavalry who were born and raised on horseback, especially in mounted archery.
In this case, Yang Duanhe decided to take advantage of the situation.
Pretending to be helpless, they attacked Kucha and let Shen Bing attack Jiquan.
If Shen Bing guards the Xuquan area and surrounds Li Yan's part to break the siege of Qiuci, then his cavalry will be fixed in the Xuquan area, and Yang Duanhe can send reinforcements to encircle and annihilate them.
Therefore, Yang Duanhe's main force is no longer in Gushi, but is concentrated in another walled city between Gushi and Xuquan that is used to control water sources... Louzhou.
Louzhou, named after the many tall buildings appearing in the sky, is only more than thirty miles away from Xuquan. If you march urgently, you can reach your destination in just a few hours.
Yang Duanhe gathered 50,000 elite troops here, and as soon as there was a war in Xuquan, he rushed to the destination and surrounded Shen Bing and his party.
At this time, Yang Duanhe saw that the time had come, and immediately ordered his troops to sneak towards Xuquan at night.
Yang Duanhe did not dare to be careless. He knew that Shen Bing was cautious and eclectic in his military use. Once traces of the Qin army were found, he would probably abandon Xiquan and leave.
Yang Duanhe originally thought that there were three thousand Qin troops in Xuquan and a fortress to defend, so they could fight Shen Bing for several hours. At that time, Yang Duan and his army would be able to defeat Shen Bing and his troops without anyone noticing. The cavalry surrounded him.
Who would have thought that Shen Bing's army would surrender without a fight as soon as they arrived at Xuquan.
Yang Duanhe couldn't help but frowned when he heard the news on the march.
But this seems harmless.
Because Yang Duanhe believes that Shen Bing will first consolidate the defense of Xuquan in the next period of time. Only in this way can it be possible to cut off the supply of Li Yan's army.
This may be a good time for Yang Duanhe to surround Xuquan.
However, when Yang Duanhe and a group of subordinates rushed to Xuquan, they found that Xuquan was empty.
The subordinates only found a dagger at the city gate with a letter nailed to it.
This letter was first delivered to the supervisor, Xing Chi, because as a supervisor, he actually had greater power in the army than Yang Duanhe, and everything had to go through his approval.
Xing Chi took the letter and looked at it, and saw that it read: "Thanks to the kindness of Old General Yang, Shen Bing has brought the Baitian Division, Old General Yang, be careful!"
Xing Chi couldn't help being furious. He rode his horse to find Yang Duanhe, threw the letter in front of him, and cursed: "Yang Duanhe, you still say that you and Shen Bing are just friends between gentlemen. Now that the physical evidence is here, you still What can you say?”
Yang Duanhe took a look and secretly thought that Shen Bingji was really vicious, and his words were specious, as if he was conspiring with Yang Duanhe.
This is especially true of Baitian Part 1...their surrender of Shen Bing had nothing to do with him, but how can he make it clear?
"There is no need for the supervisor to be angry!" Yang Duanhe could only explain feebly: "This is Shen Bing's alienation plan. If the supervisor thinks that it is Yang, he will fall into Shen Bing's plan!"
Xing Chi just "hummed" and then replied: "That's all, I think so! Send out the rangers to check around and find out where Shen Bing and his party have gone!"
Yang Duanhe responded and secretly wiped his sweat.
At the same time, I was a little surprised. When did Xingchi become so easy to talk to?
What Yang Duanhe didn't know was that Xingchi was thinking about his own life.
You must know that the troops around you are all Yang Duanhe's old troops. If Yang Duanhe does not rebel, he, the supervisory army, can still play some role, although it is just a fake tiger's power to borrow the power of Qin and the emperor.
If Yang Duanhe really rebelled, he wouldn't even be afraid of the emperor, but would he be afraid of him as a eunuch?
I'm afraid I'm going to kill him on the spot!
Xing Chi, who understood this, had already made a decision: if Yang Duanhe didn't have any rebellious intentions, he could be more arrogant, otherwise he would have to be careful about his life.
Therefore, Xingchi believed Yang Duanhe so quickly, but in fact he really thought that Yang Duanhe was going to rebel.
Yang Duanhe, who had always only known how to march and fight, would have thought of this. He only followed the order and sent out the rangers to investigate. What he thought in his mind was: "Shen Bing and his tens of thousands of cavalry will definitely leave a lot of hoofprints in this desert. It is not difficult to know where he is going."
Soon the ranger returned and reported: "General, Shen Bing and his party seem to be heading towards my uncle!"
Yang Duanhe's expression changed drastically and he shouted: "No, Shen Bing is going to fetch his aunt!"
"Master!" Xing Chi also changed his expression.
You must know that Yang Duanhe sent troops to Xiquan this time and Li Yan sent 50,000 troops to attack Qiuci. The army has already sent out all its elite troops, leaving only 5,000 troops to defend the city.
If Shen Bing flies to seize Gu Shi with tens of thousands of cavalry...then the Qin army will really be divided into two.
Xing Chi opened his mouth to curse, but then he thought, could it be that Yang Duanhe had already discussed this with Shen Bing, and it was just a play to take care of his family?
So he quickly shut up and didn't dare to say anything.
Yang Duanhe sighed angrily. He knew that Shen Bing had seen through his plan and was going to use it. He first took Zhuquan to let him lead his troops out of the stronghold, and then used the speed of the cavalry to surprise Gu Shi...
Yang Duanhe originally thought that Shen Bing had fallen into the trap, but he didn't expect that he was the one who fell into the trap!
Looking at Xing Chi with a strange expression, Yang Duanhe knew that the matter could not be resolved.
Yang Duanhe's guess was correct. Shen Bing had indeed seen through Yang Duanhe's plan early on.
Who is Yang Duanhe? He is a famous general in the Qin State who is not inferior to Wang Jian. Even if he is forced by Xing Chi, he will not reluctantly send troops knowing that he will lose.
Even if he had to send troops, Shen Bing believed that with Yang Duanhe's personality, he would argue with reason and try to persuade Xing Chi not to take Kucha first, but to take a small country around Kucha as an advance base.
With Yang Duanhe's reputation, he can do this.
If you can do it but don't do it, then there must be something fishy in it.
With this in mind, it was not difficult for Shen Bing to guess Yang Duanhe's plan.
He only needs to think from Yang Duanhe's perspective, change his position from time to time, think about what he would do in this situation, and then deduce it...
In the end, Shen Bing concluded that most of the troops in his army were empty and engaged in an empty city strategy.
Of course, Shen Bing couldn't be sure.
At the same time, he was worried that sending people to conduct reconnaissance would alert Yang Duanhe, so he simply decided to take a gamble.
If the bet is right, Yang Duanhe's iron triangle will be successfully broken.
It doesn't matter if you lose the bet, it's just the horse losing some fat.