Daqin Engineers

Yang Duanhe rushed to Jiuyuan alone with the cavalry for decades.

As soon as he walked away from Shen Bing’s general mansion, he smiled and said to Lianlian:

"General, long time no see, how have you been?"

Shen Bing hurriedly responded:

"Everything is fine, welcome the general."

Then hurriedly invited Yang Duanhe to the table and asked the guards to serve drinks.

Yang Duanhe felt a lot at this time.

The Shen Bing in front of him was a small soldier years ago, and he didn't want to be his superior at this time...Although he had foreseen it, Yang Duanhe was still a bit unaccustomed to this day.

What is rare is that Shen Bing did not put on airs in front of him, and was still respectful as usual, which comforted Yang Duanhe a little.

After a while, Yang Duanhe asked:

"I'm waiting for the North Strike the Xiongnu this time. I don't know what arrangements the general has?"

Yang Duanhe asked this because he had not received Yingzheng's order to change his strategy.

This is not surprising. On the one hand, the communication remains unchanged in ancient times. On the other hand, it is Yang Duanhe Qingqi all the way to the north...

At this time, the fastest means of transportation is horses. If Yang Duanhe and the others traveled on horseback lightly, even the mail delivery would not be able to keep up with them.

Shen Bing explained:

"The general does not know, the emperor has changed the target to the back set."

Yang Duan and "Oh" were surprised as much as Fu Su.

Yang Duanhe is also a person who understands Ying Zheng, knowing that he will not change his mind easily.

But after thinking about it, I sighed inwardly.

Because there is no need to ask, Ying Zhengding changed the goal under Shen Bing's persuasion.

It can make Yingzheng change his goals, which shows how much the emperor trusts Shen Bing, which makes Yang Duanhe feel a little uncomfortable.

But it was just a flash.

Yang Duanhe didn't ask much, he just bowed his hand towards Shen Bing:

"That's great."

"Old man, please fight, as soon as my army arrives, I will immediately pull back and set off!"

Shen Bing hesitated, and then said with some embarrassment:

"General, this battle...Can the Hanoi soldiers protect our army?"

Yang Duanhe frowned and his expression was a little unnatural, and he only asked:

"My one hundred thousand army protects food and grass transportation?"

"The general should know that my Hanoi soldier is a good soldier with hundreds of battles!"

Shen Bing quickly answered:

"Shen Bing came from the generals, of course I know."

"just……"

Yang Duanhe asked:

"Just what?"

Yang Duanhe secretly said:

Well, you Shen Bing, you have learned the officialdom in only a few days after being promoted, knowing that you can dominate others and promote yourself... Isn't that the reason for me to take care of the grain and grass?

If you guard me Yang Duanhe, what else can you say?!

Thinking about it, his face naturally became gloomy.

Shen Bing just sighed and said:

"Can the general have a leisure time to follow Shen Bing to inspect the army?"

Yang Duanhe replied with a stiff expression:

"How dare your subordinates not follow the general's order?"

He stood up and stood aside.

Shen Bing didn't give much explanation, but took Yang Duanhe out of the general's mansion and let people prepare the carriage.

The carriage rushed all the way to the barracks, and Shen Bing first took Yang Duanhe to the beam camp on the left.

When Yang Duanhe saw that Liangjun was repeatedly throwing a ball of cloth, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.

Shen Bing asked:

"Does the general know what the soldiers are throwing?"

Yang Duanhe answered:

"Could it be the'Fireball' that defeated the Huns?"

The fact that Shen Bing invented the "Thunderbolt Fireball" to defeat the Huns had long been spread in the Central Plains. Of course, Yang Duanhe also heard the wind, but he did not know what the "Thunderbolt Fireball" looked like.

Shen Bing replied:

"Exactly."

Then he raised his head towards Ren who was following him.

Cheng understood, and immediately ordered a set of live ammunition.

But seeing a group of soldiers coming up, with a long order, they lit the "Thunderbolt Fireball" in their hands neatly and then thrown them out, all lying on the ground.

After a burst of "boom", a patch of grass man dozens of steps away was blown up and down, which shocked Yang Duanhe.

He has heard of the power of "Thunderbolt Fireball", but it is mostly word of mouth exaggeration, not wanting to see it at this time but it is more than rumors.

Shen Bing asked:

"General, what do you think about attacking the city with this thing?"

Yang Duanhe nodded and said:

"But it's a good thing for siege!"

"Throwing this thing on the head of the city, you don't need to attack the wall to cause heavy casualties to the enemy."

Shen Bing took Yang Duanhe to the Shenwu Army camp.

There is no need for Shen Bing to say more this time. Yang Duanhe's eyes widened as soon as he entered the barracks... The Shenwu Army was practicing riding and shooting, so those cavalrymen could shoot more than a hundred steps even with their bows on the horse?In the Central Plains, no cavalry can do this.

Shen Bing asked again:

"General, how about Hanoi soldiers compared to Shenwu Army?"

Yang Duanhe sighed and nodded:

"The old man is convinced."

"With the strength of the Liang Army and the Shenwu Army, the combat power is far superior to the Hanoi soldiers."

"It's natural to take the Northern Army as the main force."

Shen Bing shook his head and said:

"The general doesn't know, it's not a question of who is the main force."

Yang Duan and Qi Dao:

"how do I say this?"

Shen Bing found a piece of grass next to him, took out the map from his arms and spread it out on the ground as he explained:

"Look, general, four hundred miles from Yunzhong County to Jiuyuan."

"From Jiuyuan to Wuyuan, there is another four hundred miles."

"And Jiuyuan Gang decided that there is not enough food and grass, and all the food, grass and equipment needed by our army must be transported from Yunzhong County to the front.

What Shen Bing said was the truth.

In fact, this is not a question of whether Jiuyuan is "rigid".

Jiuyuan and Yunzhong counties were unable to produce their own grains within two years of missing the agricultural period. Almost all of their grains relied on Yunzhong counties to spin cloth to exchange in the Central Plains or be deployed by Yingzheng.

And Jiuyuan added more than 100,000 people.

So the grain was delivered continuously from Yunzhong County but it was still insufficient.

Shen Bing continued:

"There are a total of eight hundred li in the front and back of the grain road. If our army uses 100,000 Hanoi soldiers to attack Wuyuan and 20,000 Northland soldiers protect the grain..."

Yang Duanhe couldn't help but "Oh" suddenly realized.

This is indeed not just a question of which unit has a strong combat power, or even whether it is strong enough to protect the supply line.

But if one hundred thousand Hanoi were placed in Wuyuan to attack the Xiongnu, it would mean that there were one hundred thousand eating mouths eight hundred miles away... This would be considered as mobilizing all the people to transport supplies and they would not be able to transport them.

But if only 20,000 mouths are 800 miles away, and 100,000 mouths are in Jiuyuan and Yunzhong County, then the logistical pressure will be much less... There is no need to transport so much grain to the front line so far. Of course, the risk of being attacked by the Huns will be much smaller.

Thinking of this, Yang Duanhe said ashamed:

"What the general said is extremely true."

"Everything is arranged by the general!"

At the same time, Yang Duanhe thought to himself that he should adapt to this role swap as soon as possible and adjust his mentality, otherwise...