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When Shen Bing and Yang Duanhe were preparing to attack Wuyuan, the straight road began.

The reason why the straight road started earlier than the Chi road, Shen Bing believes that Yingzheng was out of selfishness or it can be said that it is the prophecy...

"Hu Ye who died of Qin", if this prediction is correct, it means that there will be no problems at home, the problem is the Hu people abroad.

So in order to keep his own country stable and also for the immortal to refine the "immortality" medicine for him as soon as possible, of course he must first deal with the Xiongnu in the north.

Therefore, Yingzheng did not hesitate to distribute 50,000 laborers on the planned Qin Zhidao in the first batch.

The Ying Zheng Cong divided Qin Zhidao into eleven sections, and each section assigned more than 4,000 labors depending on the situation.

The eleventh section started at the same time, and more labor will continue to be invested in the later period. It is planned to be completed within one to two years.

After hearing this, Shen Bing had to sigh for Yingzheng's great skill, which is a big project with tens of thousands of workers at every turn.

But it's not strange to think about it.

Immediately after the war, the large number of prisoners of war who did not worry about using them could be converted into labor immediately.

There are also people who have violated the Qin Law...At this time, the entire Central Plains belonged to the State of Qin. Anything committed was used as labor, and there was also a system of continuous sitting, which can be said to be a steady stream of labor.

Moreover, this is only labor service. Ordinary people have to perform remote service regularly every year, so the Qin State Project came one after another.

But in the meantime, I don't know how many people are going to die from exhaustion and starvation.

This is actually a defect in the legal system of the country. The ruling class can freely formulate, change, and use laws that are beneficial to them, and then use these laws to exploit the people in an dignified manner, making them miserable but unable to resist under the "bad laws."

There is a saying: "If you are poor, you will be good at yourself, and if you are good you will take care of the world."

At this time, Shen Bing can only do it by himself, and he needs to do his best to do it. Of course, he has no time to take care of others.

With Yang Duanhe in charge of logistics, Shen Bing is more at ease.

After all, he was a Qin veteran who had come all the way from Xianyang, and he had his own advantages in command.

So Jiuyuan village had accumulated food and grass for half a month, and Shen Bing led the troops out.

This time, Shen Bing originally planned to use cavalry to make a surprise attack, that is, to send out three thousand Shenwu troops with more horses day and night to capture the next stronghold in Wuyuan for two days.

However, the spies reported:

"General, I will find out that Wuyuan Xiongnu is building the city wall and building the city gate!"

This surprised Shen Bing. Does this mean that the Xiongnu plan to defend the city?

Wang Benqi said:

"Will the Huns build city walls?"

The spy replied:

"But it was built with a large number of slaves, most of them were the people of the Central Plains!"

Wang Ben couldn't help but said "Oh".

Wang Ben didn't feel much, but Wang Bai's eyes showed resentment and couldn't help cursing:

"The Huns are hateful!"

The Xiongnu looted the Central Plains for a long time, not only the property but also the people were robbed. These people became slaves when they were in the hands of the Xiongnu. They had no life freedom or even their lives.

Wang Bai had the experience of being a slave in the Huns, and he naturally hated him deeply.

After thinking about it, Shen Bing ordered the cavalry who had sent a surprise attack to be chased back.

Wang Ben was still a little unwilling and said:

"General, the Huns may just be bluffing."

"Besides, the Huns are not good at attacking but not defending, and at this time they are not firmly established. I may not be able to retake Wuyuan after three thousand horses.

Shen Bing shook his head:

"How can the Xiongnu know whether they are good at offensive or not, so you think they will only defend but not attack?"

Wang Benshao reacted:

"The general means..."

Shen Bing replied:

"The Huns still focus on offense."

"The defense of the city can prevent our army from easily gaining the city, and on the other hand, it can combine inside and outside with both offense and defense."

"So there must be cavalry outside the city."

"If my cavalry rushes to attack, it will only be attacked by the inside and outside, and even the whole army will be wiped out.

"This Mao Dun... is indeed an opponent that cannot be ignored!"

Wang Ben didn't dare to say anything after hearing Shen Bing's words.

Because Shen Bing was right, if the Xiongnu really arranged this, then let alone three thousand cavalry, I'm afraid that 30,000 cavalry will not be able to attack Wuyuan.

As a result, Shen Bing could only proceed step by step to advance to Wuyuan with foot and cavalry, and Yang Duanhe's troops followed by building a walled city every hundred miles to extend towards Wuyuan.

The purpose of building a walled city every 100 miles is to protect the supply route.

The reason for the hundred miles is because the infantry can travel 50 miles a day, and if they are divided into two cities, they can be reinforced to any point in one day.

The cavalry can travel hundreds of miles a day, not to mention, it can be used as a mobile reinforcement for the rapid reaction force.

Therefore, the mode of protecting supplies is:

The infantry is advancing with the grain and grass. Once attacked, cavalry reinforcements will be sent from the two towns at the first time. It only takes half a day to arrive, and the following infantry will arrive within a day.

Yang Duanhe has 100,000 soldiers in Hanoi, and he has enough troops to do this.

This step-by-step mode, coupled with the "fireball of thunderbolt" and the three-bow bed crossbow, made the Huns impossible to take advantage of and the supply line was very safe.

Even the main offensive force led by Shen Bing was not harassed by the Huns... The harassment was only the first wave or two, and it never appeared again after being repelled by the Qin army with a new crossbow.

This may be because Mouton realized that harassment would be of no use in this situation...

Before the Jiuyuan World War I, the Qin army was insufficient and the supply line was fragile, so the Qin army could supply the idea.

But now that the Qin army is protecting the supply line with a large number of troops, it can be foreseen that the Qin army will not have any worries about supply, and further harassment will only increase casualties.

A few days later, Shen Bing led his team to Wuyuan.

When I came to the bottom of the city, I saw that the burnt gate had been repaired. At this time, the gate was closed tightly, and the female wall of the city wall was heightened. After that, there were rows of Huns holding bows and arrows.

What surprised Shen Bing was that he also saw the shadow of the catapult, which seemed to be a new type of counterweight catapult.

After thinking about it, Shen Bing felt that it was not strange.

The Northland area, including Yanmen County, originally belonged to the Zhao Kingdom.

After Shen Bing invented the new counterweight catapult, one country he attacked was the State of Zhao.

Those Zhao Bing and the common people who have seen counterweight catapults naturally fled north when they were worried about the country's subjugation under the attack of the Qin army...Even Zhao Wangjia fled to the north and moved to Daiguo.

But the Xiongnu looted from north to south, and of course some Zhao soldiers or people would be captured.

Under the threat of death, these Zhao soldiers or ordinary people would tell what they knew.

So... the counterweight trebuchet appeared in the hands of the Huns at Wuyuan City.

Shen Bing even believed that the people who manipulated these trebuchets were probably from the Central Plains.

How ironic and helpless it is to be an enemy of the Central Plains in the hands of the Huns!

But this is war.

Shen Bing didn't think much, waved his hand and ordered:

"siege!"