The Yuezhi in history was actually a blessing in disguise, because it learned to smelter iron from Qin, which had a great impact on its becoming a powerful country in the Western Regions and even moving westward to the Lanshi City to establish a country easily...

At this time, the Western Regions were still in the Bronze Age, and the iron smelting technology gradually matured from the Yuezhi to the Han Dynasty.

As for the TV series, the iron smelting technology in the Western Regions is more advanced than that in the Central Plains, and even the Huns learned iron smelting technology from the Western Regions, so their equipment is more advanced than that in the Central Plains... It is purely to shape the enemy to be powerful, and the Central Plains can defeat it, and the wisdom of the Central Plains will be more obvious.

The iron smelting technology in the Western Regions was actually brought from the Central Plains after the Han Dynasty opened up the Silk Road.

Another area with relatively developed iron smelting technology is in the Middle East, and today's Turkey, iron tools unearthed one thousand years earlier than the Central Plains.

Although Turkey is an Asian country, it is only separated from Europe by a strait. After the Assyrian Empire destroyed the Ancient Hittite Kingdom, it brought the more mature iron smelting technology of the Ancient Hittite Kingdom to Europe to Europe, which was originally backward, into the Iron Age.

The Central Principles at this time were still in the Spring and Autumn Period, and hundreds of years later, the Central Plains iron tools were not widely used in military use until the end of the Warring States Period.

However, Shen Bing's appearance changed the status quo.

At this time, Shen Bing was considering a question. The Western Regions can also be said to be a potential opponent in the Central Plains. So should he teach the Yuezhi to improve its productivity?

If this new iron technology spread to the Western Regions, but the other side of the Central Plains was subject to artificial restrictions... For example, Qin Shihuang was worried that the people would rebel and collected all the metals in the world to make bronze men, causing the development of iron smelting technology to stagnate, then will the Western Regions in turn form technological advantages over the Central Plains in the future?

After much thought, Shen Bing felt that he should develop new iron in the Western Regions.

First of all, there is one advantage in developing new iron in the Western Regions, that is, it is safer and easier to keep it confidential... The Emperor Shangao of the Western Regions is far from talking about. Most of the people around them have little interest or experience in iron smelting technology. Even the iron smelting workers in the Yuezhi were slaves in the Central Plains.

Secondly, if all the iron needed by the Qin army was transported from the Central Plains, the transportation cost would be too high, especially the army's demand for iron can be said to be endless.

So Shen Bing didn't think much about it, and immediately ordered Kuang to take an iron smelting team with the caravan from Hetao to the Western Regions.

Another thing Shen Bing did was to build two hamlets in Shazhou and set up 5,000 troops to garrison each.

The locations of these two villages are actually the "Yangguan" and "Yumenguan" that are well-known to modern people.

The ancient poems include "There is no friend when you go west to Yangguan" and "The spring breeze does not cross Yumenguan".

Among them, "Yangguan" and "Yumenguan" refer to these two levels. They can almost be said to be the farthest end of the complete control of Central Plains Energy and are also the two most important transportation hubs in Shazhou to the outside world.

Keeping these two passes and using wooden fences to connect several mountains according to the terrain, and then building some simple fortifications and earthen forts can probably prevent the Huns from entering the Hexi Corridor.

The reason why it is said to be "probably" is that during the Han Dynasty, the Great Wall was built in this area to completely block the Huns.

So the 10,000 troops in Suzhou were no longer needed, leaving only a thousand left in place, and the rest were transferred to Shazhou.

Shen Bing also thought about building the Great Wall in Shazhou to improve its defense.

In fact, Shen Bing thought this was necessary because the terrain of the Hexi Corridor was very special, with mountains on both sides only two exits east and west.

The west is Shazhou, and the east is the west.

If history develops, Meng Tian will build the Great Wall in Xitao to prevent the Huns from invading the Central Plains.

But since Shen Bing has controlled Shazhou to the west, there is naturally no need to build the Great Wall in Xitou.

Therefore, it is necessary to build the Great Wall in Shazhou, because once it is completed, it can be invincible to Shazhou... The nomadic people are not good at siegeing the city, and whether it is the Huns or the 36 countries in the Western Regions, they can only helplessly face the Great Wall.

This is what the art of war calls "advance can be attacked and retreated and defended", and Shazhou can develop with confidence at that time.

The difficulty is that the Qin army has just gained a foothold in Shazhou, and its supplies, materials and military strength are insufficient. Is it appropriate to build the Great Wall at this time?

If you recruit laborers from the Yuezhi, will it cause disgust in the Yuezhi and even countries in the Western Regions?

Thinking about it, Chen Bing thought that he should make another plan for this matter, at least he should wait until the Qin army's dominance in Shazhou cannot be shaken before starting this project. Otherwise, if it is not easy to make the heavens angry and the people resent and rebellious, all the previous efforts will be wasted.

At this time, Wang Ben hurried into the tent and reported to Chen Bing:

"General, great things are not good. The Huns have captured Gushi and Loulan."

Chen Bing couldn't help but be surprised and asked:

"Capt? Are you saying... the Huns occupied two cities and guarded?"

Wang Ben nodded and replied:

“That’s right!”

The Shen soldiers would be surprised because the Huns had always plundered and did not occupy a certain city and stationed, but now they occupied two cities in a different way. Could it be that the Huns wanted to fight an offensive and defensive battle with the Qin army?

However, this seems not surprising, because the Huns in Wuyuan had a situation where they were defending the city. Now, not only did they not learn from the lessons, they seemed to want to try it.

After spreading the map and looking at it, Chen Bing understood what was going on.

Gushi and Loulan are the gateways to the countries in the Western Regions, one in the north and one in the south separates Shazhou from the Western Regions.

More importantly, starting from Shazhou, there are 1,000 miles to Gushi and Loulan respectively.

Moreover, these thousand miles and one thousand five hundred miles are either deserts or deserts...

If the Qin army wants to attack these two countries, the first thing to do is to pass through this unmanned land.

As mentioned before, this unmanned land is extremely dangerous for local Shazhou people. When you go to business, you have to build caves and Buddha statues to pray for blessings. You often never return once you go.

So how did the Qin army attack these two countries?

Even if they arrive at the city of these two countries, they will use their troops to fight against the Hun army, which is waiting for their hard work.

What's more serious is that the Huns' army will definitely defend the water source. How can the Qin army fight against the Huns without water at that time?

Chen Bing was right, this was what the Huns thought.

To be precise, it is Maodun Shanyu's idea.

Maodun Shanyu was furious after knowing that the Qin army had captured Shazhou. He once wanted to rush to the west to command the battle himself.

But he was worried that this would be the Qin army's plan to attack the east and west, so he transferred him to this place and attacked from the wolf's mouth.

In addition, after learning about the battle in detail, you will know that this was not a command error for the Right Xianwang.

Because even if Maodun fought this battle, he would probably not have expected that the Qin army would use surprise troops to raid Shazhou.

So how should we stop the Qin army from advancing westward?

After thinking about it, Maodun thought that if he still followed the old tactics of the Huns, that is, waiting for the Qin army to attack on the grassland, he would only lose the Western Regions.

Once the Western Regions are lost, the Huns will be attacked by the Qin army and are passive.
Chapter completed!