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After the rest, Yang Duanhe assigned the task.

Yang Duanhe turned his main force around and marched towards Handan.

Before that, Yang Duanhe only wanted to escape to the Great Wall to save his life.

But now that Li Mu, the pillar of the State of Zhao, was dead, there was nothing to stop Qin Jun.

If you don't enter Handan at this time, you are giving the credit to Wang Jian.

Of course, Yang Duanhe was unwilling to be always suppressed by Wang Jian, so he wanted to attack Handan quickly.

Yang Ting is still in charge of the Great Wall defense.

After all, the Great Wall is also a backup barrier while ensuring the Qin army's continual supply.

It would be fatal if Zhao Canjun stabbed him in the back, so he could not be negligent.

Shen Bing and his party were ordered to cut wood and make artillery on the south side of the Great Wall.

The reason why it is to the south of the Great Wall is because the north of the Great Wall is only tens of miles away from Handan, the capital city of Zhao.

In ancient times, the city, especially the capital, had one more characteristic, that is, there was no wood in a radius of tens of miles.

This is due to the large amount of trees needed to build houses and walls in the capital.

In ancient times, houses were mostly wooden, and the surrounding woods were cut down as soon as construction was required.

And every day, every year.

Over time, the surrounding woods were almost cut down.

On the other hand, it is intentional.

As we all know, if there are deep forests and dense trees around the capital, it will not only help the enemy to hide, the trees will also be used by the enemy to make siege equipment.

As a result, the trees around the capital are often burned to ashes every year.

The same is true in Handan.

Coupled with the earthquake and drought in Zhao State in recent years, there is very little wood that can be used to make catapults near Handan.

So the artillery had to retreat to the south of the Great Wall to make a trebuchet, and then transport it to Handan.

In this era, hand saws were used for logging.

This hand saw is similar to modern saws, but is much smaller.

When sawing the wood, hold it with one hand and move back and forth, over and over, and over and over again... Well, don't think about it.

Cang looked very excited. He was so motivated that he saw down a tree in a short time, and then happily chopped with a hatchet.

While hacking, he said to Shen Bing, who was in the process of changing his wounds:

"Brother!"

"You know this is something I have never waited for before a gunner."

"All members are promoted to the first level, that is, more than a hundred people are all servants!"

"There are still eight people who are promoted to the title."

"Made up, brother!"

"Even among those soldiers who can be promoted to noble ranks are very few!"

"Building is ready to be used as a chariot!"

"If I also became a chariot soldier, how prestigious would it be?"

...

Shen Bing knew what that meant.

In this era, the cavalry has just started and the mainstream is still chariots. Even Li Mu's northern soldiers have many chariots.

The chariots are almost equivalent to modern tanks. On a flat battlefield, the chariots can be said to be invincible, and even the cavalry cannot compete with them.

Therefore, if you can serve as a chariot, it will be a great honor for all soldiers.

Of course, the capable chariots mentioned here refer to the archers and fighters...

There are usually three chariots: the driver in the middle, the archer and the fighter on the left and right.

The driver is the commander, who needs a three-level noble hairpin to serve as the commander, and also requires skilled driving skills.

And this skill usually requires a discipleship and a few years in the college to master it.

Archers and fighters are not so strict, they are generally performed by the best.

But that's just "can".

Shen Bing dismissed it.

What can "can" do?

Is there any general who will let an artillery soldier go to serve as a chariot when his brain is flooded?

Artillery and these craftsmen are all technical soldiers, and one less person means one less technical instructor.

The superiors among the soldiers are usually cut off one by one, and they only need a little training to be competent as a chariot.

And artillery soldiers... you have to start from scratch if you want to be a chariot.

More importantly, Shen Bing is not rare.

Compared to cutting heads, Shen Bing felt that he was more suitable for cutting wood.

At this time, a voice made Shen Bing stunned, but he was calm and calm and continued to bandage.

Cang Que "Huh" said, "I seem to hear the horse's nose!"

"No!" Shen Bing said: "You must have heard it wrong!"

"No, brother!" Cang insisted: "I heard it right, it seems to be...that direction!"

Shen Bing patted the hand that Cang Zheng was about to raise:

"I said you got it wrong!"

"I didn't sleep last night, please!"

"Come on, help Master with me to take a rest over there!"

...

Cang froze with a "Oh", and walked around with Shen Bing.

However, it was too late. After a while of footsteps, a team of heavily armed Zhao Jun soldiers surrounded them.

And all of them wore leather armor and held bronze swords in their hands, and they knew it was a northern goblin rider.

Shen Bing gave Cang a fierce look:

"It's fine now, they are going to die!"

When Shen Bing said this, Cangcai realized that he had committed a big mistake, and his face paled with a "huh".

It turned out that during the previous battle, 5,000 Northern Goblin Cavaliers broke through the gap in the Great Wall and went deep to the south.

But Li Mu died and Zhao Jun was defeated so fast that there were 2,000 Northern Goblin riders too late to retreat.

This is one of the ills of combat in this era.

The cavalry moved quickly but couldn't keep up with communications, and it was often too late for the cavalry to respond.

Therefore, these northern goblin riders who had no time to withdraw to the north could only hide in the dense forest.

I only hope that it will get dark and then escape by night.

Unexpectedly, the artillery went into the forest to log but chose to be near their hiding place.

Originally, each other was in peace, you cut your wood, I hide my cat.

As long as we don’t find it, we still go our own way.

But the warhorse was harassed by mosquitoes at this time, and it rang its nose...

Of course Shen Bing heard it.

But he also thought of:

How can there be horses in the dense forest?

Not only are there horses, but they are also hidden from sight?

Then there is only one explanation: there are cavalry hiding nearby, and they are not good ones.

He was about to pretend that he didn't notice an excuse to leave this place of right and wrong, but he didn't want Cang Na Er to tear down the stage.

This time is good...Shen Bing looked at the northern cavalry who came up, there were at least fifty men.

Although there are more than a hundred artillerymen and swords in their waists, how can they be the opponents of these northern cavalry?

For the first time, Shu dropped his hatchet and drew out the bronze sword to block Shen Bing's body, shouting:

"Gong Cheng, go!"

"I'll deal with it here!"

Shen Bing shook his head helplessly.

Now that these northern goblins came towards the artillery in such a calm manner, they were sure to serve them in one pot.

Looking back, he saw another group of Northland cavalry standing behind him.

Several of them were still pulling their horses, and it seemed that these horses exposed their position.

Cang was already at a loss at this moment:

"Brother, how should this be good?"

"Can you tell them that I will never reveal their whereabouts."

"Just ask them to let us go!"

Shen Bing looked at Cang incredulously:

"Do you think they will let us go because of this?"

"Or, would they believe it?"