Daqin Engineers

Yang Duanhe asked the artillery to rush for reinforcements because he was not going well in Handan.

This "unsuccessful" was not that the offense was not smooth, but that Wang Jian also hit Handan.

It can be said that Wang Jian was able to hit Handan because of Shen Bing's blessing.

Because when Li Mu returned to Handan, he left two generals in Jingxing and told them not to stick.

This was often the case in ancient combat.

If the two warring parties are dissatisfied with each other and dared to go out of the city to fight, then they will fight to death outside the city and the victory will be determined quickly.

But if the defending party can't stick to it, even Wang Jian will not be able to attack quickly.

Unless there is a catapult improved by Shen Bing...

Therefore, Wang Jian's army has been stopped at Jingxing, not daring to advance even after hearing the news of Yang Duanhe being besieged.

It's not that Wang Jian was unwilling to save, but that Wang Jian saw the danger.

Li Mu left 50,000 Zhao soldiers in Jingxing for no reason.

If Wang Jian bypassed Jingxing and attacked Handan or rescued Yang Duanhe, Jingxing would be a nail behind him.

Zhao Jun can go out of the city to attack Wang Jian's side at any time.

And these Zhao troops are all Li Mu's northern soldiers, including 10,000 cavalry.

At this time, if Li Mu made another counterattack, Wang Jian would be defeated again.

This Wang Jian can be considered calm, Ren Yang Duanhe asked for help several times but did not send troops.

Of course, there was also a part of the reason that Wang Jian was afraid of being beaten by Li Mu, otherwise he would have divided his forces for rescue with his personality.

Wang Jian only said that this battle would return without success as before, and he even made plans to withdraw troops.

But one day I heard the Ministry report:

"General, Li Mu is dead, Zhao Jun is in chaos."

Wang Jian suddenly jumped up from the front of the case and said:

"What? What did you say?"

"Li Mu is dead?"

"How did you die?"

The Ministry will answer:

"It is reported that Zhao Cong, General Zhao, was killed."

"Wang Zhao traded Zhao Cong for Li Mu, Li Mu refused, so..."

Wang Jian looked dumbfounded after hearing this.

What's the situation?

Why would Zhao Wang trade Zhao Cong for Li Mu at this time?

Could it be that your head is broken?!

Isn't Zhao Cong General Zhao?

How could you kill Li Mu, and it's still at this time!

Wang Jian would naturally not believe such a strange thing, so he asked again:

"Could this be Li Mu's trick!"

"Tell me to wait to attack Handan?"

"Encircle and wipe it out again..."

The Ministry will answer:

"Subordinates think it is not the case."

"Because General Yang led the Hanoi soldiers to attack Handan."

Wang Jian was shocked, and then he knew that Li Mu might really be dead.

Otherwise, Yang Duanhe has been beaten to the point where he can only hit Handan?

So Wang Jian no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered: "Send my order, march into Handan!"

Although the layout of Zhao Jun was the same as before, Jing Xing still did not win, but the situation is different.

Once Li Mu died, Wang Jian no longer needed to worry about Jingxing Zhao Jun's sneak attack on his side.

He is even more worried that Yang Duanhe will strike Handan first...

So Wang Jian's army drove to Handan mightily.

When the two armies joined forces, the morale rose and the voice shook the sky.

However, the first thing Wang Jian did after he hit Handan was to order Yang Duanhe to attack only the north gate in the name of the heavy casualties of Hanoi soldiers.

Yang Duanhe couldn't help but "thump" after receiving the order:

"If you take into account the heavy casualties of Hanoi soldiers, how can you give me the most difficult North Gate?"

"This is obviously because I am afraid that I will attack the city and grab my first victory..."

But you can't say these words casually, and even the generals can't say it, Yang Duanhe can only hold it in his heart.

Li Yan was also interesting, and only asked:

"General, the north gate wall is more than five feet higher than the wall in other directions."

"The city has thick walls and many guards, this..."

One foot in the Qin Dynasty is equivalent to 23.1 centimeters in modern times, and five feet is more than one meter.

Although this height is nothing, but adding more than one meter to the original height of about six meters, it is very impressive.(Note 1)

As the length increases, the length of the siege ladder must also increase.

And because the siege ladder is tilted on the wall to attack the city, adding one meter to the city would have to be nearly two meters longer...

For the production, it’s okay to say, it costs a little manpower and time.

What's more troublesome is that the siege ladder is unstable once it is long, and the middle part is easily broken by the enemy's ring.

So the difficulty of siege has risen in series.

Yang Duanhe thought for a while and felt that there was nothing he could do, so he ordered:

"The artillery has been making artillery for a few days."

"Let them bring the artillery up!"

After a pause, he added: "There are still fire bombs!"

Li Yan responded to the "Promise" and immediately ordered people to go to the Great Wall to give orders.

In ancient times, there was a saying of "Eight Hundred Miles Urgent", which meant that emergency information and orders could travel up to eight hundred miles a day when there were stations along the way.

The Qin army always valued speed in combat, so every time it attacked, it would set up post stations along the way.

Posthouses usually set up a post every thirty miles because the horses have to rest after running fast for thirty miles.

If you want to run at high speed, you must set up a post every twenty miles.

Yang Duanhe set up a post every twenty miles between Handan and the Great Wall. Each post has horses, soldiers, food and water plants for easy replacement and rest.

In this way, the order from Handan to the Great Wall is only more than one hour.

Shen Bing’s artillery and Zhang Xuan’s thousand-member team set off urgently.

Strictly speaking, this cannot be regarded as "the artillery of Shen Bing".

In fact, there are only "fifty people" who directly command the engineers.

It's just that these workers are divided into "left workers" and "right workers".

The people of Qin respected the "right" and regarded the "right" as the greatest.(Note: 2)

Therefore, the "right engineer" is one level higher than the "left engineer", which is almost equivalent to the modern chief and deputy.

Therefore, Xuncai commanded a hundred artillery.

Shen Bing was promoted directly from Gong Cheng to replace Xun to the right engineer division, so there were a hundred people in command.

Only then did he know the Zuo Gongshi called (kuài).

Shu is short, thin and dark, and he knows that he is malnourished and has been working in the fields for many years.

This surprised Shen Bing.

Because most of the artisans work indoors or in the shade, and they chop and chop wood.

Although there are also black ones, they rarely look like Shu.

Later I learned that there are many types of craftsmen in the craftsmanship.

Some are made of various wooden utensils in the main house, and some are built in the main house...

Hui's main business is irrigation in field ditches, such as using bamboo pipes to divert water.

Shu means field water ditches.

The so-called "Ditches and rivers are connected to each other in a hundred", this is what they are talking about.

This is also the reason why Shuhei became like this. Although he is a craftsman, he runs in the fields.

Shen Bing's deepest impression of this image was that he took out a linen bag from his arms when he first took office.

Untie layer by layer, layer by layer... and then respectfully presented it in front of Shen Bing with both hands, saying:

"Master You, please accept it!"

Shen Bing leaned forward and took a closer look. There was a small fingernail-sized jerky on the linen cloth.

Is this... bribing me?