Daqin Engineers

Xianyang was 1,500 miles from Handan, and Yingzheng's orders were delivered to Wang Jian within two days.

The reason for "more than two days" is that there are many unstable factors after entering the territory of Zhao.

After all, there were many Zhao Bing and thieves in the newly-smashed turf, especially the roads at night were not easy to walk.

If by any chance King Qin's orders were lost, it would be a serious crime in the family.

Therefore, cavalry escort is required to enter the territory of Zhao State, and the speed of cavalry escort is slow.

Wang Jian frowned upon receiving this order.

The Qin army is also insufficient.

The Zhao family alone caused the Qin army to suffer heavy casualties, so how can you deal with the other four countries?

Fortunately, the Wei, Qi, and Yan countries also have a vast territory of Chu State!

Aren’t there still Chu people shouting, "Although Chu has three households, Qin will die if Chu is destroyed"?

So what can I do if this unit is not used sparingly?

However, this was King Qin's order, and Wang Jian did not dare to obey it.

After hesitating, he had to attack the city according to the order.

For a time, the linen fire bullets were thrown into the city in pieces, and the soldiers rushed towards the city wall...

The technology to improve the trebuchet was handed over to Wang Jian, and Wang Jian's army naturally rushed to replace the trebuchet overnight.

However, in a few days, new trebuchets were everywhere in Handan.

Because the other three walls are low, the trebuchet can throw linen fireballs to greater distances in the city.

Then the Qin Army attacked the city with the power of a fire bomb.

However, as the saying goes, "Dao is one foot high and evil is one foot high", at this time Zhao Jun has also become smarter.

They destroyed all the houses within a hundred steps of the city wall in advance and emptied flammable materials.

The houses extending inward were also pulled down after dozens of steps to prevent the fire from spreading.

In fact, the night that Yang Duanhe stormed to the north, the Qin Army had a good chance of breaking the city.

At that time, Zhao Jun was not ready. The fire together not only caused a serious blow to the morale of the Zhao State army and civilians, but the chaotic firefighters and the collapsed ruins also prevented Zhao Jun from making reinforcements on the city wall.

That is to say, the transportation of necessary supplies such as soldiers, arrows, and woods to defend the city has been affected.

As long as the Qin army continues to attack the city for a period of time, Zhao Jun's resistance will become weaker and weaker, and it will not take long for the Qin army to break into the city.

Who thought that Chen Wei would inform at this critical moment, and Yang Duanhe was so scared that he quickly stopped the offensive.

In other words, it was actually Chen Wei who continued Handan's life for a while.

After a period of time until now, the fire attack will not have such a good effect, although this time it is attacking on all sides at the same time.

The advantage of Shen Bing being the right engineer of the artillery division is that he does not need to personally take command of the battle, and this is the responsibility of the left engineer.

All Shen Bing had to do was to watch from behind.

Surrounded by a few heavily armed guards.

The guard at the head was called Ren, and he had always kept a straight face since he was incorporated into the artillery and became the guard of Shen Bing.

Shen Bing thought this guy was unsmiling by nature, so he didn't care.

Later I learned that this guy was unwilling...

Gunners, engineers, guards?

Cheng's goal is to gratify and ride the battlefield.

Protect those who do not need protection in the rear?

Ren unconsciously cast his gaze on the soldiers of the Qin Army who were beating the city densely.

That is his dream, that is his destination, and that is where he should be.

He should be holding a bronze sword instead of a flag...

One of Ren's responsibilities is to stare at the general platform in the rear, which has a flag to command the artillery.

What order will be given, Cheng will convey the order with the flag in his hand.

This was what Shen Bing was supposed to do, but Shen Bing even waved the flag in the same way and worried that he would make a mistake. Now that there are "more professional" people who do it, why not do it?

Shen Bing certainly didn't pay attention to Ren's thoughts.

This is not because Cheng is just a corps leader, nor is it because he is only a second-level noble.

But Shen Bing didn't think anyone would yearn for the battlefield ahead...unless his head was flooded.

This is just the gulf between different eras.

Therefore, Shen Bing thought that Ren should be grateful for being incorporated into the artillery, but the fact is that Ren was depressed about this.

But these are not important. What is important is that the linen fire bombs fired by the trebuchets will not have much effect.

This can be seen from the fact that there are not many fires in Handan.

This directly caused Qin's offensive to be in vain, and failed to capture it all day, leaving only large corpses at the foot of the city.

Yang Duanhe found Shen Bing that night and asked:

"Can the sack bomb go further?"

"Those Zhao Bing must have seen the range of the sack bomb and emptied the nearby houses."

"If you can't fight further, I'm afraid it will be in vain."

Shen Bing thought about it, then replied:

"It's not impossible to go further, but the subordinates think it is also futile."

Yang Duanhe asked incomprehensibly: "What do you say?"

Shen Bing replied:

"Reducing the size of the Mai fireball may increase some range."

"But its power is greatly reduced..."

Needless to say, the reduced volume means less turpentine and sackcloth can be wrapped, so the burning value is lower and it is easier to extinguish.

Shen Bing continued:

"The other way is to push the trebuchet forward and then use a high platform to raise it."

"In this way, the fire bomb can travel farther in the city."

This needs a little explanation, so Shen Bing drew a schematic diagram on the ground.

The high platform increases the height of the trebuchet to solve the problem of whether the fire bomb can cross the city wall.

Pushing forward will naturally make the fireball hit deeper.

The problem is to risk being suppressed by Zhao Jun's city wall trebuchets and crossbows.

But of course Yang Duanhe didn't care about this danger. He nodded in praise when he heard this method:

"It's a good plan, and we will do it like this tomorrow."

"No, I will set up a high platform tonight."

"The siege begins as soon as the sky is up."

Shen Bing hesitated, then objected:

"But the general."

"If Zhao Jun is prepared for fire attacks, he will definitely make preparations in advance."

"I waited just barely increase the range, I'm afraid it won't hurt the root."

Fire attack, especially the fire attack that throws fireballs at the city wall, should be more unexpected.

For example, if Yang Duan and Huo Gong attacked on all sides at the same time that night...

The fire in Handan could not be controlled, and the fire burned out.

But now, Zhao Jun is ready to control the fire.

After all, it is a problem brought out by the isolation of several houses.

As long as the barrier is wide and long enough, the fire outside will not spread inside.

Yang Duanhe said distressedly:

"Actually, I know that siege instead of attack is the best policy."

"But the king had orders to obey."

"What's more, the king has rushed to Handan himself, and he will arrive soon."

"If Handan hadn't won it by then, I'm afraid the king will blame it..."

Shen Bing was confused at the time.

King?

Did it mean Qin Shihuang's Yingzheng?

Has the Ying politician supervised Handan?