Daqin Engineering Corps

"The Qin army has insufficient supplies and insufficient troops for its expedition!"

"It is said that Yang Duanhe was also injured the day before yesterday!"

"If you don't attack at this time, it's probably because your successor is weak and you can't maintain it!"

The rest of the generals also nodded in agreement.

"I wish so!" Pang Nuan simply replied four words.

At this time, spies flew to report:

"General, the Qin army is gathering in Ci County to cut wood and make cannons!"

Pang Nuan couldn't help but feel refreshed when he heard the words, and stood up and asked, "Is that true?"

"It really is!"

Pang Nuan couldn't help but let out a long breath of relief.

Xu Chang didn't understand, Pang Nuan explained:

"I wonder what kind of trick the Qin army has, if it's just cutting wood to make cannons..."

"It took more than a hundred years for my Great Wall to be completed. How can a few catapults from the Qin Military Region be able to handle it?"

Pang Nuan did have the capital to rest assured.

Because the Zhao Great Wall was built in the 17th year of Zhao Suhou (333 BC) as Pang Nuan said.

For more than a hundred years, it has been continuously improved, widened and indestructible. Later, catapults were added on the city wall, which can condescendingly resist the enemy from the range.

It is conceivable that if the Qin army tried to attack the city with a catapult, it would be restrained everywhere and return without success.

Xu Chang and the others didn't feel any threat at first, and when they heard this, they slapped Pang Nuan fiercely and it was over.

However, no one has ever thought that the problem lies in the catapult.

Chapter 5 Hole Cards

In order to facilitate production and unify the system, Shen Bing drew several sketches.

A sketch is really a sketch, because it is drawn on sheepskin with a brush, and the lines are inevitably crooked.

However, Xun was amazed by the sketch with front and side view decomposition.

Xun stared at the sketch in a daze, feeling turbulent in his heart.

"What's the situation?"

"I never taught these things!"

"Especially what the hell is this 1:100 ratio?"

Of course, as a master, Xun would not ask directly, and it would be embarrassing!

As the saying goes, Jiang is still old and spicy. He turned around his eyeballs, lightly stroked the goatee on the side of his mouth, and nodded appreciatively.

"Not bad!"

"You have made great progress in the past few days!"

As he spoke, he handed the picture to Cang beside him, and confessed:

"Just make it according to this picture!"

Of course, Cang didn't know it was a trap, so he accepted the picture in response, and then he was dumbfounded on the spot.

"Master, this 1:100 ratio is..."

Xun pretended to be busy looking through the bamboo slips in his hand, and raised his head impatiently.

"Ask your senior brother if you don't understand!"

Shen Bing took a look at the picture and explained:

"It's a scale!"

"1 to 100, that is, the picture is one foot, and the real thing is 100 feet!"

"In this way, all trebuchets can be standardized, so that they don't vary in size!"

Then Cang's head was followed.

"Don't know that?"

"Learn more from your senior brother!"

Cang: ...

In fact, Xun secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fortunately, I am witty, otherwise I would have revealed my truth just now!"

"But it seems that Shen Bing's skills are more than that!"

"He makes something new with ease and it's practical!"

"My master is really too difficult!"

……

With the drawings and Xun's cooperation, the trebuchet was made smoothly.

In Qin Dynasty, there were not many craftsmen brought by an army, usually about 500 people.

Its organization is roughly the same as that of the army, with five people for one team, and every ten people for one team, but the name is slightly different.

The chief of a craftsman's corps is called a worker, the chief of a craftsman is called a worker, and the centurion is called a worker according to the rules.

Further up is the stingy man, and the helmet case in charge of the craftsmen of the first army.

On the other hand, these craftsmen can be divided into round people, bow people, Lu people and so on.

Simply put, they are those who make wheels, bows and arrows, and weapons.

Those who make trebuchets are called "cannon men".

This name sounds a bit unsightly in modern times, but the ancient "cannon" does not have that meaning.

The "cannon men" led by Yang Duanhe were no more than one hundred, which was the team led by Xun.

Of course, 100 people is not enough to make large-scale trebuchets for siege.

Their approach was to pull all the soldiers to fight with a "hula".

These one hundred "cannon men" actually play the role of guidance, supervision and review.

You must know that there are tens of thousands of soldiers of the Qin Army in Ci County alone. If you ask some of them to lay down their weapons to cut trees and make cannons, it will be a scene of crowds of people in full swing.

During this period, Yang Duanhe also came to inspect, but he was a little dissatisfied.

He found Shen Bing who was busy negotiating with Xun, frowned and said:

"You seem to have said that this cannon still has many flaws and deficiencies!"

"But as far as I can see, you haven't changed much!"

"It's just turning the counterweight into a stone!"

"Does this mean..."

Speaking of which, Yang Duanhe glanced at Shen Bing's neck intriguingly.

Shen Bing only felt a cool wind blowing "swish", like a blade waving beside him, and he shrank his head involuntarily in fright.

Shen Bing swallowed with difficulty, and replied:

"I don't know if the general has heard a word!"

"Life must be reserved, and never show your cards easily!"

Yang Duanhe looked confused: "The hole card? What is the hole card?"

"That's it..." Shen Bing thought for a while and replied, "It's the last move!"

Yang Duanhe said "oh", although he was shocked in his heart, he pretended to be calm on the surface.

Philosophical!

There is depth!

insightful!

Although I have done this before, in fact, all people who are officials and politicians do this.

Those who don't do this are basically lying in the coffin and the grass on the grave is several feet high.

But no one has ever summed it up in one sentence like Shen Bing.

Easy to pronounce and easy to remember.

At that moment, Yang Duanhe immediately updated his motto.

Seeing Yang Duanhe's reaction in Shen Bing's eyes, Shen Bing was determined, so he continued to explain:

"If we change the trebuchet to the best and put it on the battlefield the first time!"

"Then Zhao Jun will use the best trebuchets against us soon after he has learned it!"

"but if……"

Yang Duanhe understood what Shen Bing meant before he finished speaking.

"If we improve step by step!"

"Zhao Jun can only learn step by step!"

"So we can take the lead time and time again!"

Shen Bing smiled and answered, "The general is wise!"

Yang Duanhe couldn't hide the shock in his heart.

Nima said this from the mouth of a soldier?

It is not an exaggeration to say that Sun Wu is reincarnated and Wu Qi is reincarnated!

What kind of virtue did I accumulate in my previous life to meet such a Buddha!

However, Yang Duanhe finally resisted the urge to promote Shen Bing into his sect.

As I said before, promoting Shen Bing means losing this talent.

Thinking of this, Yang Duanhe cleared his throat pretending to be calm.

"Just do as you say!"

"However... for reasons of confidentiality, this matter cannot be known to outsiders!"

"Including you improved the trebuchet, understand?"

At this time, Shen Bing would never have thought that Yang Duanhe had another reason, only thinking that the secrecy was aimed at the enemy.

So he responded without any hesitation: "No! This subordinate will definitely keep his mouth shut!"

Yang Duanhe nodded, and left with his subordinates satisfied.

Not far away, Li Yan chased after him from behind.

"General, my subordinates have something to report!"

"A few days ago, Shen Bing said that this trebuchet still has many flaws!"

"I also knew it would be different when he made it in batches!"

"How could I see it today, but it's still the same as before!"

"Could it be that Shen Bing is cheating?"

……

Yang Duan raised his eyebrows, looked back and saw that he was far enough away from Shen Bing, and said to Li Yan meaningfully:

"General Li Yan!"