Daqin Engineering Corps

Chapter 8 Public

Zhao Great Wall collapsed on the fifth day.

This surprised Shen Bing. He originally estimated that it would take at least a week.

After all, the catapults fired rocks, not cannonballs.

The Zhao Great Wall has also been widened and strengthened for a hundred years, which is not comparable to ordinary walls.

However, Shen Bing didn't think too much about it, he just said that Qin Jun's previous attack caused some damage to the Great Wall.

As soon as there was a gap in the Great Wall, the soldiers of the Qin Army shouted and poured in like a flood to solve the problem.

In an instant, flesh and blood flew across the sky.

Although the gap is only more than ten steps, it is still easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is much better than attacking the city with a siege ladder.

In addition, the morale of the Qin army was high, but Zhao Jun was heartbroken when he was photographed by the Qin army's catapult.

In just one stick of incense, the Qin army broke into the other side of the Great Wall.

Then nothing can stop them anymore.

The soldiers of the Qin army chased Zhao Jun like a tiger into a flock of sheep, slashed and killed, and Zhao Jun's screams and wailing were everywhere.

Shen Bing and the engineers followed behind the troops.

Engineers are the guarantee for the troops to advance smoothly or maintain combat effectiveness.

For example, the army needs someone to build roads and bridges, or equipment needs to be maintained and replaced.

The "cannon man" is mainly to maintain the catapults, and if necessary, it needs to be cut and built on the spot to ensure the number of catapults.

After crossing the Great Wall, the picture displayed in front of Shen Bing's eyes could not be described with the word "mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood".

Death and blood were in the air.

Corpses piled up in disorder, all headless.

The Qin army judged meritorious service based on the enemy's first rank, that is, "the one who wins the first rank will be promoted to the first rank".

Therefore, the Qin army often took the enemy's head immediately after killing the enemy and tied it around his waist to continue killing the enemy.

So the Qin army passed by, leaving behind mostly headless corpses.

These corpses were lying on the ground irregularly, their limbs stretched out weakly, like poultry that had been killed and abandoned.

The blood flowing from the neck soon stained the soil on the ground red, gathering more and more, gathering more and more.

Soon it became a stream, and then a river.

Soon the low-lying areas were not filled with sewage, but pools of blood.

Shen Bing's stomach couldn't help but twitched.

He originally wanted to force it down.

But when they saw Cang and the others rummaging through the corpses to find the head that "slipped through the net" and cut it off.

I couldn't help but spit it out with a "wow".

Xun looked at Shen Bing with some weird eyes and asked.

"It's not the first time you've been on the battlefield, why..."

"I'm fine!" Shen Bing explained, "I'm just feeling unwell!"

Xun said: "You should also look for the head, this is a rare opportunity for me!"

This is indeed a rare opportunity, because "cannon men" usually shoot at the enemy from a distance.

As the saying goes, "wealth and wealth are sought in danger".

Although this is relatively safe, it is even more difficult to obtain the enemy's "A leader".

Shen Bing waved his hands quickly to refuse, and just about to speak, the scene of severed head flashed in his mind, which made him lean over and vomit again.

Seeing Shen Bing in such a state, he no longer forced himself to take out his bronze sword and join the ranks of seeking the head.

Shen Bing never thought that the battlefield was like this.

Even the deaths of these people can be said to be related to me...

If he hadn't improved the trebuchet himself, Yang Duanhe should have broken through the Great Wall several months later.

At that time, Li Mu was dead, and Zhao Jun's defeat was set.

But now...

The corpses all over the ground made Shen Bing feel like he couldn't even walk.

Perhaps it was in response to Shen Bing's idea.

Not long after, Xun was ordered to stay where he was.

Their task was to close the gap in the Great Wall that they had smashed with their trebuchets.

This obviously makes sense.

Because the Qin army continued to advance, the location of the Great Wall became an important location for the Qin army's logistics supply line.

The Great Wall can advance, attack and retreat.

As long as the Great Wall is under the control of the Qin army, the security of logistics can basically be guaranteed.

Otherwise, the connection between Yang Duan and the hundreds of thousands of troops and the rear would be cut off abruptly from here.

Therefore, repairing the Great Wall and organizing an effective defense became the top priority.

Shen Bing didn't know about the arrangement in other directions. Yang Duanhe left two engineering troops and more than a thousand Qin troops stationed in Ci County.

Shen Bing didn't have much time to care about these things, because he was busy building the Great Wall with other people.

If there is any good thing, it is that Shen Bing and Cang were promoted to "public officials" after the war.

The official treatment is a new bronze sword, and the food is changed from millet porridge to millet rice.

The latter can make Shen Bing barely full, but the former is dispensable to Shen Bing.

A bronze sword for beheading?

Shen Bing hopes that he will never use it!

But Cang was overjoyed. While playing with the bronze sword, he happily said to Shen Bing:

"Do you know how many officials there are in the artillery division?"

"No more than ten people!"

"There are two more people added today, and they are you and my senior brother!"

"In addition to rewards from the army, the family will also get an hectare of land, a house and a servant!"

"God treats me well!"

"Brother, I need you to take care of me in the future!"

……

Shen Bing just snorted, he had some foresight and knew that following Shen Bing would bring him glory.

In fact, not only Cang knew this, other craftsmen and even soldiers seemed to know this too.

This is easy to understand.

Shen Bing can modify the trebuchet.

Catapults lead to victory.

Victory keeps them alive and gives them credit.

With credit, there is a title.

With a title, there is everything...

So everyone, including those soldiers who usually coaxed in front of the craftsmen, looked at Shen Bing a little differently.

Of course, envy, jealousy and hatred are indispensable in these different eyes.

Chen Kui is a typical example.

But Shen Bing is not in the mood to pay attention to these now.

What if you have a title?

What if there is a reward?

What if there is recognition?

Don't you want to do hard work here, or go to the battlefield to live with your head pinned to your belt?

Just as Shen Bing was complaining about the sky and the sky, it suddenly rained like a pouring rain.

The heavy rain hit my head painfully.

Shen Bing turned his gaze to Xun, hoping that he would order to take shelter from the rain and stop work.

Unexpectedly, Xun thought and shouted:

"Keep working!"

"The general ordered me to fill in the gap within three days!"

"If the construction deadline is missed, the lives of all of us will be in danger!"

Everyone responded in unison in the rain: "No!"

Then get busy in the rain.

The bitterness in Shen Bing's heart...

But this seems to be impossible.

The most important thing in war is speed.

If the Great Wall is not repaired because of the rain, it will be too late when the enemy arrives.

In desperation, Shen Bing could only grit his teeth again and lift up a stone and throw it into the basket.

What they have to do is to clean up the gravel and miscellaneous soil in the gap.

Then lay the groundwork.

The last thing is to build a new wall on the foundation.

Otherwise, if you build a wall on a pile of gravel, the wall will collapse if the enemy stands in front of you and yells a few times.

While everyone was busy, a convoy of supplies passed by and headed north.

Because of the weight of supplies and the fact that there is a steep slope behind the city gate.

The carriage went up several times, but the road was slippery in rainy weather, and it retreated.

In an instant, people pushed the horses and neighed, so it was very lively.

Shen Bing began to gloat, at least they were not the only ones suffering in the rain.

But I didn't expect that in the next second, a female general in leather armor broke through the rain and shouted at Shen Bing and others:

"You wait to help!"

Shen Bing's first reaction was...

Do women also serve in the army these days?

Not only can he be a soldier but also an officer?

Chapter 9 Contradictions

In fact, Shen Bing was ignorant.