Daqin Engineering Corps

Zhao Guoxin's destruction of people's hearts was unstable, and affected by Bai Qi's killing of 40 Zhao troops, many people chose to become bandits.

They united with the dispersed Zhao army in the wild, and unexpectedly formed a large and small bandit with considerable combat power in the three counties.

These bandits naturally need to rob food if they want to survive.

But at this time, the food team is on the road again...

So today a small team, tomorrow a small team, from time to time there will be food teams intercepted by bandits halfway.

There have even been instances of bridges being vandalized.

This is usually done by small-scale exodus bandits. They cannot fight hard with the grain protection team. They can only destroy the bridge and block the grain transport team in front of the river overnight, so they can fish in troubled waters to steal food.

If it's just stealing food, that's all.

Perhaps out of hatred for the Qin army, after they stole the grain, they would often set a fire to burn the grain that could not be taken away.

So the food shipped to the three counties was very tight for a while.

These are not related to Shen Bing and his party. They are artillerymen without armor, and it is not their turn to suppress bandits and protect supplies.

only……

A large number of soldiers were transferred out of the city to either protect food or suppress bandits, and Handan had important fields and cities to defend. Wang Jian's more than [-] troops were actually in short supply.

Then finally one day, Shen Bing received an order:

"The artillery division is in charge of city defense from today on."

"At the same time repair the city wall."

……

There's nothing wrong with that.

At this time, basically no one will come to attack the city.

Let the craftsmen be responsible for the city defense, and at the same time defend the city and repair the city, that is no waste of labor.

Shen Bing and his party are in charge of the North Gate.

This is a bit ironic. At that time, Shen Bing and others were attacking the North Gate, and now they are responsible for filling the gaps made by them with their trebuchets.

But Shen Bing couldn't complain, because it was much better than farming, at least he didn't have to suffer from mosquitoes and leeches.

While Shen Bing and the others were busy in the three counties, someone in Yan State was keenly aware of the danger.

"Report..." A spy sent a piece of information to Prince Ji Dan of Yan Kingdom.

Ji Dan unfolded the information, and immediately gasped:

"Wang Jian really garrisoned all the arable land in Zhao State?"

"How can they farm so many fields?"

The spies clasped their hands and replied:

"It's true."

"They made waterwheels and turned them over to cure drought. It is said that they were made by an engineer named Shen Bing."

"These waterwheels and rollovers can bring a lot of river water into the ditches for irrigation."

"It is because the drought in the three counties of Zhao State is no longer a concern."

Ji Dan was surprised again, and began to think:

Something is wrong!

After Qin destroyed Zhao, it bordered Yan.

He originally said that Zhao Guo was in a severe drought and the Qin army could not attack.

Now the drought in Zhao State has been cured and Wang Jian has collected all the cultivated land...

This is clearly for the Northern Expedition next year.

In fact, Ji Dan misunderstood what he thought.

Qin Jun will destroy Wei State first no matter what.

On the one hand, it is easier for the Wei state to be destroyed when it is surrounded.

On the other hand, the state of Wei is behind Qin, and if it is not destroyed, it will be like a thorn in its back.

But the Ji Dan authorities were fans, and they took it for granted that the next one would be Yan Guo.

So for now...

Chapter 94 Jing Ke Assassinates Qin Qin

Ji Dan immediately found his father Yan Wangxi to report the situation.

This has the meaning of showing off and striving for merit, because only he sent spies to lurk in Handan to observe the Qin army.

After seeing Yan Wangxi, Ji Dan said proudly:

"Father, my son set up spies in various places in Zhao State in advance."

"Recently, these spies reported that the Qin army set up three counties in Zhaodi to garrison fields."

"My son thinks this is not a good thing."

Of course Yan Wangxi knew that this was not a good thing.

In fact, there is no need to inquire about it. I also knew that the Qin people would be in the Zhao country, so I asked back:

"So what?"

"They may be preparing to march into Wei, so don't worry too much."

Yan Wangxi can only lie to himself like this.

Ji Dan retorted:

"Father, if the Qin army is preparing to march into the Wei state, why does it need to use up all the cultivated land?"

Yan Wangxi thought it made sense.

The State of Wei is just below the State of Zhao, above South Korea and on the right side of the State of Qin.

If it's just to attack Wei, you only need to farm the fields normally, that is, half of the farming and half of the rest.

Then all the arable land is now garrisoned... Then there is no other explanation except to go north to attack Yan.

There is a saying that "the sparrow knows the ambition of the swan".

This country of Yan is the "bird". How could they have thought that Ying Zheng's goal was to unify the Central Plains, not just the country of Yan.

At the same time, the "finch" of Yan State was still a frightened bird, and he lost his mind and was at a loss when he was frightened.

After thinking about it, Yan Wangxi asked again:

"That's the case, so what?"

It's no wonder Yan Wangxi is so unconfident. Yan has been defeated by Zhao several times, even to the point of subjugation:

The first time was after the Battle of Changping, King Xi of Yan thought he had an opportunity and sent troops to Zhao.

Yan Wangxi thought very simply, thinking that Zhao's young and strong soldiers were all killed in Changping and the orphans were underage.

So he attacked Zhao with five times as many troops.

The camel, who didn't want to lose weight to death, was bigger than the horse, so Zhao Guo sent Lian Polecheng to defeat the Yan army with one easy blow.

He even surrounded the capital of Yan State in turn, and finally forced Yan Wangxi to send someone to sue for peace.

The second time was that Zhao Guo took Pang Nuan as his general.

King Yan laughed out loud, no one in Zhao State had reached the point where he wanted to use Pang Nuan, if he didn't attack at this time, when would he wait?

So they raised troops to attack Zhao again.

The result was still the same, Pang Nuan defeated the Yan army and took [-] prisoners.

This Yan Wangxi can't fight and can't employ people, that's all, but the strategic vision is not enough...

There is Zhao State between Qin State and Yan State. Having this barrier is beneficial but not harmful.

Anyone with a little brain knows that Zhao Guo should not be attacked.

And not only should they not attack, Qin should also provide food and equipment to make Zhao last longer when Qin attacked Zhao.

This is to spend a little money to let Zhao Guo fight Qin for himself.

And Yan State can take advantage of this time to recruit talents to enrich the country and strengthen the army...

Do you understand the reason why the lips are dead and the teeth are cold?

With such a foolish king, it is no wonder that Yan State failed to produce a decent general even though it was the same as Zhao State in the north facing the Huns.

As a result, the two large-scale attacks on Zhao Yongbing not only killed countless people, but also wasted more than [-] years of time.

Twenty years...enough to change a country.

No matter how bad the country of Yan is, it will not fall to the current situation.

Yan Wangxi knew what was going on with Yan at this time:

Zhao Guoneng defeated the Yan army twice with newly defeated soldiers.

And Zhao State was destroyed by Qin State.

So how could Yan State be the opponent of Qin State?

So what else?Just wait for Qin Guo to clean up.

Ji Dan replied:

"Father, for the current plan... I think that there are only two ways to prepare to guard against the Qin army."

Yan Wangxi looked at Ji Dan unexpectedly.

Yes, he has nothing to do, but Ji Dan is still "preparing with both hands"!

So he asked curiously:

"But which two aspects?"

Ji Dan replied:

"First, the remnants of the Zhao State fled to the north and gathered under Zhao Jia's tent to establish the Dai State."

"My son thinks that we should let go of our grievances and secretly join forces with Daiguo."

Yan Wangxi hesitated and asked:

"Will this...will provoke the people of Qin to burn themselves?"

Ji Dan replied:

"Father, how can you still be afraid of angering the people of Qin at this time?"

"Even if I don't wait to unite with the country, how can the Qin army let the country go?"

Yan Wangxi thought about it, then nodded in agreement with the suggestion.

But at this time, it occurred to me that it might be too late to join forces with Zhao Lianjun.

At this time, the hearts of Zhao Guo had been dispersed because of Li Muzhi's death, and the remaining remnant soldiers were just lingering.

And this generation of country is still built in the Northland, which is within the sphere of influence of Li Mu...

In fact, the series of measures implemented by Yingzheng in the three counties had a greater impact:

Rao Zhao's nobles are not dead, but they are not killed.