Daqin Engineering Corps

Chapter 97 Here comes the wolf

The first day was fine.

On the second day, a few weapons were found under a carriage, and the bandits ran away when they saw the incident was exposed, but they were shot down to the ground by the gunner after three or two hits.

Although artillerymen and craftsmen do not wear armor, they can still use crossbow arrows, otherwise they would not be able to defend the city gate.

Ren stepped forward with a few personal guards and dragged the bandits back.

He was about to interrogate, but he didn't want them to take out short knives from their arms and kill themselves.

He will be so stubborn, thinking that he was also a soldier of Zhao Jun in the past.

On the third day something happened at night.

The patrolling soldiers found a few black shadows turning over between the walls and courtyards, and they disappeared when they chased them.

This proves that Shen Bing's worries are correct, there must be bandits sneaking into the city and planning to play by ear.

and……

These bandits are also familiar with the terrain and are protected by the people.

Wang Jian also understood.

He frowned and said to Shen Bing:

"Things don't seem right."

"Workers' 'propaganda offensive' may work, but not for everyone."

"At least those bandits have been hidden among the people."

Shen Bing knew what Wang Jian meant.

The reason why those bandits "disappeared" was because they were hiding in houses.

That is to say, someone took them in.

This problem is serious.

Moreover, people's hearts cannot be quantified. No one knows whether the people's hearts in Handan are more on the side of Zhao or Qin at this time.

Or neither, just thinking about the food in Qin Jun's hands.

Shen Bing is full of confidence in this:

"Don't worry, general, tomorrow my subordinates will arrest these bandits and bring them to justice."

"And it will be much more than the soldiers see."

"It's just that the subordinates are short of manpower..."

Without even thinking about it, Wang Jian replied:

"I will transfer a thousand-man team to the command of the engineer."

"Workers are cheap."

Shen Bing agreed, and his heart suddenly became a little nervous.

This is 1000 people, and they are all armored soldiers... Shen Bing has never commanded so many people.

But think about it, that's just 1000 people, and 1000 people in a cold weapon battle is nothing at all.

When the thousand-man team arrived, Shen Bing was shocked to find that the two or five hundred people who came to report were actually Zhang Xuan.

Presumably Wang Jian knew that Zhang Xuan had known Shen Bing before, so it was easier to cooperate.

This really saved Shen Bing a lot of effort, Shen Bing said to Zhang Xuan immediately:

"I will divide the troops into five teams, each with 200 people."

"Four teams guard the four corners of the city wall, and the other team is placed in the center."

"Understand?"

Zhang Xuan responded: "Understood".

In fact, he didn't understand anything. Can the bandits be caught by dispersing the troops in the city like this?

Shouldn't catching bandits be door-to-door search and inspection?

But Zhang Xuan didn't ask too much, he knew that Shen Bing had his own ideas.

It is night, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and the cool breeze is blowing.

The watchman knocked on the gong and shouted, "The sky is dry and the things are dry, be careful of the candles."

When the watchman gradually drifted away, there was a sudden burst of dense gong sound in the darkness, and then dozens of people shouted in unison:

"Handan fathers and folks!"

"The people of Qin were cruel, they cheated our soldiers and occupied my city."

"There are thousands of stones of food in the air, but we are left to starve."

"If this is not the time, when will it be?"

"Grab food and kill the enemy, welcome Zhao back to the city!"

……

"Kill it!"

Such shouts sounded from every street corner, and it seemed that the momentum was quite large.

Moreover, several houses were set ablaze. For a while, the flames were blazing and crowds of people gathered. Occasionally, there were a few metal and iron clashes and screams, and the shouts of killing came and went one after another.

After a while, several houses opened their doors, and dozens of people shouted and came out from all directions...

However, they were stunned when they broke out.

Where is there any fight?

Standing outside the street were clearly rows of Qin soldiers, who were waiting with bows and crossbows.

I'll go, can this be fooled?

With this little IQ, can you still be a bandit?

Such a promising career is ruined in your hands!

Shen Bing stepped forward and shouted at the group of people:

"Drop your weapons and surrender, or you will die."

Seeing that the situation was not good, the bandits hurriedly withdrew and retreated.

But it was too late to retreat at this time, and when I turned around, I found that torches were lit up behind me, and they were also a group of soldiers with bright armor.

There are not many bandits and most of them are armed with farm tools. They are obviously not the opponents of the heavily armed Qin army who have been fighting for a long time.

So after hesitating for a while, he had to drop his weapon and surrender.

This matter didn't just happen in one place, a similar scene was staged in the whole city that night.

A few days ago, Shen Bing would not have dared to play this move.

Just kidding, at that time the people in Handan hated Qin Jun deeply and were greedy for the grain in Qin Jun's hands.

If one is not good, it will become true.

But now, after several days of "propaganda offensive", Shen Bing thinks the time has come.

So I came to lure the snake out of the hole...

That night, the Qin army captured more than [-] celebrity bandits without any effort.

Of course, these three hundred or so people were not all exile bandits, most of them were ordinary people who were persuaded by exile bandits.

Shen Bing was secretly startled.

In just a few days, the bandits have persuaded more than [-] people, if it continues...

But now there is no "more".

When Wang Jian heard the news, he immediately laughed "haha":

"A talented engineer, unexpectedly came up with this ingenious plan to lure the bandits into the trap."

"In this way, even if the bandits in the city have not been eradicated, they will not be far behind."

Then there were some palpitations:

"With such a shout, more than [-] people responded."

"If it takes time to form a scale, I'm afraid..."

Then he nodded appreciatively towards Shen Bing and said:

"Fortunately, the engineer has the foresight, otherwise Handan will be unimaginable."

Yang Duanhe reminded:

"General, the bandits in Handan have been eradicated, but Julu and Taiyuan..."

Without even thinking about it, Wang Jian ordered:

"Everyone is not allowed to leave the city tomorrow."

"Taiyuan and Julu counties will do the same tomorrow night."

Yang Duanhe responded and went to make arrangements.

The reason for keeping people out of the city is to worry about the remnants of bandits or the people spreading the news to the other two counties, so that the strategy of luring snakes out of their holes will not work.

After thinking about it, Wang Jian asked Shen Bing:

"Now that the bandits have been eliminated, can we lift the curfew..."

Shen Bing replied:

"No, General."

"The subordinates thought that not only could the curfew not be lifted, but they would have to lure the snake out of the cave like this every other day or two."

Wang Jian asked puzzledly:

"This trick of luring the snake out of the hole can still deceive people the last time."

"How does reuse work?"

Shen Bing pretended to be inscrutable:

"I don't know if the general has heard the story of 'Wolf is coming'?"

Wang Jian was stunned: "I've never heard of it."

Shen Bing stood up, looked at the moonlight outside the window, and said:

"Once upon a time, there was a shepherd boy..."

After listening to this story, Wang Jian still didn't understand. After thinking about it, he suddenly realized:

"I am the shepherd boy."

"If so many times."

"One day the real bandits will shout for rebellion, and the people will just think it's a trap and ignore it!"

"Wonderful, wonderful plan!"

"This 'wolf is coming' is even better than that of leading a snake out of its hole!"

Chapter 98 枭首示众

In fact, there is not much difference between the bandits surrendering and not surrendering.

Because it is impossible for Wang Jian to spare them lightly in this extraordinary period, he must "kill the chickens to warn the monkeys".