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"When Wang Ye was still the captain, I dealt with him, and he kept his promises and kept his promises." Xu Wang sighed anxiously, "Would it be possible to just watch them slaughter the city?"

"Don't panic, Ah Weng." Xu Qin stepped forward to persuade, "Qin's army has 6000 troops, but Wen County has a population of more than 5000, plus the [-] insurgents brought by Hai'er outside the city, we are no less than them. "

But Xu Xin shook his head: "You don't know, Aqin. Before the war, more than 1000 people were recruited from the county to the army one after another. Now there are less than [-] left in the county. If you don't count the old and weak, women and children , and the disabled who participated in the Battle of Qin’s Destruction of the Six Kingdoms before, the total number that can be gathered now is less than [-], plus the [-] rebels you brought over, the total is less than [-].”

"Three thousand people who were summoned temporarily against the Qin army's six thousand elite soldiers, can this battle still be won?" Xu Wang was worried.

"In the past, there were many battles where fewer people won more battles." Xu Qin comforted, "Besides, we have cities to defend, which can make up for the disadvantage in numbers."

"Things can only be like this now." Xu Wang looked at Xu Qin, "What do you think about defending the city?"

"I want to ask my brother to divide the people in the county into three groups. The first group is the original county soldiers and young adults who can be drafted into the army. Let them be divided into two groups and go to the city wall in rotation. The second group is women. And the disabled veterans, as a logistics, also go to the tower to support when necessary. The third group is the elderly and children, and if it is urgent, let them join." Xu Qin replied.

"It's not difficult." Xu Xin replied, "When I was a county lieutenant, I was in charge of conscription, and the rest went to the county government to get registered accounts and arrange them."

"Then there will be Brother Lao."

"My son, what are you going to do?" Seeing Xu Qin's confident look, Xu Wang couldn't help asking.

"Awong, do you still remember the off-white stones that I ordered people to move from the mountains around Wen County a few days ago?"

"Of course I remember. I asked you what you do, but you kept it secret. But you were repairing the city wall those few days, and you knew it was related to strengthening and rebuilding the city wall."

It was the limestone that Xu Qin specially found from the mountains, and ordered someone to pull some back.In ancient times, there was no cement in the modern sense, and the city walls were not made of stone bricks like the Ming city walls, but rammed earth.Such a city wall is not strong enough. In order to strengthen it, the ancients have long researched to dig an inverted trapezoidal foundation groove at the bottom of the city wall, drive wooden piles into it, and tamp pebbles into the soil to strengthen the city wall.

Xu Qin systematically searched for some information about ancient concrete, and found that calcined lime was recorded as a building material only in the Han Dynasty, and it was not until the Song Dynasty that something called plaster began to be popularized. It was calcined by mixing lime and clay together. , and the composition of the calcined building materials by British J. Asputin in 1824 is basically the same, because the color of this Portland cement after hardening is very similar to the stone used for construction in Portland, England, and it is named Portland cement. Tran cement.

But Xu Qin hadn't had time to imitate other time-traveling men at the end of the Qin Dynasty to carry out the experiment of a golden finger invention, he was reported to the county by a secret letter from Niu Er, and the officials forced the people to rebel.

"It turns out that you modified the city wall." Han Xin showed a look of appreciation, "The half-foot-high city wall was only built before we entered the gate. Is it to be an urn?"

"Exactly." Xu Qin replied, "I think the border gates often use this kind of urn city, which can resist the enemy's attack very well, but Wen County is quite far from the border gate, and the county town here is a simple small city wall. Can we build a Wai Weng City, but it's a pity that Qin Bing came here just after we started."

"If there are extra stones in the city, you can build an inner urn in reverse." Han Xin suggested, "This is equivalent to an extra barrier."

Xu Qin nodded: "The stones can be found again, but I won't use these gray stones to build walls."

"Then what did you work so hard to do here?"

"This kind of limestone is called limestone. I need to find someone to grind it into powder." Xu Qin said, "When the time comes to attack the city and pour it from the city wall, it will react with the water in the human body and corrode the skin." , causing blindness, coughing, and short-term inhalation of a large amount of lime powder will cause fainting.”

"It saves energy and is much more effective than pouring boiling water. I am eager to see how it comes in handy."

Xu Qin looked at Han Xin with a smile, and taking advantage of the fact that the entire Wen County was present, he proposed: "Before I saw the uprising of King Zhang Chu and Chen Sheng, I proclaimed myself a general first, and then led a group of soldiers to attack the city and seize the territory." , broke through the current vigorous uprising situation. Therefore, for the morale of tomorrow's battle, we also need a general to command our soldiers."

When Qin Peng heard about it, he said, "Your elder brother Xu Xin is usually the county lieutenant, and he is in charge of all military affairs in this county. I think he is the most suitable general."

With so many elders present, Xu Xin hastily declined: "I can't surpass the county magistrate and county magistrate."

Originally Xu Wang was expected to be the general, but both he and Qin Peng were civil servants, and although he was very good at governing Wen County, he didn't even know how to fight a war.

Qin Peng also felt the same about this. After all, he just made a joke about treating Qin Jun as the enemy tonight. Tomorrow, he really had to face the Qin Army who had become the enemy. Qin Peng was very uncertain: "I and If the county magistrate leads troops to fight, there will probably be accidents, and the general will be able to do so."

"The county magistrate made a good point." Xu Qin was in the middle of his heart, "It's a good place for a capable person, so let me ask the county magistrate, how is my elder brother capable of leading troops to fight?"

"Don't run on me." Xu Xin embarrassed his younger brother with an elbow, "Wen County is not at the border, and the soldiers are only there to catch thieves and maintain the peace of one side. How can they have the talent to lead troops to fight?"

"Look, we are already at a disadvantage. If this army is handed over to my eldest brother, I'm afraid I don't even know how to fight it."

"Aqin, are you the one who can lead soldiers?" Xu Wang asked in amazement. Anyway, the family has a young daughter who is extremely talented and can read pictures without a teacher. The second son suddenly said that he is actually a famous general. Xu Wang would not be surprised by a single word.

However, Xu Qin just replied honestly: "I don't know how to fight. If I go, I will probably be beaten indiscriminately."

Everyone here: ………………

Everyone complained in their hearts, you can't do it, why do you talk for a long time, why don't you hurry up and let your brother take the top?

Seeing everyone's different expressions, Xu Qin chuckled and said, "Although I am not good at marching and fighting, I have a good candidate to recommend to everyone."

Everyone was staring at Xu Qin, who was a trickster, including Han Xin, who was watching the show while eating melons.

Xu Qin pulled out this low-key onlooker who was eating melons online: "I think Han Xin can be our general."

"Han Xin?" Many people exclaimed.They knew that the second son of the magistrate's family had gone to Tangfeng County and brought back a tall, handsome young man, but this young man had nothing to do all day long, wandering the streets with a sword on his back, or going out to fish leisurely in the city, Xu Qin didn't say anything What, everyone thinks that Xu Qin brought him back for nothing. Many people don't even know his name.

How could such a person who looked like a gangster be the general of Wen County at such a critical time?

Qin Peng was the first to object: "Ah Qin, why are you turning your elbows out? This man seems to have no strengths, how can he be qualified for the position of general?"

"The county magistrate doesn't know Han Xin well." Xu Qin shook his head, "When we were both under the command of King Zhang Chu, Han Xin led the peasant uprising army to attack those county towns. Everyone can see his commanding level. Chen Sheng also admired him very much for this. , if we want to win him over, if Han Xin and I hadn’t made an appointment, our savior in the besieged city of Wen County would be gone.”

"Savior? How can he be so powerful?" Everyone chattered and discussed, and the tone sounded full of dissatisfaction.

Han Xin had a high self-esteem, and at this moment his face was sullen, and he got up and was about to leave: "I'm a commoner, and I can't afford the position of general."

"Wait." Xu Qin stepped forward and grabbed Han Xin's sleeve.

Han Xin tugged twice but didn't pull it away, his face turned red and then pale: "What's the matter with the tugging, let me go."

"Wait a minute, General Han." Xu Qin simply called the general, and said in a low voice, "They don't know you well, and they don't know how powerful you are, so they will object. Wait, I will persuade them."

Only then did Han Xin stop his steps and did not leave the county office immediately.

Seeing that Xu Qin strongly recommended Han Xin, Chen Mai felt a little sour in his heart, feeling quite uncomfortable that he was not valued first by Xu Qin.But he is a person who understands the overall situation, and he has long seen the hidden military talent in Han Xin. Compared with Xu Qin's recommendation of Han Xin, what makes him more displeased is that there are many people present who oppose Xu Qin's opinion.

How can this be done? Brother Xu Qin is clearly very smart and capable, everything he does is the right choice, how can he question his decision?

So Chen Mai took a step forward and said to the crowd: "Since Xu Qin recommended Han Xin instead of his elder brother, it shows that he has no selfish intentions in doing this, otherwise why would he not recommend his family?"

Someone asked: "Xu Qin just said that he is not capable of marching and fighting. How can he guarantee that this man named Han Xin is very good at fighting?"

"Have you never seen pigs running before eating pork?" Chen Mai glared at the other party, "Why are you so ignorant of flexibility?"

Han Xin: There seems to be something wrong......

However, in Chen Mai's subsequent "Talk against the Confucians", many people were persuaded by him, and the rest of the insistence that they opposed was already crumbling.

Xu Qin added at this time: "Whether Han Xin is qualified to be a general? Isn't my younger brother A negative good at fortune telling? Let her do the divination, and you will be completely relieved, right?"

Xu negative was young, and he propped his head and fell asleep as early as when everyone was discussing. At this time, when he heard his brother calling him, he just stood up and said to everyone: "I have seen Han Xin's face before. face."

As soon as the words came out, the four people were in an uproar.

"Let me just say that a mere general from Wen County has wronged him." Xu Qin said with a smile.

Xu Qin imitated Xiao He's story and asked everyone to go back to rest and take a bath. Now that the conditions are difficult, and there is only a small area like Wen County, burning incense and going to the altar to pay homage to the general will not be done. He thinks that if he meets Liu Bang and Xiao He in the future, It will be made up over there - when the auspicious time is selected early the next morning, Han Xin will be announced as a general in front of everyone.

Han Xin was also moved by Xu Qin's sincerity, and immediately promised everyone: "Don't worry about defending the city. There is no city in this world that I, Han Xin, cannot defend."