Daqin Engineering Corps

If I were to go into more detail, it would mean that Sima was still prepared.

Sima Shang sent people around to inquire about the trebuchets used by the Qin army when he fled to Dai State with Zhao Jia.

So of course he knew how to make a new type of counterweight trebuchet, and he also knew about the sackcloth fire bombs used to attack Handan.

At this time, they were just used to prevent the Qin army from crossing the river.

As Sima Shang said:

"If there are trebuchets guarding the river, why should we wait for the Qin army to build a bridge?"

"I just need to spread my eyeliner widely to find the position where the Qin army built the bridge, and the wooden bridge will be turned into powder as soon as a stone bomb passes over it!"

Sima Shang even suggested that the Qin army build the bridge intentionally, and wait for half of the Qin army to cross the river before attacking and destroying the bridge...

This is indeed a good plan.

Because the coalition forces of the Yan Dynasty had at least more than 10 people, while the Qin army sent out the city to pursue only [-] people.

The other 6 people have to stay in the three counties that are still unstable.

If the [-] Qin troops only crossed half of the river, they would be surrounded by the Yan-Dai coalition forces...

On the one hand, the morale has been greatly reduced, and on the other hand, there is no way out. It is a matter of minutes to be defeated by the Yan Dai coalition forces.

However, Yan Wangxi had already been frightened by Qin Jun, so how could he dare to let Qin Jun cross the river easily?

So I only agree with the first half, which is to smash the bridge with a trebuchet.

Then there is the current situation... The Qin Army Bridge was bombarded indiscriminately by Yan Army trebuchets before it was completed.

After Shen Bing confessed to Xi, he boarded the carriage and drove towards the camp.

A rudimentary wooden bridge that had just been erected a long time ago was smashed into disrepair and caught fire.

The craftsmen and soldiers wanted to go forward to put out the fire, but they were hit back hard by stone bombs, rockets and fire bombs.

For a while, there were fires everywhere, and many soldiers of the Qin Army were ignited and screamed pitifully.

Shen Bing didn't let the coachman stay, and drove all the way to Yang Duan and Shuai Zhang.

At this time, Yang Duanhe was walking around in the handsome tent like ants on a hot pot.

Obviously he knew that Chen Kui's bridge-building plan had failed.

Even at this time, what he was worried about was not whether he could cross the river at dawn tomorrow, but the question that Qin Jun would stop here.

The reason is simple. If the Yan army prepared enough trebuchets, then the Qin army would not be able to build the bridge, and of course it would not be able to cross the river to pursue it.

So the Qin army couldn't get enough rations...

At this moment, Shen Bing walked into the tent and said to Yang Duanhe:

"General..."

Seeing that it was Shen Bing, Yang Duanhe interrupted Shen Bing with a "hum":

"Our army has already fought the Yan army in full swing, but you just came at this time!"

"According to the miser, he ordered the artillerymen to cross the river and build a bridge, but you haven't left yet?"

"Is it intentional to delay time?"

Shen Bing replied:

"General Mingjian, my subordinates didn't intend to delay the time, but built a bridge two miles upstream!"

Yang Duan continued to curse in a friendly manner:

"Although the engineer has made countless achievements, he can't be so greedy for life and fear of death!"

"It was Chen Kui who personally went to the field to build the bridge with the craftsmen."

"And you are still building upstream..."

"What? What did you say?"

Yang Duanhe looked at Shen Bing in disbelief.

Shen Bing could only repeat it once:

"General, my subordinates secretly built a bridge two miles upstream."

"Because the Yan army has many eyes and ears, the subordinates are worried that they will be intercepted by the Yan army, so they didn't inform them first!"

"Please forgive me, General..."

At this time, Yang Duanhe couldn't care less about whether he was guilty or not, so he immediately grabbed Shen Bing and said:

"Is this true?"

"You really built a bridge upstream?"

Shen Bing replied:

"Subordinates dare not speak nonsense, the general can bring troops and horses and go with the subordinates."

"When you look at it, you will know the truth."

"Then……"

Needless to say, when the Yan army's attention was still attracted by the wooden bridge, the Qin army had already crossed the river upstream without anyone noticing and landed in formation.

In other words, Shen Bing had thought of such a situation from the very beginning.

It is impossible to build a bridge in situ as simple as Chen Wei said, and it is impossible for the Qin army to cross the river so smoothly.

Even if you can build a pontoon bridge yourself, I'm afraid it will be very dangerous.

The pontoon will shake up and down, and there is only one narrow road.

What if Yan Jun is waiting on the opposite side?

Isn't that when one team goes up and the other team is killed, and then the other team goes up and kills the other team, when will it be the head?

What's even more frightening is that there are also trebuchets, and this large number of stone bombs are thrown towards the floating bridge...

So Shen Bing remained silent when Yang Duanhe asked.

It doesn't make sense to mention a solution that cannot be used.

It's hard to die, but Chen Kui appeared at this moment...

So Shen Bing was thinking, why not come up with a trick of "clearly repairing the plank road and crossing Chencang secretly"?

The most pitiful one is Chen Kui.

He also said that he had to make a plan, and he could finally get rid of Shen Bing and his artillery this time.

I don't want to be used by Shen Bing from beginning to end.

Chapter 1 Pontoon Bridge

Yang Duanhe immediately followed Shen Bing to the upstream with thousands of soldiers.

But when he rushed to the upstream and saw Yang Duanhe, he was stunned. There was no bridge there.

At that moment, Yang Duanhe was scared to death.

Could it be that Shen Bing has defected to the enemy and set a trap here?

There is no reason, now is the time when the Qin army has the upper hand, and they will surrender to the Yan army when their brains are flooded!

But there is clearly no bridge on the river...

When Yang Duanhe was wondering, Shen Bing gave an order, and the craftsmen of the artillery division started.

One by one the rafts were pushed out of the forest.

Yang Duanhe didn't even understand how the rafts were pushed out.

Such a big pile of things, densely packed with thick layers of logs does not look light at all, but it only needs a few people to push it easily.

Yang Duanhe took a closer look, only to find that logs had long been placed on the ground as wooden wheels.

Only then did Yang Duanhe secretly breathe a sigh of relief, knowing that the bridge Shen Bing said should be true.

But these are rafts but not bridges. Did Shen Bing mean to let the soldiers cross the river on rafts?

Thinking of Yang Duanhe, he couldn't help frowning. It's fine if there are too many rafts, but now there are only more than 200 rafts. Even if more than [-] people can be transported on each trip, when can thousands of people be transported to the other side?

At that time, I am afraid that the Yan army will have noticed it and launched a counterattack.

At this time, Shen Bing gave another order, and the rafts were pushed into the water one after another, and then someone supported the rafts and advanced in the river.

Soon the rafts were spaced out one by one on the river and fastened to ropes.

There is also a reason why Shen Bing chose this location. The river here turns several bends one after another, so the water flow is more gentle than other river sections.

It was the group of craftsmen who were in a hurry because of their inexperience.

But all went well.

The craftsmen put the bridge deck between the pontoons and tied them with hemp ropes, and a pontoon bridge appeared in front of everyone out of thin air.

Yang Duanhe was just dumbfounded and didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

what's the situation?

In less than a stick of incense, a bridge was built on the empty river.

Not to mention that Yan Jun didn't have time to react, even he himself hasn't adapted yet.

This speed, this efficiency, this creativity...

While Yang Duanhe was still sighing, Shen Bing reminded:

"General, I'm afraid something will change. If Yan Jun finds out, it will be a big disaster."

Yang Duanhe said "Oh" before he woke up, and hurriedly waved to his subordinates and ordered:

"Cross the river and set up formation!"

The soldiers of the Qin Army responded in a low voice, and then lined up on the pontoon bridge in an orderly manner.

Yang Duanhe thought for a while, and added:

"Order Chen Kui to continue building the bridge, even if he is burned to death, he must build the bridge!"

The general responded and went to deliver the order.

Of course, Shen Bing understood the meaning of Yang Duanhe's order.

At this time, of course, he did not expect Chen Wei to build the bridge well, but he wanted to continue to implement Shen Bing's strategy of "building plank roads to cross Chencang secretly" to the end.

That is to continue to use the bridge-building troops to attract the firepower and attention of the Yan army, and the sooner they react, the better.

At this time, Shen Bing couldn't help but sighed secretly for Chen Wei, he could almost see Chen Wei leading his soldiers to build a bridge among the fire bombs and rockets and being burned to a utter embarrassment.

But this has nothing to do with Shen Bing, it's Yang Duanhe's order.

The soldiers of the Qin army who stepped on the pontoon bridge to cross the river were not used to it at first. After all, it was dark night and the pontoon bridge was unstable.

But Qin Jun was Qin Jun after all, and it didn't take long to get used to it, so the speed became faster and faster, and thousands of people crossed the river smoothly in less than a stick of incense.

In the follow-up, troops continued to gather on the river bank.

Then Yang Duanhe crossed the river under the protection of his personal guards... This battle is very important to the Qin army, and Yang Duanhe is worried about handing it over to others.

But in fact, this is simply a battle without suspense.

If it was an ordinary general, he would probably take down the Yan army at the wooden bridge downstream.

After all, most of the Yan troops were catapults and crossbowmen, and they belonged to the kind that would collapse at the first touch. If you attack them first, you can kill them happily immediately.

But war is not just for fun.

Attacking these catapults and crossbowmen first is undoubtedly a reminder to the Yan army, telling them to take precautions or escape.

So the suddenness of the battle is lost.

Yang Duanhe was not in a hurry, he ordered the troops to bypass these Yan troops and go straight into the enemy's camp.

The ridiculous thing is that the Qin army even encountered a few Yan troops on the way.