Daqin Engineering Corps

But because it was dark and the Qin army did not launch an attack, the Yan army took it for granted that it was his own, so he ignored it.

It wasn't until the Qin Army appeared in front of the Yan Army's camp and launched an attack that the Yan Army realized that something was wrong.

At that time, Sima Shang was discussing with Yan Wangxi about the strategy of confronting the enemy, and they were at odds with each other.

Sima Shang cupped his hands and said to Yan Wangxi:

"Your Majesty."

"We can use the long river to stop the enemy here."

"Returning to the city to defend is the next strategy."

"At that time, the Qin army only needs to surround the city gate, and our army will not be able to reinforce each other and will be defeated one by one."

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Yan Wangxi set his general Qing Qin to object:

"General Sima!"

"The morale of Qin's new victory is high, and we should avoid its sharp edge before thinking about counterattacking."

"Besides, the Qin army is short of food and clothing, and winter is approaching, so why not retreat to the city?"

"When the Qin army besieged the city, they would be hungry and cold. If they couldn't attack for a long time, they could only withdraw their troops."

It should be said that both sides have their own reasons.

Sima Shang considered that the Yan and Dai armies had many generals, and stationing troops on the river bank for defense could also block the Qin army.

Qing Qin, on the other hand, waited on the defensive and waited for the Qin army to withdraw its troops on their own if they could not stand the severe cold of the northern winter.

But it is obvious that Sima Shang's suggestion is more suitable for the Yan army at this time.

Because with the strength of the Yan army at this time, if they muster their morale to fight back, not to mention that they can defeat the Qin army, but it is not a problem to block the Qin army with the danger of the river.

Qing Qin's thinking was even more negative, and he pinned his hopes on the fact that the Qin army would retreat on its own if it couldn't stand the severe cold.

What if Qin Jun supplemented with winter clothes for a whole winter?

In the second year, when Yan's food and grass are exhausted, won't he have to surrender?

Therefore, anyone with a little brain knows which option to choose.

However, Yan Wangxi was scared by Qin Jun, and he didn't consider Sima Shang's suggestion at all.

So impatiently shook Sima Shang's hand and said:

"Don't need to say too much, I will escort the grain team to withdraw early tomorrow morning."

"General Sima should also lead his troops back to Dai Kingdom."

"If necessary, I will send someone to notify General Sima at that time!"

Sima Shang secretly sighed "

Before, he said that there is a lot to be achieved in forming an alliance with the State of Yan, but the people of the State of Yan are so knowledgeable, and Zhao State is afraid that there is no hope of restoring the country.

Just when Sima Shang was depressed, there was a shout of killing outside the tent.

Yan Wangxi jumped up and asked nervously:

"But Qin Jun?"

"How did they get here?"

Chapter 1 Thirteen Military Food

In fact, it wasn't just Yan Wang who was happy, Sima Shang and others were also stunned.

The trebuchet ahead was clearly still smashing into the wooden bridge that the Qin army was building!

Qin Jun's wooden bridge has clearly been smashed and riddled with holes!

How could Qin Jun suddenly appear in front of him to attack the camp?

Even if you cross the river, it won't be so fast!

Could it be that Qin Jun came out of the ground?

At the beginning, Sima Shang said that only a small part of the Qin army swam over to make trouble...

For this part of the Qin Army, Sima Shang thought that there was no need to worry too much.

On the one hand, this is because Yudu has not many troops, and on the other hand, Yudu usually has to give up armor.

There are not many troops and no armor. Isn't that a problem that can be solved in a few strokes?

I didn't want to, but some soldiers of the Yan army rushed into the account to report:

"Your Majesty, Qin's army has already entered."

"At least tens of thousands of people..."

The Yan army is in the dark night.

King Yan was so shocked that he didn't even put on his armor in a hurry. He just grabbed a cloak to keep out the cold and fled away with his personal guards.

In the blink of an eye, only Sima Shang and a few of his personal guards were left in the huge handsome tent. The speed at which King Yan fled made even Sima Shang speechless.

After a while, the personal guard asked Sima Shang:

"General, do we dare to warn the king?"

Sima Shang sighed and nodded.

Sima Shang is different from Yan Wangxi.

Yan Wang is happy to escape for a while if he can.

But Sima Shang saw further...

He knew that if this continues, the demise of Yan and Dai will happen sooner or later.

So what is the difference between running now and not running away?

Escaping is nothing more than living a little longer.

So, at that moment, Sima Shang lost all desire to escape.

But thinking about it, Zhao Jia, the king of Dai, was still full of expectations... so he had to rush back to Daiguo camp with his personal guards.

If you only look at the comparison of military strength, Yan Wangxi has 5000 personal guards alone, and [-] main Yan troops are stationed around the handsome camp.

On the other hand, the Qin army only had the first batch of 3000 people who crossed the river plus [-] guards led by Yang Duanhe.

In this battle, the Yan army can easily encircle and wipe out the Qin army.

But Yan Wangxi fled before the battle started, so the entire barracks was in chaos, but 5 people were defeated by [-] Qin troops.

At this time, Ji Dan has been arranged by Yan Wangxi to protect the army rations.

In this regard, he also inherited his father's style, and when he saw that the situation was not right, he immediately dropped the rations and fled.

Shen Bing and others did not cross the river until dawn the next day.

At that time, Chen Wei and other craftsmen were also transferred to the floating bridge.

Everyone could hardly recognize Chen Wei, because his face was black and purple, and the official uniform on his body was burned with holes everywhere, obviously he had suffered a lot.

As soon as he saw Shen Bing, he shouted angrily:

"Shen Bing, you are so brave!"

"I ordered you to build a bridge on the other side of the river, but I didn't see you waiting all night."

"Disobeying military orders should..."

As Chen Kui said, he was about to step forward to make a move, but he stepped forward and stood in front of him like a mountain.

Chen Kui had no choice but to swallow the rest of the words with a thud.

Shen Bing signaled to get out of the way, then raised his head towards the pontoon bridge in front of him and said:

"Forgive me, miser."

"Last night, the artillery division was ordered by the general to build a bridge here."

"The general ordered me not to tell others, so..."

Only then did Chen Wei see the pontoon bridge on the river.

Shen Bing didn't know what Chen Wei was thinking at this moment, he only knew that the muscles on his face twitched and looked like he was about to cry but had no tears.

If this Chen Wei is not smart enough, that's fine, maybe all he saw and thought of was the pontoon bridge in front of him.

But Chen Kui is not stupid, of course he would think:

If the pontoon bridge had been built last night, and the Qin army had passed the pontoon bridge to the other side...

Then why did the general make him desperately build a wooden bridge?

Therefore, he, Chen Wei, is just a cover, a cover used to attract the firepower and attention of the Yan army!

Thinking of this, Chen Wei felt that it was worthless to build the bridge last night.

Then look at Shen Bing, who is unharmed in front of him...Chen Kui choked speechlessly as if choked in his throat.

Of course, Shen Bing ignored Chen Wei, and with a wave of his hand, he led the gunner onto the pontoon bridge under Chen Wei's envious and jealous eyes.

Not long after crossing the bridge, I heard bursts of cheers.

Shen Bing took a look, and it turned out that Qin Jun had pushed back the whole truck full of undamaged military rations.

The Qin general in the lead recognized Shen Bing, and when he was far away, he cupped his hands and said to Shen Bing:

"Thank you, engineer."

"If the engineer hadn't built a pontoon bridge for me to cross the river, we would have been unable to seize this batch of rations."

Other Qin soldiers also bowed their hands to Shen Bing.

Shen Bing hurriedly returned the gift.

He also asked:

"Is there any captured military rations ahead?"

General Qin replied with a smile:

"It's piled up like a mountain!"

"This Yan army is here to deliver food for me!"

The soldiers and craftsmen couldn't help laughing when they heard this.

Shen Bing and the others continued to move forward, and they saw the chaotic Yan Army camp full of carriages full of military rations, just like the headless corpses on the ground.

It is not surprising that there will be so much military rations.

Because the Yan army has 25 troops.

At the same time, the newly defeated army was short of rations and grass, so the rations for this battle were also provided by Yan.

So what Yan Guo had to prepare was the food and grass for the 28 army.

On the other hand, Yan State's strategy is to besiege the three counties of Qin State.

This siege will definitely not be captured in a short while, at least half a month's rations must be prepared...

So what Shen Bing saw now was that the grain carts were placed on the side of the road in rows.

This is the Warring States Period, an era when people depended on food.

Sometimes no amount of gold and silver treasures can be exchanged for these military rations.

For example, when the city is besieged by the enemy, or when the Qin army is chasing the enemy now.

Therefore, this batch of military rations is tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow to the Qin army. It not only solves the problem of the Qin army's combat operations, but also solves the urgent need of food shortage for the people in the three counties.

How could this not make Qin Jun ecstatic.

And Yang Duanhe led the Qin army and was still chasing the Yan army ahead.