Daqin Engineering Corps

At this time, Yang Duanhe was more concerned not to encircle and wipe out how many Yan troops, but to grab as many military rations as possible...

The chaotic command of the Yan army is also due to the underdeveloped communication in this era.

Therefore, when the Yan army had retreated on a large scale, grain and grass were still being collected from all over the country and transported from all directions to the three counties continuously.

Therefore, Yang Duanhe's pursuit often failed to catch up with the Yan army, but he could always meet several batches of food transportation teams head-on on the branch road.

Of course, Yang Duanhe would not be polite, "received" them one by one and then sent them back in batches.

Looking at these military rations and heavy soldiers, one knew that Yan State was over.

Yan Wangxi didn't know the importance of food and grass at all. Without food and grass...even if he could escape back to the city, so what?

In other words, Yan Wangxi knew these truths.

It's just that he has been scared out of his wits and can't care about this much.

Chapter 1 Head Level

Things didn't develop as Shen Bing imagined, because there was an episode:

Dai Wang Zhao Jia saw that the Qin army was chasing after him, and he was a little panicked when he saw the soldiers approaching the city of Daiguo.

Guangshou city may be able to defend the Yan State with many soldiers, but Dai State has only tens of thousands of people and the place where it is stationed is still a sandy city that lacks water and food. Once the Qin army comes, he, the king, can only go north. He fled into the grassland and joined the Xiongnu.

So Zhao Jia immediately sent envoys to persuade Yan Wangxi:

"This battle all started because of Prince Dan's assassination of Qin."

"Now that the Qin army is approaching the city, we are powerless to fight against it."

"Only by killing Prince Pill and taking his head as a gift to Ying Zheng for apology, will we have a chance!"

If this is an ordinary person, I am afraid that he will be furious when he sees this suggestion.

You Zhao Jia, you actually said such a bastard thing in this critical moment!

You actually want me to kill the prince and just survive?

How can I, the majestic king of a country, do such unkind and unrighteous things?

However, Yan Wangxi was not an ordinary person. He was actually moved when he saw this suggestion.

But Ji Dan was his own son after all, and it was not so easy to make a decision, so he hesitated for a while.

After hesitating for a while, someone else reported to Ji Dan:

"Prince, go!"

"Your Majesty wants to kill you to appease the anger of the Qin army."

Ji Dan was stunned for a while but didn't react.

But he knew that Yan Wangxi was a person who would do such a thing, and even if he pleaded for mercy at a critical moment, it would not help.

So after hesitating for a while, he finally gritted his teeth, packed up and fled.

However, Ji Dan's escape aroused Yan Wangxi's anger.

"This villain, came up with such a bad idea to harm the country of Yan like this."

"Now I want to leave and leave this mess to the widow!"

"He left the Qin army and didn't he vent all his anger on the widow?"

"Don't blame me for being unrighteous..."

So with one order, the whole country was rounded up.

Poor Na Ji Dan's exposure rate in Yan State is still quite high, and he was recognized and arrested not long after.

Yan Wangxi simply chopped off Ji Dan's head and put it in a wooden box to send envoys to make peace.

Yang Duanhe was not in charge of this matter, so he had to stop the pursuit and send a fast horse to report to Yingzheng.

At this time, Ying Zheng was rushing to Handan with an army of [-].

As I said before, once Yingzheng senses danger, he will desperately eliminate the danger.

So this time, he made up his mind to uproot the country of Yan.

At the same time, he knew very well that the 16 troops under Wang Jian must not only govern the three counties but also besiege the two countries of Yan and Dai, so there must be insufficient troops.

So he took an army of [-] to sit in Handan.

On the way, I received information from Wang Jian:

"Our army has arrived at the city of Yanji, but the envoys of the king of Yan brought the head of Prince Dan to sue for peace."

"Please, Your Majesty, decide."

Ying Zheng was stunned when he heard the words, and secretly thought that Yan Wangxi was cruel enough, he would not spare his own son just to survive.

but……

Ying Zheng didn't want to let it go.

Now is a good opportunity to exterminate the Yan. Their military rations have been taken away and they cannot survive the winter. One day when they regain their strength, there will be many troubles.

Ying Zhengxuan also thought that the Qin army's strength in the three counties was insufficient and the battle line was too long.

If the remnants of the Zhao State revived and started to make trouble, it would be a big deal.

So at least we should wait for the reinforcements to arrive in Handan.

Then Ying Zheng replied:

"Order Wang Jian to delay the attack."

"I'll make a plan after seeing the envoy's head test."

The messenger answered, and then returned.

Ying Zheng's work can't be said to be untrue. He pushed the boat along the way and made King Yan think that Ying Zheng would let him go, so he waited for the Qin army to withdraw.

He didn't expect that this was actually Ying Zheng's plan to delay the attack...

It's just that Ying Zheng couldn't sit still at this time.

That fellow Ji Dan is already dead?

But I don't know if it's true or not. Could it be that he is going to assassinate again like last time?

When the head arrives, will it be inspected or not?

If not...

Thinking of Ying Zheng, he immediately ordered Zhao Gao:

"Prepare the horse!"

The offensive in front slowed down, and Shen Bing didn't need to hurry.

But only then are the engineers like Shen Bing the busiest. They need a lot of wood to build siege fortifications and trebuchets.

In addition, siege equipment and stone bombs need to be made.

So in the past few days, I have been cutting wood and quarrying stones on the mountain, and then transporting them down the mountain to make.

At this time, the weather had gradually cooled down, and Qin Jun's clothes were no longer enough to keep out the cold, and everyone was shivering from the cold.

The advantage of logging to make a trebuchet is that you can ignite branches, sawdust, etc. for heating.

So the situation of craftsmen is much better.

Shen Bing doesn't need to worry about this... Fatty Tun changed a lot of new clothes for him before, and now he can use them, regardless of the three sevens and twenty ones.

Although it looks a little swollen, but at this time, I can't take care of that much.

Cang complained while cutting the log with a hatchet:

"It's so cold just after entering Dongyan Land, how will it be okay in a few months?"

Because he is from the north, he is quite familiar with the weather, so he replied:

"Usually I need to prepare several sets of animal skins to keep out the cold, otherwise I will freeze to death after winter."

From this point of view, it is reasonable for King Yan to hope that Qin Jun could retreat on his own because he couldn't bear the hunger and cold.

"Hunger" is not a problem for Qin Jun, but "cold" is a big problem:

Most of the Qin army came from Xianyang, and the lowest temperature in winter was around minus 8 degrees.

However, the lowest temperature in thistle in the north can be as low as minus 20 degrees.

This gap made it difficult for the Qin army who came from afar to adapt.

It would be fine if they were hiding in the city, at least there was something to shelter them from the wind and snow and a fire was built to keep warm.

But Qin Jun is now in the wild, and the tent is barely usable for the time being. If there is a heavy snowfall... I don't know how much it will be crushed.

Fatty Tun is a person who is afraid of the cold, he has already started to shiver:

"No... I don't know why the Yan people live in this bitter cold place."

"And how...how did they survive the winter?"

Ke replied:

"Yanren, I don't know very well."

"But my clansmen usually store enough food and grass."

"In winter, they live in secluded places, and occasionally come out to hunt when there is not enough food or when the weather is fine."

At this time, Ren, who was burning water, called out to the crowd:

"It's done, eat something to warm your body!"

When everyone heard the words, they picked up wooden bowls and joined together.

The fat man respectfully arranged the folding stool to leave a place for Shen Bing, and then grabbed his own wooden bowl.

Just when everyone was about to move, they heard a shout:

"Wait a moment, wait and eat slowly! And leave some for me!"

Shen Bing turned his head to look, but it was the horse merchant he had seen before, and he was running over at this moment, as if he was afraid that everything would be eaten up.

Shen Bing thought to himself that it was a coincidence that he ran into him again.

When the horse merchant saw Shen Bing, he laughed "haha":

"Is the engineer safe?"

"It's been so long since I haven't seen you!"

Then he let out a "huh", looked at the things floating in the wok and asked:

"What is this thing?"

Chapter 1 Hot Pot Dumplings

"Dumplings!" Shen Bing replied without raising his head.

Of course you can make dumplings with flour.

Although there is no filling, but at least there are leeks and green onions, plus some sunflower and bean sprouts, all chopped and mixed with meat sauce... It can almost cook some flavor.

Because of the cold weather, Shen Bing also used hot pot to eat, that is, cooking and eating around the pot.

Originally, Shen Bing wanted to use meat sauce to adjust the soup base for the hot pot, but meat sauce is also a luxury for soldiers, so he finally forgot it.

"Dumplings?" Ying Zheng looked at the balls floating on the water in doubt, and then he was not polite, immediately put one into the bowl, and couldn't wait to take a bite...

With the sound of "Wow", Ying Zheng was burned so loudly that tears came out, which only caused everyone to laugh.

Zhao Gao hurriedly stepped forward to check. He saw that everyone was laughing and was about to stop, but Ying Zheng gave him a stare and swallowed back what he wanted to say.

Shen Bing smiled and said: