Daqin Engineering Corps

Appease the hearts of the people and encourage production.

The drought was successfully cured by transporting food and disaster relief.

Especially the last item "successfully cured the drought", which gave the people the hope of surviving or living a better life.

The requirements of the people are actually very simple, they just want to live a good life.

If Qin State can bring them a better life, it won't take long for the past hatred to be put down.

Therefore, Dai Guo did not get the support of the people of Zhao State, even though Zhao Jia was the elder brother of Zhao Wangqian.

Then Yan Wangxi asked again: "Then, on the other hand..."

Ji Dan looked around, then leaned over and whispered:

"Father, back then Cao Mo used his sword to rob Duke Heng of Qi. Why don't we follow suit today?"

Yan Wang was so surprised that he almost jumped up:

"You, you mean Jie Yingzheng..."

Before he finished speaking, he was taken aback again, Ji Dan made a gesture of raising the knife and lowering it, obviously it was not just Jie.

Sure enough, Ji Dan said:

"If this plan works, then the Qin army will be in chaos without a leader."

"I'll take the opportunity to join forces with other countries to attack Qin..."

King Yan was afraid of returning home, but after thinking about it, he felt that what Ji Dan said was reasonable, so he nodded and said:

"This matter will be handled by you!"

"You must strictly keep your word and don't let anyone know."

Ji Dan responded and withdrew.

In fact, from this incident, it can be seen that Yan Wang and his son lack strategic awareness and foresight.

They naively thought that killing Ying Zheng would be the only way to turn the tide and save the country of Yan from danger.

They didn't know that it was actually Qin's system and army that Yan was fighting against, not Yingzheng.

Let alone whether the assassination of Ying Zheng can be successful, even if it is successful, so what?

Will the Qin Dynasty perish because of Ying Zheng's death?

Will the system collapse and the army disintegrate because of this?

Will the national power be damaged?

almost impossible.

The most likely possibility is that after Yingzheng's death, he will be succeeded by the crown prince.

And no matter who succeeded in succeeding to the throne, the first thing after taking power would be to consolidate the position and attack Yan in the name of avenging the former king.

At that time, the country of Yan will be uprooted and there will be no dregs left.

However, Yan Wang and his son did not understand this truth, and at the same time, the people who secretly planned and understood the matter did not know about it.

So there is a famous event in history: Jing Ke's assassination of Qin.

Chapter 95 宣传攻势

Shen Bing encountered some troubles here.

Not because of food.

In fact, the food situation has improved significantly because Wang Jian sent a large number of troops to protect the food.

The trouble is that the troops in charge of defending the city have another difficult task... guarding the granary.

This is still due to insufficient troops.

On the other hand, it is also because the granaries are scattered rather than concentrated.

The reason why the granaries are scattered is because the grain will be transported out of the city for sowing in a few days, and the grain seeds are more suitable to be stacked near the city gate instead of being transported to the barracks in the city for concentration.

Similarly, each city gate has dozens of houses, large and small, for temporary storage of grain.

The gunner is in charge of guarding one of the buildings, in which hundreds of bags of grain seeds are piled up, and the number is still increasing.

Originally, the gunners didn't think there was anything wrong, but they just added some manpower to take turns patrolling at night.

But Shen Bing felt the pressure from the very beginning.

Seeing that Shen Bing was frowning, Ren took the initiative to invite Ying and said:

"There is no need for the engineer to worry about this matter, just let the subordinates handle it."

Ren and his five personal guards were the only armored soldiers in the artillery division, so they were naturally the main force in this area.

But Shen Bing shook his head and said:

"I'm afraid it's not something you can handle."

Ren was puzzled for a while:

"Worker means..."

No wonder Ren didn't understand.

At this time, Handan was already under the control of the Qin army, and the grain was placed in the city and guarded by people, so how could it be unsafe?

Shen Bing explained:

"If the bandits are unable to seize food outside the city, they will probably take risks and sneak into the city."

Ren replied:

"I'm afraid the engineer is worrying too much."

"I waited at the city gate to strictly observe the people coming and going. Even if the bandits were able to sneak into the city, there were not many."

"They can't bring weapons into the city, and my subordinates don't think there is any need to worry about it."

Shen Bing shook his head again:

"If it's just a few bandits, maybe there's no need to worry."

"But there are so many starving people in the city, but we are guarding the piles of grain seeds."

"If the bandits sneak in at this time, if they are bewitched, the common people will attack them in order to fight for food..."

Everyone's expressions changed when they heard the words.

They are also hungry people, of course they know that hungry people can do anything.

But now Qin Jun still has so much food dangling back and forth in front of them.

At the same time, the people in the city hated the people of Qin...

If there are many Qin soldiers in the city, it will be fine, at least they can play a deterrent role.

But most of the army went out to protect the food, leaving only a few thousand regular troops, plus a group of craftsmen, the total strength was less than [-].

If the people are bewitched and there is a civil uprising, then Handan will change hands.

Ren thought for a while, then said:

"The subordinates don't think that's the case."

"At this time, we have compiled household registrations for the people in Handan and allocated land."

"In addition to this, rice seeds were distributed..."

Before Ren could finish speaking, Hui interrupted Ren's words:

"That's all on loan rather than distribution."

"And the tax is as high as six taxes and one."

The tax system of the Qin State is one of twelve taxes, that is, one-twelfth of the harvest is used to pay taxes.

And the rent tax of the three counties is as high as six taxes, which is twice that of Qin State...

Although this is understandable, Ying Zheng hopes that the three counties will have a big harvest next year, so he will raise the tax to a higher level.

But at the same time, it also planted a crisis for the three counties.

Cang asked from the side:

"This... what should I do?"

Shen Bing did not answer.

He knew it was a big deal.

Maybe it's a matter of luck.

It's okay if there is no outbreak, but it will be too late when the outbreak occurs.

And it may not only be Handan, but also Julu and Taiyuan.

If you are not careful, all your previous efforts will be wiped out.

These Shen Bing don't need to care, but they may cost their lives... Shen Bing can't help but care.

This matter is only useful for decision makers like Yang Duanhe.

Fortunately, Shen Bing was equipped with a carriage now, so he called the groom to "drive" and galloped towards the barracks in the city.

At that time, Yang Duan and Wang Jian were discussing the progress of protecting food and suppressing bandits in the commander's tent.

There are many mountains near Handan, especially in the direction of grain transportation in the west.

The bandits always came out of the mountains to attack suddenly, and fled into the mountains after grabbing food, which made Qin Jun very headache.

Although the situation has improved at this time, food teams and post stations were stolen, robbed, and even casualties were still very frequent.

At this moment, the personal guard came to report:

"General, general, Shen Bing, artillery engineer, please see me."

Yang Duanhe turned his attention to Wang Jian.

Wang Jian didn't dare to give orders when he was here.

Wang Jian stared at the map without raising his head and replied, "See you!"

The personal guard responded and took the order and left.

When Shen Bing stood in the tent, he saw Wang and Yang.

It also saves some effort, lest I have to say it again.

Wang and Yang couldn't help looking at each other after hearing Shen Bing's analysis.

They devoted all their attention to protecting food, suppressing bandits and farming, and unconsciously neglected the city.

Yang Duanhe wiped his sweat secretly, and said:

"It's really easy to attack a city and difficult to defend it."

"If the engineer hadn't reminded me, I'm afraid I would have made a big mistake this time."

Wang Jian also nodded repeatedly:

"The engineer is right, we should beware of civil uprisings in the city!"

It's not that Wang and Yang are inexperienced in defending the city.

But nothing like this has happened before.

In the past, the state of Qin would at best siege and plunder a city and land, and then send heavy troops to guard it.

But at this time, Zhao Guo was destroyed.

When Zhao was destroyed, his own losses were heavy, and the entire army was no more than [-] people.

And these more than [-] people will be divided into three counties for defense.

After the three counties are divided, we still need to garrison the fields, and we have to protect food and suppress bandits...