Daqin Engineering Corps

Chapter 143 Hostage

Wei Xing did what he said, and immediately put Wei Bing's team in the prison regardless of the pain, and even organized his own guards to be an allied army.

That is to say, the Wei soldiers who were disarmed were used to maintain order, and the Qin army only had to hold a knife as a guard.

But even so, Yang Duanhe was still worried, as he said before, that was 20 people.

Yang Duanhe promised Wei Wei that it was only a stopgap measure, and then he walked up and down the top of the city, saying that he was looking at the terrain, but he was actually considering whether to cut down all the 20 people...

How could Wei Wei not know about this situation, he was busy below while stealthily looking in Yang Duanhe's direction.

It's no wonder Wei Wei is so nervous.

If his strategy is successful, it is enough, if it is not successful, he will be a sinner through the ages.

Successfully, Wei Wei rescued the 20 Wei soldiers.

No, Wei Wei sent these 20 Wei soldiers to the Qin army with his own hands, and he will be reviled by thousands of people in later generations and even become a model of laughing stock or self-righteousness.

This is often the case in history. Later generations will evaluate the predecessors with the mentality and vision of "the winner is king and the loser is bandit".

Shen Bing couldn't bear to see Wei Wei like that, and at the same time, he was doing something for Daliang.

So we got together.

Seeing Shen Bing coming up, Wei Wei hurriedly cupped his hands to be careful... the arrow wound on his body was affected by a single movement, making him gasp.

The general of a country wanted to salute the soldier, which made Shen Bing feel a little sad.

Shen Bing comforted in a low voice:

"You don't have to be like this, general, I mean no harm."

"If the general wants to save your subordinates, you can gather their family members together."

"This is to put it to death and then to be born again. The general should understand the reason."

Wei Wei immediately looked at Shen Bing in shock, and after a long pause, he nodded and said:

"Hey, why didn't I think of this?"

"If the family members of Wei Bing are compiled and gathered, then Wei Bing..."

There is no need to say more about the next words, Wei Wei cupped his hands to Shen Bing again and said:

"Thank you for your advice, my kindness will never be forgotten..."

Shen Bing waved his hand and walked away. What he said as a general of Qin Jun and Wei Jun was not very good after all.

Wei Xi also understood this, so he didn't catch up, but just looked at Shen Bing a few more times.

Then Wei Xing hurried away, he turned to the guard and said:

"Quickly, go to the county government and get the roster."

"The sooner the better!"

In fact, the household registration system is not only implemented in Qin State, other countries also have registration, but they are not as rigorous as Qin State.

These rosters are usually stored in the county government for tax collection. Fortunately, although they were flooded, most of them were well preserved, and the guards brought the rosters over in half an hour.

In fact, this is suspected of being confusing, otherwise the selection of a roster of 20 people would not be completed within half an hour.

But that's not the point, the point is that Wei Xing wants to dispel Yang Duanhe's last worry.

And be quick.

Otherwise, once Yang Duanhe made up his mind, it would be useless to bring up the roster at that time.

Then Wei Xing hurried up to the top of the wall and knelt down in front of Yang Duanhe:

"General, Wei Wei has taken all the Wei soldiers into custody to wait for the general to dispatch."

"In addition, Wei Xi also collected 20 family members of Wei Bing..."

As he spoke, he looked towards the direction of more than a dozen carts of bamboo slips under the city, then turned his head and continued:

"Wei Xi intends to gather Wei Bing's family members together as hostages."

"Please allow the general!"

Yang Duanhe looked down the city, and then he let go of a stone hanging in his heart.

You must know that this is the roster of Wei Bing's family members. If Wei Bing's family members are gathered together as hostages as Wei Xi said, it is enough to let Wei Bing go out of the city to fight against the Chu army. Is there any need to worry about their rebellion?Is it still necessary to behead them?

It wasn't until then that Yang Duanhe was sure that Wei Wei really wanted to surrender to Qin.

Otherwise, Wei Wei would not and did not need to take the initiative to send the roster.

In fact, this is also where Shen Bing is very powerful. If he said this matter, it might not have this effect, but it would be completely different if it came from Wei Wei, the general of Wei.

Yang Duanhe nodded, and helped Wei Xing up in a friendly manner:

"Why does General Wei need to be so polite?"

"I will leave this matter to you!"

Wei Wei hurriedly thanked him, and then a big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

Secretly, the 20 Wei soldiers finally saved their lives.

In fact, Yang Duanhe was right in thinking that Wei Wei had truly surrendered to Qin.

First of all, with Wei Wei's old way, of course he knew that under the siege of the Chu army, the Qin army would probably repeat the act of killing 40 Zhao troops in Changpingkeng in desperation.

Whether to choose life or death, the answer is self-evident.

And if you want to choose life, you must be devoted to Da Qin and not be sloppy at all.

So Wei Xi actually had no choice but to do this.

Secondly, Wei Xun has given up on Wei Guo.

Especially after knowing that Shicheng shouted the phrase "The king does not love people but loves dogs, the general is loyal but has no family" but was chopped off by King Wei...

It's funny to say that Wei Xun and the pedantic old Confucian in Shicheng are not at all together on weekdays, but during this period when the beam was broken, he became a close friend.

At this time, Shicheng was cut down just for telling the truth. Looking back on all the previous encounters, is there anything else in Wei that deserves his nostalgia?

So Wei Xi didn't think too much, let's surrender!Desperately surrendered!

The reason why I say "it can be regarded as sincerity" is because Wei Xi did this more for the sake of the 20 soldiers who surrendered.

Otherwise, with Wei Xi's personality, it is impossible for him to bow his head in front of the enemy.

After getting off the top of the city, Wei Xun watched Shen Bing and his subordinates rushing around near the granary from a distance, and asked the guards:

"Do you know the doctor's name?"

The guard looked at it and replied:

"The general is talking about a cowardly man sinking his troops?"

Wei Wei wondered:

"How do you know his name is Shen Bing?"

The guard clapped his hands and replied:

"General, he is the one who built water trucks in Zhao State and overturned them to control the drought."

"It's been known for a long time."

Wei Wei let out an "oh" when he heard the words.

He has also heard about this matter. After all, Wei State is adjacent to Zhao State, and waterwheels and overturned vehicles are major water conservancy matters. Wei State even has regulations.

It's just that Wei Wei didn't connect the two together.

Wei Wei looked at Shen Bing's direction and nodded slowly:

"It turned out to be him, and he was really witty."

"This surrender to Qin...I'm afraid it's the right one!"

After the city of Daliang settled down, the Qin army quickly turned its focus to the outside of the city.

Of course, the Qin army would not be as stupid as the Wei army and concentrate all its troops in the city to wait for the Chu army to attack.

If this is the case, then the Chu army will follow the gourd painting and then flood the girder.

The strength of the Qin army was [-] inside the city and [-] outside the city.

Of the [-] in the city, [-] were used to guard the city wall and [-] were used to maintain law and order and guard prisoners.

The [-] people outside the city were scattered to occupy various important places and used the water network to set up their battles.

At this time, Shen Bing and the engineers were the busiest. They collected all available wood to make trebuchets.

Chapter 144 Chu Jun

It is very inconvenient to make trebuchets in Daliang City. Its area is full of farmland and there are almost no trees. The wood used to build rafts was felled from afar.

At this time, the Chu army had slowly shrunk the encirclement towards Daliang. Of course, they could no longer go to the distance to cut trees as before.

Finally, Shen Bing had no choice but to dismantle the raft and change it into a trebuchet.

In addition, the dykes piled up with sandbags must also be dismantled, otherwise the Chu army will attack the city and it will be a natural protection for them.

So the sound of knocking, splitting wood, and driving horses can be heard endlessly.

Although Shen Bing doesn't need to go to battle himself, he is still busy assigning tasks.

Meng Liang was also useful, he brought his guards who couldn't do carpentry to join the embankment demolition team...Of course he didn't do anything, but yelled while eating jerky:

"Hey, you haven't had enough to eat? Can't you carry a sandbag?"

"And you, why don't you put the halberd aside? Are you worried about being stolen?"

"You, you, you...Look at the carriage, if you turn over into the moat, you will look good!"

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While moving the wood, Ren said to Shen Bing:

"Miser, I heard that Zuo miser has always been idle, but now it seems..."

Fatty Tun agrees:

"This Meng Liang is a well-known playboy in Xianyang. He hangs out with a bunch of cronies and friends all day long, and everyone stays away from him."

"I thought it was not a good thing for him to be the left miser, I don't want to..."

Shen Bing replied:

"What do you care about? As long as he can fulfill his responsibilities as a miser, as for his past...don't need to pursue it!"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

How could Shen Bing and the others know that Meng Liang had a difficult reason: Meng Liang always felt that Ying Zheng's eyes were staring at a dark place, so he dared to act recklessly?Do you dare not seek performance and seek improvement?

This may be Meng Liang's personal thoughts or psychological effects.

But this idea also makes sense. If Ying Zheng can place Meng Liang as an eyeliner beside Shen Bing, why can't he place another one?

For example, a craftsman, a personal guard... It was too easy for Ying Zheng.

Cang found an opportunity to squeeze beside Shen Bing, looked around and asked in a low voice:

"Brother, it is said that we have been surrounded by 40 Chu troops?"

"Is this true?"

Rumors are very common in the army, especially when the general conceals the military situation and only reveals that the enemy is coming, it is even more widespread, and the enemy is often exaggerated.

Shen Bing smiled and replied:

"I do not know either."

"Soldiers come to block, water comes to flood the soil, what do you say?"

But Jing seemed to have great confidence in Shen Bing. He heard Cang's words when he passed by with a piece of wood on his back, so he turned around and raised his head: