"General, we have to build a wooden bridge spanning more than fifty steps overnight, I'm afraid..."
Chen Wei, who was listening on the sidelines, felt that his opportunity had come.
Originally, Yang Duanhe should have asked this stingy man about this matter instead of Shen Bing.
Chen Wei felt quite unhappy about this:
Shen Bing was just an artillery engineer. He only had more than a hundred craftsmen, so how could he, a stingy man, command more than 500 people?
Ever since Shen Bing built a water tanker and it overturned, the general no longer looked at Chen Wei as a stingy man.
But how could Chen Wei dare to question Yang Duanhe?
So I could only wait and dare not say a word.
At this time, seeing that Shen Bing and Hu were at a loss to build the bridge, they rolled their eyes and stepped forward to interject:
"General, I have a way to build a wooden bridge in one night!"
Yang Duanhe turned around and saw Chen Wei, and couldn't help but frown.
He always remembered Chen Wei in his heart, but because of Wang Jian's face, he didn't take action for a while. Of course, he would not look good on Chen Wei at this time.
So he asked coldly:
"Just tell me how to do it!"
Chen Wei explained:
"What Engineer Zuo just said makes sense. It will actually take two days to build a bridge using the usual method."
"But if we can find some boats to go to the river and build several bridge piers at the same time, we can save a lot of time."
"As long as there are enough manpower, it can be built overnight!"
…
Shen Bing couldn't help frowning and objected:
"General, miser."
"Although the Yan army is resting a few miles away, spies will be left to monitor on the other side."
"If we drive a boat and drive piles in the river..."
There is no need to say more about what follows.
There are enemies everywhere on the other side of the river. Even if they are on the run and even if they are resting a few miles away, they don't know how to take advantage of the natural dangers of the river, right?
If the Qin army builds a bridge, they won't interfere, right?
Do you still have the ability to deal with the Qin Army's engineers?
Even if you think about your own life, you should fight back and fight for a while!
So if the Qin army just slowly builds a bridge by driving piles from one side of the river to the other side, the Yan army on the other side can't do anything to you.
But if you are driving a boat into the river to drive piles, you may even want to go directly to the other side to build...
Unless Yan Jun is deaf or blind, he would let you play like this!
Chen Wei interrupted Shen Bing with a "hum", and then said to Yang Duan and Yiyi:
"General's warning!"
"This is a battlefield, and dangers are everywhere."
"Building bridges is the duty of subordinates, and I am willing to personally lead my troops to risk their lives to build bridges."
"What's more, the Yan army is already frightened. How can they dare to stop our army from building a bridge?"
What he said was neither humble nor arrogant, even somewhat heroic, and he immediately threw Shen Bing into a corner where he was greedy for life and afraid of death.
Yang Duanhe hesitated for a moment and then asked Chen Wei:
"You really can build a wooden bridge before dawn?"
Chen Wei replied very firmly:
"really!"
Shen Bing and Hui looked at each other, thinking that ten thousand grass and mud horses were roaring by.
What Chen Wei said is nice. What does "leading by example and risking one's life to build a bridge" mean?
At that time, he could "risk death" on this side of the river, but sent the gunners and craftsmen to the other side of the river to risk death...
Even if you don't reach the other side of the river, you can't drive a boat and drive pilings in the river. How can you survive if the Yan army casually rains down arrows?
Of course Yang Duanhe didn't care about these details, so he nodded in agreement and said:
"In that case, start building it immediately!"
Chen Wei responded and raised his head triumphantly towards Shen Bing and others, with a hint of murderous intent flashing in his eyes.
Seeing this, Hu secretly said something bad, and whispered to Shen Bing as he walked away:
"Master Engineer, I've always been jealous of your talent."
"I'm afraid that I will send the artilleryman to the dangerous place to avenge my private vendetta..."
Shen Bing raised his hand to stop Xi from continuing:
"I have my own opinion."
Although Hui responded in reply, his eyes were full of worry.
In the end, things turned out just as Hui feared. Shen Bing and his two men had just returned to the artillery division when Chen Wei's order came down immediately:
"Hundred artillerymen, swim to the other side and build a bridge!"
After that, Chen Wei said to Shen Bing hypocritically:
"Engineer, this bridge is very important and must not be carelessly done."
"As for safety..."
"I just discussed it with the general. He will send a group of soldiers to swim across the river to protect the artillery division."
"Engineers, please feel free to go!"
As he said this, Chen Wei laughed a few times.
Just as Yan was about to step forward to take action, he was stopped by Shen Bing.
Shen Bing raised his hand to Chen Wei and said:
"I obey my orders."
"But the artillerymen are afraid that it will be delayed to cross the river."
"The reason is that the Yan army is everywhere on the other side, and we can't cut down the trees."
"So..."
Even Chen Wei understood the subsequent explanation.
The gunners must cut down the wood and then transport all the wood to the other side so that they can build a bridge on the other side.
This request is reasonable and reasonable, and Chen Wei has no reason to refuse.
Of course Chen Wei didn't care, as long as Shen Bing and the artillerymen went to the other side to build a bridge.
So he smiled proudly and replied generously:
"As it should be."
"But the general asked me to finish it before dawn."
"Engineers, don't delay the construction schedule and spoil the big thing!"
Shen Bing cupped his hands and replied:
"Don't worry, stingy man, we won't miss the construction date."
Chen Wei responded, "That's very good," and left laughing.
The gunners were all filled with indignation.
Cang rushed up immediately and said:
"Senior brother, this guy clearly wants to take this opportunity to kill the gunner, why did you agree to it?"
"Why don't we report it to General Ming and let him administer justice?"
Shen Bing knew what Cang meant.
Although Cang said "Why don't we report it to General Ming", he actually wanted Shen Bing to file a complaint.
Based on the friendship between Shen Bing and Yang Duanhe, it would not be a problem to change the artilleryman to a safer task or even not participate in the bridge building.
But Shen Bing is unwilling to do this. He prefers to solve it himself rather than rely on others.
Yan Ze came up and whispered:
"Engineer, I'm going to die anyway, why don't I find a chance to give this guy to..."
As he spoke, he secretly made a killing gesture.
"If we can protect the engineers and gunners thoroughly, it will be worth dying."
Shen Bing shook his head and smiled, "What's this all about? Such a small thing is like the end of the world."
Shen Bing waved his hand to the panicked craftsmen to calm them down:
"If you can trust Shen Bing, then listen to me."
"You just need to follow Shen Bing's instructions. Shen Bing can ensure that you are safe and can complete the mission."
"how?"
The craftsmen couldn't help but look at each other when they heard this.
This is to cross a river and build a bridge on the other side. How is it possible to complete the task and escape unscathed?
They would believe it if they said that a few people would be alive after completing the mission, but would everyone be "OK"?
Isn’t this a fantasy?
But everyone hesitated for a while, and then said one after another:
"We certainly believe in engineers."
"We will follow the engineer's instructions."
Even the timid Cang nodded to express his willingness to obey.
There is no way, who allows Shen Bing to complete almost impossible tasks again and again?
Due to inertia, now it’s hard to believe Shen Bing.