Things did not develop as Shen Bing imagined, because there was an episode:
Zhao Jia, the king of Dai, saw that the Qin army was pursuing him, and he panicked when the troops came to the city of Dai.
The Yan Kingdom may be able to defend the city with many generals, but the Dai Kingdom has only a few tens of thousands of people, and the place where they are stationed is still a windy and sandy city with little water and food. Once the Qin army comes, he, the king, has no choice but to go north. He took refuge in the grasslands and joined the Huns.
So Zhao Jia immediately sent an envoy to persuade King Yan:
"This war all started because Prince Dan assassinated Qin."
"Now that the Qin army is approaching the city, we are unable to resist."
"Only by killing the prince and taking his head and sending it to Ying Zheng to apologize, can we have a chance of survival!"
If this were an ordinary person, he would be furious upon seeing this suggestion.
You Zhao Jia, you actually said such stupid words at this critical moment!
You actually want me to kill the prince and survive?
How could the king of my country do such an unkind and unjust thing?
However, Yan Wangxi was not an ordinary person. When he saw this suggestion, his heart moved.
However, Ji Dan was his biological son after all, so making the decision was not that easy, so he hesitated for a while.
After hesitating for a while, someone else reported to Ji Dan:
"Prince, leave quickly!"
"The king wants to kill you to appease the anger of the Qin army."
Ji Dan was stunned for a while and didn't react.
But he knew in his heart that Yan Wangxi was someone who would do such a thing, and even if he begged for mercy at a critical moment, it would be of no avail.
So after hesitating for a while, he finally gritted his teeth and packed up his belongings and ran away.
But Ji Dan's escape only aroused Yan Wangxi's anger.
"This evil boy came up with such a bad idea and harmed the Yan country like this."
"Now I want to run away and leave this mess to others!"
"As soon as he leaves, the Qin army won't direct all their anger at me?"
"Don't blame me for being unjust if you are unkind..."
So an order was issued to round up the whole country.
Unfortunately, Ji Dan's exposure rate in Yan country was still quite high, so he was recognized and captured not long after.
King Yan simply chopped off Ji Dan's head and put it in a wooden box and sent 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 Ying Zheng.
At this time, Ying Zheng was rushing to Handan with an army of 100,000.
As mentioned before, once Ying Zheng senses danger, he will do whatever it takes to eliminate it.
So this time I made up my mind to uproot the Yan Kingdom.
At the same time, he also knew that the 160,000 troops sent by Wang Jian had to govern the three counties and besiege the two countries of Yan and Dai, so the troops would be insufficient.
So he took an army of 100,000 to take control of Handan.
On the way, I received information from Wang Jian:
"Our army has arrived at Yanji City, but the envoy of King Yan brought Prince Dan's head to seek peace."
"Please make your decision, Your Majesty."
Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and secretly thought that King Yan Xi was ruthless enough that he would not even spare his own son in order to survive.
but……
Ying Zheng didn't want to just let it go.
Now is a good opportunity to destroy the Yan. Their rations have been taken away and they will not be able to survive the winter. When they regain their strength, they will be in trouble.
Ying Zhengxuan also thought that the Qin army in the three counties was insufficient and the battle line was too long.
It would be very bad if the remnants of the Zhao State resurrected and started to cause chaos.
So we should at least wait for the reinforcements to arrive in Handan.
So Ying Zheng replied:
"Order Wang Jian to postpone the attack."
"I'll make a plan after I see the envoy and examine the head."
The messenger responded and returned to his post.
Ying Zheng's actions cannot be said to be unreasonable. He pushed the situation with the current and made the King of 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 just Ying Zheng's tactic to delay the war...
But at this time, Ying Zheng couldn't sit still.
Ji Dan is dead?
But I don’t know if it’s true or not. Could it be that he’s planning to assassinate again like last time?
When the head arrives, will it be tested or not?
Not as good as...
Thinking of Ying Zheng, he immediately ordered Zhao Gao:
"Ready your horse!"
The offensive at the front has slowed down, and Shen Bing no longer needs to rush.
But it was only at this time that engineers like Shen Bing were the busiest. They needed a lot of wood to build siege fortifications and trebuchets.
You also need to make siege equipment and stone projectiles.
So these days I have been logging on the mountain, quarrying stone and then transporting it down the mountain for production.
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 felling wood to make a trebuchet is that you can light the branches, sawdust, etc. for warmth.
So the situation of the craftsmen is much better.
Shen Bing doesn't need to worry about this... Fatty Tun has changed a lot of new clothes for him before, so he can use them now, no matter what, he can wear them all.
Although it looks a bit bloated, I can't take care of the many things at this time.
Cang complained while whittling the log with a short ax:
"It's just the beginning of winter and it's so cold here. Will it be okay in a few months?"
Yan is from the north so 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 at this time, otherwise I will freeze to death when winter comes."
From this point of view, it makes sense for King Yan to hope that the Qin army would retreat on its own because it could not bear the hunger and cold.
"Hunger" is not a problem for the Qin army, but "cold" is a big problem:
Most of the Qin troops came from Xianyang, where the lowest temperature in winter is about minus 8 degrees.
The lowest temperature in Ji, located in the north, can be as low as minus 20 degrees Celsius.
This gap made it difficult for the Qin army to adapt from afar.
It would be better if we were hiding in the city. At least we would have something to protect ourselves from the wind and snow and a fire to keep warm.
But the Qin army is now in the wild, and the tent is still barely usable for the time being. If there is a heavy snowfall... I don't know how much it will be crushed and damaged.
Fatty Tun is a person who is afraid of the cold. He has already begun to shiver:
"No... I don't know why this Yan people live in this bitter cold place."
"How...how do they survive the winter?"
Answer:
"I don't know much about Yan people."
"But my people usually store enough food and grass."
"In the winter, he lives in seclusion. Occasionally, when food is insufficient or the weather is fine, he only comes out to hunt."
At this time, Ren, who was boiling water, shouted to everyone:
"Okay, let's eat something to warm up!"
After hearing this, everyone picked up the wooden bowl and joined in.
Fatty Tun respectfully set up a folding stool to leave a seat for Shen Bing, and then grabbed his own wooden bowl.
Just when everyone was about to start, they heard a cry:
"Wait a moment, wait a moment, eat more slowly! Leave some for me!"
Shen Bing turned around and saw that it was the horse dealer he had seen before, running over in a hurry, as if he was afraid that his food would be eaten up.
Shen Bing secretly thought that it was a coincidence that he met him again.
When the horse dealer saw Shen Bing, he burst out laughing:
"Is the engineer okay?"
“I miss you so much after not seeing you for so many days!”
Then he said "Hey", looked at the things floating in the wok and asked: