Meng Liang’s explanation of the personal guards is:
"The stingy man is laughing."
"My father was worried about the safety of his subordinates, so he sent more personal guards to protect him."
"Don't worry, miser, they are also at the mercy of miser."
"If the stingy husband feels that it is not enough, my subordinates will bring more..."
Shen Bing replied:
"No need!"
"Thank you Zuo Shifu for your kindness. These many personal guards are enough to handle you."
Of course, adding more personal guards is a good thing.
Although these personal guards are not Shen Bing's personal guards, these personal guards are people who Shen Bing can control after all.
On the other hand, the engineering troops also lacked manpower and armored personnel to protect them. It would be much safer to have Meng Liang's two hundred personal guards accompanying them on the battlefield.
But for some reason, Shen Bing felt a little nervous when he looked at those personal guards. He always felt a little weird.
Especially Meng Liang, whose eyes seemed to be staring at him everywhere.
Shen Bing secretly thought, why are you, Meng Liang's personal guard, staring at me all day long instead of keeping an eye on Meng Liang?
However, Shen Bing just thought it was his illusion and didn't care.
Only three days into the pontoon training, there were rumors of war again.
On this day, Shen Bing was training soldiers with Zhang Xuan to build a pontoon bridge by the river...
Building a floating bridge is no easy task.
It was winter at this time, and although Handan was not as cold as Yanji, the soldiers holding the raft in the water would inevitably get their feet or pants wet, and some even accidentally fell into the river. Then everyone was shivering from the cold.
Not to mention those who want to practice swimming, they have to light a fire by the river, swim for a while and then go ashore to keep warm.
Zhang Xuan is a little strange:
"Why did the General ask me to wait for this moment to practice setting up the pontoon bridge?"
"Wouldn't it be better to wait until next spring when the weather is warmer to practice?"
Shen Bing smiled and replied:
"How can we wait until next spring?"
Zhang Xuan looked at Shen Bing in surprise:
"What the stingy husband means is..."
Just then Fatty Tun ran up.
Perhaps because businessmen are inquisitive, Fatty Tun always gets the news earlier.
Fatty Tun said breathlessly:
"Master, have you heard?"
"Our army recently captured a group of bandits, what do you think?"
Although Shen Bing guessed 80% of the time, he still asked:
"how?"
Fatty Tun said angrily:
"Those bandits are not actually bandits, but are disguised as Wei Bing!"
These words immediately attracted the attention of the nearby soldiers and they unconsciously moved closer.
During this period, the Handan garrison suffered a lot from bandits, which was even related to the life and death of Handan...
The grain shipped from Xianyang to Handan almost had a big problem due to bandits. Many of the soldiers among them suffered losses in the bandits' sneak attacks, so of course they were concerned about the problem of bandits.
Fatty Tun continued:
"This is just one of them."
"After we torture those Wei soldiers, most of the bandits that the Wei soldiers surrender will be supplied with food by the State of Wei!"
"We even have General Wei commanding us."
…
The soldiers were in an uproar again.
Not long ago, when the Yan State launched a joint alliance, the Wei State wanted to take advantage of the Qin State's danger to attack Handan. The Qin State did not take this opportunity to attack Wei, which was a huge loss to the Wei State. The Wei State actually secretly supported the bandits...
It was either unbearable or unbearable. For a while, the soldiers became angry and cursed:
"This King of Wei is afraid that he doesn't want to live anymore and dares to do evil in secret."
"More than just doing evil in secret, they actually want our lives!"
"Is this okay? We should report it to General Ming and take down the Wei State to export its evil spirit!"
…
Shen Bing only raised his head towards Zhang Xuan.
Zhang Xuan felt relieved.
I'm afraid Wang Jian has already figured this out.
The reason why the news was released at this time was to arouse the soldiers' anger against the Wei State so that they could go to war.
You must know that these soldiers stationed in Handan have been fighting one after another and are exhausted: they first attacked Zhao for several months, and finally captured Zhao. Then they fought against drought and settled in the fields. At the same time, they had to deal with bandits. Soon there were allied forces from the Yan Dynasty. …
After so many battles, not only the physical fatigue but also the mental torment were unbearable.
On the other hand, winter is approaching and everyone thinks that we will enter a truce period.
At this time, if we still issue orders from top to bottom to attack Wei, we are afraid that the soldiers will be dissatisfied and their morale will be low.
But if you send troops after arousing the hatred of the soldiers...that's a different matter: you yourself asked to send troops, so no one can blame you.
On the other hand, in ancient times, the emphasis was on "recognizing one's teacher from a teacher."
Although everyone knows that this is just an excuse, it is different if the excuse is very legitimate:
What the hell, you Wei State just sent an envoy to sue for peace, and then you turn around and secretly cause harm. If not you, who else will you attack?
Zhang Xuan also secretly admired Shen Bing, thinking that all of this was probably due to Shen Bing's plan.
Wang Jian was also in a deep city, and despite the resentment boiling among the army and the people, he remained silent without saying a word.
From time to time, a few Wei soldiers disguised as bandits were brought out to read out the charges, and then dragged to the execution ground and beheaded.
It wasn't until three days later that several waves of soldiers had gone out to fight, that Wang Jian shouted:
"Wei Guo bullied me too much!"
"If we go here, we must uproot that Daliang City!"
"Come on, prepare the army for war and send out troops!"
All the soldiers in the army cheered loudly and geared up, and everyone looked eager to try.
Therefore, being a general is not just about fighting and killing, but also about influencing or even controlling the psychology of soldiers. Only in this way can the morale of the troops be mobilized to gain greater advantages on the battlefield.
Shen Bing had nothing to say and could only pack his bags with the others.
In fact, when you are in the army, you don’t have much to pack, except that you need to bring an extra marching quilt when the weather is cold.
There was no cotton in this era. Common people's quilts were usually stuffed with reeds and catkins. The poorer ones were stuffed with wheat stems, while the rich ones used chicken and duck feathers.
Even better is to use furry animal skins, mink hair or the like.
Soldiers are of course poor people, because their marching quilts are made in large quantities, often tens of thousands. Even reeds and catkins are not enough to fill them, so they can only use more dried wheat stalks.
The quilt made in this way is light and airy when you sleep on it, and it is still ventilated when covered.
If it's okay inside the city, it will be miserable outside the city.
It's no wonder that winter is usually a truce period... In winter, not only is it covered with ice and snow, it is more difficult to attack the city. If the weather were colder, several people in the army would freeze to death just by sleeping in the wild.
But Shen Bing doesn't need to worry about this problem.
As soon as Shen Bing loaded his wheat stalks onto the carriage, Meng Liang came up to him.
"A stingy man is polite. These are the two beddings my father brought to my subordinates. I hope the stingy man will accept them."
As he spoke, he waved to the guard next to him, and without any explanation, he stuffed the two quilts into Shen Bing's carriage.
Shen Bing thanked Meng Liang and got into the car to touch...
I went there, and it was obviously soft and stuffed with wool.
This is great stuff! And it comes with two beds.
Of course Shen Bing would not refuse.
Just kidding, he doesn't want to freeze to death. He will rely on it to survive the winter in the future.