Shen Bing waited until the sacks arrived before taking action.
Although there were already sacks in the military camp at this time, those sacks still contained grain... We couldn't free up all the military grain just to build the embankment.
If there were empty sacks, it was because the soldiers had eaten the army rations, but they were far from enough to build embankments.
Yang Duanhe was very worried about this.
Time is tight, there are only about ten days in total, if the river water is small during the cold season...
Fortunately, Handan is only more than 500 miles away from Daliang.
First, Babaili rushed to report the situation to Wang Jian. The news was in Wang Jian's hands in less than a day.
Then Wang Jian immediately organized a transportation team and gathered all the sacks to transport a batch to Daliang.
Wang Jian even ransacked rice stores throughout Daliang City... Usually only rice stores had sacks, and people rarely used them.
If necessary, the bride should lay sacks on the road before entering the door. The rule is that the bride walks forward and the groom walks behind the sacks to enter the door. The implication is: one bag (generation) is passed down from generation to generation.
At this time, people all need to go to rice stores to borrow rice bags, otherwise there will not be enough sacks.
Once a certain amount is collected, we will expedite shipping immediately.
The so-called expedited transportation refers to rapid transportation in times of emergency.
This is usually the transportation method used when the frontline is in urgent need of military rations, bows and arrows.
At this time, more horses will be prepared for the transportation team to replace them, and the load of the carriages will be reduced to ensure the transportation speed.
However, even so, it took three days for the first batch of sacks to arrive.
Including the previous day of delivering the letter, it was already the fourth day when the sacks arrived in Daliang.
Shen Bing and others have not been idle these four days.
First of all, Zheng Guo had already measured the dike line.
This really requires someone like Zheng Guo to do it. Zheng Guo seems to have already had a picture in his mind: where the water will come from, where it will go, and how high the water level will be when the river embankment is opened in the future.
So we know where it is necessary to use dikes to block water, and which higher locations do not need it.
Then, Shen Bing and a group of craftsmen drove wooden piles and pulled hemp ropes along the embankment line under the cover of the soldiers.
Usually they operate at night.
The reason is that the embankment line is about 60 steps away from Daliang City, so it is still very dangerous to move during the day.
It's much more convenient at night, at least it has night protection.
Before that, Shen Bing went to the defense division to say hello...
The defense engineer is an old man named Zhi.
This is not surprising at all. Just like Xun, who is also over fifty, most of the engineers who are capable of becoming engineers are some years old.
Because they usually start from ordinary craftsmen step by step.
Of course, Cang, the artillery engineer and engineer, is an exception.
In fact, Shen Bing was not willing to let Cang Lai serve as artillery engineer. If possible, Shen Bing would prefer that Hui, a left-handed man, could also serve as the artillery engineer.
But on the one hand, Cang's title is high, on the other hand, this is not something Shen Bing can decide... Qin Jun's promotion depends more on the title rather than personal likes and dislikes.
And this promotion usually involves transfer to other units.
This is a characteristic of this era, mainly to prevent "regular selfishness".
There are too many familiar people and too many familiar soldiers. What if these soldiers develop feelings and form some kind of alliance during the battle?
Will these soldiers form a small group, and then this small group will become a large group?
One day this big group will become so big that it becomes disobedient and out of control?
Therefore, whenever you are promoted, you will almost always be transferred out of the original unit.
The reason why Cang was not transferred out was because there were only five engineering corps, and they were transferred back and forth and still remained under the control of Shen Bing.
On the other hand... the superiors don't care much about the engineering soldiers rebelling. They are all craftsmen, how can they have the ability to rebel?
When Shen Bing found Zhi, he was directing the craftsmen to make the horse-repelling gun.
Shen Bing stepped forward and said to Zhi:
"Can the engineer make some shield vehicles?"
Zhi Qi said:
"What is a shield car?"
Shen Bing replied:
"That's it... set up a large wooden shield on the carriage to block crossbows!"
Zhi is still puzzled:
"But Chevalier, why does the carriage need to be protected by a shield?"
"Will our army still drive carriages into battle?"
It turned out that Shen Bing drove his carriage into battle.
To be precise, they pushed the carriage into battle... The defensive shield was placed on the carriage, and the carriage was equipped with wooden stakes. Several people took advantage of the darkness to push the city wall closer, and then smashed the wooden stakes into the embankment line one by one.
When the Wei soldiers heard the noise, they fired several rockets and found that it was the Qin army. Then they fired a large number of arrows, all of which hit the shield of the carriage, making a very pleasant sound of snatching.
After a few nights of operation, the embankment lines were almost nailed with wooden stakes and connected in a network with hemp ropes.
When the sacks arrived, they were brewed in the same way.
It's just that the horse-drawn carriages are not carrying wooden piles but sandbags.
Laying sandbags is faster, just take them off the carriage and stack them in front of the wooden piles.
This work could even be done during the day, because the Wei army would not have time to shoot a few arrows before leaving after the pile was piled up.
If there was any loss, it was the stone bullets fired by the Wei army... However, the Wei army probably used an old-style trebuchet, which had a very short range and was not accurate, so the threat was not great.
It was only then that King Wei realized something was wrong.
When King Wei saw the dry water in the Bian River during his holiday, he was secretly happy:
"The Qin army intercepted the river to attack the city."
"I just need to wait for them to come up. I want to see what the Qin army is capable of attacking my beam!"
"Send the order, prepare the army for war!"
The crowd roared in response.
However, I waited and waited but never saw the Qin army attacking the city. Instead, there were wooden piles outside the city and piles of earthen fortresses piled up.
King Wei was a little confused and asked:
"What is Qin Jun's plan?"
Wei Wei looked around, was startled, and said:
"Your Majesty, something bad is happening."
"The Qin army is going to attack with water!"
King Wei asked pretending to be puzzled:
"Water attack? How to use water attack?"
Wei Wei replied:
"Your Majesty, please look at the earthen fort placed in a circle around the girders outside the city."
"A dam has also been built downstream of the Bianhe River."
"If the Qin army releases the river after it is ready..."
"The river water is stored near Daliang and has nowhere to go out!"
When King Wei heard this, he immediately panicked.
Most of the city walls in this era were civil structures, that is, partitions and rammed earth.
Although it can be waterproofed, such a huge city wall that has been built for hundreds of years will inevitably have leaks.
If the water floods the city wall and soaks for a few days...
Thinking of this, King Wei quickly asked:
"What should I do?"
Ordinary people might say a few words at this time:
"I told you not to bring all the troops into the city, didn't I? I just didn't listen."
"It's okay now, do you know you were wrong?"
However, Wei Wei did not complain at all.
He raised his hands and said to the king of Wei:
"Your Majesty, the only solution for now is to go out of the city to fight!"
"Please lead one hundred thousand elite troops to fight out of the city..."
I didn’t want to be interrupted by King Wei before I finished speaking:
"One hundred thousand? No!"
"Only thirty thousand!"
Wei Wei was stunned for a moment when he heard that. How could he bargain like this?
There are 100,000 Qin soldiers outside the city. How can we fight with only 30,000 troops outside the city?