After a night of hard work, Handan City failed to win.
But this doesn't seem to be important.
Because with the death of Li Mu, the northern soldiers who were capable of fighting were left without a leader and fled in all directions.
In other words, Handan has no foreign aid.
With no foreign aid, insufficient food reserves, and being attacked by fire, everyone knew that it was only a matter of time before Handan fell.
On the other hand, the gap between Wang Jian and Yang Duanhe was resolved...
This is mainly due to the change in Wang Jian's mental state.
Wang Jian may have been stuck in the inertia of merit.
That is to say, if you perform meritorious service, you will be rewarded, and if you perform meritorious service again, you will be rewarded again... As you get used to it, you will naturally and subconsciously compete for credit.
After being reminded by Shen Bing's words, Wang Jian understood that it was not a good thing to continue like this.
In fact, Wang Jian also realized this later.
A few years later, when he sent troops to attack the Chu Kingdom, Wang Jian deliberately asked for rewards from Qin Shihuang again and again, asking for land and money, showing an insatiable appearance, and even his son Wang Bi couldn't stand it anymore.
But Wang Jian knew why:
What King Qin was worried about was not money or land.
The King of Qin was worried that Wang Jian would take the King of Qin's throne and his life.
Therefore, asking for both money and land made King Qin feel at ease.
Because if Wang Jian planned to get the throne of Qin, he would not care about the money and fiefdom.
However, even so, Wang Jian, Wang Ben and his son still retired and returned home after destroying the Six Kingdoms.
Wait until then to wake up and deal with it carefully. Why not keep a low profile now?
This will reduce the king's suspicion.
The second is the cultivation of subordinates.
Third, it can consolidate one's own power.
Why not?
So Wang Jian made up his mind to give the credit to Yang Duanhe from now on.
Yang Duanhe didn't know this yet. Although he was comforted by Wang Jian's letter, he was still cautious.
Li Yan came to report last night:
"General."
"My subordinates have found out that the only one left the camp is the stingy man Chen Wei."
"And the time of leaving the camp and returning to the camp happened to be around the time that Shen Bing was taken away."
Yang Duanhe narrowed his eyes, murderous intent lurking:
"This guy is so brave. He dares to go to the general and tell the truth behind my back!"
Li Yan continued:
"General, I can't wait..."
As he spoke, he made a gesture of raising a knife and lowering it.
Yang Duanhe raised his hand to stop Li Yan from continuing.
"Take peace of mind and don't get too dry."
"Chen Wei is just a stingy man. Can't he be killed at any time?"
"But it's not worth it if you use your hands to make the general unhappy."
Yang Duanhe was more thoughtful, knowing that Chen Wei had tipped off Wang Jian.
Yang Duan and his side just had an incident of concealing talents. Now if the whistleblower is killed again...
What would Wang Jian think?
Damn it, you kid, don’t you take me, Wang Jian, seriously?
Is it going to be reversed or something?
Beating a dog also depends on the owner's face, right?
Therefore, although Yang Duanhe gritted his teeth with hatred, he could not take action, so he only asked Li Yan to send people to keep an eye on Chen Wei secretly.
This is a general who "misses" a little miser.
It is conceivable that Chen Wei will not end well.
It can also be said that Chen Wei was clever but was misled by his cleverness.
But Chen Wei still didn't know this. He was just surprised that he could still see Shen Bing the next day.
"what happened?"
"Didn't the recommendation succeed last night?"
"Why is this guy still here?"
"Is it because the general doesn't like him?"
"Yes, the general must disdain craftsmen and jugglers."
"Well, that must be the case."
Chen Wei didn't notice that two of his personal guards had changed into new faces.
Or it can be said that Chen Wei noticed it but didn't think deeply about it.
After all, this is a common thing in the military.
At the same time, his groom was transferred to another department to replace it with a new one for some reason...
Shen Bing ignored this.
All he knew was that he received "generous gifts" from Yang Duanhe one after another that night.
First up is a brand new pair of leather armor...
If you are an ordinary soldier, you should be equipped with armor when you reach the second level of knighthood.
However, artillerymen rarely engage in close combat, and it is inconvenient to move around after wearing armor, so they usually do not wear armor.
Shen Bing is of course an exception.
Next is Yang Duan and the personal guards assigned to Shen Bing.
Engineers with bodyguards?
This is the exception among exceptions.
Usually only a stingy husband like Chen Wei can be equipped with personal guards.
The duty of this personal guard is to protect the personal safety of the miser and assist the craftsmen under the management system.
Such as inspecting camps, supervising work, delivering letters, chasing deserters, etc.
However, even the stingy man only has one group of personal guards.
This was not over yet. Soon another carriage and a groom came.
This groom is not only responsible for raising horses but also driving, doing chores, etc.
Yang Duanhe had a high-sounding excuse for distributing these to Shen Bing:
"The gunnery commander Shen Bingjue will not be updated until now."
"Moreover, the artilleryman's position is becoming increasingly important, and he is equipped with bodyguards, chariots and horses for driving."
There is some truth in saying that.
Do ordinary craftsmen have "unchanging" titles?
If not, just shut up.
Moreover, gunners are indeed becoming more and more important. What if we are attacked by the enemy in this war?
It’s not too much to have five personal guards to protect the artillery division, right?
Is it necessary to have a carriage for him to drive?
So it depends on what the general says, trying to explain is just an excuse.
In fact, with Shen Bing's prestige among craftsmen at this time, no one dared to say anything even if they didn't make excuses.
Another change is that the hairstyle has become a little cooler...
If you are a noble person, you don't have to comb your bun to the left and right sides, but stand it straight in the middle.
Because the armored men are used for melee combat instead of crossbowmen, there is no need to worry about the vision being blocked.
If a crown is added to the bun, it will be a hairpin, and if a rib is added to the crown, it will not be changed.
What Shen Bing was wearing at this time was this plate crown with one edge.
Ordinary soldiers must bow and give way when seeing this sign of title.
Shen Bing heard Cang say that the land rewarded to "Bu Geng" at home was four times that of "Gongshi".
That is to say, there are four hectares of land and four houses.
Shen Bing didn't know what this concept was, and he didn't know the so-called "family", so he didn't take it to heart.
He was more interested in those personal guards...
As mentioned before, when the Lord is about to die, all of his bodyguards will be beheaded.
That is to say, these personal guards must make every effort to keep Shen Bing safe at all times, even at the cost of their lives.
Therefore, this is his bodyguard, and he is still a bodyguard who will risk his life for him.
How majestic this would be in modern times!
But Shen Bing knew that these were nothing in this era.
Not to mention that Wang Jian had four thousand personal guards, but any lord with five hundred also had fifty personal guards.
That little girl Yang Ting also has a thousand personal guards...
Compared with the personal guards in Shen Bing's hands, they seemed a bit shabby.
But "If you take small steps, you will never reach a thousand miles."
Shen Bing knew that he had to take his time, so now he was taking a small first step.
If one day I can get that Northland cavalry to be my personal guard...