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Chapter 95 Propaganda Offensive(1/2)

Chen Bing encountered some trouble.

Not because of food.

In fact, the situation of grain protection has improved significantly because Wang Jian sent a large number of troops to protect the grain.

The trouble is that the troops who were responsible for defending the city had another arduous task... to guard the granary.

This is still because of insufficient troops.

On the other hand, it is also because the granaries are distributed rather than concentrated.

The reason why granaries are distributed is that the grain will be transported out of the city to sow in a few days. The grain seeds are more suitable to be piled near the city gate rather than transported to the barracks in the city to concentrate.

Similarly, there are dozens of houses of all sizes in each city gate for temporary storage of grain.

The artillery wield was responsible for guarding one of the buildings, which were piled with hundreds of bags of grain, and it was increasing.

Originally, the artillery master didn't think there was anything, but he just added some manpower to patrol in turns at night.

But Shen Bing felt pressure from the beginning.

Seeing that Shen Bing was frowning, Ren volunteered:

"Don't need to work hard for the worker, just leave it to your subordinates."

Ren and the five personal guards placed under him were the only armored soldiers among the artillery divisions, so naturally the main force in this regard.

But Chen Bing shook his head and said:

"I'm afraid you can't handle this."

Ren was confused:

"The worker means..."

No wonder Ren doesn't understand.

At this time, Handan was under the control of the Qin army, and the grain was placed in the city and there were people to guard it. How could there be any insecurity?

Chen Bing explained:

"If the bandits cannot seize grain outside the city, they may take risks and sneak into the city."

Ren answered:

"The worker is afraid he's over-thinking."

"We are strictly inspecting the people coming and going at the city gate. Even if the bandits were able to sneak into the city, there were only a few."

"They cannot bring their weapons into the city, and their subordinates think there is no need to worry about this."

Chen Bing shook his head again:

"If it's just a few bandits, maybe there's no need to worry."

"But there are so many hungry people in the city, but we are guarding the mountains of grain."

"If the bandits who were infiltrated at this time were bewitched, the people would attack them in order to fight for food..."

When everyone heard this, they were all despised.

They are also hungry people, and of course they know that hungry people can do anything.

And now the Qin army still has so much food back and forth in front of them.

At the same time, the people in the city hated the Qin people...

It would be fine if the Qin army in the city had many soldiers and generals, but at least it could also play a role in power.

But most of the troops went out to protect grain and left only a few regular troops with thousands of people, and the total strength of a group of craftsmen was less than 5,000.

If this people are bewitched and civil rebellion occurs, Handan will change its owner.

Ren thought about it and said:

"I thought this would not be the case."

"At this time, we have compiled household registrations for the people of Handan and divided the fields."

"In addition, rice seeds were also released..."

Before Ren finished speaking, Jun interrupted Ren and said:

“That’s all for renting, not for distribution.”

"And the rent tax is as high as six taxes and one tax."

The Qin State tax system is 12 taxes, which means one twelve of the harvest is used to pay taxes.

The rent taxes in the three counties are as high as six taxes and one twice that of Qin...

Although this is understandable, Ying Zheng hopes that the three counties will have a big harvest next year, so he raises the rent and tax to a higher level.

But this also laid a crisis for the three counties.

Cang asked aside:

"What should I do?"

Chen Bing did not answer.

He knew this was a big deal.

Maybe this is a bit of luck.

It would be fine if it didn't break out, but it would be too late to get out of it.

And it may not be just Handan, but also Julu and Taiyuan.

All the previous efforts will be wiped out by accident.

These Shen Bing may not care about them, but they may have to take their own life... Shen Bing must not care about them.

This matter is only useful if you find decision makers like Yang Duan and such.

Fortunately, Shen Bing now has a carriage, so he called the groom to "drive" and galloped towards the barracks in the city.

At that time, Yang Duan and Wang Jian were discussing the progress of protecting grain and suppressing bandits in the commander's tent.

There are many mountains near Handan, especially in the west.

The bandits always suddenly came out of the mountain to attack, robbed the food and fled into the mountains, which gave the Qin army a headache.

Although the situation improved at this time, the grain team and post station were stolen and robbed, and even casualties were still very frequent.

At this moment, the personal guard came to report:

"General, general, artillery craftsman Shen Bing asked for a visit."

Yang Duanhe turned his attention to Wang Jian.

He dared not order Wang Jian here.

Wang Jian stared at the map without raising his head, and replied: "See!"

The personal guard responded and took the order and left.

When Shen Bing stood in the tent, he saw Wang and Yang.

This saves some effort, so as not to say it again.

Wang and Yang couldn't help looking at each other after hearing what Chen Bing said.

They were all focused on protecting grain, suppressing bandits and military farms, and unknowingly ignored the city.

Yang Duanhe secretly wiped his sweat and said:

"It's really easy to attack the city and it's hard to defend it."

"If it weren't for the worker's reminder, I would have made a big mistake this time."

Wang Jian also nodded repeatedly:

"What the worker said is reasonable. We should be careful of civil unrest in the city!"

This is not Wang, and Yang and the others lack experience in defending the city.

But there has never been a similar situation before.

Before, Qin State at most captured the city and land, and then sent heavy troops to guard it.

But at this time, Zhao State was destroyed.

When Zhao was destroyed, he suffered heavy losses and the entire army suffered only more than 100,000 people.

Moreover, these more than 100,000 people will be divided into three counties to defend.

After the three counties were divided, they had to farm and protect grain and suppress bandits...

No wonder even Shen Bing and his men became the main force in the city guarding.

This situation made Wang and Yang very anxious for a moment to break up a soldier into two.

After thinking about it, Yang Duanhe suggested:
To be continued...
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