Compared with soldiers with higher armor coverage, these auxiliary soldiers and civilians have much lower armor.

The Wei army had long seen the changes in the Han army. The rain of arrows that had been suppressed suddenly came out with another wave of bursts.

The auxiliary soldiers who were running at the front with their heads lowered had just entered the range of the arrow rain when two of them suddenly screamed and fell to the ground.

The arrow feathers dropped from the air may not penetrate the tightly protected iron armor, but the lethality is still quite high for the auxiliary soldiers and civilians who only have cloth armor.

Seeing the tragic situation ahead, some civilians couldn't help but slow down.

There were people on both sides shouting:

"Don't stop! Anyone who dares to disobey military orders will be killed!"

Finally, some auxiliary soldiers rushed to the shore and placed the wooden piles on the ground.

It's just that their luck seems to have finally run out.

It may also be that the Wei army discovered something unusual here, and the arrows they shot here immediately became denser, and several auxiliary soldiers let out another scream.

He staggered two steps and stretched out his hands, trying to grab something, but he fell to the ground and struggled for a while, but nothing happened again.

…

Wang Han, who was holding a telescope and looking at the fighting on the front line, looked a little livid.

How long has it been since a big man took human lives to fill the moat like this?

According to the current practice in the Han army, the crossbow unit should be used to suppress the other side first.

If it cannot be suppressed, the engineering battalion's stone cannons will begin to follow.

Until the enemy troops are forced out of the range of the crossbows, auxiliary soldiers and civilians are sent up to fill the soil.

What Wei Yan did was simply for his own selfishness, regardless of human life!

Thinking of Wei Yan's military orders to the engineering camp, Wang Han could no longer sit still.

He put away the telescope, turned around and hurried back.

Wen Shi was sweating profusely and leading the people in the engineering camp to rush to work when he saw Wang Han coming over:

"General Wang?"

Wang Han pulled Wenshi aside and asked quietly:

"How? In three days, can we meet the requirements of General Zuo Hussar?"

Wenshi wiped his sweat, glanced at the busy construction site, and smiled bitterly:

"Isn't this a redundant question? It couldn't be completed yesterday, so how can it be completed today?"

He sighed: "Three at most, and we are still working day and night."

Wang Han nodded: "Then I understand."

After saying that, he didn't stay for a moment, turned around and left.

Returning to the empty engineering camp with few people left, Wang Han shouted: "Come here."

The soldier on duty came over: "General?"

"Send me an order to have all the soldiers in the guard camp return to camp immediately!"

"Here!"

After a while, Wenshi hurried over, his face full of anxiety:

"General Wang, why did you withdraw all the guard camps? Did something happen?"

Wang Hanping stepped back and then answered:

"Wen Xiaowei, we were at the construction site just now. There were many people, so there are some things that I don't want to say more about."

Seeing that Wang Han was so serious about his matter, Wen Shi knew that the matter was serious and asked quickly: "But what happened?"

Wang Han nodded:

"I was ordered to lead the escort battalion and escort the engineering battalion over. Before departure, the Central Protector personally said that we must bring the engineering battalion back."

He emphasized his tone, "If things really get out of hand, we can die, but the engineering camp must not make any mistakes."

With that said, Wang Han took out a list and handed it to Wen Shi:

"Especially the dozen or so people on the list, we must save them even if we risk our lives."

Wenshi took it and glanced at it, and he already knew it.

These dozen people have all participated in some secret experiment to a greater or lesser extent - including himself.

And in Wenshi's arms, there is exactly the same list.

"General Wang, is the matter really so urgent that it is irreversible?"

Wang Han smiled bitterly and shook his head:

"To be honest, I'm not sure now, but..."

He hesitated to speak, and after organizing his words for a while, he continued:

"But just now I was observing the battle situation from the front, and I felt that something was not quite right with General Zuo Hussar."

With such disregard for casualties, who knows if he will also let the engineering battalion ignore casualties?

When things developed to this point, Wang Han felt that things might have completely exceeded the expectations of the Central Protector.

After all, who would have thought that a siege battle that was not considered important would actually develop into a life-and-death battle concerning the survival of Bingzhou?

Wenshi knew that since Wang Han had said this, he probably really wanted to make final preparations for a rainy day:

"What does General Wang mean?"

"Anyway, as you said just now, neither the left nor the right will be able to complete the tasks assigned by General Zuo Hussar. It is better to prepare in advance, just in case."

"Everything else is easy to talk about, but I think these dozen people should be recalled to the camp first, just in case."

Wang Han looked at Wen Shi, "As for you, Lieutenant Wen, if General Zuo Hussar calls you in the past few days, you must remember to send someone to notify me immediately."

In fact, Wang Han wouldn't even think about confronting Wei Yan unless he had no choice.

Because of this, it will have an irreversible negative impact on the Han army, and may even implicate the Central Protectorate.

Disobeying orders before battle, no matter how big the reason, is a violation of military rules and a major taboo.

Wen Shi looked at Wang Han steadily and whispered:

"Have you thought about it? If you really go that far, even if the Central Protector wants to protect you, I'm afraid there will no longer be a place for you in the army."

Wang Han smiled bitterly:

"The worst case scenario is to quit the army."

He let out a long sigh, "But if I don't send you people back, I'm afraid the Central Protector will be the first to spare me."

Wen Shi opened her mouth, not knowing what to say, and in the end she could only sigh heavily.

He returned the list to Wang Han, turned around and left:

"I'm going to call these people back."

…

As the battle became more intense, under Wei Yan's attack regardless of casualties, the Han army finally used the advantage of bows and crossbows to force the Wei army out of range.

Although the auxiliary soldiers and civilians suffered a lot of casualties, they finally built a pontoon bridge on the third day.

When the Han army crossed the moat, the Wei army retreated into the sheep wall under the city wall.

If the Han army wanted to rush to the city wall, they had to bulldoze antlers and a trench.

The Wei army hiding behind the sheep wall was watching eagerly waiting for the Han army to come and die.

"Today, we must attack the city!"

Wei Yan came to the front of the formation, looked at the soldiers who were already looking a little tired, and encouraged him loudly:

"As long as we can wipe out the rebel army outside the city, with the engineering battalion..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard an extremely anxious voice:

"Report!"

Interrupting Wei Yan's mobilization before the battle.

"What's the matter?!"

Wei Yanji looked angrily at the personal guard who came to report the news.

"Your Majesty, General Wei has sent an urgent message!"
Chapter completed!