With fried noodles, the food problem will be solved.

If there is any problem, it is the dry food bag.

Originally, Chen Bing also wanted to use cloth to make a long cylindrical dry food bag like the Volunteer Army and tie it on his back.

But the cloths in this era were all coarse cloth spun with ramie, with a large gap between the silk threads, and fried noodles could easily seep out of it.

So Chen Bing could only use sheepskin leather bags... Li Shi often used this kind of leather bag to fill it with water, and it was not difficult to make it all up or even make it on the spot.

During the march, Shen Bing asked Shenwu Army and the Sunli family to learn how to make and feed on fried noodles.

This is mainly to make their stomachs adapt to the fried noodles, otherwise it would be a good thing to have a stomachache or feel uncomfortable when they are about to fight.

Chen Bing also inquired that the mountainous areas near the Qilian Mountains usually do not lack water... The melting of snow water on the top of the Qilian Mountains will form rivers on both sides.

On the north side of the Hexi Corridor are Datong River, Shiyang River, Heihe River, etc., and on the south side are streams formed between valleys.

With dry food and water, it will not be a big problem to survive through the mountains in seven or eight days.

However, a new problem soon emerged...

After a few days of training, Qian Liqing reported to Chen Bing:

"Our army marched too slowly."

"At first, I just thought that the Shenwu Army did not often march in the mountains."

"It seems to be armor now..."

Chen Bing asked in confusion:

"The Shenwu Army's vine armor is not heavy, why does it affect the marching?"

To Liqing explained:

"It's not because of the weight, but because of the large vine armor and many gaps. After entering the mountainous area, you will often be tied by branches and vines!"

After saying this, Shen Bing understood.

I think it is true. The mountainous areas during this period were not damaged because they were rarely visited. Most of them were deep forests and many trees. If you walk through them in armor, it would definitely affect your speed.

But the armor must be carried.

So Chen Bing asked:

"Can you take off your armor and carry it on your back?"

He shook his head to Liqing and said:

"I have tried it, but the vine armor is inconvenient to fold, so it is still too big to take off the burden."

This is one of the disadvantages of the vine armor. The bronze back armor used by the Qin army was easier to fold when worn together, but the vine armor was woven with old vine. If it was forced to fold, it may be deformed and damaged.

Chen Bing didn't say much, just ordered:

"You wait to continue training, I will solve this problem."

He responded and left.

Wang Ben, who was standing beside him, asked curiously:

"General, if we can't bring horses into the mountain, how can we solve the problem of carrying armor?"

"In the opinion of our subordinates, we may simplify the rattan armor, that is, we only wear a helmet and breastplate, so that we can reduce the size and weight."

What Wang Ben said may be reasonable, but Chen Bing did not think this method was feasible.

The advantage of the vine armor is that the area of ​​armor is that the enemy archers can hardly find any flaws, so they can only exert their strong combat power when dealing with nomadic peoples.

If you only wear a helmet and breastplate, what is the difference between it and the bronze armor of the Qin army?

The team of these two thousand people was originally insufficient to strengthen their combat power. If the armor protection was deleted, it would likely fail because of this lack of force.

Chen Bing dared not take this risk.

Because the lives of tens of thousands of Qin troops in the Hexi Corridor, even the sinking soldiers, are placed on these two thousand Shenwu troops.

Therefore, Chen Bing did not adopt Wang Ben's suggestion and could only think of another way.

Is there any way to improve transportation capacity?

Chen Bing frowned and took out the sheepskin and drew a sketch.

Then he handed it to Wang Ben:

"Can you make this thing?"

Wang Ben looked at it and replied:

"It should be not difficult. Please call a few people to try!"

Chen Bing did not bring God to this trip...their men were busy in Hetao, either smelting iron or woodworking or taking apprentices.

But it doesn't seem to matter.

Because all the soldiers of the Shenwu Army had learned wood art... When they were training at Daliang, they were training and making ships, so it was not difficult to make something.

Sure enough, it was completed in just one hour.

This time surprised Chen Bing, mainly because the wooden wheel took a long time, and he originally thought it would take at least a few days.

Later, Chen Bing realized that in order to be fast, Wang Ben directly removed the wooden wheel of a carriage and used it.

Wang Ben reported to Shen Bing:

"General, we have completed the work. Please check it out."

"only……"

Chen Bing asked:

"Just what?"

Wang Ben replied:

"We're wondering why this thing only takes one round?"

"If there is only one round, how can you drive?"

"Have the General drawn the wrong way?"

Chen Bing didn't say anything, and took Wang Ben out of the tent, but saw several soldiers holding a wheelbarrow and looking at Chen Bing with a panic look on his face, as if he was worried that he would be punished by Chen Bing if he did something wrong.

They didn't breathe a sigh of relief until Chen Bing nodded.

Chen Bing explained to Wang Ben:

"This thing is called a wheelbarrow."

"Because of being a unicycle, of course, only one round."

Wang Ben looked confused:

"But if there is only one round..."

Chen Bing took the wheelbarrow from the soldier, and then pushed and turned around under the surprised eyes of Wang Ben and the soldier.

Of course a wheelbarrow can drive.

The reason why it can drive on one wheel is that from the perspective of stress, the wheel and the two legs of a person form three relatively stable points.

Just use a little trick to keep it balanced when pushing.

Wang Ben looked at it and said "Oh":

"But it was pushed by humans."

Shen Bing raised his head to Wang Ben and said:

"How do you try it?"

Wang Ben excitedly stepped forward and took the handle. He walked in a zigzag at first, but it was very smooth soon after.

"General!" Wang Ben, who was still sleepy in his heart, pushed and shouted: "This wheelbarrow is very interesting. Is it used to carry things?"

Chen Bing replied:

"Why don't I try?"

As he said that, he asked the soldiers to carry a few bags of food.

A small wooden frame extends out from each side of the wheelbarrow, and the key point of load is to be evenly matched on both sides.

Shen Bing asked the soldiers to put two bags of food on both sides. Wang Ben pushed and said with some staggering steps:

"But it's a good thing, I don't feel tired even if I push four bags of food."

Chen Bing then asked someone to find a hemp rope, tied it to the left and right handles of the wheelbarrow, and then hung it on Wang Ben's shoulder and neck...

Wang Ben cheered:

"The general, but it's more labor-saving."

"But we have a carriage to transport it, why do we still need this item?"

Chen Bing asked replies without answering:

"How if this thing is used as a transportation between the Shenwu Army?"

Wang Ben suddenly realized, thought about it and nodded and replied:

"Although this thing requires manpower, the key is to be light and flexible, and the car body is low and not tied to branches."

"Even if the cliff cannot be moved, you can still hang it with ropes and pulleys."

"In this way, we don't need to worry about the armor being unable to be carried."
Chapter completed!