Not far from the mouth of the word "eight", Lian Fangzheng greeted him, followed by a few people from Suining Workshop and Pizhou Workshop.

I haven't seen him for a while, he is darker and thinner, he looks taller, and what remains unchanged is his still straight body, and his expression is quite serious.

He was still wearing green clothes, wearing a scarf, not wearing warm ears, his hands and lips were frozen purple in the cold wind, he was plain white in the wind and snow, and his shoulder scarf was full of ice and frost.

The people in the workshops behind him did not have his upright figure, serious posture, all of them were rubbing their hands or stomping their feet in the white snow, everyone's faces were red from the cold, and their eyes were full of fear when they looked at Yang He. Yang He went on a killing spree in Suining and Pizhou, and after a few months, they still had palpitations and awe.

Lian Fangzheng saluted Yang He, and then looked at him seriously: "Why is it too late?" ”

Everyone looked at Lian Fangzheng, Minister Yang pursed his lips, and Zhang Chugong shook his head slightly, but in his heart, he admired Lian Fangzheng a little.

Yang He took off his mask from his ears and hung it around his neck, and immediately there was a cold air on his face, and the wind and snow hit his face like a knife. He took a deep breath, resisted the urge to let the horse step on the incorruptible square, and pointed at the horsewhip: "Go!" ”

He turned his horse and left, and the horsemen followed silently.

Entering from the entrance of the passage, it is the sandwich road between the road and the walled walls on both sides, which is curved and extended, and the gate can not be seen directly.

This side of the road is to open up and cut on the slope, there are no two walled walls here, the road and the slope are higher and steeper, about two zhang high, six or seven meters high. Between the road and the slope is a big ditch, and the side of the ditch is more than a red deer, and it winds all the way to the gate of the village.

This kind of knot loosening, is the inner urn city, the enemy comes in, in addition to facing the first attack at two angles, into the "urn city", but also to face the blow of the walled walls on both sides.

Yang River riding horse road up, the road winds up, like "S" shape, to the front of the walled gate, there is a ditch, there is a suspension bridge. At this time, the drawbridge is put down, and the gate of the village is made of large stones and gravel, and the top is built into a chest wall, and there are also two layers of sacks to place.

Yang He nodded, very satisfied, this kind of setting basically met the requirements in his heart.

"Inner urn city", this is a three-sided blow! At the same time, the "S" shaped road, which can greatly delay the impact of the enemy. Even if they had artillery, it was actually difficult for them to hit the gate directly, because they were blocked by the walls on both sides of the slope.

Yang He entered the walled gate, which was wide, with stone and wood structure barracks at the north and south ends, extending several rows in the east-west direction, all facing inward. On the top of each camp, there are also a lot of dirt bags piled up on the west wall, which is used to prevent artillery.

In addition to this is a flat field in the middle, paved with sand and gravel, which is to prevent muddy rain and snow days, at this time there is not much snow on the ground, it seems to be shoveled, quite neat.

There are some people inside, but not much, it seems that this Zhongwu village is basically completed.

Yang He dismounted, and everyone around him also dismounted, and the guards scattered around more skillfully, either on guard, or pulling each person and horse to the stable.

Chen Qiuao habitually stayed not far from everyone, looking forward to the sword, and was cold and silent. Zhang Chugong came to the lower right of Yang He, ready to obey orders at any time, which was a habit he developed as a lieutenant officer. The rest of Minister Yang and the others looked around curiously.

At this time, Lian Fangzheng also rushed over, his expression was still the same, only the people in the workshops behind him were quite uneasy and complaining, as if they blamed him for not being able to speak.

Rarely, Lian Fangzheng asked: "Can adults rest first?" It's cold, and the subordinates let people prepare hot soup and hot water. ”

Yang He said lightly: "No need to be polite, let's take a look around first." ”

Lian Fangzheng also gave up, he introduced to Yang He, according to the plan on the drawings, Zhongwu Village was roughly completed, and many people were sent to Tianyue Village. In the buildings in this village, there are also barracks, canteens, bathhouses, toilets, literacy halls, medical houses, granaries, forage fields, arsenals, stables and so on.

The barracks are mainly concentrated in the northwest and southwest of the village, and the granaries and forage fields are concentrated in the northeast and southeast of the village. This is according to Yang He's orders, and the future of the stockade may have to prevent artillery. It was difficult for the enemy to attack from the other side of the river, and the key buildings in the wall were mainly concentrated in the east.

The area of Zhongwu Village, one hundred and twenty steps on Wednesday, can be stationed at most 500 people, and if the grain and grass field in the granary is hoarded, it can also be used for 500 people to eat for half a year.

Yang He nodded, he looked around, especially walked to the wall on the west side to look.

Condescendingly, even in the wind and snow, the line of sight is very far, look at the top wall in front of you are all breast walls, just at the height of the position of the shelf, the front part of the breast wall is the soil slope, oblique down, steep and gentle, and extends to the slope of the wall below.

However, the inner layer of the wall is made of stone, and the stone is strong, which can make the life of the wall longer. Because the stone is built at the inner end, even if the enemy uses artillery, it can only hit the outer end of the earth slope, and cannot hit the inner end of the stone surface.

Look at the walled wall as a whole is a trapezoidal low wall structure, and there are two layers of sacks stacked on it, which has been winding. At this time, the sack was covered with thick snow, Yang He reached out and touched it, the bag was full of sand, and nodded.

This is what he specially ordered, the sand is granular, there is a gap between each grain of sand, the characteristics are loose and irregular, not to mention the bow and arrow, that is, the bullet has a poor penetration effect on sandbags, and the buffering effect is good, and many fortifications and barricades in later generations use sandbags as infantry bunkers.

He walked to a corner of the "eight" mouth, and Minister Yang said: "Hey, artillery can be placed here, one on each side, if the thieves attack from the road, the artillery will bombard them." ”

Everyone felt that it was okay, and Yang He also nodded, it is indeed possible to put artillery on this side and carry out live ammunition or shotgun bombardment on the enemy who rushed over. In particular, if the Qing troops attack, they like to use shield vehicles to attack the city or field battles, and they can bombard them with artillery here.

He looked and saw that this side was a semicircle and convex, with mud slopes, ditches and roads on the outside, and no sloping walls below. However, near the edge, there is a path leading to the hillside wall below, and the distance between the two walls is about one zhang.

In fact, on the west wall of Zhongwu Village, there are six paths on both sides of the mouth leading to the wall of the hillside.

Yang He went down the path to see, and everyone followed.

The trail is curved, slightly "S" shaped, which is to prevent the enemy from hitting the road with artillery, shells and jumping on it.

Below, I saw another walled wall here, similar to the top wall, also a chest wall style, the outer is a soil slope, the inner layer is made of gravel, the sack is placed on the top of the wall, two layers and two roads are stacked, and the width distance between the walled wall and the slope behind it is about one zhang.

However, it is slightly different from the top ground, which is not paved with sand and gravel, but with wooden planks, and under the planks is a culvert for waterproofing and drainage.

The slope behind you and the lower part are also made of wooden planks and bamboo fences to prevent landslides.

In addition, there are several bunkers in the wall, which are made of gravel and wood, and the top and outer ends are covered with sacks of sand, and one bunker can hide about ten people.

This is to protect against enemy bows and arrows, and more importantly anti-aircraft guns. Enemy artillery is coming, and the soldiers can hide inside. When you have nothing to do, you can also rest in it and bake a fire or something. Basically, Yang River imitated some of the ideas of the First World War trenches.

Everyone looked at it curiously, and the two ends of each bunker were ventilated, but they were not depressed. Because the hole is dug towards the rear slope, it is also spacious.

In fact, Yang He originally only wanted to build a walled wall, a closed wooden house and a stone house, with two floors, which could also form two rows of round-fire effects.

But considering the era of black fire medicine, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and the soldiers affected their vision very much after shooting. Second, this kind of structure, in fact, if the enemy bombards it with artillery, it is still easy to collapse, and in the end it is still an open-air low wall trench, anyway, it has armor, and it is not afraid of the enemy's bow and arrow. If the enemy uses artillery, take cover for it.

Everyone walked around the breastwork, and they were very interested, although this side was not as high as the top, but the view was okay.

Luo Xianjue listened to Lian Fangzheng's introduction, looked at the soil slope and ditch outside, and suddenly said: "Mr. Lian, why don't you use stone on the outer layer, it's stronger?" Later, when the rain came, this soil slope was actually very easy to be destroyed by landslides. ”

Lian Fangzheng said with a cold face: "This is Lord Yang's order, and the students also want to use stone." ”

Yang He looked at the wilderness, not knowing what he was thinking, Zhang Songtao interjected: "The main thing is to prevent artillery, if the outside is also built with stones, and the bricks and stones are splashed, it will hurt the soldiers." Now it's all dirt, and the thieves are not afraid if they have artillery. If the thieves attacked Suining, Yang Xianggong ordered to use sacks and baskets to protect the battlement wall and protect the soldiers. At present, the same is true for the use of earth slopes, otherwise it will be built with stones, and several layers of sacks will be piled up outside. ”

Luo Xianjue said: "This side is mainly to deal with bandits, will they have artillery?" ”

Zhang Songtao smiled, and Minister Yang said, "Maybe you want to fight the Tartars?" I don't know if there are any cannons. I heard that the Tartars have cannons. Even if you don't, it's better to prevent it from happening. ”

The crowd was a little silent, and the Tartars ...... I heard that they have been going south, will they fight this way?

Luo Xianjue coughed and said: "It's good to use the soil slope, in this weather, if you splash water, it will become an ice slope, it is so hard that it is slippery and not slippery, and the thieves will definitely suffer when they attack, just like the Jiaoshan bandits attacked Xin'anzhuang at that time." ”

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After seeing the wall on the slope, everyone went up and walked along the west wall and the north wall to the east wall.

In addition to the west wall, the rest of this Zhongwu village are ordinary single-way chest walls, the outer soil and the inner stone, and the shape is relatively straight, but because there are five trenches outside, it is not easy for the enemy to attack, but they are not afraid.

Walking to the east wall, not far from the soil slope of the breast wall is the Shu River, the river is wide, from the north mighty, there are quite ice rows on the bank of the river, but there is still a period of time before it is completely frozen.

The military village has an east gate on this side, which is also "concave", and it is only a few steps away from the river. This side is the place where the military village takes water and drinks, and the boat can also be parked outside, and when the situation is not good, the soldiers can retreat and escape from here.

However, this can also be the place where the enemy is attacking, especially when the river is frozen.

Yang River estimates that the Shu River will be completely frozen at the end of the month, and the weather is cold during the current Xiaoice River period, and the thickness of the ice is generally more than 20 centimeters, and the local area is even thicker, and people and horses can easily walk on the ice.

In this way, it is not unreasonable for the enemy to attack from this side. In particular, Yang He knew that the Qing soldiers liked to wear indigo shoes in winter, and the indigo shoes were sewn with thick cowhide, with uniform folds and a raised tongue on the upper, which was suitable for walking on the ice and had an excellent anti-slip effect.

The Qing soldiers were also accustomed to stuffing the indigo shoes with a straw hammer repeatedly smashed to become soft indigo grass, the warmth effect was very good, and the severe cold of minus 40 degrees would not freeze their feet for a day outside, warm and comfortable, which was also one of the reasons why the Manchurians were accustomed to coming out to plunder in winter.

Zhong Wuzhai is stuck on Tongjing Avenue, and it is not unlikely that he will exchange fire with the Qing soldiers, except for the west gate, to prevent them from attacking the east gate from the ice.

Speaking of this, everyone frowned, and Zhang Songtao said: "If the enemy attacks the east gate, and the enemy is outnumbered, it is best to chisel the ice." It's just that it's cold, and it's hard to chisel ice. ”

Minister Yang disagreed: "Why do you want to chisel ice? Take some gunpowder and fry the ice. ”

Luo Xianjue said: "Before frying ice, you have to chisel." ”

Seeing them arguing, Yang He smiled and said: "Actually, this is also easy, you don't need to chisel ice, just pour coal ash on the ice at the same time." When the soot absorbs sunlight, the heat melts the river ice, and even if it freezes at the time, the thickness of the ice varies, and it is extremely dangerous for people and horses to walk on it. ”

Everyone sighed, although they didn't understand, but what Yang Xianggong said would definitely not be wrong.

Minister Yang said excitedly: "That's right, if the thief comes, he really can't ask for it." I'd rather walk an inch across the ice than a foot on the vertical ice, this ice freezes after melting, some thick and some thin, if they come to attack, it will be funny if the men and horses fall into the water. ”

They discussed this excitedly, and Yang He looked at Zhang Songtao and said with a smile: "Brother Zhongchen, if you come to guard Zhongwu Village, are you sure?" ”

Looking at everyone's eyes, Zhang Songtao cautiously clenched his fists: "Back to Xianggong, if his subordinates defend, even if they are all soldiers, there are thousands of bandits, and their subordinates are not afraid." ”

Yang Daodao: "What about the Tartars? ”

Zhang Songtao pondered, and Luo Xianjue muttered: "Listen to the ninth master, Tartar is not trivial. ”

Zhang Songtao said solemnly: "Although the subordinates have not fought with the Tartars, if they come to attack with hundreds of people, the subordinates can hold it." ”

He asked, "Xianggong, will the Tartars go south?" ”

Everyone seems to think that Zhongwuzhai was originally set up to deal with bandits, but they didn't expect to fight against the Tartars? A few years ago, the Tartars invaded Shandong, and everywhere they went, there was a bloody storm, could it be that this time they were going to attack Shandong, or even to Nanzhili?

They were silent, Lian Fangzheng was standing aside, and his face was melancholy, and the Suining Workshop and Pizhou Workshop, who followed from afar, were even more earthy.

Yang He looked at everyone and looked quite nervous, after all, the Qing soldiers were famous for their murder, and they had made a name for themselves for decades, and it was normal for everyone to be worried.

"It's hard to say, so we'll have to be more prepared," he sighed. ”

He looked at the river and fell into deep thought, according to history, after the Qing troops entered the Kou this year, they would invade Shandong in the leap November, especially on the ninth day of the first month of December, Shuyang, and the sentinel soldiers were ahead of the city of Suqian. In the middle of December, it fell into Ganyu, and on the second day of the first month of next year, it broke through Haizhou, and the front of the army stopped in the area of Nanzhili.

And he was blocked here, and several military villages blocked the way for the Qing army to loot in the south, and fierce battles were inevitable.

Although he tried his best, he was really unsure of whether he was sure of dealing with the elite soldiers of a hundred battles and the famous Tartars with a prime-formed army.

However, no matter what, this battle still has to be fought, and if you don't work hard now, if you don't train your soldiers, the Qing soldiers will become more and more powerful in the future, and you will have no chance to fight hard.

He pondered, and the fluttering snowflakes continued to fall on his helmet, and on his cloak, a snow-white patch.