The sky was overcast and dark, and the sky was covered with large black clouds, and the clouds were so low that they seemed to be overhead, giving people a strong sense of oppression.

Erlong Valley, that is, the original gourd valley, the original simple and low walled wall has completely changed its appearance at this time, and the city wall is as high as seven or eight zhang, and the city wall is all made of whole boulders. Behind each battlement of the female wall on the city wall stood a crossbowman who was waiting for battle, their red robes were covered with a layer of iron armor, an iron helmet on their heads, a long knife hanging from their waists, and a hard bow on their backs, a crossbow in hand, and two pots of crossbow arrows.

Behind these crossbowmen stood a column of spearmen, also clad in iron armor and with long swords hanging from their waists, who were tasked with fighting the besieging enemy in close combat and driving them off the city.

A few steps away from the walls behind the crossbowmen was a huge wooden frame, filled with stones the size of a human head, all of which were angular and would have been a powerful blow to a human body. And next to the wooden frame, there are large urns at regular intervals, covered with lids, and next to them hangs a huge long-handled iron spoon, which is placed in the gold juice used to defend the city, and a pile of firewood is piled up under these large urns.

Gold juice is a hot fecal soup that is burned, and pouring this golden juice on the besieging enemy when defending the city can not only burn the enemy, but also cause the wound to become incurable due to the contamination of the feces.

At the same time, there were ten red-coated cannons distributed on the city wall, and there was a red-coated cannon every two zhang away, and the wooden frame behind the cannon was filled with cannonballs.

This density is actually very large, if it weren't for the narrowness of the valley mouth and the insufficient length of the city wall, Jiang Chuan would be eager to arrange all the red-clothed cannons on the city wall.

A huge city gate more than one zhang higher than the city wall stands in the middle of the valley mouth, the city gate is three zhang wide and eight zhang high, and can be used by five or six war horses at the same time. The large, wide black drawbridge over the city gate was lowered like the tongue of a giant beast sticking out.

On top of the city gate is a tall castle tower, which is divided into three floors, which can be used for generals to rest, command battles, store supplies, treat the wounded, etc. Of course, there are also a number of firing ports inside the tower, and crossbowmen can also be stationed in them to attack the enemy.

Behind the walls on both sides of the gate, there are two huge three-story stone towers that are twice as tall as the city walls. The stone tower is connected to the city wall by wide planks, allowing people to move back and forth. If the enemy attacks the city wall, the defenders in the stone tower can organize the enemy to attack the stone tower by simply drawing wooden planks. The first and second floors of the stone tower are the caves of the hidden soldiers, which can be reached to the top of the stone tower through the stairs that rotate in the direction of the stone tower.

The top of the tower is surrounded by a high wall in a circle, on which are also garrisoned by crossbowmen. And it was also equipped with a huge ballista.

This type of ballista requires at least two people to operate at the same time, and the bolts on it look like a spear. In addition to the ballista, there are also two red-coated cannons with barrels close to two feet on the stone tower, and the muzzles of the black holes stretch diagonally into the air, as if waiting to be fired at any time.

Looking up from the stone towers, there are two tall stone towers on the top of the towering stone hills on both sides of the valley mouth, which are still equipped with crossbowmen and crossbow carts.

One of the functions of these two stone towers is to use the height advantage to look out and observe the enemy, and once the enemy has captured the city wall or even after the stone tower behind the wall, the height difference can be used to suppress the enemy by condescending shooting.

Jiang Chuan also wanted to set up a red-coat cannon on it, but finally gave up considering the problem of firing angle.

Beneath the drawbridge was a newly dug moat, which was an exaggeration, nothing more than a deep trench dug straight in front of the entire valley mouth.

The ditch was more than two zhang wide and three zhang deep, and the bottom of the ditch was covered with countless sharp hardwood thorns, thistles, nails and other sharp objects. And if you get closer, you can smell the stench coming from the bottom of the ditch, which is naturally because these sharp objects have been soaked in human feces and urine.

On the edge of the ditch, there are many figures who are busy setting camouflage on the ditch, first covering the ditch with a thin layer of wooden planks, then covering the wooden planks with grass and branches, and finally sprinkling a layer of floating soil on it, carefully camouflaged to look no different from the surrounding landscape.

Jiang Chuan was patrolling along the city wall with Liu Ji, Liu Ji's eyes were straight all the way, and the surprised expression on his face showed that he, a person who had always been very calm, was really shocked.

"General, can you tell me how you managed to build such a massive, well-defended fortress in just a few days? It's incredible, it's a miracle, no, it's a miracle! ”

Liu Ji touched the cold bluestone of the city, and finally couldn't help but say to Jiang Chuan.

He was so surprised. Originally, I thought that Jiang Chuan said that he would strengthen the defense of Tanikou and renovate the wall, that is, make a small fuss and make up for it.

Unexpectedly, it had only been a few days, and what he saw after the fence was removed was such a large-scale, towering, fully functional, and well-defended fortress, which simply stirred up a huge wave in his heart.

This completely subverted his previous cognition. You must know that building a city wall is not an easy task, and all the big cities in the world take countless manpower and a few or even more than ten years to complete.

Although the fortress under his feet could not be considered a city, he felt that there was no other way to explain it except for miracles to complete such a siege in just a few days.

Even though he knew that the young man in front of him was full of mystery and must have a shocking secret hidden in his body, he couldn't help but exclaim when he saw this.

"Strategist, there are some things that I can't explain clearly. Again, when the time comes, you'll know why. At present, you can also understand it as a miracle. Because there are some things I don't understand, and there are too many things involved, I can't disclose them at the moment. However, there is one thing that the military advisor can rest assured, you will treat me with sincerity, I will treat you as a national soldier, and I will never lose in this life! That's my promise. Of course, if the military advisor thinks that I am deliberately deceiving and is not angry, I will not force the military advisor to stay, and the military advisor can leave at any time if he wants to leave. “

Jiang Chuan turned to look into Liu Ji's eyes, his voice was calm, but his eyes were full of sincerity.

Liu Ji's heart is actually turbulent and undulating. He naturally didn't have no ideas about Jiang Chuan's concealment from him, and he once thought about leaving. But in addition to this, Jiang Chuan trusted and respected him very much in other things, and at this time, looking at Jiang Chuan's sincere eyes, Liu Ji was also a little hesitant for a while.

The young man seemed to be shrouded in a thick fog, unable to guess or see clearly, but always attracted himself to want to see clearly, step by step to help him to that position that may never be reached.

But if he leaves, where can he Liu Ji go? Where can what you have learned be put to whom? Can you still meet such a lord who trusts himself and is frank and sincere?

After a long time, Liu Ji's expression finally calmed down, he took a step back, stretched his hands forward and put them together, and suddenly bowed deeply to Jiang Chuan and said solemnly: "Liu Ji see the lord!" ”

Jiang Chuan smiled, he knew that Liu Ji at this moment really regarded himself as the object that could be assisted, and really tied his fate to himself.

"The military advisor invites him, Jiang Chuan can get the help of the military advisor, which is the real great luck. Again, the army treats me with sincerity, and I will treat the king as a countryman. It's a long road, and let's see. Jiang Chuan helped Liu Ji up and said extremely solemnly.

The two of them held hands and looked at each other, and they both saw a kind of joy, a kind of trust, and an expectation in each other's eyes.

The two of them burst into the sky with hearty laughter, which seemed to make the cloudy sky brighter a little.