The information that Sun Dingliao had was that Huang Taiji's army had cut off food, and Azig led five or six thousand light cavalry to rush directly outside Xuandakou. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

If Azig took the Shimen Waterway, there was really not much time left for Sun Dingliao to prepare.

Sun Dingliao directly gave up the back mouth of the Shimen Waterway.

It turned out that the thirty or so soldiers stationed in Houkou were directly recalled by Sun Dingliao because of their inconvenient legs, and the task of the remaining soldiers was very clear: once Manchu came to attack, Sa Yazi would run, and send the news back to Shimen Barrier City to complete the mission.

Of the eight artillery pieces brought, Sun Dingliao left four tiger squat cannons in Shimen Barrier City, and the east and west mountains of Shimen each transported a general cannon and a tiger squat cannon overnight.

The fifty soldiers he brought, more than 100 soldiers under Kong Youxing, and the soldiers who were originally stationed in Shimen Barrier City were mixed into a team, and Kong Youxing served as the captain, all of whom were stationed in Shimen Barrier City.

Sun Dingliao and Kong Youxing made a simple division of labor. Once the Manchurian national horse team attacked, Sun Dingliao took 100 people to take charge of the Shimenshan Fort and Shimen Barrier on the west side, and Kong Youxing took 100 people to the ridge on the east side, relying on the Great Wall of the Warring States Zhao to respond to the East Shimen Fort.

The villagers of Machi, who arrived later, took advantage of the darkness to briefly trim the Great Wall of Zhao on the east side, and they slept behind the Great Wall at night.

At dawn the next day, all the people were woken up by the general's cannons on the east and west Shimen Mountains.

Based on their experience at the Castle Peak Mouth Floating Island Barracks, the gunners adjusted the height of the muzzle according to the landing point of the test-fired shells, recorded the angle of the gun body, and bent the copper pointer welded on the barrel to a new position.

After the "boom, boom" of the general cannon, another round of "boom boom" of the tiger squat cannon on the mountain.

Due to the height of the mountain, the tiger squat cannon on the east and west Shimen Mountains can shoot a distance of four or five hundred feet even if it is modified with small stones. If you adjust the angle of the cannon, you can hit up to 1,000 feet.

The range covered by the tiger squat cannon and the general's cannon on the east and west ranged from 200 feet to 2,500 feet, forming a network of firepower that crossed each other without dead ends.

The four tiger squat cannons placed in the Shimen Barrier City did not participate in the test firing. Sun Dingliao arranged for them to shoot at a straight point, specifically to bombard the Manchurian cavalry that rushed through Shimen.

The people of Machi Village watched the cannons on the mountain with curiosity while digging a ditch in the flat river channel on the east side of Shimen Barrier City. Gradually, the river, which was meandering like a long worm, became a criss-crossing spider web. The excavated soil is piled up on the edge of the ditch, whether it is a man or a horse rushing from the stone gate, after crossing a ditch is a slope, and over this slope, there is another ditch and a soil slope.

At the time of the previous dinner, the work of the people had advanced to the open space between the stone gate and the stone gate barrier city.

There are many rocks, and digging ditches to divert water from the river has gradually become impossible. Sun Dingliao's fortifications were then turned into digging pits and stone beaches.

At noon, people from Erli and a half village came.

There were more than 300 people in total, ranging from young men of sixteen or seventeen to old men in their fifties. They set off early in the morning and walked dozens of miles with dry food for half a day.

Erli Bancun was headed by two old men in their fifties, one surnamed Guo and the other surnamed Wen. Sun Dingliao arranged for the rest of the staff to rest first and invited the two into Shimen Barrier City.

After talking, Sun Dingliao knew that these two had a good reputation in the village. The old man surnamed Guo is a stonemason, and he is the sitting hall of Qingshan Hall; The old man surnamed Wen is wooden, and it is the torture hall of Qingshan Hall. Less than 100 of the more than 300 men had blades, all of them privately made knives and guns. The rest of the men had hoes, shovels, and tools for work.

Wen Muzuo said: "I heard that there are rolling wood thunder stones and red deer bars to fight wars, but I don't know how to do it. The tool we bring with us is to ask the general for advice. ”

Sun Dingliao asked: "Dare to ask the old man whether he is a high wood or a low wood?" Water or upland? ”

Wood work is an industry that has disappeared in later generations. In ancient times, carpentry was divided into carpenter and carpenter.

Carpenters are known for their ingenuity, and are divided into square carpenters, round carpenters, plough carpenters, joiners, bara carpenters, and so on.

A square carpenter is a carpenter who makes benches, tables, chairs, cabinets, and furniture, and the materials are straight;

The carpenter's job was to make a hoop bucket, and at that time, from the lid of the pot to the toilet, the bucket, the oil drum to the wheel, the carpenter was inseparable. The carpenter must be able to calculate pi and calculate the shape of each piece of timber on the wall of the barrel. The status of the round carpenter is much higher than that of the square carpenter;

Plough carpenters have a higher status than round carpenters. The plough carpenter is mainly to make agricultural tools, and the unique job is to make a curved plough for ploughing the land. The timber of other carpenters is straight, but the timber of the plough carpenter is crooked and twisted hard joinery. The plough carpenter should carefully ponder the shape and characteristics of each piece of wood, which the average carpenter does not dare to ask;

As for the joiner, as the name suggests, he does fine work, and Arakina does rough work as the name suggests.

Woodwork other than carpentry is known for its greatness.

Shui Mu is used to build ships and repair ships by the water's edge, and dry wood is used to build beams, erect wooden posts, erect rafters, and lay floor slabs on land.

High-wood work means that you can work on high places, while low-wood work only works on the ground.

Without waiting for Wen Mu to open his mouth, Guo Stonemason replied for him: "Lao Wen is a well-known big wooden work, and the city gate building with a big plate was built by Lao Wen twenty years ago. ”

The big wood is amazing, that is a person who is proficient in the upper beam column to the carved beam and painting column, Sun Dingliao hurriedly hugged his fist: "Disrespectful and disrespectful!" ”

Wen Muzuo hurriedly returned the salute, and said modestly: "It's too old to be old, and I can't go to the room now." ”

Sun Dingliao took out a piece of paper from his arms, "Rolling Wood Thunder Stone is not in a hurry in advance, I have something to worry about the two of you here." ”

On paper are sketches of turrets and bunkers.

Sun Dingliao said: "I want to build a few of these bunkers on the top of the two mountains and in the river east of the barrier city, you don't need to be very particular, as long as it is strong." ”

Carpenter Wen and Stonemason Guo leaned their heads, "This is easy to cover." There are ready-made stones and dirt all over the place, and you can build the walls and build the floor slabs! ”

At that moment, Carpenter Wen and Stonemason Guo led the older people in Erli and Ban Village to check the terrain and distribute work, and the posture was orderly, obviously in mind.

Seeing this, Sun Dingliao simply assigned all the Machi villagers to be managed by the two.

The remaining young people in Erli Ban Village were led by a young man named "Niu Calf", who was taught the basic rules and orders of the army by Kong Youxing.

In the blink of an eye, it was dark.

Sun Dingliao invited Guo Shimason and Wen Muzuo to summon Kong Youxing, Niu Calf, a few backbone guys in two and a half miles, and a few newly recruited backbone local soldiers.

"The thief is about to hit the door, I won't talk nonsense!"

Chief of Staff Sun Dingliao said: "I'll teach you the art of defending the city first. ”

Including Kong Youxing, everyone suddenly forgot about fatigue and opened their eyes wide.