Ha Bu gasped and exclaimed: My good boy didn't come here last year, when did you get up in a male city, look like this, it must be ten feet high

Resolute's face was gloomy

He found that he still underestimated Lian Zining, who not only stabilized the situation on the Songhua River and expanded the army, but also built such a huge city from the ground

Judging from the distance, the distance between this city wall and Xishenwei is at least twenty or thirty miles, and since Lian Zining has built the city, it is impossible to be stupid enough not to use the existing Xishen Acropolis, Xishen Acropolis must be an important fulcrum of this city, that is to say, this city wall will stretch for dozens of miles until the Xishen Acropolis

How could a city of this magnitude be built without hundreds of thousands of people and a few years of work

Lian Zining wanted to support Wu Yijun, and where did he get so much money to build the city

Gangyi felt that he couldn't see through this young man more and more, and the originally very firm belief in his heart was also overshadowed by this

Can you really do it yourself?

The team behind them was silent, and the cavalry of the Fuyu Guard stopped laughing and scolding, and they all stared at the huge city not far away

Tall, heavy, and hard, like a colossal beast, lying prone there

All the Jurchens and Mongols were stunned, and the group was surprisingly quiet for a while, and everyone held their breath, they didn't expect that they were facing such a behemoth

Many of them are still seeing this kind of majestic city for the first time, as if the modern people of later generations came out of the Xi'an Railway Station and saw the ancient city wall of Xi'an for the first time, and their hearts were only full of shock - it turned out that human beings could build such a mountain-like building

What's more, the city wall of Zhenyuan Mansion is more than three times higher than the city wall of Xi'an

The city was so quiet that it was suffocating

Every two feet on the gate of Ximen Town, there was a soldier standing with a spear and a halberd in his hand, and behind him were a large number of musketeers sitting on the ground, holding the flintlock pistol in their hands to load it with ammunition, the officers were constantly walking around, shouting loudly and encouraging the soldiers, they were very quiet, and they rarely spoke, they looked out of the city from time to time, and when they saw those Mongols and Jurchens, their eyes instantly burned with raging flames, which were mixed with hatred, expectation, anger and other emotions, but they could not see fear and nervousness

The section responsible for guarding the west gate is the first guard Xiong Tingbi and the second guard Chen Dakang

From learning that there were Jurchens near the Naowen River, Lian Zining knew that if there was no accident, the battle would start first at the West Gate, the terrain of the North Gate was too narrow, and the distance from the river was only more than ten miles, and it was not at all possible that the 150,000 army could be spread out, if it was to hit the North Gate, the commander of the coalition army would be very uncomfortable, and there was no danger to defend from the North Gate Road, and if their side suddenly attacked from the city, they could only jump into the river to feed Wang Ba, and the South Gate had to go around a long way, which was not very suitable

So he sent the most elite first and second guards in the Wu Yi army to guard here

At this time last year, Wu Yi Army only had the existence of these two guards, among which the non-commissioned officers were all old soldiers, whether it was combat quality, willpower, or combat ability, or even physical strength, they were the strongest in the Wu Yi Army, and with the continuous expansion of the Wu Yi Army, the soldiers in these two guards were not short, and they were also transferred to become officers of other guards, but the first guard and the second guard were always the veterans with the most veterans in the Wu Yi Army, and the new recruits and a group of recruits were completely different, and what they gave was not only rich combat experience, but also contempt and calmness for the enemy

Many people in the first and second guards fought against the Jurchens last year, and I don't know how many brothers died at the hands of the Jurchens

The intent to fight and kill is constantly rising

When Gangyi and the others were looking at Zhenyuan Mansion, Lian Zining, who was surrounded by a group of guards downstairs, also looked at them...,

The huge battle array was even bigger and terrifying than last year, but these things had not been relied on for ten years, and he was not afraid of them, and his eyes fell on those huge siege machines

The number of siege machines was enormous, in the hundreds

As a top student in the Department of Archaeology, Lian Zining can recognize most of them

It looks like a hut, and the outside is covered with a layer of iron, which is a goose cart

The predecessor of the goose car is the cave house, also known as the hole, like a hut, the outside is covered with a layer of iron sheet, there are four wheels under it, which can effectively protect the soldiers to attack the city, and later the cave house is integrated with the ladder, that is, in front of the hut, a ladder is added, the hut is the goose body, and the ladder resembles a goose neck, the whole shape resembles a big goose, so it is called the goose car, which takes into account the effect of defense and attack, "New Tang Dynasty Book, Nanban Biography, Zhongnan Zhaoxia" contains: February barbarian to cloud beams, goose carts, four sides of the attackers, called the goose car, the person who has not arrived to the sun, with a giant rope hook system, the torch car, the burning box, the barbarian pawn died" In the 32nd year of Shaoxing in the reign of Song Gaozong, it was also said that the Jin soldiers benefited from the 14 cannons, and even used goose carts and caves to support the arrows and stones under the city, and the soldiers and civilians were killed and wounded

There is also a watchtower car that is more than ten feet high, like an antenna pole

This kind of car first appeared in the Song Dynasty, the watchtower was fixed on the high pole, with a solid wood as the pole, more than ten zhang high, the top of the plate layer is five or six feet wide, the content is included, the white flag is held, the enemy movement is watched, the flag is rolled up to indicate that there is no enemy, the flag is opened, the enemy comes; If the flagpole is stretched horizontally, the enemy will be close to the flagpole and the enemy will be vertical; When the enemy retreats, the flagpole is slowly raised, and the enemy has retreated, and the flag is rolled up again, and there are wheels under the watchtower car that can be pushed back and forth; There are pedals on the poles for sentries to climb up and down; The side of the vertical rod is fixed with a thick rope diagonally; The watchtower itself is equipped with a rotating shaft that can be rotated in all directions to observe, and this watchtower car has a wide field of vision, and it is very convenient to look at the enemy

In addition, there is a Lu bus that is nearly ten zhang high and dozens of zhang long, huge and looks like a small mountain

There are also long ladders with pointed hooks on their heads

There is also a chariot that looks like a pointed wooden donkey

I don't know how many siege machines there are

Lian Zining also secretly felt tight in his heart, so many siege machinery were at least tens of thousands of people in a few months to build, and with the level of the Jurchens, it was enough, it could not be said that they were Han craftsmen who were plundered by servants

It seems that the Jurchens have been preparing for this big battle for a long time

Last year, the Jurchens had enough of the hardships of the Wu Yi army, and this year they learned from the pain and built these many siege machines, the purpose of which was to reduce casualties on the road during the siege and use more troops on the blade

Lian Zining secretly rejoiced that he had built a taller, bigger, and stronger Zhenyuan Mansion, otherwise, he was afraid that Xishenwei would be drowned in this army of hundreds of thousands

Does Nona know those things?

Lian Zining turned his head sideways and asked Ye Na

Nona stared at a pair of big eyes, but he still didn't see a reason, and shook his head blankly

She wasn't very old, but she was just past cardamom, and she used to have some girl's baby fat, and then she gave birth to that serious illness, and her body immediately lost weight, and she never gained weight again, her eyes were already big, so a pair of big eyes were like the cartoon Sailor Moon, and it was like to look at it

Lian Zining smiled slightly, and pointed to the siege equipment to explain to her one by one

The clouds on the horizon are born and the clouds are destroyed, and above the city of 100,000 troops under the city, Lian Zining smiled faintly and whispered to the girl next to him, this scene fell in the eyes of countless people in the city and under the city

This kind of calm calm and calm face that the clouds are light and the wind is light, and the collapse of Mount Tai does not change their faces, so that the soldiers who originally had the nervousness in their hearts are quiet, and they raise their heads and look at the big banner of the word 'Lian'

There is an invincible uncle, what are we afraid of

Gangyi squinted his eyes and looked at Lian Zining, who had become that little figure, he couldn't see the person's appearance clearly, but he knew that that person must be Lian Zining...,

But it seems that this great enemy is not looking at himself at all

Why do you look down on me, my army is overwhelming, and you still have the heart to play with women here

Fortitude suppressed the anger in his heart, if he had a large number of bed crossbows in his hands, he would definitely order a volley, and he would have killed this old enemy

Lian Zining finished talking carefully, and Ye Nai asked crisply: Then wouldn't it be very difficult for us to fight

Lian Zining smiled: But it's not

He pointed to the things that were standing outside the city and said, "You see those things."

As Lian Zining's fingers looked over, he could see that there were a few strange things more than ten zhang in front of the moat of Zhenyuan Mansion, with large heads and small bottoms, shaped like dumbbells, and gray and fluttering strange appearances, standing on both sides of the front of the urn city

If you look closer, you'll see that it's a castle

The appearance of these castles can be described as eerie

There is no similarity with the appearance of the traditional city in the East, on the contrary, it is more like the small and completely integrated castle of the West, or the high platform is more vivid, the bottom of the castle is circular, the diameter is about five zhang, the height is about eleven or twelve zhang, it is one or two zhang higher than the city wall behind, the upper part of the castle is square, and there are city plates and two or three zhang high sentry towers built at the top

There are many holes in the part of the castle about ten zhang or more, these holes are not big, about two feet square, there is one every three feet, there is one on each side, about four floors, one layer is more than ten layers, and it looks like people are panicking

Except for these holes, there are no doors or windows in the whole castle, only traces of large bluestone construction

It's like a giant guard

The number of castles is twelve in total, each of which is about sixty steps apart, and the three castles are in a group, one in the front two, and the back forms a zigzag, which is more intuitive, that is, an equilateral triangle, twelve castles, and the four frets are neatly arranged in front of the moat

Isn't this what you ordered to be built two days ago, Ye Nai paused and said: I heard that in order to catch up with the progress of these castles, the yamen was in a hurry and killed more than 2,000 laborers

After speaking, she secretly glanced at Lian Zining's expression

Lian Zining was silent for a moment and said lightly: This is also a matter of no way, tired to death, they repaired the castle and blocked the Jurchens, so that more people can avoid death, for the country and the people, you have to think about it

He said casually, "Who are you listening to?"

Ye Nadao: Yesterday I went to talk to Sister Yang and listened to what she said

Lian Zining frowned, but he didn't speak, but he didn't see the sly and smug flashing in Ye Na's eyes

Who said that the little girl simply can't play tricks

The day after Lian Zining returned from Xuanchengwei, the Yang family's convoy also escorted Miss Yang Ming'er to Zhenyuan Mansion quietly, and the sedan chair was carried into the General's Mansion from the small gate

This concubine is considered to be accepted

Not to mention the eldest lady of the Yang family, who has now jumped to the first place on the ground in the Tiger Forest, even if it is an ordinary poor family, she will not bring such a shabby concubine, even if it is not good, she has to put a few dollars of silver on the wine banquet and invite the neighbors to come over for a meal

But all the wealthy nobles on the ground of Hulin were envious after hearing the news

There is no doubt that for the Yang family, through Yang Ming'er, she hugged the big tree of Lian Zining, and from then on, as long as Lian Zining did not die, the Yang family flew and Huang Tengda was no problem, even if they married their daughter in this way for free, they were willing, strictly speaking, it was not given away in vain, in addition to the daughter, the Yang family, which had a strong family background, also gave a large amount of dowry, which was enough to pull dozens of cars

And for Lian Zining, first of all, he still has some feelings about this cool Xiao Qinglan girl, of course, it's just **, if you want to intercede, it's nothing, and her existence can also stabilize the Yang family and even the eight major families, stabilizing the situation on the ground of the tiger forest is just beneficial and harmless to herself...,

Amber, the hostess, is undoubtedly very qualified, after Yang Ming'er entered the house, she gave her the Xianglan Garden, which has an elegant environment and planted a lot of orchids, and there are more than a dozen clever and obedient maids, and the kitchen also ordered that the supplies over there are the best every day, Yang Ming'er settled down the next day, and went to see Amber with a bunch of gifts, and served her tea, and the two women had a fake greeting, even if it was an approval for Yang Ming'er to come in

However, in Ye Nai's heart, she was very angry with this beautiful sister who suddenly moved in, so she found a reason in front of Lian Zining and said bad things about her

Although Lian Zining is wise, he is not the kind of demonic character who can calculate anything, so he didn't see the girl's little thoughts

However, in his heart, Yang Ming'er is just a plaything, where is Amber and Ye Nai, important, and he is just a little unhappy in his heart, so he left it behind

Lian Zining continued: The outside of these fortresses are made of large stones three feet long and one foot wide, the inside is rammed earth, and the outside is made of two layers of net-like bamboo tendons, and then the inside is filled with rammed earth mixed with gravel and sand, all of which have been boiled, Shi Kai has done experiments, and smashed it with a sledgehammer, which is harder than all the big stones, as long as the thickness is enough, it cannot be shaken by ordinary means, and a castle like this alone costs 30,000 stones

So powerful, Ye Na asked in surprise: This thing is built like a pillar, and there are no doors and windows, how can our people get in

Since Ye Nai recovered from her illness, Lian Zining has not been as rigid as before, and the two of them are now getting along more like brothers and sisters, Ye Nai often shows a little child posture in front of him, Lian Zining laughed and said: Even you have hidden it

He mysteriously pointed down: can't you get in above, isn't there still below, our moat is seven feet deep, I let people dig a deep pit three zhang deep in the city, there are tunnels leading to the forts below, our castle is more than ten zhang high, the Jurchens are difficult to beat, their ladders are built compared to the height of the original Xishen wall, as long as seven or eight zhang high, even the edge of the upper fort tower can not be touched, and if they hit the castle, the city wall can beat them, if they hit the city wall, the castle is not easy to fight, if they don't come, then dare to attack, not to beat them

Ye Nai imagined that if he was a siege Jurchen, he would be attacked by trebuchets, bed crossbows, Forty steps further on, they will be within range of the other two castles, and if they are fifty steps further, they will be more exposed to the fire of the three zigzags, nine castles, and even the city walls, and if they are lucky enough to rush to the castle alive, they will also face a monster that has nowhere to attack and climb

Of course, there is also a second option - bypassing the castle and attacking the city gate directly, at this time, all kinds of long-range murderous qi from the city wall and the twelve castles will form a shooting area with no dead ends, so that the attacker will fall into the situation of being attacked on the back of the enemy, and the tunnels under the castle can provide endless supplies and supplements, and it is probably more difficult to dig the tunnels than to break through the city gates

Lian Zining said with a smile: There are four floors under each castle, a total of one hundred and sixty firing ports, each firing port must have a soldier to defend, and each castle has five trebuchets, five bed crossbows, twenty-five medium or small sample Franco machine guns, a total of five hundred soldiers are needed to guard the Jurchens, it is useless to fill these castles with human lives, and tens of thousands of Jurchen people may not be able to capture them

Nona smiled sweetly: That is, our artillery can deal with these fortresses

If they abandon the fort and attack the city, we still have a pier here

Lian Zining pointed to the city wall

Every thirty paces on the city wall, there is a pier protruding from the outside of the city wall, and the pier platform protrudes from the outside of the city, so that when the enemy is attached to the siege of the city, he can strike from the side and back, so that he will be exposed to the enemy on the belly and back...,

Not to mention them

Lian Zining stood at the head of the city and looked around at the gatehouse, the battlement, the female wall, and the countless shooting ports on the city wall, and at a glance, the neat and tidy city walls revealed a group of sloppy blue, looking into the distance, the vast field stretched from the foothills of the distant mountains, like a carpet in front of the eyes, twelve rough boulder castles stood in front of the city, guarding the walls of Zhenyuan Mansion like giant beasts

Let's go, Gangyi glanced at those giant beast-like boulder castles again, and gave a faint order

The army has been exhausted after a long journey, and today it has been shocked by such a shock, and the morale of the army has also become three points, if there is a war at this time, it is tantamount to asking for a dead end, it is better to withdraw first and make plans tomorrow

The Jurchens and Mongols retreated

They retreated more than ten miles, and looked for a few villages under the foothills of the eastern side of the mountain range, and lived in these villages, which were already empty, but fortunately, the houses were still very intact, and there were small rivers and ditches outside the village, and it was also very convenient to drink water and cook food, which would save a lot of effort compared to building a camp by themselves

However, the problem is that these villages are not very large, and even if they are hard plugged, they can only be stuffed into tens of thousands of people, so the Haixi Jurchens found four villages and built walls outside, and 100,000 troops were stationed respectively, and these four villages were not far away, and they could echo each other

The Mongols, however, did not change their steppe habits, and took down the contents of Lele's cart, and soon countless snow-white tents were set up on the field

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