Chapter 47: The City Wall

Martha received Ferina's message and was so anxious to walk out the door. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Madame, don't worry! Trust Ferina, she'll take Tempest! A middle-aged man next to Marsa caught up, looked at Marsa's anxious look, and subconsciously persuaded.

"Don't worry! Certain! Ansel, you've been with me for so many years, and you've fought a lot of battles big and small. Tell me, can I not be in a hurry in this situation? Martha stopped, her sapphire-like amber eyes full of rage, and her chest heaved violently:

"Moshal, the idiot, was killed 2,000 people directly, and it was only a matter of time before Florida was lost. Now that Su Zhen, like an idiot, took his own people to death, and also put his own people on board, that day he thought he had some ability, but he didn't expect to be such a fool! Now that Drow has the absolute advantage in the battle situation in Fexas, with what I know about Drow, he will definitely send someone to support Tempest.

When Drow's people arrived in Tempest Town, plus Lesis's people who incorporated Su Zhen, there would not be three or four thousand people by then, so don't think about breaking through Tempest Town in a short time. ”

Anzel was silent after listening, he knew what Martha said, but he couldn't help it, he just said it as a habitual consolation.

Cuckoo!!

Suddenly there was a pigeon's cry in the air, and Martha's face suddenly changed, and she chuckled in her heart, and hurriedly rushed forward, and said as she went:

"It must be a message from Ferina!"

Probably what has been done and the wind is gone!

The carrier pigeon flexibly stopped on Martha's arm, and Marca hurriedly took a note from the pigeon's leg, and looked at it carefully with wide eyes:

The wind has changed, the situation is unknown, and a third party is suspected to have joined!

This is a carrier pigeon released by Felina when she confirmed that Lylise's people were attacked by unknown forces, and even the chief of the guard, Taylor, was killed.

It's not the wind that has fallen!

Martha's heart pounded,

Third-party, there is still hope for them.

No, they have to see for themselves!

Martha only felt nervous and scared now, afraid that the next news would be something bad.

"Let's go, let's hurry up and head to Camp Tempest!" Martha said as she walked, looking extremely hurried.

The two hurriedly walked for more than ten kilometers, and another carrier pigeon flew over, and Martha hurriedly grabbed the carrier pigeon and took off the note tied to the pigeon's feet:

Su Scar, it's Su Scar, it's he who took Tempest Town!

Su Zhen!

Not a third-party force, how is this possible!

Martha's face was full of disbelief, could he have left something behind.

Just as Martha lowered her head and pondered, another carrier pigeon flew in, and Martha quickly took off the letter paper and quickly opened it to read:

400 members of the Drow army came to attack and were completely annihilated by Su Zhen!

Annihilation! How many people are there on Su Zhen's hands!

Martha senses that things are going in an uncontrollable direction, and she decides to meet the enigmatic person herself!

On this day, the entire Eastern Territory exploded, and the masses who were still saying that Zhuoer was the first day general of the Eastern Territory changed their words one after another, and changed it to Zhuoer may be the first day general of the Eastern Territory. But most people still think that Zhuoer's military ability is higher, after all, Su Zhen only has this one record, and military speculation and adventure can also achieve miraculous results.

First, Su Jiansheng captured Lylith, captured nearly 400 people, and then rushed into the empty Tempest Town before Drow sent people to support, and finally miraculously repelled the invading Drow's support forces, and relied on the advantage of war horses to pursue and annihilate these people.

Night is quietly coming.

But tonight's Tempest Town is a sleepless night.

Outside the town, countless hideous and unwilling heads hung high, and the arrogant and domineering soldiers of the past became the ghosts of the sword one by one. And it is these people who decide the life and death of these people, but they are helpless civilians.

The sins outside the city walls were like magic, and the shock could not be erased in their hearts for a long time.

Tempest is a town, with more than 2,000 inhabitants, and even the fortifications are significantly better than the average camp. For example, the walls of Tempest are not wooden but stone. Although the height of this stone wall is not complimentary, it is much better than that kind of wooden wall, isn't it?

Su Jin rode around the city wall, his brows furrowing more and more.

Tempest is flat on three sides, with only one river to the north. This river is the Dongqi River, a tributary of the Heilong River, the largest river in the east of the Wolf Cry. This tributary is not small, with an average width of 20 meters. The river freezes every winter and only thaws in March of the following year.

It is also very strange to say, although the wolf cries at minus how many degrees all year round, and the flowing river water in the Heilong River will only freeze when it reaches minus 20 degrees, but the water still freezes at zero degrees, which is obviously contrary to common sense.

Probably... It's because of the magic power here!

"General, it's too cold in winter here, the moat... I don't think so! Song Yuhua, a military construction expert, looked at Su Zhen looking at the Dongqi River in a daze, and naturally knew what Su Zhen was thinking.

In addition to the tall city walls, there was also a moat.

Don't underestimate the moat, think about it, if there is no moat, some large siege machinery, and even cavalry can directly rush over. And with an extra moat, not to mention anything else, it is very troublesome just to let the infantry come step by step, and then lay the planks.

"Yuhua, you calculate, if you dig a county-level moat and inject the water from the Dongqi River to form a moat, how long will it take!"

The empire divides the city into five classes,

a first-class capital city with a population of nearly one million;

second-class heavy city, important military town;

a third-class city with a population of hundreds of thousands;

Fourth-class state city, with a population of more than 100,000;

A fifth-class county with a population of more than 10,000.

In a prosperous empire, the population is no more than a city!

Song Yuhua lowered his head and calculated, a military construction expert is a military construction expert, and just three minutes later, Song Yuhua raised his head and said:

"If 1,000 people were to excavate, it would take 60 days to dig a moat that is 10 meters wide and 4 meters deep."

The moats of the larger cities of the empire are at least 30 meters wide and 4~5 meters deep, but that is the empire.

In ancient times, there were two kinds of city walls, one was built of earth, and the technique of plate construction was adopted. The specific operation is to place two long planks in parallel, hang them in the air with wooden sticks in the middle, and then fill in the soil between the two planks. The length of these two planks is as thick as the walls.

The characteristic of this kind of wall is that it is thick, very thick, how thick! For example, in the ancient Spring and Autumn Period, Linzi, the capital city of Qi, the city wall was 20 meters wide, and the city walls of larger cities were generally more than 10 meters thick.

Why is it so thick? Think about it, how can this kind of civil wall be strong if it is not thicker.

In addition to being thick, adobe walls are particularly time-consuming and not as convenient as bricklaying.

The second type is the brick wall, which is generally only available in particularly important cities, and the walls of this kind of wall are straight. Then the question arises, there was no cement in ancient times, what did they use to glue bricks. (The bricks were made of clay, and this has been around for a long time.) ）

The answer is to use glutinous rice juice + lime to bond the bricks,

That's right, the famous Ming Nanjing City Wall was built in this way.

There is no glutinous rice here, but they have diluted yak milk, and the effect is similar to that of glutinous rice juice. Of course, if you really want to build bricks and walls, you will definitely not use glutinous rice and lime, as a modern person, you have to make cement.

Although brick walls are fast, they cost much more than earth walls.

However, Su Zhen still directly passed the soil to build a wall, for no other reason, there was not enough time. Judging from the current situation, the lord and Drow will definitely divide their troops to attack Suchen, of course, with the town of Florida in front, the lord and others must ensure that the premise of conquering the town of Florida can they send people to attack his town of Tempest.

As for why not attack Su Zhen directly, the question is simple. The abdomen and back are subject to the enemy, and the details will not be detailed.

So, how long can Forkstown last? Not to mention anything else, judging from the food alone, Forks will definitely not last a month.

So the situation was clear, and Martha sent men to the aid of the town of Florus, and the lord consolidated the victory of Drow - the complete siege of the town of Forest.

In addition to these two types of walls, Su Zhen can also use the special low temperature environment here to make a temporary ice wall, which is definitely the fastest, and this kind of wall is also very strong.

Seem... What it looks like!

Of course not! Don't forget that there is such a thing as a mage here, and any four or five fire beginner mages can teach you how to be a man. Not to mention that if the ice wall works, and the others are not stupid, why not do it.

At this time, Li En walked over quickly, gave a standard military salute, and said:

"General, Lady Martha said she wanted to see you, and I have welcomed her into the parlor of the Tempest Mansion."