Chapter 164: Double Reed
Yecheng, up and down the city wall and inside and outside, densely packed with people and soldiers were working, and the foundation of the city wall was accelerated by five feet, and the height was increased by six feet.
Many soldiers and civilians carried a load of earth to the city wall and poured the earth into the wall of heightened and widened, and every foot of height had to be tamped and beaten incessantly, so that the soil was tighter and did not leave gaps, so that the built city wall could withstand the sun, rain and weathering for many years, and was more able to withstand the attack of stones thrown by trebuchets.
Waiting for Xu Shu to complete the reorganization of all the 18,000 captives, Qin Feng ordered these 18,000 people to also participate in the construction of the city, with the addition of this new force, the speed of strengthening and increasing the wall of Yecheng was significantly accelerated.
In order to increase the defensive strength of the city wall and the security of the soldiers, the number of enemy towers on the city wall was increased, and the position of the enemy towers was more prominent.
"Mr. Wenhe, at this rate, how many days will it take to complete?" Qin Feng asked while inspecting the construction site of the city wall.
Jia Xu bent over and followed Qin Feng, he was scared by Qin Feng, lest Qin Feng be unhappy, he ordered someone to drag him down and cut off his head, so his posture was very low.
"General, at the current pace, if it doesn't rain, it will be completed in five days at most!"
Qin Feng was very satisfied, this Jia Xu was very calculating in strategy, but he didn't expect to do a good job on the construction site, arrange some things in an orderly manner, think of everything that should be thought of, and assign the tasks very clearly, everyone performs their duties and cooperates with each other.
"Jia Wenhe, it seems that you are still very good at doing things, do a good job, I am very optimistic about you, when you finish this project to build the city wall, I will definitely reward you well!" Qin Feng smiled and patted Jia Xu's shoulder.
Jia Xu slandered in his heart, don't give me a reward or anything, if you kid let me go, I will be grateful!
thought so, but Jia Xu also knew that it was impossible for Qin Feng to let him go for no reason.
The progress of the construction of the city was even faster than Jia Xu said, and it took only four days to complete the entire project.
Some of the recruited displaced people received food and had nowhere to go, more than 2,000 people gathered outside the city, and the place where they lived was also messy, Wen Ping came over and reported to Qin Feng: "General, those displaced people have nowhere to go, the last general suggested that the vacant houses in the city be assigned to them to live, and whoever they are distributed will belong to in the future, ancient and modern times It is the spring plowing season, it is better to encourage them to farm, distribute some farm tools to every family, and then lend them livestock, whoever reclaims the field will belong to whomever it wants, and it will be exempt from taxation within three years!" β
Qin Feng was surprised after listening to Wen Ping's suggestion, This guy is a military general, does he also know how to govern the people? He said: "Since General Wen is the guard general of Yecheng, this matter will be decided by you!" β
"Yes!"
The matter of Ye Cheng came to an end, and Qin Feng left Huang Yi to be Wen Ping's deputy general in Ye Cheng.
"Huang Yi, leave you here to be the deputy general of Wen Ping, you don't complain, right?"
Huang Yi clasped his fists and said: "Whatever the eldest brother says, the younger brother will do it, and there will be no complaints!" β
Qin Feng patted him on the shoulder, "General Wen has led soldiers in the army for many years and is proficient in military affairs, you have to learn more from him here the art of war and the art of defending the city, and when you make progress, you will still have to guard one side in the future, our brothers have finally had the situation we have today, and we will have to rely on you old brothers to help you in the future!" β
"No!"
"One more thing!" Qin Feng pulled Huang Yi aside and explained in a low voice: "General Wen didn't stay because he had already served me, but because he had an agreement with meΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β· Therefore, you have to keep an eye on everything, I don't worry about the rest, I'm worried that there will be lobbying and plotting against him, if outsiders come to see him in the future, you have to keep an eye on it, Yecheng is our first barrier against Cao's army, and we must not lose! β
Huang Yi clenched his fists and solemnly agreed: "Don't worry, big brother, little brother will save it!" β
The next day, Qin Feng returned to Wancheng with a large army.
When he returned to Wancheng, in addition to the necessary standing army to undertake the garrison task, all the other sergeants were sent to Tuntian, and Qin Feng specially appointed Yan Xiang as the general of Tuntian, with full responsibility for Tuntian affairs.
If it weren't for Cao Cao leading troops to attack, Qin Feng would have already carried out the affairs of Tuntian, otherwise where would these tens of thousands of people go to get so much grain to fill their stomachs? It is not a way to rely on robbery all the time, and it is not a way to rely on blackmail and scrape the powerful families in Nanyang counties.
This kind of autumn wind thing can only be done occasionally, once or twice a year, and the number of times will definitely force them to be anxious, if these people are forced to be urgent, it will be troublesome enough for the dog to jump over the wall and join forces to make trouble.
"Lord, this time I fought with Cao Cao, I caught Cao Cao's generals Li Dian and Zhu Ling, and a young general named Hao Zhao, these three people have been locked up for many days, and it's not a way to keep them locked up like this!" Yang Hong reported to Qin Feng.
Qin Feng knew about this matter, Hao Zhao was caught by Gan Ning when he ambushed Xiahou Dun, and Li Dian was caught by Su Fei, Zhu Ling was sent by Cao Cao to find the He family to borrow grain, and on the way back, he was bitten by Juniper with 2,000 people, and then Chen Zhi led 3,000 cavalry to kill, Zhu Ling's 3,000 Cao army was completely annihilated, and he himself was captured.
Qin Feng said: "Mr. Yang, these three people are all rare generals, now our Flame Army is developing rapidly, but there is a shortage of talents, I want to recruit them, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to make them willing to surrender to me!" β
Yang Hong twisted his goatee and thought for a while, and said with a smile: "If you want these three people to work, the lord has to cooperate with his subordinates!" β
On this day, Qin Feng was sitting in the hall drinking tea, and there was the sound of chains and shackles mopping the floor outside, and Li Dian, Zhu Ling and Hao Zhao walked in with heavy chains and shackles, and everyone lost a lot of weight.
It's no wonder that after being locked up for a long time in a dark place in a prison, it's no wonder if you don't lose weight.
"Lord Yu, Li Dian, Zhu Ling, and Hao Zhao are here!" A young general with a few armor soldiers escorted the three of them to Qin Feng and reported to Qin Feng.
Qin Feng's eyes were not on Li Dian and the others, but on this young general, this person looked average, but gave him a sense of extraordinary force, martial arts reached his realm, and his perception was very keen and accurate.
This person is put aside first, as long as he is under his account, there will be a chance to understand in the future.
Qin Feng looked at Li Dian and the others, got up and walked in front of Li Dian.
Li Dian turned his head away from him, and said coldly: "Hmph! β
"Heh, as a prisoner of the ranks, you don't have any consciousness at all, and you dare to behave like this in front of the general, aren't you afraid of death?" Qin Feng stared at him and asked.
Li Dian spat at Qin Feng and spat at Qin Feng, but Qin Feng turned his head to dodge it.
"If you want to kill, you will kill, if I Li Dian frowns, I will not be a hero!"
Qin Feng asked, "Are you sure you want to die?" Death is no fun! β
Li Dian simply closed the silence.
"Okay, it's tough enough! Come on, drag it out and cut it! Qin Feng shouted.
The young general who escorted them over immediately raised his hand and waved, and the two armor soldiers came over and dragged Li Dian away.
Yang Hong came in from outside just to see this scene, and hurriedly shouted: "Wait! β
The armorers stopped.
Yang Hong hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to Qin Feng: "Lord, General Li is a rare talent, although he is a prisoner, he is ominous to kill!" β
What kind of logic is this?
Qin Feng was puzzled, and asked rhetorically: "Is it ominous to kill?" Could it be that I still want to let him go back? Let him follow Cao Cao to me in the future? β