867: The Great Wall
I think, everyone should want to know more than Tianming who the black-robed man is, the identity of the black-robed man is one of the secrets in this book, he is also one of the world's traders, watching Tianming Gai Nie Zhangliang and others are running tiredly, behind the back, there are always a few pairs of hands quietly guiding something. It's just that who the black-robed man is? What has he controlled over the years? Don't worry, there are still some wonderful things going on before this secret is revealed!!!
Northland
Two years ago, Meng Tian was ordered by Yingzheng to lead an army of 300,000 to attack the Xiongnu in the north, the momentum of the Mengjia army was like a rainbow, in the past two years, did not taste defeat, every time the Xiongnu attacked, they suffered heavy losses, for the attackers, Meng Tian did not leave one, and boosted the morale with blood, causing the Xiongnu army to hear the name of Meng Tian and frightened, thinking that Daqin had another god of war Bai Qi! They crossed the Yellow River again, occupied Yangshan, and migrated people to enrich the border counties. Then he began to order people to build the Great Wall from Lintao (now Minxian County, Gansu) in Longxi in the west to Liaodong (now in Liaoning) in the east, connecting the Great Wall of Yuanyan, Zhao and Qin into one. The Great Wall took advantage of the terrain and set up fortresses to effectively curb the southward advance of the Xiongnu.
Nowadays, although the Xiongnu have the heart of the tiger and wolf, but with Meng Tian, they don't dare to mess around, after all, to climb over the Great Wall, it is not a simple matter, and Meng Tian has the experience of being attacked by the Xiongnu last time, and strengthened the defense on the Great Wall, and the sentry posts are constantly watching, no matter the wind or rain, there are people sticking to it all the time!!
At this moment, the Great Wall is still under construction, and Meng Yi is also following his deputy Zhang Heng to inspect the project. The Great Wall is not just a single city wall, but a complete defense engineering system composed of various fortifications such as city walls, enemy towers, gates, dungeons, camps, guards, and beacon towers in the town city. This defense engineering system is commanded and controlled by military command systems at all levels. Of course, here, Meng Tian is the one standing at the top. For people at that time, not to mention how large the amount of work was, after all, the amount of work could be piled up by manpower. The main reason is the difficulty of construction, many of which are built on cliffs, and the foundation is very narrow. Of course, there may be Qin fans who will say, you see how well the Mo family organ city is built, in the stone forest, on the cliff, so hidden, so spectacular, even if Yingzheng can't use the Mo family, you can also use the Gongyi family, look at the mirage built, it can be used as an aircraft carrier. But when it comes to the Great Wall, let's return to reality, if there was really that kind of technology in ancient times, people all over the world would be descendants of the Chinese. In modern times, the Great Wall is one of the ten wonders of the world. It shows how hard people worked at that time!!
"General, now, presumably those young people in the north will no longer dare to touch our Great Qin. It was Zhang Heng who spoke, Meng Tian's deputy general, and the most courageous person under Meng Tian. He is relatively lean, but he is born with divine power, holding two spears on the battlefield, and he can sweep a piece of !! in the Huns, except for Meng Tian, the most famous is this one.
Meng Tian said: "Still don't be careless, we have been dealing with the Huns for some years, their combat effectiveness is the most fierce I have ever seen, just like the hungry wolf in the desert, in the face of them, we must never take it lightly!!"
Zhang Heng looked ashamed and said, "What the general said is that I am exaggerated. ”
Meng Tian said: "I remember that a batch of grain and grass will be delivered today, has it already arrived?"
Zhang Heng said: "It's already here." Three thousand stones (dàn) for grain, one thousand bundles of turf. In addition, there are some vegetables, but they are all collected from nearby counties. ”
Meng Tian said: "Building the Great Wall is a good thing for the entire Great Qin, but for these workers, it may not be the case, we must let them eat enough, and we must not abuse them." The price of the grain collected from the people cannot be higher than that on the market, not lower, and those who are injured in the construction must be taken care of before they are cured, and they must not be allowed to continue to work, understand?"
Zhang Heng said: "General, don't worry!! I just came out of the bitter kiln, I know how hard life is, I won't let the people suffer!!
Meng Tian smiled: "That's right, I forgot about this." Let's go and see what happens elsewhere?"
Meng Tian watched the Great Wall pile up brick by brick, which felt a bit like watching a baby grow from birth to growth, invading blood and having feelings! Although building the Great Wall resisted the Huns, it also caused resentment among the people! At this point, Meng Tian was actually very reluctant to go, but there was no way, the Meng family army had to go to the battlefield, and it couldn't spend manpower on repairing the Great Wall, if it was said that the people would voluntarily come to build the Great Wall, it would be unrealistic. So sometimes, it can only be forced!! of course, people like Meng Yi always think about the overall situation, and he can only turn a blind eye to some sacrifices for the overall situation!!
This day, late at night. Except for the sound of the autumn wind, the whole earth was quiet!!Those who should have fallen asleep basically fell asleep!Except for some sentinels!!Meng Tian also slept, and slept soundly. But he didn't know if it was a dream or what, he faintly heard the cry of a woman, how could there be a woman's cry in this place where the Great Wall was built? So he thought it was a dream, but the cry was really quite miserable, he only felt that the sun and moon were dark, the sky was dark, and the autumn wind was sad, and then, the wind was surging black clouds, lightning and thunder, and the crotch was rumbling!!, but Meng Tian in the dream still felt that he wanted to cry!! Then, there was a loud bang!!
Meng Tian woke up from the dream in an instant, at this time, there was thunder outside!! Meng Tian shook his head, and said to himself: "Wasn't it a dream just now?" So, as soon as he touched his face, his face was really moist, he actually cried, people like Meng Tian cried, it can be seen how poignant the cry was just now!!
Then at this moment, a hurried voice came: "General, general, it's not good, it's not good......" Zhang Heng rushed into Meng Tian's tent!! Zhang Heng didn't just speak in a hurry, looking at the clothes on his body, he was wearing pajamas!!
Meng Tian said angrily: "What's so flustered?"
Zhang Heng said: "The Great Wall has collapsed. ”