Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3135 Building Fort
After a field inspection, Fang Jun and others returned to the mountain pass to discuss how to build defensive facilities on the spot.

Pei Xingjian suggested first: "There are many cliffs and narrow terrain in the Dadouba Valley. If gunpowder can be buried on the hillside there, the soldiers will be hidden and guarded. When the enemy passes by, the gunpowder will be ignited and the mountain will collapse. , can kill enemy troops on a large scale, and can even seriously damage their morale."

For a large army to pass, there must be scouts going tens of miles to check for the enemy's tracks in advance. However, the Tang army can dig holes in advance so that the soldiers can hide in them to avoid the exploration of the enemy scouts, and detonate the gunpowder when it is urgent.

Cheng Wuting frowned and said: "If the scale of the mountain collapse is too large, making the valley road blocked and impassable, wouldn't the Tuyuhun people have to give up halfway and have to go back the same way? In this case, they would have to give up fighting and pulling the valley, and turn to Looking for other mountain passes, or even breaking them into pieces, and crossing the Qilian Mountains from some small mountain passes, wouldn't it be useless for us to build a fortress here?"

Pei Xingjian was stunned for a moment, and felt that it made sense, because he took it for granted.

However, his brain turned quickly, and he immediately said: "Then we can increase the amount of gunpowder buried, let the soldiers lie in ambush, wait until all the enemy troops pass through, blow up the mountains on both sides in one fell swoop, make the gravel completely block the valley road, and let the enemy There is no retreat, we can only move forward and shake our fortress."

This method is feasible, but the question remains the same - can the right guard defend against the death charge of the Tuyuhun iron cavalry?

But right now, everyone has sufficient confidence in Youtunwei's combat effectiveness, and thinks this is not a problem.

Even if Tuyuhun couldn't be blocked completely, and some fish that escaped the net would not be successful, the defenders of the Hexi counties were not given for nothing.

Fang Jun nodded and said: "Just follow this plan. Move quickly and hide better. The enemy cannot find out that you are hiding soldiers, otherwise it will be useless."

"Here!"

Cheng Wuting took the order and left immediately, and called several school lieutenants to start discussing how to plant explosives and how to set up hiding places for soldiers.

Fang Jun looked at the towering and majestic mountain pass in front of him with his hands behind his back, and asked, "Where is the supply troop?"

Pei Xingjian said: "Calculating the distance, we should have already passed Pipa Mountain, and we will arrive in Liangzhou tomorrow at the latest, and we can arrive here in two days."

When the army left the town of Hexi, the convoy transported a batch of cement. It was originally reserved for strengthening the defenses of the counties in Hexi. After all, the counties had been established for many years and fell into disrepair.But now that the strategy has changed, this batch of cement happens to be used to build the fortress.

The cement arrived two days later, and it would be cheaper to mine the stone locally, and the fortress did not need to be too strong, after all, it was mainly used to stop the enemy cavalry, and it would take at least half a month for the cement to dry and solidify.

Fang Jun ordered: "Turn up the contact with the secret work buried in Tuyuhun. We must find out the time when Nuohebo will send troops, and send the news back in advance. Then we will send scouts to listen to the news around the clock in Dadouba Valley and other mountain passes in Qilian Mountain. Don't let the enemy army suddenly appear at Taniguchi, but we don't know it!"

The cavalry is highly mobile. Although it is inconvenient to travel in the valley, the speed of marching is not comparable to that on foot. A little negligence can lead to missing the enemy's situation, causing the enemy to appear suddenly without knowing it.

Soldiers, the major events of the country, the place of life and death, can not be careless in the slightest, and must always prepare for the worst and do their best.

In a big battle, the factors that dominate the outcome are often just some inconspicuous details...

Pei Xingjian accepted the order solemnly: "No!"

He is also a man who knows how to fight, not to mention the fact that "arrogant soldiers must be defeated" is very clear. Now that the enemy is strong and we are weak, where does the arrogance come from?It is necessary to do the best in every detail, and to use every bit of the combat power of the right guards as much as possible, so that the weak can defeat the strong, and the few can defeat the many.

……

On that day, the entire Youtunwei was busy.

Although the supply troops had not yet arrived, Pei Xingjian first collected a batch of agricultural tools from the counties, such as heads, shovels, picks, etc., and distributed them to the army.

The other part, under the leadership of Cheng Wuting, chose a place with a steep cliff deep in the mouth of the valley, buried gunpowder and lead wires, and dug caves for soldiers to hide in order to ambush the soldiers and detonate the gunpowder after the Tuyuhun army passed by, cutting off the retreat route. .

The scouts in the army were sent out as many as possible, and sentry posts were set up inch by inch within a hundred miles to search for possible Tuyuhun scouts.

Two days later, the transport troops arrived and brought the cement.

The fort at the mountain pass was very simple, and it was inevitable that the Tuyuhun cavalry would attack before it was completed, so a platform less than one foot high was built so that the enemy's horses could not rush up anyway, and a short wall was built directly facing the mountain pass. On the wall, there are arrow stacks.

A horse pit was dug in front of the low wall, and spikes were buried inside to ease the enemy's charge.

The low wall extends directly to the valley mouths on both sides, but due to the turbulent water on the left side, the river bank is full of soft sand, making it impossible to build walls, which may allow the Tuyuhun cavalry to break through.However, it was only a gap less than ten feet wide. Even if the Tuyuhun cavalry charged with all their strength, under the blockade of the Tang army's firearms and crossbows, few people could pass through, which had little effect on the overall situation.

The entire fortification blocked the mountain pass tightly, and when the Tuyuhun cavalry attacked, they faced such an iron wall.

In the era of cold weapons, such seemingly simple fortifications can completely offset the impact of cavalry.Once the impact force was lost, the Tuyuhun cavalry could only dismount and fight on foot before they could possibly charge up to the fortress.

But why did the dismounted Tuyuhun army confront the Tang army, which is "No. [-] in combat in the world"?

Just a flock of lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

The entire mountain pass of Dadouba Valley became a busy and noisy construction site. Thousands of soldiers went into battle shirtless, waved their heads, pushed carts, stirred cement, and transported stones. A fortress rose rapidly, blocking the mountain pass tightly. .

Whether it was the soldiers of the Right Tunwei or the farmers recruited from nearby, they were completely tireless and full of energy at this moment.

Throughout the ages, farming peoples have often suffered losses when fighting grassland barbarians. Only when they are in the city can they have a sufficient sense of security.

The harsh living environment of the prairie barbarians honed their savage character and strong physique. They grew up on horseback and were skilled in archery and fighting.However, the farming people relied on the construction talent hidden in their bones to build cities one after another to resist the aggression and killing of the grassland barbarians.

In field battles, the prairie barbarians are rampant.

But as long as there are cities, the farming nation is invincible.

*****
Western Regions, Jiaohe City.

Li Xiaogong was dressed in ordinary clothes, sitting in the duty room of the government office to handle official duties.

It was midsummer, and the western region was extremely hot. Through the open window, one could see the green vines in the yard, and bunches of immature grapes were hanging on the vines.The air seemed to be stagnant without a trace of flow, and the scorching sun in the sky was baking the earth, as if to evaporate all the water.

The room on duty was even more sweltering and hot, and in just a short while, beads of sweat covered Li Xiaogong's fat face.The heat made him feel irritable. He dropped the brush, got up from the shelf beside him, picked up a handkerchief, dipped it in the water basin, and wiped his cheeks and neck vigorously.

Then he got up and opened the copper box on the side, took out a small silver flagon from a pile of ice cubes, raised his head and poured the chilled grape wine in the flagon into his mouth.

The sweet and sour grape wine flowed down the throat into the stomach, Li Xiaogong let out a long breath, and finally felt a little better, the heat disappeared.

Apart from other things, Fang Er is really talented in this kind of strange tricks. If he hadn't invented the method of making ice with saltpeter, God knows how he would have survived the terrible weather in the Western Regions.

Two days ago, the officials of the Anxi Protectorate's Mansion even spoke to themselves, saying that this summer's climate was measured, and it was much higher than the average temperature in the past two decades, and the rainfall has decreased, and the water volume of many rivers has dropped sharply. , and it is likely to get hotter and hotter in the future.

This damn Western Region, will it become a big furnace in the future...

Feeling cooler, he returned to the desk again, picked up the brush, and frowned to ponder the official document in front of him.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and the clerk came in lightly, and said respectfully: "I am reporting to the Imperial Guard, Sima Xue Rengui, please see me."

"Ok?"

Li Xiaogong was taken aback, counting the time, shouldn't Xue Rengui be patrolling around Suiye Town, why did he come back at this time?
"Let him in."

"Here."

(End of this chapter)