please make me king

Chapter 1668 Frozen Ground
"How much did you dig today?" Zhang Sanbai'an asked while sitting in the big tent.

"It is reported that, except for the east gate, which has not been started, the north, west, and south sides are combined, but it is not enough!" Yang Guozhu reported.

"So slow!" Zhang Sanbai was shocked when he heard this.

It turned out that the trench dug by the rebel army this time was not wide, but a small trench three feet wide and three feet deep.

The way to dig this kind of trench is to pile the excavated soil on the edge of the trench while digging, forming a line of defense similar to the trenches of later generations.

In this way, more practical projects can be completed with less manpower.

After the completion of this project, we can either continue to dig the second and third trenches, or set up camps, forts, horse rejection, horse pits and other facilities in sequence before and after the trench, gradually forming a complex defense system.

As for the initial trench alone, according to Zhang Shun's previous experiments, one person and one shovel can excavate about three cubic feet of soil a day.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were 360 ​​steps in one mile, and each step was five feet, totaling [-] feet.

The city of Shenyang, Shengjing, has a strange ten-mile week, which means that it only takes about 6000 people to complete the excavation of the trenches surrounding Shenyang in one day.

As a result, this time the rebel army mobilized 1 people, but only managed to complete one-tenth of the task. How could Zhang Sanbai not be surprised?

"This place is too cold, even the soil is frozen, so I can't dig it!" Yang Guozhu couldn't help crying when he heard this.

It turns out that at this time, the land of Liaodong has become frozen.

Not to mention manual labor, even digging with machinery is extremely difficult.

"It's too slow. If we dig like this, how many years will it take to surround Shenyang?" Zhang Sanbai frowned, feeling helpless for a moment.

"General, the last general has an idea, but I don't know if it will work or not." Right here, Zu Dashou hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but speak.

"Oh? What can I do?" At this point, Zhang Sanbai could only treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

"The last general is originally from Ningyuan. Although there is no comparison to Shenyang, it is also very cold in winter, so it is difficult to dig." Zu Dashou said.

"However, sometimes it is necessary to dig, and our people there will use two methods."

"One is to spread weeds, firewood, etc. on the ground, and then sprinkle sawdust. After the sawdust is ignited, it is covered with soil, so that it only smokes, does not fire, and it can be melted away overnight. Frozen layer."

"Another method is to boil a large pot of hot water and water the frozen soil repeatedly. It takes about two sticks of incense to soften the soil."

"Oh?" Zhang Sanbai was overjoyed when he heard this, and ordered, "In this way, first choose two teams of soldiers, try both methods, and use whichever one works for you!"

"No, I think it's okay to use fire at night and water during the day, so it won't waste time!" Unexpectedly, Zu Dashou shook his head and suggested suddenly.

"That's fine!" Zhang Sanbai hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded in agreement.

The method of cremation and thawing takes a long time, and it can be done at night.

The method of using hot water can be done during the day.

This will not delay the effort, but also speed up the progress, why not do it?

Following Zhang Sanbai's order, the selected soldiers got busy.

There was no sawdust in the camp, so they had to make do with wood.

After a busy night like this, early the next morning, Zhang Sanbai saw a dark road outside the camp, about two miles long.

"How is it? Does it work?" Zhang Sanbai couldn't help but hurried over and asked.

"General, look!" A soldier took out a shovel, kicked it with his foot, and easily sank into the soil, and then dug hard to dig out the shovel.

"Oh? That's right, keep digging!" Zhang Sanbai's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but continue to order.

"Okay!" The soldier dug up immediately after hearing the words.

It's just that after digging three or five times, there was a sudden movement and then stopped.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Sanbai couldn't help but look at him suspiciously.

"I can't dig down anymore!" The soldier smiled wryly, cleared off the residual soil with a shovel, and pointed to the ground.

Zhang Sanbai looked down, but saw that the soil below was whitish, but it was frozen to death, no different from the ground that had not been burned before.

"It doesn't look like a coincidence, the melted soil is less than one foot!" Zhang Sanbai shook his head involuntarily, and then ordered.

"How about this, first dig up the thawed ones as soon as possible. Let the other soldiers boil a few large pots of hot water, and pour the frozen soil below me one by one!"

"Yes, the next officer takes orders!" Following Zhang Sanbai's order, the diggers dug the soil, the woodcutters cut the firewood, and the water boilers boiled the water, and the whole camp became lively again.

What is war?
War is more than charge, war is more than intrigue.

Sometimes it is a matter of life. Eat enough, drink enough, dress warmly and sleep well, that is war.

Sometimes it is a matter of logistics. Driving thousands of cars, leather carts for thousands of rides, and feeding food for thousands of miles is war.

Sometimes it is an engineering problem. Digging trenches and mounds and mounding mountains is war.

Distance is war, and climate is also war;
Politics is war, and economics is war;

Cruelty is war, and kindness is also war.

It is omnipotent in war, and at the same time it is subject to various constraints and restrictions.

Zhang Sanbai suddenly laughed while thinking about it.

"What's the matter, Zhang Shuai?" At this moment, Zu Dashou saw Zhang Sanbai's expression, and couldn't help asking strangely.

"It's nothing, I just realized it suddenly!" Zhang Sanbai shook his head with a smile.

"Have you realized? What have you realized?" Zu Dashou lived most of his life, and it was the first time he was confused by a young man.

"I realized that these years, I have been eating leftovers from His Royal Highness King Shun's food!" Zhang Sanbai laughed.

"In the past, I was deeply trusted by His Highness, and I also commanded several battles on behalf of His Highness. My own method of using troops is not inferior to His Highness. Now, it seems that I am watching the sky from a well!"

"Ah? His Royal Highness King Shun is, of course, a heavenly genius, unmatched by anyone." That ancestor Dashou had never met Zhang Shun before, and he had already admired Zhang Shun based on the great achievements he had heard and seen. Five-body cast.

"Haha!" Zhang Sanbai smiled and did not continue.

If you understand something, you understand it, and if you don’t understand it, you don’t understand it.

Wasn't Professor Zhang Shun's own teaching not detailed enough, why couldn't he get in?

Thinking of this, Zhang Sanbai stopped worrying about it, and directly ordered: "Okay, now also send an order to Lu Xiangsheng and Li Dingguo, let them dig according to this method, and it will definitely be effective in a short time!"

(End of this chapter)