The back door of my house can last until the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 61 Building a City

"These thieves are different now, if they are treated according to the previous attitude, I am afraid it will make things worse.

There are mountains and rivers in the north and south of Tongguan. Our army is now located to the west of Tongguan. The bandits will not dare to come back. They are all over the mountains and rivers. It is not easy to completely wipe out the bandits! "

Sun Chuanting looked confused. He looked at the immediate boss in front of him, and his voice fell to the bottom.

The combat power of the bandits is very limited. The officers and soldiers dare not say that one is against a hundred, but at least one can be against five or one against six.

The officers and soldiers here are the elite in Sun Chuanting's hands, not those guard soldiers who have been rotten to the root.

But these thieves would not confront the officers and soldiers head-on at all, and they would run away if there was a slight disturbance.

The ability to escape is first-rate, and with that posture, if you really run, the officers and soldiers may not be able to catch up.

These rogues would always avoid the officers and soldiers, and unless they had an absolute advantage in their forces, they would never confront the officers and soldiers head-on.

Hong Chengchou's face was also very ugly. Of course he knew the temperament of these rogues, and of course he knew that these rogues were not easy to deal with.

But now Chongzhen issued several imperial decrees, forcing him to quickly fight the bandits, and resolve the battle before the new year.

Hong Chengchou felt bitter, and it was impossible to resolve the battle before the Chinese New Year.

The atmosphere in the tent fell to the bottom, and everyone frowned in silence.

Hong Chengchou stood in front of the map, frowning, carefully looking at several key places on it.

"South of Tongguan is Nanyuan, which is the only way to Tongguan.

We have to find a way to lure these thieves out, let them attack Tongguan, and then lay an ambush in Nanyuan! "

Hong Chengchou's face was heavy, and his brain was running fast.

night, deeper.

In the middle of the night, there were a few owls hooting from time to time.

In this dark night, it looks bleak and gloomy.

It is the golden autumn season, and the fog on the earth is getting heavier and heavier.

A gust of night wind blew into the tent.

The general standing at the door shivered and wrapped his clothes tightly.

The fire in the big tent was burning brightly, and the light was bright enough to illuminate the map ahead.

"Li Thief attacked Tongguan before, but was defeated by Tongguan defenders.

In other words, Thief Li's main purpose is to get out of Tongguan and enter the Central Plains.

This person has a very mental mind. From the beginning of the rebellion until now, he has experienced countless failures. After each reduction, he will make trouble again in a short period of time.

He acted recklessly, if he knew that Tongguan had changed, would he have another heart? "

Hong Chengchou's eyes gradually brightened, and a bold strategy appeared in his mind.

Sun Chuanting also stood up and leaned in front of him.

"My lord, what do you mean to let the guard of Tongguan show off his feet deliberately, lure Li thief to attack, set up an ambush in Nanyuan, and wait for him to take the bait?" Sun Chuanting asked.

Hong Chengchou said: "That's right, I think so!"

There was a lot of worry on Sun Chuanting's face, using Tongguan as bait, the matter was of great importance, if he made a careless move, he might be broken out by Thief Li.

Even if Li Zicheng didn't break through, if he saw the situation in Tongguan changed and ran away, what should he do?
Li Zicheng is no longer the reckless person in front of him, what if he doesn't fall into this trap?
Get in, the trap is broken, so what?

If the matter develops to that point, the situation that has finally gotten better will rot again, and at that time, Chongzhen's monstrous anger will completely engulf the two of them.

"My lord, isn't this method a little too bold!" Sun Chuanting looked worried.

"Ugh!"

Hong Chengchou sighed, with a distressed expression on his face: "Do you think I am willing to use this method? Now, I am like a lame man on a lame donkey.

His Majesty issued three imperial decrees in succession before, urging our army to quickly fight the bandits before the end of the year.The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs also issued several documents in succession, urging our army to fight decisively.

Although this official is the Minister of the Ministry of War, but the matter has come to this, so what can we do?This method is very risky, but now, it is the only way! "

Sun Chuanting fell silent. This is the only way things have come to this point.

……

The long night will pass, and the dawn will come.

Tongguan guards "infighting", a thousand households guarding the pass refused to obey the Shangguan's military order, and the court owed wages for a long time, leading his subordinates to fight with swords and fire.

Tongguan was in a panic for a while, and the defeated soldiers "scattered and fled".

Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting also began to fight among themselves because of the supply of military rations.

In a fit of anger, Sun Chuanting led his troops back to Xi'an Mansion.

In a mountain depression north of Tongguan, in Li Zicheng's big tent, a rogue spy stood in the center, talking about what happened in Tongguan recently.

"Aha, these dog officers and soldiers are all damn things, and now they are still fighting among themselves, really damn it!"

"The sun is falling!" Zhang Liu'er stood on one side, yelling.

The battalion leaders who had befriended him behind him all screamed one by one.

Li Zicheng led them and burned, killed and looted near Huayin, but the looted supplies were really limited.

After so long, there is not much food left in the army.

If this continues, I am afraid that everyone will starve to death.

Now hearing the infighting among the guards at Tongguan, the quarrel between Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting, Zhang Liuer's stupid stuff, he couldn't sit still.

That's right, Zhang Liu'er hasn't had a full meal for a long time, so under the threat of hunger, he naturally doesn't think so much.

Li Zicheng's eyes were like eagles, and he interrogated: "Where did you get this news? Is it true? It is a matter of survival, and there must be no negligence!"

The spies replied: "The little one caught a few fugitives from the officers and soldiers and forced them to interrogate them."

"King Chuang, brothers are starving to death, hurry up and make up your mind, let's not talk about whether the officers and soldiers can defeat us, we are starving to death!" Zhang Liu'er was very impatient.

"Yes, King Chuang, brothers follow you, you can't treat us like this!"

"King Chuang, if you don't dare to go, then our brothers will lead our troops there!"

Those battalion commanders who had trained with Zhang Liu'er were all screaming and screaming, not paying attention to Li Zicheng at all.

This made Li Zicheng depressed. These damned guys are short-sighted, they can only see an inch in front of them forever, and they are short-sighted.

Li Zicheng has no doubts at all. If he denies it now, these guys may really pull their teams away.

"The dog officer Sun Yan Wang and Hong Chengchou have been stationed in the west of us before, we can only wander around in the mountains, now the opportunity has come, why are you still wondering?
King Chuang, your title is held up by your brothers. Without your brothers, how can you still be so majestic? "

Zhang Liu'er spoke again. This time, he couldn't wait any longer, and his tone was full of persecution.

Standing behind Li Zicheng, Li Guo was full of murderous looks, with his right hand touching the waist knife at his waist.

"Zhang Liu'er, are you looking for death!" Li Guo sternly scolded.

Zhang Liu'er was not afraid at all, with a fierce look in his eyes: "Hehe, brothers are hanging their lives on their belts. If King Chuang can't support us, then we will disperse!"

"Extremely! Otherwise, we will disperse!"

"Go away!"

It was the same as before, which made Li Zicheng extremely angry.

This is the nature of thieves, and it is common for them to attack and kill each other.

If Li Zicheng could bring benefits to people like Zhang Liuer, they would naturally support him.

If not, run faster than anyone else.

"Enough, this matter, I will consider this matter in detail and give you an answer tomorrow!" Li Zicheng shouted loudly.

Another night, Li Zicheng stood under the night sky, put his hands behind his back, and quietly looked at the night sky above his head.

There are many things in my heart, and my face is full of sadness.

Turning to the direction of Tongguan, he sighed in his heart.

……

The mountain was still the same mountain, among the mountain streams, sparse crowds, armed with various weapons, walked on the winding and narrow road.

After all, Li Zicheng did not resist the pressure of Zhang Liuer and the others, but succumbed to reality and marched towards Tongguan.

A big net is rushing towards them.

Sun Chuanting led the elite soldiers in his hands, and set up three layers of defense in the east of Nanyuan.

The soldiers and horses in Sun Chuanting's hands are very elite, which he trained personally.

To the south of Tongguan, about seven or eight miles away, on this plain, soldiers and horses in the hands of Sun Chuanting built camps on the spot.

In order for this battle to go smoothly, Sun Chuanting transferred all the soldiers and horses in his hands that could be recruited to prevent accidents.

He was riding a war horse, standing on a hillside in the northwest of Nanyuan.

"My lord, can we defeat the thief this time?" Luo Shangwen who was following behind him looked worried.

"Don't say these depressing words now, we will definitely defeat them! That's for sure!

We have set up three lines of defense on Nanyuan, unless Thief Li's troops are sent from heaven, otherwise don't even try to break through our lines of defense! "

Sun Chuanting was very firm.

It's up to him not to be firm on this matter, the matter has come to this point, if the general is still flustered, then the soldiers under him must be panicked.

Besides, Sun Chuanting is very confident in the soldiers and horses in his hands.

This is an elite soldier he personally trained, and he will definitely be able to defeat Li Zicheng.

Hong Chengchou led the soldiers and horses, divided into three groups, and hid in the east of Nanyuan. Once Li Zicheng came out of the mountain, he compressed Li Zicheng and went to Nanyuan.

A big battle is just around the corner.

"Ming History" records: Sun Chuanting deployed three lines of defense in Nanyuan and ambushed Li Zicheng.

Hong Chengchou led the soldiers and horses to take care of each other, and defeated Li Zicheng in February of the 11th year of Chongzhen.

Li Zicheng fled to Shangluo Mountain with only eighteen riders left, where he lay dormant for two years.

……

The autumn is crisp and the harvest is over.

Business has to go on.

Sun Jie stood in front of the construction site where he was stationed, with a never-ending smile on his face.

There are a lot of bricks and tiles now, and a lot of cement and lime are also hoarded.

Everything is ready, and the next step is to build the city.

Before the harvest, Sun Jie made plans and design drawings.

At that time, the foundation was laid and the city was built, but the harvest was delayed a lot.

Now that the harvest has been completed and the winter wheat has been planted, it is natural to continue building the city.

The city is not a simple dock, but it combines the advantages of a bastion.

The essence of the bastion is to change the city from a convex polygon to a concave polygon. This improvement makes no matter which point of the castle is attacked, it will be attacked by several attacks.

The defender can use crossfire to carry out multiple strikes and output, plus moats, horse rejection and traps. How easy is it to break through from the outside?
The advantages are obvious, but the disadvantages are equally obvious.

Compared with ordinary cities, the required building materials will increase exponentially.

With the same building materials, the effective area of ​​the bastion is much smaller than that of ordinary cities.

But these things are not a problem for Sun Jie.

Around the station, foundations have been built and walls raised.

These captives worked hard under the supervision of soldiers.

The foundation is poured with concrete, and the cement produced is completely sufficient.

Sun Jie's tent has also been replaced by a simple brick house.

It is not as transparent as a cloth tent, but its insulation performance is much better.

Most of the people's rooms have also been replaced with brick houses.

It's just that the time is short and there are very few rooms, basically only one.

The city is not a regular square, and it is impossible to build a regular square city on the Loess Plateau.

The land is undulating, with earthen walls for a while, and ravines for a while.

Unless the earthen wall is filled, or the gully is filled.

But the workload is too much, even if all the modern equipment is brought over, it will not be that simple.

Therefore, the city is built according to the trend, following the ups and downs of the terrain, and building walls.

The city is about three miles wide at its widest point from east to west, and four miles wide at its widest point from north to south. It is an irregular polygon.

Because of various ravines, the real area is much smaller.

Now the city wall is almost as high as a person, about 1.7 meters and [-] meters, not very high. Fortunately, most of the city walls are so high, and the general frame is out.

The prisoners in the station were simply not enough, so another five hundred were transferred from the wild wolf bag.

In order to stimulate their enthusiasm, Sun Jie set incentive regulations.

Those who build the city wall are counted by the consumption of bricks and tiles every day, with 500 yuan of bricks as the benchmark.

Less than 500 yuan will be fined, and more than 500 yuan will be rewarded.

More than 500 yuan, for every 100 yuan more, one or two meats will be rewarded for dinner, for every 100 yuan more, one or two more meats will be rewarded.There is no cap on the top, the more you cover, the more you will be rewarded.

Those who mix concrete with cement shall be based on [-] jin of cement powder per day. Less than [-] jin will be fined, and more than [-] jin will be rewarded.

One hundred catties more, one or two pieces of meat will be rewarded for dinner, and there is no cap.

Other types of work, such as steelwork and carpentry, have corresponding rewards.

The whip is the lower limit of labor, and meat is the upper limit of labor.

These captives had never eaten meat a few times when they were fleeing in Shaanxi.

Since being captured, let alone eating meat, he hasn't even had a serious full meal a few times.

Now the meat is suddenly rewarded, and every reward is one or two upwards, which instantly stimulates the fighting spirit of these people to the extreme.

These are two very different lives, and they never thought about it before.

The leather whip from before was clearly in my eyes, and every time I thought about it, my body ached.

Now the leather whip is not only gone, but there is even more delicious meat.

No one can resist the temptation of meat, which is deeply rooted in the genes.

Sometimes you can't beat them blindly, you have to let them see hope and inspire their fighting spirit.

Only with a carrot in one hand and a big stick in the other can you control them better.

Sun Jie stood in front of a low wall about one meter high.

Strictly speaking, this is not one wall, but two walls.

In the middle of the wall, part is rammed earth, and part is poured cement concrete.

Cement concrete is the bone, and rammed earth is the flesh.

There is no heavy artillery in this era, this level is enough, and it can save materials and time.

Calculated, the thickest part of the wall is about ten meters, and the closer it is to the ground, the thicker it is.

The walls form a trapezoid, narrowing as you go up.

According to Sun Jie's previous plan, the narrowest point is also five meters wide.

As for the height, it is about 12 meters.

Once the city is built, even if it is encircled and suppressed by the government and army in the future, it is not that simple to take it down.

Looking at the busy captives by the low wall, Sun Jie said, "According to this speed, I'm afraid the work will be almost finished in the spring of next year!"

Wang Bi who followed behind him said: "My lord, based on the current speed, the project will be completely completed by the end of January or the beginning of February next year.

If some captives are recruited from the wolf bag, the speed will be even faster! "

Sun Jie nodded, "By the way, most of the people are fine, and the harvest has already been completed, so let them go to the construction site.

Go as fast as you can, without any delay.The longer the time drags on, the more danger we will be in! "

"Your Excellency, don't worry, we will definitely be able to finish building the city before February next year." Standing behind him, Wang Bi looked confident.

The matter of building the city has always been watched by Wang Bi himself.

He is much clearer than Sun Jie, and he has done simple calculations before, so he is naturally clear about the construction period.

Turning around, the sky is gradually getting dark.

But the construction site did not stop. In the night, a solar searchlight was placed every ten meters on the city wall.

The lights illuminated the construction site in front, and the captives continued to work under the lights.

Work in two shifts, resting people without stopping work, and building the city wall as quickly as possible.

I originally wanted to install street lights, but after thinking about it, I gave up the idea.

Once the street lamp is installed, it is not convenient to disassemble it later.

It's impossible to install rows of street lights around the city wall, right? Being useful now doesn't mean it will be useful in the future.

It's better to buy some big searchlights and put them behind the city wall.

Not only can it provide sufficient light, but it is also very convenient to change the place in the future.

Under the darkness, Sun Jie returned to his room.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and the fire in the room has long been replaced by a coal stove.

There is an iron pot on top of the coal stove, in which some beef and potatoes are stewed.

Take out a bowl and eat with gusto.

The seasonings in it were brought over by Sun Jie from modern times, and they taste basically the same as modern ones.

The huge potato cubes are boiled soft and glutinous, and they are extremely sweet when bitten down.

While eating, I thought: "The storage of potatoes is a problem. Although the potato cellar can be stored for a long time, it is still not as good as potato vermicelli.

These days, if I have time, I will go back to Hyundai and do some business with the guys who make potato fans.

It doesn't need to be advanced, just a family workshop, and it's best not to use electricity. "

There are already a lot of potatoes in the resident. For the time being, Sun Jie doesn't need to transport food here from Hyundai.

After eating and tidying up a bit, Sun Jie went out again.

The most important thing right now is the construction site.Sun Jie would go over to watch almost whenever he had time.

I don't feel too sleepy now, why not go and have a look.

(End of this chapter)