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Chapter 204 Quyuan

The Jingzhou army set up camp in the east and south of Linxiang City. After a period of time, tens of thousands of civilians were driven to build encirclements, dig trenches, and build ladders to prepare for the army's attack on the city.

At this time, Liu Jing, who was far away in Ling County, took Liu Zong, Liu Xiu, Cai Sheng and others to visit the city defense of Ling County built by him.

On the basis of the original Linzhen Township, after a year of transformation, it gradually took shape, but it is still far from the real vision in Liu Jing's heart, and it will take at least one or two years.And when the project is completely completed, it's time to face the Jingzhou army.

But even though Lingxian City is only a half-finished product now, Liu Zong, Liu Xiu, Cai Sheng and others are still quite surprised to stand under the city.

The city of Ling County is only about four miles away. Compared to Linxiang, a prefecture with more than ten miles around, it is really a small place. However, in terms of city defense system, Ling County is enough to leave Linxiang several streets behind.

A small semicircular city, the height of which is as high as the city wall, firmly enclosing the gate of Ling County.This is the Urn City, and the Urn is round, and it is one of the most important defense facilities in Huaxia City.

Above the city gate, there is a three-story pavilion, with a house on top of the pavilion, and a building on top of the house, with a height of several feet.Pavilions, houses, and buildings can display archers, condescending, and suppressing enemies outside the city.

The city walls in Ling County are neither high nor thick, but the parapet walls are neatly arranged, and the horse faces are extremely long and dense.

The "Shi Ming" written by Liu Xi states: "The wall on the city is called the wall of the city, and it is also called the female wall." The wall of the wall means looking at people on the city.At the same time, it also serves as a cover for the defenders on the city wall.

Horse Mian, also known as Xingcheng, was recorded as early as in "Mozi". It protrudes from the surface of the city wall and is a platform-shaped building. Because its appearance is narrow and long like a horse face, it is named Horse Mian.

Because the horse face extends out of the city, it can cooperate with the frontal friendly forces to attack the enemy who is attacking the city from the left and right directions, thus forming a crossfire and pinching the enemy.This is what is mentioned in "Mozi: Prepare for the Enemy": "Send it with a drum, and strike it with a pinch."

In addition to the female wall and the horse face, a large number of oars were built on the city wall, almost every ten or so steps, there is one, and there are as many as twenty or thirty towers on a single city wall.

What was even more frightening was that Liu Jing seemed dissatisfied with this density, and was planning to increase it even more. The entire Ling County was almost armed to the teeth by him.

What's more, Lingxian City leans against Chengshui River in the north, Xiangshui River in the east, and is surrounded by mountains on three sides, which has excellent geographical advantages.

Anyone who faces such a military fortress-like city will probably have a headache.

When Liu Zong arrived in Ling County yesterday, he noticed the special features of Ling County from a distance, but after all, he didn't observe closely. Today, when he visited the city in person, he realized the horror of Ling County's defenses.

City defense facilities such as urns, attics, female walls, horse faces, towers, and even turrets at the four corners of the city wall are not new, and they were not even invented in the Han Dynasty. Most of them have appeared in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.But there are very few people who can really integrate them into one place, and it can be seen that Liu Jing has improved on the basis of his predecessors.

Ling County's city defense is complete, and it is also one of the few in the world.

"Zhongda, I didn't expect you to have such abilities." Liu Xiu kept watching, and couldn't help but admire: "With this fortified city, only a thousand people need to defend it, and it can defeat the enemy of ten thousand."

Liu Zong felt quite appreciative in his heart, but what he admired was not that Liu Jing built such an indestructible city, but that he had started to build this city as early as last year.

His purpose of doing this, of course, is not to defend against bandits and Jing Man. Apart from Liu Biao's army, who else deserves his attention?

Its far-sightedness is truly terrifying.

Liu Jing smiled and waved his hands and said, "Although city defense is important, people are more important. In the past, the small city of Kunyang was not strong, but it blocked Wang Mang's million-strong army."

Liu Zong and Liu Xiu glanced at each other subconsciously. Liu Jing mentioned the battle of Kunyang obviously not for nothing, and he meant something.

Cai Sheng seemed to be particularly interested in these city defense facilities. He never left his eyes from above until he heard Liu Jingzhi's words. Then he looked back and said, "It's really fascinating to think about the demeanor of the ancestors."

Liu Jing nodded with a smile and said: "Yes, although the ancestors have the name of the clan, they started on foot, based on the green forest, and finally eliminated the disasters, punished the innocence, and unified the world in a short period of ten years. Xiu Lie, the master of civil and martial arts, has the best virtues, and his merits are second to none."

Liu Zong and Liu Xiu's minds were shaken for a while, they couldn't help themselves, and they all sighed: "Excellent! Ancestor!"

Liu Jing then led three people to board the boat to visit the pole shooting.Since the clapping pole is still a secret weapon of our own side, it is usually covered with crimson cloth so that outsiders cannot see the details clearly.

At the beginning, the three of them felt very strange, they didn't know why they erected the mast on the bow, until they tore off the crimson cloth, revealing the true face of the paddle pole, and witnessed the power of the paddle pole with their own eyes, the three of them couldn't help but fell into deep shock.

Today's water warfare is nothing more than distance and fire attack. Close combat mainly uses cowhide-covered warships to collide with enemy ships, or use weapons such as hooks and repellents to narrow the distance between the two sides, and then land on enemy ships for hand-to-hand combat.

But to be honest, both methods are difficult to inflict heavy damage on the enemy in a short period of time and at a relatively low cost. After all, the warships and weapons of both sides are on the same level. In the end, it can only be whose ship is bigger and whose soldiers many.

However, the appearance of the shooting pole is definitely a leap forward for water combat. It only takes a few shots after approaching, and there is a chance to destroy the enemy ship unscathed.

Liu Zong turned around excitedly, and said to Liu Jing: "This, this is really a sharp weapon in water warfare! If it is used properly, it is enough to destroy enemy ships that are several times larger than yourself in one battle. No wonder you, Zhong Da, refuse to show it to others. , if it were me, I would definitely try to hide it."

Liu Jing said with a smile: "This object is inspired by oranges. I made this object based on the principle of oranges to draw water, and named it Paigan."

"So that's how it is." Liu Xiu was stunned, and then sighed: "Zhongda not only has the best literary talent, but also knows how to build cities and make utensils. What else do you not understand? Is there really someone who knows it from birth in the world. "

Liu Jing smiled. If he knew the effect of the Quyuanli he invented, he might be even more desperate, right?

That's right, he invented the Quyuanli during the spring plowing this year.It is not an easy task for a new thing to spread quickly. For this reason, Liu Jing created a batch of Quyuanli and gave them to the people in Pingyang and Zhongshui Townships for free.

You must know that in this era, not everyone can afford an iron plow. People don't care about straight or curved plows. If there is a free iron plow, they will naturally accept it.

(End of this chapter)