please make me king

Chapter 591
The location of the bastion was chosen to be in the northeast corner of Luoyang City, which was close to Prince Fu's Mansion and Luoyang County Government, but also a certain distance away.

Originally, Dudu Zhang, Han Lin, and Gao Yizhi proposed three plans after careful investigation.

One is built in the northwest corner of Luoyang.Luoyang City is located exactly on the north bank of the Luohe River, with the Jianhe River to the west and the Canhe River to the east. Only the northwest direction is unobstructed.If a bastion is built here, it will just block the enemy's attack route to Luoyang.

One is built in the south of Luoyang.This place is protected by Luoyang City and the three rivers of Jianhe, Luohe and Canhe. After the fall of Luoyang, they can retreat here and continue to resist.

Another is built in the northeast corner of Luoyang City.It can not only form a corner with Luoyang City when the north and northwest parts of Luoyang City are under attack, but also facilitate the diversion of the river water to protect the bastion.

After carefully comparing the pros and cons of the three plans, Zhang Shun finally decided to choose the third plan.

It turned out that Zhang Shun also had his own reasons.

The first plan seems to be perfect, and it fully displays the military attributes of the bastion building.

But once the officers and soldiers cannot make any breakthrough from the northwest side of Luoyang, they will try their best to cross the river to attack.

Although the rebel army had the naval superiority of Huang Shoucai, the Luo River, the Jian River, and the Chu River were not big rivers. As long as the officers and soldiers brought in heavy red barbarian cannons, they could block the river and force them to cross the river.

This is tantamount to deliberately reminding the besieging officers and soldiers to cut off the river channel of Luoyang City before attacking the city.At that time, no matter how strong Luoyang City and the bastion are, if they lose the channel for material transportation, they will only end up running out of ammunition and food sooner or later.

The second option abandons Luoyang City, which is inconvenient to defend and has a large population, at a critical moment, and retreats to a small but strong bastion.It seems that it not only saves troops, but also saves food and grass.But it is too close to the river. Once the officers and soldiers use water to attack, I am afraid that all the rebels in the bastion will be fish and turtles.

Only the third plan, which seems moderate, leaves some hope for the officers and soldiers in Shaanxi who attacked Luoyang.In fact, Luoyang City and the bastion were at an angle, and they were also impenetrable under the defense of the cannons of the rebel army.

And under the cover of Luoyang City and the bastion, there happened to be a wharf to the east of Luoyang City, called "Nanguan Wharf".

The Nanguan Wharf was built in the Sui and Tang Dynasties to facilitate the transportation of national supplies and grains to Luoyang City through the Tongji Canal.

After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the old city of Luoyang was destroyed, and the Tongji Canal was no longer usable, but the pier was preserved because of the transportation function of the Luo River.Although it is no longer the prosperity of the past, it is also convenient for the transportation of materials.

What's more, the Yellow River in this era has not yet diverted its course to return to the north. It still passes through Kaifeng, returns to Germany, passes through Xuzhou and Pizhou to Huai'an Prefecture, and enters the East China Sea, roughly in the same direction as the original Tongji Canal.Although it is not as stable and reliable as the Tongji Canal in the past, it can still be used barely.

Zhang Shun chose to build the bastion here, not only because he planned to use Luoyang City and the bastion to defend the Nanguan Wharf, but also because Huang Shoucai, who was able to grasp the advantage of the navy, could take the opportunity to harass the enemy, or to supply the rebels with supplies at critical times. idea.

In view of the fact that the bastions are generally lower than the traditional Chinese rammed earth walls, in order to prevent the enemy from capturing Luoyang City, the bastions were bombarded from a height.

Zhang Shun ordered Dudu Zhang, Han Lin and Gao Yizhi to build a fort about three miles northeast of Luoyang City.

The effective range of Hongyi cannons in this era is generally about one mile, which is roughly equivalent to more than [-] meters in later generations.

In this era, only a few heavy Hongyi cannons and long-caliber artillery can shoot buildings within three miles.Therefore, this distance is already considered a safe enough distance, and they can cover each other with firepower and bombard the enemies between Luoyang City and the bastion.

The site has been selected, and Zhang distributes food by the way, and recruits soldiers under the rebel army to dig earth and build the fort.

This move was immediately opposed by Hong Niangzi and Zhang Shenyan.One of these two men was in charge of supplies and food, and the other was in charge of internal affairs. Naturally, they knew that the rebel army did not have much food in stock.

Once the rebel army started building construction, under intense and heavy physical labor, the food consumption rate would be twice as fast as usual.

Originally, the rebel army didn't have much food in stock. If it continued to be consumed like this, the rebel army might have to abandon the city before the officers and soldiers came to attack.

So, Zhang Shun smiled and said: "The old mountain leader Zuo Lengchan is a strange person, he came up with a plan for me, tricking the world to sell the grain and grass, how can the rebel army be short of food?"

Then, by the way, Zhang told these two about Chief Zuo Shan's plan in detail.Only then did the two people suddenly realize the reason why Zhang Shun "buy grain with a thousand dollars" before.

After receiving the support of his two generals, Zhang Shun personally designed the bastion together with Dudu Zhang, Han Lin, and Gao Yizhi.

Zhang Shun didn't know much about the design of the bastion at first, but after a rough explanation by Dudu Zhang, Han Lin and Gao Yizhi, he discovered that the bastion was specially designed for the ballistic characteristics of artillery.

For the defensive side, the bastion uses crossfire as much as possible to maximize the power of artillery and firecrackers.For the attacking side, the bastion should try to adopt low and thick walls to reduce the threat of artillery to the walls.

After rigorous calculation and careful selection by both parties, the five-pointed star-shaped bastion was finally selected as the proposal for the new bastion.

Due to different requirements, there are four common bastions: multi-pointed star, six-pointed star, five-pointed star and square.

Among them, the multi-pointed star shape is suitable for a bastion with a large area, while the square shape is suitable for the transformation of the original square city pool, or for the construction of a small bastion.

Although the bastion that Zhang Shun plans to build is called a small fort, it still needs to accommodate enough personnel and supplies to facilitate long-term persistence.

After comprehensive consideration, Zhang Shun finally chose the most practical pentagram-shaped bastion.Each corner of the pentagram-shaped bastion has a solid bastion extending out, which can meet the most basic fire coverage requirements under the premise of the least amount of construction.

Zhang Shun already had some experience in engineering construction in his previous life, and the governor Zhang, Han Lin and Gao Yizhi were all master builders, so building such a small bastion was naturally a no-brainer.

Everyone first set five points as a benchmark, and then drove piles and pulled ropes to draw the position of the trench to be dug.

Then let the rebel soldiers follow the instructions of the rope to dig out the trenches around the five-star shape.The excavated soil was hoisted into the trench by Zhang Shun's small lever crane designed to imitate the tower crane, and the city wall was rammed.

The insufficient part of the rammed earth was taken from the inner space of the bastion and the outer trenches respectively.It took more than a month before it was barely completed.

Song Xiance stood on Luoyang City and saw it, and couldn't help sighing: "The five stars came out of the east and benefited China, and now Ziwei star falls in Heluo, and he is the son of heaven! In my opinion, it is not as good as the name 'Ziwei Star Fort', I don't know if it's possible?"

In China, it used to refer to the land of Heluo.During the reign of Tianqi, in 1624, there was a gathering of five stars, and there were a lot of people discussing it for a while. Of course, Song Xiance also wanted to add insult to injury, and took the opportunity to promote the destiny.

　Thanks to the fan "Ze Muerxin" for the two rewards, and fans "Carpenter Mourinho" and "Book You" for the rewards, thank you for your support to the author!

　　Regarding the gathering of the five elements during the Tianqi period, judging from the sporadic data of the Ming Dynasty, it seems that "the main disaster and the abnormal" are the mainstream.But what is strange is that many things that should have caused a political sensation in ancient times have been lost.After the fall of the Ming Dynasty and the rise of the Qing Dynasty, there should be more publicity.The author suspects that this astrological prophecy may be unfavorable to the Qing Dynasty, so there are very few records handed down!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)