Start a city building order

Chapter 66

"Hey, work harder on the one over there, hold on! Okay, put down the one on this side slowly, stop, put on Zhou Laosi..."

In the early morning, the sun was shining, and on the main city wall of Zhulu Pass, two one-foot-thick city gates riveted with two layers of iron sheets were being installed.

This is the last process of Zhulu Pass. Once the city gate is installed, the defense system of Zhulu Pass will be formed.

In fact, there was no such city gate in Li Si's design at the beginning, so he wanted to dig a road and a small gate on the nearby mountain, but Cheng Daniu argued with him and used several reasons to arrest Li Si. There was nothing to say in the refutation, so there was this city gate.

Of course, because of this, the original design of the city wall was changed, and the amount of work was greatly increased.

Under normal circumstances, relying on the young and strong hired from Xujia Village, as well as the forced "hired" refugees from Xishan Town, hundreds of people are busy, and it will take half a month to complete the project.

However, as a large number of old and weak women and children were transported from Dongjia Village a few days ago, there are actually many people who can work here. Cheng Daniu is a local, and he often travels from village to household to do carpentry. I can recognize three or four out of ten.

So he selected more than 1000 people from among these old and weak women and children, those who felled trees, those who dug soil, those who pushed carts to transport stones, those who built roads, and those who built houses. It became a big construction site.

Regardless of food and housing, Cheng Daniu is still in charge, and each person is given 20 copper coins per day. Anyway, it seems that King Li, hey, His Royal Highness is not short of money.

In addition, he also had a small thought, before he thought that King Li was really a bandit, but it turned out to be Dayan's prince.

If His Royal Highness can build a country in the future, even if he is a carpenter, even if he is not a founding father, he can have a bright future, right, hehehe!

With this in mind, Cheng Daniu's motivation surged forward.

This is working for His Royal Highness, it is not enough to do well, it must be able to highlight his true ability.

In Cheng Daniu's view, the defense on the east side of the Zhulu Pass is no problem. Relying on the main body of the city wall and the trebuchets on the hills on both sides, the enemy will not be able to attack easily.

But what if the enemy attacked from the west?
So in the past two days, he has focused on strengthening the defensive measures west of Zhulu Pass.

Taking advantage of the abundance of manpower, Cheng Daniu sent people to build the Huluzui on the west side of Huluyu directly on logs, and built a city and a fortress. The opposite side was surrounded by mountains and forests.

On the contrary, he placed another thirty trebuchets on the two hills of Huluzui.

Speaking of this thing, Cheng Daniu, as a carpenter, has been thinking about it a lot.

Feishiying is not in Zhuluguan, so he will come by himself, and lead someone to set up the trebuchet on the top of the mountain. He learned to aim and shoot without a teacher, and he is a third-level carpenter, one-eyed hanging wire or something , It goes without saying that after a few test shots, he actually became addicted, and he had to fire a few shots every day.

Not only him, but even his brother-in-law Zhang San, a few acquaintances, and even the carpenters who made the catapults would go to the top of the mountain and operate it by themselves. Come.

Of course, there is one thing to say, and the business will not be delayed. For example, if the city gate is installed at Zhulu Pass today, the pass will be basically completed.

"Okay! Fire the cannon!"

When the big iron nails used to fix the city gate were smashed down and then sealed with stones, the crowd cheered for a while, and then a firecracker was lit, crackling. Although the cheers of the crowd could not be covered, the happy atmosphere was indeed It is filled with inside and outside the pass.

"Clang clang clang!"

The rapid sound of the gong suddenly sounded from the west, and everyone was stunned. They didn't know what happened. After the firecrackers were set off, they didn't realize that someone was shouting, "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"Wow!"

Everyone panicked, Cheng Daniu's brain was buzzing, and he was about to urinate out of fear. He is just a commoner. It's cowardly.

The only thing that can support him is his precious daughter.

"Swallow, swallow!"

Cheng Daniu hissed and shouted, he wanted to rush through the crowd and rush to fetch his daughter back, but he forgot about the rest.

Foreman of what?

fuck me!

But there were too many people, everyone was running, shouting, completely paralyzed.

In the panic, Cheng Daniu didn't stand still and fell directly. As a result, a dozen pairs of big feet stepped on him immediately. He couldn't struggle even if he wanted to struggle. The sense of powerlessness and fear almost made him collapse.

Until his brother-in-law Zhang San rushed over and pulled Cheng Daniu up, he saw that Zhang San had brought more than 50 blacksmiths, each holding an iron rod and a newly assembled crossbow, although it was also a mess Yes, but the appearance of these guys is like a magic needle for the sea, stabilizing the situation all of a sudden.

"What's the mess? My brother-in-law is here. He is the head of the Zhuluguan fortification appointed by His Royal Highness, and everyone is under his command."

Zhang San yelled, holding an iron rod and waved it ferociously, calming down some young and strong craftsmen who were frightened into madness.

Then, Zhang San looked over, because he was also panicked, and he wanted to take the family for a trot, but he was smart enough to know that running in such a swarm was useless.

"Enemy—where is the enemy?"

Cheng Daniu stammered and asked, his reason finally came back.

"In the west, the one who climbed along the mountain ridge was discovered by the Lang Zhong who was collecting medicine there. The Lang Zhong ran back to report and lost his shoes."

"How many people are there?" Cheng Daniu asked.

"I don't know, but there should be a lot. Captain Jiang has already led people there. Manager Cheng, you need to give us an idea!"

"Cheng Daniu, when you hired us, you didn't say you were going to fight. We all have wives and children. Don't lose your conscience."

Among the crowd, there were young and strong people from Xujia Village clamoring, which immediately made the scene a bit chaotic.

"Shut up all the fuck!"

Cheng Daniu roared, at this moment he was trembling with excitement, he couldn't tell whether it was fear or excitement, because there seemed to be a voice in his mind asking, Cheng Daniu, do you want to be the founding father of the country?

This is the opportunity!
His Royal Highness only placed fifty god-armed crossbowmen here at Zhulu Pass. If there were fewer enemies coming, it would not be enough to kill them. If there were more enemies coming, it would still not be enough to kill them. Well, none of them would be enough to kill them.

Can't run away!
Moreover, the defense on the west side has actually been completed. The wall is in place, the arrow tower is in place, and even the trebuchets have been installed, and many test shots have been made. What is missing is people.

"Zhang San, take your people to the arrow tower and the wall to the west. There are too few people there."

"Fourth Zhou, don't you like firing cannons the most? Now is your chance. Take your men to the west city wall. Where are the thirty trebuchets over there? Ten of them are for you. If you have these things guarding them, who are they?" Can we attack?"

"Brother Xu, I'm not talking about you. Everyone is doing things for His Royal Highness. Although His Highness didn't buy your life, in this chaotic world, if you can escape once, can you escape a second time? Forget Who rescued you from the magic den of Fusheng Taoist Temple?"

Cheng Daniu, who calmed down, immediately entered the role of the fortification supervisor.

Zhang San led the more than 50 blacksmiths. Although they were not soldiers, they had good discipline and great strength, so they had to rush to support them.

Zhou Laosi is another third-level carpenter. He leads a group of people. He is very envious and jealous of his fortification supervisor.

But Zhou Laosi was very competitive, and he liked to test the trebuchet for nothing. Now that he listened to Cheng Daniu's assignment, although he refused to accept it, he didn't say a word, and went straight to Xishantou with dozens of people excitedly.

As for Brother Xu, he is the leader of the refugees in Dongjiazhuang, and even a lame veteran, with a high prestige. Cheng Daniu was able to hire refugees to work before, and he first persuaded this old man.

"Forget it, it's not a pity for the old man to die, but folks, think about the thousands of women, children, old and young outside, if you can escape, can they escape?"

"Take the guy, we have walls and trebuchets, what are we afraid of?"

When the old man yelled, hundreds of old men who were over fifty years old rushed over, but they wisely went straight to the trebuchet position. Well, they have been coveting this thing for a long time.

However, thirty seems to be not enough to play with, go to the warehouse to move!

Move to the east too!

For a moment, the trebuchet seemed to be the source of courage for everyone.

Even the young and strong in Xujia Village who wanted to escape did not run away.

They ran up the mountain one by one, moved the assembled trebuchet directly, and moved it to the west.

Trebuchet, this thing is something that individuals can play.

(End of this chapter)