Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 252

Building buildings out of thin air without knowing how to build a city caused Zhao Xingde quite a headache, but it had the advantage of avoiding the strictures of the previous generation's established methods, allowing him to start a new one, focusing on making use of the power of artillery.The melodious sound of the piano gradually became deaf.

"For an army fighting in an formation, it always focuses on frontal attack and defense. Attacks from the flanks are always more troublesome than frontal attacks." Zhao Xingde scratched his head and muttered, "When building a city, you should do the opposite. , emphasizing flanking firepower, yes, this is the second major principle, focusing on the use of flanking firepower." After thinking for a long time, he discovered another important principle, and he quickly wrote it down on paper.When I was full of ambition, the sound of the piano in my ears seemed not so annoying anymore.

From the moon to the middle of the sky, black magpies occasionally flew up, the lights in Zhao Xingde's camp were always on, and in the dead of night, there were whispers to himself from time to time. "The third principle is that important artillery positions should be placed at the rear, and the thoroughness of protection must match the importance of the artillery positions..." "The fourth principle is that the position with the highest defensive efficiency, The weapon with the strongest fire resistance. Use the few to outnumber the crowd, exchange firepower for troops. The saved troops, in other sections of the city wall, if you want to outnumber the few... It doesn't have to form a positional encirclement, but it must form a firepower intersection Covering." "It's not easy to take into account all principles, he's 'grandmother', it's too difficult to get a perfect city..." "Well, the wall where the gun emplacement is located and the fire defense wall are best at right angles , the gunner aims and fires smoothly..."

When he was about to fall asleep, Zhao Xingde suddenly remembered that the noisy qin music just now seemed to be "Guangling San". Thoughts, fell asleep.

He may not know it yet, but when he comes to this world, he has a great sense of insecurity in his heart.To be left behind in the world and become an adulterer may be just a description to others, but to Zhao Xingde who is reborn as a human being, it is his real situation.Although he was regarded as a good-five youth in his previous life, he may still have a lot of lazy, tired, and mediocre temperaments. In this era, he is facing an abyss everywhere, walking on thin ice. Out of this indescribable sense of adrift.So far, Zhao Xingde's own background has only been vaguely mentioned to Li Ruoxue.Building an impenetrable city, to a certain extent, suited his certain state of mind, so he was obsessed with it unknowingly, not just to fulfill his promise to the Han army.

He seemed to have returned to his previous life. Whether he was marching or camping, the appearance of the city came to his mind day and night.One day, two days... Ten days, from scratch, from various principles, to rough drawings, to the implementation of details, to assuming that he is the siege party with cannons and superior forces, constantly improving and improving, and finally , the day before parting ways with the Han army, Zhao Xingde handed Wang Xuansu an extremely weird city design.

"Well, probably, maybe, that's how it is..." Facing Wang Xuansu's suspicious and shocked eyes, Zhao Xingde was very disturbed and explained incoherently.Because he was completely immersed in the city, he hadn't spoken completely for about ten days, and now his tongue is much more clumsy.

Wang Xuansu stared at the strange pattern in his eyes. Is this a city? No matter how simple a fortress was, it would be impossible to build it like this. Behind the city wall.He forcibly suppressed the suspicion in his chest, and asked in as calm a tone as possible: "Mr. Zhao, did you take the wrong pattern?"

Zhao Xingde was taken aback for a moment, then smiled honestly: "No, hehe, how could it be."

Wang Xuansu was silent, convinced that Zhao Xingde was not joking, even though he was quite like him, he also felt angry from his heart.Everyone expresses their anger in different ways. If it was Brother Zhang, maybe he would just block a few words in a sly manner, and Gao Bolong would mercilessly tear the pattern into pieces and throw it on Zhao Xingde's face. Maybe Xu Detai would break off friendship with Zhao Xingde, On the other hand, Wang Xuansu called other generals of the Han army, came to Han Ningshuang, and spread out the 'messy' drawing of Zhao Xingde's Nanshan city.

"This is the picture of the city Mr. Zhao drew for us." Wang Xuansu said calmly, no joy or anger could be seen on his face.The so-called facts speak louder than words, which is probably what he is doing now.Han Ningshuang and several other generals of the Han army came up together. They were a little surprised at first, but then, Han Ningshuang's forehead wrinkled into the word Sichuan.After a while, Sixth Brother Zhang clicked his tongue and said in praise: "Oh, this is zigzagging, are you building a garden?" Xu Detai sighed, Gao Bolong's face showed anger, and he said in a deep voice: "Mr. Zhao, what exactly is this pattern? What's going on?"

A soldier can be killed but not humiliated. Isn't this clearly underestimating the Han army?In all fairness, asking Zhao De to draw such a crucial city pattern is in itself a great trust and value.And since Zhao De agreed to this matter, he should do it seriously instead of dealing with it like a joke.Most of the cities in the world are square and square, occasionally with special shapes, just to take advantage of the power of the mountains and rivers, and if the city in Zhao Xingde's painting is really constructed, even the Khitan people will probably make it a laughing stock.

"Mr. Zhao, what's the matter with this pattern?" Han Ningshuang asked with deep doubts, her tone was much more relaxed than Gao Bolong's.

"This, probably, it's like this..." After thinking for a long time, Zhao Xingde decided to speak with facts. He stood in front of the drawings, straightened his thoughts, and showed a simple smile.

"Look at this first, let's call it the horse face, because the horse face is very large. If the enemy does not attack the horse face and goes straight to the city wall, it will be hit by the artillery and bows on the three walls. And the horse face The city wall is very short, and the space under the wall is too narrow. The troops rushing to the city are crowded here, which is almost like queuing up to die. So if the enemy army is not too stupid, it must attack the horse face first. That is, the two sides The city wall. Well, is there a problem?" He raised his head and looked at the crowd, which was a habit developed long ago.

All the generals of the Han army looked at each other in silence. After Gao Bolong hummed, Xu Detai kindly reminded: "Mr. Zhao, shouldn't all horse faces be square?" Fangfang's horse face has a sharp horn growing out of thin air, which is really uncomfortable to watch.

"That's right." Zhao Xingde nodded kindly, and took out a few sketches of horse faces that he had drawn during the conception process, "Comparing the shapes of various horse faces, only this kind of sharp-edged shape can ensure that the sides There are no dead ends when shooting." He had already drawn a rough line of firepower with a pencil, and with a little instruction, the generals of the Han army could roughly understand what he drew.

After seeing these carefully drawn graphic samples, the mood of the generals of the Han army became a little more stable, at least Zhao Xingde did not do it randomly. "Shoot from the side?" Wang Xuansu asked suspiciously, "Don't they all shoot from the top of the city?"

"Because shooting from the top of the wall has a big dead angle, it is better to shoot from the side." Zhao Xingde explained, "The flanks of the enemy army formed in formation are always weaker than the front, and it is easier to hit the side. Cause the enemy army to collapse, and more." He smiled a little embarrassedly, "In the future, if the enemy attacks the city with ants, it will fire from the front of the city, and one shell can only penetrate a thin front. Maybe only a few people can be killed. However, if you bombard from the side along the straight line outside the city wall, think about it, the effect may be different, right?" Zhao Xingde showed sincerity, making comparisons with his hands in the air, trying his best to think It depicts the situation where the enemy army is attacking the city under the linear city wall, and at this time, a shell from the flank is also fired in a straight line along the outer edge of the city wall.

"...This kind of firing angle can allow the shells to pass through the most enemy troops. You see, there are wide trenches under the city wall. If the shells fired from the side can bounce in the trenches, it will be more perfect. It is." "The artillery positions on the two long sides of the front of the enemy tower are the most important. According to the principle of the most important artillery positions being the most closely protected, they are just placed on the short side of the enemy tower at the back. This is not my arrangement, this is the God’s will, it’s really a coincidence that the wall is at right angles to the front wall of the enemy’s tower, and this wall is just behind the side of the enemy’s tower. After crossing the low wall, and then the trench, they were all subjected to cross-fire at these places, and finally they came to the place where the cross-shooting was the most intensive. Every enemy army under the city would suffer intensive shooting from three sides. , so that we can attack our most important artillery position, and even if we climb the city wall, we will still have the upper hand..."

Accompanied by his rambling introduction, the faces of the generals of the Han army gradually turned serious. What kind of city is this? This way, although it looks a little ugly, it is still more useful than the original city. After all, the city is not built to treat guests to dinner." Looking at his honest and sincere smile, several people felt a little chill from the bottom of their hearts.

After being silent for a long time, Han Ningshuang raised her eyes from the pattern and said in a deep voice, "Mr. Zhao's contribution to the plan, the Han army is very grateful." Her words were full of sincerity after being shocked.Zhao Xingde cupped his hands and said with a smile: "It's easy to say, it's not worth mentioning." All the generals of the Han army remained silent, no one knew how many lives could be saved by the design of this city, thank you for your kindness From a perspective, it's hard for everyone to say anything more, after all, Zhao De is not a member of the Han army.Even under the shock, no one could go over and pat him on the shoulder and praise him, "Good brother, I really have you."

After Zhao Xingde left, the generals of the Han army continued to discuss around the patterns of the city. Just now Zhao Xingde introduced them in a hurry, but he roughly explained the meanings of the various patterns, and also demonstrated the usefulness of various arrangements in the occasion of attack and defense. .During this time, the generals of the Han army discovered some wonderful things that Zhao Xingde hadn't introduced in time.Brother Zhang Liu sighed: "This Mr. Zhao is really a strange person." After thinking for a long time, he also felt that only the word "weird person" was the most suitable.

Han Ningshuang remembered the rumors of the Neo-Confucian Society, and said with a smile: "It's not surprising that a person like him would do such a thing." Ask more.