The Sacred Ding

Tie Kun talked in the tent, but Mu Tu, who was the head of the tent, was very depressed. As the 34th son of Khan King Mu Hao, he was appointed by Khan King Mu Hao and Zuo Sheng Wang Mu Ke to host Yao. In theory, the coach of the city construction and Earth Palace excavation in the foothills of Shanxi Province should follow his schedule in theory.

However, the monster tribes in the vast sea grassland are in the transitional stage of development from the tribe to the Khanate. Even the history of the rise of the Blackstone Khanate in the hands of the Khan King Muhao has not exceeded a hundred years. bloodline The theory has not been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the constraints on the tribes are still quite loose. A coach like Mutu who has led defeats and dragged down the tribes suffered heavy losses has no prestige.

Even discussing matters in the big account, Mutu’s suggestion will not be taken seriously by other generals.

Although in the battles of Tongkou City, the actual commander is Mueller, and many decisions are made by Mueller, but Mueller is not in Yaoshan at this time. The leaders of many tribes are more involved in the casualties of their children. Resentment spread on Mutu’s head.

Even Tuobayan and Zuo Jiu led the attack. Mutu was too cautious and only allowed the Mongolian warfare to attack with 20,000 soldiers, which caused the army to bite Tuobayan after reaching Silverstone Beach. He had to retreat from Yinshitan to the western foot of Yaoshan Mountain. Some people attributed the responsibility to Mutu and said a lot of strange things behind their backs.

In comparison, although Tie Kun has a humiliating history of being captured as a slave by Human Race, the first battle of Silverstone Beach was too beautiful, and it was withdrawn from Tongkou City. The loss of soldiers and horses is very small. At this time, although someone in the big account still satirizes the iron kun with the old things, his words, but his words can make many generals listen to their ears, and they are nodded. The strategy of building a city in the south to contain the enemy is indeed very good.

Mutu feels gloomy, but at the same time feels somewhat strange.

Iron Kun’s strategy is good, but if the clansman and soldiers of the Iron Cliff Department are transferred to the southern foot of the fortification, it is a very risky behavior for the Iron Cliff Department. If they can successfully contain the enemy, the Iron Cliff will suffer extremely heavy losses.

There is another possibility that Tie Kun feels that the western foot of Yaoshan Mountain is more dangerous, so the clansman of Tieya Branch must be moved from the west to the southern foot, so that Tie Kun and the soldiers and horses of Tieya Branch, It would be cheap to get out of the vision of him and Meng Zhan.

If this is the case, Tie Kun’s mind is a little bad!

Mu Tu stared at Tie Kun suspiciously, and asked: “How certain is it that the Tieya tribe moved into the southern foot of the city to build a city, how sure is it to contain the enemy, and how many enemy troops can it contain?”

His prestige was damaged at this time, and Tie Kun had actually won a beautiful victory at Silverstone Beach before. Mutu could not directly question Tie Kun’s dissent.

“I was taken captive by Human Race as a slave. Although it is a humiliation that cannot be washed away in this life, this experience is not completely useless.” Tie Kun knew that Mutu or Meng Zhan would have such doubts. Shen Sheng explained, “I have learned the methods of fortification, forging armor, weapons of war, etc., and I have returned to the Iron Cliff Division over the years, and have also taught these methods to clansman. If I can lead the Iron Cliff Division clansman to move to the southern foot, my clan In addition to six-seven thousand soldiers available, the most important thing is the clansman of my Iron Cliff, which can build stronger castles in the deep mountains and valleys at a faster speed, so that the enemy has to divide the army in the south. Lu, but there is no way to invade!–Of course, I also asked Prince Mu and Zuo to allow me to transfer 450,000 to 50,000 slaves from here, otherwise I can’t contain the 40,000 to 50,000 clansman from the Iron Cliff Department. Too many enemy troops, it’s hard for Prince Mu and Zuo to share too much worry.”

No loophole can be heard from Tie Kun’s words, Mu Tu knows that he will continue to question for no reason, so he muffled. Said:

“Then it depends on what you can do in Nanlu.”

The Mongolian war is still worried that the Fang Tieya Department will move to the southern foot for the city. When the time comes, when the time comes, the Mengwu’s control over the Iron Cliff will be severely weakened, and finally insisted on being the patriarch of the Iron Cliff, who is also the brother of Iron Kun, and led thousands of clansman who are good at building cities to stay in the west. , To assist in the construction of fortifications here, and did not agree that all clansman of the Iron Cliff Department should be moved to the southern foot.

In fact, the generals of the Tieya Ministry, even the patriarch Tiedu, are full of confidence in Tie Kun at this time and have high hopes, but from a more secure perspective, they do not want to put all their eggs. In a basket, the final result of the negotiation was that Tie Kun led 30,000 clansman and 30,000 Human Race slave laborers to the south.

The meeting did not end until the beginning of the Huadeng Festival. Although the war was struggling, a banquet was held to entertain the leaders of various tribes.

It’s just that the overall situation is unfavorable. Everyone in the field has a lot of depression. Occasionally a few generals want to take a swig of abandon all restraint, but they also noticed that the atmosphere in the big tent is not right. Say goodbye in a hurry.

Tie Kun and his elder brother Tie Du and the others walked back to the habitat of the Tie Ya tribe in the spring dew and in the moonlight.

Looking at the dots of campfires, listening to the familiar accent from the tent, and watching the newly grown-up teenagers in the clan, still assiduously cultivation martial skills at night, Tie Kun swept away the haze in his chest.

For these clansman, no matter how hard it is ahead, it is worth fighting for. After saying a few words with his brother Tie, he walked to his tent.

Across the tent, Tie Kun can see Chen Hai’s rickety silhouette, letting the lights in the big tent project on the animal skin tent.

Tie Kun deliberately set his footing, but Chen Hai in the big tent did not seem to notice, and continued to focus on writing and painting.

Tie Kun’s brows are slightly condensed, he is not without doubt about this hump-backed old man, he even suspects that he has been restrained by this hump-backed old man and his nose is walking, even if he is deep in one’s heart, he has escaped from the blindness. The Ministry controls and leads the Tieya Ministry’s ambition to cross the vast sea and grasslands, but if it weren’t for the hump-backed old man’s seemingly unintentional persuasion and inducement, he wouldn’t be so early or so fast, and there would be no climate in Tieya Ministry. It was so obvious that Meng Zhan and Mutu were aware of it.

However, Tie Kun couldn’t refuse the suggestion of this hump-backed old man. It was depressing to think about it. He lifted the curtain and walked into the big tent.

Chen Hai stopped the pen in his hand, raised his head and nodded slightly, as if he had said hello, he went on to do what he was doing.

Tie Kun stood in front of Chen Hai. After a while, he didn’t see the beginning and did not speak. Curiously asked, “Duke Cao didn’t want to ask. What happened to the generals just now that Zuo will gather for discussion?”

“Is there anything to ask. Under these circumstances, can Meng Zhan and Mutu think of a better strategy than Tieye? Except for the Tieya Tribe, few other tribes are good at building cities and The city is defensive…” Chen Hai said.

Tie Kun was speechless for a while, the probe looked over and saw Chen Hai had drawn densely packed lines on the animal skin, said curiously: “What is this?”

“This is The construction design drawing of the Magic Ape City. The Hanhai ministries have also built a lot of cities on the grassland in the past 100 years, but they are too crude, and the quarrying and fortification projects are huge, and it is difficult to build them in a short time. The enemy is about to expand. As the scale hits, if the Iron Cliff Department wants to successfully build a city at the southern end of the Yuantiao Gorge and contain the enemy, it must take a different path.” Chen Hai while speaking, a few quick strokes to complete the design, the wolf pen is light on the finger After a few laps, said with a laugh, “successfully accomplished!”

Tie Kun took the animal skin picture and looked.

The entire Yaoshan Mountain is located on the south bank of the Hanhai Sea. It stretches five hundred li or so from east to west. It is not a majestic mountain in Yanzhou, but it is quite rare on the grassland on the south bank of the Chaohai Sea in Pingchuan ten thousand li. .

Earth Palace is located at the western foot of Yaoshan Mountain. The terrain of the west foothill is relatively flat. In ancient times, the passage to and from the Earth Palace was at the west foot. In the valley of Bailu Gorge, there are still traces of stone wall carved with axe. .

Although you can walk out of Mount Yao and enter the vast grassland from the Earth Palace to the south, the terrain is much steeper. There are strange peaks and deep valleys along the road, and several are connected in series. The valleys together are all 1000 meters deep. The local tribes call it Ape Leaping Gorge, which means that magic apes can come and go freely in these valleys.

The animal skin map identifies the fortification site selected by Chen Hai.

Tie Kun didn’t see the details of the city’s structure, but he was shocked when he saw Chen Hai’s chosen fortification site. He said: “There is a dangerous place in Yuantiao Gorge, which is only three hundred steps wide. It is also the only place to pass north to Bailu Gorge, where it only takes three hundred steps to build a city wall, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Cao Gong did not choose to build a wall there to resist the enemy, but he had to go from the monkey jump to the gorge. Extending ten several li outside, I chose to build the city at the widest part of the Monkey Leaping Gorge, which is also the most vulnerable place to be attacked by the enemy from three sides. Why? Don’t Cao know, build a four or five li wide and high here 15 meters, city wall and a city wall with a base thickness of 20 meters. How much manpower will it take and how long will it take to build it?”

“The clansman of the Iron Cliff Department is less than 50,000, even if it can get 50,000 slaves. According to the traditional method, quarrying rocks here to build a city may be successful in three years.” Chen Hai said.

“I can only send 30,000 clansman and 30,000 slave laborers to the southern foothills this time. Doesn’t it take five years to build this city? I don’t know what Cao Gong has to do to delay the enemy Five years later, come to attack again?” Tie Kun asked calmly.

“To build a city with common law, even if it is in the narrowest place, Tieye is impossible to rush to build the city before the enemy comes. Besides, Tieye really wants to defend Tiger Leaping Gorge. You have to not one drop of water can leak out, so that the enemy can’t see a little chance, the enemy can seal the Iron Cliff in the Tiger Leaping Gorge and ignore it. Tie Ye chooses to build the city in the narrowest place, defense is easy , But it is naturally easy to be blocked by the enemy. When the time comes, it can’t contain many enemy troops, let alone make extraordinary achievements,” Chen Hai said slowly,

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“Before I came over, I made a special trip to Tiger Leaping Gorge. At the place I chose to build the city, a kind of stone was mined on the spot, calcined, ground into powder, and mixed with clay. The soil slurry is used to ram the city wall. The speed is ten times faster than that of quarrying and building a city. It only takes three to five months to build a city wall five or six miles wide. Such a city wall is better than a stone city. It’s a little weaker, but with the strength of Tie Ye, I want to smash the city wall with a halberd, but I can’t do it. I have written down this method of building a city. Tie Ye can send someone to test it before deciding to Don’t build a city there…”

“Is there such a way to build a city?” Tie Kun asked suspiciously, but he did not immediately look at the animal skin scroll, but fixed his eyes on Chen Hai and asked. Said: “Cao Gong, you can talk now, why did you so much effort to help me?”