Chapter 69 Designing the City Defense System
"When it comes to Fancheng..." Liu Yi touched his chin and thought. Cao Cao's main force was still playing house in the pool of Jizhou. He shouldn't go south so quickly. As for the vanguard troops, although there are powerful generals, Liu Bei should still be able to stop him, but he still has to make enough preparations for his escape. In addition...
"Don't worry about money Boyuan. The lord has raised five million yuan for the teacher and has now been sent to the teacher's village." Mi Zhu said with a smile.
"Okay, I did it!" Liu Yi said decisively.
Five million yuan is just to strengthen some defenses, you only need to make more wood and stones, make a row of brackets, and don’t need to paint them. In addition, there are some large crossbows and other things. If the materials are enough, you only need to hire students. Even if you pursue speed and hire more people, you can only handle things in a few hundred thousand. The rest is a net profit.
If you work quickly, you can complete it in just one month. After all, it is not required to be as exquisite as Liu Biao's attic, and it is quick to make, especially things like rolling wood.
"Looking at Bo Yuan packing his luggage, I think he wants to leave Xiangyang. Why not follow me through the Han River tomorrow and go to Fancheng?" Mi Zhu smiled at Liu Yi.
"Well, I'll leave tomorrow!" Liu Yi nodded affirmatively. If Cao's army marched south in a large scale, he would not be willing to get involved in this kind of thing.
"Since that's the case, Zhu will say goodbye first." Mi Zhu turned around and left with a smile on his face.
"Sir, are we really going to Fancheng? That place is not big." Liu Sandao said a little depressed after Mi Zhu left. He was still thinking about the girl in the brothel. Although Fancheng and Xiangyang are separated by water, they belong to Xiangyang on the other side of the shore. Can't they compare with Xiangyang at all?
"We are here to visit brothels... to make money, not to accompany you to visit brothels." Liu Yi slapped him and waved his hand: "Fancheng will be gone tomorrow, and construction will start again. Let's have a good rest today."
"Here!" Liu Sandao agreed in shame and turned around and left.
Liu Yi was not idle either. Since he wanted to do it, he naturally had to live up to his life. Now his reputation has gradually spread. If he does not do it well, he will lose his own signature in the future.
Mi Zhu left him the defense map of Fancheng. Liu Yi studied and designed the reconstruction plan overnight. As the acropolis of Xiangyang, Fancheng was more military-oriented when building it, so the city wall was not low, three or six feet high. There was no need to strengthen this height, and it could not be strengthened in such a short time.
Liu Yi was preparing to erect a row of brackets behind the city. The more spacious brackets that can accommodate five or six people to shoot arrows at the same time must be six meters high. Generally, brackets have a range bonus. In this way, a three-dimensional attack posture can be formed. The soldiers guarding the city can stand on the brackets and the city walls and release arrow clusters to the enemy at the same time, increasing the effective strike surface.
The main thing is the construction of brackets. With the size of Fancheng's city, Liu Yi planned to set up twelve brackets on each wall, so that the combat effectiveness of the soldiers guarding the city can be effectively exerted, especially the soldiers on the brackets, and the safety is absolutely guaranteed.
As for city defense weapons, you can't put too many. Liu Yi planned to set up another crossbow near each bracket, specifically targeting the opponent's catapults, wells and other engineering equipment.
The city gate needs to be replaced, with a double-layer structure, so that the city gate and suspension bridge are more defensive.
As for the others, rolling wood and rocks can be made as much as you can. A row of straw stands must be hung out of the city wall and straw is placed on it. When the enemy sets up the siege ladder, ignite the straw.
As for outside the moat, it is best to dig some traps. Although this kind of thing is easy to destroy, it can always slow down the pace of some enemy troops.
That's all. In addition to the ten people he brought, he also needs to recruit another ninety people to make up a hundred people. Because the construction period is not too complicated, with the speed of work of a hundred people, it can be almost completed in one month.
That's it!
It was not until midnight that Liu Yi prepared the reinforcement plan of Fancheng. Looking at his plan, he nodded with satisfaction. If the troops in such a city were sufficient, it would be difficult for Cao's army to capture it.
Of course, if Jingzhou surrendered early as in history, it would be a different matter. He attacked both sides and trapped the lonely city without foreign aid. Even the city is strong, he would have to kneel down. After all, the attributes are not omnipotent, but they only have a strengthening effect. If foreign aid is cut off, even if it is trapped, the military and civilians in the city will be trapped to death.
Alas ~
Thinking of the situation that Jingzhou is about to face, Liu Yi felt that he didn't know where to go. He seemed to be unable to control the situation, nor could he stop Boss Cao, who is now growing in size, from going south. As a Mo and a craftsman, it's better to take care of himself first, as the rest are all empty.
No words all night.
Because she slept relatively late, Liu Yi slept until the next day until midnight before she woke up. Mi Zhu had already waited in the inn, and Liu Sandao and others had packed their luggage. As soon as Liu Yi came out, he could leave.
"Boyuan doesn't have to worry. It's not too late to eat some food before leaving." Mi Zhu looked at Liu Yi and smiled.
"No, I can't eat it. Let's eat it after going to Fancheng." Liu Yi didn't feel hungry either. He took out the drawings designed yesterday and handed them to Mi Zhu and said, "Let's go, get on the boat and say!"
The group left Xiangyang and came to the ferry outside the city. After Liu Yi got on the boat, he began to tell Mi Zhu in detail the plan he had thought of last night. By the time he finished speaking, he had already arrived outside Fancheng.
"How can Bo Yuan be sure that the range of the bracket will definitely be extremely far?" Mi Zhu looked at Liu Yi in confusion. Although there is a certain advantage in being condescending, it is impossible to say that the higher the distance. There is a degree in the middle. According to Liu Yi's design, under normal circumstances, the cluster of arrows shot out of the bracket cannot be further than that of the city wall. Moreover, because the bracket is far behind, the range is not as good as that of the city wall.
"This is the combination of some Yin and Yang and Five Elements, Feng Shui techniques, and it is not just that you can just build a bracket like this." Liu Yi said casually. Anyway, most people don't understand these things, let alone combine them with the Mohist techniques. As for how to combine them... Liu Yi himself doesn't know.
Mi Zhu frowned and thought for a long time, but he didn't think of what kind of ability this was. It just sounded quite powerful. In addition, what Liu Yi made did have some mysterious effects. He didn't ask more questions now, so he went ashore with Liu Yi and began to communicate with the officials in Fancheng to help Liu Yi recruit labor and the ninety craftsmen proposed by Liu Yi.
Chapter completed!