This attack platform was specially built for the enemy. There are three attack platforms on both sides of the path from the mountainside to the top of the mountain. Each platform is about two feet in diameter. With simple modifications, it can provide a foothold for the enemy.
In this way, the enemy's attack on the top of the mountain will inevitably rely on the attack platform. At that time, Qin Feng can concentrate his arrows and cover the enemy on the attack platform with devastating arrows.
The gaps in the mountain wall where the war horses are stored have also been enlarged so that the war horses can carry out limited activities and extend the survival time of the war horses as much as possible to serve as strategic food reserves.
In addition, below the watchtower, a total of six bunkers were built and renovated. They are literally sculptured fortresses. They are built entirely of stones based on the mountain terrain, and are reinforced internally with wooden piles, making the bunkers extremely difficult to be knocked down by external forces.
The distribution of the bunkers is also very particular. There are three bunkers facing south, forming an angle.
In the bunker below, there are only some shooting holes in three directions on the front, similar to the arrow stacks on the city wall, and there are exits in the rear. Once the enemy forces attack, the defenders can retreat and escape as soon as possible.
The two bunkers above were built in a relatively open space, with only a circle of walls made of piled stones, and a simple pergola built with sticks and branches above, which could support the bunkers below and pour arrows.
The other three bunkers are located in the east, west and north directions. Firstly, they prevent enemy troops from climbing up by relying on ropes. Secondly, they can carry out effective troop garrisoning.
As the old saying goes, you can't put your eggs in one basket.
Once the war begins, the two hundred soldiers will be divided into four units. The three south-facing bunkers belong to one unit, and the three east-west and north-facing bunkers belong to one unit each.
Excluding military facilities, four material storage points were expanded below the watchtower, relying on existing gaps in the rock wall. Three of them were used to store food and water, and the remaining one was used to store ordnance, mainly arrows.
The entire Qingyu Mountain stronghold has begun to take shape.
The next most important thing is the construction of the water storage tank.
Also located under the watchtower, as far away from the enemy as possible, Qin Feng chose a location that would not affect the mountain structure. He used the explosive wedge method to chip away the huge boulders, then took them out one by one and sorted them out. Finally, a seven-meter diameter stone appeared. Chi, a cave as deep as one foot.
The cave was surrounded by cracks in the rock walls. Qin Feng ordered people to search for yellow mud from the bottom of the mountain. If they couldn't find it, they used ordinary mud instead.
After mixing the soil and plant ash, fill them all into the gaps in the rock wall. However, this still failed to achieve the waterproof effect, so Qin Feng sent people all over the mountains and plains to collect rosin.
The trees on the Qingyu Mountainside are mainly pine trees, so the project of collecting rosin was actually not difficult. It only took less than a day to collect eight cowhide bags.
Pour the rosin into the porcelain basin snatched from Pingcang County and boil it. After the rosin is completely liquefied, take it out and smear all the places in the reservoir that may leak.
After the rosin is completely solidified, it will have a waterproof effect.
but……
The taste of this water must have a strong smell of pine resin, which may not taste good. But in order to survive, you can even drink urine, not to mention the smelly water?
With the construction of the most important reservoir completed, Qin Feng immediately ordered his soldiers to take water from the mountain stream and fill it into the reservoir. When the reservoir was filled, the hole was sealed with branches, leaving only a water intake to prevent dust from falling into it.
After all the strongholds are built, all that's left is to stockpile weapons, especially expendable weapons.
Mainly stones and horizontal logs were used, and all positions that could be stocked were filled.
The two cylinders of oil previously snatched from Pingcang County were carefully preserved by Qin Feng and used specifically to deal with the enemy's large shield.
In addition, the weapons captured from the enemy were also transferred to the top of the mountain. There were only two weapons, one of which was naturally a bow and arrow, and the other was a horse spear!
In addition, traps on the mountainside are also being set up in an orderly manner.
Since the enemy suffered from the crossbar trap, they would definitely pay extra attention to the top of their heads in the future, so this time, Qin Feng did the opposite and asked the soldiers to dig as many spike traps as possible.
The so-called spike trap is actually very simple. It is to dig a hole in the ground, insert a sharpened stick into it, and cover the hole with branches and rotten grass. As long as the enemy loses his footing and falls into the trap, he will be stabbed into a hedgehog.
The enemy-killing effect of this kind of trap is actually not obvious. After all, the trap is not too big, and once someone slips and falls into it, the enemy behind will notice, and the trap will instantly lose its value.
However, the psychological impact of the spike trap on the enemy is extremely huge, and it will have a huge impact on the enemy's marching speed.
Boulder traps are naturally indispensable.
In addition to these two traps, Qin Feng thought about the other traps and decided to give up.
There are many reasons. One is that the trees in Qingyu Mountain are mainly pine trees, and pine trees are relatively brittle and difficult to make trigger traps.
Secondly, it was already autumn, and the pine trees were becoming drier. Coupled with the scattered pine needles on the ground, if the enemy suffered continuous losses, they would definitely set fire to the mountain, and all the traps would be burned by then.
In other words, anything below the mountainside will be lost sooner or later. The core of the protracted war is still above the mountainside.
In the following time, all that was left was to continuously search for supplies and move all available and valuable things to the top of the mountain.
Looking at the impregnable and well-supplied stronghold, although the soldiers were tired, their eyes were full of bright colors, and there was no trace of despair for the coming battle. On the contrary, everyone was eager to try, waiting for the enemy to attack.
Unfortunately, the enemy troops at the foot of the mountain have yet to move.
Xu Qian, in particular, threatened several times to make the enemies in the mountains pay the price, but every time the date of fulfillment came, he seemed to have forgotten the Haikou he had boasted about before, and there was no movement at all.
At this time, Xu Qian was busy 'fighting' with Chen Ping.
On the surface, Xu Qian lowered his profile and promised to cooperate with Chen Ping's actions, but privately he ordered the army not to obey Chen Ping's orders. As for Chen Ping, he naturally hated Xu Qian deeply, but he was helpless. No one could have imagined that Xu Qian would actually bring the "political" struggle of civil servants to the battlefield.
This situation lasted for five days. In the end, what everyone was waiting for was not Chen Ping's messenger, but Liu Qing.
The moment he saw Liu Qing, Chen Ping knew that he was finished.
Xu Qian was overjoyed and personally welcomed him out of the city gate, excitedly saying: "How is it?"
With a proud smile on his face, Liu Qing took the warrant out of his arms without explaining it and handed it to Xu Qian.
Xu Qian glanced at it for a few times, his eyes were extremely excited, and he couldn't wait to announce on the spot: "Chen Ping, this is the peak warrant from the front line. Do you know your guilt?"
