His Highness King Yong?
Hearing the sound, all the soldiers present had a look of surprise on their faces.
Many people even talked a little louder.
Wasn't it Fang Baihu who called everyone here? What is this Prince Yong doing here again?
While they were discussing, everyone saw Li Ke, who was wearing brocade clothes, and Fang Baihu, who was in military uniform, walking from one end of the school field to the other. Behind them, there were more than a dozen soldiers, either moving or moving. Carrying something.
As soon as Li Ke approached, dozens of soldiers on the school grounds immediately knelt down and shouted: "See your highness."
But Li Ke just waved his hand and motioned for everyone to get up.
Then Fang Baihu, a bearded man behind Li Ke, said: "Brothers, it is actually His Highness King Yong who called everyone here today. The reason why he called everyone here despite your hard work all day is actually to bring everyone here." Teach everyone how to use something, and this thing will determine whether Kunyang City can withstand it, and the survival of the more than 20,000 people in the city!"
After a pause, Fang Baihu glanced at Li Ke behind him, stepped back respectfully, and said, "Now, please, His Highness King Yong, please tell everyone in detail."
Li Ke nodded slightly, slowly took two steps forward and said, "Today I am calling everyone here to introduce a new type of weapon to you. I believe everyone knows that the Khitans will come up to kill them soon. Although we are already working hard to build the city, the city wall only protects us, but cannot repel the Khitans. Therefore, we still have to find a way to cause damage to the Khitans and make them fearful, so that they will not dare to try to get involved in Kunyang again!"
While talking, Li Ke picked up something and said loudly: "This is the new weapon I am talking about..."
On the other side, one hundred and sixty miles northwest of Kunyang, is the camp of the Qidan Qingzhang Department.
After hearing the report from the spies in front of him, Yelu Zhe was so shocked that he started clapping the case.
"Are you telling the truth? Did the Kunyang city wall really collapse several feet?"
The spy nodded repeatedly: "Back to the leader, I have all seen with my own eyes that the wall in the southeast corner of Kunyang City really collapsed several feet, and when we discovered it, the Wei people had not yet started to repair the wall!"
Hearing this, Yeluzhe was overjoyed and said repeatedly: "God is really helping me. Just when the Khan urged me to invade the border of Wei, the wall of Kunyang collapsed here."
"Oh, then why bother? In my opinion, it's better to just go in and burn them all and rob them all!"
As he spoke, Yeluzhe slammed the desk and ordered to his subordinates: "Send orders to all the ministries to assemble at an even speed tomorrow morning and the army will attack Kunyang City!"
Late at night, in the southeast corner of Kunyang City.
Although it was almost midnight, the place was illuminated by bonfires and torches as if it were daytime.
At this time, the floating soil from the collapsed city wall had been cleared away, and a trench one meter deep and two meters wide was dug in its place.
Then hundreds of people began to place large and small stones into it. When the stones were placed about one meter, dozens of people who had been waiting for a long time began to pour the prepared concrete along the gaps between the stones. Got in.
After the pouring was completed, dozens of civilians began to use all the items at their disposal to fan the gradually solidifying foundation of the city wall.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Su Xun couldn't help but look at each other with Qi Rusong, obviously his eyes were still full of doubts.
That's it?
Can you build a city wall by laying stones and pouring stone slurry?
At this moment, the two of them were still full of doubts.
Qi Rusong couldn't hold it any longer at first, so he simply took two steps forward to Li Ke and whispered: "Your Highness, can this really build a city wall? I..."
Before Qi Rusong finished what he said, Li Ke just smiled and interrupted him directly, saying: "Commander Qi, don't worry, you will know by then whether it will succeed or not."
After that, Li Ke walked towards the foundation of the city wall, stretched out his hand and pressed on the slightly hardened concrete surface, and made a rough calculation in his mind.
Then he asked a supervisor on the side: "Are all the wood I asked for ready?"
The chief nodded: "Your Highness, everything is ready."
"Very good. After half an hour, you will start to build the wood and lay the stones in it according to what I taught you before."
The chief nodded and said confidently: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I have remembered it. After four hours, when the concrete has completely solidified, we will start pouring the first layer of the city wall, but each layer can only Pour three feet..."
The chief recited everything Li Ke had told him before, and when he saw Li Ke nodded with satisfaction, he turned and left.
I have done everything I can do, now I can only wait.
Then Li Ke looked at Qi Rusong and Su Xun who were standing aside, and said with a smile: "You two, I think we should find a place to take a rest first. After all, even if we stick here, we can't do anything. The second pouring will not work. We have to wait until early tomorrow morning.”
rest? Now that it's a matter of life and death, these two people have no time to rest.
But before he could say anything, Li Ke grabbed one of his hands and pulled him directly towards the palace.
"It just so happens that I still have two bottles of good wine brought from the capital, so let's just drink it today!"
Being pulled by Li Keqiang, the two of them did not dare to shirk. In addition, they had been digging channels and doing this and that in the past few days, which really made them a little tired.
In the end, they could only half push and follow, but even so, the two of them were still as uneasy as if they had lifted a huge boulder.
The initial setting time of concrete takes about one hour, and the complete solidification time takes more than eight hours. Before complete solidification, no more pouring can be continued, otherwise the weight of the newly poured city wall on the upper level will cause the concrete below to be completely solidified to tear. crack, affecting the quality.
Therefore, during this period, there is nothing to do except wait. Even if it is the earliest, the second pouring will not be possible until early tomorrow morning.
Instead of waiting anxiously, it is better to find a place to take a good rest and recharge your batteries.
After all, they would have to face an unknown number of Khitan troops in two days.
