Inadvertently, Zhao Kuo remembered a sentence in his mind
"Is it okay to make assumptions about whether things exist without seeing them or hearing them?" It was Zhao Kuo himself who was talking about it. But looking at it now, if he really chose Ma City, this narrow tower would have killed Zhao Kuo!
Although Mo Dao is brave, he needs a huge space for him to perform. On such a narrow tower, if the movement is slightly larger, there is even a risk of falling, and its inconvenient movements are simply impossible to move on such a tower. support.
In this way, as long as the barbarians attack a point at all costs, Zhao Kuo has almost no choice but to fill it in one by one.
If at this time, the barbarians make another attempt to attack the east and west... the consequences will be simply unimaginable. Involuntarily, Zhao Kuo breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Lu Buwei dissuaded him in time.
However, if you want to lure the enemy in the coming year, you must either widen the width of the city wall or choose another location.
And widening the city wall may not be easy! After thinking about it, Zhao Kuo raised his head slightly and saw that Li Mu had already started his explanation.
"The attack and defense of the city tower is especially focused on bows and arrows and rolling wood and stones. Due to the narrow area of the city tower, it is not only inconvenient to store supplies, but also to transport them back and forth. Therefore, priority is given to ensuring the use of arrows. One arrow is placed every five steps, and each arrow stomp hides soldiers. The two members not only support each other, but also carry out constant attacks during the transportation of arrows. As for the luck of arrows and rolling wood and stones, they mainly rely on the rear attic. During the war, the rolling wood, stones and arrows are stored there. In the attic, the generals guarding the city will arrange for distribution."
"In this way, it seems that the generals who defend the city really need strong strategizing skills! It's just that it's a bit too hard." Zhao Kuo looked at the two attics standing in the middle of the city tower. Transporting the attic to both sides can indeed save some effort and time, but it still cannot get rid of the problem of narrow roads.
Whether you can reach your destination smoothly depends on whether the commander's scheduling is in place. In other words, if you want to hold this place, the defender must know the terrain very well, and even have to form muscle memory to mobilize troops.
This would also result in the city being bound to the general. In other words, if Zhao Kuo wanted to intervene in the defense of Ma City, it would be very difficult to change the general.
The deep binding between localities and generals is something no general who coordinates the overall situation wants to see.
Although Zhao Kuo's words were in praise of the generals who defended the city, they were actually dissatisfied with Ma City's defense system.
It can even be said that they were asking the parties, General Wu Pi and Li Mu, why they did not widen the tower to facilitate defense.
"Don't worry, General." Of course Li Mu knew what Zhao Kuo was worried about, and immediately said: "This troop dispatch is indeed difficult, but it is also very simple." After saying that, Li Mu stood behind the city wall, stretched out his arms and Arm said: "Even during a war, two people can pass through the rear passage. Of course, there will be some collision if two people go side by side. Therefore, my rule is that during war, both passages are one-way, that is, only from the middle attic. Go to both ends of the city, not the other way around. People who arrive at both ends will come from the bottom of the city to the attic. This way, it can be guaranteed to be smooth." Zhao Kuo nodded slightly when he heard this, but did not comment.
One-way streets are indeed a solution to the congestion problem, but the problem is that in this way, the efficiency will become much lower. It is like sending a bundle of arrows to an arrow stampede twenty steps away, but the soldiers have to run hundreds of If we are only one step away, wouldn't it be laborious to use troops like this?
"General, please take a look." Li Mu seemed to understand what Zhao Kuo was thinking, and immediately showed Zhao Kuo another of his inventions: the slide.
"We have arranged such a slide in the nearby section. After the transport personnel complete their tasks, they can slide down. This can save a lot of time and energy." Li Mu continued to explain.
Zhao Kuo looked at this child's toy. He never thought that it could be used for fighting. Indeed, although the slide is a bit steep, it is not a problem for adults, and the slide naturally does not require much physical exertion. Of course, the physical strength of going up to the city is unavoidable, but this is already a great saving. .
But saving is still just saving, and waste cannot be avoided after all.
"Why not expand?" Zhao Kuo still asked the question in his heart. As long as the city wall is slightly expanded by two people, everything will be solved. Why bother to think of so many crooked tricks?
Of course, when he asked the question, Zhao Kuo quickly had a general answer in his mind. But he saw Li Mu glance at General Wu Pi behind Zhao Kuo, and when General Wu Pi nodded, he said with a little shame: "It's not that I don't want to expand, but this widening is not as high as the height. I need to widen the base and add it again. After adding up, reinforcement has to be carried out, and the manpower and material resources consumed are really... The city here is no better than Handan. It has a small population, and it is not easy to make a living. If we add corvee labor, it will really be impossible to survive. Therefore. , Over the years, the city has only been slightly repaired and raised. If it wants to be widened, I am afraid it will need the support of the court." Zhao Kuo heard this and thought, as expected, lack of money is the original sin!
This matter has never been settled in ancient times... and this also strengthened Zhao Kuo's determination to establish a mutual market on the border. Daibei is not without potential. There is too much wealth in this thousand-mile grassland, but
"The grassland becomes the grassland and the grassland fails." However, a huge amount of wealth is trapped in the grassland.
"Mutual trading" is the first step to unlock the code of grassland wealth! Once grassland cattle, horses, sheep and other materials can truly circulate, this can be said to be subversive to the economic improvement of Daidi.
And only when the economy develops, perhaps this fertile grassland can truly be used by Zhao. After listening to Li Mu's statement, Zhao Kuo nodded silently. Under limited conditions, it was pretty good that Li Mu could achieve this. With a complete system, Zhao Kuo didn't have much to transfer Li Mu. concerns.
Seeing Zhao Kuo slowly nodding, the generals behind him also relaxed slightly. After all, the loopholes in this defense system still exist. If they really get angry, they really have no way to defend themselves.
Fortunately, Zhao Kuo is not an unreasonable person, and he has returned gloriously from the Battle of Changping, and he does not need to use the three-step method of taking office to declare his authority.
"Lead the way! Go and see how the soldiers are training." Zhao Kuo and his group finished walking around the city wall and then said to Li Mu.
Li Mu was self-righteous and immediately took Zhao Kuo to the camp in the city. The military camp is not too big, only three to five hundred paces long and wide at most, but the layout inside is well-proportioned. Horizontal and vertical passages divide the military camp into neat areas. The martial arts field, grain depot, arsenal, and barracks are quietly Dotted among them and surrounded by a tight wall, everything seemed so natural.
If the location were not a little off, it would not be an exaggeration to call it a city within a city. Even if the outer city falls, the defenders can hold on for at least a few days relying on this camp.
Obviously, the people who arranged this camp put their heart and soul into it.
"Is this village the masterpiece of General Li?" Zhao Kuo praised with satisfaction after being led around.
"It's true that we are not in charge at the moment." Li Mu immediately said modestly. This is the second time Zhao Kuo has explicitly praised Li Mu. Listening to Zhao Kuo's words, even a fool can see Zhao Kuo's admiration for Li Mu.
Being able to get the attention of the first person in Zhao Jun, everyone knows that Li Mu is about to take off! The only question is, how high can Li Mu fly!
Soon, under the leadership of Li Mu, Zhao Kuo and his party arrived at the martial arts field. On the high platform, Zhao Kuo looked at Li Mu calmly, and then ordered: "Let's begin."
"Yes!" Li Mu immediately clasped his fists and accepted the order. Immediately, Li Mu waved his right hand, and then war drums suddenly sounded in this border town.
That's right, Zhao Kuo suddenly had a whim and wanted to conduct an examination at this moment! A test for the whole army!
A point inspection is an emergency gathering of the entire army. It sounds simple, but it extremely tests the discipline of an army.
The drums are thundering, and after three drums, the whole army has arrived. This is not just talk. Even the elite army of Daidi cannot say that it will be completed.
What's more, the time Zhao Kuo chose was right before and after lunch. Li Mu knew that this might be the final test given to him by the general. As long as he passed this test, he might really become a general, one who could truly stand alone!
War drums were beating in the sky above the border city of Ma, and they were beating in Li Mu's heart. But Li Mu didn't panic at all. He believed that those robes who fought bloody battles with him and stirred horses in the same pot together would not let him or the general down.
"Dong dong dong..." As soon as the drums were played, all the soldiers in the nearest camp had put down their bowls and chopsticks and arrived at the school grounds to assemble.
"Dong dong dong..." After the second drum beat, all the soldiers patrolling the city returned to camp and gathered in line.
"Dong dong dong..." Before the sound of the three-way drums finished, on top of the city tower, except for the necessary patrolling and defensive soldiers, all the other soldiers were already present!
They really did it! The three tongs and drums were not finished, but the whole army arrived. Looking at the forest of spears below but still silently, Zhao Kuo knew that this was a real killer!
Only elite divisions who have experienced bloody battles can have such discipline and murderous intent! Fortunately, Zhao Kuo himself crawled out of the flesh and blood mill on the Changping battlefield. He was calm and calm in the face of hundreds of thousands of troops, but with only murderous intent, Zhao Kuo only had joy in his heart and did not have the slightest hint of cowardice.
"General! There are 8,742 people under the Macheng command, and there are thousands of people outside the city guarding the city. They are all here. General, please give me your instructions." Li Mu, as the temporary commander, reported the assembly situation to Zhao Kuo .
"Okay." Zhao Kuo said loudly. Immediately, with long strides, Zhao Kuo stood at the front of the high platform.
"See you, General!" Thousands of Zhao soldiers under him saluted Zhao Kuo.
