"The mountainous area ahead is quite rugged. Do you know what it's called?"
"Behind that mountain group is the countryside where Sanmiao used to worship?"
Ruanzai pointed to the area in the distance where Sanmiao warriors built a city. On that land stood a large stone city complex. It was denser than the five previous highlands, and the "output" was also more excessive. The mountains here were rugged and the location was violent. No one knows the exact name of the area between the mountain and Jinling Mountain.
Judging from the terrain and the vague outline of the surrounding mountains, the location is probably in the southeast of Hubei Province, at the northern foot of Mufu Mountain...
However, the ancient terrain is very different from the terrain of later generations. In this "age of gods", there may be "god-based factors" interfering (Gonggong physical interference), so it can be roughly judged based on the distance between the contours, which is about the same. .
Almost, almost.
Beyond this mountain range is the southeast gate of the Lianghu Plain, but in this era, there should be a vast expanse of water behind it.
During periods of strong water flow, plains or basins will become lakes if they accumulate in low-lying areas. For example, Mengzhuze in this era can be considered one of them, including the extinct Yinchuan ancient lake.
Ruanzai scratched his head and began to think about how to capture the group of stone cities in front of him at the minimum cost. Although these stone cities may not be as strong as the one in Feishaquan, there are simply too many of them here.
The mountain is almost connected to the mountain. There are large and small stone cities crisscrossing each other on the edge of the mountain. There are some in front and behind. There are some small stone cities on the mountain and down the mountain, which have been completely transformed into fortresses... ...
Don’t underestimate the city-building skills of the ancient ancestors. In fact, their stone cities and Sanhe Earthen City were both comparable. There were not many shoddy projects in this era. Even Gun’s large dam for water control was made of ordinary earth and stone materials. Having withstood the impact of the ancient Yellow River for nine years, its defense power is actually very high.
For example, the defensive power of ancient cities such as Shimao Ancient City unearthed in later generations was ranked high even in the Ming Dynasty.
Before the city-state era, and even into the city-state era, the city relied on the strength of the city. Even if the materials were primitive and the means were crude, the ancient ancestors still had their own city-building skills that were not passed down to later generations. For example, in the country of the Chengjiu family, they used A native way to imitate a strong waterproof material similar to cement is to use yellow mud and rotten grass plus shell ash. This is the "grass mud bag construction method".
These large city-states require a labor force of more than 10,000 people to work for a year before they are completed. This is an inference for large cities like the ancient city of Liangzhu. Super giant cities such as Shimao require at least two people. to thirty thousand.
Ruanzai looked at the group of stones in the distance and suddenly felt a stomachache.
It would be nice if I had a rocket launcher.
These ancient ancestors really didn't have any technology, and they put all their talents into building cities. As expected, the talent for infrastructure is deeply rooted in the bones of all people in this world, regardless of nationality.
It would take a lot of money to blow them up with yellow gunpowder. Attacking these stone cities would not bring in many resources. Yu Zai discovered that San Miao actually knew how to consume his opponents.
Hongzhou attacked these stone cities and consumed firearms, but the resources of firearms could not be replenished from the stone cities.
Sanmiao was about to say at this time, ah, it’s not that I don’t want to supplement it for you, it’s that I really don’t have the technology points like you!
Sometimes, technology is a little ahead of its time, which seems to be a bad thing.
Ruan Zai looked at the engineering team that was following him for inspection not far away. The craftsmen in the construction team looked at the stone city defense position that the Sanmiao warriors had spent several years building, and all of them had gleaming eyes.
Such superb and exquisite masonry architectural art should be used to carve David with his naked body exposed, instead of fighting with Hongzhou here.
"It's so beautiful. This is the art of stone! The great rock creates all things!"
"My soul has been sublimated. I must capture Sanmiao's craftsmen alive!"
"These Miao people have really learned our essence. In ten years, they have achieved my three successes."
Hongchao said dissatisfiedly on the side: "I asked you to inspect the terrain and see how to break the city. Why do you praise each other's construction level?"
Everyone in the engineering team ignored Hongchao, thinking that he only had archery in his mind and could not understand the beauty of engineering at all. Talking to Chao was like playing the piano to an ox.
Yu Zai led the engineering team to survey the terrain and marked a blank road on the map. Hongchao couldn't see the result, so Yu Zai took people to start blasting the mountain.
Rumbling sounds began to resound throughout the mountains and fields.
The other side.
Ben Yun was very nervous during this period. However, in recent days, the situation on the battlefield was somewhat beyond his expectation. Ju Azai, who had been coming to verbally persuade surrender and verbal harassment in the past few days, is no longer here, and the people from Hongzhou are here. The sound of banging and rumbling in the distant hills sounded like explosives being used to blast rocks.
what are they doing?
Ben Yun and the others did not know that Juzai had found a stream of water flowing along the mountains about dozens of miles away from the Shicheng Group area.
Yu Zai thought of a way.
Forcibly explode part of the river and mountain to artificially redirect the water flow!
In the early stage of excavation, there is still a lot of survey work, including hydrological conditions, climate change, the direction of the water channel in various places, the inclination angle of the mountain and the impact of the terrain, the altitude, and what is the inclination angle to ensure the turbulent flow of water?
However, Yu Zai told the engineering team that precise calculations were not required. They only needed to blow up a rough area and follow the previously defined mountain to drain the water downstream. The next step was to leave it to "nature." uncanny workmanship".
"Invite the rain master to rain. The torrential rain will continue for ten days and nights. All the water will rise sharply and mix together. At that time, there will be a vast ocean under the stone city. It is spring at this time. The rain clouds are gathering. Yunmeng Daze is full of water vapor. Not only the water god If you can show off your power, the Rain Master can also show off your power."
Everyone understood immediately!
Flash flood!
"Flash floods...Surge floods occur in mountainous valleys...The characteristics of flash floods are sudden, concentrated water flow, high velocity, strong erosion and destructive power, and the water flow will carry sediment, sand and stones Trees... what I want to create is heavy rain and flash floods!"
"But we need a basic water channel, so we used this water vein."
Yu Zai didn't have the time to spend a year or two to conduct an overall survey of this mountain range, and then build a canal to destroy the stone city group in one go. This ancient war did not have a very strong logistics force, and the population base was impossible to match the feudal dynasty. Compare.
In a conflict between two kingdoms, the total number of combatants would be around 50,000 or 60,000. In a feudal dynasty, 50,000 would be nothing more than a vanguard group, which was just the capital to start a business.
