AD 228, October 28th.
Chang'an——
"Your Majesty is wise!"
"Your Majesty is wise!"
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Fei Yi rushed to Chang'an day and night and explained to Zhuge Liang the rumors on the streets of Chengdu and the fact that Emperor Liu Chan had discovered the rumors. Zhuge Liang was overjoyed and hurriedly paid his respects in the direction of Chengdu.
"The emperor is wise," Zhuge Liang sighed: "There is hope, there is hope that the Han Dynasty will be revived."
"Prime Minister!" After Zhuge Liang sighed, Fei Yi said again: "Your Majesty asked your subordinates to tell the Prime Minister that your Majesty will never listen to slander. Please rest assured and stabilize the situation in Guanzhong. At the same time, please beware of the invasion of the Wei army."
"Thank you very much Wen Wei!" Zhuge Liang saluted Fei Yi, and then said: "Please also ask Wen Wei to tell your majesty for me when he returns to Beijing. I will live up to your majesty's trust and stabilize the situation in Guanzhong as soon as possible to welcome your majesty's return to the old capital.
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"The official has written it down!"
Fei Yi did not stay in Chang'an for long. He only stayed in Chang'an for two days and then returned to Chengdu.
Zhuge Liang seemed even busier.
In fact, he had heard about the rumors in Chengdu before Fei Yi came to Chang'an. At that time, he was still a little worried. He was worried that the emperor was young and might mistakenly hear the slander.
Now he feels at ease.
Not only did the emperor not believe these slanders, he also sent people to Chang'an in time to reassure him to stabilize the situation in Guanzhong and to beware of Cao Wei in time.
The emperor's trust gave him no worries.
But——
Naturally, he also knows the test that the big man will face now.
Soon he deployed defenses at several passes in Guanzhong.
Especially facing the three passes of Tongguan, Wuguan, and Pubanjin in the direction of the Central Plains, the original guards guarding the three passes were Liao Hua, Wang Ping, and Gao Xiang. The number of troops at each pass was 5,000.
In order to prevent Cao Wei from invading Guanzhong, Zhuge Liang increased the strength of all three passes to 10,000. At the same time, he sent Wei Yan to guard Tongguan, Zhao Yun to guard Wuguan, and Guan Xing to guard Pubanjin.
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November 3rd.
Tongguan.
"What is this?"
A few months later, Wei Yan came to Tongguan again, but was shocked by a group of people on the Forbidden Valley.
"These are twelve connected cities!"
Liao Hua said with a smile: "A few months ago, His Majesty sent Prime Minister Bo Song here and asked the general to build this twelve connected cities here."
When Wei Yan heard this, he was surprised and said: "With these twelve connected cities, even Cao Wei's million-strong army would never even think of setting foot in Guanzhong."
"What the general said is absolutely true!" Liao Hua complimented: "Today's Tongguan is no longer comparable to the Tongguan of the past. It is not easy for Cao Wei to attack Tongguan."
"Oh?" Liao Hua looked confident, which made Wei Yan interested, so he asked doubtfully: "Is there something else in Tongguan..."
"That's right!" Liao Hua said: "Your Majesty only asked the general to build twelve consecutive cities, but in order to make Tongguan impregnable;" After saying this, Liao Hua raised his hand and pointed eastward and said: "In addition to building these twelve cities, the general
In Liancheng, a gate city was also built on the Huangxiang Ban."
Huangxiangban——
It is located on the edge of the Yellow River east of Tongguan. The roads here are narrow. Even if the city gate is not built, it will be very difficult for the Wei army to pass by just sending more than a thousand people.
Wei Yan then followed Liao Hua to Huangxiang Ban. A seven or eight-meter-high Guancheng stood at the west entrance of Huangxiang Ban. In front of the east gate of Guancheng was a narrow passage that could only accommodate one car and one horse. If Wei Jun
If you want to attack Tongguan, you must first attack this pass city.
There is a narrow passage, facing a city gate. The Wei army wants to get through here, and then pass through the five-mile secret gate to reach Tongguan. It is basically impossible, let alone conquer Tongguan, and then face the twelve consecutive cities.
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"What is this?" After Wei Yan looked at the narrow passage, he was attracted by the things piled up on the city gate that looked like rocks but didn't look like rocks.
"This is your Majesty's newly invented cement brick. Bo Song taught it to the general." Liao Hua took a piece and handed it to Wei Yan, saying, "General, try it. Is it harder than stone?"
Wei Yan took the cement brick and weighed it. Although it was not big, it was not light at all. It weighed almost ten kilograms.
Looking back at the city head, this Guancheng is made of cement bricks.
Wei Yan placed the cement brick in his hand on the city wall, casually pulled out the long sword from his waist, and slashed down with the sword, only to hear a crisp sound.
"How can it be so hard?" Wei Yan asked in shock.
"Hahaha~" Liao Hua said happily: "General, what do you think will happen if this brick is thrown on someone's body?"
Hiss——
Wei Yan did not answer, but he already knew why Liao Hua piled so many cement bricks here. If the Wei army invaded, the defenders would not need to look for rolling wood and stones, but would directly use these cement bricks to greet the Wei army's head.
That’s it.
A month ago, Liao Hua completed the construction of Twelve Connected Cities and Huangxiang Banguan City. He did not stop producing cement bricks. Instead, he specially dispatched a thousand soldiers to continue making this kind of cement bricks.
In fact, at this time, it was not just the Huangxiang Banguan building that was piled with these cement bricks. In Tongguan, a lot of cement bricks were also prepared on every gate building in the Twelve Liancheng City. The thousand soldiers were still
Still in production.
Tongguan is already an impregnable pass.
Tongguan is impregnable, and Pubanjin and Wuguan are not much different. Wang Ping of Wuguan and Gao Xiang of Pubanjin have not been idle in the past few months. After Zhuge Qiao taught them how to make cement bricks, they
They also produce a lot of cement bricks.
Pubanjin - In addition to the original Guancheng, a city has also been built on the river bank on the edge of the Yellow River. If the Wei army wanted to enter Guanzhong from Pubanjin, they had to pass through two passes, and the city head was also piled with newly made cement bricks.
Wuguan - Although Wang Ping did not build a new pass, he reinforced the Wuguan city wall with cement bricks, and the city top was naturally filled with cement bricks.
The three passes are all stronger than before, and now they have increased their military strength. Whether it is Wei Yan, Zhao Yun, or Guan Xing, they are naturally confident in guarding the passes.
But they didn't know that thousands of miles away in Chengdu, the Han Emperor Liu Chan still worried about them.
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Chengdu.
Craftsmanship Division——
The carpenters who have been busy making tables, chairs and benches have not been making tables, chairs and benches for several days. Now they have a new task.
Several carpenters were busy in the yard, and there was a big guy in the middle of the yard. This was their masterpiece in the past few days.
It's just that they are still a little worried, and they don't know whether the thing they made will satisfy His Majesty the Emperor.
In the palace not far away, Liu Chan got up early.
"Your Majesty!" Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Why are you in such a hurry? You can see it soon."
"I can't be in a hurry now," Liu Chan said to Queen Zhang Yuan as soon as he threw away the bowl and chopsticks: "If it's too late, that guy Cao Rui will come over."
After talking to Zhang Yuan, Liu Chan hurriedly left the harem and went to the Craftsmanship Department.
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This chapter has been completed!