Chapter 242: The Sky Ladder at a Huge Price is Scrapped
"Your Majesty, the fortifications are almost completed. The sand cone has been extended to a thousand meters away, and the attack range of the siege engine is also within 800 meters. Now we can be at ease..." Du Ping was so tired that his head was heavy.
He ran up sweaty, his clothes were scattered, and he was almost naked. He looked excited. Although he was tired, he was very happy.
Yu Chen smiled and patted him on the shoulder and said, "We can't be practical now. Give us the order to continue construction. The sand cone can only block the range of ordinary siege engines. If the barbarian siege engines are extraordinary, the consequences will be disastrous."
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Du Ping took a deep breath, turned around and was about to go downstairs and continue to build the sand cone in front, but was stopped by Yu Chen, "You don't have to go, why don't you go see how the ladder is being built?"
"Your Majesty, the ladder to heaven is almost finished, but it is still too steep and many craftsmen have fallen to death, so other craftsmen do not dare to dig any more..."
Just as Yu Chen finished giving instructions to Du Ping, soldiers came to report the situation of the ladder.
"What! Those craftsmen don't dare to chisel anymore?" Du Ping was a little annoyed. He knew from a young age that soldiers should obey orders as their bounden duty. Even if they were rushing into mountains of swords and seas of fire, they could not blink an eyebrow.
When the soldier heard Du Ping roaring loudly, he buried his head deeply and nodded, not daring to speak any more.
"It's not their fault. Originally, the mountain wall was too steep. Du Ping, please come with me to have a look..." Yu Chen withdrew the soldier first, and took Du Ping to see the ladder in person.
Yu Chen stood under the ladder and looked up. The angle was so steep that he couldn't believe it. Only now did he truly understand why Xiayou City was so easy to defend and difficult to attack. The congresses such as Qi, Chu, Yan and Zhao valued this small city so much.
The capital of Xiayou City, in fact, the one who wants to get Xiayou City the most is not other people but Chu State.
Although large iron nails are used to fix the two sides, it still requires skill and physical strength to climb up. Most people are lucky if they don't fall to death.
"Forget it, there is no need to dig out this ladder anymore." Yu Chen looked at the steep and straight ladder with disappointment, feeling a little helpless.
"What? It took a long time to build this ladder and let it go like this?" The soldiers immediately started talking. Many people had fallen from the top because of this ladder. Now everyone would be angry if they said it was not possible to build it.
Yu Chen looked at them and could only tell the truth, "Although it has been dug out, it is difficult to climb up with your ability, let alone complete the task. Maybe only one person can come out to rescue the entire Xiayou City, but that person
There has been no news for several years, no news about life or death..."
"I want to give it a try..." Du Ping was a little unconvinced. He didn't believe he couldn't climb the cliff.
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I have updated four times today. I originally planned to finish this article last week, but I ended up writing it longer and longer. I didn’t even write out many of the completed plots.
With a responsible attitude towards readers, I don’t intend to finish it hastily.
While this article is being updated, new articles will continue to be updated starting from today, but the progress may be a little slower. I hope you can collect more new articles~