As Li Shan talked, Zhang Shigui's expression changed unpredictable, sometimes thinking hard, sometimes doubting, and sometimes nodding.
After all, it was outside Yanmen Pass, and everyone was discussing matters on the hill, but there were many people around, all of them Li Shan's personal guards.
Well, most people's eyes were a little weird. Especially when Li Shanxin swore that Jieli Khan would not attack in a big way and would not attack with all his strength, Wang Junhao was a little bit uncontrollable.
Looking at Zhang Shigui's appearance...does this count as belief?
Back then, all the way south, every time Lang Jun analyzed the situation, Ling Gong could not express any objection... But what happened in the end?
Wang Junhao felt that there was more than half a chance that Jieli Khan would attack in a big way... just based on Lang Jun's words.
Well, Zhang Shigui did believe it, because Li Shan's analysis was very reasonable, and Li Daozong and Wen Yanbo, who were very familiar with the situation in the North, also supported it.
But as for Li Shan's statement that the fort of Guji Town was strong and could withstand the siege of the Turkic army... Zhang Shigui was still a little skeptical. Mayi and Yanmen Pass were both important military towns with towering walls that were extremely strong and could not be built without years of construction.
As for Guji Town... Calculating the time, it is already March. In mid-to-late May, the Turks who did not come to Daizhou to make a fortune last year will inevitably attack. In two months, it will be enough to build a building that can withstand the Turkic army.
Attack the fort?
And because the cavalry must be stationed, the scale cannot be too small. At least hundreds of cavalry and more than a thousand infantry are needed to make Guji Town an iron nail stuck here to prevent the Turks from looking at each other.
Li Shan smiled and pointed downward, turning his head and asking, "Is it finished?"
"Yes." Zhou Lang, who didn't know when he appeared, replied, "The construction started at noon the day before yesterday and was completed before noon yesterday. It cost sixty people."
Half an hour later, Zhang Shigui, Li Daozong and others looked at the dozens of meters of city wall in front of them with absent-minded eyes. The surprised expressions were not because this section of the city wall only took 60 people to build in one day, but because the city wall was built in one day.
itself.
"Bang!"
The knight approaching on horseback thrust out the spear in his hand with all his strength. The sharp spear head only left a small hole in the wall. The knight drew out his long knife and slashed, leaving only a few marks this time.
Zhang Shigui stepped forward to check it in person. The hole was not big and he couldn't see clearly. He broke it off with his hands, but it didn't budge.
"The inside is made of tiled red bricks, and the outside is covered with a layer of..." Li Shan thought for a while, "covered with a layer of mud."
"Mud?" Zhang Shigui looked down and saw a gray-white shell. It didn't look like anything special, but it was very hard.
To be honest, neither the red bricks nor the cement made by Li Shan are strong enough, but they can be used in this era. The worst is to stack a few more layers horizontally to make them thicker.
The key point is that Li Shan inquired and found out that the Turks definitely don't have any catapults or anything like that... Also, the Turks are not good at attacking cities, so being able to get some ladders to climb walls is considered a skill.
Zhang Shigui was still a little worried, so he tried it out by riding a horse himself, and the horse's tail hit the wall hard. This time, the hole was larger, and the red bricks laid horizontally inside could be clearly seen... But the overall wall surface
Not affected at all, this wall is paved with three layers of red bricks.
"Is it really just one day and night?" Zhang Shigui was very excited, "If there are more than a thousand soldiers and plenty of food and grass, it will be difficult for tens of thousands of Turks to defeat them!"
In this era, the so-called camps were not very particular. Unless it was an important town like Mayi that was determined to garrison troops, otherwise, the camps were basically wooden structures, some were carried with the army, and some were made from local materials.
This kind of camp relies on infantry to gather together to form a formation. When facing the Turkic cavalry, they are basically beaten and unable to fight back. Even if the cavalry attacks, it is useless... What the Turks are best at is the cavalry gathering and dispersing.
I won't give you a chance to rush into battle.
The reason why Li Gaoqian abandoned his army and fled that day was largely because he knew in his heart that he could not defend himself. The roughly built camp was full of loopholes. As long as it was broken, it would completely collapse...
The artificial fence could not prevent the Turkic cavalry from contacting the Tang army's infantry.
Moreover, when he led his army to attack, it was impossible to have a long-term supply of food and grass. Once he was tightly surrounded by the Turks, and he wanted to break out in a few days... his mounts would not be able to run, so Li Gaoqian abandoned his army and fled.
Li Daozong, Su Dingfang and others can all understand why Zhang Shigui is so excited... If a stronghold that can accommodate more than a thousand soldiers and resist Turkic attacks can be built here in a short period of time, then everything mentioned before may become a reality.
"Set up a stronghold here to resist the Turks, so that we can securely hold Shuozhou and cover Daizhou." Li Shan touched the city wall, "Now that the Turks are in civil strife, everywhere in Hedong and Guanzhong needs to recuperate."
"But one day when the army leaves the fortress, it will pass through this place."
"Brother Wu An, are you willing to take on this important task?"
After a pause, Li Shan turned around and spoke loudly: "Let me admit it, after the first battle in Xiabo, I hate those who sit back and watch friendly troops being besieged."
"If Guji Town can withstand the Turks and is at odds with Yanmen Pass and Mayi, how can the Duke of Yongkang County abandon it?"
"Yiyang County Duke, Qin Wutong, and brother Dingfang are stationed in Mayi and Yanmen. They will never sit idly by."
"If the Turks invade, regardless of the Yongkang County Lord, he will lead his troops northward to provide support for Yanmen." Li Daozong said loudly: "Hedong has been plundered by Turks for many years. We are just about to recuperate and the Turks will not be allowed to enter the east of the river."
Li Daozong pointed out the key to the strategy. Mayi is very important to Yanmen Pass, but if the Turks invade in large numbers, separate partial divisions to keep an eye on Yanmen Pass and send the main force to attack Mayi... After all, apart from the isolated fortress of Mayi, there is no one except Yanmen.
Other reinforcements arrived.
If Ma Yi is lost, the Turks will attack Yanmen Pass again... Even if the Turks are not good at attacking cities, the pressure will be great.
Therefore, Li Shan and Li Daozong decided to set up a stronghold here. The most critical point was to completely push the battle line to Shuozhou to the west of Yanmen Pass to prevent Daizhou from suffering a military disaster.
Liu Shirang and Qin Wutong are both veteran generals, and Mayi has a tall city wall. In addition, Li Shan started to purge Yuan Junzhang's old troops. The problem is not big, but Guji Town... here needs a person who is determined, tactically, and strategically.
There are very good generals in Shang Dynasty.
He needed to lead his troops to resist the first wave of Turkic offensive, he needed to judge the time to send troops to attack to make it difficult for the Turks to look after each other, he needed to appease the soldiers and inspire morale, he needed to take inventory of grain and military supplies, and he even needed to personally start planning for the construction of Guji Town... Therefore, Li Shan
He specifically made the request to Li Shimin to be both civil and military.
Li Shimin did not disappoint Li Shan and sent Zhang Shigui, one of the few people in the Tiance Mansion and even among the King of Qin who could take charge of his own affairs.
After learning about the resume of this white-faced traitor, Li Shan felt that Zhang Shigui was more suitable than he had imagined before, such as Qin Qiong, Li Shiji and others.
He is calm in dealing with things, has the air of a general, and has a cautious temperament, but he is also enterprising.
Zhang Shigui took a step forward, saluted and said: "I am willing to take up this post, but please transfer it on behalf of the state..."
"You can do whatever you want." Li Shan interrupted: "But it must be completed within two months. It requires a thousand infantry and eight hundred cavalry."