"The mountainous area ahead is quite rugged. Do you know what it is called?"
“Behind that mountain group is the countryside where Sanmiao used to offer sacrifices?”
Ruanzai pointed to the area where the Sanmiao warriors built the city in the distance. 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 specific place 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, and that's about it.
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Almost, almost.
After this mountain range is the southeast gate of the Lianghu Plain, but in this era, there should be a piece of water behind it.
Plains or basins will become lakes when they accumulate in low-lying areas during periods of strong water flow. For example, Mengzhuze in this era can be considered one of them, including the extinct Yinchuan ancient lake.
Yu Zai scratched his head and began to think about how to capture the group of stone cities in front of him with 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.
It is almost a mountain connected to a mountain. There are large and small stone cities intertwined with 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 earth cities are 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.
The defense capabilities of ancient cities such as the Shimao Ancient City unearthed in later generations were ranked high even during 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 method 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.
Yanzai looked at the group of stones in the distance and suddenly felt a stomachache.
It would be great if you have a rocket launcher.
These ancient ancestors really didn't have any technology at all, 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.
To use yellow gunpowder to blow them up, it would take a lot of money. It would not be possible to collect many resources by attacking these stone cities. 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 will 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.
不 不 looked at the engineering team that followed by the inspection not far away, the craftsmen in the construction team, watching the Shicheng defense positions built in the past few years, all of which were glory in the 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! Great rocks create all things!”
“My soul has been sublimated, I must capture the craftsmen of Sanmiao 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 examine 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 Ah 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 could not see the result, so Yu Zai took people to start blasting the mountain.
The rumbling sound began to resound in 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 on the distant hilltop sounded like dynamite was being used to blast rocks.
what are they doing?
Benyun and the others did not know that Juzai 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 exploded part of the river and mountain to artificially divert the water flow!
In the early stage of excavation, there is still a lot of survey work, hydrological conditions, climate change, the direction of the water channel in various places, the inclination angle of the mountain and the influence 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".
"Ask the rain master to rain, w. The torrential rain will continue for ten days and ten nights. The water will rise sharply and mix together. By then, 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 is it
The water god can exert his power, and the rain master can also exert his power."
Everyone understood immediately!
Flash flood!
“Flash floods occur suddenly in mountainous valleys. The characteristics of flash floods are sudden. The water volume is concentrated and the flow rate is high, and the erosion and destructive power are strong. The water flow will carry sediment, rocks and trees. What I want to create is a heavy rain flash flood!”
“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 states, 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 and the capital to start a business.