After returning to the camp, Liu Chan and a group of civil and military personnel discussed the issue of building a city.

Like the last time the city was built, this time the city was built with only a wall, so as long as the cement and materials were ready, the construction could begin, and as for the manpower, the soldiers were ready-made.

The people deliberated until evening, and then came to a conclusion.

Liu Chan finally ordered: "Although it is convenient to build a cement city, it also needs craftsmen who know how to do it, the craftsmen who built the street pavilion city last time are now all settled in Longyou, and now the materials are not complete, you can send someone to Longyou to gather that group of craftsmen." Huang Xu, you can send someone to this one. ”

"Wechen obeys!"

Liu Chan said again: "When marching and fighting, the soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, and the same is true for building cities. Now that the craftsman has not arrived, the materials should be prepared first.

Wen Chang, the last time I built the street pavilion, I asked you to lead the troops to burn cement, and there are many people in your tribe who are familiar with this way.

This time to expand Chang'an, you are also responsible for the firing of cement. I will give you 20,000 soldiers and horses, and build a kiln factory from each of the four directions of Chang'an, east, west, north and south, which will be responsible for firing cement. ”

Wei Yan gave up his hand and took the order: "Weichen obeys the order!" ”

Liu Chan nodded, and then ordered: "The land of Guanzhong, rich in resources, Chang'an is located on the bank of the Wei River, the river sand is inexhaustible, the previous dynasty built a palace, and there are also stone mines and timber nearby.

Liu Yin, I ordered you to lead 5,000 people to be responsible for collecting wood, Ling Tong, I ordered you to lead 5,000 people to be responsible for collecting river sand, Wang Ping, I ordered you to lead 5,000 people, responsible for collecting stones. ”

"Your Ministers obey!" The three generals will give up their orders.

Liu Chan muttered: "It will take a month for the craftsmen to arrive, and after a month, a lot of materials should be prepared, and then they can be responsible for the construction of the city wall."

However, when the time comes, the Wei army will not let us build the city wall easily. Third Uncle, General Zhao, General Ma, General Lin, the four of you, each leading 20,000 soldiers and horses, stationed outside the four gates of Chang'an, showing off your might every day, suppressing the morale of the Wei army, and being responsible for watching the Wei army, you must not slack off. ”

"Wechen obeys!"

"In addition, the Central Plains of Wei also have to be guarded against." Liu Chan said again: "Zhengyang, you lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to camp under Tongguan to guard against the Wei army's Tongguan soldiers and horses.

In addition, Fengxu County, adjacent to Wei Sili Hedong County, although the Yellow River is the dividing line, there is still a Pubanjin ferry, and the Wei State can cross the Yellow River.

Deng Ai, Zhang Bao, the two of you led 20,000 soldiers and horses to Fengxu County, guarded Feng Xu, and guarded Pubanjin to prevent the Wei army from crossing the river.

Because Feng Xu is adjacent to Hedong, there will be a war in the future, so the officials in the county need to choose reliable people, stabilize the people's hearts, and make the people's hearts attached, which is the most important thing, so its government affairs need to pay special attention, Deng Ai, Feng Xu's government affairs You have to worry about it, Zhang Bao can be in charge of the army, and you are responsible for handling government affairs.

By the way, there are many locust plagues in Guanzhong, and now it is autumn, and my method of guarding against locusts can be implemented in Feng Xu. ”

In addition to the use of soldiers, Deng Ai is also a good hand at handling government affairs, in history he put forward the strategy of governing Huainan, Tuntian Huainan, since then the Huainan Wei army to deal with Eastern Wu, has never been short of food.

"No!" The three of them agreed.

Liu Chan waved his hand and said, "Okay, that's probably the case, if it's not early today, you go back to rest and do your job tomorrow." ”

The next day, the 150,000 troops outside Chang'an were all in action.

Huang Xu led 20,000 people to Tongguan and watched the Tongguan defenders. Deng Ai and Zhang Bao led 20,000 people to Feng Xu.

In addition to the camp outside the east gate of Chang'an, the Han army camped outside the other three gates, a total of four camps, each camp of 20,000 horses.

Wei Yan, Liu Yin, Wang Ping, Ling Tong and other generals led 35,000 people to burn cement and collect materials for building the city.

Chang'an City Head.

Cao Zhen and the generals stood at the head of the city, looking at the Han army heading in all directions.

Shi Bao was puzzled: "What are these Shu soldiers doing, why are they so scattered?" ”

Chen Tai groaned: "I just saw 20,000 horses heading east, which should go to Tongguan, and 20,000 horses heading north, which should go to Fengxu." It's just that there are more than 30,000 people scattered around, and I can't understand it. ”

The first general shouted: "General, you see, thousands of people in the Shu army have gone to the Wei River, can't it be to go fishing?" There are still people who have gone into the mountains, are they going hunting? ”

Cao Zhen's face darkened when he heard this: "The Shu army is not short of food and grass, what are you doing fishing and hunting when you have nothing to do?" ”

The general scratched his head: "Then why else are they holding dustpans?" ”

Cao Zhen said coldly: "Let's look, I want to see what tricks Liu Chan Zhuge Liang wants to play!" ”

Everyone stayed in the city for more than an hour, and Chen Tai suddenly said: "The Shu army seems to be fishing for river sand, you see, the general, it's all piled up so high." ”

Cao Zhen was puzzled: "Could it be that the Shu army wants to clean up the Wei River?" But no, it's not the rainy season, so why clean up the river? Attack me Chang'an with water? It can't be. ”

At this time, river sand is useless, because rammed earth is used to build houses, and river sand is only effective when used in combination with cement. On weekdays, if you fish for sand, you will clean up and dredge the river.

Chen Tai pointed to a mountain forest in the distance and said: "The Shu army that went to the mountain seems to be cutting down trees, general, look carefully, I remember that there is a towering tree there, the canopy of the tree covers the sky and the sun, and now it seems to have fallen." ”

"It's gone." Cao Zhen nodded and said: "The Shu army is fishing for sand and cutting down trees, what do you want?" ”

Chen Tai's face suddenly changed: "I remember that the Shu army had a method of building a city, using specially fired mud powder, adding river sand, gravel, and adding water to mix. Poured into a wooden mold, it dries and is extremely hard.

That street pavilion city was made in this way, and now the Shu army is fishing for river sand and cutting down trees, is it trying to build a city? ”

"Founding a city?" Cao Zhen couldn't help laughing: "The Shu army is not only fishing for sand and cutting trees near here, but also building a city nearby, what's the use of this?" Could it be that he wants to fence me up? You look at the Shu army, if there are other moves, come and report immediately. ”

"No!"

In the blink of an eye, another five days passed, and the soldiers of the Shu army had collected a lot of materials, and they sent the collected materials outside the four gates of Chang'an. Thousands of people collected so much material that in a few moments, they were piled up like a mountain.

The soldiers hurriedly informed Cao Zhen of the news.

Cao Zhen and other generals came to the city again, and the soldiers pointed to the piles of stones outside the city, and the sand piles said: "Look, general, this morning, the Shu army transported a lot of wood, stones, and river sand, and there are all four gates, and now they are piled up high. ”

Cao Zhen said with a solemn face: "Stones, river sand, wood, is it possible that the Shu army really wants to build a city?" ”

Chen Tai nodded: "I'm afraid that you are really right, general, the Wei army really wants to surround my Chang'an City, general, look at those stone piles, sand piles, do they vaguely form a square?" ”