"And if the enemy attacks in the gap between the two cities, it will be even better, and the walls on both sides can be shot like arrows, and the enemy will be miserable."

"However, there is a prerequisite for this to be done, and that is that the recruit battalion must be strong enough!"

Dong Ce stared at Wang Yu and said, "Do you understand?" This recruit camp can't just be a recruit camp, the officer wants you to make it a strong military fort! ”

Wang Yu suddenly realized, and only then did he understand Dong Ce's true intentions. He sighed in his heart, the gap between himself and adults is indeed very large, adults can see so far, but he can only see in front of him.

He said in a deep voice: "My subordinates understand, and they must be good at running this recruit camp!" ”

Dong Ce nodded: "That's very good!" ”

After lunch, Dong Ce left the recruit camp surrounded by everyone.

When he was about to enter through the north gate of Rock Fort, he suddenly turned his head and looked up at the lofty Qingfeng Mountain, with a contemplative look in his eyes.

Although Qingfeng Mountain is not particularly high, it is extremely steep, like a sharp sword that goes straight into the sky, and on three sides are towering, smooth as a mirror, and only due south, that is, the side towards the rock fort, there is a very narrow, very long, very steep, sheep's intestine-like path can be passed.

Dong Ce suddenly rode his horse forward, and only stopped at the foot of Qingfeng Mountain.

He turned over and dismounted, laughed, and said loudly: "Today, the official is interested in climbing this Qingfeng Mountain." ”

Bai Zhongqi saw that the mountain road was so steep, and he wanted to stop it, but Dong Ce had already strode up. He had no choice, so he had to follow quickly, and several family members also hurriedly followed, Dong Yongzhen had the best skills, and as soon as he twisted his body, he went to Dong Ce and wanted to open the way for him. Dong Ce laughed and scolded, and he couldn't help it.

He's not the same now.

The path was no more than three feet wide, lined with cliffs on both sides, and it was fine at first, but when I climbed a little higher, and when I looked down, the height was terrifying, and I immediately felt a little dizzy.

Dong Ce was actually a little afraid of heights, but he held back this time.

There is not even a railing on both sides of the mountain road, let alone an iron cable that can be grabbed by people or something, maybe there was one originally, because Dong Ce saw a teacup-sized pit on the cliff that was obviously thought to have been dug by man, but I don't know why, but now it is deserted.

With every step, Dong Ce felt that his legs were weakening and shaking, and he couldn't help but turn around quickly, but he still held back after all. He controlled his mind and body, with an indifferent smile on his face, and his expression was very calm.

Qingfeng Mountain is not high, but it is too steep and too dangerous, and it will take half an hour before it will reach the halfway point of the mountain. It's just that if you want to get halfway up the mountain, you have to go through the last part of the road. Dong Ce looked up and saw that the cliff was like a knife. In fact, from his position to the halfway up the mountain, the vertical height is only four or five zhang high, but in front of him is a cliff, impassable, so the road turns to the right-hand side, that is, the east side, and goes around the bottom of the cliff, and then goes around to the halfway up the mountainside.

This section of the road is particularly dangerous: there is a cliff on the left, a cliff dozens of feet high on the right, and the road is only about a foot and a half wide.

Here, the mountain wind is very strong, and it seems that a gust of wind can blow people away.

Dong Ce had fear rising in his heart, but he finally gritted his teeth and strode over. When Dong Ce bypassed the cliff and stepped on the last step, his front suddenly opened up.

And when he looked back on the way he came, he found that he didn't know how he had come up.

Halfway up the mountainside is a very open space, with a radius of about 145 zhang, and many large stones are distributed on it. This flat land is surrounded by cliffs on three sides, and only the south side is an extremely steep and difficult path, which is the one that Dong Ce and the others came up just now.

Dong Ce walked to the edge of the clearing and looked down, the vertical height from here to the ground was about thirty-five zhang.

This is undoubtedly a commanding height of the territory around the Rock Fort, and Dong Ce stands here, looking around, everything within a radius of more than ten miles. The clouds are light and the sky is high, and the view is endless, which makes people feel relaxed and happy, and their chests are open.

He couldn't help but look up to the sky and roar.

After a long while, Dong Ce instructed Bai Zhongqi next to him and said, "Find someone and call Gao Danian and Sun Wumu." ”

"Yes." Bai Zhongqi responded, summoned a family member, and gave two orders.

About an hour later, the Ding who had just left came over with Gao Danian and Sun Wumu. The mountain road is difficult to walk, and the coming is a little slow.

"Your Excellency." Both of them were sweating profusely, and they didn't know if they were tired or scared, or both. They hadn't seen Dong Ce for a long time, and they were all a little excited to see it now.

Dong Ce nodded and smiled slightly: "I heard that you have done a good job on an errand during this time. What should be built, it's almost done, hard work for you. ”

"Thank you for the compliment." The two smiled: "Actually, it's not too hard, the current life is much better than in the past." ”

Dong Ce secretly said in his heart: "It's good to be content." ”

He stopped gossiping and cut straight to the point: "I called you over this time to ask you to bring someone to build something." ”

Sun Wumu and Gao Danian hurriedly asked, "What to build?" Where to build? ”

Dong Ce walked a few steps on this platform, then pointed to the rock fort below, and then pointed to the mountainside platform at his feet, and said, "Just on this Qingfeng Mountain, build a military fort!" ”

"What?"

Sun Wumu and Gao Danian were extremely surprised when they heard this, and they couldn't believe their ears.

"You heard it right." Dong Ce said solemnly: "You want to build a military fort halfway up this Qingfeng Mountain. See this platform, this platform is not very much, the military fort does not need to be big, it can accommodate two or three hundred soldiers, but it must be tall and strong, and it must hold all the dangerous areas on this Qingfeng Mountain, and it must be done so that the enemy can not be defeated even if he invests tens of thousands of troops! Got it? ”

Sun Wumu and the two glanced at each other, and both of them understood what Dong Ce meant.

The two said in unison: "My lord, my subordinates understand." ”

"Hmm." Dong Ce nodded and said, "This official will mention the specific requirements again, the wall of this military fort should be at least two zhang four or five feet high, and the thickness should be about one zhang. You know the other things better than the official, so the official won't say more, but you will discuss it yourself. ”

"Yes."

Dong Ce asked, "How long will it take to build it?" ”

Sun Wumu and the two looked at each other, and then Sun Wumu asked, "I don't know how many masters you can assign to us, my lord." ”

Dong Ce pondered for a moment: "Five or six thousand is still no problem." ”

Anyway, it is still a long time before the busy farming season, and during this time, a large number of people can be recruited to build this military fort and strengthen the recruit camp. In addition to those who serve in the army, the rest of the people can be recruited. Anyway, if they are not allowed to work in vain, they will be given food and even meat. For these people who were displaced not long ago, compared to the previous days, they are willing to even work now.

After all, I can eat enough.

When Sun Wumu heard this, the expression on his face immediately relaxed, and he said, "Six months at most, four months at least." ”

Dong Ce thought for a while and said, "This official will give you a death order, it must be completed before the wheat harvest at the latest, can it be done?" ”

Sun Wumu and Gao Danian glanced at each other, gritted their teeth, and the two agreed.

If the purpose of strengthening the recruit camp is to make the recruit camp and the rock fort look at each other's horns and make it easier to defend and difficult to attack, then the purpose of building another military fort on this Qingfeng Mountain is to strengthen this defense system, make it more perfect, and more difficult to defend and attack.

Below this mountainside platform, on the east side is the recruit camp, and on the south side is the rock fort, if you build a military fort on the mountainside, and the sergeants are stationed in it, its attack range can cover the whole surrounding area. If the enemy is attacking, you don't even need to shoot arrows, just throw stones down.

The power of a stone falling from a height of 100 meters and hitting a person's head is no joke.

Moreover, the military fort on this mountainside can also be used as a retreat from the rock fort.