Chapter 117: City-building master, Meng Tian has a great harvest

Learn from the foreigners.

If there are advanced defense design ideas, they may be applied to one's own dock.

[How to build a classic medieval-style castle? 】

【The first step is to choose a site.】

[Most castles are built on high ground.]

【After all, the higher you stand, the farther you can see. 】

[The castle on the high ground has a better view and can observe the surrounding territory that belongs to you, observe the enemies attacking the castle, and find out their flaws. ]

[When under attack, a castle located on high ground can also make it difficult for the enemy to move, and consume unnecessary physical strength in the process of climbing the slope. ]

[If your highland castle is backed by a cliff, it will reduce the enemy contact surface and further reduce the pressure of defense. ]

[What if you could build your castle on high ground while ensuring there is water next to it? ]

【That would be even more perfect!】

[It is close to mountains and water, and it is very comfortable to live in on weekdays, which is conducive to relaxation. 】

[The key is to introduce water to surround the castle and form a moat. ]

[Even a small moat can make it difficult for the enemy to deploy siege equipment, thus greatly strengthening the defense of your castle. ]

[Once you have chosen a location, you can start building. ]

[First, build a spacious foundation. The higher the better. ]

[Use a wooden wall to surround the foundation, build a small building inside, and then use a wooden fence to enclose a larger area outside.]

[In this area, some small wooden houses can be built for daily life and for the soldiers and servants to live in. ]

[In this way, a primary wooden castle is completed. ]

[However, considering the limited defensive capabilities of wooden walls, wooden fences should be replaced with stone walls as soon as possible. ]

[This will greatly improve the defense capability of your castle. ]

Song.

Zhao Gou listened to Tianmu carelessly, because up to now, all he had heard were some basic, old-fashioned contents.

For example, site selection, and the use of stone to build city walls are all very basic. No need for Tianmu to explain, everyone knows it.

Zhao Gou said: Can you give me some practical advice?

Any practical information that can help you resist the Jin army?

The sky continues.

[Of course, in the thousands of years of history, the castle has undergone many developments and upgrades, many of which have very powerful effects. ]

[These upgrade experiences gained in the trials of blood and fire and in countless wars are very helpful for building a castle. 】

【First, the important fortifications on the outermost part of the castle. 】

[This is the outer wall of the castle, also known as the curtain wall. As the first line of defense facing attack, it must be built very solidly.]

[The curtain walls of medieval castles were generally more than ten meters high, and the highest could be more than thirty meters.]

[The thicker the better. 】

[If you feel that one thick curtain wall is not safe enough, you can build a second or even a third curtain wall inside the castle! ]

【And the height will gradually increase. 】

[The inside is the highest, the middle is the second, and the outside is the lowest. ]

[This is equivalent to increasing the three-dimensionality of firepower. ]

[When the enemy attacks, they will be hit by fire from multiple walls. ]

[Even if you capture a curtain wall, you will still suffer continuous damage, which will definitely be very uncomfortable. ]

[The area within the curtain wall is the fortress.]

[This is a relatively open space, mainly used for various functional areas on weekdays. ]

[During war, if the enemy broke through the curtain wall, they would be vulnerable to multi-angle three-dimensional fire attacks in the open fortress.]

[Another important defensive facility is the castle's densely packed towers. ]

[Towers are usually built against curtain walls and are very tall. ]

[It can be used to observe the surrounding situation on weekdays, and it is a high-altitude firing point during wartime. 】

[You can deploy archers and crossbowmen on top of the tower. ]

[You can also deploy large war machines such as crossbow carts. ]

[Towers can also be built independently, or even outside the city walls. ]

[In normal times, the tower is connected to the castle by a passage, which is cut off during wartime.]

[Even if the enemy occupies the outer towers, they cannot use the towers to attack the castle itself. ]

[Square towers were popular at first because they could store large amounts of war supplies.]

[However, the windows of the square towers are easily suppressed by the enemy's long-range firepower. After actual combat experience, the towers were gradually built into a circle, leaving only one opening on the tower. ] [Let the guards shoot at this opening. ]

[The next step is naturally the castle's main building. ]

[The donjon is the core building of a castle and is also the tallest and strongest tower. ]

[On weekdays, the lord lives in the main building, and military meetings and banquets can also be held in the main building. 】

[During wartime, the main building was equivalent to an independent and solid defense tower inside the castle. ]

The thickness of its walls can reach more than eight meters.

【Curtain walls, towers and main buildings are the most standard and almost mandatory fortifications. 】

[In order to make the curtain wall more difficult to be conquered, a wooden fence can be hung outside the curtain wall and extended outward. ]

[Guards can usually stand on the fence and move around. ]

[And during the war, when the enemy tried to use ladders to reach the curtain wall, the fence would prevent their ladders from reaching the curtain wall itself.]

Tianmu gradually told the details of the construction of the castle.

Many are simple little setups.

Seeing this, many ancient people who previously thought that the sky curtain was useless in introducing the castle now sat up straight.

Ying Zheng looked at Tianmu's story.

With the help of the schematic animations provided by the sky screen, I gradually discovered the exquisiteness of the castle's defensive fortification.

Ying Zheng said to his officials:

"The world has just been unified, and many remnants of the six kingdoms are still ready to make a move."

"In the area where they are ready to make a move, we will build a castle to represent the majestic rule of our Great Qin!"

“It is absolutely necessary.”

Ying Zheng first analyzed the situation, and then asked his generals:

"Based on what you have seen, what is the practical value of this castle on the sky?"

"If our Great Qin follows Tianmu's description and designs the same castle, we can place it on the front lines or in areas that need to be governed."

“Can it have the effect that Tianmu claims?”

Meng Tian was the first to reply:
"Among the remnants of the six kingdoms, Chu is the most dangerous."

"If we can build more castles within the original territory of Chu, it will definitely have a good suppressive effect."

"As for whether to build the castle as described on the sky screen?"

"It can be debugged through observation and actual application."

"If everything is really built according to the canopy, the cost of building the castle will definitely be very high."

"When building multiple castles, it will be a huge expense item overall."

Meng Tian was an expert at building cities. Just by looking at the sky, he was able to estimate the approximate cost and construction time of the castle.

And decided that castles were effective, but also expensive.

And the sky curtain continued to play.

More small details of the subsequent castle construction were also displayed.

Although the general direction and theory of castles and forts were basically understood even in ancient times like the Qin Dynasty.

But when I saw those little designs in later generations, I was amazed.

Still, a city-building expert like Meng Tian felt that he had reaped a lot of rewards.

……

After the sky screen video ended, Meng Tian specifically shared the insights and ideas he had gained.

Reported to Qin Shi Huang.

Ying Zheng listened to Meng Tian's report, especially Meng Tian's statement that there were many details in the construction of the castle on the sky that the Qin Dynasty could imitate and learn from immediately.

This made Ying Zheng feel very happy.

Because a lot of the content displayed on the sky curtain looks very high-end and grand.

But his own Great Qin cannot be used yet.

Take the matter of building the giant cannon mentioned earlier.

Although Li Si said that Daqin had the ability to build equipment like cannons.

But it is one thing to create a machine of war that looks like a cannon.

It is another matter if the distance can actually be used for combat.

Not only is it far from the truth, the key is that we have no idea at all!
In comparison, Tianmu just mentioned the video about the castle.

On the contrary, it can be used immediately and will be of immediate help to Daqin.

So Ying Zheng ordered: "Meng Tian, ​​this matter is left to you. First, build a castle outside Hangu Pass as a protection for our Great Qin Pass!"

(End of this chapter)