Before the house is confiscated, the enemy's warehouse is emptied and exiled

Chapter 193 Catching a turtle in a urn

After being encouraged by Shen Qingge's words, Zhou Ding's originally tense face relaxed instantly, and he looked obviously a lot more relaxed.

He straightened his body slightly, took two big steps forward, then knelt on his knees in the center of the hall.

Then he reached into his arms and pulled out two carefully rolled-up drawings.

Zhou Ding held the blueprint in both hands, raised it above his head respectfully, and said in a clear and loud voice:

"Your Majesty, I have two completed blueprints here. I beg Your Majesty to allow me to present them to the gentlemen present for their perusal."

Xiao Heng, who was sitting on the throne, nodded slightly to show his agreement, and ordered Yun Yi to present the drawings.

Yun Yi immediately walked quickly to Zhou Dingshen, carefully took the drawings from his hands, and then gently placed them on the desk for Xiao Heng to read.

With Xiao Heng's approval, a group of officials stepped forward and focused their attention on the two drawings spread out in front of Yun Yi.

These two drawings are very clear, one complex and one simple.

But even that simple diagram is very different from the common city wall structure diagrams in daily life - both the overall layout and the local details are more intricate and ingenious.

In a corner of the simpler drawing, the three words "City Tower Map" were written neatly; and above the complex drawing, the words "Wangcheng" were marked.

Seeing this, everyone's faces were full of confusion. Obviously, they were unable to understand the deep meaning of this unfamiliar term for a while.

Seeing everyone's confusion, Zhou Ding, who had been kneeling without moving, quickly explained:

"In my humble opinion, since this mission is to build fortifications, simply building a city wall is clearly not enough.

If you want to truly achieve effective defense, you must establish a sufficiently wide and complex buffer zone.

To this end, I pondered over it and finally drew a rather complex diagram of the city wall defense, which I named "Wangcheng."

"But when I thought about it further, I realized that if I were to actually build it according to this 'Wangcheng' diagram, it would require a huge investment of manpower and financial resources, and it would be time-consuming. Not all city walls need to be built in this way; they only need to be used in fortresses.

Therefore, after repeated weighing and consideration, I decided to simplify the original "Wangcheng" map moderately, and thus redraw another relatively simple city tower map.

However, in general, the designed blueprints are more complicated than the current city wall defense diagrams!"

As Xiao Heng listened, he slowly turned his gaze towards Zhou Ding, only to realize that he was still kneeling on the ground.

So Xiao Heng hurriedly asked him to stand up and motioned him to move closer.

At this moment, Zhou Ding was perhaps more relaxed than before because he was talking about something he loved and was good at.

After hearing the call, he stood up without saying a word, took two steps at a time, and quickly entered the circle formed by many officials.

Then, he reached out and picked up the drawing marked with the words "村城", and his whole body instantly became energetic and excited.

"Your Majesty and all the elders, please allow me to explain in detail what this so-called 'Wangcheng' is!

I think everyone can guess a thing or two just from the name, it's like 'catching a turtle in a jar'!"

When everyone present heard this, they immediately became interested. They all moved closer to the drawing involuntarily and looked at it intently with curiosity.

“In fact, the structure of this city wall looks quite complicated on the surface, but if you break it down and analyze it, you will find that it is actually very simple and clear.

Basically, it is to build a small city outside the original city tower.

Specifically, a semicircular urn was first built in front of the tower, with a gate on the side. Then, enemy towers were built on the left and right sides of the urn. If conditions allowed, arrow towers could be added on top for archery.

Outside the Weng Wall, an appropriate distance needs to be left and then a towering Sheep and Horse Wall needs to be built.

As for the outer perimeter of the Sheep and Horse Wall, a deep, surrounding moat is a must.”

In this way, Zhou Ding gestured slowly and explained the drawings he had drawn to everyone in detail.

Shen Qingge was the first to understand, a hint of admiration flashed in his eyes, and he praised repeatedly:

“This drawing is truly exquisitely crafted, and the conception contained therein is even more outstanding!

By increasing the defensive layers of the city walls, the enemy's attack speed can be slowed down, giving the defenders more time to react.

At the same time, the defenders can better deploy their troops and use their high ground advantage to defend and counterattack.

Even if the enemy breaks through our city gate, we can quickly close the Weng City Gate to trap the enemy, creating a 'turtle in a jar' situation."

When Zhou Ding heard this, an expression of surprise that was hard to conceal appeared on his face.

He really had not expected that someone could so easily see through the deep meaning of his design drawings and explain it without any error. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart that General Shen was indeed an extraordinary woman!

But just as he was about to respond, Shen Qingge said again:

“However, in my opinion, there are still two areas where this drawing needs improvement.

First, the tower of the barbican should be slightly lower than the main tower, so as to confuse the enemy and make it difficult for them to see the true and false of the tower.

Secondly, the gate of the main city needs to be opened to the east, and the gate of the inner city needs to be opened to the south, so that an angle will be formed between the two.

With this arrangement, any enemy troops that enter will lose their way and flee in panic because they cannot find an exit within a short period of time."

"Oh, why didn't I think of that?

When I was drawing this picture, I did feel like something was missing, but I couldn't find where the problem was.

Fortunately, General Shen called me today and I instantly understood a lot more!"

Zhou Ding patted his head and said shyly.

Shen Qingge smiled and then turned his gaze to Liu Fu:

"Marshal Liu, you are very experienced. What do you think of this blueprint?"

"Hahaha, in my opinion, that's certainly pretty good.

Just by looking at this map, I can't wait to see a city built according to it with my own eyes!"

Seeing that the two were so satisfied, Xiao Heng couldn't help but interrupt:

"So, Marshal Liu and General Shen both think this map can effectively strengthen the tower's defenses?"

Liu Fu nodded without hesitation and replied with a smile:

"That's right, without a doubt!