Linqing City has turned into a huge construction site.

The people recruited by Liang Xingzhou, the soldiers sent by Zhao Liang, and the prisoners in the battle of Daming Mansion, not only many Qing troops, but also a large number of civilians and strong people. These people are now sent to Linqing.

At the same time, there are at least 20,000 civilians who were bewitched by Zhao's army with their food and money.

Ding Zhuang, who had a population of more than 50,000, made every effort to start renovating Linqing City.

A large number of houses in the Tucheng City were pushed down and flattened, trenches were excavated, a large amount of earth was piled up, and bunkers of different sizes were under construction.

Many wooden pillars and beams that were pushed down from the house became the "reinforced bars" in the construction of bunkers.

They were nailed into the soil one by one, and a large amount of soil was filled in the middle of two rows of wooden columns and beams, and then they were tamped flat. Such a wall of earth was built.

A thick layer of brick and stone cement wall is built outside the earth wall, and the soil is watered with mud and sand cement. Such a "wall" can reach more than one meter of thickness, which is not something that ordinary cannons can threaten.

Of course, if you use large-caliber heavy artillery to bombard it day and night, even the entire stone wall cannot withstand it, and such a city wall will naturally not be able to withstand it.

Just like when the Qing army fought the battle between Jinchuan and Jinchuan.

But how long does that take?

Because of cement, Linqing City can build capped forts of different sizes from all directions.

The turtle with its head stretched out like a limb, with four protruding corners and cannons, forming cross-fire power between each other, which can easily turn enemies under the fort into minced meat.

There were trenches outside, and there were enough food and water reserves inside. Only a small number of troops were needed to station them, which made the Qing army helpless.

Without gnawing all these fortresses, they would not even be able to touch the edge of Linqing City.

Because these fortresses are too close to each other, and their firepower is intersecting, the gap between them is not a gap at all, but a bottomless pit that eats people.

Such a simple castle was built outside Linqing City.

But within this fortress group, what Zhao Jun built was a real bastion.

It is not large in size, but it is most suitable for protecting Linqing City.

However, even a small-scale prism would take a lot of time to build, and the Qing army was unlikely to leave them so much time, so the periphery was just a fortress rather than a prism.

Liang Xingzhou stood in front of a large Linqing sand table, looking at the sand table in front of him, and his determination to stick to Linqing was getting more and more fulfilling.

Too awesome.

The superiors had stored a large amount of cement at Linqing Wharf.

He has never heard of this kind of thing, but the effect is obvious.

With cement combined with sand, stones and bamboo tendons, the solidified wall should not be too solid.

The above is called concrete, and the effect is even better than that of bricks and stones.

What's important is that it is not convenient and solidifies more quickly.

The circle of fortresses outside the city has already shown results in just a few days.

At this speed, before the Qing army's large troops in Baoding arrived outside Linqing City, the outermost fortress group had been completed.

After that, he can slowly repair the brink inside.

When the bastion is built, there will be no hurry to attack him with millions of troops.

Although he, the general manager of Shandong, will soon be in name only, and he will not be able to control Shandong, which is far inferior to Peng Gongchang. However, Linqing City is of great significance. As long as he sticks here and nails it for two or three years, when the Zhao family completely gains a foothold, the great contribution is not inferior to others.

The most important thing is that the fire of guns and cannons guarding in the thick fortress can make up for the flaws of his subordinates to the greatest extent.

He is no match for Peng Gongchang. He has a capable general from the Qingshui Sect, as well as Li Shan and Zhang Le, all of whom are famous and famous. His brothers have fought many times with the Qing army protecting the river over the years, but that is so large. It is completely incomparable to the current situation!

So he was the happiest thing about this scattered into the fortress, hiding under thick protection, and shooting at the outside world.

Before Mingliang could reach Baoding, news from Linqing was delivered to him continuously.

He was not surprised to see the news that Linqing had become a large construction site.

The Zhao family's Shandong General Administration Office was established in Linqing, so it was obvious that Linqing could not be abandoned immediately.

But seeing so many people around him being bewitched by the Zhao family’s money and food, Mingliang was furious in his heart.

He didn't know that as long as the people of Daqingguo gave money, they could even hold the stinky feet of foreigners. During the Second Afurong War, a large number of Chinese people from the southeast coast gave fruits, vegetables, rice and flour to European invaders. As long as the foreigners gave money, they would not be too happy to make money.

Moreover, when the Eight-Nation Alliance entered the capital, did Johnniu's Huayong Camp be fake?

Mingliang, who had little knowledge, was very angry at this, and made a secret decision in his heart that after the army surrounded Linqing, the people outside would see how he would punish them.

"Recharge!"

"Recharge!"

“Compress!”

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On a large open space outside Linqing City, teams of new recruits are undergoing training.

Many of them were canals, and were fiddling with the muskets in their hands under the guidance of the instructors.

Compared with Qing soldiers, they really enjoyed much more happiness.

First of all, the fixed charge is the one, which saves them too much time. At least they don’t have to worry about the excessive amount of powder being used to make them get themselves.

Then the flintlock gun is much better than the flintlock gun.

The ignition process of the mesh gun is quite complicated.

You first need to fix the fuse on the fuse clip. Since the lid of the induction pot is closed at this time, there is no need to worry about the Mars ignition of the induction pot caused by the fire. When igniting the fuse, the fuse needs to be blown up to facilitate the ignition of the induction pot. There are certain safety hazards in this process, so the convex gunners cannot line up too tightly when queuing.

When the last shot is fired, the fuse ignites the powder and prevents the eyes from being burned by the powder.

The flintlock rifle process is replaced by flint and hammer.

The whole process is much easier.

Really, even if he is a stupid fool, as long as he is not mentally retarded, he can learn flintlock shooting in one day, and even volley shots can be learned in three days.

But these are all empty airs. When you arrive on the battlefield, you don’t know if you can still obey your own actions.

However, the new recruits in Shandong are not very demanding because they are hiding inside and out of the thick fortress. The fortress can provide them with a great sense of security, so that they can rest assured and boldly recharge medicines and ammunitions.
Chapter completed!