Chapter 256: Tips

The sun gradually drifted westward, and the pouring of the foundation gradually came to an end.
When all the concrete was poured into the ground beam, some craftsmen, according to Xiao Ming's order, began to insert and pull out iron rods on the ground beam.
In modern concrete construction, vibrating rods are required to vibrate after the concrete is poured. This is to avoid the formation of voids between the concrete materials. After the vibration, the concrete will become tight.
At this time, there is no such condition, and only manual methods can be used.
"Xu Changgui, start backfilling in three days. Remember to pour water when backfilling to make the soil solidify." Xiao Ming said at this time to a middle-aged craftsman.
This person was a slave bought by Liang Dahai, and was later incorporated into this team. Previously, he did the work of a mason, so after Xiao Ming issued various orders, Xu Changgui quickly understood.
Thinking about incorporating these craftsmen into the construction camp in the future, he will be responsible for the construction of Qingzhou in the future. He feels that he has to train a few people who understand technology, so he always brought Xu Changgui with him in the past two days.
Let him master various skills in the construction of the city wall.
"Yes, Your Highness." Xu Changgui appeared cautious next to Xiao Ming. He was a slave, and he knew his status was humble. It was smoke from his ancestors that he could get Xiao Ming's favor.
So these days, I have been studying hard. After all, if he can be appreciated by King Qi, he may be able to get rid of his slave status in the future.
As he said, a burst of cheers suddenly sounded, and Xiao Ming turned his head and saw a pair of cavalrymen moving here, all of them wearing silver armors.
"His Royal Highness, it should be Niu Ben and Lu Fei who are back. It seems that the barbarians have begun to round up them." Zhan Xingchang said.
Xiao Ming nodded, "This tells the enemy to advance and we retreat. The barbarians have spent so much time searching for them, so we just withdrew back and let them continue to look for them."
Zhan Xingchang grinned and said, "I'm afraid I will get angry when the barbarians find that they can't find anyone."
The cavalry in the distance is getting closer and closer, and can already see a clear face. This team is Lu Fei.
And the cavalry drove thousands of horses.
"His Royal Highness, the future will come back." Lu Fei is a dusty servant, his armor is still covered with grass leaves, which shows the hard work of the past half month.
Xiao Ming patted him on the shoulder, "Yes, just come back. I'm still worried that you won't come back."
"The general dare not, otherwise this time it was not killed by the barbarians, and his head would be chopped off by his Highness." Lu Fei said with a smile, and then he asked: "Yes, your Highness, has the Niu Dudu come back?"
"Not yet." Xiao Ming was a little worried.
Lu Fei was shocked when he heard the words, and said, "Sorry, when we came back, we found a cavalry of 5,000 men rushing to Cangzhou City. These cavalry must be trying to cut our back. Only a little bit, we couldn't go smoothly came back."
As soon as the voice fell, Luo Xin on the wall suddenly shouted: "Your Highness, there are cavalry coming here."
The three of Xiao Ming immediately went up to the city wall and took the binoculars. He really saw the barbarian cavalry appear in the distance. These barbarian cavalry stopped far away and did not attack, but wandered outside the city.
"His Royal Highness, Lu Fei is right, these barbarian cavalry must have come to cut our back." Zhan Xingchang said.
"What should I do? Your Highness, Niu Dudu, even the God of War cannot defeat these cavalry with a thousand men." Lu Fei was anxious.
Xiao Ming actually had a plan in his mind, but he didn't dare to reveal this hole card without any other reason. He said, "There is no way, we can only open the cave."
"The cave, yes, why did I forget this." Lu Fei was suddenly overjoyed.
Last fall, the barbarian cavalry entered Cangzhou from a cave ten miles west of Cangzhou City. They were all captured and killed. Later, he was responsible for blocking the cave and ordered Chen Fu to send someone to guard it.
During the last battle of Cangzhou, the barbarians did not make a fuss about this cave. It can be seen that the only group of barbarians who knew the location of this cave was the only one.
"The cave?" Zhan Xingchang showed a confused look.
Lu Fei said: "This cave is ten miles west of Cangzhou City, and the cave is very narrow. It can only pass one person and one horse. Last year, I led people to block it."
"It shouldn't be too late. You will immediately take someone to open the cave and return to the general Niu Ben. If the cave is not discovered by the barbarians, you will continue to harass you through here in the future. If it is found, you will blow up the cave. This harassment plan will be fine. It's over. Now that the foundation has been poured, the rest is much simpler."
"Yes." Lu Fei nodded, and immediately led people to the cave.
At this time, Zhan Xingchang said, "No wonder His Royal Highness is so calm, it turns out there was a plan."
"This is also the last hole card. When I was leaving, I gave Lu Fei and Niu Ben a kit, and asked them to open it when they were in desperation. Lu Fei didn't use it, so I don't know."
Zhan Xingchang nodded and said, "I hope General Niu can open the kit and take a look."
When the two discussed, Niu Ben's team could already see the Qinling mountains on both sides of Cangzhou City.
He still remembered that these two peaks were still the names Xiao Wenxuan got when he visited the country of Da Yu.
"Captain, there are barbarian cavalry outside Cangzhou city."
At this time, the scouts from before came to report.
"The barbarians are not too stupid." Niu Ben waved his hand, motioning the team to stop.
"What to do?" asked a Kogan captain.
Niu Ben's eyes narrowed. When he was exiled to the mine, he had already looked down upon life and death. He was willing to enter the grassland this time. Now his only hope alive is to get rid of the barbarians one day and drink horse Tianshan.
"Hahaha, are you afraid of death?" Niu Ben suddenly laughed boldly.
"Of course I'm not afraid!" the soldiers roared in unison~EbookFREE.me~ Niu Ben raised his binoculars and looked at the five thousand cavalry. These thousand people could not break through this blockade anyway.
He is not afraid of death, but these soldiers are still so young. When entering the grassland this time, the proportion of generals in his team is very high, but there are more than 30 Captain Kokang, and there are other veterans such as centurions.
It can be said that he is leading the elite of the elite. In the past ten days, he has been teaching these generals how to hide on the grassland, how to find water, how to change formations in the onslaught, and how to avoid the hunt of barbarians.
If these generals were dead, it would be a pity. At a time of despair, he suddenly remembered the tips Xiao Ming gave him before he left.
After hesitating, he took out the kit.
Seeing the contents of the kit, Niu Ben smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Entering the Qinling Mountains, our Highness has long left us a retreat." Niu Ben was shocked and said, pointing to Qinling not far away.
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