Ming Huiguang was moved by their words and couldn't help asking excitedly: "I wonder if you have decided on a strategy?"
"I have the strategy for a long time," Ye Yongjia said as he asked the secretary to call Dong Sheng. "After that great victory, I strongly advised Niu Yuanguang to set up a gun factory and make firearms by himself, but I failed to do so. Now. Now
Take it, it’s not outdated, but it’s too radical,
It will cause a lot of trouble. Regardless of the issue of household expenses, the group of businessmen will also be afraid of blocking their financial path, so they will cause trouble. The most pragmatic way at present is to select some instructors from the new army.
Practice various side soldiers to enhance the strength of the army."
As he was talking, he heard three sounds on the door. Everyone turned around and saw Dong Sheng holding a scroll under his arm, pushing open the door with the other hand and walking in sideways: "Quick, move a bigger one.
table, otherwise this thing won’t fit!”
Although Ye Yongjia and others did not know what they meant, they still hurriedly moved the table near the window sill. Dong Sheng put the scroll on the table and spread it out lengthwise. A huge border map appeared on the
In front of them, all the roads and passes were ready, and all the mountains and rivers were mapped out in great detail.
"Good guy," Cai Xianqing couldn't help but exclaim, "Congming, how the hell did you get this thing?"
"There is no such detailed map in the Ministry of War!" Minghui looked over it several times and was overjoyed.
"Old things, old things," Dong Sheng smiled faintly, "This was a gift from a friend who was in the same department in the past. It's hard to tell the origins. After all, this is something that is strictly prohibited by the people. I risked my life to preserve it. Who would have thought that it would be used today?
Land, come here as a donation."
"If you are willing to bring it from Congming, you must have your own mind. I want to hear your opinion first." Ye Yongjia calmly looked at the map and said.
"Yes." Dong Sheng bowed his hand to him, then walked to the map and pointed at the rugged terrain, "If we want to recover the lost territory and permanently eliminate the risk of Japanese invasion, just strengthening the armaments will not be enough. According to this humble duty,
See, the two lines of defense on the east and west should be connected in sound and air, the road should be unobstructed, defend in one place and rescue in many places, fight in one place and support in many places, only then can the enemy's efforts be in vain."
"Nowadays, the city walls at the border seem to be vast, but there are not many fortresses built in them. It is difficult to communicate with various places and the movement is slow. This will inevitably lead to rigid command and the inability to display flexible tactics. It is better to choose dangerous places, such as Mashan and Qianfu Mountain.
We can build cities and fortresses in places like this and station troops to garrison them. Then we can dig roads in front of and behind the mountains to transport food and wages. In this way, why worry about the lack of border defense? By then, there will be one fort within five miles and one fort within ten miles.
We can now sit back and relax."
After hearing this, Ye Yongjia was very impressed by the grandeur of the plan. He nodded frequently and said: "It is really rare for someone to be able to focus on the overall situation and arrange the defense line so carefully. It's just that this project is too big, and it will take three to five years of painstaking planning to be effective.
There is no way to complete it in a hurry, and time waits for no one. If it is only implemented along the Xuanhua road, I think it can still be successful."
Dong Sheng hesitated for a moment, then slowly put his hand down on the table, seeming to be disappointed: "I'm humble... I understand Mr. Ye's difficulties, and I'll just listen to your arrangements. I just don't know when this New Deal matter will be reported to the court.
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Ye Yongjia pondered for a long time, then turned to look at Cai Xianqing.
"Does this need to be said? We should report it immediately before King Yi comes!" Cai Xianqing slapped his thigh and looked at the three people around him seriously, "If he enters the court and fights with the prince, we will take advantage of the situation to make further remarks, Your Majesty.
They will suspect that we are secretly communicating with the feudal lord! If we submit a letter now, we may face criticism from the whole court, but as the saying goes, we must risk our lives before we survive. This danger must be overcome!"
After everyone listened, everyone was full of thoughts. Ye Yongjia loudly called for people to get paper, grind the ink, and without saying a word, he lowered his head and wrote hard.
After he stopped writing, he considered the words again, and after seeing that there was no flaw, he folded it up and handed it to Dong Sheng with peace of mind: "Take this memorial and give it to Zhongshu Province with Mr. Ming."
Dong Sheng said yes, holding the document, and then turned around and left with Ming Huiguang.
Ye Yongjia felt that nothing had happened and yawned. He was taking off half of his official uniform when he heard the door creak again and saw that Dong Sheng was still holding the memorial in his hand, but his expression was far less excited than before. Instead, he was extremely excited.
He was depressed, and his eyebrows were as tight as a rope.
"What's wrong with you?" Ye Yongjia raised his eyelids slightly, but his heart was already beating suddenly.
"I have something to tell Sir Ye..." Dong Sheng took a step closer, "Du Qing, who was guarding the border,... fell ill and died last night."
"oh……"
Ye Yongjia's eyes suddenly darkened, and the official uniform in his hand fell from his lap to the ground.
"What's going on?" Cai Xianqing asked impatiently, her eyes widening.
Dong Sheng quickly replied: "According to the news, he worked too hard in recent months. When he was reading at night, he suddenly fell unconscious and died suddenly at the age of fifty. The imperial court had just posthumously granted Wude the posthumous title, and
Notified his family."
"Although I have never met him," Dong Sheng continued, "I have learned about him from the mouths of these two adults... His death now is really a great misfortune for us!"
Cai Xianqing let out a long sigh and burst into tears: "This man is an unparalleled hero. Just because he has the same ambition, he has been with us through life and death, striving for the New Deal! He passed away before we could achieve anything with him. I'm afraid it will be difficult to find such a close friend in the future."
Got it!"
There was not a single tear on Ye Yongjia's face. He remained silent and stared at the ground quietly.
"Ye, Lord Ye...?" Dong Sheng didn't dare to move, so he asked him cautiously.
"It's okay, it's okay... Just take the memorial and leave." Ye Yongjia suppressed his trembling voice and waved his hand.
Wan Yuzhi walked very fast. He galloped on his horse and arrived at King Yi's fiefdom one day. Through Liu Shuzhai's mouth, he relayed the news to King Yi. King Yi was overjoyed, but his face was calm and he did not stop.
For the hunting scheduled today, you still need to prepare your bow and go out of the city.
The guards of the palace have long been accustomed to it, but what surprised them was that the prince regarded this hunting as very important and actually asked them all to go out. He also prepared flags and drums that had not been used for a long time, and brought with them the
The dead tigers were like plundering, and the soldiers almost swept away the palace.
A huge team was assembled in the city. The people were naturally stunned by this formation, and they poured into the streets to watch their appearance.
Just as the soldiers were about to draw their swords to drive them away, they suddenly heard King Yi shouting loudly: "My fellow citizens! I am preparing to go to Beijing to meet the emperor. You must spread the word throughout the world so that the emperor will know about it as soon as possible!"