"Hmph~~" Mother Ma rolled her eyes at Father Ma, "Anyway, I don't care, if anyone dares to do anything excessive to Quan'er, I will risk my life to never finish with him... Right
Yes, and that Yuan Chonghuan, you also gave him a warning, did you hear it?"
Father Ma chuckled and said yes again and again.
Ma Xiaoquan put on his clothes and pretended to be righteous and said: "Mom, you can't blame grandma. You don't know that Wei Zhongxian and Tian Ergeng are not simple. When the child is in the capital, he has to fight with them several times almost every day.
There are winners and losers.”
Mother Ma was surprised: "Is Wei Zhongxian so powerful? Is there no one who can control him?"
"Hey, that fake eunuch is now powerful, and all the new managers and officials are his."
"No wonder Gao Di ordered the withdrawal of troops from various strongholds. Hey, I'm thinking about the upcoming war and our Ma family's narrow escape."
Ma Xiaoquan comforted him: "Mom, don't worry, we can't die, we will definitely win~ Don't forget, the men of our Ma family and our daughter-in-law are all powerful people."
Ma Mu chuckled, stretched out her hand and tapped Ma Xiaoquan's forehead: "Look, Mom, I don't think you have many other abilities, but you're pretty good at sneaking around the capital with your talk."
"...Mom, do you think...the child is that unbearable?"
"Hmph, don't think I don't know. Yuan Chonghuan calls my mother sister and your father brother. If he calls you a brother, then you are of the same generation as your father, mother and us. You said, it's not a coincidence.
A eloquent tongue or what?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Yuan and I...oh no, General Yuan's opinions are somewhat similar..."
Ma Mu smiled and said: "That's not what Mom is saying. What Mom is actually saying is, you are Mom's youngest son. No matter what, your father and mother will protect you, and your brother and sister-in-law will also protect you~
"
Ma Xiaoquan was a little moved: "Mom, this child is not a child..."
"Huh? In my mother's eyes, you are just a child~"
...
While the family was talking, a servant came in and informed General Yuan that he was here.
As soon as he finished speaking, Yuan Chonghuan walked in. Everyone was acquaintances, so there was no need to be too polite. After a few simple greetings, Yuan Chonghuan took out a roll of maps from his arms and unfolded them on the table with a clatter.
"Everyone, this is the latest map obtained by the spies. It's a bit sloppy, but it's okay. Please take a look..."
Ma Mu didn't know much about military affairs, so she didn't express any opinions. She winked at Qiao Yu and the other women, and the women quietly withdrew.
Ma Xiaoquan looked down at the map, was stunned for a moment, and said, "Although this map is scrawled, every mark is very clear."
Ma Ruiqing nodded and said: "The location of several other strongholds is also marked on the map, which is more accurate than the sand table map. Combined with the sand table map, it should be better understood."
Ma Yuandao: "There are some blood stains on the picture, why..."
Yuan Chonghuan sighed and said: "It took several people to draw this, and the process was very dangerous... but it was finally completed." As he said that, Yuan Chonghuan took out another picture from his arms.
, this picture is much smaller than the previous one, and the content is not a map, but the composition of Ningyuan City.
Ma Xiaoquan squinted his eyes and looked at it again, and said: "The structure of Ningyuan City is really strange. It is actually shaped like a 'mountain'."
Yuan Chonghuan said: "Well, this is also Brother Ruiqing's suggestion. After all, I came late. Before me, Brother Ruiqing had already suggested building the city like this."
Ma Xiaoquan looked at Ma Ruiqing and nodded, thinking that Ma Ruiqing was very strategic.
Ma Ruiqing blushed, pointed at the picture and said: "Most of the usual cities are in the shape of a 'mouth', square, and some have a concave part from the inside... If the enemy comes, enter the concave
, is surrounded by enemies on three sides, but for Ningyuan City, if we adopt these two city styles, we may not be able to defend it for long, so I suggest changing it to a mountain shape."
Yuan Chonghuan nodded and said: "There is an advantage to the mountain-shaped city. We will extend a tower outside the city wall and station troops on the upper floor. If the enemy just enters the mountain-shaped entrance, we will attack their two wings. When they have completely entered, we will
Hit them on the buttocks together, and if they dare not come and the tower is stretched long enough, we will set up cannons and blow up those Jurchen turtles."
Ma Xiaoquan thought for a while and objected: "Then I want to ask, what if the Jurchens attack this city tower instead of other attacks?"
Yuan Chonghuan said with a smile: "The city towers are meant to be beaten. The bottom of the protruding city towers is solid. Even if the Jurchens dig it, I will have to dig it for several days."
Ma Xiaoquan held his chin and murmured: "It seems that the soldiers are running back and forth from the tower, but the ones that are stretched out are also targets, and the casualties must be relatively large."
Yuan Chonghuan sighed and said: "There is no way. The most reasonable way to fight against the Jurchen army is Brother Ruiqing."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and asked again: "The city walls and towers alone are probably not enough to defend the city. As far as I know, there are at least more than 100,000 people in Nurhaci. Even if half of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, there are still 50,000 or 60,000 people."
We have more than 10,000 elite soldiers against 50,000 or 60,000. What are our chances of winning?"
Yuan Chonghuan and Ma Ruiqing smiled at each other and said, "I wonder if you have ever heard of Hongyi Cannon?"
"Hongyi cannon?" Ma Xiaoquan frowned, thought for a moment and nodded, "There are a few in the capital, and they were all obtained from the Semu people. Why, are they here too?"
Yuan Chonghuan nodded excitedly: "Yes, not only there, but ten more."
"Ten gates? So many?" Ma Xiaoquan's eyes lit up, "Can we go and have a look?"
Yuan Chonghuan nodded and said: "That's exactly what I meant~"
...
Several people came to the inner city, and there happened to be a few soldiers wiping cannons. When they saw Yuan Chonghuan, they all stood up and waited energetically for review.
Ma Xiaoquan nodded, thinking that Yuan Chonghuan was really powerful, but the few soldiers cleaning the cannons were so energetic. It seemed that Nurhaci would be hard-pressed by the upcoming battle of Ningyuan.
Yuan Chonghuan smiled, patted the shoulder of the soldier closest to him, and asked, "Where is Sun Yuanhua?"
The soldier said: "General Sun is wiping cannonballs inside."
"Oh~" Yuan Chonghuan nodded and shouted, "Sun Yuanhua, come out~"
"Come on, come on..." A man with disheveled hair, holding an iron ball in his hand, ran out crazily. When he saw Ma Xiaoquan, he exclaimed and said: "This is not the deacon from the capital.