One hundred and seventy-sixth chapter of the self-character volume prepares for war (2)
"If Mr. Feng has time, he can indeed visit Huguang. Huguang has beautiful mountains and beautiful waters, which is a magnificent sight. He has read thousands of books and traveled thousands of miles. It would be a pity if he did not go to Huguang." Tourist Ren nodded.
"Yes, it's a pity that the current situation is very difficult. How can we get such leisure here?" Feng Ziying sighed, "If we can successfully survive this time, you and I can talk about other things.
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Hearing Feng Ziying's serious words, Youshi Ren couldn't help but said: "Sir, although I have not been here for a long time, I have heard that the Mongols occasionally harassed me in the past twenty years, but it was only near the border wall and rarely went deep.
Even if this move south is different from the past, can we really attack the county? I heard that Lulong, Luanzhou and Changli are also preparing for war. With so many people gathering in the city, the cost will be huge. Isn't this a bit exaggerated?
?There are also hundreds of thousands of troops stationed in Ji Town, how can we just turn a blind eye?"
Regarding the great movement of the government side, the counties have some reactions.
Taking Qian'an as an example, if you want to build a bastion, you need to build a new one protruding outward from the city wall, which involves re-excavating the moat. The moats in Qian'an, Lulong and even Luanzhou all draw water from the Luan River. At this time, the amount of water
It's not a small project, and if it needs to be rebuilt, it means first cutting off the moat leading from the Luanhe River, and then rebuilding and rerouting it. The amount of work is quite large, but at the insistence of the government, Qian'an has no choice but to obey.
There are also extremely complicated matters such as driving all the people into the mountains or moving into the city. Almost everyone in the county government has been mobilized. Everyone is so tired that it is inevitable that they will complain.
Whether the Mongols are coming or not, and how dangerous they are, this question may have been asked by countless people, and countless people have hidden it in their hearts, questioning the scale and determination of the Mongols going south, as well as Jizhen's response strategy.
This is also what troubles Zhu Zhiren and Feng Ziying the most.
No one can say for sure when the Mongols will move south, how large the scale will be, and how they will move south.
Maybe the scale was not as big as imagined, they just looted the border area and then went back, or maybe they didn't break through the border from Yongping at all, but went to Shuntianfu and headed towards the capital city. Indeed, there were various
There are possibilities, but do you dare to bet?
Feng Ziying did not dare to take a gamble, and based on his judgment, there was a great possibility that the Mongols would break through the border from the north of Yongping Mansion, and the opportunity would go south along the Luanhe River. Qian'an would be the first to bear the brunt, and Lu Long could not escape.
Phoebe's Law has long told everyone that the worst situation will definitely happen. The less you want it to happen, the result will often be like this.
Under this situation, he couldn't explain it to everyone. Fortunately, he had Zhu Zhiren's support. Of course, there was no problem with direct instructions issued by the government in the form of a document to the lower states and counties to comply with them. However, once the judgment was made incorrectly, it would be easy to get hurt.
and the prestige of the prefect and fellow magistrates.
But at this time, Feng Ziying and Zhu Zhiren didn't care so much. As long as they could get through the current situation, everything would be easy to talk about.
But Youshi Ren was different. He was the magistrate of Qian'an County and a real official. To defend Qian'an, he needed his full support, and Feng Ziying had to patiently explain.
"Master You, I understand your confusion and difficulty. So many people suddenly moved into the city and stayed there for several months. No matter what aspect, the consumption is huge, and it also brings huge losses to the county.
Despite the pressure, the countryside still used the strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields to deal with the Mongols. This is also unprecedented. But I can responsibly tell you that the Mongols' march south this time is larger than that of 20 years ago. In addition to the Chahar people, the Inner and Outer Kahars
The Twelve Erkha tribes have also gathered around the Chahar people, so Qian'an can't hide, and Lulong can't escape. Or we should abandon the entire Yongping Prefecture and flee there, not even Hejian Prefecture.
Safety, that is obviously impossible, or we have to fight to the death to win this battle!"
Feng Ziying’s tone was firm and sincere, leaving no room for doubt, leaving Youshi Ren, who had some doubts at first, speechless.
"In this case, I have nothing to say, sir. If you have any arrangements, please tell me. As long as the people of Qian'an can do it, we will do our best."
"It's good that Mr. You has this intention. The only thing we have to do now is to make all the preparations. Once the Mongols come south, they will be beaten to death in Qian'an. Among them, those who assisted in defending the city will
The people and the people must make arrangements, and the logistics support must be in place one by one. There can be no negligence..."
Feng Ziying looked to the northwest, "Leave everything else to us."
Outside the city wall, Zuo Liangyu was commanding the Bashan Zuoying that he had trained and was still carrying out the drill in an orderly manner, marching, holding the gun, half-crouching, shooting, then moving forward, raising the gun again and shooting...
After several months of hard training, under the whips and sticks of the sentry officers, these soldiers have been trained in a good way, but they don't know how they will perform when they actually face the Mongols.
One of the soldiers equipped with a spring gun was obviously more skillful and relaxed in his movements. When the other four were firing three rounds, the soldier equipped with a spring gun was already able to complete five rounds of shooting.
This is not only more convenient because the spring-loaded flintlock gun itself is more convenient, but also because Huang Degong and Zuo Liangyu selected the soldiers with the most flexible minds and the hardest training among the people and equipped them with the spring-loaded gun first.
You Shiren's eyes also followed Feng Ziying's and focused on the soldiers training outside the city.
With vigorous and powerful steps and uniform movements, especially the series of extremely beautiful movements such as holding a gun, half-kneeling, shooting, standing up, and marching, even the traveler Ren and other Qian'an officials and gentry on the city wall were all moved.
I can't help but be shocked by this kind of formation movement trained by modern drill regulations.
This is also what Feng Ziying intended to do. Otherwise, it would not be enough to strengthen the determination of all the people to defend the city.
“By the way, have the goods shipped from Yulin been settled?” Feng Ziying turned around and asked Zuo Liangyu.
“Don’t worry, sir, it’s been arranged. A dedicated team will be waiting in turns for twelve hours, and no one else is allowed to enter within ten feet.” Zuo Liangyu said solemnly.
You Shiren was a little curious, but he also knew that there would be no answer if he asked, so he simply didn't ask.
From Qian'an to Yuguan, after inspecting the construction progress of Yuguan Port, Feng Ziying rushed to Changli without stopping. After setting up defenses in Changli, he detoured to Luanzhou to inspect the construction of Luanzhou's defense system.
Luanzhou still followed the example of Qian'an in rebuilding the city walls and building some forts and horse faces, but it was not as intensive as Qian'an. After all, Qian'an was more risky, and Luanzhou was hiding behind Lulong.
After this trip, Feng Ziying had an idea in her mind.
According to the preliminary plan, Zuo Liangyu will lead the Bashan Zuoying Battalion of more than 3,300 people to be responsible for guarding Qian'an County.
At the same time, Feng Ziying also placed three of Luo Yiguan's cavalry in Qian'an.
One of them is stationed in the city and can attack at any time, and the other is placed to the north adjacent to Jianchang Camp. This area is already a mountainous area with rugged and complex terrain. Luo Yiguan's cavalry is very familiar with this area and can still carry out guerrilla attacks.
This place is only thirty miles away from Qian'an City. If Jianchang Camp did not withdraw to the west, of course it could be closely connected with Jianchang Camp and backed by big trees, but this possibility is very small.
Feng Ziying knew very well that the existing troops and horses in Jianchang Camp would probably not stay where they were, and they would most likely have to withdraw to the west to defend Shuntian Prefecture. Then Luo Yiguan's cavalry could be stationed in Jianchang Camp as a response to force the Mongols
When besieging Qian'an, we had to consider a surprise attack from the north.
Another group is hiding to the west of the Luan River, across the river from Qian'an County. Because of the Luan River, the Mongolian army cannot easily cross the river. If a small group crosses the river, Luo Yiguan's group can fight. If the Mongolian army crosses the river,
He could retreat directly to Hazel Town in the west, or even into Fengrun territory.
However, because this unit has to maintain close contact with the Mongolian army and at the same time pose a threat to the Mongolian army besieging Qian'an, it will test the commanding ability of the leading officers. Luo Guanyi is prepared to take command personally, while the other two units will be controlled by their respective commanders.
lead.
Stepping into her Tongzhi Gong’s house, Feng Ziying focused her eyes on the sand table in front of her.
This is a terrain sand table of the entire Yongping Prefecture. To be precise, it is the terrain sand table of central and northern Yongping. It is quite rough, but it can basically outline the topography of Yongping.
This was a task assigned to Wu Yaoqing by Feng Ziying, and it cost Wu Yaoqing considerable energy.
Although he is not a general who leads troops, the Yongping defense battle is of great importance, and without the support of Ji Zhen soldiers, the entire Yongping defense task actually falls on him.
Zhu Zhiren didn’t understand anything, so we simply delegated the power to him. This was good, and it also avoided constraints. It would be more troublesome at the critical moment.
The sand table is very rough and is generally made according to the shape of the map of the Ministry of War, but it is also combined with the hard surveying and mapping results of a group of people led by Wu Yaoqing for several months.
Feng Ziying didn’t know much about surveying and mapping, but he saw “Elements of Geometry” translated by Xu Guangqi and Matteo Ricci.
This should be of great significance to the subject of surveying and mapping. At the same time, I heard that Xu Guangqi is presiding over the compilation of "The Complete Meaning of Surveying". This should also be a huge achievement and will have great value and significance for future military surveying and mapping.
But now he can only let Wu Yaoqing and others use more primitive methods to carry out some descriptions. Well, it should not even be counted as surveying and mapping.
He also made up his mind that after the war was over, there was no need to go to Tianjin to visit Xu Guangqi, who was idle and experimenting with potatoes and sweet potatoes there. He should be the most scientifically thinking scholar of this era, but his thoughts and opinions were not as good as his own in this era.
He seems out of place, but Feng Ziying believes that as long as there is a chance, this person will be able to shine and shine in this era.