In September, Harbor City continued its military training.
The Battle of Daling River outside the Pass, after the Qing army repelled three waves of reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty, entered the siege stage. The Qing army dug four trenches and surrounded Daling River City like an iron barrel. The defenders inside the city fought many times
All attempts to break out ended in failure.
Compared with the historical Battle of Daling River, the food and grass stored in Daling River City this time is no longer only available for a few days, but more than a month's supply. However, after a long siege, the food and grass have been
If it is exhausted, it will kill horses and eat people in a few days.
At such a critical juncture, Emperor Chongzhen had to spend 1 million silver dollars. Xujiazhuang's 135,000 shi of grain tax, which had just been transported to the capital a few days ago, also allocated 100,000 shi to the front line, and asked the supervisor Sun Chengzong and Guan Ningjin to guard the front line.
Form the fourth wave of reinforcements, be sure to repel Ninu and save Daling River City!
In addition, military redeployment orders were issued, and multiple reinforcements from within the Pass were mobilized to rush to the rescue outside the Pass to defeat the invasion plot of the Jiannu.
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Harbor City, Military Staff Room.
In front of the three-dimensional realistic sand table, what is being simulated is the battle of Daling River City outside the pass.
"The main purpose of establishing slaves is to besiege the city and provide reinforcements, prevent the construction of Daling River City, consume the effective strength of the Ming Dynasty, and take targeted sabotage actions in response to the fortress strategy of the governor Sun Chengzong, attack its head, cut off its reinforcements, and reinforcements are coming
All three waves were repelled, and the defenders in the city could only wait behind closed doors to die. This fortification strategy, which invested a lot of money, was a failure from the beginning, with flaws and loopholes everywhere!" Xu Huoqing said to the sand table analysis.
All the officers nodded repeatedly, thinking that what he said made sense.
"There is nothing wrong with Commander Sun's fortification strategy, and it did make Huang Taiji feel afraid. He did not dare to bypass the Guan Ning Jin defense line and enter the pass to plunder like he did in the second year of Chongzhen. He had to pull out these nails, but no matter how good it is,
All strategies must be executed by people. If the Ming Dynasty's army is not effective in combat and has three consecutive waves of reinforcements, the Jiannu can send hundreds of people to defeat them. No matter how good the fortress strategy is, what will happen? On the contrary, if there is an army that dares to fight and has the courage to fight,
The bloody army, even without building a fortress, can defeat the slaves and collapse. It can only be said that Sun Chengzong and other Ming officials had wrong ideas and directions from the beginning. No matter how strong a fortress is, it can be captured, but only
A strong army that can stand up to Jiannu head-on is the only guarantee of victory!"
Xu Yuan shook his head and expressed his opinion.
"The village owner is right. The Ming Dynasty's army is afraid of death and does not dare to fight head-on. No matter how many fortifications are built, it is useless." Zhao Yang agreed very much.
"The Ming Dynasty's army is also called an army? They don't even have enough food to eat, they can't even wear warm clothes, they can't even feed their families with the little rations they get, and they can't eat meat twice a year, not to mention weapons and equipment. How can this be done?
Call it an army? In a Ming army of 10,000 people, only a few hundred servants are capable of fighting, and the rest can only fight with the wind. It would be too difficult for them to all go into battle and show their bravery." Shi Yonghao said.
He mocked mercilessly.
"It's too bad. It's precisely because the Ming army is so bad that Jiannu gained the reputation of being 'invincible'. Master, if we send Xu Jiajun outside the pass, we don't need too many, only a thousand people can defeat them."
Destroy the myth of establishing slaves, build up the prestige of our Xu family army, and let the court see our true strength!"
Xu Huoqing said eagerly that he wanted to lead his troops to the battlefield outside the pass to give Jiannu a surprise.
Because he has invincible protection, is equipped with a high-speed breech-loading gun and a powerful grenade, eats an average of thirty pounds of meat per month, trains for several hours a day on average, and has basically graduated from elementary school, it is impossible that Xu Jiajun cannot crush Jiannu.
Don’t be afraid of face-to-face hand-to-hand combat!
"If they really see our true strength, the imperial court might form an alliance with Jiannu and then target us."
Xu Yuan shook his head and rejected his proposal.
Xu Huoqing suddenly collapsed and felt very disappointed.
"However, there is a special military mission that you need to carry out. Treat it as actual combat training." Xu Yuan changed his words and said.
"What mission?!" Zhao Yang, Shi Yong, and Xu Huoqing asked at the same time.
"Go to Shandong and mobilize about five hundred elite veterans to prepare in advance. The intelligence department has analyzed that Shandong will soon be in chaos. Our opportunity has come." Xu Yuan said in a deep voice.
The next step is to compete. With such a rare opportunity to train in actual combat, who wouldn’t want to go?
Zhao Yang, Shi Yong, and Xu Huoqing all put aside their usual personal friendships and became so noisy that they almost went full-on martial arts.
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October 12th, afternoon.
Harbor City, maternal and child care hospital, special care delivery room.
"Wow~"
There was a clear cry.
"Giving birth, with the blessing of Bodhisattva, I have finally given birth!" Ms. Zheng clasped her palms together and couldn't help but burst into tears, happy that her daughter had given birth smoothly.
"Congratulations to the owner of the village. Madam has given birth to a little boy. He weighs seven pounds and four ounces and is very healthy." The nurse in white clothes pushed the baby out, wrapped it in thick cotton cloth, picked it up and handed it to Xu Yuan.
"well!"
Just looking at the child's face that was more or less similar to his own, Xu Yuan knew that this child was undoubtedly his child. He was so happy that he couldn't help laughing. Then the whole hospital, the whole Harbor City, and all the Xu family members
The collective manor was also plunged into a sea of joy. There was a successor for the manor owner, and everyone felt more at ease.
However, Xu Yuan is more concerned about the safety of the hero Fang Qingyan, because in order for her to give birth 100% smoothly, he specially ordered the construction of this maternal and child care hospital, purchased hundreds of millions of yuan of advanced medical equipment from modern society, and established
They established a blood bank and spent a lot of resources to train hundreds of surgeons, but only six of them had the ability to perform caesarean sections. The only one who could achieve 100% success was Li Guqing. This person was the famous doctor Li Shizhen.
She was a student in Qizhou, and was recruited by Xujiazhuang with a high salary. In addition, she could study new medicine. After her heartbeat, she joined the Maternal and Child Health Hospital in Harbor City.
Fortunately, after more than five hours of hard work, Fang Qingyan gave birth to the baby through natural delivery, and all the backup plans Xu Yuan prepared were in vain.
In the ward.
Looking at the woman lying on the hospital bed, her face was quite pale and she was still sweating. Xu Yuan sat on the edge of the bed, held the woman's hand and said: "Qingyan, thank you for your hard work. You gave me a big fat baby."
Son, for having made such a great contribution, I think there is really no way I can thank you other than to help you take the position of wife."
"No, I am from a lowly background. No matter how I can be your wife, others will object. Don't mention this matter again."
Fang Qingyan shook her head and firmly refused.
"There is nothing noble or mean in my eyes. As long as I recognize you as my legitimate wife, objections from others will be ineffective. Besides, this is my personal family matter. How can others say anything?" Xu Yuan said in a domineering tone.
"No, husband, you can only marry a woman from a rich and noble family as your main wife, paving the way for the development of Xujiazhuang. I have no virtue or talent. If I steal a high position, it will only bring disaster to me. There is no need to mention this matter again!
"
"Then how should I reward you?"
"Where's the child? Show me the child." Fang Qingyan said.
"Here, the child is here." Mother Zheng quickly took the child over, placed it beside the bed, and let Fang Qingyan take a look.
"Having this child is the greatest reward for me."
Fang Qingyan's face was full of motherly glory and she said: "Husband, please think of a better name for him. He is the eldest son of Xu, so having a better name can be considered a blessing for him."
"name……"
Xu Yuan pondered for a while, thought about it seriously, and said: "Let's call him Xu Jiaguang, I hope he will become the light of my Xu family! If there are any sons later, let's call them Xu Jiayao, Xu Jiahua, Xu Jiaxia, Xu Jiayuan, Xu Jiamai, Xu Jiahan, Xu Jiatang
, to form a "glory to China, far away from the Han and Tang Dynasties", Qingyan, your responsibility is very important, you must at least give me three more sons."
"You think I'm a pig~"
Fang Qingyan chuckled and said, "Okay, as long as I can still have children, I can have as many children as I want, but don't neglect Sister Xia He too much. With so many children, I have to ask her to help share a few."
"You, you don't have to be so considerate of others now."
Xu Yuan shook his head helplessly. In order to compete for favor, Xia He often spoke ill of her in private, but Fang Qingyan's kind and generous appearance made her look more and more like the leading heroines in some TV series.