Ningyuan is a small border town, a land of projectiles.

In order to attract the attention of the emperor, Yuan Chonghuan proposed to the Ministry of War six times, "use Liao people to defend Liao soil", "build large and small Linghe cities", "ask for salary to recruit Guanning soldiers" and other things.

And in the recital, he once boasted of Haikou, saying that the big and small Ling rivers were built, and once the six million military salaries arrived, the whole Liao could be restored.

Naturally, Zhu Youxiao, who is familiar with history, will not believe his bullshit.

Even Zhu Youxiao in history did not believe these words of eagerness to fight for merit, but instead sent additional supervisors to Ning Yuan to restrain Yuan Chonghuan.

Believing in his evil spirit, the six million military salary is only a fraction, and how much silver is still in the treasury to calmly train troops and build cities?

It's better to rely on someone than to ask for someone, Zhu Youxiao wants to use his own method to restore the soil!

So, Hong Chengchou came.

The current Hong Chengchou is at a time when he is young and promising, and if he talks about the future Qing, I am afraid that even he will not believe it.

Just like Xu Xianchun of Beizhen Fusi, he was Wei Zhongxian's lackey in later generations, and now because of his reuse, he has become the commander of the Jinyi Guard that Wei Zhongxian has to fear.

After Hong Chengchou received the order, he only took two people and two horses, and then came to Ningyuan City to take office, and he raised his head to look at this lonely city.

From south to north, from east to west, it seemed that the whole city was resisting the sudden arrival of his governor.

As far as the eye could see, only one person came out to greet him.

This person has a very great face, dressed in armor, dressed in red, wearing a Xuanwu helmet on his head, and he does not make too much publicity, but only takes a few personal soldiers to wait quietly at the south gate.

"Futai is coming from afar, and Yuan Bing will be here to greet him."

He was ordered by the emperor to restrain him, Yuan Chonghuan would be so resistant, these Hong Chengchou had expected it before he came, and he was not too angry.

When he saw that this man was majestic, he was willing to come to greet him despite the dissatisfaction of everyone in the city, and he liked him a little in his heart, smiled slightly, and immediately asked:

"What is the general calling?"

"The last general is Man Gui, Yi County, Yanzhou Prefecture, Shandong, Ren Ning, Deputy Chief of Jinlu." When the general spoke, he was neither humble nor arrogant, and took the reins of the horse for Hong Chengchou.

When the two entered the city, they saw the people in Ningyuan City, Hong Chengchou was a little strange, and felt that he should not be afraid of himself, so he asked:

"Ning Yuan has been doing anything big recently?"

Man Gui glanced at him in surprise and said with a wry smile: "How did Futai know, this matter has not been reported yet." ”

"I'll see it when I see it." Hong Chengchou raised his eyes and looked around, suddenly realized something, and asked:

"When I came, I saw the smoke and dust in the eastern suburbs, and the horses' hooves were bursting, and I thought it was Yuan Bingbei who was practicing the armies, but now I think about it, it was the movement of the Mongols."

"Hmm."

Man Gui bowed his head and sighed: "Ningyuan City is located on the border, and there are often Mongols who come to vote, and the tribes such as Gongtu, Fried Flower, and Zaisai have lost their people and come to Yuan Bing to ask for it. ”

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou lowered his eyes, curled his mouth, and asked with great interest:

"Oh? What did Yuan Bingbei say. ”

"The soldiers angrily reprimanded the envoys of the various tribes on the spot, and said that the rest of the tribes, ostensibly submissive to the imperial court, did things that violated the yang and the yin, and exempted them from this year's Fuyin Revolution."

"Pedantic..."

Hong Chengchou made a light comment, then stopped talking and didn't say much.

Man Gui didn't mean to refute, and said to himself:

"Gongtu, fried flowers, Zaisai and other departments are stationed in the eastern suburbs of the herd on the grounds of begging for silver, and rob the people inside and outside every day, but they have not caused any lives, but they are unbearable."

Hong Chengchou nodded, thinking that if someone died, with the character of the general in front of him, he would have led the troops to kill him.

Seeing the mansion, he suddenly asked:

"Right now, in Ningyuan City, you are the main martial artist, Yuan Chonghuan is the main text, and what other military generals have troops in their hands?"

Man Gui only wanted to understand the situation first when he was the governor, and replied honestly:

"You Shilu and Wang Shiqin, the staff generals of the Chinese army, are stationed in the north and south, and they are all controlled by Ma Shilong, the deputy general of Ningjin Road, in addition to Lu Zhijia, the deputy general of the Central Association, and Li Chengxian, the staff general, all perform their duties."

When he arrived at the mansion, the first thing Hong Chengchou did was to order someone to get the map of the town proposed by Yuan Chonghuan and Sun Chengzong.

Outside, night is coming.

Hong Chengchou paced back and forth with his hands in his hands, constantly thinking, but suddenly stepped forward, took down the map hanging on the wall, and marked forty-seven locations.

Looking at the distribution of the fortress, he put down his pen and sneered repeatedly.

In his opinion, the strategy of Yuan and Sun is just talking on paper, not to mention the empty consumption of national strength, and they also gave the Houjin Nu soldiers the opportunity to surround the point and send reinforcements and break them one by one.

Yuan Chonghuan's idea was to recruit at least 200,000 new troops with Guan, Ning, and Jin as the center, and build 47 additional towns and offices, so as to defend and attack.

Once the new army trains the city, the towns can help each other and recover the whole of Liao.

This is the Ningjin defense line that will cost tens of millions of dollars and food in later generations.

"It's on paper..."The more Hong Chengchou looked, the more frightened he felt, if he really did this, it would be inevitable for Liao Shen to give up.

This Yuan Chonghuan is simply Zhao Kuo, it's okay to be a soldier, if he is made a governor, the general trend will be bad!

Houjin is not a fool, how can he watch you build a city and train troops without doing anything?

In response to Yuan Chonghuan's battle strategy, Hong Chengchou immediately thought of a way to break the situation, if the slave cavalry only besieged one city, and waited for you to send troops to rescue, would you save it or not?

If you don't save it, the towns that have been built for several years will be handed away, and the materials will be plundered by slaves for many years, and you will make wedding dresses for others in vain.

If you save it, you will win the battle with the Houjin army?

Hong Chengchou, who had figured out this, rolled up the map, summoned an accompanying servant, and instructed: "You go to Jingshi quickly and hand over this map to the saint." ”

"Let's just say that this Ningjin defense line is definitely not feasible."

As soon as the servant saw his master's expression, he knew the urgency of this matter, nodded in response, and galloped out in the middle of the night wrapped in a map.

When the servant opened the door, an occasional north wind blew in, extinguishing the candles in the house, and suddenly, the house, which was not very bright, suddenly fell into darkness.

Hong Chengchou sat quietly in his seat, closing his eyes and recuperating.

The next day, Hong Chengchou went to place the palace of the imperial court here.

The supervising army was naturally ordered by the emperor to do the things that hindered him, and the situation was urgent, so Hong Chengchou also got straight to the point and said:

"Gonggong Ji, do you know about Yuan Chonghuan's construction of the Ningjin defense line?"

Ning Yuan's eunuch Ji Yong, from Wei Zhongxian's disciples, was appointed in March of the first year to assist Yuan Chonghuan in guarding Ning Yuan.

However, this supervisor does not seem to have played a restraining role in Zhu Youxiao's hope, and recently, all the soldiers in the army have been defending and acting with Yuan Chonghuan in all affairs.

Therefore, Sun Chengzong often mentioned when Guangning was promoted that although Ji Yong was a subordinate of the Wei Party, his reputation was quite good.

Seeing Hong Chengchou's anxious appearance, Ji Yong was very surprised, and even more disapprehensive, and said:

"You know, that's what caused Futai to be in such a hurry?"

"It's a trifle?" Hong Chengchou paused and said:

"Why didn't you report to Your Majesty in a hurry and ask you, the prison army, to come here and forget what you did?"

"This is a great thing for the benefit of the country and the people." Ji Yong glared and said angrily:

"If Yuan Bingbei did something bad, this prison army would have reported it to the whole army, so that the saint would have decided and sent it down!"

"Hehe..."

Hong Chengchou saw that this eunuch had been fascinated by the so-called good reputation, and he couldn't distinguish between right and wrong, so he sneered and turned to leave.

When he walked to the door, he was really angry, and turned his head and said: "This kind of strategy on paper can also be called beneficial to the country and the people?" ”

"I think you don't know as much about military affairs as that Zhang Heming, and you are also worthy of being a prisoner!"

Hong Chengchou was in a hurry, and he said more than half a sentence, and when Ji Yong heard it, the tea bowl in his hand immediately fell to the ground, trembling with anger.