On June 28, the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Mingwei continued to lead the army south. \m\

When he arrived at Kaizhou in the territory of the Daimyo's Mansion, Liu Jin came to report with Ye Bu Hui, saying that he had met Ye Bu Cheng sent by Wu Sangui.

As soon as Zhang Mingwei heard this, he immediately summoned Ye Bushu in person to learn about the situation at the front line.

He attaches great importance to intelligence work. Because of this, he is generally released hundreds of miles away from him if he doesn't collect it at night.

There are news of personal investigations at night, and there are also news from local government inquiries at night, and eventually they will be summarized every day as a reference for the next day's march.

"Go back to China!" Wu Sangui's department did not accept the night, and when he saw Xingguo Gong personally questioning, he was very excited, and hurriedly replied, "Our department joined forces with the other four guerrillas to fight together to exterminate more than 10,000 thieves from Li Enemy's Wansuo Division, and the troops went straight to Kaifeng City......

Zhang Mingwei listened very carefully, asked a few questions from time to time, and finally learned the basic situation of the current five-way guerrilla warfare.

In general, Li Zicheng's side should have known the reality of Wu Sangui and others, so he didn't pay special attention to it, but Yuan Zongdi led the troops to deal with it.

According to this statement that he did not collect at night, Wu Sangui and others were not afraid of strong enemies, gave full play to the flexibility of guerrilla warfare, and inflicted a large number of injuries on Yuan Zongdi's troops besieging Kaifeng several times, successfully containing the thieves and ensuring that Kaifeng City is still in the hands of the imperial court.

However, there were many casualties, and even a few times, he was almost entangled by Yuan Zongdi's cavalry.

After Zhang Mingwei listened, he asked Ye Bu to receive the map of Henan and Hebei, and then said it again according to the map. Including the movements of Wu Sangui's department and Yuan Zongdi's department.

However, this night is only responsible for the investigation of the north, so the information is not comprehensive.

After Zhang Mingwei thought for a while, he sent Liu Jin to personally rush to the army of Wu Sangui and others to learn more about the specific situation.

Then, he instructed Lan Tianbao: "You go and find some yellow mud!" ”

Zhu Yujiao on the side was very surprised when she heard this, and couldn't help asking, "Sir, what do you want Huang Niba for?" ”

She was still busy with the upcoming war just now, and suddenly she was going to be yellow mud, and she really couldn't figure it out.

Zhang Mingwei listened to it and smiled slightly: "Of course it's playing with mud!" ”

"......" Zhu Yujiao listened and couldn't help but be speechless.

Lan Tianbao also couldn't figure it out, but since it was the master's order, he didn't say a word, and immediately went out to look for yellow mud.

Zhu Yujiao wanted to ask again, so Zhang Mingwei said to her: "Let Kaizhou Zhizhou come in, I have something to explain to him!" ”

When the power leaned towards the government and the opposition, Xingguo Gong arrived in Kaizhou, although he did not enter the city and stayed in the army outside the city, but there was such a good opportunity to tie up the Guogong, and the governor of Kaizhou naturally would not miss it, and found a reason to rely on the side of the military camp.

This can be regarded as the benefit of Zhang Mingwei's leadership, if someone else is replaced, even Min Hongxue, he may not have this influence. In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, when Liu Yuliang, the first assistant, wanted to enter the city, he was directly refused.

People are compared, and sometimes, they can't be compared.

Not long after Zhang Mingwei gave the order, the middle-aged and old man's Kaizhou Zhizhou came in in a hurry.

"I don't know what the Duke of Guo commands, the lower officials will definitely eliminate all difficulties, and they will do it!" The voice of the governor of Kaizhou is very loud, and I can hear that he is very determined.

In his opinion, it's nothing more than Kaizhou to provide money and grain, right? There is the previous holy decree, and the prince himself is here, there is nothing to say, the state government has no money to ask the squire of Kaizhou. I believe that they know that it is provided to Guogong, and they will definitely take the opportunity to hand the name to Guogong.

Zhang Mingwei could read the meaning of the stammering in the eyes of the middle-aged man, so he said kindly: "I need someone who is very familiar with the situation south of Kaizhou, including the terrain, population distribution, etc., all the way to the periphery ......of Kaifeng City."

Speaking of this, he found that the governor of Kaizhou looked stunned, so he reminded him: "Merchants, hunters, chaifu, etc., these people may know more." You do it now! ”

The governor of Kaizhou came back to his senses, and guessed that it was related to the battle of Kaifeng, so he hurriedly agreed, and went again.

As soon as he left, Lan Tianbao had already come back and said, "I found a lot of yellow mud, I can have as many as the master wants." ”

When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he smiled and said to Zhu Yujiao: "Listen, I'll teach you how to play with mud next." This time, I'll do it first, and you'll have to do it later. ”

"......" Zhu Yujiao was speechless in her heart, could it be that she was a clay man? But it's not right now, is it?

"......" Lantian Bao is also a little confused.

Seeing them like this, Zhang Mingwei didn't tease them anymore, so he said with a smile: "Next, we should use the surrounding area of Kaifeng as the decisive battle place against Li Zicheng's thief army." Therefore, it is very important to understand the topography around Kaifeng, as well as the distribution of enemy forces. ”

Speaking of this, after a pause, he continued: "So we have to make a sand table for the reference of the march and battle!" ”

The earliest record of the sand table is in the Later Han Dynasty Book and Horse Aid Liebiography.

It is said that in 32 A.D., Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty conquered the hustle and bustle of Longxi and summoned the famous general Ma Yuan to discuss the strategy of marching. Ma Yuan was very familiar with the geography of Longxi, so he used rice to form a model similar to the terrain on the ground.

Then, there is no specific record. Although it is often seen in film and television dramas, those are not reliable.

The most formal record of military sand table is that in 1811, von Leswitz, a civilian military adviser to King Frederick William III of Prussia, made an elaborate model of the battlefield out of clay, using colors to represent roads, rivers, villages and woods, and small porcelain blocks to represent troops and weapons.

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, sand table map battles were mainly used for military training. It was only after the First World War that it was used in actual warfare. By the end of World War II, sand table maps had developed and been widely used, almost becoming a formal procedure for starting a battle plan.

At this time, when they heard Zhang Mingwei's words, Zhu Yujiao and Lan Tianbao were still a little confused, but they also heard that this was Guogong teaching the ability to fight. So, both of them were excited and looking forward to it.

The sand table is easy to say, for example, Ma Yuan used rice to pile it directly. However, if you want to say that it is difficult, it is definitely very difficult.

The sand table of later generations was taken by satellite, and it was combined with a variety of ways to make a military sand table. And in this day and age, there is simply no such thing.

In the process of preparing the materials, Zhang Mingwei first began to draw with charcoal. Set the overall proportion with the distance to Kaifeng City, and then subdivide it.

He now had the initial idea of fighting a battle north of the Yellow River first. Therefore, this sand table is mainly north of the Yellow River. As for the future war in Kaifeng, it is not too late to wait until Kaifeng to make a sand table.

Zhang Mingwei has never done a sand table, but he knows the general principle, writing and painting, and scrapping a lot of blank paper, so he can be regarded as a more satisfactory one.

At this time, the governor of Kaizhou was also diligent, and he had already found a group of businessmen and chaifu to come over.

Zhang Mingwei met with them personally, listened to their descriptions of the topography, and then began to add to the manuscript he had drawn. That's it, and a lot of blank paper is wasted.

In the middle, it is a loss to have Zhu Yujiao by her side. After seeing Zhang Mingwei's paintings, she was able to "copy" many copies for Zhang Mingwei to revise.

It took a day for the first draft to be completed. Then there is the blue sky to protect the side of the life, with the way of grid, split, with yellow mud to shape the terrain, and with different colors to represent mountains and rivers.

In this process, Zhang Mingwei guided the whole process, and he must strictly follow the proportion line he specified in advance. Including size, height, and so on. The loss is that there are enough manpower, and after scrapping a lot of pieces, it took two days to complete the production of the sand table.

Looking at the three-dimensional sand table that was put together at the end, it was full of Chinese military tents. Seriously, Blue Sky Bao is very fulfilling. Looking at Zhang Mingwei's gaze, it was all different.

This kind of thing is definitely a secret that is not passed on, and it should be a family heirloom or something else. However, Guogong pointed out with his own fingers and taught them almost hand-in-hand.

With such a treasure in hand, it is equivalent to knowing the battlefield in your chest, which greatly increases the chances of winning the war!

At this time, Liu Jin had also rushed back in the dust and told Zhang Mingwei the comprehensive news he had learned from Wu Sangui and others.

As a result, Zhang Mingwei marked the location of Wu Sangui and others on the sand table, as well as the distribution of thieves. In addition, combined with the state government archives and the information found by people who do not receive it at night, the situation in villages and towns has also been marked.

At this point, a military sand table is officially completed.

"Master, with this thing, villains can command battles!" Liu Jin looked at the sand table a little dumbfounded, and couldn't help but say to Zhang Mingwei.

When Lan Tianbao heard this, he said proudly on the side: "Do you know how to do it?" The master taught me! ”

Liu Jin listened, and hurriedly said to Zhang Mingwei: "Master, the villain also wants to learn!" ”

"Hehe, if you want to learn how to look back and see how to do it!" Zhang Mingwei listened, smiled and said.

After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but shake his head when he saw Liu Jin happily like something.

Zhang Mingwei is ready to concretize and standardize the war, and it is naturally impossible to hide these things, and all that can be taught will be taught. For example, the production of this sand table, such as the summary before and after the war, and so on.

Although it is said that it is hidden, it can appear that the coach is very powerful. But this is not what Zhang Mingwei is pursuing: to come to this world, not to pretend to be forced, but to open peace for all generations!

When everything was ready, Zhang Mingwei ordered a military meeting.

Zhou Yuji and other generals, when they were not fighting, were seizing the time to train the army according to the lessons summed up after the war. When they heard the military order, they rushed to the Chinese military tent one after another.

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