On the tenth day of March in the seventh year of Chongzhen, Qingming Festival.

The so-called rain during the Qingming Festival does not exist this year.

There is no rain this year.

Since the end of July last year, there has not been a drop of rain.

The great drought is destined to be a great starvation, cannibalism, and starvation.

In the early morning, Qin Chuan led hundreds of civil and military officials, thousands of Guan Emperor troops, and tens of thousands of people, and the tomb where the big fish head was located to worship all the souls buried in the battle on the mountain.

Qin Chuan renamed this mountain Quantai Mountain, from his entry into Lou Fu to the present, after dozens of battles, large and small, thousands of old departments have been buried on this mountain.

Among them, the dozen or so graves were the old brothers who had been killed with him from Jiuji Mountain.

The grave with a big head and a small butt is the tomb of a big fish head that was almost whipped by Fan San.

Qin Chuan has already drawn the design drawings, and when the construction team is free, he will build a martyr's garden on this Quantai Mountain, repair the surrounding and upper tombs, plant flowers and plants, and pave the altar with bluestone, which is the first martyr's garden of his future dynasty.

After paying homage to the martyrs, Qin Chuan went straight back to Montenegro Fort, and then gathered his subordinates to discuss matters in the castle tower of Montenegrin Fort.

When all his subordinates arrived, Qin Chuan cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, for a long time to come, we will all have to fight, which may last for a few months, or it may last for a few years. ”

As he spoke, Qin Chuan nodded at Zhao Wu, who was sitting down, and said, "Zhao Wu, let's talk about the recent movements of all parties." ”

"Yes."

Zhao Wu stood up cleanly, walked to a blackboard, picked up a piece of chalk, and began to draw.

The blackboard was made by Qin Chuan who had the wooden board polished smooth and then dyed black with ink, which was made by mixing lime powder and gypsum powder.

Zhao Wugan did not accept it for more than ten Chinese New Year's Eve, and he was very good at drawing, and he roughly drew the map around Luliang Mountain based on his impression alone.

"My lord, ladies and gentlemen, according to the news that came back a few days ago, the officers and soldiers of the two towns of Xuanda are mobilizing grain and grass everywhere, Denglai and Shuntianfu each have a Ming army into Shanxi, and they are coming in the direction of Taiyuan, and Zhang Yingchang, the general soldier of Shanxi who was originally stationed in the area of Taiyue Mountain, is also moving to Yongning Prefecture, and Xue Dongting, the commander of Zhenxi Wei, is also transferring troops."

"Just half a month ago, Chen Qiyu, the new governor of the five provinces, had been to Taiyuan, and after Chen Qiyu left, Dai Junen, the new governor of Shanxi, mobilized grain and grass in Taiyuan, Fenyang and Yongning Prefecture."

"It can be inferred from this that the Ming army will attack the hinterland of Luliang Mountain from all sides, with Denglai soldiers and Shuntianfu southern soldiers in the direction of Taiyuan in the east, with a strength of 6,000, and Zhang Yingchang, the general army of Shanxi in the direction of Yongning Prefecture in the southwest, with a strength of 3,000, it is not excluded that Chen Qiyu will give him additional troops, and there are Xue Dongting's troops in the direction of Lanzhou in the northwest, with unknown troops, and there are Xuanda officers and soldiers in the north, with unknown troops, but it is never less than 20,000, or even 350,000 is possible."

Hearing these words, the faces of the civil officials such as Wang Jizong, Wen Cheng, and Chen Zhan who were present became solemn.

Zhao Wu paused, then drew a large circle on the northernmost part of the map, and continued: "In addition, the Mongolian tribes such as Tumut and Horqin, which were attached to Jiannu outside the Xuanda border, also had a lot of movement coming in, and it seemed that they were also mobilizing their troops to mobilize grain and grass. ”

When the words fell, including Luo Daniu and other generals, everyone present was buzzing and discussing.

After everyone discussed for a while, Qin Chuan cleared his throat and said, "As I guessed a few days ago, Jiannu is about to enter the customs. ”

"This time, they will enter the customs from Xuanda Yi, the central part of the western part of the Kouluo Mountain and the northwest part of Hebei, as for the time...... That is, between May and June. ”

Hearing this, Luo Da Niu suddenly stood up and said: "Big boss, why don't we take the initiative to attack, first beat the Denglai soldiers and southern soldiers in the east, and then beat Zhang Yingchang in the southwest, clean up these two roads, and then deal with the officers and soldiers of Xuanda and Lanzhou, and then it is not too late to deal with the officers and soldiers of Xuanda and Lanzhou. ”

"Well, the number of roads is right, but, let's not rush north to Xuanda."

Qin Chuan said, got up and walked to the blackboard, picked up the chalk, and drew a circle on the map.

This circle, north and south from Lan County to Yatou Pass, east and west from Xing County to the inner Great Wall of the Shenchi mouth.

"Mingzhao, you will draft a few letters today, send them to Yangqu, Xuanzhen, and Datong respectively, and give the government a warning, saying that Jiannu will attack Xuanda in May and June."

"Let's see how the government reacts, it's okay if they don't fight us, if they do, now the ice and snow have not melted, at least until April they can send troops, at the time, we only need to defend for a month, and hoard heavy troops in Lanxian and Ninghua, waiting for Jiannu to attack Xuanda, we must quickly send troops, and strive to control Xingxian, Lanzhou and even the area of Yatouguan within a month, as well as Ningwu Pass, we also have to get our hands on this Guancheng."

"At that time, Jiannu should also go to the area of Ningwu Pass, we don't have the strength to compete with Jiannu head-on, so we can only rely on the defense of Ningwu Pass and the surrounding military forts, and wait for the opportunity to come out."

"Jiannu has a long way to go, and they must retire in August and September, otherwise they will not be able to return to Liaodong in the cold."

"When Jiannu retires, we will reconcile with the imperial court, and if there is a deviation, Zhu Youzhen can't agree or not."

"With the partial pass, we can attack the Hetao area."

After listening to his words, everyone present shook their heads, and some of them were full of excitement.

"This is the case with the overall strategy, and now, let's discuss the specific details and draw up three sets of detailed combat plans."

"The first thing to discuss is the issue of defense, how to hold the officers and soldiers of Taiyuan and Yongning Prefecture with the least number of troops, Zhao Wu, take out the information you have investigated in the past few months to everyone."

With that, Qin Chuan put down the chalk and walked back to his place and sat down.

Zhao Wu answered, then took out a thick pile of parchment from under the table and spread it out on the long table.

Everyone present hurriedly took the parchment and looked at it carefully.

The biggest problem facing Qin Chuan is the problem of insufficient troops.

He only had 10,000 Guan Imperial troops and 5,000 reserves.

There are only 70,000 people in the territory, and the ratio of troops is already very high, and if you recruit more soldiers, there will be no one to farm.

The territory he wants to capture is three or four times larger than the existing territory, with a total of two cities, six cities, and sixteen military forts, and it is very difficult and very difficult to take so many cities and military forts in one month.

Therefore, a detailed plan, an optimal plan, is needed.

It is necessary to make the best use of troops and firearms.

As early as last year, after returning to Lou Fu from Pingding Prefecture, Qin Chuan asked Zhao Wu to go out for dozens of nights, disguised to reconnoiter those cities and military forts.

After half a year of investigation, the height of the city walls, the terrain outside the city, the structure of the city, the number of defenders, the length and shortcomings of the city forts were basically investigated, and all the drawings were drawn and marked with various data.

There are also information on the generals and defenders of many cities and military forts, and even the personal preferences, personality traits, families, and so on of those defenders.

Zhao Wu said that decades ago, when the border army was not in decline, the sharp sentry in the army was more powerful than them, and they could basically get any information they wanted.

With this information, Qin Chuan's grasp is a little higher.

Now, the military forts of several traffic arteries in the Qinchuan plan have been poured, and the military fort city walls in the east of Luyukou and Mafang Village in the southwest should be built three feet and five feet high, and they should be able to accommodate five hundred defenders, and the amount of work is similar to that of the southern city wall of Montenegro Fort, and if you rush to work day and night, it can be completed within a month.

At that time, Qin Chuan planned to use 500 troops to resist the officers and soldiers of Taiyuan and Yongning Prefecture.

Anyway, there is a military fort lying there, and the officers and soldiers can bypass it, but the follow-up supply troops will not be able to survive, and they may be attacked from behind or flanked at any time.

Therefore, they must attack the military fort on the main road first.

A military fort with a reinforced concrete structure and three-dimensional defensive firepower, how can it be so easy to fight, put two or three tiger squat guns, and then put dozens of guns into it, and all the officers and soldiers will drink a pot.

In this way, Qin Chuan can concentrate the main forces in the north, and when the time comes, he will seize the area of Lanzhou with a blitzkrieg.