"But renovating the defense line of the border town is not something that is decided on the spot." Looking at the excited expressions of the generals below, although Zhao Zongwu was reluctant to discourage their enthusiasm, when it came to the fundamental core things, he would not retreat a single step.

The Great Wall defense line has a history of more than 2,000 years, in this long period of time, the Great Wall defense line has been gradually improved in the past dynasties, but in the middle of this not only involves the initiative of the Chinese people in the external situation, the fixation of the Great Wall defense line, but also involves an insurmountable line.

Isorainfall lines.

If you analyze and summarize the history from a historical perspective, you will find that the Great Wall defense line was built very regularly along a geographical 400mm rainfall line.

It is precisely because of this equal rainfall line that the farming people and the nomadic people can be effectively separated.

As an industrious Chinese family, because they are located south of this rainfall line, the territory within this range, no matter what kind of setbacks they experience, will eventually return to the rule of the Chinese people.

But the areas north of this rainfall contour line, although effective dominion, are more often nominal.

This has also created a unique human phenomenon.

Now that Zhao Zongwu wants to renovate the defense line of the nine-sided town, on the one hand, he must refer to the bottom line of this equal rainfall line, and on the other hand, he must also make full use of the existing geographical environment to ensure that the northward movement of the border line he wants to carry out can really take root.

Zhao Zongwu said solemnly: "In your eyes, moving the defense line of the border town to the north seems to involve only military issues, but in the eyes of this duke, moving the defense line of the border town to the north is not a simple problem as the military aspect.

Since the construction of the Great Wall defense line by the Chinese people, it has been like a dividing line across the east and west.

At the southern end of the dividing line, our Huaxia clan lives a relatively stable and orderly life, in which the cultivators have their fields, live in groups, and the men plough the fields and the women weave cloth, working at sunrise and resting at sunset.

At the northern end of the dividing line, they live a migratory life of "living in pursuit of water and grass", wandering around on horseback. These are two completely different ways of life.

One of the most important reasons for this phenomenon is that the water level is abundant. Now we want to move this fixed line of defense to the north, then it involves the local water conservancy construction, whether it can be implemented! ”

With Chen Qiyu and Hong Chengchou, they will wait for the rainfall line, and with their current knowledge, they can't figure it out at all, so it is better to blur this concept and replace it with whether the water level is abundant or not.

Since ancient times, wars have been a continuation of politics.

Even if there is a strong army system, the fundamental purpose is to do the foundation for the actual rule of the locality, and if this fundamental point is violated, then even if it can create a strong army, without the solid support of the local government, it will eventually perish.

Although Zhao Zongwu discussed this core issue with Chen Qiyu, Hong Chengchou, Fan Tianxiong, Ding Kui, Zu Dashou, Zhao Shujiao, Li Yun, and Sun Zushou before convening the military conference, because of the problem of common sense, he had to tell it in person.

"You may not understand this, but what Bengong said is more popular." Looking at the generals with doubts on their expressions, Zhao Zongwu said with a smile: "According to the existing garrison system of the nine border towns, between Gansu Town and Ningxia Town, it can at least be translated to the north for hundreds of miles.

But on the other hand, because of the geographical location, it is impossible for us to completely abandon the existing defense system, so for the deployment of this defense line, why can't we follow the Longxing City located in the Hetao region as the foundation, and build the Lingbao group defense line along it, and then serve as the forward garrison area of Gansu Town and Ningxia Town.

In this way, we do not have to reconstruct the long defense line of the new Great Wall, and we also solve the root cause of the geographical inconspicuousness, once the front guard zone of the Lingbao group in this area is completed, we can take advantage of the situation to demolish the non-strategic places south of Gansu Town and Ningxia Town, in order to defend against the grassland tribes, and hand over these places to the government for corresponding governance. ”

According to Zhao Zongwu's true thoughts in his heart, he would not have a hot head and go along the plane map to build a relatively complete defense line of the Great Wall.

Since the ancestor built the Great Wall defense line to the existing location, then its position must have its own reason, so if he wants to innovate the Great Wall defense line, then he can only achieve effective optimization under this fundamental.

And his optimization is the three cities that he has been supervising over the years: Longxing City, Guihua City, and Phoenix City, according to these three fortress cities, he can reconstruct a territory with the color of Chinese life along the northern part of the Great Wall defense line.

Plugging the three cities, in Zhao Zongwu's thoughts, it is just the beginning, and the follow-up will continue to build new cities according to the actual development of the local area, and these built cities must occupy an absolute geographical advantage, because this living Great Wall needs the actual cultivation of the Huaxia clan to continuously consolidate the foundation.

"In the improvement stage of the Lingbao group in the above-mentioned area, the border towns involved can effectively carry out the corresponding demolition and integration progress." When Zhao Zongwu explained the idea that he had been thinking about for a long time, he continued to conclude: "This kind of strategic deployment does not involve a year or two, it will start with ten years, and you as the chief military officer of each town, although it is said that the term of office in this town is only one term, (one term is five years. But no matter where you will be transferred in the future, such a strategic deployment must be unconditionally supported! ”

Call Mao Wenlong, Man Gui, Ma Shilong, Liu Xingzuo, Li Bei, Wang Shiqin, You Shiwei, You Shilu, Zu Dabi, Chen Jisheng, Zu Dale, Zhang Mingshi, Jiang Bi, Cao Wenyao, He Cheng, these 15 chief military officers, as long as they do not involve rebellion in the future, then they will hold the supreme authority of the Huaxia Army for a long time in the future, so it is very necessary for them to know such a fundamental decision from the beginning.

Mao Wenlong said with a smile: "Grandpa Guo, you can rest assured, no matter what support you need in the future, we will use practical actions to support your decision-making." ”

Although Mao Wenlong only partially understood in his heart, his thoughts told him that once such a strategic deployment was finally formed, it would have a very far-reaching impact on the northern frontier.

"I don't need you to guarantee here, since you have no opinion on such a strategic deployment, then my father will talk about the rights and obligations newly given to you by the Nine-Sided Marshal Mansion." Zhao Zongwu nodded and looked at Mao Wenlong, and then continued: "As Bengong has mentioned earlier, if you want to truly implement the northward movement of the frontier defense line, this requires the real separation of the military and the people, but as far as the actual situation at this stage is concerned, the governance and control of the region in the early stage need to be actually done by you border towns.

What is the first thing that makes a place stable?

In fact, I don't need to say more, you all know in your hearts that grain, if a place wants to have a stable momentum of development, then it is necessary to ensure that the region's grain production can be maintained and increased year after year, and only by doing this can we gather the hearts of the local people and enable them to live and work in peace and contentment in the local area without worries.

In order to ensure such a foundation, it is necessary to have abundant water for irrigation in the area, so it is necessary to build a complete water infrastructure, but also to protect the water source so that the soil and water will not be lost, and in short, to plant as many trees as possible, especially for the main rivers.

In order to completely solve such hidden dangers, this Gong requires you not only to carry out actual basic water conservancy construction in the area that needs to be added, but also to ensure a certain scale and number of tree planting. ”

At the end of the Ming Dynasty during the Xiaoice River period, it was definitely a period of many disasters, so in Zhao Zongwu's heart, in addition to indispensable development, he also had to ensure that the Yellow River would not be in a harmful place, which is why he said that moving the border defense line north was not just a military matter.

After listening to Zhao Zongwu's narration, the chief military officers headed by Mao Wenlong had a little strange in their eyes, because they never thought that this involved military matters, and they would need to do these things that did not belong to them, and listen to what Grandpa Guo just said, if they don't do this well, then it will definitely affect their future affairs in leading troops to fight.

Man Gui said with a little helplessness on his face: "Grandpa Guo, the last general is not shirking, the last general himself is burdened with the burden of training and reorganizing the army, and there are many complicated matters such as rectifying local basic water conservancy facilities and planting trees, I am afraid that the end will ...... this energy."

Before Man Gui finished speaking, he received the nod of approval from Mao Wenlong, You Shiwei and other chief military officers.

"You're thinking beautifully." Seeing Mao Wenlong's reaction, Zhao Zongwu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then scolded with a smile: "It's good that your chief military officer does your own work honestly, such as these complicated work, the Nine Border Marshal's Mansion will let the formation of a corresponding directly subordinate agency to serve as the main control body, and when you need to implement these, you must obey and implement them unconditionally." ”

For these matters that are partial to the local people's livelihood, Zhao Zongwu will definitely not let the chief military officer with heavy troops control it, after all, once such an opening is opened, then it will leave hidden dangers, and such authority is still better to be directly controlled, as long as the chief military officer of the border town cooperates with the action.