On the eighth day of the first month of the fourth year of Chongzhen, the generals of Jingbian Fort had already finished their winter vacation, and they were being summoned by Liu Renyu to a meeting in the conference room at this time.

"Gentlemen, for people, the shortest time in the world is the time of vacation, I understand this, but we have things to do, the plan of the year lies in the spring, we are going to do a big thing soon, so I specially summoned you to come here for a meeting."

"General, the big thing is important, we know the severity, what is there to explain, the general, please say it directly." Li Jiye said.

"Okay, do you remember that I said before that I would take you to Liaodong to build a city?" Liu Renyu asked his subordinates with a smile.

Liaodong!?

Although the generals had already known about this, when they heard the news today, they still couldn't help but grunt, and they swallowed their saliva, obviously still a little afraid. Even Yang Desheng and Zhang Tieniu, who have always been known for their martial bravery, are not kind and very worried.

"What's the matter, gentlemen, are you afraid? I think that when I was going to take you to King Qin, you were also very scared, but what was the final result? Let's kill 9 members of Jiannu's elite Bayala soldiers. With such a record, why are you still so worried? Liu Renyu looked at the expressions of his subordinates, first smiled and talked about the past, and then asked out loud.

"General, when King Qin, our army was fighting on the ground, and the time and place were favorable, and it was still more to fight less, so we could defeat Jiannu. But when we arrived in the dangerous place in Liaodong, there were Jiannu everywhere, and our soldiers were fewer than Jiannu, so we were afraid of ....... Li Jiye frowned and said worriedly.

"What Jiye said is that the Jiannu field wave war is indeed powerful, except for the Guanning army, there is no one who can fight with them, in Liaodong, my Ming official army has been repeatedly defeated by it, and now it can only be trapped in the city. However, gentlemen, you still have to remember clearly, let's go to Liaodong, just to build a city, at most to hold the city, and there is no need to fight with Jiannu in the wild. And when we arrived in Liaodong, we were not alone, and the Liaodong Army would fight with us. Liu Renjie explained.

"Dare to ask the general, when we build a city in Liaodong, if we are surrounded by Jiannu, what will happen to our army?" Ma Wenshan, who has always been very smart, suddenly asked.

"The imperial court will send troops to rescue." Liu Renyu replied.

"General, I think that if we are surrounded by Jiannu, the court will not be able to save us." Ma Wenshan said in a deep voice.

"Why did Wen Shan say this?" Liu Renyu asked with a smile.

"In October of the second year of Chongzhen, Jiannu entered the Kou Siege Beijing Division, and the soldiers and horses of the world were the king, and Jiannu could retreat with his whole body. When we arrive in Liaodong, if we are besieged in the city, we can't count on reinforcements from the imperial court at all. "Marvin Hill Road.

"I didn't expect reinforcements from the imperial court from the beginning." Liu Renyu smiled.

Didn't expect reinforcements!?

The generals, you look at me, I look at you, obviously they haven't figured out the situation.

"Dare to ask the general, you plan to take the humble post to Liaodong to build the city, you expected to be besieged by Jiannu, and then you said that you don't expect the rescue of the imperial court reinforcements, then dare to ask the general, if our army is really besieged and there are no reinforcements, what is the general's countermeasure?" Li Jiye wondered.

"That's why I've summoned you here. Gentlemen, the current governor of Jiliao is Sun Chengzong Sun Zhishuai, his old man likes to build a city the most, and now the nearest city between my Ming Dynasty and Jiannu is Jinzhou, and then go east is the big and small Linghe City. It is said that Sun Zhishuai intends to build Dalinghe City, and this matter has been submitted to the court, if you want to negotiate a result, it will take some time, but once this matter is approved by the imperial court, it is very likely that we will be sent to Dalinghe to build a city.

So, what I mean is, first send people to transport grain to Jinzhou, hoard military rations, the more hoarded the better, when the time comes, once we want to build Dalinghe City, we will transport these grains to Dalinghe City, and then we will build the city, while sending sentinels to reconnoiter the movements of Jiannu, if Jiannu sends a large army to demolish the city, we will send the people who built the city back to Jinzhou in time, and we and other officials and soldiers will stay in Dalinghe City.

You said that we hoarded 100,000 stone of grain in the city, leaving only more than 10,000 troops to defend, if the enemy attacked, we will rely on the city to defend, if the enemy army besieges us, we will consume it with them, and see how long it can surround us. ”

"General, if you go to war for the country, the food and salary should be paid by the imperial court, why do you want me to go out of Jingbian Fort myself?" Li Jiye wondered.

"We can't count on the imperial court, because our lives are our own, so we must be responsible for our own lives." Liu Renyu said.

"Dare to ask the general, why do we have to go to that dangerous place in Liaodong?"

This is the question that Li Jiye wants to ask, and it is also the question that everyone wants to ask.

"I have such a few considerations, one is that Liaodong is the front line, frequent wars, is the emperor and the court of attention, if we use reinforced concrete to build the city, block the offensive of the serpents, then the emperor and the court can realize the wonderful use of reinforced concrete, and if the court wants to build a city in the future, it will think of using our reinforced concrete." Liu Renyu explained.

It turned out that he wanted to advertise, and the generals suddenly realized.

"General, if you want to build a slave, there is no artillery, and the ordinary city wall can resist the construction of a slave, but our reinforced concrete city wall is afraid that it will not be famous." Li Jiye said.

"Gentlemen, I have received reliable information that Jiannu can already make artillery, which can be used to attack the city." Liu Renyu said in a deep voice.

Hiss!?

A group of generals were taken aback, the Jiannu field battle was already invincible, if they mastered the artillery technology and used artillery to attack the city, the picture was too miserable, and the generals didn't dare to think about it.

"That being the case, Liaodong is in danger!" A group of generals exclaimed.

"Dare to ask the general, where did you get this information?" Li Jiye frowned and asked.

"I sent a fine work to lurk in Liaodong Jiannu." Liu Renyu replied.

"The general is really powerful, he actually sent Xizuo to Jiannu a long time ago, I admire it very much." A group of generals praised one after another.

Liu Renyu heard his subordinates say that he admired himself very much, and couldn't help but blush a little, in fact, he had never sent a fine work to Liaodong so far, and he knew that Jiannu had mastered artillery technology, but it was only because he knew the history of later generations that he dared to say so, but his subordinates must say so, and of course he would not break it.

"Yes, Jiannu has already mastered artillery technology, if they can build a giant cannon like the Hongyi cannon, with the walls of Jingbian Fort City, do you think they can resist the bombardment of the Hongyi cannon?"

The generals looked at each other for a long time, and said, "No! ”

"That's right, so let's use the reinforced concrete method to build a strong and abnormal Linghe City, and then Jiannu can't shake it even with cannons, do you think that the emperor and the court think that our reinforced concrete is very good, and the court will build a city in the future, will it give priority to using our reinforced concrete?" Liu Renyu asked with a smile.

"That's true, the general is right." The generals nodded again and again.

"Well, this is the first reason why I want to take you to Liaodong, but this second reason is like this, since the formation of my Jingbianbao army, it is mainly to fight with the thieves, the thieves' combat effectiveness is too poor, our army can always win the battle, and over time, the soldiers of our army will inevitably have an arrogant mentality, thinking that they are invincible in the world.

This time I went to Liaodong, let everyone see what a powerful enemy is, and fighting against such a powerful enemy can let our soldiers know the terrible things about Jiannu, let them put away their arrogance, and temper the combat strength of our army. After all, you must remember that our army is getting stronger and stronger the more you fight, and after all, you will be sent to Liaodong by the imperial court to fight, so we naturally have to seize every opportunity to go to Liaodong to fight against Jiannu and accumulate combat experience. Liu Renyu said.

"The general is reasonable, I will obey you." The generals and officers admired.

"Well, based on these two considerations, I plan to take you to Liaodong, since I already plan to go, I will discuss with you all about how to go to Liaodong to build a city this time, how to get out of Liaodong."

"The lowly rank is willing to listen to the general's opinion." The generals paused.