Sun Chengzong is an expert in repairing bunkers, Zhu Cijiong introduced a few words and he understood, this fortress is really extraordinary, very suitable for the power of muskets and artillery, no matter what point the enemy attacks the castle, it is exposed to the attack range of multiple angular surfaces, the soldiers defending the city can use crossfire to carry out multiple strikes, with the undulating terrain of southern Mongolia, it is impossible to concentrate too many troops to attack in one direction, with this fortress, Jiannu is really going to cry!

He couldn't help but admire: "The emperor is really wise and powerful, such a complex castle can be thought of, and Weichen admires it." “

This Zhu Cijiong didn't dare to bear it, because the prototype of the fortress, the castle of Geranza, was built by the Dutch, and the officers and soldiers of this sailor knew it, so he hurriedly said modestly: "This is actually a method that the foreigners came up with, I just follow the cat and draw the tiger, Taifu sees if it is feasible to build the fortress?" “

Sun Chengzong hurriedly nodded and said: "Of course it is feasible, this fortress is much stronger than the defense of ordinary cities, and it can indeed save half of the defensive force, in this way, only 500,000 troops are enough!" “

Zhu Cijiong shook his head and said: "It's better to be safe, let's attack at the same time on the three routes, lest Huang Taiji have any moths, I will leave the Second Army of the Praetorian Guard to guard the capital along the way, and the Beiyang Naval Division and the Beihai Fleet can be stationed in the East Camp; Lu Xiangsheng's road is still the same, after all, he has to build ten fortresses along the way, and needs to leave 100,000 troops to defend the city, if he only leads 100,000 troops into the Horqin grassland, I'm afraid it's a bit unsafe; Taifu left the Dongjiang Army to guard Guanning City all the way, what do you think? “

An army of one million has become 800,000, and it is still a relatively safe fortress encirclement tactic, so the generals are naturally relieved and nod their heads in agreement.

Zhu Cijiong saw that everyone had no opinions, so he took the ash rod from Sun Chengzong's hand and began to discuss with the generals the specific location of the fortress. “

When the generals heard this, they immediately raised their heads and stood straight.

Zhu Cijiong continued to say majestically: "Order the Second Army of the Praetorian Guard, the Qin Army, and the Dingliao Army to arrive in the capital within ten days to assemble, and the Dingliao Army is responsible for escorting 100,000 prisoners;

The Tianxiong Army, the First Army of the Frontier Army, and the Wuwei Army arrived in Haizhou City within ten days to assemble, and the Wuwei Army was responsible for escorting 300,000 prisoners;

ordered the Liaodong Army and the Dongjiang Army to arrive at Guanning City within ten days to assemble, and the Dongjiang Army was responsible for escorting 100,000 prisoners;

ordered the Henan Reserve Corps to arrive at Beidaying within ten days and take over the defense of Beidaying;

Ten days later, on the 15th of October, the three armies set off at the same time, repairing the fortress all the way, and then catching turtles in an urn! “

The generals immediately said in unison: "The last general will obey the order!" “

Zhu Cijiong waved his hand again and said, "Okay, let's go back and prepare." “

The generals said goodbye in unison, and then walked out in turn, Zhu Cijiong directly said to Sun Yuanhua, who turned around and was about to go back: "Chuyang, you go to the study with me to discuss the allocation of military supplies." “

When Sun Yuanhua heard this, he immediately respectfully followed behind Zhu Cijiong and walked out of the hall.

When he came to the door, Zhu Cijiong said to Cao Huachun, who was waiting outside: "Immediately notify Bi Maokang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, to come to my study." “

The so-called three armies have not moved, grain and grass go first, and now that the three armies have begun to assemble, this military supply naturally has to keep up.

The palace in the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry is not far away, so Bi Maokang soon came to Zhu Cijiong's private study, and after Zhu Cijiong beckoned him to sit down, he immediately asked: "Meng Hou, what is the daily output of the cement plant now?" “

Bi Maokang knew that the emperor liked to ask for specific data, and said that he remembered the output, inventory and other data of all the factories in the Ministry of Industry very clearly, so as soon as Zhu Cijiong finished asking, he immediately replied without thinking: "Back to the emperor, the cement factory now produces about one million catties of cement per day, and according to the emperor's requirements, fifty catties a bag, almost 20,000 bales." “

Zhu Cijiong nodded and said: "Well, it's not easy to calculate the number of catties and catties, so let's do it, in the future, a unit of weight will be added to the catty, called tons, Koutun tons, two thousand catties is one ton, and one million catties is five hundred tons, you know?" “

Zhu Cijiong didn't bother to explain to him that a liter of pure water is exactly one kilogram, and a ton is a thousand kilograms, because Da Ming didn't literate this unit of measurement, and it was not clear when the time came, so it was better to complete the goal of dominating the world first, and then come back to study these problems slowly and slowly when you have time.

Bi Maokang didn't understand why 2,000 catties was a ton, but the emperor said that whatever he said was what he said, so he had to nod his head in response.

Zhu Cijiong asked again: "How much inventory is there in the cement plant now?" “

Bi Maokang calculated it in his heart before replying: "Back to the emperor, about a thousand tons." “

Zhu Cijiong thought for a while, and directly ordered: "This thousand tons will be kept first, and then a thousand tons will be prepared, the army needs two thousand tons of cement for this expedition to Monan, you prepare it as soon as possible, and hand it over to Chuyang in three days." “

It turned out that the army was going to use it, and Bi Maokang hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "Weichen obeys the order." “

Zhu Cijiong continued to ask: "How much is the inventory of howitzers used by the army in the Dongdaying Artillery Foundry?" “

Bi Maokang replied without thinking: "Back to the emperor, the Xiandong Daying Artillery Foundry has 1,000 317 howitzers, 800 417 howitzers, 500 518 howitzers, and 500 620 howitzers. “

Zhu Cijiong roughly estimated that the bottom floor of a fortress can be equipped with about 100 Type 317 howitzers, the middle floor can be equipped with about 50 Type 417 howitzers, and the top floor can be equipped with about 20 Type 518 howitzers or Type 620 howitzers, so that 2,000 Type 317 howitzers, 1,000 Type 417 howitzers, and 400 Type 518 howitzers and Type 620 howitzers will be needed.

In this way, the inventory of 400 howitzers and 620 howitzers is completely sufficient, only 200 417 howitzers are missing, and 1,000 317 howitzers are still missing. There are 200 howitzers of the 518 type and 200 howitzers each, which are also used by the army when they go on expeditions. “

When Bi Maokang heard this, he hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Weichen obeys the order." “

Zhu Cijiong nodded: "Well, the big war is coming, you let Wang Gongchang work overtime and build more ammunition reserves, so as not to be unable to keep up with the consumption of the big war when the time comes." “

Bi Maokang naturally didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly arched his hand again: "Weichen obeys the order." “

Zhu Cijiong sighed and said tiredly: "You must allocate the grain and grass that Chu Yang just told you in three days, and Meng Hou, you should also work hard to keep an eye on these two days, okay, you all go down." “

The two hurriedly said yes, and then they all retired.

After these two meetings, Zhu Cijiong was really a little tired, but when he thought of Huang Taiji, he felt full of energy, in order to clean up this fateful enemy, no matter how tired it was, it was worth it!