As the saying goes: 'Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles.' If you want to fight, you must first find out the situation of both the enemy and us, such a simple truth Zhu Cijiong naturally knows, he ordered Qin Liangyu to recruit 1,000 elites in the 3,000 battalion, and after a simple scout training, he was all sent to the Mongolian steppe north of Jizhou to spy on the situation of Huang Taiji to see when he would come to sneak attack.

Zhu Cijiong was not going to use the 3,000 battalions, because they were all Meng Yuan's defectors. But this time they are just needed, Zhu Cijiong is not a rigid person, he naturally will not do this kind of stupid thing to hide the 3,000 battalions forever for the sake of a little mustard in his heart, and it is best to send authentic Mongolians to spy on intelligence in the Mongolian steppe.

After sending out the elite of the 3,000 battalions, Zhu Cijiong secretly ordered Sun Chengzong to hurry back to Beijing, after all, he didn't know anything about the border army of the Ming Dynasty, so it was better to listen to Sun Chengzong's opinion.

The preliminary preparations can only do this, without knowing the other and not knowing himself, Zhu Cijiong will naturally not blindly command, everything has to wait for the intelligence of the Mongolian steppe and Sun Chengzong to come back before making arrangements, the only thing to do now is to try the power of this flintlock grenade and mine.

Wang Gongchang has gradually stepped on the right track, Bi Maokang and Song Yingxing are experts among experts, and they are naturally able to catch such simple things as flintlock grenades and mines. After Zhu Cijiong sketched out the flint grenade and landmine, it took them only one day to make the sample.

The next test work does not have to worry about Zhu Cijiong, under his suggestion, the test work has gradually entered the professional track, and now the test weapon power is no longer a simple wooden plank, but a simple humanoid puppet, and the puppet is also wearing soft armor, chain mail and armor.

The test results were beyond Zhu Cijiong's expectations, and the soft armor basically couldn't stop the steel needles that shot everywhere; Chain mail is also not good, steel needles will drill through the gap in the armor, and the protection effect is worse than soft armor; Only armor can block the steel needles, but the hands, feet, and faces and other unprotected locations are still not enough, and the steel needles are still inserted. In general, the current soldier's equipment has no way to defend against the pear-like grenades and mines of this rainstorm, as long as it explodes, everyone within a radius of five meters will be injured to varying degrees.

Since the effect is better than expected, it is natural to make it vigorously, Zhu Cijiong directly ordered that the production of flintlock pistols was stopped, and everyone went all out to produce grenades and mines, anyway, in another year, the drawings of the new flintlock pistol will be available, and it is simply a waste of resources to rebuild these simple flintlock pistols.

The process of flintlock grenade and mine is actually very simple, the shell is directly cast and then a thread is turned on the mouth, the flintlock device is also similar to the simple flintlock pistol, and the grenade and mine do not need to be made with a car barrel or bullet, as long as the shell and flintlock device are made, this speed is naturally extremely fast, there are more than 1,000 people in Wang Gong factory, and it is no problem to make a thousand grenades or mines a day.

Zhu Cijiong was not fast enough, and ordered all the blacksmiths and stonemasons of the Ministry of Works to be gathered, the blacksmiths were responsible for casting the shells, and the stonemasons were responsible for processing the flint and loading the flint on shmelnel. In this way, the workers of the original Wang Gong factory only need to be responsible for the processing of machine tools, and the efficiency has doubled, and more than 2,000 grenades or mines can be produced in a day.

This time the main thing was to defend the city, and the role of grenades was greater than that of mines, so Zhu Cijiong stipulated that 2,000 grenades should be produced every day, and then the mines would be produced the rest of the time.

Just when Wang Gongchang began to make thunder frantically, Sun Chengzong finally rushed back to Beijing, and he couldn't take a break, and as soon as he returned to Beijing, he came to the palace to see Chongzheng Emperor Zhu Cijiong.

Zhu Cijiong summoned him to the imperial study, and said straight to the point: "Taifu, I have received a secret report, Houjin will make a detour to the Mongolian steppe and attack Jingshi from the direction of Jizhou Town!" “

Sun Chengzong didn't panic when he heard this, he walked to the map that had already been hung, and said with a solemn face: "Houjin can now organize up to 100,000 soldiers and horses to come and attack, it is impossible for them to break through the Beijing Division, there must be fraud in this." “

Sure enough, Jiang is still old and spicy, Sun Chengzong doesn't need to read the history books of later generations to guess that Huang Taiji is attacking the west, Zhu Cijiong asked with admiration: "What does the Taifu think they want to do?" “

Sun Chengzong stared at the map carefully for a while and replied affirmatively: "Weichen thinks that they want to seize Jizhou Town and cut off the connection between Liaodong and Jingshi!" “

Zhu Cijiong simply admired the five-body throw, Sun Chengzong actually looked at the map for a while and guessed Huang Taiji's intentions!

When Chongzhen was the emperor, he didn't trust others too much, in fact, Yuan Chonghuan also saw Huang Taiji's intentions, and wrote a warning twice, but Emperor Chongzhen ignored it, but Huang Taiji really came, and he also occupied Jizhou Town, and Emperor Chongzhen actually gave Yuan Chonghuan to Ling Chi! I have to say that there is definitely an element of annoyance and anger in this.

Zhu Cijiong naturally won't do something stupid like Chongzhen, he won't kill him if he doesn't wait to see Yuan Chonghuan, and now it is Sun Chengzong who is in charge of Liaodong, and it is he who proposes that Houjin will sneak attack the capital It is his Chongzheng Emperor Zhu Cijiong, this time Huang Taiji wants to easily take Jizhou Town, I'm afraid it's impossible.

Since Sun Chengzong's judgment was correct, Zhu Cijiong naturally wouldn't be verbose anymore, and he asked straightforwardly: "Then Taifu thinks how should we keep Jizhou Town?" “

Sun Chengzong frowned and pondered for a while, shook his head and sighed: "If we want to protect Jizhou Town, we must transfer all the main forces of Liaodong to the vicinity of Zunhua, and if Huang Taiji directly attacks the Ningjin defense line, we are afraid that it will be too late to come back to help." “

Zhu Cijiong slapped his forehead when he heard this, and hurriedly handed a test report on the desk to Sun Chengzong, and said embarrassedly: "I forgot about this, Taifu will take a look before making a conclusion." “

Sun Chengzong was puzzled, looked at it in a hurry, looked at it, his eyes slowly widened, and finally even his eyeballs were about to pop out, and he asked in surprise: "Your Majesty, is there really such a divine object?" “

Zhu Cijiong said complacently: "Wang Gong's factory was not built for nothing, and now it is going all out to produce grenades and mines." ”

Sun Chengzong couldn't wait to ask, "How much can you do that day?" ”

Zhu Cijiong replied proudly: "There are 2,000 grenades and about 300 mines." ”

When Sun Chengzong heard this, he calculated on the map: "Two thousand in one day, 20,000 in ten days, now the Mongolian steppe grass is vigorous, it is the time to recuperate, Huang Taiji is unlikely to raise troops, only wait until the grass withers in October, he will attack." There are still more than 100 days between now and October, which means that 200,000 grenades can be made. There are 16 large and small cities along the line from Zunhua to the capital, and each city can distribute at least 10,000 grenades. ”

Zhu Cijiong let out a long breath when he heard this answer, and asked sincerely: "May I ask how the soldiers and horses of Taifu are mobilized?" ”

Sun Chengzong had already made a bamboo in his chest, and when he heard this, he pointed to the map without hesitation:

"Order Changping General You Shiwei to lead 30,000 troops to garrison Miyun, Huairou, and Shunyi, with 10,000 horses in each city, and 10,000 thunder in each city;

Hou Shilu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, led 30,000 troops to garrison Sanhe, Pinggu, and Tongzhou, with 10,000 horses in each city, and 10,000 thunder in each city;

The general army of Datong, Mangui, led 40,000 troops to garrison Jizhou, Xianghe and Yutian, of which 20,000 horses in Jizhou were equipped with 20,000 thunders, and 10,000 horses were each in Xianghe and Yutian, each with 10,000 thunders;

Wang Yuanya, the governor of Jizhou Town, led all 50,000 soldiers and horses in Jizhou to assemble in Zunhua and Santun camps, including 30,000 horses in Zunhua and 30,000 horses with hand mines, and 20,000 horses and 20,000 horses in Santun camps;

Zhao led 30,000 troops to garrison Yongping, Qian'an, and Luanzhou, with 10,000 horses in each city, and 10,000 thunders each;

The remaining grenades are left in the capital for use, and the mines can make the Jinyi guard select 5,000 elites to be buried in the Houjin army, and there are nearly 60,000 elite soldiers in the capital and the Shenji battalion, so there is no need to worry at all, as long as the general soldiers pay attention to guarding their own defense areas, Houjin will definitely not be able to take a city. “

Zhu Cijiong analyzed Sun Chengzong's deployment on the map, and felt that this deployment of troops was already the best arrangement, so he couldn't help but agree: "Okay, just according to what Taifu said." “