Xuzhou City is strictly a new city, although it has a history of thousands of years, but this is the third time it has been rebuilt.

"In the fourth year of my big day, the Yellow River burst its embankment, the water depth was one zhang three, and the city was completely flooded, so it was moved to the south of the city for twenty miles to rebuild, which was the second time Xuzhou moved to the city. In the first year of Chongzhen, the flood receded, and the silt and sand in the city were as thick as one person high, and the city was buried in the sand. When the soldiers prepared Tang Huan to rebuild on the original site, it is called Chongzhen City, and the scale and shape of the city are similar to and overlap with the underground Hongwu City. The east gate and north gate of the city follow the old name, the west gate is renamed Wu'an Gate, and the south gate is renamed Kuiguang Gate. After Xia Wanchun finished speaking, he saw that Hou Xuanyan was at the highest point of Yunlong Mountain, looking down the mountain.

The Kuiguang Gate in front of you is made of bricks and stones, the height of the city and the width of the bottom are two zhang three, and the top width is one zhang and one. Hou Xuanyan looked at such a strong city wall and sighed: "During the Chongzhen Dynasty, the Liao Xiang was heavy, and it was said that the treasury was empty and could not make ends meet, and the entire court was as poor as we did during the last Northern Expedition. I didn't expect the Xuzhou City built under this situation to be so firm and majestic. ”

At the time of Chongzhen, it was the imperial court that was poor, but it was not a place. At that time, throttling thieves were everywhere, and the wealthy families in Xuzhou were willing to spend a lot of money to build the city wall in order to avoid the obscenity of the thieves. This is why a new city has been made so strong, even more stable than the city built during the Hongwu period.

Xia Wanchun was excited, and the Northern Expedition reached Xuzhou, which was still a few steps away from the great success of Gonggai Huanyu. He turned his head, there seemed to be a light in his eyes, and asked, "Commander, let's fight!" The Hunan barracks will be able to climb the head of Xuzhou tomorrow. ”

Hou Xuanyan shook his head and said: "If you don't think about winning, you should think about defeat first, which is what you should be prepared for a general." After passing the order, the three armies were not in a hurry to attack the city, digging trenches next to Xuzhou, piling up soil to build walls, planting antlers to resist horses, and driving piles to set up camp tents. After all this is done, we will use the strategy of exhausting the army to slowly harass and torture them, and Xuzhou can be taken sooner or later. ”

Most of the generals in the Northern Expeditionary Army were young Zhuang, and they once followed Hou Xuanyan in a bloody battle in Jingxiang, how happy it was at that time. But now that the family has a big business, every time there is a war, I can't help but bow my head when I hear these words, and secretly say in my heart: Here he is again, he is here again.

Hou Xuanyan looked around, taking in the looks of the generals, and his heart was on fire. Leng said: "What, do you think Lao Tzu is too cowardly?" ”

None of the generals answered, obviously acquiescing, Hou Xuanyan kicked down a spear inserted in the soil next to him, and scolded: "A group of rats and rats have won a few battles, and they feel invincible in the world?" The Nikan in the city of Xuzhou, when he was fighting everywhere in Liaodong, your fathers were beaten all over the ground by them. Do you dare not take them into account? I don't want to think that the Tartars are not in your hometown, and it has only been a few days since they killed, burned, and plundered! Did they go to you? These bastards are killed with one knife at a time.

The arrogant soldiers will be defeated, the arrogant soldiers will be defeated, I don't understand such a simple truth, what kind of general to be. Go home and beat your wife and watch the children. ”

The young generals were scolded and bloody, and they didn't dare to open their mouths, and they all looked at Xia Wanchun. Xia Wanchun stood up and said: "Don't be angry, the commander, they are also confused for a while, and they will not dare to be arrogant in their hearts." ”

Hou Xuanyan's anger has not subsided, if this group of people really has the mentality of underestimating the enemy, they will suffer sooner or later. He glanced at the young generals who had consciously fought together, all with their heads down, Hou Xuanyan stepped forward and said: "Get down to dig trenches, build earth walls, and plan to encircle Xuzhou for a long time." If Lao Tzu sees that no one has made a move, I will fulfill him and let him go to Xuzhou alone. ”

After Hou Xuanyan finished speaking, seeing that they were still standing in place, he couldn't help but be even more angry, flew up and kicked on the ass of a young general, and scolded: "Don't get out of here!" ”

Xia Wanchun stepped forward and said, "You all go down, follow the commander's order, and build the fortifications well." ”

The young generals dispersed in a hurry, and Yan Yingyuan next to him was like a tree from beginning to end, without saying a word. His eyes were always fixed on Xuzhou under the city, and his intuition told him that Hou Xuan's speech was good, and this siege of Xuzhou should be a tough battle.

"I'm angry with Lao Tzu, we are now strong and strong, we are the dominant side, at this time, we are not good at calculating, step by step, thinking about fighting with the Manchu Qing every day, isn't this giving the Tartars a chance to turn the tables. After fighting for so long, I haven't grown at all, and it's far from the fire word battalion! After Hou Xuanyan finished speaking, Xia Wanchun and Yan Yingyuan's faces were a little unsightly, the Hunan Battalion and the Houtu Battalion were not as good as the Agni Battalion, and they had always attributed the reason to the fact that the Agni Battalion had experienced too many battle formations, and they had almost never missed any major battle. But now Hou Xuanyan has fundamentally denied their middle and lower-level generals, which is far worse than the Agni Battalion, which has the responsibility of the boss.

"It's the last general who didn't bring out good soldiers, please punish the commander." Xia Wanchun is also very single, he came up directly and confessed, and secretly named Hou Xuanyan, what you said hurt my self-esteem!

Hou Xuanyan closed his eyes and muttered: "Most of the current generals are promoted based on family background, background, and performance. This kind of harm is quite great, for example, a small soldier is very brave, and he is not afraid of death when he fights, such a person may not be able to be qualified to be a general of the army, let him take thousands of people to fight, he may not have this command ability. Not to mention those who come from prominent families, or who inherit their fathers' generations. ”

Xia Wanchun's expression became solemn, and he listened attentively, and even Yan Yingyuan nodded frequently.

Hou Xuanyan said: "I am going to set up a martial arts hall for military generals, select meritorious soldiers in each battalion, teach and practice the art of war and strategy in a unified manner, and select the best ones to be promoted and reused." ”

This matter seems simple, but except for Hou Xuanyan in the whole world, no one dares to say this. Lecture on martial arts? No one dares to be in charge of this yamen, and when the time comes, all the generals in the world will come from the hands of one person, and they will not be suspected to death. Only Hou Xuanyan's current power and prestige are enough to do this, and even the emperor was established by him, so there is no such thing as a high merit.

Yan Yingyuan also felt that this was a good idea, but he was still a little worried that things would deviate from their original plan and turn into a power struggle. War is the best school for a military general, but the price of this kind of school is too great, and it depends on luck to choose.

Even if you are a born master of the art of war, Sun Wu was reborn, Wu Qi was resurrected, and someone shot to death after a battle, it was no different from a mediocre soldier.

The appearance of the martial arts hall that Hou Xuanyan said may really solve these problems, and Yan Yingyuan cannot deny in his heart that he still has some expectations.

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