Now in addition to the Beijing Division, the slightly larger state capitals in the north are also mostly equipped with grandfather clocks, and even some ambitious officials plan to change the drum tower into a bell tower, that is, to build those large grandfather clocks that are more than one person high to tell the time, at this time the Ming Dynasty is far less closed and backward than the Qing Dynasty in later generations, and there is no ignorance at all, although the exclusivity of the central dynasty and Confucianism makes the Chinese scholars have an inherent arrogance, but they will never classify all good things as "strange skills and tricks", as if they cover their ears, It is possible to turn a blind eye to the strengths of others, and even expect the other person to disappear on their own. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Liaodong is now the military town where the imperial court has invested the most silver taels, and it can be said that many things are being done regardless of the cost, and it is not a matter at all to have some table clocks to accurately time.

A little past eleven o'clock, the whole team stopped.

Sun Chengzong also rode horses in Liaodong, which was completely different from the gentle and elegant time when he was in Beijing.

When he was in Jingshi, he was a lecturer, an imperial teacher, a Hanlin, and a well-known member of the Donglin Party, and it was necessary to maintain proper pomp and show, and he himself would not resist.

In Liaodong, Sun Chengzong often had to travel hundreds of miles, and the military situation was urgent, so how could he have time to take a sedan chair for him slowly.

The nostrils of the war horse were breathing, the horse was sweating, it was summer, although it was not yet the hottest June, but the weather was hot, thirty miles to run down, when the horse stopped moving, large drops of sweat overflowed from the body, and finally converged into a terrifying scene flowing like a stream, and soon, patches of sweat traces appeared under people's feet.

This is also the reason why few people provoke troops in the middle of summer, even if people can withstand the heat, horses can't stand it, war horses run a hundred and ten miles a day, and they are likely to die after a few days in a row, this animal is far more delicate than human imagination.

However, no one noticed the situation of the war horse, and people's eyes were attracted by something else.

Lianshan post was burned down during the last Jianyu invasion, the post station in Liaodong because the whole Liaodong was almost a barren when the country was founded, often uninhabited for hundreds of miles, in the era of Mengyuan Liaodong Han people were either killed or ran to North Korea, and so on after the success of the Ming Dynasty restoration Liaodong has not seen a few Han people, of course, there are not a few Mongolians, the post stations and military forts established in a barren state are very huge, each post station must ensure that there is a basic defense capability and a large number of military horses, more people and horses, The post station is almost a small military fortress, at least militarily, the post station in Liaodong is much more important than some chimney piers.

There is a small military camp on the basis of a blank space, and the garrison is led by a garrison, the number of people is about four hundred, including more than one hundred cavalry, Ning Yuan's family members do not want to put the soldiers here to wait for death, but the front-line garrison force, which can be regarded as a kind of early warning and delay.

There are a large number of supplies piled up in the small barracks of Lianshanyi, and it has not rained for more than half a month recently, and the most important military rations have not been placed in the house, but are piled up on the school yard, and they are simply covered with some tarpaulins.

In addition, there are all kinds of military supplies, bows, lacquer, tendons, arrows, tail feathers, knives, cards, forks, sticks, guns, all placed all over the ground, there are a few auxiliary people who are packing up bows and arrows, taking off the tendons of the bow and relaxing, drying them and then loading them, and polishing the weapons with oil.

Although this military camp looked chaotic, the least thing that should be done was still being done, and Yuan Chonghuan, Zu Dashou and the others all glanced at the pale guard...... Sun Chengzong suddenly attacked and came to investigate, without prior notice, which scared this guy terribly.

After all, the storage of military supplies and food, including the reconnaissance of the traveling sentinels, and the defense of the camp, these things were not done well.

Dozens of military forts built in Liaozhen were garrisoned by a large number of materials and soldiers, but Sun Chengzong's wishes were all in vain, and when Nuerhachixing troops came to attack Liaoxi a few years later, almost none of the military forts made due resistance, and the soldiers and generals gave up a large amount of military supplies in the military forts, although this was the silver that the imperial court had taken from the mouths of the vast number of peasants through several additional endowments, and they fled, leaving their responsibilities and territories behind, and giving a large amount of supplies to the enemy in vain.

At this time, Sun Chengzong's focus was not on the military assets that were placed at random, his eyes were on the opposite side of Lianshan Station.

I don't know when a wooden city rose on the other side.

It is still a slight exaggeration to say that it is a "city", but it is definitely much larger than the military camp on the destroyed Lianshan Station.

The point is that this wooden city is all made of big wood, like a tall wooden wall, the base of the wall has sharpened giant trees to the outside, and a trench has been dug around the periphery, and horses have been put away, and there is a black light flashing on the ground, obviously sprinkled with a lot of thistles.

Of course, such a defense is still worse than a regular military fort, but it is not far off.

The wooden fort built on the side of the road actually has a temporary passage, there are several large cars in and out, a gate is opened on the side of the roadside to the official road, and there are two arrow towers, several gray-robed soldiers stand on the arrow tower with firearms, and there is a small group of people standing at the door with guns, obviously the sentry soldiers guarding the wooden door.

Sun Chengzong hadn't said anything just now, but now he turned his head to the garrison and said, "Look at it, the regimental training guards of the caravan are still the auxiliary soldiers of the regimental training, how can they be much more rigorous than your military camp?" ”

The garrison was sweating profusely, so he had to kneel down and plead guilty.

Sun Chengzong frowned and said: "When was this wooden camp built, and why did Yusheng's convoy send people to repair this wooden camp before they arrived in Liaodong?" ”

"Back to the Overseer," replied the guard, kneeling on the ground and tilting his face, "I just got it yesterday." ”

"What?"

"I took it yesterday." The guard said solemnly: "The last general is also very admired." They passed by in the morning and sent some sappers to repair a few sections of the road. Later, he said that he wanted to build a military station here, hoard some supplies and do a simple defense of the retreat route, at that time there were three or four hundred people, all kinds of tools, dismantled the carriages of the carts to pull wood, dozens of carts pulled a few times was enough, the last general sent people to see them, their saws were good, as well as machetes, knives, axes, cut fast and good, here began to build the camp, the last general was outdated, the camp was repaired in two hours, and more than a dozen large houses were built in it to put things......"

After Sun Chengzong heard this, the expression on his face could only be stunned.

The expressions on the faces of Zu Dashou and Man Gui, as well as Yuan Chonghuan and others, were not much better.

No one would have imagined that such a serious wooden city in front of him could be built in less than a day, and it was just an ordinary military station for transferring and storing materials, and it was also a "simple" defense facility to prevent the pursuit or sneak attack of the captives.

Many people turned their heads and looked at the barracks next to Lianshan Post again, and the feeling in their hearts became even stranger.

Sun Chengzong stayed for a while, and finally said: "If this kind of wooden camp is not afraid of fire, it feels better than the fire road pier." ”

The guard, who was still kneeling, interjected without knowing whether he was alive or dead: "Master Inspector, the last general also said that they said that they have done a simple fire prevention treatment......"

The word "simple" again!

Sun Chengzong said with an unhappy face: "Get up, do you know where most of their vehicles are now?" ”

The garrison hurriedly got up, but still bowed down and replied: "They said that there are two bridges to be repaired in front, and seven intersections to be widened and reinforced, and in Xingshan Station, the former site of Xiaolinghe Fort, they plan to build two military stations before the day after tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow they will arrive at the Thirteen Mountains Station, and then they will directly arrive at the Thirteen Mountains and the Guangning Acropolis area." ”

"Okay," Sun Chengzong said: "Don't go in here to see, let's go to Xingshan Station." ”

At this time, no one would have thought that after many years, this place broke out in the most critical battle of the Ming Dynasty and Qingxing, Jinzhou was besieged, the Ming Dynasty sent 140,000 troops to help, Ningyuan behind him is relying on, Xingshan, Songshan, Tashan, Tashan is the closest, about 100 miles, Xingshan is 120 miles away from Ningyuan, in the Songjinzhou War, Huang Taiji saw that Hong Chengchou's department was misplaced, the front army was strong and the rear army was weak, and led the elite soldiers to cut off the contact between Songshan and Xingshan, and dug three long trenches to isolate the Ming army, At the same time, Azig was sent to seize a large amount of grain stored by the Ming army on Beacon Mountain, and the morale of the Ming army plummeted after the food was cut off, and it was only a matter of time before the defeat came.

Xingshan Station is still some distance away from Xingshan Fort, and there are at least sixty or seventy miles away from Lianshan Station, so Zu Dashou immediately persuaded: "Lord Gebu, it is already early noon, and it is at least late afternoon to arrive at Xingshan Station, and it is likely that you will have to walk for a while." ”

Sun Chengzong said: "Is General Zu afraid that there is a Jianyu cavalry team, you have already sent a lot of elite cavalry to sentry, and you can't still be ambushed?" ”

The possibility of being ambushed is small, but it is not completely impossible, Yuan Chonghuan also advised: "The cabinet lord should rest here and wait for tomorrow morning before leaving, so that the place for the sentry to patrol is larger and safer." ”

"No need." Sun Chengzong said: "The cabinet department was ordered to supervise Ji Liao, the matter of the thirteen mountains is related to the life and death of more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians in my Ming Dynasty, and it is also related to the recovery of Guangning and Jinzhou and other most important matters, now the caravan continues to move forward, the cabinet department is shrinking back, and it is not a big joke to spread it, continue to move forward!" ”

To be fair, Sun Chengzong is a senior talent who is good at overall management and management, under his management, Liaozhen has regained its vitality and combat effectiveness, and he is also better at discovering talents, Man Gui and Zu Dashou, as well as Zhao Shujiao and other Liaozhen generals are all brought out by him, and Yuan Chonghuan can be regarded as the development of the old grandson. But what Sun Chengzong is not good at is to go to the front enemy to boost morale, or command the battle, and the biggest difference between him and Xiong Tingbi is this.

Xiong Tingbi dared to ride into Liaoyang and Shenyang and other places when Liaodong was the most dangerous, and even dared to inspect Fushun Pass, which greatly encouraged the morale of the soldiers and people in Liaodong, Xiong Tingbi is not only a master of strategy, but also a master of tactics, in Xiong Tingbi's short time through Liaodong and Houjin broke out many small-scale battles, in the command and overall planning of small-scale wars, Xiong Tingbi also showed extremely high talent, under his command, Liaozhen and Houjin several small-scale battles were won, So this is the most embarrassing part, if the old bear is not squeezed away, Nurhachi's chances are really slim......