"I've seen adults."

Li Shouxin and other fort guards also came to salute, Zhang Han was also very impressed by Li Shouxin, when Chang Wei ordered the burning of the grassland and Yusheng's treasury, this Li Shouxin was only a team officer at that time, and now he is now a fort guard officer at the deputy general level.

"No courtesy." Zhang Han said to Li Shouxin: "How is Jining Fort moving these days? ”

Li Shouxin said: "Due to the enhancement of the strength of our cavalry, I sent a number of cavalry out of the range of 20 to 40 miles of sentinels, after the sentinels, we found that there were a lot of northern cavalry around Jining Fort, far exceeding the level of normal sentinels, we have sent Tangma to report to the Military Command Department and the General Staff Department, and the two divisions promised to mobilize some reinforcements to come. ”

Zhang Han said: "Don't slack off, the divisions have been stationed everywhere, there are northern captives cruising in front of each fort, the strength of Jining Fort is limited, I came this time, and I almost brought the few remaining soldiers and horses in Lizhuang, and the military division is also very stretched, and I can only rely on myself when it is critical." ”

Li Shouxin said: "Please rest assured, if you are in office, this fort is there, and if this fort is lost, your post and all the people guarding the fort will die in the fort." ”

Zhang Hanxian didn't speak, he felt that the situation in Jining Fort was indeed wrong.

It is said that this is a military fort located in the middle, and the terrain is relatively biased to the south, and the northern captives are at most ranger sentinels here, according to Li Shouxin, the northern captives are very strong here, which is a little weird and abnormal!

Zhang Han said: "It's good to have determination, and the northern captives who can break through me and Yusheng Military Fort have not yet been born." Since the fort guard said that the strength here is insufficient, this official will also enter the fort for the time being and garrison with you. ”

Li Shouxin said: "Adults don't just take a look and leave, or do you want to stay here?" Adults are precious, and they must not be in danger! ”

"Where's the risk?" Zhang Han said in a joking tone: "With the military fort, with you, and with these cavalry in front of me, where is my danger?" ”

Li Xuan and others also came up to persuade hard, but Zhang Han was determined to make up his mind and began to bring people into the fort, not only did he enter the fort himself, but also sent flying horses to Sun Jingting and Li Shenming, so that the two of them were still stationed on the front line, Sun Jingting was in charge of the western front, and Li Shenming was in charge of the eastern front.

Zhang Han did not make it clear in the document which of the two Li Shenming and Sun Jingting has a higher status, Li Shenming is in charge of the Attendant Division, and Zhang Han's friendship is very irreversible, and the friendship is still before Sun Jingting, and Sun Jingting is capable and conscientious and responsible.

Zhang Han estimated that Li Shenming would let Sun Jingting a little more militarily, and Li Shenming would have more room to be in charge of foreign affairs and internal affairs.

Zhang Han wasn't sure if he would be besieged, but he hoped so.

It is not a good thing to go on for a long time with the Beiyu, the most critical place is two points, now the Chamber of Commerce is not exported from Xinpingbao, but from Xuanfu and Jizhen, so that in the control area of the Ming Dynasty, a large number of convoys are very attractive, and the money used to buy civilian officials and military generals around the country has increased, which has invisibly increased the cost, and it is difficult to hide it for a long time, and sooner or later something will happen. Second, if it drags on for a long time, it is very likely that the situation will expand and go in an uncontrollable direction.

Even if this war is not over in a short time, Zhang Han hopes that the script will be written by himself.

One mile and thirty steps of the military fort is not far ahead, built on the edge of Jining Haizi, the so-called Haizi is the lake, the Mongolians are in awe of water, regard the lake and the river as gods, they may not take a bath once in their lives, plus grazing and eating cattle and mutton, and wearing rough leather goods, of course, the smell of the body does not need to be mentioned, these Haizi are very well protected, Zhang Han looked at the past on the hillside, sparkling, the lake water is clear and the bottom is clear.

Li Shouxin said on the side: "The military fort is on the edge of the lake, on the right side is a small river, flowing from east to west, more than 60 miles long, the north is the pasture of the Tumut department, and the east is the place where the Karaqin people graze. ”

Zhang Han smiled: "That night, I went to fight wolves, let's roast wolf meat and eat it." ”

Li Shouxin said: "It's better to be careful when you enter the fort, although our sentry horses are scattered, in the end, we must beware of a small group of sharp sentry lurking in the north." ”

"The more this happens, the more we have to make a big fuss...... Now we can't figure out the details of the Beiyu, I don't move and they won't move, let's move and see what they do. Zhang Han said and looked at the west side of the military fort again.

From there a small river was drained, which just filled the trench more than three miles long on the periphery of the military fort with water, and if the Beiyu wanted to intercept the flow, he had to cross the river to the upper reaches of Haizi to plug the mouth, which was dug very wide, and it was also within the range of the artillery, and he had to endure considerable casualties before he could close the dragon, and then the river did not dry up all at once, and the bottom of the trench was buried with stakes and iron nails, and the iron net had to be cut when going uphill, and then there was a horse barrier wall in front, and the wall was divided into two, the first wall was low, and the second wall was high, and it could be guarded in sections. These outer defenses alone are enough for the northern captives to drink a pot.

Although the military fort is not big, the radius is just one mile, but the bottom of the fort body is made of stone, the wall is bread brick, there are only two fort gates, there are urn cities outside, and there are protruding parts on the other two sides, the female wall is open with perforations, the building is higher, there are columns on the inclined plane, and the straw curtain is laid on it, and the shooters can move and shoot in the tunnel formed under the female wall and the straw curtain, and do not have to worry about being injured by arrows.

The fact that the North did not have any firearms was also comforting.

Zhang Han felt a burst of pride in his heart, this was originally a barren meadow, only Mongolian herdsmen haunted here, but now there is this majestic city, all this is his own achievements, he raised his horsewhip, and said with a smile: "Okay, enter the city, and go with me to fight wolves at night!" ”

……

Before dark, Zhao Shiwen left with his assistant, his face was a little worried, making people feel very worried.

Zhao Shiwen is in charge of all the barracks, every day to worry about the affairs of the soldiers, Jining Fort is a small fort, here as the middle of the Israel, to Xinping Fort is nearly 200 miles, to Shangyi Fort is more than 180 li, to arrive at Daheihe Fort is more than 130 li, to arrive at Xiaohebao is more than 280 li, now to Xinping Fort military platform to build six, the fort is forty-three, according to the actual needs, just this road should have fifteen to twenty military platforms, the fort needs at least 100 or so, to each pier fifteen people, This straight line alone requires 1,500 soldiers, and the east and west lines are about the same, and the number of troops required is more than 5,000 people, and the people and related materials are not counted.

One of Zhao Shiwen's assistants said to him, "Why should Lord Zhao worry? With adults in charge, coordination from all walks of life, and cooperation between soldiers and soldiers, the great work of Yusheng and I will be successful, and the northern captives will be defeated. ”

"Faint talk." Zhao Shiwen reprimanded: "Do you know how many materials, how much labor, how much food, and how many soldiers will be required to defend the town after all the military projects are completed?" ”

The man didn't dare to speak out, Zhao Shiwen said: "According to the 41st year of Wanli to rebuild the Xuanfu and Datong forts, piers, and punches of the materials and labor, each side wall is repaired, and it takes fifty taels of silver such as materials and rice. Our army's defense line, east, west, north and south are connected into a line, a total of more than 1,100 li, every three miles of a pier, five miles of one standard to build, the required military platform more than 200, more than 300 forts, each pier needs 200 to 300 silver, each unit needs 600 to 800 silver, each fort needs 3,000 to 5,000 silver, and at least 40 large and small military forts need to be repaired...... Coupled with facilities such as trenches and horse walls, how many soldiers and civilians are needed for such a large work? How many days and silver taels does it take to complete the daily garrison to complete the daily garrison, supplemented by soldiers, and mainly to use and recruit soldiers? ”

Everyone was afraid to speak out when asked, and the person who spoke at first turned pale with fright from the number on this string.

This long list of questions is actually something that Zhao Shiwen often considers in his daily thinking.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that this time's northbound strategy really only succeeded, and must not fail.

Now that most of the preliminary projects have been completed, the northern captives have been assembled in a large manner, and most of the people have withdrawn into the side wall, what Zhao Shiwen has to do is to coordinate the training and deployment of the soldiers, repair some unfinished military forts, and the rest can only depend on the progress of the war.

……

Tabu Sang and a few sentry posts have been lurking outside Jining Fort for more than ten days.

He didn't know why he was sent to this fort, only that the top authorities attached great importance to this fort, not only his whistle was here, but there were also several whistles staring here from far and near.

The entire Western Mongolia has been mobilized for more than a month, and Yusheng has been repairing the military fort for nearly three months, and it is already mid-April, but all roads have not moved, but the pastures everywhere have been harassed everywhere by Zhou Yao of Heyusheng, and there are many herdsmen who have died, and there are many riches that have been burned and robbed.

Tabu Nang was also dissatisfied in his heart, he felt that the nobles above were not determined enough, and the descendants of Genghis Khan had become very cowardly.

It's not that the Mongols haven't conquered the military fort of the Ming Dynasty, and the military fort of Yusheng hangs alone, how can it be so terrible as you think?

It was nearly noon, Tabu felt the ground tremble, the ground at the grass roots seemed to tremble slightly, he made a hand gesture, several whistles leaned down together, hiding his body in the depths of the grass.

Their horses were placed at a distance, just a few miles from Jining Fort, so they could clearly see the movement inside and outside the fort, and it was easy to spot if there were horses.

This was originally a pasture with abundant water and grass, but now the grass is more than half a person tall, and Tabu Sang bites a piece of grass root, feeling extremely resentful.

A group of knights came out of the fort, crossed the river in a shallow place, and ran northeast of Tabusang and the others.