"What matters is the garrison." Wang Yikui said: "If you can attack, you can defend, otherwise it will be a dead city." ”

Wang Changfu snorted and said: "The training of the soldiers still cannot be relaxed, the training of the soldiers for one month will be transferred for two months, and the training will be for another month, and so on until the training subjects of the soldiers are all completed!" ”

Military training is the business of the Military Orders Department, and several officials of the Military Orders Department have agreed.

They were responsible for the preparation of the plan, the specific work was for the officers to do it, and the Military Command Department was responsible for the deployment of manpower.

"Master Sun is here."

The address of the castle is picked on a small hill, almost there is a feeling of building by the mountain, and when the main body is completed, it is necessary to build fortifications on the periphery of the castle, looking south from a high place, and sure enough, I saw three carriages and dozens of cuirassiers escorting Sun Jingting to come.

"Well, let's go meet you." Wang Changfu ordered with a straight face, they knew in advance that Sun Jingting was here today, so they gathered here in advance.

Li Zhiye and the others did not come over, they were originally stationed on the south bank, and the northern captives were not all on the north bank, and they could also attack from the south bank.

There are still a number of pontoon bridges on the river, and the ant-colony-like crowd keeps passing on the bridge, when Sun Jingting rushed to the river, Li Congye led his subordinates to greet him by the river, and the soldiers and convoys of a bureau, as well as many people were also waiting to cross the river by the bridge.

Several officers went to the bridge to clear the crowd and prepared for Sun Jingting and others to pass first.

Sun Jingting also saw Wang Changfu and the others, he nodded to Li Zhiye, and said, "Li has always worked hard. ”

Li Zhiye smiled and said, "It's all about doing things for adults, and it's not hard work." ”

"How's it going?"

"Small-scale harassment is on the rise, but it's mostly against our trade lanes and trucks." Li Zhiye said with a headache: "The disadvantage of our insufficient cavalry has been revealed, in order to ensure the completion of the castle, our brigade is here, and the strength to protect the trade road is somewhat insufficient. ”

"Xinpingbao and Li Zhuang's side, we will try to deploy some cavalry over." Sun Jingting said a word, stepped forward, pointed to the pontoon bridge and said, "Let's wait for the baggage and the people to cross the river later." ”

Li Zhiye said: "Why bother, don't care about this time. ”

"No, you have to make rules." Sun Jingting said: "Of course, in wartime, the soldiers are given priority, and now is the construction period, and the soldiers and people should be given priority. ”

"Okay, I'll tell the soldiers crossing the river to get out of the way, and Lord Sun, please wait by the river."

Li Zhiye ordered one of his own soldiers to run to give orders, and at the same time informed Wang Changfu on the other side that they would wait, and there were originally many soldiers who wanted to cross the river on the pontoon bridge, but they were all ordered to get out of the way, and the soldiers and the convoy and the people crossed first.

All the people and soldiers knew about Sun Jingting, and people were a little afraid of him, but they were also full of curiosity about him...... The person in front of him, wearing an old cyan robe, looked well-fitting and neat, he was also tall, with a short beard on his chin, and his eyes were very bright, just standing by the river and talking to Li Jiangye, it didn't seem to be too big.

Many soldiers drove the car first, followed by the vehicles and people of the Chamber of Commerce, and the trade has shrunk a lot recently, and many of the vehicles of the Chamber of Commerce have also been called by the military...... The Chamber of Commerce has almost two thousand large vehicles in the north, which is a strong addition to military vehicles.

Li Mengnian said suddenly: "The situation in front of me is really like that poem: the chariot chariot, the horse Xiaoxiao, the pedestrian bow and arrow are ...... at the waist."

Sun Jingting showed a look of pride on his face, the Ming Dynasty has always been tough on the outside, the Han and Tang dynasties have always been praised, people look down on the weak Song Dynasty, and now he is a scribe, on the grassland, how can he not have a sense of pride? He smiled in his heart and said, "Although I haven't been able to seal the wolf Juxu, I believe it's not far away!" ”

"The car is going to overturn!" Several of the people suddenly screamed, and a large cart in front of them had tilted and was about to roll over into the river.

The soldiers passed a round, the cars were full of military supplies, the pontoon bridge was pressed a little tilted, the chamber of commerce's cart and the people came over, the pontoon side of the pontoon was too stressed, it was slowly inclined to one side.

"Get into the water, get in the water!"

A captain of the flag shouted, and he also jumped into the water first, pushing his shoulders against the inclined pontoon.

Several soldiers jumped down together, but the pontoon bridge was too heavy, and the bridge body was still crooked to one side.

Sun Jingting didn't hesitate, he didn't even have time to take off his robe, and went directly to the underwater river.

"Hey......" Li Zhiye shouted, and he hurriedly followed.

Li Mengnian and others also followed, and more soldiers and auxiliaries jumped into the water.

"Mother's," said an officer to the men on the bridge, "if you don't catch the car, jump down, this river will not drown you." ”

The people suddenly realized that they jumped down like dumplings.

People kept moving forward, the place where the bridge was tilted was in the middle of the river, Sun Jingting first carried it with his shoulders, feeling that his body was trembling, the bridge was too heavy, and then Li Mengnian and Li Zhiye and others, and more people squeezed over, people used their shoulders to resist the bridge, Sun Jingting felt that the pressure on his body was getting smaller and smaller, and finally the pontoon bridge finally stopped tilting.

Wang Changfu and others just rushed over, saw such a situation first in a daze, and then woke up, everyone hurriedly arranged for vehicles to go ashore, one by one from the pontoon bridge to the north bank, the south bank stopped vehicles and personnel to get on the car, a dangerous situation can be ruled out.

The coachman who caused the accident turned pale with fright, he knew the identity of Sun Jingting and others, he thought that he would be reprimanded, and even dismissed and whipped, who knew that people continued to rush forward, and no one paid attention to him, the last officer couldn't look at it, and smiled at him and said: "Donkey day, you can't catch the car, why don't you hurry away, wait for someone to praise you?" ”

The coachman was then pardoned and drove away.

A large number of soldiers and civilians gathered on the riverbank, and untrained soldiers also gathered to watch the excitement, and people's eyes were full of admiration when they looked at Sun Jingting, even if they were very hostile to him before, they had to admit that this person was a man at this time.

If the car overturns, but it will be smashed straight on the person's body, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is fighting for his life!

"Sun Xiaozheng!" Wang Changfu walked to Sun Jingting, who was changing clothes, and scolded: "If you are fucking stoned to death by a car, how can I explain to adults?" ”

Sun Jingting said: "I still have to continue to go north, the big black river is almost finished here, we have to hurry up and move forward, all the way directly to the small black river!" ”

Wang Changfu said: "The big black river to Xinpingbao is less than two hundred miles, the small black river to Xinpingbao is three hundred and forty miles, in addition to crossing the big black river, there are a few small tributaries, but there are no mountains and hills, the road is flat, but this is a fierce advance, if the north does not wait for the beginning of summer, now suddenly gather troops, we will be passive......"

If you look at it from the map of later generations, the big black river is straight north of Xinpingbao, along the highway in one or two hours, both sides are flat, to the small black river, but to turn from the north to the west, in the middle to cross some rivers, there are also some hilly areas, the terrain is not as flat as before.

"Then we have to push forward...... Sun Jingting said in a firm tone: "Daheihe, Xinghe Shouyu, Jining Haizi, are all behind Xiaoheihe, Xiaohei River is one hundred and sixty miles ahead is Guihua City, one hundred and twenty miles is Bansheng City, in the middle is tens of thousands of Han people Bansheng Land, now we are going to war with Beiyu, if the Han people help us, how many mental resources do we have to save on the grassland?" As little as 30,000, as much as 50,000, some of these Han people fled to the grassland by themselves, some were plundered, and some were businessmen who were passed down from generation to generation, but no matter what, the Han people are always Han people, and the northern captives use them to prevent them, I know that the Han people have a very poor status on the grassland, and now we only need to push to the Xiaohei River, those Han people have the backbone, and the Xiaohei River Fort is also a big fort, and it can shelter tens of thousands of people when it is critical, I see that the Big Black Fort, as well as Xinghe Fort, are all about to be built, and several other forts are also being built, but they can be slow, Little Black River Fort is the most important military fort! ”

Wang Changfu blinked and listened carefully, he thought in his heart: "Hey, Sun Xiaozheng is really not in vain, and he is so clear in the military!" ”

"How?" Sun Jingting looked at Wang Changfu and said: "The military and political power, Wenlan is handed over to me, but the military determination needs you to make it!" ”

Wang Changfu thought for a moment and asked, "Is Director Sun sure that it can be guaranteed to be completed within two months?" You must know that the circumference of the Big Black River Fort is one mile, and the design of the Little Black River Fort is three miles in circumference. ”

"I have sorted out all the places before, and instructed the stewards in various places to withdraw as soon as possible, and are ready to mobilize a large number of personnel and materials to the banks of the Xiaohei River, as long as the army pushes forward and maintains pressure on the northern captives, the construction period will definitely be completed within two months!"

Sun Jingting saw that Wang Changfu was still a little hesitant, and hurriedly said: "Changfu, you are from Jizhen soldiers, do you know that what we are doing now is something that the nine important towns of the Ming Dynasty together do not dare to do and can do?" They have no way to mobilize thousands of carts, tens of thousands of people, 20,000 auxiliaries and 10,000 soldiers to build forts here, and there is no way to guarantee such a huge supply of materials, not to mention the expenses of millions or even millions of taels of silver in a short period of time, and the huge project that even the imperial court cannot afford is in our hands. ”

"Okay, okay......" Wang Changfu laughed, and he said to Li Zhiye: "The first division will be handed over to you temporarily, I will take Tiancheng and Zhenyu two divisions here, and the military fort will be stationed, so that the two divisions can continue to go west, before you have to lead the Lingqiu Division and the first division to cooperate with the Qingcheng Division, and use the main force of the third division to control the Xiaohei River, and wait for the military fort to be built." ”

Li Zhiye said: "It is too close to Qingcheng, I am afraid that there will be serious harassment, and after it is built, it will also be the first line of defense against the enemy, and the troops are still a little tight." ”

"I'll send you some more cavalry as much as I can, Lord Ming."

"In that case, you'll have to give me as many cannons as possible."

Wang Changfu waved his hand and said, "Even Tang Wangzong will give it to you!" ”

One division has one bureau of artillery coordination, two divisions are eight artillery pieces when they advance westward, and Tang Wangzong himself has two bureaus, four bureaus and sixteen four-pounder guns, which can already form sufficient fire suppression.