"yes. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Xiao Mu sighed and agreed with Lin Yi's opinion, "Today, when I was discussing with the Sect Dao and them, there was constantly the latest military information, which was dizzying. ”

"And what did you come up with?" Lin Yi asked bluntly again, "Do they have any good way to intercept Huang Taiji?" ”

"How could they have any good idea." Xiao Mu quickly gave a negative answer, "You just said that the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and even the generals who are personally involved in it may not be able to have a clear understanding, let alone these ministers in the rear, at most they can make some speculations about the development of the war based on the existing information." ”

"Then they deduced that Huang Taiji's strength is not good, and at most he will retreat after looting at the border pass, and he will not dare to come to the capital, and the capital can sit back and relax?" Lin Yi also asked very neatly, "You, the emperor, are raising such a group of courtiers, how can the Ming Dynasty not lose the country?" ”

"Not all courtiers think that way." Xiao Mu felt that Lin Yi seemed to have a misunderstanding, and hurriedly explained, "Of course, the vast majority of people think that Huang Taiji is menacing this time, and the capital has to guard against it. ”

"Did they give any real solution?" Lin Yi was obviously not satisfied with Xiao Mu's explanation just now, "Huang Taiji is menacing, and the capital has to guard against it, even if I know this, do you need them to repeat it?" ”

"All in all, how did Yuan Chonghuan and Hou Shilu intercept Huang Taiji's army, what can be controlled in the capital is very limited, after all, it is still the same sentence, the battlefield is changing rapidly, and isn't there still the sentence 'will be outside, the king's order is not affected'? So I don't plan to interfere too much with Yuan Chonghuan and their use of troops, but let them play independently, after all, I, and those ministers who don't know enough about the situation ahead, if they stretch out their hands and command blindly, it will have the opposite effect, and the opportunity to intercept and repel Huang Taiji may be buried. ”

Xiao Mu first explained at length what he and the ministers could not do, and then began to answer Lin Yi's question just now, "However, they can still do a lot of work in consolidating the defense of the capital, especially the king of the military department in Jin, who has also presided over military affairs in Liaodong for many years, and knows the Houjin army very well, and many things to consolidate the defense of the capital are done by him." And the household department of Shangshu Bi Ziyan not to mention, as soon as the war started, even if I did not issue an edict to King Qin in order to save money, but just to consolidate the defense of the capital will cost a lot of silver, if the last Huang Taiji really comes to the city, I have to issue an edict to the king of the world's soldiers and horses, then the consumption of treasury silver will be even more terrifying, and the little money left in my inner treasury may not be able to keep it, in this case, Bi Ziyan's financial management talent is naturally indispensable to the Ming Dynasty. ”

"So how do you plan to strengthen the city's defenses?" Lin Yi finally listened to Xiao Mu finish his long story, and then threw out a question, "There must be some plan for this, right?" ”

"Of course, there's a lot that needs to be done." Xiao Mu said a lot casually, "Since it is to consolidate the defense of the capital, it is natural to repair the city wall, prepare the tools to defend the city, train the soldiers of the Beijing camp, verify the number of bows, crossbows, weapons, firearms and ammunition, and at the same time strictly prevent the city from being mixed ......into the city."

Xiao Mu continued, "And I, the emperor, naturally can't manage so many things alone, so most of them have to be left to the ministers below to worry about. ”

Seeing that Xiao Mu was right, and knowing that he was not doing useless work with Lai Zongdao and their discussions this day, Lin Yi seemed to be a lot relieved, and then sighed, "It seems that during this period of history, the Ming side has hardly appeared as an attacker, and almost every time there is a war with Houjin, it can only be the side that is in passive defense." ”

"This is also a matter of no way, if the manpower, material resources, and military strength of the Ming Dynasty can become the one who takes the initiative to attack, it means that the national strength of the Ming Dynasty is strong, and the original historical Emperor Chongzhen will not have to eat and dress like that every day, and he will not become the king of the country tragically." Xiao Mu replied, "It is precisely because of the decline of the Ming Dynasty's national strength that the Houjin has become a frequent active attacker, and compared with the field battles of the Houjin army out of the city, the Ming army is undoubtedly better at defending the city." ”

"After all, it is much easier to defend a city than to siege it, with tall walls as cover, you can attack the enemy from a high position, and there are houses in the city to rest." Although he knew almost everything about ancient warfare, Lin Yi was undoubtedly very clear about the difficulty of defending the city and attacking the city, "It's just that there are many major military affairs, so we should be cautious, so that there should be no omissions and bury the favorable situation of defending the city." ”

"That's natural, although I don't know much about defending the city, but after all, there is still Wang Zaijin here, and I plan to leave those things to them to do to consolidate the city defense, and I don't want to intervene indiscriminately to help." Xiao Mu replied, "As for me, I can work with you to think of some innovative combat methods on the basis of their Ming Dynasty city defense." ”

"An innovative approach?" Lin Yi asked, "Although it is true that you and I are traversers, we did not come out of the army before, and we have not learned the military theories of later generations, so how can we think of any innovative combat methods?" ”

"There are so many famous generals from ancient times to the present, who stipulates that you must be from a professional class to lead troops to fight?" Xiao Mu looked very confident, "I have an innovative idea, and I plan to study it with you." ”

"Oh? What innovative ideas? Although he didn't have hope for Xiao Mu's so-called "innovative" idea, Lin Yi still opened his mouth to ask, and reluctantly made an interested look.

"That's naturally the use of gunpowder, you and I must know more about the power of gunpowder than the people of the Ming Dynasty, and the last time Hou Shilu succeeded in robbing the camp and defeated Huang Taiji, it was also because Luo Zhenxing and Zhang Chao ignited the gunpowder stored in the Huang Taiji camp in advance." Xiao Mu replied as a matter of course, "I plan to give full play to the power of gunpowder, if Huang Taiji can really hit the capital, I will definitely use gunpowder to give him a good catch and wash the dust, and leave him an unforgettable memory." ”