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Before leaving the capital, Su Tiancheng arranged things at home, Su Tianhao went to the criminal department to do things, this is also the time when Yang Sichang went to Su Mansion to congratulate, met Su Tianhao, heard Su Tiancheng say that Su Tianhao was in the palace chief Shi Si, and he had been a prisoner of Guozijian for several years, so he was a little wronged, plus he had a lot of things to do, and he rarely cared about family affairs, Yang Sichang immediately expressed his position, saying that such talents should come to the capital to do things, and recommended them to the criminal department, Liu Zongzhou and Huang Daozhou and others were all on the scene, When such a thing is done, it will be very fast.

Su Tianhao served as the eighth grade of the Criminal Department, the responsibility of the grinding, mainly in charge of the file, and the audit of the department's expenses, although the official is small, but the responsibility is not light, this position is very exercised, it can be seen that when Yang Sichang recommended, it also took a lot of thought, and the Beijing official and the local official are still different, the eight grades of the Beijing official are equivalent to the local seven-grade official, and the promotion space of the Beijing official is much larger.

On the first day of the sixth month, Su Tiancheng rushed to Dalinghe City.

The construction of Dalinghe City is nearing the end, and the artillery attack only damaged part of the city wall, and it is not very difficult to repair, but the 30,000 soldiers stationed in Dalinghe City are on high alert all the time, and the scouts of the Jiangning battalion are reconnoitring more than ten miles away from Dalinghe City every day to prevent the Houjin Tartars from attacking.

Zu Dale personally participated in the construction, every day like the sergeant, carrying stones, the masons from Jinzhou, almost no time to rest, Zu Dale urged very quickly, must be within a month. Completion of the restoration of Dalinghe City.

Because Zu Dale personally participated in the labor, the sergeant will not slack off, the speed of construction is very fast, half a month later, the main task is to repair the inner and outer walls of the city wall.

All the grain and grass in Dalinghe City remained. These grains and grasses are enough for an army of 30,000 for about five months, after capturing Dalinghe City, Su Tiancheng gave an order, all the grain and grass were left, and those stationed in Dalinghe City were mainly foot soldiers, with only a small number of cavalry.

What Su Tiancheng is considering now is focusing on strengthening the construction of border gates. This construction is all-round, not only in Liaodong, but also in Datong, Yulin, Ningxia and other places in Shanxi, including Dengzhou and Laizhou in Shandong, must be considered in an all-round way. The Eight Banners Army entered the pass from Datong, and the losses were still very large. Even if the Jiangning battalion went to the rescue, the rest of the border troops were still afraid of the Eight Banners Army, and they could not play a decisive role.

According to Su Tiancheng's plan, from now on, the main thing is to use economic means to drag down Houjin. As long as the border pass is firmly guarded, so that the Eight Banners Army does not have the opportunity to enter the pass to plunder, with the little land occupied by Houjin, it is very difficult to feed the army and the Manchurians, once Houjin can not bear it. Huang Taiji will inevitably find a way to force the Eight Banners Army into the pass, and at that time, he can slowly exterminate the Eight Banners Army.

As for the timing of the general offensive, it is not yet possible to consider.

With this idea, the first thing he needs to implement is to build and build Dalinghe City.

The general city construction includes the inner city and the outer city, but the situation of Dalinghe City is special, there is no inner city, which is similar to Ningyuan, Jinzhou is different, including the inner city, even if the outer city is breached, the defenders can still stick to the inner city and wait for rescue.

Xu Eryi once suggested that it was not to expand the scope of Dalinghe City and build an outer city, but this suggestion was vetoed by Su Tiancheng, as artillery gradually began to become the main force in the battle, the construction of the city is no longer the most important, the key is to strengthen the overall strength of the army, which can resist external attacks at any time and defend and attack.

When Zu Dale appeared in front of Su Tiancheng, Su Tiancheng was a little funny.

The weather began to heat up, Zu Dale participated in the labor, the skin on his face was tanned, and his beard had not been shaved for a long time, and it looked as if he had come out of a charcoal hole.

"My lord, the last general will live up to his mission, and the construction of Dalinghe City is basically over."

"Well, I've seen it all, you can lead by example and drive the enthusiasm of the sergeant, it's hard."

Su Tiancheng's original idea was to prepare He Renlong and Zu Dale to be stationed in Dalinghe City together, and he was also ready to place 30,000 soldiers here, but after thinking about it carefully, he changed this decision, so many soldiers were stationed in the city, and the consumption was also very large. Not up to his requirements.

He Renlong, who was standing next to Su Tiancheng, paid special attention to Zu Dale, the nicknames of the two were similar, one was a madman, and the other was a second madman, so He Renlong wanted to take a good look at what this Zu Dale looked like.

"He Renlong, get acquainted with Zu Dale, from now on, the two of you are stationed in Dalinghe City, He Renlong is in charge, Zu Dale assists, Dalinghe City cannot afford to lose, otherwise I will not be polite."

He Renlong and Zu Dale hurriedly arrived in front of Su Tiancheng and knelt on one knee.

"The last general will not fail in his mission."

"Get up, all of you."

After the two got up, Su Tiancheng smiled and spoke.

"Have you ever thought about how to garrison Dalinghe City?"

He Renlong looked at Zu Dale, since he was the commander stationed in Dalinghe City, he naturally had to answer first.

"At the end of the day, I will always urge the sergeants to defend the city, including strongholds and fortresses such as Xiaolinghe, which is also the focus of stability, and send sergeants every day to reconnoiter the movements of all parties, and once there is a storm, stick to the city, and strike hard at the Houjin Tartars."

Su Tiancheng looked at Zu Dale.

"Zu Dale, what is your opinion?"

Zu Dale was stunned for a moment, and then spoke for a while.

"The last general thinks that what Master He said is very good, and the last general will just do it."

Su Tiancheng shook his head slightly and slowly spoke.

"The court is in difficulty, you all know the way, Liaodong is even more poor, after many years of fighting, there are almost no people here, if you maintain such a large army, the cost is a lot, so just to hold the city, it is definitely not enough, it still needs to be built, according to the previous plan, Dalinghe City is ready to station 30,000 soldiers, but I changed my mind, 30,000 soldiers, at most a year, after a year, the number of soldiers stationed in Dalinghe City will remain at 15,000 people, 10,000 sergeants were stationed in Dalinghe City, and the remaining 5,000 were scattered among the fortresses and strongholds. ”

After Su Tiancheng said this number, the faces of He Renlong and Zu Dale changed slightly, Dalinghe City is at the forefront of resisting the Houjin Tartars, and it is also the source of the Guanning Jin defense line, and there are so few sergeants placed, in case the Houjin Tartars attack in a big way, wouldn't they suffer a loss.

Seeing that the two didn't speak, Su Tiancheng's expression became a little serious.

"What's the matter, are you scared?"

The two spoke in unison.

"Not afraid ......"

He Renlong looked at Zu Dale, after all, he was very familiar with Su Tiancheng.

"My lord, the general and the last general are not afraid, there are fewer sergeants stationed in Dalinghe City, if they encounter a large-scale attack by the Houjin Tartars, I am afraid that they will encounter accidents, if such a situation occurs, it is the sin of the last general."

Zu Dale didn't speak, nodded again and again, and agreed.

"What do you have to worry about, Dalinghe City is only more than forty miles away from Jinzhou, do you think that Houjin Tartar can still besiege Dalinghe City and prevent the rescue of my army, I wish Huang Taiji did that, Dalinghe City is more than four hundred miles away from Shenyang, I want to see if it is the rescue speed of my army that is fast, or the supply line of Houjin Tartar is indestructible."

Hearing Su Tiancheng say this, He Renlong did not hesitate and immediately expressed his position.

"My lord, the last general will obey and will definitely stick to Dalinghe City."

"Sticking to it is one thing, how to maintain the morale of the sergeants is another thing, the number of troops at the border is large, how to ensure the supply of the army, to ensure the implementation of military salaries, this is a big thing, for many years, Liaodong has relied on the supply of the imperial court, this situation must be reversed, otherwise we will exterminate the Houjin, it is impossible, so, I have thought about it, Dalinghe City to enter the merchants, to have shops, to have popularity, when necessary, here can be carried out some mutual markets, if I Jiliao many places, can be self-sufficient, and the time to destroy Houjin is not far away. ”

He Renlong and Zu Dale were dumbfounded when they heard this, Dalinghe City is the forefront of the position, who wants to come here to do business, isn't it asking for trouble, here may be attacked by the Houjin Tartars at any time, although Shang Jia wants to make money, but at least he has to save his life, it seems that Su Tiancheng's requirements are too high.

Looking at the expressions of the two, Su Tiancheng spoke again.

"There is still a year to go, everything depends on how things change, I know your thoughts, to achieve this goal, the difficulty is indeed very great, but you remember, there is no difficulty for you to stay here to do something, things need to be done step by step, slowly find a way, in short, you have to remember, Liaodong is the Ming Dynasty, one day, we have to make Houjin succumb, if they resist, they will be driven into the sea."

When leaving Dalinghe City, Su Tiancheng once again instructed He Renlong, when he sees anything, he must stay calm, don't be excited, Zu Dale's character is impatient, and when he encounters a fight, he is also the first, such a situation cannot continue to appear, otherwise Dalinghe City will really be in danger. (To be continued......)