"Master Xie."

Lu Yan is also not polite, anyway, he doesn't plan to mix in the Ming army.

After sitting down, Lu Yan said: "That's right, the humble post has indeed experienced all the battles of Zhenjiang Fort throughout the whole process. ”

"Can you tell me about the process? The official document is not very detailed, and the official wants to hear from you how you defeated the Jurchens. ”

Wang Huazhen said.

Hearing this, Lu Yan knew that he wanted to learn from him.

So he told the process one by one, of course, a spring and autumn penmanship was added to it, and Mao Wenlong and his own heroism were bragged.

Wang Huazhen nodded again and again after listening to this, smiling, obviously very satisfied with Lu Yan's explanation.

After listening, Wang Huazhen pondered for a while, and then asked: "I don't know if you think that if this official leads his troops to Liaoyang, he will be able to defeat the Jurchens." ”

Hearing this, Lu Yan couldn't help but feel hesitant.

He is very clear about the differences between Wang Huazhen and Xiong Tingbi, and it seems that Wang Huazhen wants to listen to his opinion.

If you want to say that the offense can win, this is obviously.

With the current strength of the Ming army, it would be good to be able to hold Guangning without losing it, and also take the initiative to attack the Jurchens, which is definitely looking for death.

Although Wang Huazhen would be very happy to say this, he let 150,000 Ming soldiers go to death.

But if it is said that it will lose, this is obviously a slap in the face of Wang Huazhen.

Because of the question of attacking or defending, Wang Huazhen and Xiong Tingbi have already quarreled in the court.

He will definitely make Wang Huazhen very unhappy, maybe there will be no supplies allocated to Phi Dao, so he will also become a sinner on Phi Dao.

When Lu Yan was in a dilemma, he suddenly thought of a piece of history.

That is, Yuan Chonghuan had seen Xiong Tingbi before he went to Liaodong, and Xiong Tingbi had not been imprisoned at that time.

After learning that Yuan Chonghuan was going to Liaodong, Xiong Tingbi asked him: "What is the past?" ”

It means that you went to Liaodong and planned to use some method to deal with the Jurchens.

Yuan Chonghuan thought for a moment, and then said: "The main guard, the rear war." ”

Xiong Tingbi was very happy, he felt that Yuan Chonghuan should be a person who knew the art of war.

Later, Yuan Chonghuan relied on the trick of defending the city first and then fighting a decisive battle to achieve a great victory in Ningyuan, maybe he could make some things from this point.

So Lu Yan thought carefully for a while and said, "We need to attack and defend. ”

Hearing this, Wang Huazhen couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied.

He has been up and down in the sea for decades, does this kid want to play sloppy and muddy with him.

But he remained silent on the surface, just snorted coldly and said: "What does it mean to both attack and defend." ”

At the same time, he made up his mind that if Lu Yan couldn't tell the reason, he must let him know what would happen to fool him.

"The strength of the Jurchens lies in field warfare, and clumsiness in siege. The Jurchens had a large number of cavalry and therefore had a very high level of mobility. Once our army is spotted in the field, they are able to mobilize a large number of forces to surround our army, and then destroy our army with superior forces. However, due to the lack of war horses and a large number of artillery, our army was slow to move, and it was very easy to be divided and surrounded by the Jurchens, and each of them was broken. Once defeated, it is easy to be caught up by cavalry, so if you are undefeated, you are already defeated, and if you are defeated, you will be completely destroyed. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Yan found that Wang Huazhen seemed to have a bad complexion.

This made him mutter, could he have said the wrong thing.

In fact, he was right, in the war between the Jurchens and the Ming Dynasty, once the Jurchens were victorious, they often eliminated the Ming army in a structured manner, because it was too difficult for people to outrun the war horses.

Due to the lack of veterans or generals to make seeds, this directly led to the weakening of the combat effectiveness of the Ming soldiers.

But there was no way, he could only bite the bullet and continue.

"The reason why Zhenjiang Fort was able to win, in addition to the combination of city artillery, was to defend the city first, and then go to war."

"We installed a large number of artillery pieces at the head of the city, and these artillery not only destroyed a large number of enemy siege engines, but also a large number of Jurchens. The Jurchens only had three axes to attack the city in addition to the widespread distribution of spies, one was to destroy the city wall with an axe, the second was to attack the city with a ladder and a hook ladder, and the third was to attack the city with a mud ram slope. ”

"We took advantage of the defense of the city to frustrate the Jurchens' spirit, and then took advantage of the Jurchens' heavy losses in the siege to launch a night attack, so that we defeated the enemy army several times our size in one fell swoop."

Lu Yan said.

Listening to Lu Yan's words, Wang Huazhen became silent.

Although he thought that Lu Yan had denied his intentions, Zhenjiang Fort provided him with a living example, and it was proved that it was indeed possible to win by defending first and then attacking.

So does he still need to stick to his opinion?

"Due to the urgency of time, our forts are not well built, and it will be easier to defend if we can build a protruding fort at each of the four corners of the wall."

After speaking, he asked to draw a sketch with pen and paper, and Wang Huazhen agreed.

Soon a soldier brought pen and paper, and then Lu Yan used these to draw a simple design of a fortress.

The bastion has been the most formidable defensive structure of the 17th century, with enough cannons and muskets to be armed.

Even if the enemy is under the city walls, they must face crossfire from both sides at the same time, which is a great headache for the besieging side.

In fact, Ningyuan City is also a fortress to some extent.

In the "Records of Xizong", Sun Yuanhua recitals and decrees criticize: "If there is outside the city, the horse noodle platform and the four-corner platform of the city are all changed according to the Western law, and the shape is like a long claw, so as to save themselves." ”

At that time, the Jurchens had already attacked the city, but the artillery on the quadrangular platform was still capable of firing shotguns to attack the Jurchen soldiers under the city walls, which caused incomparably heavy damage to the Jurchens.

After Lu Yan drew the picture, he told him the principle of the fortress.

As for whether Wang Huazhen listens or not, that's his business, and he just needs to do his duty.

Wang Huazhen listened to Lu Yan's explanation very carefully, and asked a few questions from time to time.

When Lu Yan finished explaining, Wang Huazhen looked at the sketch drawn by Lu Yan and fell into deep thought.

Lu Yan looked at Wang Huazhen silently, and he didn't have any confidence in whether Wang Huazhen could follow his advice.

Moreover, the Jurchens will soon attack the city, and even if they renovate the city walls now, they don't know if there will be enough time.

After a long time, Wang Huazhen said: "Listening to what you said, it seems that I know quite a bit about the art of war. I don't know if you would like to come to Quang Ninh and help the official defend Quang Ninh City. ”

Hearing this, Lu Yan couldn't help but be surprised.

didn't expect Wang Huazhen to take a fancy to him, which surprised him very much.

Recalling that he had relied on other people's military exploits all the way, this was the first time he had won the appreciation of officials with his own skills, which made him feel a little happy.

It's just that he already plans to go overseas to be his pirate king, and of course he doesn't want to stay to help Wang Huazhen defend Quang Ninh.

So he organized his language a little and then said, "Lord Qiyu, Lord Mao has the grace of knowing me. The lowly position has already sworn that he will never leave him in this life, and I am afraid that the lowly position will be difficult to obey. ”

Hearing this, Wang Huazhen couldn't help but snort coldly, and her face immediately darkened.

Thinking that he was the governor of Liaodong, he pulled down his face to recruit a garrison, in his opinion, this was already considered a corporal of Lixian.

I didn't expect to be rejected, which is simply ignorant of lifting.

"You go down first, this official still has official business to deal with."

Wang Huazhen immediately said with a dark face.

Even the tea delivery guests were too lazy to say, so Lu Yan quickly escaped from the governor's yamen in disgrace.

Lu Yan muttered a few words in a low voice, we can be regarded as having made so many good suggestions for you, how can we be so embarrassed.

When he returned home, he found that there was a guest who surprised him.

After seeing Lu Yan come in, a girl with bright eyes and bright teeth and skin like snow said with a happy face.

"Brother Lu Yan, you're back."