It's a risky move, but it's not a risky one.

If 'Tiangong is not with Zhang Lang', then the tension will inevitably 'die before the ambition is paid'!

The core of Zhang Li's plan this time is rain.

Like the east wind of the Battle of Red Cliffs, rain is the key factor that determines the outcome of the battle.

When it rains, Li Garrison's arquebuses and bows and arrows cannot be used, and only melee weapons can be used;

Rain, does not affect the flintlock firing of the flintlock pistol, the tension can be far and close.

The self-generated fire bolt fired in the rain belonged to the weapons of the leading era, and Li Shoubei and the others were caught off guard......

At dusk, the rain stopped.

The people of Ningyuan City were used to war, so they just closed their doors and didn't have any panic.

All the 3,000 Ningyuan defenders were gathered in the Daxiao Yard, and no one was allowed to carry weapons.

On the stage, Zhang Litu sat on a Taishi chair and looked at the soldiers in the audience with a cold expression.

Not long after, Anzi brought someone to bring up an incense case and lit incense on the incense case.

Zhang Zhang got up and nodded in the direction of Beijing in the south: "Minister Zhang Zhang is now using the sword of Shang Fang to punish Li Dagang to suppress the army. Among the generals, if Li Dagang is strong, all of them will be destroyed. Long live my emperor, long live, long live! ‘

How could the soldiers have ever seen any Shang Fang sword, seeing that Zhang Li said it was conclusive, and at this time Gao Yuanliang shouted: "Shang Fang's sword is here, do you dare not kneel?" ‘

Ning Yuan's soldiers were shocked and frightened, and the concept of the supremacy of imperial power that had been formed for a long time made them not think much about it, and they knelt on the ground in an uproar.

After Zhang Zhang got up, he shouted to the soldiers who knelt down below: "Thanks to the emperor's trust, this official has been ordered to quell the rebellion and train the troops, and now he wants to train a new army." The monthly salary is three taels, and it is paid in full -- those who want to join the new army stand on the right side of the school field! ‘

The place was too big for the sound of tension to reach the ears of every soldier.

Gao Yuanliang, Pan Batian, and Zhang Xiaoran shouted loudly in all directions:

'Three taels a month! ‘

'Full distribution!' ‘

'Right, stand on the right!' ‘

……

When the soldiers kneeling on the ground heard this, they immediately whispered.

Soon dozens of people stood up and walked to the right of the school grounds.

Tension bowed slightly. Not to mention that all the 3,000 people went with Young Master Ben, at least 2,000, right?

However, Zhang Li was disappointed, and after a quarter of an hour, there were only a few hundred soldiers standing on the right side of the school field.

Not even a fifth of the three thousand.

Looking at the distrustful eyes of the soldiers, Zhang Li's face fell.

Why did the other traversers raise their arms and shout, and the big-headed soldiers joined the army one by one, and this young master is not good?

Gao Yuanliang walked over and whispered, "Young Master." At the time of the incident in the morning, someone escaped from the north gate quickly, and I am afraid that Zu Zepu's army of more than 10,000 will soon return to Shi Ningyuan......

Zhang Zhang nodded, he didn't have time, if Ning Yuan's chief soldier Zu Zepu came back with his troops, things would not be good.

Although Zu Zepu definitely didn't dare to do anything to himself, but under his nose, he trained himself as a bullshit soldier!

Zhang Zhang gritted his teeth and said to Gao Yuanliang: "A few hundred people are a few hundred people." Empty everything that Ning Yuan can take away to Young Master Ben, and everyone will head to Tuanshan Fort! ‘

Gao Yuanliang was ordered. Just as he was about to go down to give the order, Zhang Li's voice came again.

"If you are willing to go with us, you ask Anzi to pay the first month's military salary in advance!" ‘

It is still real money that has a greater effect, and when Gao Yuanliang paid those hundreds of people, some people joined in.

Isn't it the same everywhere when you are paid as a soldier?

Ning Yuanwei's military salary was not paid in full. The imperial court set two taels of silver a month, and what the soldiers got in their hands was just one tael.

This is still the standard of Wanli year, and the purchasing power of Chongzhen year has decreased several times.

However, most of the soldiers were still a little hesitant, and Zhang Li did not have time to do any ideological work.

……

Tossed all night. Early the next morning, Zhang Zhang took more than 700 people who were willing to surrender to the army, drove the mighty carriage, and marched to Tuanshan Fort in the southwest of Ningyuan.

Tuanshan Fort is the first base selected by Li Li.

Tuanshan Fort is relatively remote, because it is surrounded by mountains, so it is named 'Tuanshan'.

There is a valley in the mountains, and at the exit of the valley, the Ming army built a fortress - Tuanshan Fort.

It was about sixty or seventy miles away from Ningyuan, and because there was too much baggage, Zhang Li and the others walked all day before they arrived here at dusk.

The guard of Tuanshan Fort is a general, there are more than 200 soldiers under his command, and when he heard that Lord Ning Yuan's soldiers were coming with a large army, the little general opened the gate of the castle without saying a word.

Previously, Zhang Li only found such a good place on the map, but now that he has arrived on the ground, he can't help but be a little overjoyed.

It's a great place to defend and attack.

The fort built at the exit of the narrow valley held the exit of the valley, and it was surrounded by inaccessible mountains, and there were no roads at all.

As long as the Tuanshan Fort is held, there will be no danger in the Tuanshan Valley, which is more than 10,000 acres of flat land -- unless the enemy is airborne, which cannot happen in the present era.

The valley is divided into two by a small river, and there are fertile fields on the east and west sides, but due to the backwardness of irrigation facilities, only a few hundred acres of land have been developed.

The defense of Tuanshan Fort was quickly taken over by the men brought by Zhang Li, and the gates of Tuanshan Fort were firmly guarded by fifty guards with two hundred newly surrendered soldiers.

Zhang Li is also on top of the Tuanshan Fort wall at this moment, arranging defenses. Behind him stood Gao Yuanliang, while Xiao Ran and Pan Batian went to settle the newly attached soldiers.

Zhang Zhang only felt that there were a lot of things in his hands, but the first thing was to arrange the city defense of Tuanshan Fort first.

Zhang Li glanced at the soldiers who were standing on the fort wall and shook his head: "Yuan Liang, you go and call the previous commander of the mountain fort. ‘

Gao Yuanliang arrived, and soon led a middle-aged man wearing a seven-rank military attache uniform to come over.

As soon as the general saw the tension, he immediately knelt down: "The last general has asked the master of the military preparation to say goodbye!" ‘

Zhang Li glanced at him, and saw that this man was in his early thirties, with dark skin, and a scar on the right side of his face that stretched from the corner of his eye to his neck......

Zhang Li's brows furrowed deeply, and he touched the right side of his face. Said lightly: 'What's your name?' ‘

'The last general, Izawa. ‘

Yi didn't talk much, and kept his head down. When he realized that Zhang Li was looking at the scar on the right side of his face, he couldn't help but tilt his head slightly, trying to cover it up.

Zhang Zhang asked lightly: 'What's the matter with the wound on your face?' ‘

Yi Ze said in a deep voice: "I was cut down by the Tartars when I was defending the Acropolis of Ningyuan the year before last. At that time, I took the Tartar knife and stabbed the spear in my hand into the chest of the dog......

Zhang Zhang nodded and said slowly, "You get up." ‘

Izawa stood up. He still tilted his head slightly.

Zhang Zhang glanced at Ize again, and said word by word: "Since it is a war wound, why do you need to hide it? Go back and see if you can get rid of some of the scars. ‘

Izawa was startled and looked at Zhang Li with a puzzled face.

He is just a small seven-grade general, this civil official is a five-grade soldier, and he actually said that he would prescribe medicine to remove scars?

Zhang Li quickly retracted his gaze and looked at the battered fortress wall.

The walls of the hill fortress seem to have just undergone a catastrophe, and several battlements have collapsed. There are a total of four arrow towers on the fort wall. Three of them were completely destroyed, and only one remained.

Zhang Li frowned: 'This is a Tartar plague? ‘

Ize nodded silently: "Three months ago, the Tartars attacked Tuanshan Fort, and more than 3,000 people in the fort were taken captive. ‘

Zhang Li bowed his head slightly and stopped talking.

The situation on the fort wall has made it clear, so let's repair it first.

Thinking of this, Zhang Li said to Gao Yuanliang: "Yuanliang, you ask Ran and Batian to immediately bring their soldiers over to repair the fort wall. There are a lot of stones near Tuanshan Fort, so hurry up. ‘

Gao Yuanliang hesitated. He whispered, "Young Master, we don't have much food from the Ningyuan Acropolis. I was a little reluctant to look at those glutinous rice old men.

Zhang Zhang was stunned. It soon became clear what Gao Yuanliang was referring to.

In ancient times, there was no cement to build walls, and the strongest binder was glutinous rice juice and triad soil. Sanhe soil is cheap and abundant, and can be found everywhere, but glutinous rice is a strategic material that is more in demand than rice and wheat.

The glutinous rice in the warehouse of Ningyuan Acropolis was pulled to Tuanshan Fort by tension, and there were only seven or eight carts.

Zhang Zhang shook his head: "City defense is the first priority, and glutinous rice should be used. Don't cut corners, go down and make arrangements. ‘

Since Zhang Li made a decision, Gao Yuanliang could only comply, and soon walked down the fortress wall quickly, and arranged for the soldiers to start building the wall.

Zhang Li glanced at Izawa. He said lightly: "You come with me, and tell the official in detail about the situation here." ‘

Izawa followed Zhang Li and descended the fortress wall.

Tuanshan Fort is more appropriate than a castle and a level.

Within the fort wall, on the west side of the valley, there is a row of low brick houses, where are the council chambers, the general offices, the storehouses, etc.; In other places, most of the houses are thatched houses and are very dilapidated.

The Tartars were also shrewd, and they only destroyed the military installations on the fort walls, but the dilapidated houses were not touched at all.

Or for decades, they knew that these castles of the Ming army were like leeks - when it was worth looting, the Tartars would come and harvest it once, and then wait for it to fatten up the next time.

It turned out that the military supplies of the Ming Dynasty were consumed in this way, no wonder the entire Ming Dynasty was overwhelmed.

Zhang Li sighed slightly and walked towards the conference hall.

Walking to the front, Zhang Zhang raised his eyes and saw that this mountain fort meeting hall was only a main hall and two side rooms, not even a second hall, let alone a study room.

Outside the council hall, there was only a circle of low stone walls, and there were two big soldiers standing at the door, which was the highest authority of the regimental mountain fort.

After Zhang Zhang said to himself, 'A hundred wastes are waiting to be rebuilt', he went straight into the conference hall. (To be continued......)