Guangning used to be the provincial wall of Liaodong, the city is high and the pool is deep, although it is in disrepair, but after Wang Huazhen arrived, it took a lot of effort to rest. At the beginning of the year, he borrowed 200,000 taels from Zhang Ke, and most of them were used for city defense.

The city wall is three feet and five feet high, more than three zhang wide, covered with a layer of green bricks, and the battlements of the city wall are also made of bluestone and bricks, and the juice mixed with glutinous rice and egg whites cannot be inserted with a sharp knife.

With such a strong city wall, Zhang Ke was also a lot more relieved.

Of course, it is not possible to be beaten blindly, Zhang Ke commanded the soldiers and the people, and built a large number of buildings outside the city, 300 meters, 200 meters, and 100 meters away from Guangning, respectively, set up three trenches, each trench is five feet deep, one zhang wide, leaving a gap every twenty or thirty meters, used to place artillery, and there are gunners in front of the artillery to protect it.

If the Tartars attack, they will have to taste the artillery fire first!

The military and civilians all know that this is a life-saving thing, so they cultivate it with extra care. Even Wang Huazhen ran outside the city and personally picked up a shovel and pickaxe to work together. Coincidentally, the section on Lord Wang's stall was still the hardest, a spade went down a white mark, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the palms of his hands were full of blood blisters, and the pain was piercing.

Wang Huazhen wrung her eyebrows, stared, and gritted her teeth, as if there was a tartar in front of her, digging desperately.

Zhang Ke happened to make a round of inspections, saw the scene, and hurriedly ran over.

"Shibo, how can you do this job, leave it to the little nephew!"

"Don't!" Wang Huazhen panted and said: "I have no power to restrain the chicken, and I can do so much, and when the Tartars come, I still have to fight hard!" ”

Speaking of this, Wang Huazhen lowered her voice and said with a smile: "Yongzhen, if I do more work, others will not dare to be lazy, you see." Isn't it much faster? ”

Zhang Ke looked around, and sure enough, the people were working hard one by one, sweating profusely. Lord Wang is a dignified scholar, and the Wenqu stars in the sky have come down to earth, and he has come to work, what else to say!

"Shibo, thank you for your hard work!"

"As long as I can win, even if both hands are worn out, I am happy!" Wang Huazhen asked in a low voice, "Yongzhen." Why do I think the trench is a bit narrow, more than a zhang away, the war horse can almost cross over, should I dig a little deeper? ”

"Hahahaha." Zhang Ke couldn't help but smile and said: "Shibo, this is the mystery of the trench, you see, when digging the trench, all the soil is placed on one side, and it is naturally piled up into a one-person high earthen wall." The Tartars thought they could jump over the trench. They jumped forward with all their might, but they were blocked by an earthen wall, and most of them would fall into the trench. Not only that, but the dirt was on our side. The Tartars can only go to distant places to get earth, and filling in the trenches will only be more difficult! In front of me are trenches, and when the Tartars come, they will be graves! ”

Civil engineering is a university problem. It is all the experience gained by exchanging countless lives on the battlefield, and Zhang Ke transplanted the experience of dealing with tanks in the trenches of later generations. Wang Huazhen only has the share of worship, and the Tartar is also unlucky. unexpectedly put on the ruthless role of Zhang Ke, most of them will hit their heads and bleed.

Wang Huazhen gave a thumbs up with satisfaction and praised: "Yongzhen, there is you!" It seems that our Quang Ninh must be as safe as Mount Tai! ”

Zhang Ke nodded, and shook his head again, Guangning is no problem, but other castles may not be...... There will always be losses in war, and no one can do anything about it.

The army and civilians worked together, and the trench and earthen wall were built in just over a day.

At the same time, a large group of people also came from the direction of Yizhou, Wu Boyan led 1,500 soldiers to arrive, and more than 1,000 people, escorting more than 300 carriages.

The carriages were all heavy, leaving deep ruts on the ground.

In addition to Wu Boyan, Li Qian also came, and with Zhang Ke, he was also promoted to the commander of the affairs, in charge of military supplies in Yizhou.

It was precisely by touching the core of Zhang Ke that Li Qian felt fear from the heart!

Zhang Ke not only has a backer above, but also a brother under him, this guy's foundation is too deep. Take this time as an example, he brought fire guns and cannons, all of which were excellent products, even better than those made by the craftsmen in the capital.

What surprised Li Qian the most was those grain carts, which contained white flowers!

If you want to say that in the past, when he planted rice in Liaodong, Li Qian would only think that he was crazy.

But Zhang Ke did it, and the rice grown in Daqing Fort is still fragrant and delicious, better than the japonica rice in the south!

The young man didn't look anything special, how exactly did he do it?

Li Qian couldn't figure it out, because it was mysterious, the more obedient he became.

"Lord Qiyu, Li Qian, who is lowly and has brought a total of 3,000 stone rice, 200 guns, 40 cannons, and 500 loads of gunpowder, to help in the battle!"

Zhang Ke couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the numbers, "Why are there so many?" ”

Wu Boyan hurriedly smiled and said: "My lord, we have been away from home for a few months, Yizhou is all on the right track, and the military workshop in Hewan Village has doubled, and it can produce almost a hundred firecrackers every month. We were able to build artillery, so we brought with us ten newly built Franc cannons and thirty Tiger squat cannons. The most important thing is that Daqing Fort has a bumper harvest! ”

At the mention of the harvest, everyone's eyebrows fluttered.

It is true that the harvest has failed year after year, and the people of Liaodong have fled one after another. Don't look at Zhang Ke's big stall, if he can't solve the food problem, the seemingly prosperous career is a castle built on the beach. You can not be afraid of wild boar skin, but you are scum in front of nature!

This autumn harvest was the first time in Daqing Fort, although Zhang Ke was not there, Qiao Tieshan, Tang Bi, Deng Wentong, Tang Guang, Shen Yue and others all increased their caution by one hundred and twenty points.

When the autumn harvest began, men, women, and children went into battle, and even the army was mobilized, and it took half a month to collect all the grain.

After calculation, the yield per mu of rice reached two stones! Corn has also hit one stone with one stone! The rest of the wheat, millet, etc., also because of the effective irrigation, the harvest has increased by two percent compared with the past. 、

The people of Daqing Fort, from top to bottom, deducted the field taxes handed in, and each family's grain hoards were full.

There was more fragrant rice on the dinner table, and some people even bought big fish and meat to celebrate fiercely, just like the Chinese New Year. After eating well, the faces of the poor peasant children were bright.

The teenagers jumped up like bean sprouts, and in a few years, Yiju would have the best source of soldiers.

A good harvest is simply more important than ten victories.

The soldiers and people who came to Quang Ninh looked at the eyes of the adults and were full of little stars, and they simply worshiped it to the extreme! There is no doubt about it, even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of them, as long as Zhang Ke gives the order, they will not hesitate at all!

Looking at the fanatical state of these soldiers, Sun Degong, who came to greet them together, suspected that his eyes were dazzled, and what he saw was a group of White Lotus Sects!

The mighty procession entered the city, and Zhang Ke saw the carriage carrying grain at a glance, and he immediately became interested.

These carriages were one size larger than ordinary carriages, pulled by three horses, and looked more sturdy, especially since the carriages had high slabs on top of them, covered with a layer of leather, and the corners were all fastened with iron bars.

Looking at Zhang Ke's gaze, Wu Boyan immediately said: "My lord has good eyesight, these carriages are all partial box cars!" A total of 200 cars were built, and all the lowly jobs were brought over. ”

"Partial box car, that was an indispensable weapon for Qi Shaobao to cross the grassland back then!"

Wu Boyan smiled and nodded: "That's right, our partial box carts are all made of the best hardwood, covered with raw cowhide, and ordinary bows and arrows can't shoot through at all." Moreover, there are iron hooks in each car, which can be connected together to form a car formation, which is enough to deal with the impact of the Tartar cavalry! ”

The partial box truck is indeed used for many purposes, it can be used to fight, it can also transport personnel and materials, and when it is set up in camp, it is a strong city. Zhang Ke knew that sooner or later he would have to fight with the wild boar skin, so he asked Zhuo 13 to help, got the drawings of the partial box car, and began trial production, but he didn't expect that 200 cars had been built, Zhang Ke couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Okay, the partial box truck is going to be useful!"

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Quang Ninh was preparing for battle, and suddenly a knight galloped out of the city, with a bow and arrow stuck in his shoulder, and his clothes were torn in many places. The horse ran so passionately that he fell to the ground, and the knight was thrown to the ground, and the men hurriedly lifted him up.

"Go and report to your lordship, no...... Oh no, the white soil, the white soil factory is lost! ”

In the Senate's mansion, Zhang Ke and Wang Huazhen were there, and their faces were gloomy and almost raining.

Baituchangguan is the gateway for Mongolian merchants to enter when the Ming and Mongolian trades, and the person in charge of defending is Zhenjing Fort to prepare Cai Zhonghe, and the fortifications are very perfect, Zhang Ke thought that he could hold on, so that he could calmly transfer troops and give the Tartars a blow to the head, but he never imagined that he would lose it in an instant!

"Is Cai Zhonghe a pig?"

"He's worse than a pig!" Zhang Ke said angrily: "As soon as the Tartar came, he urinated, and after fighting for less than two hours, he surrendered. ”

"You can't kill it, you can't keep it!" Wang Huazhen said angrily: "A good Ming Dynasty is to let these boneless soft eggs be harmed!" ”

Zhang Ke frowned and said, "Shibo, the Tartars are even more powerful and cunning than we expected, I'm afraid other castles won't be able to stop them, and the only way to fight to the death is in Guangning!" ”

Sure enough, as Zhang Ke expected, after breaking through the Baituchang Pass, the Tartars poured into the territory of the Ming Dynasty like a tide, burning and looting all the way, first storming the town fort, and then attacking the horse market, after encountering resistance, they quickly locked the target in Guangning.

A tall lookout tower towered over the second line of defense in the northern city of Quang Ninh, and the soldiers in charge of guarding stood in the sling, enduring the bitter cold wind, holding up clairvoyance.

A black flag emerged from the horizon, followed by countless cavalry like a tide, covering the sky and the sun, surging.

"It's coming! The Tartars are coming! ”

Then the earth trembled slightly, and the hearts of men trembled. Groups of Tartars are like black clouds, surrounded on all sides in an instant, and Quang Ninh City has become a lonely boat in the sea!

Countless tartars, galloping wildly, shouting loudly, arrogant to the extreme.

Zhang Ke had already arrived at the city tower at this time, and when he raised his eyes, his face couldn't help but change.

"Second brother, it looks like our intelligence is wrong!" Zhang Feng said with a calm face: "There are not twenty or thirty thousand Tartars, but there are forty or fifty thousand people!" ”

Zhang Ke gritted his teeth: "No matter how many comes, Lao Tzu will make them regret coming here!" (To be continued!)

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