Under Wei Zheng's gaze, a sudden expression of realization quickly flashed on Zhou Shuyuan's face. Then, he replied to Wei Zheng.

"Those generals who are timid and afraid of things and regard the army as their private property will definitely not dare to march into Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces......

"Dashuai, as expected, you are planning to kill chickens and monkeys......"

"In the eyes of the imperial court, we have only five hundred musketeers stationed in the salt works. If you let other officers and soldiers know, more than 10,000 people attacked 500 tiger and leopard musketeers, and they all ended up in annihilation. So, what kind of outcome will they end up in attacking the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi, which have tens of thousands of tiger and leopard troops? Will it be the destruction of the whole army......"

Wei Zheng nodded and affirmed: "Yes, this is what the commander wants, so that all the generals in the imperial court are afraid of our Tiger and Leopard Army, and they are afraid when they mention the Tiger and Leopard Army......

"In the entire Central Plains provinces, excluding the Weisu army that has no combat effectiveness, the army that the imperial court can take, including the Beijing camp, is more than 100,000 people......"

"A small salt farm has cost more than 10,000 people, and it has not yet been captured. How many people does the imperial court have to lose to attack the entire Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces in order to achieve its goal? Does the imperial court have this strength, and are there so many troops and our tiger and leopard army on the battlefield in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, constantly fighting for attrition? ”

"Those officials in the center of the imperial court are no matter how mediocre they are, and they want to make money again. I also know that the current imperial court can no longer afford to fight, and I also know that once the imperial court loses its army, it may bring bad consequences to the national fortune of the entire Ming Dynasty. ”

"Not to mention anything else, if you lose the army, the Ming Dynasty will definitely fall into unprecedented civil strife because of this. The imperial court will also become useless. When the time comes. their so-called status. Power...... will follow the imperial court and slowly disappear......"

"Therefore, as long as the battle of our salt field is fought, the imperial court's attack on Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces will be completely collapsed. At that time, all we need to face is the problem of the imperial court blockade. ”

Therefore, the Shanxi Governor's Mansion must unconditionally support He Guozhong. Defend the salt pan, and fight a beautiful war of annihilation in the salt pan. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Shuyuan's face also showed an unprecedented determined expression.

He said to Wei Zhengjian: "Marshal, the idea of the lower official is to use the fleet to immediately send a thousand muskets and sufficient ammunition to the salt field......

Wei Zheng shook his head and replied, "If you want to fight a war of annihilation, muskets alone are not enough. In addition to what you just said, plus five thousand grenades. Ten medium mortars and corresponding flowering shells......"

"These equipment and ammunition must be delivered to He Guozhong in the salt field as soon as possible."

"If that's not enough. It is possible to continue to increase -......"

The original Shandong patrol had just been taken away by Jinyiwei, and Zhu Dadian, who was good at both literature and martial arts, became the new patrol of Shandong two years ahead of schedule. And the first thing he did when he took office was to cooperate with the imperial court and besiege the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi.

Zhu Dadian, who did not surprise Wei Zheng and held the holy decree, had just been in office for two days when he learned that there was a salt field in Laizhou Bay that belonged to the Tiger and Leopard Army, and that there were 500 Tiger and Leopard Army garrisoned.

The new official took office, coupled with the urging of Emperor Chongzhen in the capital. Zhu Dadian, who was in dire need of a victory, immediately transferred a full 10,000 garrisons and 8,000 guards from all over Shandong. Then, under his own personal command, he completed the encirclement of the salt field with lightning speed, and prepared to attack this salt field outside the two provinces of Shaanxi and Shan.

In Zhu Dadian's view, a tidal flat for the production of sea salt. No matter how rich the two provinces are, they can only build a simple wall.

However, what Sun Chengzong didn't expect was that what stood in front of him was a city wall that was one zhang high and three feet wide......

That's right, it's the city wall......

In the eyes of the main point and many officials and soldiers, the city walls of many counties in Shandong are not as high and thick as the city wall of a salt field in front of them.

Seeing this, Zhu Dadian, who didn't realize that the salt field inside the city wall was a cornucopia, couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The financial resources of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces are really extraordinary...... A small salt farm, built stronger than the county seat. ”

"Now it seems that the official still has a small sigh about the strength of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces......"

After speaking, he directly ordered several generals behind him who were also full of shock: "Judging from the defense of the Tiger and Leopard Army, if we want to capture the salt field of the Tiger and Leopard Army, we must use the siege ladder. Therefore, the officer ordered: the soldiers immediately took local materials, began to build a ladder, and launched an attack on the Haw Par Army salt field two hours later. Strive to capture the salt field before dark, eliminate the tiger and leopard army in the salt field, and get the first credit of the imperial court to besiege Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces. ”

The city wall in front of everyone scared these generals a lot.

However, according to the information they received, the Haw Par Army behind the wall was only about 500 people.

On their side, not only dozens of times the strength of the other side, but also dozens of powerful artillery.

The huge disparity in strength and firepower between us and the enemy is ...... Directly let these generals be full of confidence in the next attack on the salt works.

Therefore, in the face of Zhu Dadian's general order, no one hesitated, and replied at the same time: "Obey the general's order, before dark, capture the salt field, destroy all the tiger and leopard army, and take the head attack of the two provinces of Shanxi and ......Shanxi."

Compared with the high morale of the officers and soldiers outside the city, the soldiers of the salt field garrison division guarding the narrow city wall were a little panicked.

Except for the five hundred veterans brought over from Datong Mansion, the other recruits who had just completed their training all showed worries and hesitations about the future.

Faced with this situation, He Guozhong was very anxious.

As a staff officer, he knows very well the importance of military spirit to a unit. As for the new army under his command in front of him, if he can't twist them into a rope. After the battle began, it only took one artillery fire from the officers and soldiers to beat them around, not to mention fighting with the officers and troops who launched an attack outside the city.

Therefore, we must find a way to stabilize the morale of the army, otherwise, this offensive and defensive battle, before we have fought, will lose.

At this moment, a sentence suddenly appeared in He Guozhong's mind. That is to put oneself to death and then live......

Only by forcing these unstable recruits to the end of the army can they fight and bring their combat effectiveness into full play.

After taking a deep breath, He Guozhong had already made a decision in his heart, that is, to tell everyone the news of the imperial court that the Tiger and Leopard Army was a rebel. Only when everyone knows that they have become rebels in the mouth of the imperial court, and there is no other way to retreat except to fight to the death and defend their homeland, can these soldiers under their command have the courage to continue fighting. (To be continued......)