Chapter 30: Preparations for War

Early in the morning, the wind was cool.

Zhu Qizhen sat at the top, and Fan Zhong, the commander of the guards, and Yuan Bin, the leader of the Jinyi guard, stood behind him.

On both sides were the British Gong Zhang Fu, Taining Hou Chen Ying, the military department Shangshu Kuang Yu, the military department Langzhong and Juyongguan garrison Luo Tong, Pingxiang Bo Chen Huai, Xiangcheng Bo Li Zhen and other major generals.

At the beginning of the meeting, Zhu Qizhen first said with a stomach full of resentment: "This is really not worry-free, I can't sleep peacefully if I want to, let's talk about it, how should this battle be fought?" ”

Luo Tong was an anxious man, and took the lead in saying: "Your Majesty, the city wall of Badaling is in disrepair for a long time, and I am afraid that I will not be able to resist the attack of the Warat people, so I implore the emperor to move to Yongguan!" ”

This section of the Great Wall at Badaling began in the Warring States Period, although it has undergone different degrees of repair in the following years, but after all, it is very old, and there is no guarantee that it can stop the army of 80,000 Walat.

And Juyong Pass was built under the auspices of Xu Da, only a few decades ago, the wall is high and the city is solid, and it is in a narrow valley, the army cannot be deployed, not to mention tens of thousands of people, even if hundreds of thousands, millions are in vain.

Seeing Luo Tong's statement, Kuang Yu followed closely and said: "The minister agrees with what Luo Lang said, the thieves are powerful, and it is safer to retreat to Juyong Pass." ”

After these two finished speaking, they looked at Zhang Fu and the others, in their consciousness, the best thing to do now was to retreat to Juyong Pass and stay in Badaling to resist the enemy.

To the surprise of the two, Zhang Fu, Chen Ying and others did not squeak, and it seemed that they had no opinion on this.

Kuang couldn't help but ask: "British Gong, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Fu glanced at him, but turned his head again, and said to Zhu Qizhen: "The old minister thinks that the Warat people are not to be afraid, now we are the defenders of the city, and the Badaling city wall relies on natural dangers, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is impossible to get benefits if you come first." ”

Kuang Yu's brows were furrowed, and he just wanted to speak, but he heard Chen Ying say: "What the British public said is reasonable, but these weapons on the city wall alone are not enough to deal with, and the top priority is to prepare some equipment to defend the city." ”

"Not bad!" I saw Chen Huai say excitedly, "Taking advantage of the time when the Warat people gathered, we hurried to make a batch of trebuchets and lime powder, this thing is powerful, easy to make, and can be made from local materials!" ”

Chen Ying nodded and said, "Just like this, I'll take the Shenji Battalion to make a trebuchet, Uncle Pingxiang, you take someone to burn lime powder!" ”

"Right!"

Seeing the two of you and me, the more they talked, the more excited they became, Kuang Yu really couldn't stand it.

"Taining Hou and Pingxiangbo, let's listen to the emperor's meaning!"

Only then did the two realize that they had lost their temper, so they put away their smiles and quietly waited for the instructions of the one above.

Zhu Qizhen looked at the two of them with a smile and said, "This time we are guarding the city, condescending, what kind of trebuchet do you want?" ”

"That's right!" Chen Ying patted his head and said, "Just throw it down!" ”

Kuang Yu only felt that his brain couldn't turn around, so he threw it directly, and he really wanted to defend here?

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks it's ......"

"I know!" Zhu Qizhen interrupted him and said, "The Qing family is for my safety, but from Badaling to Juyong Pass, they are two important barriers for the Jingshi, and I can't give Badaling to Yexian for no reason, if he wants to take it himself, he will have to pay some price, don't you say?" ”

"This ......"

Kuang Yu was speechless for a while, because there was nothing wrong with Zhu Qizhen's words, one more line of defense would be an extra layer of protection for himself, and an extra layer of consumption for the enemy.

Even if you really can't hold it, it's not too late to return to Juyong Pass when the time comes!

Luo Tong got up and said: "If there is a war with the Warat people in Badaling, the ministers dare to suggest that the emperor should sit in command of Juyong Pass, and the front line will be handed over to the ministers!" ”

After finishing speaking, he looked at Zhang Fu and the others again.

However, these meritorious generals seem to have colluded in advance, no matter what the emperor says, they just don't squeak.

"That's it!" Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said, "The kindness of the Qing family is clear in my heart, but I also have a lot of experience in dealing with it first, I am not afraid of head-to-head confrontation at the beginning, but now that the advantage is on our side, how can I retreat?" ”

"The emperor is a body of gold, and it is not worth risking his life...... British duke, you have something to say! ”

was named by Luo Tong, Zhang Fu had to stand up and said, "The old minister is ready, please give the emperor an order!" ”

Luo Tong: ......

Kwong Yu: ......

Naming your name is for you to give advice, not for you to agree, brother!

Zhu Qizhen didn't have time to talk nonsense with these two people, so he began to issue orders at the moment: "British duke!" ”

Zhang Fu hurriedly replied: "The minister is here!" ”

"This time it's a defensive battle, all the five military camps are assigned to each section of the Badaling Great Wall, no matter what position the enemy attacks from, it must be defended!"

"Obey the order!"

"Taining Hou!"

Chen Ying stepped forward: "The minister is here!" ”

"The artillery battalion is responsible for controlling the artillery on the city wall, and the artillery battalion is in the center, and where the enemy is concentrated attacking, it will go to support!"

"Yes!"

"Uncle Pingxiang!"

Chen Huai replied: "The minister is here!" ”

"Build a kiln and burn lime, you don't need to teach me to do this kind of thing, right?"

Chen Huai hehehe, and replied: "The emperor can rest assured, just leave this kind of thing to the minister!" ”

"Rotong!"

Luo Tong hurriedly stood up and saluted: "The minister is here!" ”

"The Qing family is responsible for transporting supplies and logistics support, and there are 20,000 soldiers on the front line, so the burden of the Qing family is very heavy!"

Although Luo Tong was very dissatisfied with this arrangement, he was helpless.

Forget it, logistics is logistics, don't you just run between Juyongguan and Badaling, can't I go!

"Obey the order!"

After arranging everything, Zhu Qizhen stood up and said, "Over the years, the Warat people have been constantly attacking my Daming Border Town......

"That...... The Emperor ......"

At this time, a discordant voice sounded, and Zhu Qizhen turned his head to look, but it was Kuang Yu.

"What else is wrong with the Qing family?"

"The emperor hasn't assigned a task to his ministers yet!"

Kuang Yu saw that everyone had received the task, so he left himself aside, and then he mustered up the courage to interrupt Zhu Qizhen's words.

Zhu Qizhen thought for a long time and said, "Just take care of yourself!" ”

"Your Majesty!" Kuang Yu said reluctantly, "The old minister is the secretary of the military department, and now that the war is imminent, how can he only take care of himself?" ”

Zhu Qizhen was very helpless, and said in his heart that you are so old, what kind of mess are you making here!

rushed back to write a resignation letter and go home to retire, and gave up the position to Yu Qian.

"Your Majesty, you can send a task to the old minister!"

Zhu Qizhen thought about it, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said: "Okay, the Qing family is responsible for the treatment of the wounded!" ”

"Huh?" Kuang Yu said reluctantly, "Old minister......"

"That's it!"

was tossed by Kuang Wei like this, and Zhu Qizhen didn't bother to talk about his pre-war mobilization.

"Let's all go down and prepare!"