"If the good city wall is not defended, you have to go outside to fight, and the dead and wounded soldiers are all money."

At this time, on the outer wall of the city wall, Guozhang was looking at the battlefield of Sanshan Fort with disappointment, but because the distance was too far, he could only see the battleships blocked on the Yangtze River and the Sanshan Fort shrouded in gunsmoke.

In fact, the entire river and the east bank were shrouded in gunsmoke.

Despite the heavy losses, the fleet still tried to break through the Three Mountains, especially since a large number of warships were blocked in front of the chain of the lock river, and many of them were burning, but some of the small ships rushed to the chain under the cover of fire and smoke, and then began to try to blow up......

Of course, all failed.

It's not just Sanshan Fort that defends the chain of the locked river.

From Sanshan Fort to Dasheng Pass, there are all fortresses along the way, but the main fortress is Sanshan Fort and Dasheng Pass.

Not even just this side, the opposite bank is also heavily defended, this is an army in Beijing, 15,000 people, how can it be only here, including those few large reinforced concrete cattle themselves are fortresses, this is reinforced concrete, it is not simple to set aside a few artillery forts in it, and such artillery forts cannot be opened at all with the current artillery technology, in fact, modern artillery can not be exploded without armor-piercing shells.

The 152 howitzer high-explosive shell rubbed against the half-meter-thick reinforced concrete wall at most.

This is still the Jingying Naval Division did not participate in the war......

They escorted the princess to inspect the disaster area in Zhejiang, and all the sailors in the capital were left behind were dozens of small boats.

However, the strength of the sailors in the capital was not strong, because the imperial court invested all the funds of the sailors in Zheng He's Nanyang and Qi Bin's Beiyang, and the Yangtze River was just some patrolling centipede boats.

After all, the sailor still spends a lot of money.

The battleship cruisers of the Nanyang Naval Division and the cruiser fleet of the Beiyang Naval Division were all built at a huge cost, especially the battleships of the former, each of which was piled up with money, but considering the four Tielimu battleships in Guangdong, this kind of investment was still indispensable, and in the end, the fleet construction on the Yangtze River was deliberately ignored by Ambassador Yang and the Wenchens equally. The Ming Dynasty is unified, the Jianwen puppet dynasty is just a remnant, the upper and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are all loyal and good people of the Ming Dynasty, what is the purpose of keeping the sailor on the Yangtze River, can the empress still not trust her subjects?

In short, in this way, only the patrolling centipede boats were left on the Yangtze River, and the large ones among them also escorted the princess to Zhejiang.

Now for some boats.

They are all on standby at the Great Victory Pass, and once the enemy forces break through the chain of the lock river, they will have to cooperate with the coastal defenders to block it.

But at least for now, this danger is not yet visible.

"Guozhang, if the enemy army is allowed to go to the outer wall, the shells will inevitably hurt the outer city, and the outer city is now overpopulated and even has many factories, and once it is destroyed, it will be a loss."

Li Jinglong hurriedly said with a smile.

Cao Guogong is of course the theoretical commander of the city defense, but in fact, the Beijing camp has its own staff department, and the latter is responsible for all operations, and the military orders are also issued by the latter. As for the theoretical basis, of course, there is no ruling authority, because the ruling princess is the governor Jingying, even if she goes to inspect, she is also the governor Jingying, unless she has authorization, other people's orders are useless.

As for the Divine Decree......

The Empress still wears a diaper.

Don't you think it's funny to say the Holy Decree in this case?

The Queen Mother is indeed in charge of the country, but the one who supervises the country is only a prison, and she who supervises the ruling and the court, and she is not the one who really orders the court.

This is the state system that the Ming Dynasty has tacitly acquiesced to now.

Theoretically, the empress is the emperor, the ruler of the real country, the supreme monarch, and even her uncle has changed her to the eternal ruler, the king of kings, the sand of the sand, but because she is too young to really rule the country, her only aunt who has not yet married, is in charge of the court and the army as the ruling party, but the queen mother is responsible for supervising the ruling and the court as her mother.

The prison has the power to remove the ruling party.

But without removing the ruling party, she cannot interfere in the ruling party, and only when the ruling is not in the imperial court, she can act as an agent in military and political affairs.

It's very advanced.

In fact, all parties are satisfied, and even feel that it may as well continue like this in the future.

But now, it is just used to block the Guozhang aside, and the latter can take advantage of the absence of the ruling to control the imperial court and mobilize the local army through the Queen Mother, but the Beijing camp has never belonged to the local system, which is equivalent to the pro-army, and the pro-army is when Zhu Yuanzhang was not under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, which is the pro-soldier directly under the emperor, and they only listen to the governor Jingying and the emperor.

So......

The prince can't let the queen with a diaper make an order, right?

Besides, even if the empress with a diaper comes to make an order, it is useless, because she is not yet pro-government, according to the rules, even if the empress is an adult, if she wants to be pro-government, she must first hold a pro-government ceremony, at that time, all the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty, the vassal kings, the Tusi, all commanded the envoys, and even the prefectures had to send people to come, and then witness the empress's pro-government together, and show allegiance to the empress. In fact, it is Yang Feng to prepare for the operation of the constitution in the future, after all, this is his real purpose, and the empress's pro-government is undoubtedly the best opportunity to operate, if these guys put forward some of their own requirements to the empress at that time, then the empress will not be loyal if he does not agree.

The rest is fine.

If the vassal king, the vassal king, and the Tusi are not loyal, then Ambassador Yang can come forward to persuade him, and at this time, he must be the most suitable envoy of a friendly country to be the intermediary, and they will definitely wake up.

It's absolutely.

Ambassador Yang is the best at convincing people with reason.

But if those prefectures refuse to show their allegiance, then Ambassador Yang has no choice but to persuade the empress, after all, he can't just help one, that would be unfair.

In the end, it's up to him how to do it.

"I don't care about the old decay, so be whatever you want!"

Guozhang said angrily.

Then he walked away surrounded by cronies.

Li Jinglong smiled deeply in the back, although it is difficult to say about the ability to fight, but Cao Guogong's mind is very good.

He actually knows his mind very well.

The current situation obviously makes the national master very disappointed!

"Cao Guogong, Moling Pass reported that the enemy army has been repulsed and more than 2,000 enemies have been killed."

Chang Sen, commander of the Third Army in Beijing, said.

He is the third son of Chang Yuchun, Chang Sheng has been transferred to Beiping to sit in the town, as for Chang Sen was originally Jinyiwei, Zhu Yunxi was already a general in Beijing, he was named a marquis when Zhu Yunxi was born, as for Chang Mao, there are no descendants left, Chang Sheng's son Chang Jizu is not yet ten years old. Originally, in history, Chang Jizu was exiled to Yunnan after Jingnan, and when Hongzhi recalled the hereditary Jinyi Wei commander in Nanjing, he was named Huaiyuan Marquis during the Jiajing period, as for Chang Sen, there is no record in history, and folk rumors escaped from the capital as a supporter of Jianwen, and ran to Mizhi in northern Shaanxi, and then the family has been there.

But it's just a folk saying.

Moreover, the unearthed tombstones were used as evidence during the Republic of China.

But it's hard to say whether it's true or not.

"Tell them that just hold Moling Pass, there is no need to pursue the enemy, just such a small number of troops, and dare to come to the capital, this is crazy!"

Cao Guogong shook his head with emotion, and then patrolled east along the city wall.

At this time, Guozhang had boarded the carriage and was walking along the asphalt-paved Chengnan Avenue towards Jubaomen, at this time it was already twilight, but this road had already used extravagant street lamps, one by one using kerosene glass lampshade lamps, on the lampposts, all the way to Jubaomen. The reason why it is so extravagant is actually mainly because there are many factories in this area, even at night all kinds of goods transportation personnel are constantly coming, and the same asphalt hardening is also to facilitate the transportation of these factories. Now many factories cannot be built in the inner city, such as the steel industry, which is all big chimneys, and can even float into the palace, for the healthy growth of Her Majesty the Empress, these factories that pollute the air are all driven out of the inner city.

There is also the textile industry, especially printing and dyeing, which is equally serious in the pollution of groundwater, after all, the capital is full of waterways, and printing and dyeing workshops must discharge sewage directly into these waterways.

It makes all kinds of smells pungent.

Moreover, the infiltrated sewage also pollutes the groundwater.

……

In short, the road is now lined with such factories, and even at night, they are lit by kerosene lamps.

The smell of rotten eggs when burning kerosene without any desulphurization is also permeating the entire industrial area.

But even then, it's already a densely populated place.

After all, for the migrant workers in the factory, the rent of the house in the inner city is too expensive, and in this era, it is also tiring to walk several kilometers a day to work, and it is even less cost-effective to rent a horse-drawn carriage, so the original rural house near the factory in the outer city is much more cost-effective. There are even those who simply build their own shacks, and their large number of gatherings have also allowed shops and the like to join, and even some other industries that serve them, and eventually form a relatively chaotic settlement, because the population is growing too fast, and the management is also chaotic.

After all, the patrol of the capital is the responsibility of Guozhang, and he only cares about making money, regardless of anything else.

"Go fast, this stink is disgusting!"

Guozhang said impatiently.

"Guozhang, not only is it disgusting, but it is said that it is poisonous, but the wind is strong on the riverside, and the poisonous smoke can't be retained, and it is just scattered with the wind."

One of his cronies said.

"In order to sell their family's oil, the ruling government disregarded the safety of the people, and actually used this poisonous oil."

Another cronie said angrily.

In fact, most of them are old Confucian students who don't understand new learning and are difficult to improve, one by one they boast that Liu Bowen is reincarnated, and follow the Guozhang to give advice, but in fact, he does what he likes, and the biggest enemy of the Guozhang is of course the ruling power, and criticizing the ruling will make the Guozhang have a blue eye for himself.

"Don't talk nonsense, governing is also for the long term."

Guozhang said.

Then, as they spoke, the carriage continued on its way, and soon reached an uninhabited road.

The outer city is too big, especially the lake everywhere, although the population is growing, but it is only a scattered settlement, and many of them are still reeds in the middle, after all, this is a city with a circumference of one hundred and twenty miles, even if it is put into modern times, it is considered large, although the population is more than two million, but it is really filled with less than half of the area.

At this moment, a motorcade of carriages approached.

It was evident that they were transporting military supplies to the outer wall, and the four-wheeled freight wagons were covered with canvas, and the carriages were filled with coachmen and escorts, all of whom were fully armed.

When they saw the honor guard of the king, they quickly stopped by the side of the road, and then dismounted and saluted.

The guard of honor of the prince walked by proudly, and soon the two teams were completely side by side, but in opposite directions......

"Guozhang, the little one has something to report."

Outside Guozhang's carriage, an escort suddenly said.

"Bastard, I don't look at the time when I want to see the country!"

A gang said angrily.

Obviously, this is a person who wants to shoot the country's fart, and finally got a chance.

"Forget it, he also serves the country, since there is something, let him come over!"

The abbot in the carriage said.

At this time, he is still willing to show his closeness to the people.

"Don't kneel down quickly, your ancestral tomb is smoking."

Helper shouted.

The man just smiled.

"Guozhang, I just want to ask, are you afraid of death?"

He said.

The next moment, the tarpaulin of the four-wheeled carriage beside him was suddenly lifted, and then the powder kegs inside were revealed, and a person with a fire fold was sitting next to a powder keg, with gunpowder spilled under his feet, and at the same time, the tarpaulins of other carriages were also lifted in an instant, revealing people with strong crossbows inside. These crossbows belong to the legal possession of the people, and the rules are limited to not being able to shoot through plate armor, but in fact, the civil management is chaotic, especially because the bow and arrow are gradually eliminated from the army, and a large number of bow-making craftsmen have joined, so even the military-level strong crossbows are also common among the people.

After all, a strong crossbow with a winder is more suitable for ordinary people, even if it is only for hunting, than a bow and arrow that requires long-term training......

Hunting wild boars.

The main beast that the people face is the wild boar.

Everywhere, everywhere.

A crossbow that can shoot a boar can certainly shoot through armor at a distance of a few paces.

The national abbot in the carriage, his guard of honor, helpers, and guards were all trembling, even the guards were all masters of heavy recruitment.

But all these years the masters are in the army.

Guozhang's subordinates were originally a group of sycophants, and the guards were nothing more than sycophants.

"Obviously, you are afraid of death, so Guozhang, let your men lay down their weapons, we don't want to die together, we just want to ask you to do us a favor."

The man said.

"What do you want to do, Yuhuatai is the military headquarters of the Third Army, there are patrols everywhere here, as long as we call people, there will be a Beijing camp coming over immediately."

A gang of idlers shouted boldly.

"Master Guozhang, my little hands are a little trembling, and I can't hold this fire fold."

The man with the fire fold said with a smile.

"What do you want to do?"

Guozhang said.

"Please take us to Chaoyang Gate into the city."

The man said.

"Don't mess around, even if you blow up the Chaoyang Gate, what use can it be, your people can't even open the outer wall."

The prince pleaded.

"Guozhang, that's our business, it has nothing to do with you, if you want to live, take us to Chaoyang Gate and enter the city, otherwise we will all die."

The man said calmly.