As the hot blood faded, Chongzhen gradually felt palpitations, if that person's knife was lower...., thinking of this, he couldn't help but touch his heavenly spirit cover again.

It was never his wish to take risks in person, but for so many years, the defeat of the Ming army at the hands of Jianlu was as common as commonplace.

The morale of the army is very important, and Chongzhen had no choice but to choose himself to be the vanguard, setting an example in the army that the Son of Heaven is not afraid of the captives, so as to boost the courage of the soldiers and dispel the fear in their hearts.

Looking at the triumphant return of the Lord of Long Live and the guards of the city tower who witnessed what happened, they raised their weapons and cheered in unison.

Wang Jinchao was also honored to accompany him, and behind his relaxed expression was that the lining of his armor was already wet with sweat, and he was obviously worried along the way.

"Your Majesty."

Chongzhen heard Wang Jinchao call him, pulled the reins closer, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Wang Jinchao gently wiped the beads of sweat from his nose with his fingers, and arched his hand: "Humble admiration." This sounds interesting, Chongzhen smiled and asked him what he admired? I have been in Datong for a long time, and I speak with a Shanxi accent.

"Your Majesty acted recklessly, but he did something that he had never done in a humble position, and the people used to say that it was a big mistake to be a bastard today." As soon as this remark came out, I don't know whether it was praise or depreciation, otherwise how to say that Wang Jinchao was still a general at a great age, and this mouth did not offend people.

There are strange courtiers and strange monarchs, Chongzhen listened to it but quite useful, now whoever tells the truth he appreciates, face up to the past of failure, face the mistakes made.

Perhaps because he had been in the army for a long time, he learned the local dialect from the soldiers, and Chongzhen replied: "People die and birds rise to the sky, and they will not die for thousands of years." As soon as such a joke came out, everyone in his entourage, including Wang Jinchao, laughed one after another, and felt from the bottom of their hearts that we were close to Long Live Lord.

Along the way, he met the regimental training camp and others who came to restore his life, and after Sun Xuanhuai ended the chaos of the gentry, he followed closely with the clerks who worked in the government.

Then there were the refugees who had been placed in the Daiwang Mansion before, and the village leaders finally decided to follow Lao Chen Tou to pay homage to the Son of Heaven after discussion.

Chongzhen heard that the refugees planned to stay and help defend the city, so he was naturally overjoyed, and he did not forget to wink at Sun Xuanhuai while being happy.

After opening the door during the day, the local natives of Fucheng walked seven or eight out of ten, and the rest were mostly lonely, widowed, old and weak who could not withstand the long journey, so they simply stayed. Including the refugees and the military households defending the city, the total number of people in the city is only 70,000.

Taking advantage of the fact that everyone gathered here, Chongzhen waved his hand and discussed the matter.

Since it was wartime, the meeting place was arranged in the barracks. The soldiers were ordered to clear out a field, light a bonfire around it, set up tables and chairs in the center of the field, and Chongzhen sat alone behind the table.

Because of the lack of preparation, all the senators had to sit on the floor, but no one was dissatisfied. Although it is a little simpler, the form is not ordinary, this is the imperial front to listen to the government!

The position of the refugees is slightly back, but this does not affect Lao Chen's head, the cigarette pouch that usually does not leave his hand is hung back on his waist at the moment, sitting cross-legged and precarious, and looking at the son and daughter-in-law next to him, hey, he is proud of his old age.

Chongzhen looked at the people dressed in different colors, as if they corresponded to the current various classes in the city.

Song Xiance and Sun Xuanhuai symbolize "scholars" and "merchants", Yang Boxian and Lao Chen Tou represent "workers" and "farmers", and the "soldiers" led by Wang Jinchao. Today, it is not easy to bring all walks of life together and willingly discuss major matters with yourself.

Although these people inevitably seem to be suspected of being a rabble, the implied sense of prosperity is rare in the last days of the dynasty, just like dead wood in spring.

Today's discussions are all about the city defense, the word "defending the city" is simple to say, it is nothing more than soldiers climbing the wall to hold on, but if you want to defend it, there are far more things that need to be paid attention to than this.

In terms of troops, after absorbing some of the Shun army, the number of troops that Chongzhen can mobilize is currently 167,000. Divided Jiang Huo with 3,000 and was rushing to Hunyuan Prefecture, Ma Harrier Wang Fucheng took away most of the night and rode westward, and the defense line of Erbao and a town in the north was divided into 5,000.

Pinching his fingers, there are only 8,000 soldiers in the city that can be used to defend the city.

The enemy came from east to west, and the east gate of Fucheng naturally bore the brunt. Therefore, Chongzhen chose to arrange 4,000 soldiers to guard the wall at the east gate, and planned to put all the artillery and bows and crossbows in the east as the main battlefield to face the front of the soldiers.

If the two forts and one town are not lost, the north of Datong is safe, so Chongzhen boldly did not deploy troops to defend at the north gate, leaving only some city wall scouts to observe the enemy's movements.

1,000 at the west gate and 2,000 at the south gate, and the rest were merged with the regimental training camp and left for preparation in the city to support various battlefields.

"Demolish all the buildings along the nearest circle of buildings within the city wall, and hoard the boulders and rough logs that have been cleared up for the purpose of defending the city, and leave the matter to Chen Lao."

Tie Sheng saw that his father didn't respond for a long time, so he coughed again and again. Seeing that everyone around him was looking at him, Lao Chen Tou hurriedly stood up and shouted, "Yes!" ”

Seeing that Long Live Lord smiled and waved his hand to signal him to sit down, Old Chen Tou bent down and asked Tie Sheng in a low voice, "Son, what did Long Live Lord say just now?" ”

Chongzhen looked at Wang Jinchao and spoke again: "The cleared vacant land will be used as the second line of defense in the city. ”

Wang Jinchao was puzzled, what is the second line of defense? Chongzhen explained: "Just along this circle, dig a half-man-high tunnel, as wide as possible, connect the city wall on the outside, and put a horse on the inside. ”

According to the description, Wang Jinchao conceived the picture in his mind. In this way, even if the city wall is lost, it can be used to intercept the enemy troops entering the city by means of tunnels and horses, and destroy them with flanking attacks from front to back.

Wang Jinchao understood, nodded thoughtfully and said yes, these are all what His Majesty is learning?

"The artillery carts and artillery of the captives should not be underestimated, and you must place all the old and weak women and children in the west of the city, and pick up ready-made ones in the dwellings, mainly to vacate this part of the city."

Needless to say, only by taking care of the men of their families can they rest assured that they will defend the city and participate in the war, and everyone should be in unison.

"Sun Xuanhuai, Song Xiance."

"Yes." The two of them stood up when they heard this.

"Sun Xuanhuai, I promoted you to be the prefect of Datong Prefecture, and I will do the same government affairs. Tomorrow all the grain and grass in the city will be collected, and after the government will distribute it daily according to the head, you will draw up a charter. ”

"The minister takes the order." Sun Xuanhuai was indifferent and made a decision.

"Song Xiance, I handed over the military medical officer to you, and the care of the wounded soldiers may be done?"

"Thank you, Lord Longne!" Song Xiance bowed to the ground, and Chongzhen continued: "If there are not enough people, you can recruit some female dependents to help the medical officer." ”

"Listen to all the Hooray."

Chongzhen deliberately gave everyone a time to express their opinions and encourage everyone to express their thoughts, and everyone seemed a little reserved at first, until Chen Tiesheng stood up and said, "Long live Lord!" And water, let's stock up on some water, and beware of the Tartars poisoning the river! ”

Chongzhen applauded after hearing this: "Okay, it's very good!" ”

Tie Sheng smiled stupidly, scratched the back of his head and sat down, Lao Chen Tou smug his face left and right, look, my son!

"Our man is so handsome today!" Tie Sheng's daughter-in-law grabbed Tie Sheng's clothes and kept boasting, Tie Sheng didn't have time to pay attention to her, and kept thinking about whether there was anything else she could say to the Long Live Lord.

Tie Sheng Er was stunned and made a good start, and the others who were praised by the red-eyed Long Live Lord tried their best to make some suggestions, and the meeting instantly became lively, and it was no longer Chongzhen who was giving orders alone.