218 The Siege of Peiping
At this time, Beiping City was the original far surpassing capital, and it was already a big city.
From the time Zhang Yifan saw Beiping City to the time he entered Beiping City, he found that there were still many sergeants. In other words, near Beiping, it is actually a barracks.
The reason is also very simple, here is the bridgehead against Meng Yuan.
When Zhang Yifan entered Beiping City, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, had already heard the news and immediately led a group of people to pick him up.
On the street, the soldiers of the brigade arrived with King Yan to guard the street, and passers-by were isolated at the very edge of the street.
"Hahaha!" Zhu Di greeted Zhang Yifan, and laughed, "You kid, you're finally here!"
With him, Zhang Yifan knew three people, namely Li Shanchang, the Duke of Korea, Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, and Lan Yu's boy. Others, looking at the status is not low, it is estimated that it is Hou Ye or something, and there are a few.
At this time, hearing Zhu Di's words, Zhang Yifan wiped the sweat on his forehead and showed it to Zhu Di, and said at the same time, "Look, I've been working day and night!"
Li Shanchang was also relieved when he saw Zhang Yifan, this kid from Liujia Village finally came.
I was fooled before, but I didn't expect to fool myself to Beiping. is a lot older, and he helped the emperor to conquer the world, and it is the time to enjoy happiness, and it is a loss to stay in Beiping for one more day.
If Zhang Yifan doesn't come for a day, he won't be able to return to Beijing for a day. To tell the truth, among these people, the one who is most looking forward to Zhang Yifan coming to Beiping in the future, except for Zhu Di, is Li Shanchang.
At this time, he also said with a smile: "Big horse, if you don't come again, my old bones are estimated to be buried in Beiping!"
When Zhang Yifan heard this, he looked at him and replied, "That's not good, why do you need to return the horse leather shroud, it can also complete your lifetime of fame!"
Shanchang Lee: "......"
Zhu Di couldn't wait for them to be verbose, and immediately interjected: "It's just right, we're deliberating, let's go, let's go back and continue the discussion!"
This time, it was Zhang Yifan's turn to be speechless.
He stared at Zhu Di and said, "Fourth brother, I just arrived here, I haven't drunk a sip of water, and I don't even know how to settle there, so you're going to drag me to the agenda, you landlord and old wealth!"
When Zhu Di heard this, he looked indifferent, but said with a smile: "What else do you need to settle down, of course, I live there, and I have already prepared it for you."
Speaking of this, he paused and said, "Let's go, just talking about the car camp you suggested, now the side cars have been built. Gone, deliberation, deliberation......"
Seeing him like this, it seems that he can't wait to go to war immediately.
Zhang Yifan was a little helpless, so he had to go with him.
As the vigilant sergeant withdrew, passers-by resumed their passage, but they were all curious.
"Who is this person, who actually drove King Yan and several princes to greet him?"
"It's not small, have you seen it, and there is a team of Jinyi Guard Captains escorting it. Does the Captain of the Brocade Guard know? At the beginning of the year, he became famous, and he brought down the prime minister of the dynasty......
"Don't you know, I heard it, this person is a big horse, and it is the county order of Xiangshan County!"
"It turned out to be him, did he come to be our prefect of Beiping? If that's the case, then we're blessed. If you don't want Xiangshan County to be so prosperous, half of it can be."
"It shouldn't be, our side in Beiping is still threatened by *** at every turn, and it's not safe, and it is impossible for the county order to be in charge."
"What's that for? Leading troops to war? But I've never heard of the Suma County Commander leading troops into battle!"
"Who knows, but anyway, if he's here anyway, something good will happen, right?"
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Zhang Yifan naturally didn't know that the people of the Ming Dynasty knew that he was the commander of the county of Yuma, and knew that Xiangshan County, which he had governed for three years, had become extremely prosperous. His arrival made the people of Peking begin to look forward to it.
At this time, he arrived at the main hall of the Yanwang Mansion and began to continue the discussion.
Because Zhang Yifan had just arrived, Zhu Di, who was sitting on the main seat, gave it personally
Zhang Yifan introduced the situation in Beiping.
Now the imperial court officers and troops here are probably stationed along the defense line of the Great Wall, but they are just outposts, and the number of troops is not much. The main force of the imperial court officials and troops is still on the side of Beiping.
To the north of Beiping, there are also Tongzhou, Yongping, Yong'an and other places, and the people mainly moved from Shanxi.
Outside the pass, it is the sphere of influence of the Meng Yuan, and the generals of the Yuan army in front of them are Duo'er Buhua, mainly cavalry, with about 20,000 or 30,000 horses.
This Yuan army will definitely not dare to be the enemy of the imperial army on the front, but the key is that the opposite side is a cavalry army, which has strong mobility, and if it is sabotage, it is also strong. Therefore, there are some headaches.
No, after listening to Zhu Di's introduction, he said to Zhang Yifan with some annoyance: "These *** are just a group of people who have no eggs, they just don't dare to fight in a dignified manner, like a mouse, annoyed to death!"
Hearing this, Xu Da smiled and said to Zhang Yifan, "This is the tactic that the Mongols are good at, using their cavalry superiority to fight. Most of the enemies we will face in the future will be this kind of enemy. It's not easy to force them to fight us."
If Mongolia was still fighting hard, he didn't need King Yan to come, he would have led the army to destroy the Mongolian ***.
Hearing his father-in-law's words, Zhu Di had a little more expectation and said to Zhang Yifan: "The partial van you proposed to use in the car camp has been built. Once you encounter the enemy, you can connect them to form a fence to block the enemy, and my father-in-law said yes when he saw it. Look at it, how can you use this car battalion to fight a *** battle?"
When Zhang Yifan heard this, he shook his head and said, "You should ask Wei Guogong more about leading troops to fight, how can I have any experience?"
Xu Da couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard this.
He had already seen the impulse of his son-in-law, so he thought of making a great contribution and fighting a big war. As a result, he didn't expect that this colt, who was the same year as his son-in-law, was not impulsive at all, which made him feel a little relieved.
Before, he was a little worried, he was afraid that these two young people would get together and their blood would surge, so he wanted to fight, which would be very troublesome.
After all, the emperor's will, the commander of Beiping's side is King Yan. Although he is his son-in-law, but militarily, he also has to listen to his son-in-law.
He was thinking that Zhu Di was already answering Zhang Yifan: "The result of our discussion is that it is almost the end of the year, and Mongolia*** is likely to enter the customs and plunder according to the habits of previous years. This battalion is inconvenient, but it is suitable for blocking the road in key sections, stopping the Mongolian cavalry, and giving the army a chance to encircle. However, there was a difficult problem in how to get the battalion to get to the area that needed to be stopped in time, and how to notify the encircled army to arrive in time. After discussing it for a long time, there was no good way!"
Speaking of which, he was afraid that Zhang Yifan would not understand the situation, so after a pause, he added: "These Mongolian *** are all well learned, and when the horses are far away, their main force will only act when it is safe." Therefore, if we want to encircle the Mongols***, the ambushed army must be far enough away. But in this way, when the ambush army received the news and rushed away, the Mongolian *** often fled. You say, is it not angry to be angry?"
This is the reason, even if Xu Dazhen is guarding in the north, he is very passive in the face of these tricks of the Mengyuan army.
When Lan Yu heard this, he came out and said loudly: "If you want the meaning of the last general, you can't just defend blindly, we will also organize troops, go out of the customs to counterattack, and return after a battle!"
His proposal had actually been put forward, but it was to Zhu Di's liking, but it was vetoed by Xu Da and others.
Now the strength of Mengyuan outside the Guanhai is still very strong, and the cavalry strength is far inferior to the Mengyuan army. But as long as the Mengyuan army is prepared, it may not be able to come back after going out.
Zhang Yifan listened to them talking, he himself didn't speak, mainly listening.
Li Shanchang also spoke in the previous deliberations, and his opinions were also pertinent, especially in the logistics area, which made a lot of efforts. But at this time, after Zhang Yifan came, he stopped talking. It seems that these things are no longer relevant to him.
When others were talking, he stared at Zhang Yifan, and saw that Zhang Yifan didn't say a word
, and he was happy in his heart.
Let you talk eloquently in front of the emperor, and now you are dumbfounded when you encounter the real front-line situation, right?
But the old man hopes that you can continue to talk eloquently, and then with Zhu Di, a stunned young man, the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, go out of the plug to fight ***, go to make contributions, and go to seal the wolf!
As he thought about it, the hall fell silent. Obviously, everything should be said, but the problem still exists, but no one has a good solution, so it is cold.
In this regard, Li Shanchang didn't care, he said, "The northern winter is coming soon, and my old bones still have to be buried in my hometown. Now that the pony has arrived, it is time for me to go back according to Your Majesty's will. If it's okay, then I'll go back and take over the work at hand!"
Zhu Di listened to it and was a little unhappy in his heart. However, what Li Shanchang said is also the truth, and his father is what he meant. Besides, Li Shanchang has indeed done a lot of things.
Therefore, he replied, "Will the Master stay for a few more days, and when the king has finished dealing with the matter at hand, he will give him a feast and see him off?"
When Li Shanchang heard this, he smiled and said, "His Royal Highness King Yan still attaches great importance to state affairs, and the lower officials are a lot older, and they are useless when they are old, and they can't help much, so they won't add to the chaos."
With that, he took his leave.
Zhang Yifan didn't think much about it, Li Shanchang is indeed an old man, although he has the title of the first hero of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, but he has to force him to stay here, which is not in line with Zhu Yuanzhang's meaning, so he didn't say anything.
Li Shanchang left, and the hall was even quieter.
Even the first hero of the founding of the Ming Dynasty didn't have any choice, so he just left, so what else could they do, they could only spend it with ***, and then accumulate more strength.
Zhu Di thought the same thing, and was about to announce the dismissal of the meeting.
But who knows, at this moment, Zhang Yifan suddenly asked, "How is the equipment of the telescope in the army here in Beiping?"
On the side of the glass factory, Zheng Jingxue was in charge, so he didn't ask much. Although he knew that the Metropolitan Governor's Office had placed an order for the purchase of telescopes, he did not know the specific distribution of telescopes, so he asked this.
When Zhu Di heard this, he was a little speechless and said, "Those above the rank of commander in the army have already been distributed. But Yifan, it's true that you're a telescope, but you're not really clairvoyant! With this telescope, you can't see too far at all, and you can't solve the problem in front of you!"
When Xu Da and the others heard this, they also nodded and agreed with King Yan's statement.
The telescope is really useful, but it still doesn't solve the problem at hand!
However, I saw Zhang Yifan smile and said, "That's because you can't use a telescope, and you can't give full play to the strengths of a telescope!" It's just that the distribution of telescopes at the command level is still a little less, let's purchase a little more, I have a lot of use, I may be able to solve the problem at hand, I will see the situation first, and then make the final decision."
"What?" As soon as Zhu Di heard this, he who was originally sitting stood up, and even leaned his upper body, put his hand on the desk, stared at Zhang Yifan in surprise and asked, "Yifan, don't lie to me, this is the main hall of the council, and there is no room for jokes!"
The telescope was like that, and he was already very proficient at playing with it. He dared to guarantee that all these telescopes could only see so far.
But now the predicament encountered by the officials and soldiers of the imperial court is that communication is inconvenient, not to mention that it is possible to be separated by a mountain, but by many mountains, could it be that the telescope can be seen through when it reaches Yifan's hands?
Anyway, I don't know if others believe it or not, but he Zhu Di doesn't believe it.
Other people are also very strange, I don't know what Zhang Yifan means by saying this?
Telescopes are magical, but they are not magical enough to solve their current problems.
Zhang Yifan smiled when he heard this, looked at Zhu Di and said, "You don't think that I am here to sell a few more telescopes, right? Just because you can't think of it doesn't mean you can't think of it. When did I speak to bragging?"
Hearing this, Zhu Di was a little embarrassed, and immediately replied, "I didn't mean that, if you care about the money from selling this telescope, you won't think of it
The good things are all separated. I'll punish myself with three cups!"
Speaking of this, his face showed a look of expectation, and he hurriedly asked, "Yifan, don't hang my appetite, hurry up and tell me, what can you think of to solve the problem you just said?"
In terms of money, the entire Ming Dynasty, including Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, was not as generous as Zhang Yifan, which is obvious to all.
Therefore, no one will think that Zhang Yifan is selling his own telescopes. Although it sounds like bragging, but if you look back carefully at the words and deeds of the big colt, there are really no examples of bragging. The things he said seemed to be bragging, but in the end they were all achievable.
Thinking of this, including Xu Da and Lan Yu and others, they couldn't help but be curious, and they all stared at the big pony, expecting him to say what he thought.