When Guo Sheng heard this, he hesitated a little and looked at Li Laiheng: "General Li, what do you think?" ”

In Dashun's system, Guo Sheng has never been the core person, not even his own people, he is reused because of his loyalty and honesty, and obeys Li Zicheng's orders.

And Guo Sheng only knows about the cooperation between Dashun and the Oriental Trading Company, he doesn't know a lot of details, and he doesn't care, he is a military general, a pure military general, he doesn't care much about these things, he just acts according to Li Zicheng's orders.

Therefore, although his status is higher than that of Li Laiheng, in fact, it is Li Laiheng who decides this kind of thing.

"Why two months?" Lee Rae-hyung asked.

Li Zhaoji thought for a while and said, "You don't need to know this, and if you know, you won't change anything." ”

Li Laiheng saw that Li Zhaoji didn't want to say: "Then in these two months, how do you arrange for my 5,000 people." ”

Li Zhaoji said: "First, you have to send me the balance of the money promised to me, although the amount is relatively large, but this request is not excessive at all, it is my money. You must fulfill your promises, and all future cooperation must be based on this foundation, and we must settle the accounts first.

If you don't settle your bills, then don't blame me for being unkind. ”

"Five thousand hostages, enough for the emperor to give you a satisfactory answer." Li Laiheng smiled coldly.

Among the 5,000 people, there are only 1,000 in Guo Sheng's department, and the remaining 4,000 are all Dashun's old troops, and they are Yuan Zongdi's headquarters. Although Li Zicheng withheld and searched, he recovered 70 million taels of silver in the capital to collect stolen goods, so naturally he would not fold these thousands of old books for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

Li Zhaoji nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, based on the settlement of the final payment, there will not be so much unhappiness between us."

For the next two months, your 5,000 Shun troops lived and trained on Changxing Island. Lai Heng, haven't you always wanted to learn the training and formation method of my Eastern Brigade? The Great River is on the island and is responsible for training the new army, and if your soldiers and officers are willing to be trained, he will definitely not be stingy with teaching.

Don't you want our field artillery?

It's okay, I'll have someone send the armor to Changxing Island along with the field guns, six four-pounder field guns, and the equipment and ammunition of an entire artillery company, which will be counted as an apology for the design of your Dashun this time.

If you want your army to be equipped with the same equipment as my Eastern Brigade, you can do it, the Tamsui Arsenal can provide you with ordnance, and the price will be reasonable, of course, the production capacity may not be reached for a while, but this is at least our attitude, isn't it? ”

Li Laiheng said: "Okay, you can do this. ”

Such a happy promise made Li Zhaoji hesitate, and Li Laiheng shrugged: "I have nothing that I can't agree, after all, the Shun army is trapped on the island, surrounded by your society and Liaozhen's sailors, aren't we just up to you?" ”

Li Zhaoji nodded slightly: "Okay, if you understand the situation, I have nothing worth saying." ”

"I have one more question." Li Laiheng said.

Lee Siu Kee: "Please speak." ”

Li Laiheng said: "I want to know whether our army will really land and fight after the two months you mentioned is up, and whether your unit will still cooperate with us."

If the answer is no, after settling the final payment, you can arrange a boat to send us back to Shandong, anyway, the meaning of these 5,000 people to you is only that.

Only if we will join forces to go north, will I accept military training on Changxing Island. ”

Guo Sheng nodded: "Yes, Shandong has not been completely pacified, and we are here to send 5,000 elites to fight, not to be trained." ”

Li Zhaoji immediately said: "Of course it will, there is no doubt about this, when the time comes, I will command the Eastern Brigade and your troops to advance and retreat together." However, as for the extent to which the war will be fought, whether it is necessary to go straight to Longtan in accordance with Dashun's plan depends on whether it is in our interests. ”

Speaking of us, Li Zhaoji also pointed to Xia Guoxiang.

"Okay, so be it." Li Laiheng said.

Li Zhaoji reminded: "Both of you, you must remember clearly that everything is based on the settlement of the final payment." You must know that the money belongs to me, and I will use all means to get the money I deserve. Don't force me to let the Qing army collect the account for me. ”

"Master Li, we have already learned your methods, and we fully believe in this." Li Laiheng said lightly.

"Changshui, send-off." Li Zhaoji commanded.

Tang Mu stepped forward: "Big shopkeeper, I'll send them." ”

Li Zhaoji shook his head: "Forget it, I don't want our general Li Laiheng, who dares to love and hate, to give you another punch, maybe next time it's not a punch, it's a dagger." ”

Zhao Changshui arranged for Li Laiheng to return to Changxing Island, while Xia Guoxiang needed to inform Wu Sangui on Juehua Island of the agreement reached between the Oriental Trading Company and Dashun as soon as possible, so he also left in a hurry.

"Big shopkeeper, are you returning to Haicheng?" Tang Mu asked.

Li Zhaoji shook his head: "I finally came to southern Liaoning and went to Jinzhou City." ”

Since landing in Liaodong, Li Zhaoji has always planned to have a foothold in Liaodong so that he can fight the Manchus in the future.

The best advantage of fighting the Manchus is that they can gain benefits between the Great Shun, the Ming and the Manchus, and from the current point of view, these benefits can be easier than trade, plunder, and so on, and the oil and water are large enough.

Therefore, Li Zhaoji summoned He Liangtao early in the morning, and after completing the fortress fortress on Sado Island, he was ordered to build fortifications in southern Liaoning, laying the foundation for the long-term control of Bohai Bay by the trading company's armed forces.

After He Liangtao arrived, he found that because of the policy of the trading company, there were sufficient manpower in southern Liaoning, and because of the plundering and sufficient food, Li Zhaoji had obtained a large amount of money and was willing to invest in it, so He Liangtao built two fortresses in one go.

One is the Lushun Fortress and the other is the Golden State Fortress. It's just that the two types of fortresses are completely different.

The Fort of Arthur was built in Arthur, which was a two-story fortress. The Golden State Fortress is a fortress that relied on the transformation of the old city of Golden State.

The fortress relies on the shape of the fort itself to fill the dead end of the shooting, and the construction of the fortress requires the attainment of mathematics and geometry, which can not be done casually, and He Liangtao and his team's energy can only take care of the Lushun fortress, and can no longer take care of the Jinzhou fortress.

If the Jinzhou fortress is not built, there will be no place for a large number of people and livestock, and if the Qing army returns to help before the north wind season, these will have to be abandoned. Therefore, the priority of the Golden State Fortress is also before the Arthur Fortress.

Jinzhou City was built in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, Hongwu ten years, commanded Tongzhi to organize soldiers and civilians on the basis of the original earthen city, built a new city wall on a large scale, wrapped the city wall with blue bricks, the new city is 930 meters from north to south, 760 meters wide from east to west, the city wall is eight meters high, and the top is more than three meters wide.

This city is too big, it is difficult to defend the big city since ancient times, there are no 10,000 people, it is impossible to hold this city, and the city wall cannot defend against the red-coated cannons owned by the Qing army.

Therefore, He Liangtao made improvements on the basis of Jinzhou City, made use of part of the city wall and moat, and rebuilt the city wall into a square city wall with a side length of about 250 meters.

The height of the city wall was also lowered, and all the blue bricks were removed to make way for the masonry of the outbuildings.

There is a ten-meter-wide moat around the city wall, which is a dry moat, not a moat, and beyond the moat, there is a gentle slope, which covers most of the city wall, and if you want to attack the city wall, most of the shells will hit the gentle slope.

At the same time, the walls were thickened, the width of the top directly exceeded eight meters, and all of them were made of rammed earth, so that with such a wide wall, artillery could be operated on the top of the walls.

All city defenses have to take into account the problem of shooting dead ends, and the fortress uses the shape of the city walls to do this, while the Golden State Fortress is simpler and uses anti-slope artillery crews.

In the four corners of the trench, huge spaces are dug outward, as a gun chamber, each gun chamber will be equipped with four guns, two of which are short-barreled 24-pounder guns, two are four-pounder guns, the four guns show a 90-degree angle, and all the artillery shells are shotguns, this is mainly to avoid firing solid shells to damage the opposite gun chamber.

The attacking enemy army needs to rush up the dirt slope with the fire from the city, but they cannot reach the city wall, and if they want to touch the wall, they must enter the trench, and these soldiers will become the target of the anti-slope gun crews arranged in the four corners, and the shotgun will kill them all in the trench.

Li Zhaoji came to the Jinzhou Fortress, but he did not see He Liangtao, but the Jinzhou Fortress has been built, and the people who are still busy are wrapping bricks in the fortress and improving various facilities in the fortress.

Li Zhaoji walked through the many corners of this fortress, personally observed the firing range of each anti-slope artillery, and found that although the fortress was simple, the design had no dead ends, and it was a simple and reliable fortress.

"I feel that this kind of fortress is still simpler, if the enemy keeps digging trenches from the outside, sooner or later the gun chamber will be dug through." Tang Mu said to Li Zhaoji.

Li Zhaoji laughed and said: "Tang Mu, what you said is right, but where is there a perfect fortress in this world, the kind of geotechnical excavation method you said can also deal with the fortress." But the problem lies in the fact that the defense of a fortress depends not only on its scientific design and powerful firepower, but also on the bravery and coordination of the soldiers.

Only brave soldiers are worthy of defending the fortress, and a more reasonable design is only to increase its efficiency and reduce the casualties of soldiers. ”

"Maybe there's also the element of a commander, you should choose a suitable commander for the Golden State Fortress, so that he can familiarize himself with everything here as soon as possible." Tang Mu said.

Li Zhaoji looked at Tang Mu: "How are you?" ”

"Me?" Tang Mu was obviously a little hesitant and didn't want to take on the position of fortress guard, but he still said, "If you need it, I will take responsibility." ”

Li Zhaoji smiled slightly: "No need, Tang Mu, the trading company doesn't need to find a boss for this fortress." This should be the battle position of the Shun army. ”

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