Zhou Yuji nodded slightly: "What the governor said is true, but the city in front is too small to stop the rebel army. Even if we send reinforcements, it will be in vain. As expected by the general, by the time our reinforcements have not left, The territory of Taiyuan and Fenzhou have been lost!" As he said this, he glanced sideways and pretended to look at Chang Yu casually, but saw him lowering his head and drinking soup, as if he hadn't heard. In fact, Chang Yu told him this, and he didn't believe it when they first met. , how could the rebel army be so fast, and how could Fenyang be captured so quickly.
But Chang Yu only said: "Pingyang Prefecture has surrendered. Does the Fenzhou defender want to resist? Even if he does, how long can he resist?" The reality is that no one wants to resist at all, not even the officials or the people.
"How do you know if you don't try? Is it possible that you can just watch them fall into the hands of thieves and refuse to save them?" Cai Maode was a little angry.
Chang Yu, who had been lowering his head to drink soup, looked up at him slightly and sighed in his heart. Historically, Cai Maode actively mobilized troops to resist, supporting this and that, and then retreated without success, and instead exhausted his troops.
"Of course not. What the general means is to reorganize Taiyuan's military affairs and make defense preparations on the one hand, and to mobilize troops and generals to set up a defense line in the south. But we will discuss in detail where to set it up later. At this time, we will talk about Taiyuan's defensive military affairs. "The final general has discussed with the factory supervisor to decide who will be responsible and who will be responsible for the implementation. After listening, you can make suggestions."
What does it mean to assign responsibilities to people and implement them at their posts? Someone asked.
"Taiyuan's eight gates are divided into separate defenses. Whoever guards the gate is responsible. For example, Niu Yong is responsible for guarding the south gate. He is not allowed to leave his post without authorization for twelve hours. He must bear any responsibility!" Zhou Yuji explained, and everyone whispered. Whispering and slightly nodding, it was regarded as recognition.
"One more thing is to rectify military affairs, armaments, and military resources. The factory inspector has been ordered to inspect. He has both the responsibility of inspection and the power of investigation. From now on, he will investigate the shortage of military personnel and pay in Taiyuan City!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly changed their expressions, especially the generals, some even showed fear!
People from Dongchang and Jin Yiwei came to investigate together. Something big was going to happen. How could we not be restless.
"But in order not to disturb the morale of the military, the factory supervisor ordered us to conduct self-inspection and internal investigation. We will only investigate the facts and not hold anyone accountable." Zhou Yuji glanced at the generals a few times and said with a hint of playfulness: "Forgive me for speaking frankly. If the investigation continues, not many of you will be clean, but for the sake of the overall situation, the factory supervisor will not take it seriously and let bygones be bygones. You should try your best to cooperate and find out the actual number of troops and military equipment in Taiyuan at this time."
So the generals breathed a sigh of relief, looked at each other a few times, and expressed their opinions to hand over the answer sheets as soon as possible...
Downstairs, Zhou Yuji is still discussing countermeasures with a group of civil servants and generals. It can be said that most of you here died in the battle in Taiyuan or would rather die than surrender. If Zhang Xiong hadn't opened the city gate... history would have been rewritten. .
Chang Yu was already on the second floor, no longer listening to the noise of Class 1. What he needed to say or what suggestions he could give were all told to Zhou Yuji on the way. At this time, he was just using his words for everyone to accept.
And he was looking out of nowhere, and behind him stood his two confidants Chunxiang and Jiang Quan.
"Brother, didn't you say that the rebel army has sent troops to the north? Why don't you see any refugees entering the city?" Looking at the few pedestrians under the city gate, Chunxiang was a little tempted.
"Silly, how do ordinary people know that the rebel army has moved north? They are still five or six hundred miles away," Jiang Quan said with his lips curled up.
Chang Yu smiled slightly: "I bet that even if the bandit army comes to the city, few people will take refuge in the city."
"Why?" Chunxiang and Jiang Quan looked puzzled. They didn't understand.
In fact, most people at this time don’t understand why the rebel army has been strangled for more than ten years but more and more people are killed. They don’t understand why many cities where the traitor army goes have surrendered without fighting and even where they passed, the people lined up to greet them. Applause!
Just because the rebel army has a good base among the people, or the publicity is too good, Li Yan's words: "Welcome to the King of Chuang but don't pay for food" immediately warmed the hearts of the people.
What is most important to the people is not who becomes the emperor, but how to feed a family and how to survive. But at this time, the imperial court's violent conquests and the rebel army's lack of food are in sharp contrast.
In addition, people have had a hatred of the rich since ancient times. They think that rich people are bad and that rich people are unkind because of their wealth. However, they have forgotten the saying that poverty is a tactic, wealth breeds conscience. In fact, rich people do more good deeds.
It's a pity that they can't see it, but it only magnifies some of the negative aspects of the rich. It's like seeing a sports car owner fighting with a tricycle owner. They don't care about the facts at all. They only think that the poor are being bullied. The poor are called pitiful when they are beaten, and the rich are beaten. Beating up is called relief.
The bandit army seized on this mentality of the common people, so they waved their flags and said, "Follow me," so that those who live well and drink well will no longer have to be angry with the rich, so they crowd in and support them.
Since ancient times, there have been many people who have done this, but only Li Zicheng was the first to reach the peak of his life and really sit on the throne. Although it was only a short time, hundreds of years later, I will copy his routine and divide the land among the rich... ...finally sit firmly in the world.
In fact, from the Ming Dynasty to the era of Chiang Kai-shek in the Republic of China, the insurrectionary armies were called thieves in history. After liberation, we changed the name to insurrectionary armies when we took over the world. Everyone knows the reason, but there is nothing to say about the winner and the loser. This is not a slander on me, just a matter of fact.
Of course, this matter cannot be entirely blamed on Li Zicheng's tricks. The imperial court also has general responsibilities. There are natural and man-made disasters, and there is constant corruption. In addition, the people are struggling to survive due to excessive taxation. So you don't treat me as a subject. Why should I regard you as the emperor? So Only then did Li Zicheng have fans blessing him wherever he went. Only in later generations in the late Qing Dynasty did ordinary people help the Eight-Power Allied Forces build ladders to attack the imperial city. Only then did the Anti-Japanese War period come, when people in the Central Plains helped the Japanese army transport supplies...
The situation was urgent, the meeting was tense and intense, and there was no unnecessary wrangling. After more than an hour, everyone had finalized the response strategy. The responsibilities of the eight city gates had been assigned, and all ministries were required to report the number of subordinates and armaments before noon tomorrow. The registered quantity was provided to Jin Yiwei for verification. At the same time, a large number of soldiers were sent out of the city at night to keep track of the movement of the bandits.
As for whether to support the small town in the south, after a battle, Cai Maode finally stopped insisting on traveling long distances to support Fenzhou. After all, when they arrived, the rebel army decisively defeated the city.
But the defense line must be established, and it cannot be allowed to travel arrogantly to Taiyuan.
Jiaocheng! Zhou Yuji proposed to establish a defense line in Jiaocheng for two reasons. After the first bandit army broke through Fenzhou, the closest way to Taiyuan was to go directly north via Wenshui to Jiaocheng and across Qingxu County to Taiyuan, so Jiaocheng was the only way to go.
Third, although Jiaocheng is small, it is located in a mountain range and has a water system. The terrain is conducive to ambush formations.
So after some discussion among everyone, the final decision was made.
After military affairs came government affairs. Zhou Yuji and other generals had no way to intervene in government affairs. They only suggested that civil servants headed by Cai Maode and others try to appease the people in the city and investigate the affairs of the traitors and spies. People's support was very important at this time.
After the agreement, when it was necessary to implement it immediately, everyone asked Chang Yu to say goodbye. Zhou Yuji went upstairs to take a look, only to see that Chang Yu was lying on the wooden board on the second floor and fell asleep.
Who would have thought that the dignified factory supervisor of the East Factory would lie down on the floor like this, so down-to-earth.
Feeling touched, Zhou Yuji wanted to wake Chang Yu up but was stopped by Chunxiang: "The factory supervisor told him not to wake him up until midnight."
Mao hour was five o'clock in the afternoon. Zhou Yuji looked up at the sky. The flying snow was still falling, but the sky was still bright. There was still some time before Mao hour, so he stopped waiting and went downstairs, letting everyone do their own thing. He also informed that he must report here in the evening. , the generals guarding each gate must stay in the city overnight and are not allowed to leave their posts without authorization.
Chang Yu didn't sleep until five o'clock. Zhou Yuji woke up not long after he walked away. Maybe there was something on his mind or it was really uncomfortable to sleep on the floor.
After asking about the time, he asked someone to go to the military camp to urge Wu Mengming, and he took a nap leaning against the brazier.
Not long after, Wu Mengming hurried over, accompanied by Cheng Ming and Tang Potian.
"The wind is blowing hard and the snow is getting heavy," Wu Mengming was worried.
Chang Yu chuckled: "The wind is high and the moon is dark, it's a good time to kill people, isn't it?" He waved his hand, walked out of the tower and went down to the city.
"But the snow leaves traces." Wu Mengming followed and laughed.
"The traces left are also the traces of thieves. What does it have to do with us?" Chang Yu smiled faintly, but Cheng Ming and Tang Potian were confused. They didn't understand what Chang Yu and Wu Mengming were talking about.
After getting off the top of the city, I glanced towards the city gate and saw more than a hundred cavalry, each with two horses, wearing helmets and armor, with swords and bows on their backs, standing quietly in the snow.
"To prevent unexpected events, I have arranged for Tang Potian to lead three hundred troops to guard the rear of the palace to respond," Wu Mengming whispered in Chang Yu's ear.
Chang Yu nodded slightly: "You are very attentive" and waved his hand: "Let's go"
"Mr. Factory Supervisor," just when Chang Yu got on his horse and was about to raise his whip, he was suddenly stopped by someone. After hearing the call, he went to see Zhou Yuji coming from a distance with several generals and attendants. It looked like he was I came here by chance while patrolling the city defense.
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