Ming Huiguang was moved by their words and couldn't help but asked excitedly: "I wonder if you have decided on a strategy?"
"I have the strategy a long time ago," Ye Yongjia said while asking the secretary to call Dong Sheng. "After that great victory, I strongly advised Niu Yuanguang to set up a gun factory and make his own firearms, but it just failed to happen. Now. It is not outdated, but it is too radical and will cause a lot of trouble. Regardless of the issue of household expenses, the group of businessmen will also be afraid of blocking their financial path, so they start a riot. The most pragmatic method at present , it is better to select some instructors from the new army to train the various line soldiers and enhance the strength of the army."
As he was talking, he heard three sounds on the door. Everyone turned around and saw Dong Sheng holding a scroll under his arm. He opened the door with the other hand and walked in sideways: "Quick, move a bigger one." table, otherwise this thing won’t fit!”
Although Ye Yongjia and others didn't know what they meant, they still hurriedly moved the table near the window sill. Dong Sheng put the scroll on the table and spread it out lengthwise. A huge border map appeared in front of them. All roads and passes were prepared, and all the mountains and rivers were clearly outlined. It could not be more detailed.
"Good guy," Cai Xianqing couldn't help but exclaim, "Cong Ming, how the hell did you get this thing?"
"There is no such detailed map in the Ministry of War!" Minghui looked over it several times and was overjoyed.
"Old things, old things," Dong Sheng smiled faintly, "This was a gift from a friend who was in the same department in the past. It is difficult to tell the origin. After all, this is something that is strictly prohibited by the people, so I risked my life to preserve it. Who would have thought that it would be used today by force? Land, come here as a donation."
"If Cong Ming is willing to bring it, he must have his own mind. I want to hear your opinion first." Ye Yongjia calmly looked at the map and said.
"As ordered." Dong Sheng bowed his hand to him, then walked to the map and pointed at the rugged terrain, "If we want to recover the lost territory and permanently eliminate the risk of Japanese invasion, just strengthening the armaments will not be enough. According to this humble duty, See, the two lines of defense on the east and west should be connected in sound and air, the road should be unobstructed, defend in one place and rescue in many places, fight in one place and support in many places, only then can the enemy's efforts be in vain."
"Today's border city walls look vast, but there are not many fortresses built in them. It is difficult to communicate with each place and the movement is slow. This will inevitably lead to rigid command and the inability to display flexible tactics. It is better to choose dangerous places, such as Mashan and Qianfu Mountain. We can build cities and fortresses everywhere and station troops there. Then we can dig roads in front of and behind the mountains to transport food and wages. In this way, why worry about the lack of border defense? By then, we will have one fort within five miles and one fort within ten miles. Then we can sit back and relax.”
After hearing this, Ye Yongjia was very impressed by the grandeur of the plan. He nodded frequently and said: "It is really rare for someone to be able to focus on the overall situation and arrange the defense line so carefully. It's just that this project is too big, and it will take three to five years of painstaking planning to be effective. It cannot be completed in a hurry, and time waits for no one. If it is only implemented along the Xuanhua road, I think it can still be successful."
Dong Sheng hesitated for a moment, then slowly put his hand down on the table, seeming to be disappointed: "I'm humble... I understand Mr. Ye's difficulties, and I'll just listen to your arrangements. I just don't know when this New Deal matter will be reported to the court. ?”
Ye Yongjia pondered for a long time, then turned to look at Cai Xianqing.
"Does this need to be said? We should report it immediately before King Yi comes!" Cai Xianqing slapped his thigh and looked at the three people around him seriously, "If he enters the court and fights with the prince, we will take advantage of the situation to make further remarks, Your Majesty. They will suspect that we are secretly communicating with the feudal lord! If we submit a letter now, we may face criticism from the whole court, but as the saying goes, we must risk our lives to survive. This danger must be overcome!"
After everyone listened, everyone was full of thoughts. Ye Yongjia loudly called for people to get paper, grind the ink, and without saying a word, he lowered his head and wrote hard.
After he stopped writing, he considered the words again, and after seeing that there was no flaw, he folded it up and handed it to Dong Sheng with peace of mind: "Take this memorial and give it to Zhongshu Province with Mr. Ming."
Dong Sheng said yes, holding the document, and then turned around and left with Ming Huiguang.
Ye Yongjia felt that nothing had happened and yawned. He was taking off half of his official uniform when he heard the door creak again. He saw that Dong Sheng was still holding the memorial, but his expression was far less excited than before. Instead, he was extremely excited. He was depressed, and his eyebrows were as tight as a rope.
"What's wrong with you?" Ye Yongjia raised his eyelids slightly, but his heart was already beating suddenly.
"I have something to tell Mr. Ye from my humble position..." Dong Sheng took a step closer, "Du and Mr. Du Qing, who was guarding the border,... fell ill and died last night."
"oh……"
Ye Yongjia's eyes suddenly darkened, and the official uniform in his hand fell from his lap to the ground.
"What's going on?" Cai Xianqing asked impatiently with his eyes widened.
Dong Sheng quickly replied: "According to the news, he worked too hard in recent months and suddenly fell unconscious while reading at night. He died suddenly at the age of fifty. The imperial court had just posthumously granted Wude the posthumous title, and Notified his family."
"Although I have never met him," Dong Sheng continued, "I have learned about him from the mouths of these two adults... His death now is really a great misfortune for us!"
Cai Xianqing let out a long sigh and burst into tears: "This man is an unparalleled hero. Just because he has the same ambition, he has been with us through life and death, striving for the New Deal! He passed away before we could achieve anything with him. I'm afraid it will be difficult to find such a close friend again in the future." Got it!"
There was not a single tear on Ye Yongjia's face. He was silent and stared at the ground quietly.
"Ye, Lord Ye...?" Dong Sheng didn't dare to move, so he asked him cautiously.
"It's okay, it's okay... Just take the memorial and leave." Ye Yongjia suppressed his trembling voice and waved his hand.
Wan Yuzhi walked very fast. He galloped on his horse and arrived at King Yi's fiefdom one day. He relayed the news to King Yi through Liu Shuzhai's mouth. King Yi was overjoyed, but his face was calm. He did not stop the hunting scheduled for today, but still prepared his bow and left the city.
The guards of the palace had long been accustomed to it, but what was new to them was that the prince regarded this hunting trip as very important and actually asked them all to go out. He also prepared flags and drums that had not been used for a long time, and brought with him the hunting equipment that had been placed there for a long time. The dead tigers were like plundering, and the soldiers almost swept away the palace.
A huge team was assembled in the city. Naturally, the people were stunned by this formation, and they poured into the streets to see the appearance.
Just as the soldiers were about to draw their swords and drive them away, they suddenly heard King Yi shouting loudly: "My fellow citizens! I am preparing to go to Beijing to meet the emperor. You must spread the news throughout the world so that the emperor will know about it as soon as possible!"
