"Dungeon warfare cannot be forced, and rigid dogma must be avoided. The emphasis is on learning and applying it, especially drawing inferences from one example. You can dig underground caves suitable for the village min to hide and counterattack according to local characteristics. Whether it is a mechanism or an inner room, all It can be set up flexibly to catch the enemy unawares. As long as you can save yourself and kill the enemies who enter the cave, it is a good cave. If it is possible to connect villages in the future and achieve network coverage in the Jifu area, even if the chieftain sends hundreds or thousands of people down Attacking the hole will be helpless and will cause heavy casualties."
This year's focus is on encircling and suppressing the rogue bandits. Assuming that the war goes well and Da Zongzi and others can be severely damaged, it is impossible for all the 150,000 troops fighting in the south to be transferred back. Therefore, there is currently a serious shortage of troops in the north, and passive defense is still needed in various places.
After squeezing out the water of empty pay, the total strength of Jizhen, Xuanda and Jifu, as well as the 30,000 Donggong Guards organized and trained, is only 150,000. Liaoxi comes to help with 20,000, and the total is only 170,000. It can only be equal to the size of Huang Taiji's department.
Under the premise that Braid has advantages in experience, cavalry, and individual combat effectiveness, the Ming army only has equipment and terrain advantages. It is far from enough to win. Even if it can win a city defense battle, it will be extremely laborious.
Unsurprisingly, with the exception of Jingcheng, Tianjin, Baoding and other places where serious illnesses have accumulated, other counties will still be attacked by pigtails, and the resulting losses to people and property are inevitable.
The earliest hope for a turnaround is next year. This year, Zha Ming's main posture is to protect his face and crotch, and then he can enjoy the rhythmic "slap"...
"This fighting method is simple, exquisite, and unpredictable. It can dampen the spirit of Donglu and make it difficult for him to move forward. It is indeed the work of Master Liu from the immortal world!"
Zhang Xin, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, felt that the chief assistant would take the lead in welcoming the guests, and everyone would follow up one by one. He should also show his performance. Otherwise, if he misses this opportunity, the prince will ignore the subsequent remarks.
Although this is a matter for the Ministry of War, when it comes to large-scale digging of holes, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a civil engineering project. The Ministry of Works has a large number of relevant professionals, and it seems that it is more suitable to take charge of this important task than the Ministry of War.
Yaoji instinctively chose to ignore this guy's flattery and patiently told his "little capable man": "Yan Aiqing, after taking office as the governor of Jizhen, he has three primary tasks. First, inspect the number of personnel in each department and strictly check whether they are empty. Rating behavior. Second, the urban defenses within the jurisdiction must be comprehensively reinforced, especially key hubs, which must be paid special attention to. Third, all townships and villages must be called upon to dig holes, and several supervision groups must be organized to conduct on-site inspections. I give you the Shangfang Sword. Except for the commander-in-chief and deputy generals, if there is any situation such as enriching personal pockets, bullying subordinates and concealing superiors, or violating the law, they can be executed first and then reported. If the commander-in-chief and deputy generals are involved in the case, they can be directly taken to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for trial. Before the autumn harvest, each township and village must dig at least one layer of underground holes to hide the local people. Each village has a village chief, and each township has a township chief and a town chief. If the work cannot be completed on time, their responsibilities will be investigated. During the war, if someone leads the Donglu to go down to the cave to arrest people, or provides the cave drawings, they will be severely punished for treason after the war."
Braids usually choose to enter the customs after the autumn harvest. At this time, the temperature drops, which is suitable for wearing cloth armor for combat. Secondly, the farmers in the pass have finished harvesting their crops, so they can just eat them when they come.
So before that, you must dig the hole well. No matter whether it is people or food, pigtails can't get it easily. It's not impossible to get it if you want. Please dig the hole quickly, everything can be discussed easily...
Yan Yingyuan was just a clerk at this time, and he was already very excited to be chosen by the prince to assume the important role of protecting the family and the country. When he heard about the many things that happened after taking office, he felt overwhelmed. After thinking for a while, he boldly asked: "Your Highness, minister There is something I don’t know whether to talk about or not!”
"But it doesn't matter!"
After receiving permission, Yan Yingyuan said what he was thinking of: "Your Highness, it is the busy farming season. If farmers are not able to become Liu Min, they are still working in the fields. At this time, they are asked to dig caves..."
For farmers, the labor force at home is limited, and the working time is also limited. It is emotionally unacceptable for them to want the people to give up the farm work at hand and dig holes.
The purpose of planting crops is to obtain food, but digging holes in the ground does not yield food. The degree of overcooking is light and undercooked. Even people who have never studied for a day can easily tell the difference.
For farmers, if they don't even get food during the autumn harvest, they will starve to death sooner or later, and they can only hide in holes and starve. What's the benefit?
Yao Ji felt that what Lao Yan said was indeed the actual situation, so he added: "What Yan Aiqing said is reasonable. You can pass on the order. If there are young and strong people in the family, they can ask the female relatives to dig a hole. If you dig one step a day, you can dig out a hole in a hundred days." A hundred steps away. If there are no young people at home, the village chief can ask the neighbors to help him dig a hole. But everything is simple. He only needs to open the hole with the neighbor so that he can hide. Taking the counties under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture as an example, each The county magistrate, county magistrate, and chief registrar are responsible for inspecting the digging situation within the territory. Anyone who neglects their duties must report it immediately. The first village in each county to complete a layer of digging will be rewarded with one thousand taels of silver, and the second place will be rewarded with 800 taels. , the third place will be rewarded with six hundred taels of silver, the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh place will be rewarded with four hundred, three hundred, two hundred and one hundred taels of silver respectively. During this period, any officials who are corrupt and pervert the law will be beheaded without mercy. "
Let everyone dig holes during the busy farming season. After all, this requires money to stimulate.
In the Ming Dynasty, Shuntian Prefecture only governed Wanping and Daxing counties. Each county spent 3,400 taels of silver to double the entire prefecture.
The imperial court now has some capital. Since there are not many counties in Beizhili, it can be implemented throughout the entire area.
It's not enough for Yan Yingyuan to run up and down and work alone. Even if he is a local aborigine, many people will not buy it. He must find a capable helper for him: "Ai Qing can talk to Shuntian Prefecture Yin about this matter." Hou Tong has discussed and acted, and I will also publish relevant decrees in the "Jingshi Daily"."
Hou Tong was still busy with epidemic prevention, especially since the public toilets in the capital were completed one after another, and the people had a place to go to the toilet. The next step was to control the sanitation near the city wall.
The importance of digging holes is self-evident. As long as it comes from the prince, it must be done on the same level as epidemic prevention. The officials of Shuntian Mansion must work hard to do it.
As a prefecture under the emperor's feet, any bad things will be caught up immediately, and the same is true for good things. For example, if the court raises their salary, they will be able to drink soup by the way.
The monthly salary has more than doubled, but the payment is still in cash. If the prince's order is ignored, a certain prince will ask the factory guard to send the whole family of the relevant personnel to the mountain to mine.
Hearing that they can receive sufficient cash, officials are generally more motivated to do errands at the end of the month. No one wants to be investigated and punished before receiving their salary at the beginning of the month.
Although after the prince took over the country, he could no longer live and die as before, but each government office under the imperial court had corresponding rules and regulations. As long as he did not go too far, there would be no danger.
After receiving the money, everyone has benefited. If someone is short-tongued, they will be embarrassed to say anything bad about the prince. Moreover, if the factory guard spies lurking around get wind of it, the whole family will be in disaster.
The prince assigned them the task of inspecting the digging of holes in various places, and they had to obey the order, as long as they were not asked to dig the holes themselves.
With the help of Yin Houdong of Shuntian Prefecture, it will naturally be much easier to promote underground caves. Yan Yingyuan hurriedly saluted and thanked: "Thank you very much, Your Highness, for your guidance. I will do my best to complete this matter!"
In fact, the three things the prince told him were not easy to handle. The generals were unruly, and thousands of taels of silver were involved every month, so they would not easily allow him to go and count the men and horses under his command.
City defense involves the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War. The period from inspection to construction will last several months. After completion, you must personally inspect it. If there is any behavior of cutting corners, you have to report it, which is really not easy.
This promotion tunnel is even more troublesome. The entire Shuntian Mansion is covered. Without Hou Tongzeng's help, relying on your own strength alone will not help even if you wear your tongue.
Yao Ji would not let Lao Yan have to demonstrate everything personally, which would not only be ineffective, but would also run into obstacles: "As for the inventory of troops and horses, I will ask officials from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs to accompany Ai Qing. They Enough experience has been accumulated. Aiqing will take the lead in strengthening city defense, and the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of War will be responsible for specific matters. Excavation of underground caves will be led by Aiqing, assisted by Yin Houdong of Shuntian Prefecture. The inventory of troops and horses must be carried out at the end of this month It has been completed before, and the reinforcement of city defenses and digging of underground caves only need to be completed before the autumn harvest.”
With mortars to assist in the battle and Yang Wenyue's secret techniques for breaking the city, a certain prince believed that the new Governor of Xuanda would soon report Xuanda's military strength to him after he shot Wang Pu to death. Even if there is a difference from the actual number of people, it will not be too different.
Jizhen will have to rely on Wang Jiayan and Yan Yingyuan. If some generals start playing Tai Chi after hearing the news, then all their troops will be transferred outside the capital to wait for inspection. If they don't obey, they will be the second Wang Pu.
Yaoji raises the salaries of the soldiers because they want to find out how many soldiers and horses are available in Xuanda and Jizhen. They can't just muddleheadedly ask the Ministry of Household Affairs to allocate hundreds of thousands of taels every month like they did when the scapegoat was in power. silver.
How many soldiers and horses are left in western Liaoning will be revealed after Lao Wang takes office.
However, many of these gadgets in the Liaoxi Corridor have become pig teammates.
Not to mention that among the various ministries, even within a group, there are personal soldiers and miscellaneous soldiers.
Yaoji can't expect that after Lao Wang takes office, he can give all the tribes in western Liaoning a new look. He can just continue to stay in the corner and not be overturned by braids.
This requirement shouldn't be too high. Lao Wangtou can definitely do it if his physical condition allows it.
"Do you have any objections, my dear friends? If there are no objections, today's court meeting will be over. After dinner here, you can go back to your respective yamen to work in the afternoon. By the way, don't forget to collect your monthly salary!"
The payday meeting is so smooth. In order to get the money as soon as possible, some people have to hold back even if they want to.
Enable Wang Zaijin, promote Yan Yingyuan, promote digging holes...
If this matter were brought up on another day, the courtiers would be in a quarrel.
All the ministers were very cooperative and kept silent. Anyone who continued to speak like no one else at this juncture would be hated to death by everyone.
Li Shiwen, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, heard that the prince had offered incentives for digging holes. He wanted to object, but he thought that he couldn't spend ten or two thousand silver, so he gave up.
Taicang has gained a lot, and there is no point in having a quarrel with the prince over eighteen thousand taels of silver. Moreover, the prince has already spoken, and all the property confiscated from Shanxi merchants, whether it is cash or land, will be transferred to Taicang.
In this way, after all the property was discounted, the annual income of the Ministry of Household Affairs would definitely exceed 20 million taels of silver, so Li Shiwen chose to settle the matter and not get entangled in such trivial matters.
The prince appointed Wang Zaijin, a veteran of the Tianqi Dynasty, and promoted Yan Yingyuan, an unqualified official. Li Shiwen didn't care at all and pretended not to hear. As long as he didn't throw away the large amounts of money in Taicang.
Xue Guoguan instinctively glanced at his pig teammate. It was okay to be stupid in the card game. If he put the cart before the horse again at the court meeting, he would really find an opportunity to talk to him.
After the court meeting today, there will be another court day tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow can work in the Yamen according to the prince's regulations. For the ministers and ministers of various ministries, it is equivalent to a state of half-rest, and then they can go home and rest for the whole day.
Someone has analyzed the secrets of the work and rest schedule. This is completely based on the Western calendar, but it also facilitates the daily life of the Western magicians in the court. It is naturally much better than working every day before, so no one will object.
The beautiful biological mother never said a word from beginning to end, and she couldn't get involved in these important matters, and opening her mouth might arouse dissatisfaction or even criticism from the courtiers. Now that the eldest son can already control the government, she is also happy to have a leisurely life. Listening to politics.
Although her pretty face still looked peaceful, Yao Ji had long known that her beautiful mother's thoughts were on the Great Wall, and the first thing she did after going to court was to learn about the battle situation.
According to Su Yan, a female official who has been watching the game these days, the person who won the most cards was actually Concubine Yuan Guifei, which surprised a certain prince. He did not expect that this aunt was extremely talented in coding the Great Wall. Even the clever Concubine Tian They all gave her a "papa".
Now that four-player mahjong has become six-player mahjong, it is not that easy to stand out.
The concubines play cards, firstly, to kill time, and secondly, to build good relationships.
It doesn't really matter who wins or loses, as long as the queen doesn't run out of cards.
Yaoji had looked at the clock before, and it was already past ten-thirty, so he didn't talk about anything else. It would be better to get off work early.
If there are still people who take the initiative to make themselves uncomfortable during the court meeting this month, then I will save a lot of troubles until the court meeting on payday, which happens to be Friday, making you all unhappy!
Taking advantage of the fact that there was still some time before lunch, Yao Ji specially summoned Yan Yingyuan and Hou Tongzeng to personally give the former some advice, so that he could feel completely at ease. As for the latter, he also wanted to learn about the situation in the capital from him. Epidemic prevention situation.
"Yan Aiqing, underground fighting is the foundation of Bao Min. There is another tactic that is even more powerful than underground fighting."
As long as they are used properly, even if the braids sneak into the village under the cover of night, they will not be left unscathed.
Burrow fighting can only be regarded as passive defense. If you want to be more proactive, you have to add another tactic and combine it with it.
