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Genyue is not a mountain, but consists of three mountains and one pool. The three mountains are the three artificially accumulated earth mountains: Wansui Mountain, Wansongling and Shoushan. Three mountains form a circle, with an artificial lake in the middle called Yanchi.
The three mountains and one pond together cover an area of 750 acres, with a circumference of more than six miles. If three mountains and one pool are regarded as a city, it is not really very small. The highest point of the Three Mountains and One Pool is the main peak of Long live Mountain, which is 90 steps high, which is more than 140 meters!
At this height, the Yellow River water cannot reach it! It was also impossible to reach the cannon placed at the foot of the mountain - the cannon could not hit high, and it could hold up to twenty or thirty meters.
Therefore, from a military point of view, Gen Yue, a major project that cost people and money, is a man-made dangerous location and can be used as the core of Kaifeng Castle.
Zongze and Zhao Shuxiang, who previously occupied Kaifeng Mansion, had the same plan, so the reconstruction project of Genyue started in June last year and has not been completely completed yet.
Although the project was not over yet, Zhao Kai, who stood in the pavilion on the highest peak of Gen Mountain and overlooked the whole of Gen Mountain, still felt a special sense of peace of mind.
After several months of non-stop construction, the three mountains have been connected into one body - said to be three mountains and one pond, but in fact there are six small hills of different sizes between the three mountains. Now three "big mountains" and six "small mountains" have been built together with earth and rocks more than seven feet high. Even the water inlet and outlet of Yanchi have been blocked, and the water in Yanchi has also been drained.
In this way, even if the gold thieves really dig the Yellow River dam, Genyue can rest easy - the lowest place in the Genyue circle is more than eight feet long, equivalent to twenty meters, which is higher than the city wall of Kaifeng Mansion. It's several meters high. The water in the Yellow River shouldn't be that high.
There are still three to four hundred acres of open space within the three mountains (or nine mountains) of Genyue, so it is not a problem to squeeze in tens of thousands of people.
In the outer circle of the three mountains of Genyue, there is a city wall built on the mountain. The lower layer of the city wall is made of stones - all of them are "strange stones" that Zhao Ji spent a lot of money to transport from the south of the Yangtze River during his lifetime. They are all thorny and horny. The upper level was made of rammed earth bricks which were rarely seen in the Song Dynasty. The height of this city wall also reached more than five feet, and it was named Taicheng by Zongze.
There is no city gate in Taicheng. Instead, there are seven or eight steps built, all the way down from the Genyue hillside, through Taicheng to the ground. Outside the city wall of Taicheng, there is a circle of sheep and horses wall being constructed, and outside the sheep and horse wall, there is another circle of trenches. This circle of trenches is not continuous, but one section after another. There are more than a dozen places in the middle that have not been dug through, thus forming passages that can be entered and exited... The outer trenches in the outer circle of the inner city of Kaifeng Mansion, and the inner trenches in the inner circle are also Channels are also left open.
Just looking at these few rounds of trenches and sheep and horse walls, Zhao Kai knew that he had indeed chosen the wrong person - what a wise eye for talent!
Although this Zongze has always been a civil servant, he has never been on the battlefield, and he has never even been to the frontline areas of Hedong and Shaanxi to serve as an official. But they just know how to build a city, how to deploy defenses, and how to protect the city of Kaifeng for the Song Dynasty!
"Okay! Okay! Okay! I really read it right, Zong Qing... you are indeed the city of my Song Dynasty!"
After getting off the Jie Pavilion and returning to the foot of Long Live Mountain, next to Yanchi (now Yankeng), in the Jiangxiao Tower (Zhao Kai's residence in Kaifeng Prefecture), which is more than six feet high, Zhao Kai pulled Zongze's His hands started to praise.
"With Qing Zong guarding Kaifeng Mansion, I can rest easy... I will also let the candidates who come to Kaifeng Mansion to participate in the examination take a good look at this copper-walled Kaifeng Mansion, and let them learn from it! In troubled times, , as a royal minister, you have the responsibility to defend the land! Even if you can't charge into battle, you still have to master the skills of building cities and fortifications, right?"
When Mr. Zong Zezong heard this, he blushed a little. In fact, the reconstruction plan of Kaifeng Mansion was not his handiwork, but the hand of Chen Gui, the magistrate of Anlu County who dared to go north to King Qin with hundreds of volunteers.
Because this Chen Gui was a junior official with no background (Jinshi), and he was led by local soldiers from Anlu, he looked rustic and did not look like he could fight well. Moreover, Chen Gui's own official luck was not good. He was still a county magistrate for a long time, so he was not invited to see him when he was in the Zhongmu camp. Master Zhong did not take him with them when they went to Beijing to meet the saint, but asked him to stay in Zhongmou to guard the granary. Unexpectedly, he was a blessing in disguise and escaped the disaster.
After that, he originally wanted to return to Anlu and continue to be the county magistrate, but there was still a lot of food and grass in Zhongmucang, and he didn't know who to give it to? In addition, the county magistrate of Zhongmu County was missing, so Chen Gu had to transfer his own job and became the magistrate of Zhongmu County... This county magistrate remained until Zongze left the town of Kaifeng Prefecture, and then took orders. He led the people from Zhongmu County into Kaifeng City with grain and grass in tow.
After entering the city, he was sent by Zongze to dismantle the Fengfu Yamen... The place where Bao Longtu and Bao Heizi sat, has been demolished now!
Because he did a good job in demolishing the Fengfu Yamen, Chen Gui fell into the eyes of the clan thieves and became the general magistrate of Kaifeng Mansion. After becoming the general judge, Chen Gui wrote a booklet on the city-building methods he had learned from studying the art of war in his youth (having delayed the imperial examination) and dedicated it to Zongze.
Zongze saw that it was good, so he simply handed over the Kaifeng Mansion reconstruction project to him.
After sending Zong Ze away, Zhao Kai was in a good mood and didn't plan to deal with any more military and government affairs. He just thought of asking Ren Baolian to come over and compete with him in martial arts... It was just a competition, nothing else.
Just when he was about to tell his left and right to call for someone, someone suddenly came to report that it was Tong Guan and Zhao Liangsi who wanted to see him.
It's getting late now, it's getting dark outside, what are these two people doing here?
Zhao Kai suddenly had some dark clouds in his heart.
"Xuan!" Thinking of this, Zhao Kai asked people to lead Tong Guan and Zhao Liangsi to Jiangxiao Tower.
"Sir Tong, you came to Genyue so late. What happened?"
Seeing Tong Guan going upstairs worriedly, Zhao Kai couldn't help but ask questions first.
"Officials," Tong Guan saluted and called Zhao Liangsi forward, "It's not that I have something urgent to report, but Zhao Liangsi saw something unusual when he escaped from Yingtian Mansion."
"Escape?" Zhao Kai looked at Zhao Liangsi. Although he had lost some weight, he was old after all, and he didn't look like he was very capable of escaping.
"Guan family," Zhao Liangsi seemed to have noticed Zhao Kai's thoughts, so he explained, "I can't be considered an escapee. In fact, the golden thief let me go to Jinling, but I knew that my destiny was in the west, so I found a Get away when you have the chance and head west to Kaifeng Mansion."
You are smart!
Zhao Kai thought to himself: Zhao Huan went on a killing spree a while ago and killed many ministers... You are Tongguan's people, so naturally you are mine. If you really go to Jinling, you will definitely not survive.
Zhao Liangsi went on to say: "Before I left Yingtian Mansion, I found that a large amount of rice had arrived from the southeast... There were grain ships on the canal, and they were discharged end to end for dozens of miles. Only Two to three million stones of rice have been shipped!"
"What?" The smile on Zhao Kai's face suddenly froze, and then turned livid, "Zhao Huan... you bastard! How dare you slander your enemy!"
The problem is serious and Zhao Kai is very angry!
Although Zhao Kai established the military system, he also began to promote military merit. But his military strength is still insufficient... The Jurchens and Bohai people have all been soldiers for a long time, and the military population is no less than Zhao Kai's military household. Moreover, the Jurchen warriors have been fighting for many years and are strong men who can build an empire with one sword and one shot. Zhao Kai's soldiers cannot compare with them.
Therefore, Zhao Kai's plan was actually to hold the line between Kaifeng Mansion and Guangwu Mountain, and then attract gold thieves to consume him. This was Liu Bang's strategy to deal with Xiang Yu.
Although most of Hebei and Jingdong occupied by the gold thieves produced grain, the gold thieves were after all "occupying troops." After Zhao Kai recaptured Kaifeng Mansion, he had a righteous status and could call on the heroes of Hebei and Jingdong to fight against the gold. As long as the Jin Thief's rear is in chaos and he is unable to seize the front line of Kaifeng Mansion and Guangwu Mountain, he will have no choice but to give up victory.
But Zhao Kai never expected that Zhao Huan would actually deliver a large amount of food and grass to the gold thieves. This was blatant betrayal of the country and surrender to the enemy!
Of course, Zhao Kai also received 3 million stone grains - Zhao Shuxiang, the king of Xiangyang, had already reported this matter. The 3 million stone grain grains had arrived in Xiangzhou before the end of December last year.
Before leaving Chang'an, Zhao Kai ordered Zhao Shuxiang to transport the grain and water to Nanyang County in Dengzhou. At the same time, Qu Duan was sent to lead more than 10,000 Jingyuan troops to leave Wuguan after the New Year's Day, stationed in Dengzhou, and took over the duties of informing Dengzhou of affairs, controlling troops and horses, and camp envoys, and was responsible for transporting Dengzhou's military supplies to the Guangwu Mountain camp. .
According to estimates, as long as 2 million shi (loss during transportation) of rice and grain can be transported to Guangwu Mountain, it will be enough for Zhao Kai's army to support Guangwu Mountain and Kaifeng Prefecture for more than a year... They will all be exhausted no matter what. Gold thief!
But now the bastard Zhao Huan actually gave 3 million stones to the gold thief... What did he mean?
If he wants to let the golden thief spend endless time with him, can he become the emperor of peace in Jinling City?
The more Zhao Kai thought about it, the angrier he became. He was so angry that he suddenly thought of a very serious problem - his intelligence work seemed to be a bit poor!
Zhao Huan's collusion with the gold thief was such a big deal, but he didn't even know about it for so long! It seems that the people in the Secret Service of the Privy Council are not very good at it... Someone needs to catch this thing!
In addition, it’s time to make use of Yaoshi Guo’s thread!
Thinking of this, Zhao Kai's face suddenly softened, and he smiled and said to Zhao Liangsi: "Zhao Qing, you are very familiar with the situation in the Jin Dynasty, and you also know the customs of Yanyun Land, right?"
Zhao Liangsi nodded and looked at this very unusual Song Dynasty official in front of him.
"Okay!" Zhao Kai smiled, "Then I would like to invite you to Yanshan Mansion to meet an old acquaintance!"
"Old acquaintance?" Zhao Liangsi was stunned, "Who is it?"
Zhao Kai said: "The gold thief's Nanjing left-behind pharmacist Guo!"
Zhao Liangsi was startled by Zhao Kai's suggestion, "Guan family, this Guo Yaoshi is cunning, insidious, and capricious... The current situation is quite unfavorable to our Song Dynasty, I'm afraid he will not be used by the court. ah!"
Zhao Kai smiled and said: "This matter is not up to him... There is someone coming, Xuantiannu, come here!"
