"Okay, get up, it's just a school martial arts performance, you can't see your full strength."
Chongzhen looked at Xie Zhiliang, who was kneeling on one knee to apologize, and said lightly.
"But a glimpse of one spot reveals the whole leopard. Taiyuan Town Sergeant lacks the courage to move forward.
What is missing is the fierce determination to win when faced with a narrow road, and even less the belief that one would rather die than lose everything.
But fortunately, military discipline, coordination, and military formations are still very familiar. I believe that after experiencing several baptisms of blood and war, there will be great changes. "
After Chongzhen finished speaking, he continued without waiting for Xie Zhiliang's response: "In the next period of time, I will let the two thousand white-poled soldiers of Marquis Zhongzhen cooperate with you.
If you practice martial arts more often, you should seize the opportunity! "
"I understand!"
Xie Zhiliang responded solemnly.
Everyone returned to the General Military Mansion again. In the lobby, Chongzhen sat on the front seat and looked at Xie Zhiliang: "Xie Aiqing, I heard from Marquis Zhongzhen that you have some ideas about the next military policy? Tell me!"
"Your Majesty, I hope that from now on, Taiyuan Town will only retain 35,000 people, and no more than 40,000 people. There are two reasons:
First, Taiyuan Town needs to defend both sides, the north and west sides, located inside the Great Wall of Datong and Xuanfu towns.
The main function is to prevent the enemy troops from advancing straight into the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty after the outer Great Wall defense line is breached. It is the second line of defense into the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty.
The enemy in the north can break through the interception of nearly 200,000 soldiers in the two towns of Datong and Xuanfu in the north. Even if there are 53,000 soldiers in Pianguan, it will not mean much.
Secondly, Pianguan faces the Yellow River to the west, so there are natural dangers that can be defended. Moreover, the surrounding areas of Pianguan are crisscrossed with ravines, making it impossible for horses and chariots to charge, and it is not suitable for troop formations, let alone large-scale operations.
In this case, there is no need to retain too many troops. Thirty-five thousand people are enough.
Soldiers are more important than their numbers. I will train these more than 30,000 people into an elite army that dares to fight and will win. It is better than 50,000 or 60,000 people who have insignificant combat power and poor coordination! "
As Xie Zhiliang spoke, he outlined the route of the situation between the enemy and ourselves on the map. After he finished speaking, the entire situation was quite clear.
Everyone in the lobby was lost in thought, pondering over the accuracy of Xie Zhiliang's strategic analysis.
Chongzhen said nothing. Although he felt that Xie Zhiliang's analysis was very reasonable, this kind of strategic defense was not something that a layman like him could get involved in.
It's okay to let him see the overall situation and strategy, but such detailed things should still be left to professionals.
"Go to the bloody nine-border defense line, wait until I push Jiannu flat and kill all the Mongolian tribes, do whatever you want!"
He vaguely remembered that after Jiannu entered the pass and unified the Mongolian tribes, the foreign enemies were no longer around, and the nine borders were also abolished one after another.
In particular, the guards and fortresses under the jurisdiction of Taiyuan Town were changed into counties, villages, etc.
Zhang Tingyu, a famous minister at that time, also wrote, "The Great Wall is thousands of miles empty, and heroes of all ages dream of it" to satirize the existence of the Great Wall.
In fact, he was a little confused. From the Chenghua period to the 20th year of Jiajing, more than a hundred years,
The Ming Dynasty spent countless manpower, material resources, and financial resources tinkering with the Nine Borders, but why couldn't they work harder on the army and system.
The Great Wall is just a fortification. It is never the fortification that determines whether it can resist the enemy, but the people or, more accurately, the troops stationed on the Great Wall.
With the strong integration characteristics of the Central Plains nation, foreign enemies have been pushed aside and tolerated. Aren't there just so many foreign enemies?
In the final analysis, it is all the disdain, arrogance, prejudice and hatred of the Central Plains Dynasty.
Of course, it may be that he thought too simply.
"Your Majesty, I also have some opinions!"
After a while, Qin Liangyu stood up: "Your Majesty, after I came to Pianguan, I inspected the entire Pianguan area. Pianguan governs the five roads of Jining, Jinan, Yanping, Ningwu and Kelan.
The Jining and Jinan roads are neither close to the border nor close to the enemy. They are just beacon towers for early warning.
Kelan Road focuses on guarding the border, while Ningwu, Yanmen, etc. focus on guarding the passes. Therefore, the focus of the partial passes is on Ningwu and Yanmen.
These two passes are both on the Inner Great Wall. Throughout the military history of the Ming Dynasty, there were very few major battles in the Pianguan area, and they were all concentrated at Ningwu and Yanmen passes. Therefore, I think what Mr. Xie said makes sense! "
"Your Majesty, if the enemy wants to attack Ningwu and Yanmen Pass, then Xuanfu and Datong will definitely be lost.
Between the inner and outer Great Wall is the hinterland of Shanxi, which has been plundered by foreign enemies. It is better to strengthen the troops of Xuanfu and Datong towns. "
"Your Majesty, among the nine towns, the other eight towns are all based on danger. Only Taiyuan Town is based on borders.
Today is different from the past. At that time, Taiyuan Town was built mainly to defend the Mongolian tribes in the west, but now the Mongolian tribes in the west have been defeated.
If the remaining forces want to attack Taiyuan Town, they must cross the Yellow River. The cavalry cannot pass through in large numbers.
If it's just infantry, it's really not as good as General Xie said, training an elite division that dares to fight and will win! "
"I have a different opinion. Even if it is as everyone said, the defense against external enemies is ineffective, but what about the inside?"
Suddenly an objectionable voice interrupted everyone's debate.
Everyone looked around and saw that the person who spoke out was Jiang Yun, the deputy commander-in-chief of Taiyuan Town.
"Jiang Yun, you are so presumptuous!"
"What's so presumptuous? To be honest, I'm not afraid of ten thousand, I'm just afraid of what might happen. What if someone inside rebels?
For example, last year's civil uprising in Baishui, Shaanxi Province, what if they attack the capital on a large scale?
Why did Chengzu build the Inner Great Wall? Isn't it just to protect the city of Beijing? "
"General Jiang, what you said is wrong. Your Majesty's Xi'an and Fengxiang Prefectures have returned the land to the people. In the future, it will be gradually extended to Shanxi.
There is a lot of cultivated land confiscated by the Shanxi Jin Palace and the eight major locust merchants, and Shanxi may be next.
Once it is promoted nationwide and people have land to grow and food to eat, who will have nothing to do to rebel? "
"Haha... If according to what you say, His Majesty will overthrow the Mongolian tribes outside the Nine Borders, then the Nine Borders will no longer exist. How are we still arguing about how to build the Nine Borders?"
"Yes, that's the truth, and I have reason to believe that Your Majesty will definitely do it!"
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"Your Majesty, please judge!"
After everyone quarreled for a while, they went off topic. Commander Xie Zhiliang couldn't stand it anymore and saluted Chongzhen. Chongzhen was also speechless.
He was asking about the future development of Taiyuan Town. Why did it come to this?
Holy shit, can he decide this with just one sentence?
"Everyone..."
"Your Majesty, Beijing is six hundred miles away urgently!"
When Chongzhen was about to speak, a hurried voice interrupted him, and a postman carrying a package staggered into the lobby.
When everyone heard that it was an urgent matter related to the country's six hundred miles, they all stood up.
Beijing 600 miles expedited, what happened, would such a message be conveyed!
Cao Bianjiao strode forward, unwrapped the package behind the postman, and checked the seal and special markings of the lacquer box.
He looked at everyone in the lobby with a murderous look on his face: "Exit the lobby without permission. Anyone who enters without permission will be killed!"
