Live in the world of film and television

Chapter 1289 Build Another Great Wall
"Yes, people are confused!" Zhang Wuji answered.

The metropolitan city is high and deep, with plenty of food. It should be able to hold on for a long time, but everyone in this city has a different mind. The scholars they met, the girls in the brothel and Chuguan, the traders, the Chaotang Gun Lord Dagon, the people of the world, the soldiers outside the city and the rebels farther away, all of these are what the hearts of the people want, and they cannot be resisted at all.

Wu'an City.

Seeing the letter, the corners of Zeng Yunfeng's mouth twitched slightly, he folded the letter and said, "Let's tidy up. Get ready to go."

"Where are you going?" Zhu'er was a little confused.

Zeng Yunfeng smiled, "The war under heaven has caused the common people to suffer a lot. Most of the big families in the north must have ruined their families because of the court. Now that there is such a big mess, of course we have to clean up the mess."

"How do we get to Dadu? Follow the army and fight there!"

"You don't need to follow the army. Let's follow the Dengzhou navy and go straight to the Bohai Bay. I want to get to the city of Dadu as soon as possible. Sometimes, a commander's banner is far more useful than all kinds of troops." Zeng Yunfeng smiled as he said. Laughing and leaving the camp, Zhu'er followed behind. A group of people set out from Wu'an City and sailed downstream to the sea.Then turn north.

The sea breeze blew on Zeng Yunfeng who was standing on the bow of the boat, causing his clothes to tremble like water waves. Suddenly, he stretched out his hands, put a cloak on Zeng Yunfeng's shoulders, tied the cloak, and said: "Sea It's windy, why don't you go to the cabin to rest."

Looking at the waves on the sea, Zeng Yunfeng didn't feel the slightest wave in his heart, "You said that if we really own this world, how should we govern it?"

Hearing this, Zhu'er froze for a moment, it seemed to be explaining something, but it also seemed to be a test for her.

"Should be cultivated!"

After hearing this, Zeng Yunfeng turned his head to look at Spider and said, "It's a good way to recuperate. But we don't have so many princesses who marry into the grassland!"

After Zeng Yunfeng finished speaking, he glanced at Zhu'er again, but Zhu'er stared back angrily, what kind of princess married to the grassland, does he still want to get married?
Zeng Yunfeng sighed, tightened the cloak with his left hand, and his thoughts drifted away slowly.

Maybe many people don't know, but Zeng Yunfeng is very clear about the current situation.

When Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, although he defeated and expelled the prairie people from the Central Plains, he was still surrounded by wolves and surrounded by enemies.

Once the prairie people retreated to the grassland, the offensive and defensive momentum would be deflected immediately. Zeng Yunfeng was not worried that he would not be able to defeat the northern prairie people.

The advantage of the nomadic people over the farming people is the large-scale cavalry. This large-scale cavalry will not cause a crisis like the siege of Baideng Mountain, but it will bring countless troubles to the frontier.

Perhaps there is no need for a lot of cavalry, just a dozen, dozens, or hundreds of cavalry flying back and forth across the border, going south to plunder, can cause a lot of trouble for Zeng Yunfeng.

This is reflected in the previous dynasties. The original Khitan did this, going south every year to hunt grass valleys, making the frontier restless every time.

Zeng Yunfeng had seen this kind of warfare even more in the land of Xixia, because the cavalry made it impossible for the Central Plains Dynasty to fight against them immediately.

This is also the reason why the Great Wall and Beacon Towers were set up, but even so, the rescue was not timely, and the plundered population was constantly expanding.

They are like lone wolves on the grassland, forming groups in twos and threes, attacking one village after another.

Although the Central Plains Dynasty could organize a large army to wipe them out, the scattered pack of little wolves couldn't finish it all.

Zhu'er is right, the Central Plains needs to recuperate, but recuperating requires time and space.

Years of severe drought in the north, as well as constant wars, the population has already dropped sharply, and it is normal for some places to be empty.To restore the economy and people's livelihood in a short period of time is not as easy as it is in the North or in the South.

Just migrating people to the north is a lot of trouble. After all, these people have lived in Jiangnan for so long, and Jiangnan is a place full of taxes. There are a few people from Jiangnan who are willing to migrate to these barren north, especially the northern frontier. place.

For a period of time to come, the frontiers will continue to burn and kill. Instead of living in panic in this environment, it is better to find a few acres of arable land in the south to get by.

This alone has greatly slowed down the pace of self-cultivation in the north.

Whether it was Zhu Yuanzhang or Zhu Di in the Ming Dynasty, why did they frequently conquer the grasslands and conquer the Northern Yuan Dynasty? Among them were the influence of these frequent border conflicts and small-scale battles.

These grassland peoples are not so much like a big empire and a khanate, but in fact they are a federal tribe, and these khans have not had much restraint on the tribal leaders underneath.

The leader of the tribe below sent dozens of hundreds of cavalry to plunder the Central Plains. It is normal to go back immediately after the plunder. With such a small war and conflict, is it going to rise to a national war, or even a war with the grassland? ?
Whether such a small frontier looting is suitable for war, the endless frontier is like a sieve.

Many prairie tribes went south to invade and took away a large number of people and food, which further weakened the frontier army and border town.

Why in the late Ming Dynasty, most of the big cities on the nine sides were important military towns, and most of them were caused by these small-scale looting, which caused great harm, so that these ordinary people had no way to live a peaceful life and had to live in military towns.

The Laoshan Port in the distance is far away, Zeng Yunfeng suddenly remembered something, looked at the spider behind him and said: "You say, let's rebuild a Great Wall on top of those mountains?"

Hearing this, Spider looked at Zeng Yunfeng in surprise, "Building the Great Wall?"

Zeng Yunfeng nodded, now this is another multiple-choice question, which is to go deep into the desert, fight these grassland tribes to the death, and finally let these small countries on the edge take advantage of it, or build a Great Wall, let the passers recuperate first, and use the Great Wall Each gate is the key point, which in turn makes the offense and defense change.

The gates can in turn plunder the grassland population, and can implement an economic blockade to control the export of iron, salt, and grain, instead of letting them go south frequently at will.

Zeng Yunfeng made a fist with his right hand and hammered the palm of his left hand and said, "That's it!"

Hearing that Zeng Yunfeng wanted to build the Great Wall, Zhu'er frowned slightly. Building the Great Wall is not an easy task.

Some people say that it was because the Great Wall was built that led to the demise of the Qin State. Similarly, the Song Dynasty also built some, and all dynasties also built some, but in the end they failed to have any good defensive effect. .

metropolis.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's not good!" An eunuch rushed to the hall in a hurry, knelt on the ground with a plop, and kowtowed in front of the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.

The emperor frowned and said, "What's the matter? Have the rebels reached the city yet?"

The eunuch shook his head hastily, the fat around his mouth trembled.

The emperor sighed, he was relieved, as long as he didn't call, he could enjoy another period of time, and another period of being an emperor.

Ask for recommendation, collect and reward monthly pass

(End of this chapter)