Jingming

Chapter 315 Everyone has to face something very new

"Needless to say, you should also know that we are playing the Great Tomorrow Army! All of them are brave generals who have spent more than half a year breaking through one after another! The soldiers are also trained by you for three months. If you are in the north of the capital After losing this battle, the governor will have no face to continue to control the Shenji Camp!"

Li Quanli is mobilizing.

The ten participating military generals who remained in the final round understood what he meant: if the defenders were defeated in imitation of the northern captives, wouldn't it mean that Ming was defeated?
What's more, the opposing coach has just passed the weak year.

"The stronghold is there and the people are there! We must stick to it!"

"Open up!"

The defender went first, and this time he didn't hide anything from anyone.

Everyone in the capital knows that this is a drill.Acting, that is not true.Xi explained the purpose of the training.

But nearly [-] generals marched from the south of the capital to the north. This movement seems really big.

Between Tongzhou and the capital, how many people of all colors come and go?
Heading north, what the hell is...

According to word of mouth, some people who had just arrived in the capital soon knew that there was an even bigger battle a few days ago.Tens of thousands of troops gathered in the Fifth Army Battalion in the southern suburbs of the capital, and the cannons rang out.

Although the person who explained it also said, "I heard that it was just a drill, and there is no real side trouble", but I always felt that there was an unspeakable secret hidden behind it, and now it was just a pretense.

And it's still autumn harvest.

Although it is only tens of miles away, everyone knows that this is a test.Could it be that because there is no danger at this time, do you not care whether someone will fall behind and march at full speed?
Therefore, on the road, there are camping, burying pots for cooking, and sentry and investigation, all of which are indispensable.

From the southern suburbs of the capital to Miyun, the first day was camped in the west of Shunyi County.

"Just stay for one night. No one will go out of the camp except for night watch and sentry! I have ordered you to go down. Don't think about it just because you are a recruit. Now that you know that the people's homes are harvesting autumn grain. The ugly words of the governor, your majesty Army, military discipline is the first priority. Anyone who offends the common people, come and see him!"

What would happen in a real war, Li Quanli did not dare to guarantee it.

But now if he participated in the exercise and caused some trouble to the local area because of the march, Li Quanli could really kill people.

"Don't worry, Dudu, during the big competition before, the bidder was restrained."

Qiu Luan, who stayed in the Fifth Army Battalion, started to act that night.

"You can't be tied up knowing that they will spread eyeliner all over the north." Qiu Luan looked at the veteran battalion generals under his command. After leaving them behind, how does His Majesty think of me, how do you think of me, how do you think of the Beijing camp?"

"Don't worry, Lord Hou, the brothers are holding back their energy!"

"Then follow the schedule of the past few days, work harder, leave Juyongguan first, and go around to Gubeikou!" Qiu Luan is still young, and his eyes are full of fighting spirit, "Since the military affairs meeting is due to consideration We have to find out all the hidden dangers in the defense line around the Miyun defenders!"

Maybe fighting Qiu Luan really is not a strategy, but he understands this.

Then he said to one of them: "Jiang Guerzilla, you have fought against the Tartars in Datong for many years, and you will discuss with your brothers on the way how to behave after going south from Gubeikou."

He put on a humble and sincere gesture of valuing the veterans under his command, and both armies are gearing up.

After Liangxiang, Zhuozhou, Gu'an, Wuqing and other counties in the southern suburbs of the capital experienced the previous turmoil, now it is the turn of Changping Prefecture, Shunyi County, Huairou County, especially Miyun County in the north of the capital.

Now, Miyun County Magistrate is entertaining the people sent here by the Ministry of War.

The location of the exercise was set at Miyun, and the magistrate was worried.

"...In November, His Majesty really wants to come?"

The Staff Division of the Ministry of War is in charge of map, military system, city, garrison, brevity, conquest, etc. Now the person who is here to take charge of the logistics of this exercise is led by Yuanwailang from the fifth rank, and also brought a sixth rank The principal, and a secretary who was promoted from the ninth rank to the seventh rank after the restructuring.

The original secretary was of a very low rank, but he was directly under the management of Shangshu and was the secretary of Shangshu.Now, the affairs of the various divisions under each ministry are official seventh-rank officials who handle specific affairs.

Right now, the secretary looked at Yuanwailang, the official secretary of the Ministry of War that he was working for.

Facing the magistrate's feigned joy, Yuanwailang smiled and said, "Don't worry about Tongzhi County. The food, grass and military resources on both sides are not collected from Miyun, and there are special personnel responsible for the transfer. I am waiting here to prevent disturbance to the place. By the [-]th This month, not only His Majesty is coming, but also the Jinshi of Xinkewu. Tongzhi County does not need to prepare too much. After His Majesty arrives, he will also come to our exercise headquarters outside the city."

"...So that's how it is." Tong Zhixian said again in embarrassment, "But there are many villagers in the north of Shixiabao. Every year after the autumn harvest and before winter, every family goes to the mountains to cut firewood, and most of them are women and children. Naturally, I can send people. Spread the word to the village, so that they don't go there, so as not to be caught as scouts, but this firewood...is related to thousands of families for the winter."

"On this point, the military affairs meeting has already agreed. Your Majesty has given you a special favor. In the military funds returned by the Ministry of War, charcoal has increased by several tenths. Your Majesty has allocated it from the palace expenses." It wasn't the Yuanwailang, but the head of the Ministry of War, "Today, I'm going to invite Tongchuan Township of Miyun County first, and at the same time, Zeng Siwu will send the extra charcoal to the village one by one with the county. Every village."

"...There is such a kind of grace?" Tong Zhixian said immediately, "How can I make His Majesty feel worried? I will send someone to advise me, and it will not be too late to go to the mountains to collect firewood after this matter is over..."

"Since we have disturbed the common people, some compensation should be made." The chief officer emphasized, "There is still more than a month to prevent the common people from straying into the exercise area, and His Majesty's grace is also important for this matter. If you can use some charcoal for this Let the people understand that it is not a big deal, this is what His Majesty said."

After Tongzhi County was proclaimed Shengming, he smiled and said to him: "The champion is a talented man, he often has to listen to the oracle, so I will make good arrangements for it. I wonder if there is any need for the headquarters? Ge Xiangxian was panicked and asked Let me talk about it. It’s just a house, the court wants to use it, and His Majesty wants to visit in person, it’s impossible to ask for it, how can I accept the rent with peace of mind?”

"Tongzhi County, but please tell him, it's a matter of business. Whether it's charcoal or rented silver, the silver consumed by this exercise is separately listed by His Majesty from the internal transport depot. I was ordered to make a budget for how much it will cost. If there is any shortage of expenses, it is that there are still a few masons and carpenters..."

This year's No. [-] scholar, Tang Shunzhi, is in charge of the Ministry of War.

And the other secretary, who had been standing aside very coldly without speaking, looked at Tang Shunzhi at this moment.

They were all from the same discipline, one was a top scholar, and the other was just an ordinary Jinshi, but Zeng Mi knew Tang Shunzhi was extraordinary.

In this exercise, Tang Shunzhi is a person behind the scenes that cannot be ignored at all.

The division of labor that Wang Shouren received at the military affairs meeting was given to Tang Shunzhi after returning to the ministry.

Later, he was named by the emperor to attend the special exercise preparation meeting.

But Zeng Mi is not bad either.

Zeng Mi didn't know why His Majesty sent someone to ask him when he was appointed, whether he wanted to be directly appointed as the county magistrate of Cong Liupin, or Tang Shunzhi, the official secretary of the Ministry of War.

Do you still need to ask such words?How good would it be to have a higher grade when I was appointed, and to be the magistrate in charge of civil affairs after the reform of the local government office?

But for this kind of arrangement, the emperor personally sent someone to ask, so he naturally hoped that he would choose the latter one.

Zeng Mi didn't hesitate too much when the emperor personally cared about her appointment.

Already 28 years old, he is one of many people this year who worry that the test will be more difficult in three years.Unexpectedly, this year's current affairs policy for the exam unexpectedly made Zeng Mi feel that he had an advantage.

He is not dead book.

Thinking about it this way, if you take the exam three years later, maybe you will do better in the exam.But at that time, it was already 31.

Now the exercise headquarters is in charge of the Ministry of War. Wang Shouren naturally assigned it to Tang Shunzhi, but he also called Zeng Mi to help here.

So weird.

Why do His Majesty and Da Sima pay attention to me, a mere second-class man?

After leaving the Miyun County Government, the few of them left the county town all the way to a mansion in the northern suburbs.

At this moment, the mansion is heavily guarded, all wearing flying fish suits.

Seeing the three of Tang Shunzhi return, the gate of the village opened immediately, and He Quan'an, who was in charge of the Fusi Teqin Thousand Households Office in Jinyiwei South Town, had already greeted him. Leaving the Fifth Army Battalion."

"Oh? Commander He, let's talk about it at the sand table first."

He Quan'an, who had faced Pu Zitong in front of Hengshan City, was also here, and he was already very close to Tang Shunzhi.

Although Yuan Wailang's official position is higher than Tang Shunzhi's, he is also very clear that he is actually only in charge of logistics.If the General Staff, Da Sima and others did not come to the exercise headquarters, it would actually be Tang Shunzhi who was in charge.

At this moment, in the main hall of the house, there is a large sand table.

He Quan'an said as he walked, "Wei Li still needs to prepare more sand tables. Master Qu wants the masons and carpenters. How did Mr. Tang find it?"

"Tomorrow will arrive!"

Tang Shunzhi looked at the sand table in front of him with shining eyes.

Quietly, how much has the emperor done through the Jinyiwei and the Internal Inspection Factory over the years?
The sand table is easy to use.When Tang Shunzhi attended the preparatory meeting and listened to the emperor's eloquent talks there, Tang Shunzhi felt that it was too difficult to realize the many methods of simulating the war situation in this exercise.

How can we prevent the two sides from getting into a real battle for victory when they meet each other?

It's about the future of so many generals, can the rules be done just by talking about them first?
So He Quan'an and his special service Qianhu appeared, with a sand table and three hundred elites.

"Report in an hour, the Marquis of Xianning has arrived here, and there is no division of troops."

He Quanan walked to the side of the sand table, picked up a small wooden flag and stuck it in a place.

The word "Chou" has already been written on the small wooden flag, and there is a string of numbers below it.

There are many wooden flags like this, and the top of the flagpole has simple shapes such as horses, cannons, and bows.

Tang Shunzhi nodded: "Going west, it seems that the Marquis of Xianning is planning to go out of Juyongguan and go to the north. Commander He, you should only watch out for misunderstandings between their sentries and the soldiers and people in the suburbs of Beijing along the way."

He Quanan laughed: "Master Tang, don't worry. With me here, the headquarters can know the situation of the battle as soon as possible. The rule is that as long as they really meet each other, they are just mistaken scouts. My brothers will only watch from a distance. on."

"... Are you really so elusive?"

"Could it be that Mr. Tang is worried that the veterans of the Fifth Army Battalion are just putting on airs?" He Quan'an said something blunt, and then said, "Your Majesty ordered me to train them for five years. If you can't let the reference generals know that His Majesty has already planned a strategy, In the future, how can we fully use our lives and not be afraid of the head and the tail? Regardless of these, Master Tang, let's practice again? This time I will guard."

The exercise also has another purpose, which is to make the backbone of Daming more loyal.

Although all this was done under the eyes of the emperor, the strength cultivated by the emperor and the improved methods in intelligence and logistics, etc., can still be seen by this group of generals who really know soldiers and can fight.

To be honest, the generals are really worried that the handsome and even the emperor will not know the soldiers and command blindly.

Now Tang Shunzhi just shook his head when he heard the words: "Tomorrow those generals who have not entered the top ten will be here, and if we do it again, it will be dawn again, and you and I will have to dissect them in detail tomorrow!"

Tang Shunzhi is looking forward to it. These brave generals who really know how to fight are just "talking about soldiers in the sand table". They should also let him learn a lot, right?

One of the achievements of the special service teams and internal investigation factories sent by the secret service to the provincial public security departments is this sand table.

It cannot be said that it is only their achievements, but they are the hardest.

Tang Shunzhi's eyes were a little straight when he first saw this thing, and then he heard that the School of Mathematical Sciences was involved, and both the Military Academy and the Engineering Academy sent craftsmen to study.

The secret service has too many marching drills, but each time they will specially choose a place and lead people to investigate.The person in charge of the survey had studied in the Military Academy.They also carry a notebook and a round ruler with them, and memorize many numbers densely.

Tang Shunzhi, who thought he already knew a lot about new mathematics, learned a new word: contour line.

As for how it was roughly measured, Tang Shun figured it out later.

Now it is naturally impossible to measure extremely accurately. After these two years, I heard that the Jinyiwei Special Service Office has only roughly measured the topography of the innermost defense line in the north of Beijing and made some sand tables.

On the side of Bianzhen, or even Beiyuan's side, I'm afraid it will take several years to slowly measure the data.

But this sand table, coupled with many small wooden flags representing arms and forces, and a set of rules like this exercise, is simply... Fascinating.

There was no such thing before.According to legend, in the Han Dynasty, Ma Yuan piled up the mountains and rivers of Bin County with rice grains in Bin County, and deployed the enemy's troops, and used this as a plan to defeat the enemy.

But now the emperor is going to make a whole set of sand tables in the form of Ming's strategic key points and border towns. For the staff members of the military affairs conference, I'm afraid it will be an indispensable thing in the future.

After seeing this thing, he played with Wang Shouren and Yang Yiqing.

Although His Majesty proposed to do this kind of thing, he doesn't seem to know how to set up rules.But Yang Yiqing and Wang Shouren are different. They have both been commanders and have fought in battles.

While teaching Tang Shunzhi in this way, they also discussed and perfected the rules of this exercise, the rules of this sand table military chess.

It is not only a game, but also a tool to deduce the situation of the battle and find a strategy that is more likely to win.

Although Tang Shunzhi rejected the request to "fight again tonight", he still asked enthusiastically, "Commander He, in your opinion, after the Marquis of Xianning leaves Juyongguan, will he go south to Baimaguan or go to Gubeikou?"

"I thought……"

Zeng Mi's face was still serious. Seeing the two of them having a lively discussion, he was still thinking about the issues that he had been thinking about for the past few months.

Let yourself be a secretary under Tang Shunzhi. Could it be that His Majesty and Da Sima want him to participate in military research like Tang Shunzhi?
At this moment, Zeng Mi didn't know what he would be like in the future, and he didn't know that Zhu Houcong recalled the word "Hetao" in his mind after seeing the word Zeng Mi in Xinke Jinshi.

While Zhu Houcong was thinking about the Hetao, when Li Quanli and Qiu Luan were heading north, when Tang Shunzhi and He Quanan finally played military chess again, the news of the Fifth Military Battalion's competition and this exercise was also spreading northward.

Inside and outside the Great Wall, everyone has to face a very new thing.

　Happy birthday to the author.

　　
　
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