Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 261 Great Wall Defense Line
The howling cold, the wind blowing on the Great Wall, the flames of endless torches flickering on and off, and the dull sound of explosions in the stone fields in the mountains continued day and night.

Countless masons simply arranged and cut the blasted boulders, and then they were carried up to the Great Wall on the steep mountains by more civilians and soldiers to reinforce and plug the gaps in the Great Wall.

Lu Moushen climbed up the Great Wall construction site one foot at a time and saw Zhu Changxun.

In the torch, Zhu Changxun's armor was covered with frost, his eyebrows and beard were all covered with ice, his lips were chapped, and his eyes were bloodshot. He and several soldiers were stabilizing a piece of rough stone on a gap.

This gap will be completed immediately.

"Your responsibility is dispatching, not coolie work. Do you need the migrant workers' wages to support your family?" Lu Mou scolded him distressedly.

Zhu Changxun also responded with a joking smile: "Because I have made many military exploits and won the favor of the prince many times, and granted me marriage, I now have one wife and five concubines. I really can't support them anymore. I have to make extra money." How can you give up the opportunity?”

This made Lu Mou very embarrassed. From now on, I have to be more relaxed when betrothing palace maids.

In order to increase revenue and reduce expenditure and reduce the burden on the palace, it seems that it is too much to betroth the palace maids and supplement the dowry, but also accept the betrothal gifts from these soldiers.

"How is the condition of the Great Wall between Xifengkou, which you are responsible for defending, and Da'ankou?"

Zhu Changxun wiped the hoarfrost on his face and replied: "We in the Ming Dynasty repaired and strengthened the Great Wall many times. The Great Wall is actually in good condition in other places. Only Xifengkou, D'ankou, and Longjingguan, because of the construction of Nu5 The first time they entered the fort, they entered and exited from here. In order to enter the fort again, they did the most damage here. They have almost destroyed it, which means we have to rebuild it. The weather is cold and the mud and water are not harmonious. In addition, we have to rebuild. It is expected that we will have to defend until autumn, so we can’t use the freezing method to deal with it, so we don’t dare to be careless with just a lime and glutinous rice soup, so the progress is much slower.”

Was there lime in ancient times? Let me tell you the answer, yes.

The lime chant is proof, so there is no need for the time traveler to pretend to invent it. It’s just that the viscosity of lime in this era was not as good as in later generations, so glutinous rice slurry was needed to mix to increase the viscosity.

"It is these three that were seriously damaged and are also crucial. That's why Li Bingbu and I decided to send the most capable, your Fifth Army, to defend here. I hope you will not disappoint my expectations."

Zhu Changxun stepped forward: "Your Highness, don't worry, as long as the Fifth Army is here, these three will never be lost."

Lu Mou nodded: "I firmly believe in this."

This sentence is Lu Mou's greatest positive praise for an army.

"This will be the main offensive site of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. In order to reduce your casualties and maximize the damage to the enemy, I have decided to strengthen your army with 300 new type 19 steel cannons, as well as the newly developed flowering artillery shells. . So, you need to speed up the repairs of the Great Wall so that you can add forts on it. "

Upon hearing this arrangement, Zhu Changxun's eyes immediately lit up: "As long as there are enough grenades and explosive shells, I guarantee that the enemies approaching the city wall will never come back."

"It's fine to talk grandly, but my blooming bullets cost two silver dollars each. Don't waste it on your fun."

"Hey hey hey, I understand." I understand you are a little bitchy and want money.

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen has a little idea."

"You said."

"My soldiers are all addicted to hammering people's heads. Standing on the city wall and standing there rigidly, everyone always feels unsatisfied. Should we let some enemies in at the right time so that the soldiers can practice their skills?"

Lu Mou was shocked: "Do you want to die? Once one is put in and cannot block the follow-up, the Great Wall defense line will collapse immediately. You don't want your life. If you want your life, then I will suspect that you were sent to me by the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Undercover. The extra money you earned from building the Great Wall is gone."

Zhu Changxun quickly shut up. My own formulation is excessive. After inspecting the entire construction site, Lu Mou was very satisfied with the progress of the project.

Go back to the city and walk into the roadside porridge shack.

The lights are brightly lit here, and there are large pots with running water cooking hot porridge. Meat was added to the porridge and pickles were placed on the side. The cook kept adding porridge to the rice and porridge for the peasants who came in to drink porridge, and then handed them a small glass of strong wine. Regardless of whether you know how to drink or not, after finishing the porridge, you should drink a glass before going to work.

This is not the main meal, this can only be regarded as a midnight snack.

Heavy physical exertion can consume a huge amount of physical strength and body salt, especially when the weather is cold and freezing, which consumes more calories.

Therefore, it is necessary to provide hot porridge to the civilian husbands at any time to warm them up, and pickles to replenish the body's salt. Provide meat porridge to replenish the body's consumption. A small glass of wine can ward off the freezing cold.

The people were deeply grateful to the government for such thoughtfulness. Their enthusiasm for work became even higher, shouts of encouragement were everywhere, and the entire construction site was in full swing.

After inspecting the porridge shed, Lu Mou also drank a bowl of meat porridge to warm himself. Although he was wearing expensive furs, he still couldn't resist the strong cold wind blowing from Siberia. After drinking a bowl of meat porridge, I felt my body warm up.

"Will the workers in the city get meat porridge?"

The head cook quickly replied: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, we will pick up a batch of hot porridge from the city every hour. This will ensure that the workers in the city have a steady supply of hot porridge to drink and ensure that they have sufficient physical strength."

“Can grain and spirits and meat be guaranteed?”

"We store it here according to two days' consumption. We can consume it at any time and transport it to replenish it at any time. We guarantee that there will be no problem."

"Very good, well done."

Then we hurried back, and along the way we saw countless chicken buses transporting grain, with torches on them, spreading out like a fire dragon circling through the mountains.

Most of the people here are not young and strong men, but old people and women. They are all volunteers. They were transporting truckloads of heavy grain and supplies forward.

Lu Mou stipulated that at the front line, at least one month's worth of food and supplies must be stored. The task of transporting this is quite onerous. He had to accept the request of these old women and let them participate in this great war.

Along the way, every ten miles, there is still a porridge shed, which also provides meat porridge and spirits. Since you don’t pay these volunteers wages, you must ensure that these people have good food and drink.

After rushing back to the capital, Lu Mou immediately summoned Li Yan, the British Duke and others, and informed them of what he had seen during his inspection of the front line. Finally, he proposed: "The soldiers on the front line are used to taking the initiative to attack and are not willing to defend rigidly. But because we have to consume the enemy, but cannot take the initiative to attack, they asked whether we should occasionally let in a group of enemies and annihilate them. Everyone Tell me, is this possible?

Li Yan pondered for a while and said cautiously: "The idea of ​​not rigidly defending is a good idea. At the same time, blind defense will make the Manqing lose hope of winning and will make them give up and continue to attack. In this way, we will The purpose of severely consuming them this time is lost. It is also necessary to let some enemies in appropriately so that Dorgon can see the hope of breaking the city at any time. "

The British Duke nodded: "Li Bingbu's formulation is good. This is a kind of risk, a very big risk. If done well, it will have miraculous results, but if it goes wrong, it will cause the collapse of the entire defense line. So be careful."

Li Yan straightened up and said: "I will go to the Great Wall to inspect and ask the regent to take over my duties in Beijing."

The two had a clear understanding, Lu Mou nodded in agreement, and Li Yan hurried to the future front line.

(End of this chapter)