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

Li Yan, who was patrolling the border, hurried back. Now Li Yan has just gone out for this lap. His original elegant and suave image has long since disappeared, leaving only the wind and tears.

The originally fair face was turned black and red by the biting cold wind at the border. When a pair of hands stretched out, the fingers were as frozen as carrots and the hands were as cold as steamed buns.

Li Yan did not complain about the hard work. As soon as he came back, he ran to Lu Mou and reported: "According to the request made by the prince at that time, when necessary, show weakness to the enemy to give him hope, and let some of the enemy in for annihilation." According to the instructions, Wei Chen ran to the north and carefully inspected the terrain. Miyun is an excellent terrain that meets all the requirements. "

"You ran away for a month just because of my unintentional words? You, you took my words too seriously. But why did you still let me be touched?"

Li Yan said seriously: "If I took some of your nonsense seriously, wouldn't I be a fool? I just heard your words and I was inspired. I feel that in this war, it is very meaningful. "

"I take back my emotion now."

Li Yan sneered at this, then spread out a map, pointed to the place deliberately outlined on it and introduced: "Here, the Yak River flows in from outside the pass, forming a narrow area between two mountains and one river. And here there are two sides The mountains are extremely steep and towering. As long as a section is blocked, the enemy will be trapped in this valley, and will be attacked by artillery and soldiers on both sides of the mountain. "This is the most suitable place for an ambush."

"But how can we let the Qing soldiers rush in without leaving any trace?"

"Actually, this is very simple, because Gubeikou, just north of Miyun, is the passage where the Manchus invaded the Central Plains several times. The Great Wall there has been destroyed several times by the Manchus. As long as they continue to bombard with cannons, they can Destroy that section of the Great Wall again and let them in naturally."

"But if their army comes in and we can't annihilate it, wouldn't it be self-defeating?"

"The prince has thought carefully, but there is no need to worry. So we have to be here in advance." He clicked on Hushi Town: "We must build another wall fortress in Laohukou as soon as possible. From Gubeikou to Laohukou, we must use the mountain terrain , forming a huge urn city, allowing the Qing army to destroy as many as they can. For this reason, I request that all the people between the Great Wall and Hushi Town be moved away in advance. "

"Then if we don't use it, wouldn't it be a waste of money and people?" Money is used everywhere now, and it can't be wasted.

"I'll put it to use."

"What if?"

"What do your mother-in-law and mother-in-law do? Tell me, do it or not."

Lu Mou punched the map: "Do it."

This is another big project, but it can only be done for strategic goals. Just do it and seize the time. Lu Mou personally supervised and put it into operation quickly.

Fortunately, the location Li Yan chose is only about ten miles away from Gubeikou. There is not much population here, so the relocation work went smoothly.

Then it was about mobilizing money and food from the people, cutting down trees, building fortifications in the low-lying areas of the left and right mountains, and building a new city at Laohukou, the outlet of the Mangniu River. Mobilize the army, carry all the cannons and defensive equipment up the mountain, and build a huge Great Wall Urn City here.

In early March, the entire Great Wall defense line was renovated and handed over to the army.

All the soldiers involved in this upcoming battle were in their respective positions as assigned, waiting for the Qing army to come and die.

On the third day of March in the 21st year of Chongzhen, the south wind began to pass across the sea, blowing in the north, and officially blew the Ming Dynasty's military flag on the head of the Great Wall.

The hunting of military flags also awakens the spring insects dormant in the soil, awakens the weeds on the roadside, makes the willows soft and soothing, and allows everyone to step out of the cold winter and enter spring.

Spring, according to the ancient agreement, is the time to prepare for plowing and spring sowing. No matter what kind of hatred we have between the enemy and ourselves, we must stop fighting and pick up farm tools. But Dorgon and his think tank Hong Chengchou, as well as the princes and ministers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, all knew clearly that if the Ming Dynasty could continue to work with peace of mind, with the current upward trend of the Ming Dynasty, and there would be sufficient money and food in the north again, the development momentum of the Ming Dynasty would be unstoppable. , it will be difficult to suppress it in the future. Not only cannot it be suppressed, but it will become a huge threat to all parties.

At that time, instead of everyone uniting to attack the Ming Dynasty, everyone became in danger, how to prevent being destroyed by the Ming Dynasty.

We must use all our strength to interrupt the development of the Ming Dynasty in the north when the money and food in the south cannot supply the north, mainly farming, causing serious food shortages in the north of the Ming Dynasty, and then taking advantage of the situation to destroy it.

To this end, after half a year of preparation and dispatch, Dorgon officially ordered Duoze to lead the Eight Banners of Manchu, Mongolian and Han Dynasties. Except for leaving the Zhenghuang Banner to guard Shengjing, the rest totaled 70 troops and mobilized Mongolian, Manchu and Han banners across the country. After receiving one million from the North Korean civilians, they opened the treasury and raised a large amount of supplies. After announcing to the outside world that they had two million, they aggressively attacked the Great Wall in the north of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Zicheng in the south also clearly realized that this was an opportunity for Dashun to truly realize the division of the Yangtze River south of the Yangtze River. Success and destruction depended only on this battle.

So he immediately mobilized an army of 200,000 and forcibly recruited 500,000 civilians, preparing to launch an attack on Henan, and then force the troops to force Tongguan to recover Shaanxi.

Zhang Xianzhong was not so active in his performance this time. Because he just wanted to monopolize Sichuan and no longer wanted to participate in the struggle for hegemony among the heroes, for this reason, he took no action.

However, his general Li Jinzhong went against his wishes and led 5 troops out of Sichuan and into Guanzhong, hoping to occupy the Guanzhong granary.

The world is changing, and the dark clouds of the Ming Dynasty in the north are threatening to destroy the city.

Everyone is uneasy and uneasy about the outcome of the future war.

If you say that people are not worried, you are simply deceiving yourself.

The fighting spirit of the army and the hearts and minds of the people are the key to deciding a war.

And these cannot be solved by empty preaching. For this reason, the courtiers are very worried. The people's hearts must be stabilized and their morale must be solved, but how to solve it? Shouting slogans is useless. You have to find a way.

Lu Mou left his military and political affairs behind and came to Wanshou Mountain, also known as Meishan Mountain, to ask for an audience with Father Chongzhen.

Of course Emperor Chongzhen did not dare to neglect San'er's arrival and summoned him quickly. It happened that the prince was in power at this time and came here to pay his respects. Then let’s receive it together.

Lu Mou entered the longevity palace excitedly and paid homage to his parents. Then he showed rare shyness and said, "Mom and dad, you see, my child is now quite old. I want to get a wife. Can you give me a gift?" Marriage decision?"

I originally thought that at this critical moment, this omnipotent San'er was here to report on important military and government affairs. For this reason, the emperor, empress, and the ruling prince were all sitting upright, ready to cooperate with San'er, who was in charge of foreign affairs, to make some important decisions at any time.

Unexpectedly, at this serious moment, he asked the least serious question.

Everyone was stunned for a long time, then Chongzhen frowned and spoke: "You are actually 16 this year, so you should be talking about marriage. But now that the country is facing a national crisis, if you talk about this, in the eyes of the outside world, you are a bit out of tune. ? You can bear it for a while, if you can't bear it, choose some outstanding maids to accompany you. "

However, Zhou Hou happily said: "Originally, when I asked you to get married, you used your young age as an excuse to shirk it. Why did you suddenly change your gender? Could it be that you have fallen in love with a girl from a certain family? As a prince, my son has fallen in love with you. It’s normal for someone’s daughter to be a daughter. It’s just that there is nothing trivial about the Tian family, so this matter must be investigated carefully by the clan.”

Lu Mou blurted out: "The princess I have chosen is Ma Lanlan, the granddaughter of Mrs. Qin of Sichuan. She is guaranteed to be a good girl, so there is no need for Zongren Mansion to investigate. I will ask my mother to make the decision, formally issue the imperial edict to the world, and then give the betrothal gift and set a date." , it’s best to get married to me this month.” (End of this chapter)