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Chapter 197 Ask

Yang Reform, who was sighing endlessly on the city wall of Beijing, found that the city wall of Beijing city was unusually high.The height of the four-story building, this, if asked to climb up with a ladder, Yang Reform estimated that he would be a little cowardly, let alone attack the city. He would have to hold a knife and a shield to resist the fall from the fourth floor The bricks, this is really not an ordinary difficulty, it needs to be filled with human life!

Yang Reform stroked the crest of the city wall, it was made of big blue bricks, quite strong.

Protected by such a high city wall, the Ming Dynasty was actually destroyed. It has to be said that the rot and waste wood have reached the extreme, and Yang Reform is sighing infinitely.

The Zhang Baihu who gave way just now also came to serve: "Xiaguan Dongbianmen is on duty for the hundred households Zhang Weiyi has seen the servants and listened to the orders of the servants." Like an ordinary person, even with the waist card of Jinyiwei Qianhu, because of emotion and reason, he should come over to say hello, or in other words, come over to serve, maybe he will meet a nobleman.

The "bodyguard" was about to scold and drive this guy away so as not to disturb the emperor's interest.

However, Yang Reform is indeed a little interested in this person. He is short of someone who knows the details of the city wall, and wants to see what the officers and soldiers on the front line of defense think about the future war.So he said: "Zhang Weiyi? Baihu? Come here, I have something to ask you."

Seeing that the emperor wanted to see this person, several bodyguards stopped stopping him.However, Zhang Baihu's knife was taken away.Although Zhang Baihu was surprised, puzzled, and even a little angry, but looking at the situation, others seemed to think that it was reasonable and reasonable to confiscate his knife, and there was nothing unnatural in Zhang Baihu's heart. Say a few words with others, will you take away their knives?Still on his own land, thinking of this, Zhang Baihu became panicked and even more joyful.My nobleman, my grade is not low!
"The lower officials have seen the superiors." Zhang Weiyi felt that this leader was really not an ordinary person, and Li Zubai, whom he was very familiar with, didn't even dare to speak big words in front of this person, and was very respectful, which showed that this person's grade was very high. It was so high that Li Zubai didn't dare to breathe.Zhang Weiyi felt that his opportunity had come.

"Hehe, on a business trip? By the way, Zhang Weiyi, since you are the defender of this section of the city wall, you should be familiar with this section of the city wall?" Yang Reform planned to inspect the city wall on the spot, but he needed someone to explain it to him.

"Returning to the superior, the lower officials patrol the city wall every day. If you say that you are very familiar with the city wall." Zhang Baihu answered Yang Reform's words very well.

"Then tell me, how high is the city wall? How thick is it?" Yang Reform planned to test this person. Although he had a rough estimate of the city wall, he didn't have the actual figure.

"Going back to work, this is both simple and complicated to say." Zhang Weiyi said.

"Simple and complicated? How do you say this?" Yang Reform asked.

"Returning to Shangchai, if you want to talk about the city walls of the entire Beijing city, they are not the same height. The city walls are divided into the inner city and the outer city, and the heights are different. The heights of the city walls in the four directions of the southeast, the north, and the west are also different. Yes, so it is more complicated, but to put it simply, the section of the city wall guarded by the lower officials is three feet seven feet six inches high, the base is five feet eight feet three inches thick, and the top is three feet nine inches three feet thick..." said For data, this Zhang Baihu came at the first click.

Yang Reform thinks this guy is not bad, at least he knows some data and conditions of the place where he works, and he hasn't reached the point where he doesn't know everything.

"Well, that's right. I won't ask about other city walls. Since you are the patrol here, I'll ask you a few questions to see if you can answer them."

"Just ask the superiors if you have any questions, and the subordinates will answer any questions." Zhang Baihu was very happy to be able to talk to this nobleman. This nobleman seemed to be quite modest and easy to talk to, but he didn't know What is the specific identity, this is not disclosed by others, and he is not easy to ask, the nobleman is too "expensive".

"If someone comes to attack the city now, what do you think?" Yang Reform wanted to ask the defender what he thought of the enemy's attack on the city.

Zhang Weiyi listened to the noble man Yang Reform's question, and immediately laughed, saying: "Hehe, it's not a joking job, is it to attack the capital? Thinking that the capital is the center of the world, where the emperor rules all directions, who is so courageous?" At such a point, dare to come to attack this city, this, superior, forgive me for not dare to speak." Zhang Weiyi was taken aback by this superior's question, and came to attack the capital?Who ate the leopard gall?At the foot of the emperor, at the root of the imperial city, come to attack here?Who's got too much head?Talking about this kind of thing is going to kill your head!
The interview failed, and Yang Reform was a little depressed. It seems that it is not easy to get this first-hand information today!
"Well, didn't His Majesty want to strictly investigate spies recently? Are you strictly guarding access? That is to say, the higher-ups attach great importance to the defense of the city wall, so I came here to ask about the city wall... The higher-ups asked for on-site inspections, on-site inspections. I would like to ask the soldiers stationed here, so I will ask you, just tell the truth, don’t be afraid, if what you say is reasonable, reliable, and constructive, once it is adopted by the higher authorities, when you are so prosperous, That's it. Of course, if you talk nonsense, if you talk nonsense, and what other people say doesn't match up, then you will lose your head, understand?... Now you know why I made such speculations? The higher-ups intend to ask this question The city wall defense of the capital, to see if there is anything missing, to see where there is a need to fill in the omissions, so I came to you, do you think that I will casually come to the city wall to ask a small hundred households if I have nothing to do? ? Haha, I think you are quite pleasing to the eye, I hope you seize this opportunity..." Yang Reform used the Dafa to fool Zhang Baihu vigorously.

This Zhang Weiyi and Zhang Baihu felt that today he really met a nobleman, and that he was really going to be a great success. According to this nobleman, this is a request from the higher-ups to inspect the city defense, ask about the shortcomings of the city defense, and ask about the situation on the ground. The noble envoys are all thousands of households, so the superior of this noble is not the emperor?Zhang Baihu's heart was beating violently.I am really lucky, to meet such a noble person, it seems that the ancestral grave is really smoked.

"I understand, I understand, everything must be reported to the superior..." Zhang Weiyi wished to tell the superior everything he knew, so that the superior could value himself and his suggestions, so that , but directly to the emperor!If the emperor can talk about himself, then he should benefit endlessly.

Li Zubai, who was standing on the side, had an expression of envy. He knew that Zhang Weiyi was lucky and had a relationship with the emperor. In the future, he was afraid that he would really make a fortune. It's time to get out of this "official prison" like Qin Tianjian!

"Well, very good, this is very good, then tell me, if the enemy comes to besiege the city, how will this matter develop?" What Yang Reform wants to know most is the attitude of the front-line defense personnel to the war. In my opinion, this kind of information will be very helpful for future battles with Wild Boar Pi and Li Zicheng.

Zhang Weiyi did not immediately answer Yang Reform, the superior, but frowned and thought for a while before saying, "Returning to the superior, this assumption is not easy to draw conclusions! You know, the entire Beijing city has a circumference of about sixty In the city, the defense is based on one person and one battlement. There are not 3 to 10 people. I am afraid that even the battlements will not be enough, let alone the siege. It can't be surrounded, even the city can't be surrounded, when the time comes, the Emperor Qin Wang will issue an edict, and the soldiers and horses in the world will gather in the capital, and this attack on the Beijing city, in my opinion, is simply looking for death!" Zhang Weiyi still has some ideas , Hastily calculated, and came to such a conclusion.

Yang Reform also nodded, feeling that there is still something in this guy's stomach, at least he is not talking nonsense, he knows how to talk about things with numbers, which is right, this Beijing city is just a battlement, and a person needs two. What about 3 people, let alone those who came to attack the city?You can't even surround the city. When the emperor's Qin Wang's edict is issued, the soldiers and horses from all over the world will gather. At that time, it will not be you who will attack Beijing, but the soldiers and horses from all over the world will attack you.

Looking at the endless battlements, which stretched far into the distance, Yang Reform felt a lot of emotion, and felt that this piece of Weiyi's statement was basically very reliable. It was probably the case when the wild boar skin entered the customs for the first time in the future, and the total number was less than 10. Thousands of people came to attack the city of Beijing. As a result, they didn't even touch the city wall of Beijing city. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses gathered in this city of Beijing. Soldiers and horses!In the end, he robbed and retreated. After entering the customs several times, he didn't even look at the city of Beijing. He just robbed. This is a good example of how powerful the defense of Beijing city is.

"Zhang Baihu, you are right, let me ask you, if the soldiers are less than [-], but they are all elites, what will happen if they come to attack the city?" Yang Reform wants to ask him to see what he thinks about the future What do you think of the wild boar skin siege?

Zhang Weiyi didn't hesitate or think too much this time, and said directly: "Back to the top, this, it's not a small braggart, the number of people is not enough for one hundred thousand, and the soldiers in this capital are more than him. No advantage, with the city wall as high as the capital, the small defense section of the city wall is also three or four feet high. The small ones can kill the people below just by throwing a brick, not to mention there are stones and rolling logs If it goes on like this, you will be injured if you rub it, and you will die if you touch it! Not to mention there are archery, rolling oil, and other defensive weapons, even if he came from the elite, so what? Can he not die if he is hit by a rolling stone? The younger one will admit it, and the job will tell you, right?..." Speaking of this, Zhang Weiyi has a strong self-confidence.

Yang Reform thinks this is reasonable. Dropping a flower pot from the fourth floor can kill people, or smash their heads, let alone rolling stones and trees. These are dozens of catties, one or two hundred Unless everyone is indestructible.

"Well, it makes sense, then tell me again, what if the enemy comes with an army of tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands?" Yang Reform asked Li Zicheng after he had finished asking about the situation of the wild boar skin attacking the city. Situation of siege.Prepare to see what this officer and soldier on the front line of defense thinks about this battle of defending the city.

This time, Zhang Weiyi thought for a long time before saying: "Shangshi, to be offensive, if there are really hundreds of thousands of people who come to besiege, it will be really troublesome. First of all, the gates of the capital will be guarded to death. If this is the case, the traffic in the capital may be cut off, and it will not be easy to communicate with the outside world. It is not easy for the soldiers and horses of King Qin to contact the capital! If it is 10,000+, it is not terrible. The scary thing is that there are hundreds of thousands. If there are 60 to [-] soldiers and horses to surround, it is too dangerous. The enemy can attack the city at any point around the city wall. When the soldiers and horses in the city are exhausted, it will be time to break the city!..." Zhang Weiyi expressed his worries.

However, he quickly added: "However, on the job... the small estimate is really unreliable. This world belongs to His Majesty, this court is His Majesty's court, and this Great Ming is the Emperor's Daming." , apart from His Majesty the Emperor, apart from the Ming Dynasty, who else can send 60 to 60 troops to directly attack the capital? This is impossible..." Zhang Weiyi also felt that his assumption was too outrageous. Tu, who can send out [-] million soldiers to besiege the capital?

Yang Reform nodded, thinking that what this guy said was right. There were really 60 million horses surrounding him. He might as well hang himself beforehand. There is no force or country around that can mobilize 60 million horses.Not to mention wild boar skins and others, even Li Zicheng, a rogue like Li Zicheng who coerced the people, had only 20 people when he besieged Beijing.

"Well, 60 million people is really impossible. Then tell me, what will the situation be like with 10,000+ people, or in the early 20?" Yang Reform turned to ask the specific number. This number is the same as that of Li Zicheng During the siege, there is not much access, and there is still a certain margin.

"Back to the top, if there are around 20 people attacking, I think it's almost impossible." Zhang Weiyi answered this time very simply, looking very confident.

"Oh? Then tell me, why is it impossible?" Yang Reform asked.

"Going back to Shangbai, similarly, the situation is similar to when tens of thousands of soldiers and horses came to attack, but it is just a few more gates that can be guarded. It is absolutely impossible to guard any gate of the capital. You know, the Zhou Dynasty of the capital It is sixty miles long, and if you want to encircle the capital, the force will be extremely thin. As long as the defenders in the capital rush to kill in one direction, even if they want to come to rescue in other directions, it is impossible! Wait for them to run Come here, this battle is probably over! The mission said, right?"

"Well, that's right, it makes sense. There are more than ten gates in the capital, and it's almost impossible to cover everything!"

"That's right! On the mission, since it is impossible to block any city gate, the connection between the capital and the outside world will not be interrupted. With the edict of King Qin, all the soldiers and horses of King Qin in the world will come to the capital without going crazy? This With 20 troops, the advantage is lost in an instant! Thinking that the capital already has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, why fear the same number of enemies coming to attack? As the saying goes, encircle ten times, attack three times, as long as the ones who come The troops are not more than three or four times that of the capital's soldiers and horses, so there is basically no danger!" Zhang Weiyi made a conclusion, about 20 soldiers and horses came to attack, and the result was about the same as tens of thousands of horses.

"However, what if 20 people don't besiege and attack every day? So what?" Yang Reform nodded, feeling that it made sense, and asked again.

"...Hehe, um, I'm sorry, the city wall of the capital is so high, even if he comes to attack by force, don't be afraid, just throwing a brick down will kill him, why are you afraid of him?" Zhang Weiyi was very relaxed. replied.

"Others are not fools, they must have tactics and siege equipment, such as ladders, siege cones, tunnels and so on." Yang reformed a problem.

"Back to the top, defending this kind of siege equipment is simple. If the enemy uses a ladder, it couldn't be easier. As long as the little guy pushes one side of the ladder forward with a pole, his ladder will flip over. Once this ladder is overturned, the people on it will fall, and they will lose their skin if they don’t die! You can also pour oil on this ladder, and then set fire to burn them to death, or roll down the ladder with wood to ensure that he comes How many people died...Let's not talk about the siege cone, just let him hit it, it takes ten days and half a month, I'm afraid it is impossible to smash a hole in such a thick city wall! It is said that the bottom of the city wall is several feet Thick stones, let him dig them out, and I’m afraid they won’t be able to dig a hole in a year or so!..." Zhang Weiyi was quite confident when he said this.

Yang Reform nodded, saying that the siege cone, which is an attack method against a small city, will not work against a big city like this.

"Then what if the enemy uses artillery bombardment? What should we do?" Yang Reform asked again.

"This..., don't be afraid when you go back to work. We have Hongyi cannons in the Ming Dynasty. It is said that they can shoot accurately and far. We are standing on the city wall three or four feet high, and we can shoot with certainty. It is farther than the enemy, so there is no need to be afraid, right?" Zhang Weiyi thought for a while before giving this answer.

"What if the enemy bombards with dozens, or one or two hundred Hongyi cannons? Then what should we do?" Yang Reform asked again. This time, he was not asking about the Ming Dynasty, but about the Qing Dynasty. It happened in the end of the year. At that time, the Allied Forces of Eight Powers stormed through the city of Beijing, relying on cannons.

Zhang Weiyi was dumbfounded, dumbfounded, dozens, one or two hundred Hongyi cannons?This number has already exceeded the limit of Zhang Weiyi's imagination.

Seeing Zhang Weiyi's demented appearance, Yang Reform didn't bother him, intending to see what the city defender thought of the force of the Eight-Power Allied Forces.

"...Back to the previous post, this one is really hard to say. It is said that the Hongyi cannons imitated by me in the Ming Dynasty cost as much as 2000 taels of silver each. Are these hundreds of Hongyi cannons too many?" Is it too difficult?" Zhang Weiyi thought for a long time, and felt that the subject of the job was too difficult, how much money it cost!

"No, don't worry about how much it is. Tell me what will happen." Yang Reform wanted to know the answer.

"Forgive me for being bold, there are really hundreds of Hongyi cannons bombarding the city wall. There is no other way to bombard this city wall except for a similar number of Hongyi cannons..." Zhang Weiyi said himself s answer.

Yang Reform laughed out loud. The cannons of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are far more powerful than the cannons of this era. A dozen or dozens of cannons can reach or surpass the hundreds of cannons of this era. It's powerful. If you want to rely on the city wall to resist the power of the artillery, the effect is very limited. This proposition has exceeded the limit that should be considered in this era, but this guy's thinking is basically correct. Take the same number of artillery and the enemy Yes, Yang Reform's affection for Zhang Baihu has deepened.

Zhang Weiyi looked at the nobleman inexplicably and laughed, not knowing what he was laughing at, laughing at his ignorance?Or are you laughing at yourself for being overwhelmed?Or laugh at yourself for being bold?
"Zhang Baihu, you are right. If that day comes, we can only rely on the same number of Hongyi cannons to fight against the opponent. The test is the will of both parties." Yang Reform came to a conclusion. Ask people in the seventeenth century, but people in the early twentieth or twenty-first century.

(End of this chapter)