Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 139
Lieutenant Fengguo, Lieutenant Fuguo, Lieutenant Zhenguo, General Fengguo, General Fuguo, General Zhenguo, County King, Prince.

From the lowest level to the county king level, the status is very different.

For example, with an annual salary of two thousand stones, no one would dare to deduct his Zonglu anymore.

Of course, the most important thing for Zhu Yixi is that he can legally establish a government and appoint officials.

Although they are only officials of the palace, once the cards are played, it is equivalent to setting up another central government.

For example, a certain magistrate is sent to the magistrate, but his official position is the ceremony of the prince's mansion.

In this way, the officials have the title of monarch and minister to Zhu Yixi. Although it is a bit circumvented, it is of great significance
Thinking of this, Zhu Yixi worked harder on the bastion, and he couldn't wait to return to Xiangyang as soon as possible.

The so-called bastion is actually very simple. It is to build the city wall from the original square to a polygon, such as a pentagon, an octagon, or a hundred corners at the peak.

In this way, the city wall is sunken and entered, and the sunken open space is flanked by artillery, which greatly increases the defense.

□ becomes☆
The city wall changes from straight to slope, which is similar to the principle of the embankment of a dam—∠.

In this way, the power of the artillery can be removed, and the wall can be preserved to the maximum extent, which is the only weapon for defending the artillery.

Outside the city walls, trenches were built, and defensive slopes were built outside the trenches, which were also trapezoidal slopes.

Taking this opportunity, the Low Countries, the Netherlands, became independent from Spain.

In the Battle of Nerchinsk that year, thousands of people besieged Yaksa, which was guarded by hundreds of people, and it took several months to besiege people to death without breaking through.

It was not until the appearance of yellow gunpowder in the [-]th century that the bastion withdrew from the stage of history.

This time going north, Zhu Yixi planned to build a bastion for self-defense and protect the fruits of victory, so he brought hundreds of craftsmen with him.

When Zhu Zongbing said this, the craftsmen immediately understood, nodded and said: "We have never seen this kind of fortress. It can be repaired, but it cannot be guaranteed to be useful."

"Just do as I say!"

Zhu Yixi waved his hand and said, "Each bastion has about a thousand people, store as much food, weapons, and ammunition as possible, and also leave the muzzle for flanking attacks."

For Zhu Yixi, these bastions don't need to be big, but they must be many, similar to nails, firmly controlling a radius of thirty miles.

Moreover, beacon towers have to be built to pass information and communicate with each other.

In this way, although the Xia Road in Fangcheng, which is more than two hundred miles away, will not be built into a Great Wall, it will form a solid line of defense from point to area.

If these ten bastions are not pulled out, the logistics will be cut off at any time.

As we all know, the Manchus came from the Northeast and were very intolerant to heat. Even if they could tolerate the heat themselves, the war horses under their crotches would not be able to bear it.

Once a stalemate is formed, the Manchu Qing will retreat.

"The bastion is not safe yet."

Zhu Yixi touched his chin and said, "I still have to make earth and cement."

The so-called soil cement means that in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the supply of cement was in short supply, and the demand in rural areas was also large, so debris refractory materials such as broken porcelain, broken tiles, crock pots, and slag ash were mixed and ground together.

Take [-]% of these materials, add [-]% quicklime, and mix them to get soil lime.

In rural areas, it is often used to build pigpens, toilets, and septic tanks (it seems to be a ground...), and the effect is excellent.

second only to cement.

Of course, the frost resistance is poor.

In terms of material collection, it is even simpler.

The counties and prefectures in Henan were more or less abandoned and turned into ruins, and the bricks and tiles were almost ready-made.

Open the kiln to burn bricks.

For a while, Fangcheng was in full swing.

At this time, news came from Wuguan that an old man asked to see him.

Zhu Yixi was taken aback, is there anyone I know in Guanzhong?

When he saw it, he came to a sudden: "Sun Baihu, why did you come out?"

Sun Xuan'er on the side, with red eyes and a face full of grievances, flung herself into her arms, as if she was about to cry.

Zhu Yixi was embarrassed, and the promise he made seemed to be forgotten by him.

"Zhu Zongbing!"

Sun Changzhou was also victimized by Zhu Yixi.

At that time, the army withdrew from Xi'an, and Zhu Yixi thought that he could counterattack at any time, so he left Sun Changzhou as an internal response.

Unexpectedly, when he came to Huguang from Hanzhong, he was getting farther and farther away from Guanzhong.

The barren Guanzhong, occupied by intruders, seems out of reach.

So, Sun Changzhou took Jinyiwei's resources and stayed in Xi'an for half a year. He had no news for a long time. Now that he heard that he was in Huguang, he gritted his teeth and left Wuguan.

"Xi'an, soon."

Zhu Yixi said embarrassingly but affirmatively: "However, it is very good that you come to Huguang. I need you just now."

Sun Changzhou sighed, his face pale: "That would be the best, the old man can be useful."

Sun Xuan'er helped her uncle to leave, and before leaving, she cast a scumbag's eyes.

"Little girl, do you really want to be slept with by me?"

Zhu Yixi smiled wryly: "However, let's not say that we are killing all directions, just say that this handsome face is destined to attract bees and butterflies."

Although Sun Changzhou's return left flaws in the counterattack against Xi'an, it has a great effect on the currently rapidly expanding Qin army.

The size of the Qin army is nearly [-], which can be described as a mixed bag. It is time to need a supervisory department.

However, Sun Changzhou, who was born in a family of Jinyiwei, is the most suitable for this job.

With the construction of the city in full swing, the news that Zhu Yixi was named King of Hanyang also spread.

For a while, the morale of the army was greatly boosted, and many people knew that their Zhu Zongbing turned out to be from the clan.

Bai Wang was frightened, he had no choice but to make a big profit.

Wu Dayan couldn't help saying: "God, I'm still crowned king, maybe I can still be emperor."

"Don't talk nonsense, you're just a county king." Bai Wang narrowed his eyes and said.

"Junwang, that is also a descendant of the Zhu family, a nobleman of Tianhuang, I said how he was victorious in all battles, and even beheaded Li Guo, so he is a child of the Tian family."

Wu Dayan expressed admiration: "Sure enough, he is different from our mud-legged ones. No wonder you surrendered to him. It turns out that you have been optimistic about him for a long time."

Hearing this, Bai Wang felt inexplicably more at ease, and those little grievances disappeared.

This is the king of the county, how can he know that he will not be the emperor in the future?

This has a head start, much better than following a general soldier.

"Let me tell you, I have long seen that His Highness is different from ordinary people, so I revealed a little extravagance, so I bow down."

Bai Wang raised his chin and said, "King Chuang is nothing, not as good as our Highness."

As soon as this mentality changes, so does the idea.

Before that, Bai Wang just wanted to make do with it, and everything will be discussed later.

But now, with a rush, he immediately became energetic.

That is commonly known as subjective initiative, and he began to think about himself and Zhu Junwang's future.

"I have to speak to Your Highness."

Without waiting for Wu Dayan's reaction, Bai Wang hurriedly walked out into the distance.

A fortress that is gradually taking shape, our King of Hanyang, with his hands behind his back, directs the bricklayers to lay bricks and build the bastion.

"Your Highness—"

Bai Wang looked at the tall and straight figure, why is it so special and bizarre, as if emitting golden light?
"Oh? General Bai, what's the matter?"

Zhu Yixi was covered in dust and asked involuntarily.

Bai Wang was flattered by this sentence of General Bai.

It was the same sentence yesterday, why does it sound different?
"Well, Your Highness, in my humble opinion, you built this castle just to defend against intruders, block the mountain pass!"

Bai Wang said cautiously.

"That's right!"

Zhu Yixi nodded: "Perhaps, it's not just the intruders."

"Then, Guangxiu City is useless."

Bai Wang hurriedly said: "Thieves are used to plundering people, and the siege is ten times larger. No matter how many castles there are, they can't withstand such a tragedy."

Zhu Yixi frowned, this is the reason, why didn't I think of it: "You have a way?"

"Have!"

Bai Wang became excited, this was to clear up the confusion for His Royal Highness, he couldn't wait to say:
"You can fortify the walls and clear the land, and plunder the already dilapidated Kaifeng Mansion, Ruzhou Mansion and other places. No, we are Wang Shi, and we should all move to Nanyang Mansion."

"At that time, there will be no people in Fangcheng for hundreds of miles, and there will be no replenishment of food and grass. No matter how many soldiers and horses there are, they will not last long. If we encounter the fortress you specially built, we will only return home with a bloody head."

"This……"

Zhu Yixi was taken aback, looked at Bai Wang in surprise, patted him on the shoulder, and said happily, "This is indeed a good idea."

"General Bai, I will build the Wangming Camp, and you will be the commander."

Bai Wang smirked, this time, I really didn't say anything in vain.

(End of this chapter)