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In the arrow tower at the head of the city, Hu Guang was in a slightly high mood, and said to Man Gui, who looked excited: "I would like to remind you that the purpose of this capital defense battle is to kill as many prisoners as possible. It’s just about guarding the capital, and you have to be aware of this, do you understand?”

"The general understands!" Man Gui was very confident at this time. After all, the emperor had already done all kinds of things for him, and guarding the city was the most basic thing.

Hu Guang nodded after hearing this and said: "Over at Shanhaiguan, Zu Dashou has led more than ten thousand of Guan Ning's elite troops to rescue Changli. On the other side of Changli, the captives are mainly Mongolian tribes. The victory or defeat will be determined in these two days. There is news, what do you think the outcome will be?"

Upon hearing this, Man Gui thought about it carefully and immediately replied: "Your Majesty, as long as Zu Dashou is determined, he will not lose!"

He has been staying in Guanning before. Currently, he is the first person in the capital to understand the strength of both the enemy and our side in Changli. His answer should be the most reliable.

After hearing this, Hu Guang smiled and said: "I don't dare not be careless when it comes to my ancestor's birthday. Therefore, at least the battle of Changli will not be defeated. In this way, when the news comes here, Jianlu may want to retreat. Can you understand my intention?" Do you mean it?"

Mangui was not stupid. After thinking about it for a moment, the slave chief could basically guess how Jianlu would act after receiving the news about the outcome of the battle in Changli. Therefore, he once again assured loudly: "In the last two days, as long as Jianlu dares to Attacking the city will definitely kill a large number of captives!"

At this moment, the eunuch sent by Gao Shiyue to the palace returned, and the telescope appeared in front of the emperor.

Hu Guang took the monocular telescope, which was very simple and of an ancient style. He took a quick look at it and then used the telescope to look at the Jianlu Camp in the distance.

This telescope is only about four or five times more powerful, and you have to close one eye to see it, so the effect is average.

Hu Guang looked at it for a while, then handed the telescope to Man Gui a little strangely and said: "I'll leave this thing to you, I can observe it more carefully. Man Qing came to see, does Jianlu usually eat at this time?" ?”

Countless smoke rose from the Jianlu camp, and they were obviously cooking. This could be seen without a telescope. Mangui turned around and saw it, and immediately reported to Hu Guang: "Your Majesty, Jianlu wants to have enough food to attack the city. The war will be earlier than expected."

"So that's it!" Hu Guang nodded.

The city had already made preparations for defense, so it didn't matter whether Jianlu was advanced or not. Neither Man Gui nor Hu Guang panicked.

At this time, they had just started cooking, and there was still a lot of time before Jianlu went to war, so Mangui did not immediately persuade the emperor to leave. He took the telescope with both hands, followed Hu Guang's example, and held it close to his eyes.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it. He was startled when he saw it. Then he turned to look at Hu Guang with a face full of surprise: "Your Majesty, what is this? It's so magical?"

At that time, the telescope was indeed a magical thing to the people of the Ming Dynasty, so much so that the Westerners paid tribute to the emperor and wrote "The Theory of the Telescope" to make themselves famous.

But for future generations, as long as they have been to middle school, the principle of this thing will be clear. Therefore, Hu Guang said nonchalantly: "There is nothing magical, it is just using the principle of convex lenses. This telescope magnification It’s not high, and it doesn’t look far enough. I’ll go back and have some people make some and distribute them to the army for use!”

Mangui's eyes widened when he heard this. He looked surprised at first, and then turned into admiration. He said happily: "This is really great. Your Majesty is really a god!"

He, a straight-tempered warrior, rarely flattered the emperor in person. This shows that he really cares about this telescope.

When Li Fengxiang, Gao Shiyue and others heard this, they thought, this is not bad, you are flattering everyone in Gui, how can we fall behind? They also quickly followed up and said: "Your Majesty, you are really a god! I am so impressed by you!"

Hu Guang's mouth curled up slightly when he heard this. What's so big about this? He suddenly remembered something and asked Mangui, "Manqing, are you illiterate?"

Upon hearing this, Man Gui suddenly felt a little embarrassed. He couldn't help but reach out to scratch the back of his head, but found that he was wearing a helmet, so he put his hand down again and said a little embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, the general has been fighting. No chance to read or write!”

Man Gui was not from a noble family. He had worked his way up from a young soldier to his current official position, so it was understandable that he was illiterate. In fact, he was not the only one. Many generals in the late Ming Dynasty were generally illiterate except for those who came from aristocratic families, such as Wu Sangui.

After hearing this, Hu Guang pondered for a moment and said: "What Qing Man said is wrong. As long as you really want to learn, there is still time for reading and literacy. If you want to further your ability, reading and literacy are inevitable. Since Don’t worry, I will make arrangements for you later.”

"..." Mangui was speechless. At this age, he still wants to study and learn to read? However, he could tell that the emperor was really doing it for his own good, so he immediately thanked him.

"Okay, I won't delay you in commanding the battle." Hu Guang turned his head and looked outside the city, then turned back to Man Gui and said, "As before, I was on the inner wall archery tower, watching the soldiers kill each other. Enemy, beat the drums and cheer for the soldiers!"

Upon hearing this, Mangui thought for a moment and then said: "Your Majesty, if the captives have artillery or large trebuchets, please use the dragon body as the weight. The inner wall archery tower is not safe!"

"You don't need to say this, I know it." After Hu Guang finished speaking, he went to the inner wall archery tower.

After Mangui sent Hu Guang away, he immediately sent an order that Jianlu was about to attack. The emperor watched from the arrow tower on the inner wall and beat drums in person to encourage him. Anyone who dared to neglect the military will be severely punished!

Upon hearing this military order, the soldiers, who had high morale, suddenly became excited. Just imagine, in the past dynasties, which army has been treated like this, with the emperor personally beating drums and cheering!

On the archery tower on the inner wall, war drums were found and placed one after another. The eunuchs with long arms and wide waists stood there with drumsticks in their hands, waiting for the war to begin and beat the drums to cheer.

What, Hu Guang didn’t take the drumstick? Is this the emperor? The eunuchs are beating the drums, and the emperor is watching from the side. This is the emperor himself beating the drums to cheer!

At this time, Hu Guang consciously entered the chat group and saw that Liu Wang had left a message, so he clicked on it to listen.

"Pudu sentient beings, fighting has begun on the city wall. There are prisoners on the west and south sides of the city wall, at least twice as many as before."

"To save all sentient beings, the county magistrate has issued an order to ask civilian women and other women with some strength to carry the wounded and bandage them."

Just two messages, left about half an hour ago, and no more after that. Obviously, the war in Changli was fierce, and Liu Wang had no time to leave messages and was busy all the time.

Thanks for the tip from Caitouradish!