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"Is there any other way?" Zhu Youjian couldn't bear it.

If there is another [-] main force at this time, he will definitely not feel bad about using the Black Banner Army to block the hole.But he, Zhu Youjian, just couldn't bring out the army.

"The best way is that the faster and harder we fight, the less pressure they will have." Li Dingguo said in a deep voice.

"Then serve the Nikan Ministry with the best dishes first!" Zhu Youjian also knew that it was time to meet him.

The Black Banner Army has been fighting for ten days since arriving at Laoshan and fighting with the Jin soldiers.Although they fought these battles very easily, they couldn't bear to fight continuously.

Li Nian led the Black Banner Army from Laoshan and drove Nikan all the way to Lai'an, but he was exhausted.Li Nian himself was also surprised, why did Nikan run away recklessly all of a sudden?Until I just received the news from Nanjing, it turned out that the Jin soldiers were about to withdraw to the north.

By this time, five full days had passed since the golden soldier's fifteen-day deadline, and two days had passed since Nikan and Duoduo received their orders.Li Dingguo's task for the Black Banner Army needs to be counted from the time of the battle with Haoge's troops, and then block the enemy for three days. Now Haoge's troops have only left Yangzhou for a day and a night.

This is the hilly area in the north of Chuzhou, the soldiers are a little tired, it seems that the small hills in front of them will never be finished.

"Brother Nian, are these soil bags also called mountains?" Shanwazi didn't quite understand, he said before that he would fight in the mountains, but in his eyes, almost all the "mountains" in front of him could be reclaimed to grow crops.

"The mountains in the north of the Yangtze River are like this. The Tazi soldiers can pass anywhere they want, and it's not easy to set up a trap." Li Nian knew what Shanwazi meant. , It’s no problem to find a Shankazi and guard it for three to five days.

Looking at such a terrain, Li Nian didn't know what to do. According to the information, Duoduo could not take the Tianchang-Xuyi line, but would choose Lai'an in the north of Chuzhou to go Dingyuan.

Therefore, the main line of defense of the Black Banner Army is a [-]-mile-wide hilly area centered on Lai'an, including Chuzhou.

"Build the fortifications on the spot, dig the foxholes first, and then dig the trenches connecting the foxholes." Li Nian quickly spread out his troops, and all units were busy.

"But Commander, it's not just the enemies in the south that we need to block. The Nikan tribe in the north can turn around and attack us at any time." A combat staff officer of the Black Banner Army reminded.

If the staff didn't mention it, Li Nian might not think about it for the time being, but when he mentioned it, Li Nian immediately became the first and the second big.

If it is a later generation, the full [-] soldiers in his hands can completely build a defense line, because the firepower is strong, and the firing speed and range of the rifle are much stronger than the flintlock.

But in this era, the forces must be concentrated and used to achieve the desired effect.

If Zhu Youjian hadn't hooked Hauge's cavalry away in advance, the Black Banner Army wouldn't have fought in this blocking battle at all, and if they fought, it would be meat for the wolf.

"Go to the cooking class and find Captain Zhang." Li Nian thought about it for a while. The south needs to be blocked by fortifications, so the best way to go to the north is to drive as far as possible.

After a while, the reckless regiment leader who was already in the cooking squad of the military department ran over in a small step.

"Report to the army commander, the cook Zhang Huanwu will report to you."

"Angry?" Li Nian glanced at the young man in front of him. This guy had a typical Shandong accent. He was a battalion commander of the former Luzhong Army, and he used to be Li Nian's subordinate.

"No." Zhang Huanwu said with a stiff neck. In fact, he was so aggrieved that he felt extremely uncomfortable.Winning two battles in a row but being scolded one after another makes everyone feel uncomfortable.

"Send you to kill the enemy again, do you still dare to take the initiative?" Li Nian looked at this man and was very worried that the other party said "I dare not".

"I, Zhang Huanwu, only know how to attack, not how to defend."

"Okay! I'll give you three regiments, and I'll let you poke Ni Kan in the butt, and drive them as far away as I can, you know?"

"Understood." Zhang Huanwu was very happy in his heart. Not only would he return to the army, but he would also be promoted, which is a great thing.

The three regiments are of no use to Li Nian now, he needs more manpower now, the more the better.The Ming army has no advantage in this battle, but it must find a way to create an advantage.Therefore, soil work is a must.

There is still one day and one night before the arrival of Hauge's troops. What Li Nian has to do is to quickly establish the first line of defense.When the Black Banner Army is defending the first line of defense, someone must help build the second line of defense, and so on.

"Find someone to inform the local officials and tell the people to move in the direction of Chuzhou, so that the young and strong will stay and help us repair the fortifications."

"Commander, it's not easy to ask the common people to help. It's too late for them to see the officers and soldiers running away."

"Give me the money, the silver dollars. Take out all the silver dollars in your pockets. After the war is over, I will calculate the loan interest for you." Li Nian didn't do anything, but he still knew the truth that money can move people's hearts.

To say that the military pay is high, it must be the Black Banner Army.After all, they are the imperial guards of the emperor's direct line, and all they send out in their pockets are white silver dollars, which are hard currency.

At least two or three silver dollars can be found in the pockets of every soldier in the Black Banner Army.If all the silver dollars of the entire army were collected, the amount would be objective, and it would be enough to pay for an army of laborers.

"Okay!" The staff members ran away happily. They all knew what the loan interest was. It was the hen that lays gold in the Daming Bank.

Hearing that you can earn silver dollars, the whole Lai'an County was a sensation.The method Li Nian gave was very simple. He asked the local officials to be responsible for the supervision, and contracted out the recruitment of manpower to individuals in the form of a contract.

If the officials are allowed to do this by themselves, it is estimated that within ten days and a half a month there will be insufficient manpower.

But it is much easier to entrust it to an individual. Whoever finds more people and recruits them faster can make a lot of money.

"My request is very simple: the road that the Tartars passed is in this area, and you are familiar with all the roads. All those who contribute will receive one silver dollar each as your basic service fee."

"Sir, is it only one silver dollar?" Some people think it's not worth it. After all, this is considered a battlefield, and even if you are detained by the contractor, you won't lose much.

"Don't worry. The basic labor service fee is one silver dollar, but you will be rewarded two silver dollars for every Tartar killed by the fortifications you dug. Cleaning the battlefield after the war is directly calculated on the basis of the head."

"Sir, didn't you use the fortifications we dug to kill the enemy? How could it be blamed on us?" The peasants were puzzled.

"I don't care how you dig fortifications, as long as it can kill the enemy, it doesn't matter if it's a trap, a stake, or a cesspit. As long as what you build can kill the Tartars, I will admit it."

"Wow..." All the people immediately understood that this was not about asking them to build fortifications at all, it was about recruiting them to participate in killing the enemy.

Of course, it is impossible for the young and strong to fight directly like the regular army, but they can use their own methods to kill the enemy.

The hills to the north of Chuzhou were thirty or forty miles wide, and it was impossible to guard against them with the black flag army.Li Nian used one dollar to mobilize all the available people to participate in the hunting, and used a bigger reward to stimulate the fighting spirit of these people.

After a whole day and night, when the staff officer handed over a thick stack of rosters to Li Nian, Li Nian himself was startled.

"so many people?"

"That's right, even the silver dollars of the entire army are not enough for the basic labor expenses you mentioned. There is still a county magistrate who came forward as a guarantee and owed 20 silver dollars to cover it."

"Are you sure everyone only got one piece?" Li Nian was worried that someone would claim it falsely.

"All those who had their fingerprints signed were supervised by the gendarmerie on the spot. Who would dare to risk their heads to commit crimes?"

"Is that too much?" Li Nian roughly estimated that there were at least a few hundred thousand people.

"Commander, you didn't see the appearance of this group of people. They are all crazy. A series of big holes were dug out by them on a good road, and we dared not come back until we were led by section by section."

"Have we left a safe route in our main position?" Li Nian was taken aback when he heard that, he couldn't even imagine what kind of scene this was.

"Don't worry! There are a total of five lines of defense, all blocking the official road."

This set of things, among the commanders of the Ming army, probably only people like Li Nian and Li Laiheng who have fought guerrilla warfare can think of it.

Chapter 397: Blind General Huang

(ps: In the previous chapter, each Tartar head should be rewarded with 20 silver dollars, hereby corrected.)

When Li Nian was overhauling the fortifications, Ni Kan ushered in the most glorious moment of his life. He was in charge of Hou Jinji's field cavalry unit.

This is not the common cavalry infantry of the Eight Banners, this is the real cavalry, including Mongolian cavalry, Eight Banners heavy armored cavalry, and Han Eight Banners light cavalry.