Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

\"Your Majesty is going to...\"

Old Fu raised his eyebrows:

"Is this going to restore the Yuan Dynasty's provincial system of Henan?"

During the Yuan Dynasty, Henan was very large.

The jurisdiction is:

The entire territory south of the Yellow River in present-day Henan;

The small parts of Yanjin, Yuanwu and other counties north of the Yellow River;

Most of Jiangsu, Anhui, and Hubei north of the Yangtze River;

Small parts of Shishou, Changyang and other counties south of the Yangtze River in Hubei.

The total area is approximately 45 square kilometers.

It is about the size of three Henan provinces in later generations.

Li Benzhen shook his head:

"That doesn't seem to be the case.

What my aunt means is that His Majesty just wants to create an outlet for Henan.

The newly included part is Xuzhou Prefecture and half of Huai'an Prefecture.

To the east of Xuzhou, it is bounded by the Yellow River.

Also, our focus in the future should shift to building railways.

Listening to what my aunt said, your majesty has sent eunuch Qin Zhien to discuss it with her.

It is necessary to take the lead in forming a new department, at the same level as the six ministries, to be in charge of railway construction.

Your Majesty means that my aunt will temporarily serve as one of the deputies of this new department. "

Old Fu raised his eyebrows:

"Is this the direction we should turn to the Military House?"

The military households of the Ming Dynasty, except for the border soldiers, were all responsible for the production function.

That is, farming.

Hearing what the general said, they might have to switch from fighting soldiers to garrison troops in the future.

"My aunt is also hesitant."

Li Benzhen shook his head:

"Although after transferring, we can all level up.

However, in terms of military merit, it is naturally not as easy to obtain as soldiers. "

Li Benzhen had never been to Handu, so he naturally didn't know that Zhu Youjian made this arrangement to find an outlet for Handu's industrial output.

How could Zhu Youjian give up such an advanced system of the Railway Construction Corps?

The old man raised his eyebrows, his face full of joy:

"So, I can be promoted to general without passing the cultural standards?"

"You think too much!"

Li Benshen smiled bitterly:

“Even if we can improve our level at that time, what will happen later?

If you can't read official documents, how can you act alone?

What's more, when that time comes, how will you write the report?

In my opinion, after working full-time, not only will cultural classes not be relaxed, but they will even become more difficult!

As warriors, we don't really need this stuff, as long as we can understand military orders.

Once you really become a railway soldier, you will have to deal with official documents every day! "

The old man sighed, took out a cigarette sadly, threw one to Li Benshen, lit it himself, and drank most of it in a few puffs.

The red cigarette butt was burning, and he waved his hand:

"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore, it makes me dizzy just thinking about it!

Let's discuss how to seduce Dorgon! "

"to make!"

Li Benzhen clapped his hands, and the soldiers hung up the huge map.

The two of them got together and whispered...

"General, I think we can hide in Aishan.

Let people evacuate towards Haizhou under our banner.

As long as we give way to Kaipi County and there is no army blocking the canal, Dorgon will definitely go south directly. "

……

Dorgon is very fast.

In the middle of the night, we arrived at Gong Dingzi's camp.

According to the plan, Hong Chengchou began to land with the Han army flag and rushed towards Xuzhou.

Dorgon, on the other hand, took Gong Dingzi and began to approach Pi County.

Twilight.

Dorgon has personally led the army and reached the foot of Pi County.

"Report!"

The spies came galloping:

"I am reporting to my father, the Regent, and my lord and son, that Pi County is an empty city!"

"Empty city?"

Dorgon was stunned.

Then, his expression changed drastically:

"No, Xuzhou is cheating!

Quick, send an order to Hong Chengchou immediately, telling him not to go deep and go south immediately! "

……

Hong Chengchou led all cavalry, and in order to raid Xuzhou, he even had very few heavy artillery.

There are only a few Franco machine artillery pieces of a few hundred kilograms in the army.

Even, in order to ensure that he traveled lightly and easily, Hong Chengchou just asked people to bring more than 100 bamboo ladders.

He didn’t even bring any siege equipment!

Here in Shuanggou, the Yellow River channel forms a "several bend".

Because the Yellow River burst its banks before, there was a lack of flushing by the river water, causing a large amount of silt to accumulate in the bends.

As soon as the cold wind of late winter blows, it will be frozen to the bone.

Even though Sun Zhenglan has blocked the gap, it can be crossed by horseback.

Hong Chengchou crossed the Yellow River with his horse near Shuanggou. After reorganizing his team, he galloped towards Xuzhou.

From Pi County to Xuzhou, it is only two hundred miles.

Hong Chengchou traveled all night, and at dawn, he had suddenly arrived ten miles outside Xuzhou City.

If it were normal time, at this time, people would have gathered outside the city gate, waiting for the door to open.

Carrying large carts and small carts, carrying them on their shoulders, the surrounding farmers and vendors from surrounding market towns would travel all night to earn a few scraps of silver in the city to support their families.

However, since the Qing troops moved south, the order of strengthening the walls and clearing the country began to be implemented along the canal.

Xuzhou is located at the intersection of the canal and the Yellow River. The order of strengthening the walls and clearing the wilds is strictly enforced.

The people in the surrounding market towns and villages had already retreated.

There was no one living outside the city, so Hong Chengchou naturally couldn't meet the people entering the city.

……

Zhu Youjian's attitude was very clear - it was a political necessity to let the Qing troops go south.

However, it is not his style to let the Qing soldiers harm the people along the way!

What's more, the troops along the way kept bleeding the Qing army, and the Qing army was unable to be replenished due to the implementation of the order to strengthen the walls and clear the country.

Only an extremely weak Qing court could follow Zhu Youjian's plan and show its fangs to the group of wealthy gentry the moment they entered Jiangnan!

If they were allowed to go south as in history——

Dorgon has money and food in his hands, so he may not continue to slaughter the wealthy families in Jiangnan!

After all, this guy was the real number one politician in the early Qing Dynasty!

How can we maximize the interests of the Qing court? Dorgon has a clear family!

……

There was no one outside the city, so Hong Chengchou was not afraid that the news of his arrival would be exposed.

Before the outline of the city could be seen, Hong Chengchou ordered the entire army to dismount and walk.

The Qing army took advantage of the heavy fog that had not yet spread in winter, and the entire army reached the foot of Xuzhou City.

During the Tianqi period, Xuzhou City was flooded once because the Yellow River burst its banks.

The current city was built during the Chongzhen period.

Because it was built recently, the architectural layout began to turn to the idea of ​​​​serving firearms.

Therefore, the battlements, mamian piers, Tibetan caves, and watchtowers are very comprehensive.

Even, on the city gate tower directly in front of the city gate, a two-story fort can be constructed, which can cause cross damage while the artillery bombards farther.

It is really difficult to attack a new city like this head-on.

Here - even if there is a mediocre general, it will be a flesh and blood mill!

This is why Yan Ermei wrote a poem to ridicule Shi Kefa.

……

Dorgon naturally knew that Xuzhou was difficult to deal with, so he did not dare to lead the troops in person and only allowed Hong Chengchou to make a sneak attack.

He also repeatedly warned Hong Chengchou that if the Ming army was on guard, they should immediately go south!