"The bandits are coming to Denglai, and they are powerful. How should you defeat them?"

Ma Shiying, who is in her fifties, slightly fat, and has a rather elegant face, stood outside the gate of Penglai Pavilion, frowning slightly as she looked at the examination questions posted on the wall.

He, Lu Zhenfei, and Lu Jiude came together and arrived in Dengzhou City a day ago. After arriving, they did not go to the Military Department to submit their names, but found a secluded inn to settle down.

Then I went to find someone to ask about the "equal land and exemption from taxes" among the seven Denglai guards. This matter is not difficult, because among the seven Denglai guards, there is a Dengzhou guard, which is near Dengzhou Fucheng and Dengzhou Water City.

It is also the acropolis of Dengzhou Guard.

Therefore, many residents living in Dengzhou City are more or less related to Dengzhou Guards.

Regarding Zhu Cihong's move to rectify the Seven Guards of Denglai, the scholars in Dengzhou City were also divided into two groups, and one group applauded!

To be honest, the guardhouse here in Denglai is almost a prison! No matter whether you are an official or a soldier, there is no way out. The only ones who can see hope are military scholars and military candidates. And Zhu Cixiang accepted Li Yan's method

, on the one hand, it took away the land occupied by the officials of the Seven Guards; on the other hand, it gave hope to the strong men of the Seven Guards of Denglai.

Ten thousand of the thirty thousand people who applied will stay in Denglai Seven Guards, and each person can be allocated about 200 acres of land. Most of the land in Denglai is dry land, which cannot be compared with the paddy fields in the south of the Yangtze River. And they got 200 acres of land.

After setting up a field, there will be no military pay for people below Xiaoqi, and they must prepare their own equipment and military rations!

As for those above the small flag level, they will receive a second-class reduction in military pay. The military pay is issued by the Generalissimo of the Fu Army through the Denglai General Soldier Office in Dengzhou.

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The remaining 20,000 people will be incorporated into the New Army to overcome difficulties. Some will be incorporated into the fifth division of the New Army (now there are five divisions in the New Army), and some will be directly under the command of the New Army to overcome difficulties and serve as heavy supplies.

As a result, the number of the new army to overcome the difficulties (excluding the 10,000 guards in Denglai) has increased to 48,000! 8,000 of them will stay in Dengzhou, and the remaining 40,000 will follow Zhu Cihong.

They managed to pull out an army of 40,000 men in such a short period of time. Not to mention whether they could fight or not, just this method of pulling out heads made Ma Shiying and Lu Zhenfei admire them greatly.

However, there are quite a lot of naysayers here in Dengzhou! They are mainly military literati who lost their land during the "reform".

They are unwilling to join the army, and they are unable to fight against Zhu Cixi's 40,000 troops and ingenious methods. If it weren't for Li Yan's clever methods, these military officials would definitely incite ordinary military households to resist. But now not only ordinary military households, but also some military units with some fighting ability

The military attachés are all gearing up to go to the south of the Yangtze River to make a fortune. Who else can follow them to fight? Even if they fight, they can't beat them!

As for Ma Shiying, Lu Zhenfei and Lu Jiude who came incognito, they were both afraid and respectful of Zhu Cixiang's methods.

It's just that the three of them still don't understand. There is obviously a cabinet and a Ministry of War! Why didn't anyone stop Zhu Cihong from acting randomly? Do the ministers in the cabinet and the Sixth Section also believe that Prince Zhu is the reincarnation of Zhu Yuanzhang?

However, the three of them did not go to the five pavilion masters immediately. Instead, they went to Penglai Pavilion today to look at the questions for the Enke exam.

Contrary to the expectations of Ma Shiying and Lu Zhenfei, two veteran Jinshi, they only saw one exam question outside the gate of Penglai Pavilion, which was a Tao policy question. The question was: The bandits are coming to Denglai and they are powerful. What should you do?

Enemy?

Lu Jiude also saw this question. The old eunuch frowned and whispered to Ma Shiying beside him: "Why is there only one policy question?"

At this time, he saw Ma Shiying's brows furrowed, as if he was thinking hard.

What's going on? You can't do it?

He looked at Lu Zhenfei again. Lu Zhenfei was a man from Hebei. He was about the same age as Ma Shiying, both in their fifties, but because he was tall and fair, he looked younger. At this moment, he, like Ma Shiying, was touching

With a big beard, he stared at the examination questions hanging at the gate of Penglai Pavilion.

It doesn’t look like he can do it!

Is this question that difficult?

At this time, Lu Zhenfei suddenly turned to look at Ma Shiying: "Yao Cao, is there any solution?"

Ma Shiying smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "How can there be a solution to this kind of question? I don't believe that the person who asked the question can answer it well on his own."

Lu Zhenfei smiled: "Then let's go find the person who came up with the question and ask for advice!"

Ma Shiying nodded: "Okay! See Brother Bai, let's go to the Generalissimo's Mansion of Fujun to meet Prince Qiantose!"

In the capital hall of the Fujun Grand Marshal's Mansion, Zhu Cixiang was sitting on a throne, with several chairs on both sides. Sitting there were Hou Xun, Chen Rui, Wu Xiang, Cao Youyi, Su Guansheng, Li Ruolian, Li Yan and other seven people.

Ma Shiying, Lu Zhenfei, and Lu Jiude had all put on python robes and had just paid homage to Prince Zhu. Zhu Cixiang also politely gave each of them an embroidered pier, and then said half-jokingly: "You two make embroidered piers."

, Lu Jiude, you are finally here, I have been waiting for you here for a long time."

It turns out that their group has long been under the surveillance of Jin Yiwei!

"Your Highness, I went to the Penglai Pavilion examination room with Governor Lu and Eunuch Lu, so I wasted some time."

As Ma Shiying explained, he secretly looked at Zhu Cixiang. He found that Zhu Cixiang had a bright smile on his face and looked very kind, completely different from Chongzhen who looked worried about the country and the people all day long.

"Oh, have you seen the test questions?" Zhu Cixiang asked with a smile, "Can you do it?"

Ma Shiying shook his head, "I don't know how."

Lu Zhenfei also shook his head: "The veteran has little talent and knowledge, and he doesn't know how to do it. I still want to ask His Highness the Crown Prince for advice."

Ma Shiying also said: "I also want to ask your highness for advice."

Zhu Cixiang smiled: "Okay, then I will just talk to you, not to mention giving advice. Let's work together to discuss a way to protect the country from the captives."

Ma Shiying said: "I would like to hear the details."

Zhu Cihong said: "My approach is to persevere! Perseverance, long-lasting resistance, not afraid of hardship, not afraid of death, and not willing to sacrifice.

Before the arrival of the bandits, we should rectify the prefectures and counties of the guards. The guards should revive the military households, and the prefectures and counties should hold large-scale regiment training. The two prefectures of Dengzhou and Laizhou should strengthen their walls to prepare for war, store grain and grass, and prepare for long-term persistence. Prefectures located in the interior

The county should build a mountain castle in the mountains and defend it with regiment training. When the enemy comes, it will defend the fort, and when the enemy leaves, it will harass them. And the garrison on the coast should form a navy and build castles on the coastal islands to make a lasting defense.

Prepare.

After the bandits arrive, the army and people of Denglai should fight in the countryside, in the cities, in the mountains, on the islands, and on the sea! They must do everything possible to preserve themselves and destroy the enemy! Even if the war is unfavorable, they will not surrender to the bandits, let alone leave.

Denlay!”

Taizu is really reincarnated!

After listening to Zhu Cixiang's words, Ma Shiying and Lu Zhenfei both had the same thought in their minds. The theory of the reincarnation of Emperor Taizu Gao was true! Otherwise, how could the young prince in front of him come up with such a clever idea?

Even though the two of them were so knowledgeable and had been officials for so many years, and they were officials who could manage the army when they mounted their horses and care for the people when they dismounted, they couldn't come up with such a method.

In fact, the two of them were at a loss to deal with the Manchus who were about to move south. All they could think of was to defend the rivers and Huaihe Rivers and resist every step of the way. In their opinion, Shandong was undefendable no matter what.

But now Zhu Cixiang has come up with a way to persist in Shandong, and it is feasible.

You will definitely not win a battle with the Manchus in the countryside, and most of the cities will not be defended. However, as long as the Dengzhou Fort is properly reorganized and reinforced, there is still hope.

Because Dengzhou Water City has its own port, as long as the Water City is in hand, it is impossible for the Manchus to cut off foreign aid from Dengzhou. And the terrain of Water City is very dangerous, close to mountains, rivers, and seas, and close to Penglai on Danya Mountain.

The pavilions are connected into one.

In addition to Dengzhou Prefecture, there are six acropolises on the ground in Denglai Prefecture: Weihaiwei, Chengshanwei, Jinghaiwei, Dasongwei, Lingshanwei, and Aoshanwei. Many cities with thousands of households are also located near the mountains and the sea.

Although it is not as strong and dangerous as Dengzhou Water City, it is widely distributed and the land transportation in the area is very inconvenient. If the Manchurian army cannot completely control the mountainous inland, it will have to march along the relatively flat coast.

It takes 500 miles to go from Laizhou to Weihaiwei, and 700 miles to Jinghaiwei!

If the Dengzhou Prefecture area can be fortified and cleared, the logistical pressure on the Manchurian soldiers will be huge!

As for the sea and islands, they were completely ruled by the Ming army. There are a large number of islands along the coast of the Shandong Peninsula, most of which have water sources and residents, which can be stationed by the Ming army. Moreover, the guard posts along the Shandong coast were all set up to prevent Japanese pirates.

From the beginning, the defense of coastal islands was considered, and forts were built on many islands and military households were stationed.
Chapter completed!