Xu Xiaoyun said: "If the city is not built, no matter whether the Liao soldiers or pirates invade the country, the people will be killed if they can only lead their necks."

Zheng Bin and Tan Zizai heard the criticism in his words but did not answer. I wonder if they were not enemies with Xu Xiaoyun, the popular Qingliu scholar, or they were disdainful and responded to his questions at all. After all, Xu Xiaoyun, who was elected by the provincial school students, could not dismiss them from office like the supervisor of the shipyard. On the contrary, if the fierce battles in order to build the city walls caused dissatisfaction and rebound from the local gentry and then launched impeachment in the provincial school, the two officials would be the end.

Xu Xiaoyun's face turned gloomy and this clear-cut attitude was even more infuriating than blunt rebuttal.

"In the years and months of war, the city is just a matter of confidence. If there are always such broken walls, how can people be kept?"

"If the cost is not enough, the city wall will not be built that long." Zhao Xingde's words broke the silence. "The ancients did not seek to build a city with a large city but were small and strong. If the circumference of Yangzhou City was twenty miles long, all the defenders would stand on the city wall with only 500 people. If the city wall was too long, the enemy would only have to choose a little to break through the whole city and fall. If the money and food for the construction of Yangzhou City were not enough, the defenders would not be sufficient in the future. You can first choose the terrain to build a Jiaozhai as the central artillery base. In the future, you will make up a lot of money and expenses in the future and then gradually build an affiliated Jiaozhai around the center. The fortress group will gradually expand. Even if the enemy breaks a fort, it will not harm the overall situation. In this way, not only can the defense force be saved. If the heavy artillery Jiaozhai group with a long range is placed in the Jiaozhai, the place that can be controlled by the Jiaozhai group will be far more than the circular city."

This method of building a city was obtained by Zhao Xingde from his experience of using cannons to defend the city. Those who participated in actual combat, such as Ma Yuan, Liu Gu, etc., showed a look of surprise in their faces. Zhou He and other officers were a little confused, so Zheng Bin and Tan Zizai were completely confused. Xu Xiaoyun's face looked strange and thought for a little while, and a trace of suspicion flowed out of his eyes.

"There is a question from the lower official" Zheng Bin politely bowed and said, "Mr. Zhao is giving advice. [Just find the novel material]"

If others say that they want to change the way the city is built, Zheng Bin and others will definitely be disdainful. However, Zhao Xingde's reputation for defending the city is too great, so he questioned it in a teaching tone. Zhao Xingde also understood this very well and did not dislike it. Jiaozhai is good at both the Liaodong Peninsula and Henan, but the Liaodong Peninsula is too narrow and the Henan land is too wide and not suitable for building a group of Jiaozhai. The Huainan area is the main path for northern cavalry to go south. Although there are no high mountains and obstacles, the plains are not wide, the water network is vertical and horizontal. It is suitable for building Jiaozhai groups to control key areas with cannons.

Zheng Bin asked: "What the lord said is that Jiaozhai can only accommodate the official army. Where can the people stay if the enemy attacks?"

Although Zheng Bin is not familiar with the military, this question hits the point and is even a little bit depressed. Although Xu Xiaoyun has prejudice against him, he nods slightly, which is obviously what he thought. Ma Yuan and others' faces slightly changed and their eyes fell on Zhao Xingde. Zhao Xingde's face seemed to have expected this question as usual. The river breeze blew slightly to the wharf outside the cabin and the sorrow of the hungry people was clearly clear. Liu Gu said in his heart: "My teacher is definitely not a person who abandons the people."

"Has the Liao army protected the people since the invasion of the Liao army?" Zhao Xingde sighed and said, Xu Xiaoyun's expression was sunk and he immediately thought to himself that he was ruling the truth. Zhao Xingde continued, "This is the different situation in ancient and modern times. If the place within the walls of the big city is wide and there are food and grass, water wells and even fields can form a world of heaven and earth to protect the people around him. With the strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields, the enemy cannot defeat the defenders, and they can only withdraw their troops. Therefore, since the middle age, the city has become larger and larger, and the capital of this dynasty is the largest city in the world." The officer in his view slowly emphasized his tone and said in a deep voice: "But in modern times, the situation has been very different."

"It's very different?" Ma Yuan, Liu Gu and others chewed his words carefully and felt a little confused in their hearts. [Just find the novel material]

"In modern times, the guards have been exhausted. Zhang Xun had to eat people and fill the hunger. When the city was destroyed, only a few hundred people were left. No matter how big the city was, the city was not enough to be sieged. Why is this because of the increase in population? " Zhao Xingde sighed at the confused expression of the crowd, "This is because of the increase in population. In ancient times, the vast land of the city was sparse and the people were guarding the city. It was difficult for the enemy to rob enough food even if the enemy robbed the city. However, in recent years, the more people in the city, the more food the city is, the more people are consumed. This is not good for the defenders. The more people outside the city, the more people there are, the more cavalrymen plundering the city, the more gains they will gain. The more cavalry guards are, the more they will plunder. The more they will gain. The more they will gain. The more they will gain. The more they will plunder the city, the more they will plunder. It is a natural result."

"No wonder it turns out to be so," Zhou He sighed: "It's not that the soldiers are not going to live." Someone next to him said: "So what?"

"So what?" Zhao Xingde sneered, "If you can't even use food and grass to waste the other party, it means that if there are no reinforcements or other intentions to defend the city, it is a sure strategy to defeat. As long as the enemy controls the vast population outside the city, all the food and grass can be driven for one's own use. No matter how big the city there is, there is no more food and grass outside the city there is not much food and grass outside the city. If there are no reinforcements to drive out the enemy's city, it is only a matter of time before the fall of the enemy city." He sighed and said, "No one is a fool. Since defending the city is a matter of defeat, will the defenders really wait for people to eat each other again and again? Leaving the city or surrendering at the beginning is the choice of those 'smart people'."

"Since that's the case," Ma Yuan asked while thinking, "How should we deal with it?"

"Observation is the best defense," Zhao Xingde said regretfully: "If you can defeat a strong enemy in the field, you don't have to defend the city."

"Passive defense is just a bad strategy. If you have to do it, the defending party will try its best to expand the defense area to form an area similar to the ancient "solid walls and clear fields" that makes the enemy unable to obtain food and grass, so that our people can't do it. Secondly, the larger the defense area, the more difficult the enemy will be, the easier it will be to siege the defending party and contact the outside world. The bigger the city in our dynasty, the bigger the city, in fact, it is also taking this path, but the longer the city wall, it is only a limited piece of land. Especially when the enemy is dominated by cavalry and can plunder the siege, it is even more undesirable."

"The area that can be controlled by Jiaozhai and artillery is far more than that of an isolated city. If this area of ​​building is of the right size, it is difficult for cavalry to circumvent the enemy's army and cannot be besieged or plundered, so it is difficult to stalemate the defenders." He paused, "The enemy cannot circumvent the area of ​​this place without plundering. One or two outside Jiaozhais are lost without damage to the overall situation. If the enemy wants to capture Jiaozhais one by one, it will be very heavy. In this way, the rear of the building area will be relatively stable."

Everyone suddenly realized Xu Xiaoyun, but said, "If the enemy attacks, the people will still have no place to stay."

"If the enemy attacks," Zhao Xingde replied: "The people must evacuate to the rear in advance."

"Then," Zheng Bin asked hesitantly, "Isn't you going to let the people escape?" He didn't say, "What's the use of building these Jiaozhais?" He was already polite, but everyone heard what he meant. Ma Yuan and Liu Gu showed a strange look, shook their heads in his heart. No matter how many requests they asked, everyone would ask, but whether they could do it was another matter. After the north was recovered, the main function of Jiaozhai was to accommodate the people to reclaim the people from the Liao army to avoid the Liao army from fighting the grass valley. However, the Jianghuai area has a dense population. The role of Jiaozhai is to mainly use artillery and hard consumption of the Liao army. If you can accommodate the people more, you are afraid that there will be insufficient food and grass in the village.

"Mr. Zheng is different in the past and present times." Zhao Xingde emphasized again, "If there are not many enemies invading, the people just need to hide in the Jiaozhai defense zone for a while, but if there are many enemies invading, they can only retreat to the rear. But can they hide in the city forever? The situation of ancient and modern times has changed. The enemy is extremely cruel. Ordinary people cannot evacuate to a safe rear, whether it is Jiaozhai or a city. Compared with ancient times, the scope of the battlefield has been expanded. At least the security and isolated cities in the rear can be guaranteed by the enemy cavalry. It is easy to bypass the people and not even escape from the rear."

Seeing this, Zheng Bin no longer questioned what he remembered and sighed.

"Mr. Zhao said it is reasonable and forgiven. Just as the master said, "If you can defeat the enemy, why should you spend so much effort and the people don't have to be displaced." Zheng Bin bowed with a gloomy face, "After the Liao army set fire to the fire, I plan to do my best to raise money and grain. According to Lord Zhao's wishes, I will build a Jiaozhai cannon base in the city to calm people's hearts. At this time, I need more guidance from you."

"This is natural." Zhao Xingde nodded and said, "Zhao should do his best." He paused and said, "Although Yangzhou City is already a ruin, this location is still very important. Why not refer to Chang'an's method and only stipulate that the Zhoucheng area is roughly divided into several areas by merchants. The merchants who bid for the higher price must build houses within the deadline. In this way, the speed of reconstruction of Xuzhou City will be greatly accelerated."

Tan Zizai and others looked at each other for a moment, then Zheng Bin nodded and smiled, "It's really the same as the heroes. We are planning to do this, but there are owners in the city now that they are still confirming that the land deeds of each family are not claimed, and they will be taken out to bid if no one claims them. If the original owner cannot rebuild the land deeds within the deadline, it will be invalid. There are also many people waiting to sell the land deeds for the price, and the reconstruction has been delayed because of the cleaning of the land deeds."

He said it simply, but Zhao Xingde felt a strange feeling in his heart. These Yangzhou officials seemed to be a group of chambers of commerce.

Author: The second update made up for yesterday’s holiday.

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