The Red House starts from Liaodong

Chapter 78 Ten Thousand Soldiers
The barbarians will definitely come to counterattack, but when it will come, Tang Qing'an doesn't know, all he can do is to seize all the time to consolidate Jinzhou City.

The most important thing is people's hearts.

Jinzhou City is built with blue bricks. There are more than [-] houses in the city. It was originally built in the Ming Dynasty.

There is a turret on the gate, and there is an urn outside the gate. It is more than a thousand steps long from north to south, nine hundred steps wide from east to west, and the highest point of the city wall is three feet.

The wall is high and the city is strong, and there is a moat.

The door panels of each door are more than one foot thick, and the door panels are studded with large iron nails, which are extremely strong.

So the barbarians want to capture Jinzhou City, unless they use human lives to add it.

Tang Qing'an's strategy is simple.

It is to stick to the city, never go out to fight, and make Shenyang's big mistake.

To the west of Jinzhou City is the sea, and more than three hundred steps overseas is an unknown small deserted island, which is very small.

Although the island is small, it is enough for the navy to dock.

Tang Qing'an was inspecting the navy. Some of the Francophones brought in from Shandong remained in Jinzhou City, and some were installed on sand ships. The test firing began today.

Unlike the Hongyi cannon, the Franji is less powerful and has less recoil. The largest twelve-foot sand ships were used for the test.

It was a sunny day, and five large ships lined up in a row. The Francophone on the deck of the ship ignited the fire, and there was a rumbling sound from the gun bore.

A few miles away on the sea, more than ten meters of waves exploded.

"With this power, if the barbarians dare to rely on the sea, I will give you a hard blow."

There were a group of generals waiting and watching on the island, among them Yan Zhengzhong said with a smile, and the rest Li Er and Gou Er agreed.

"As long as the west of the city is not lost, you don't have to worry about being besieged by barbarians, and you can get a steady stream of supplies from the sea."

Zhao Gou showed confidence.

The imperial court has also issued a document to comfort him, saying that he has meritorious service, and that he is a veteran, and he should kindly assist Vice President Tang.

That being the case, Zhao Gou became alive with his thoughts.

Not only the generals in Fuzhou, but also Xu Shoufu, the prison city of Yongning, took command, acting like an officer.

Tang Qing'an didn't take it seriously either.

Compared with the current situation in the Great Zhou Dynasty in the same period as the Tianqi Year, it is far from the time for him to support himself, let alone rely on the support of the imperial court.

He knows that as long as he has a firm foothold in Liaodong and endures for ten years, everything can be easily solved.

Now that he is the deputy commander-in-chief, the highest officer here, it is not good to continue to demand power excessively.

And that's not always the case, generals like Huayan are more devoted to themselves.

Among these newly acquainted generals, Tang Qing'an valued Huayan the most, Guo Ying.

The former was able to assess the situation and deceive the idiot Geng Bingyuan, and he had a heart for the court, so he was a trustworthy person.

Although Guo Ying is not as good as Huayan, he is worse than military.

Although he only has a few hundred troops, he practiced very diligently, and he was a bit more elite than the other departments.

Also, although Xu Shoufu didn't say it clearly, his younger brother Xu Hui followed him, and his actual attitude was already clear.

As for sailors.

The official document of the imperial court was to assign him to dispatch, and he didn't know Zhao Gouyong, so of course he obeyed Tang Qing'an's command and obeyed his orders.

In Tang Qing'an's view, the navy is the key.

So I am willing to delegate power to Zhao Gou, and work together to guard Jinzhou City.

Although Zhao Gouyong is good at seizing power, he is more convinced by Tang Qing'an. After all, the other party is a person who dares to go against the current, and he has a big follower. His future is not comparable to his own.

If the two big brothers are in harmony, they will be of one mind.

Tang Qing'an and Zhao Gou used their way home, and the two communicated with each other about the garrison in various parts of Jinzhou.

"Nanguan is extremely important, it is an important town behind Jinzhou, and it needs an extremely skilled general and a loyal person.

So I am going to order Huayan to guard Nanguan, and Guo Ying to assist, and the two will guard this place together. "

"There are less than 800 people in the original department of the two, and I'm afraid it's not enough."

Of course Zhao Gouyong knew the importance of Nanguan, so he pointed out the shortcomings.

"Liao Yong and Zhou Quan were transferred back to the Ministry of War to wait for their posts. They originally had 700 subordinates, and they can join forces with Huayan and Guo Ying."

Nanguan is a small city, and after Jinzhou, 500 people are enough to guard the wall.

Zhao Feng didn't worry about this place, but worried about how the commander-in-chief would arrange the city of Jinzhou. During these days, everyone knew the basics.

Tang Qing'an's origins are already very clear, and there is really no real record that can be shown.

The recovery of gold and the restoration of Erzhou did not rely on the strength of the country, but the active attachment of various places.

"Brother Zhao, what do you think about the defense of Jinzhou City?"

Tang Qing'an suddenly took the initiative to ask.

For a few days, Zhao Gouyong was thinking about how to open his mouth so that the other party would not feel offended. After all, the other party was young, and when he was young, he was full of vigor, and Zhao Gouyong didn't want to offend the other party.

After listening to Tang Qing'an's question, Zhao Gouyong was stunned for a while, and then he was overjoyed.

Not only did he not despise the other party because of this, but he admired him even more from the bottom of his heart.

"There have been several sets of strategies for defending the city, and I don't have any great opinions to change, it's just sticking to the rules.

Jinzhou City has high walls and strong terrain. There are [-] soldiers from Donghai Battalion, [-] soldiers from Jinzhou, [-] soldiers from Fuzhou, and [-] new recruits, totaling more than [-] soldiers.

In addition to assigning more than [-] to the most difficult situation, there are tens of thousands of soldiers in the city, and thousands of naval divisions can support them. As long as each department strictly guards its defenses, this place will be safe. "

The two rode on horses, followed by a group of generals. When they heard Zhao Gouyong's words, the generals didn't think there was anything wrong in their hearts.

Like that Liaoyang City.

It was captured by the barbarians in three days, because there were no soldiers in the city.

There is no confidence in field battles, but there is no fear in defending the city.

A group of people entered through the west gate, and when they entered the city, they were told that the east gate was extremely congested, and there were too many people pouring in, so that order was completely lost.

The information of the common people is very backward, but they still get the news after all.

The imperial court restored Jinzhou, and people everywhere heard the news, and dragged their families to Jinzhou to flee.

The barbarians won Liaozuo as victors, and they did not learn Confucian governance concepts, but regarded themselves as invaders.

Soldiers and bandits, such a terrifying combination, the looting of places has reached a new height.

The barbarian soldiers lined up to form a line, like a comb falling on the left side of the Liao Dynasty. From east to west, every house was broken and every house was clean.

It is good to take things by force, some people like to kill people, some people like women, some people are cruel and feed on people's hearts.

The entire Liaozuo has fallen into a bandit's paradise.

It was also quite difficult under the rule of the Great Zhou before, but there is still a system, unlike today's nowhere to survive.

Therefore, when one smells a new life, people from all over the world will of course leave their homes.

In terms of being busy, Feng Shengzhi and others were the busiest.

I used to be busy on the island, but now I finally landed, but I am even busier.

"Send people to the east gate, and we must ensure the order of the city gate."

Although Zhao Gouyong knew that thousands of people went to Jinzhou every day for the past few days, he didn't expect it to be so severe today.

Order now.

(End of this chapter)