Wednesday Wei had obviously considered the question raised by Zhao Shujiao, and he replied without thinking: "Put the old and weak women and children in the city, the young and strong outside the city, draw the land in the four compartments of the city as the city, assign the sergeants to control it, and then use the army." In order to protect the safety of their families in the city, how could they not fight to the death? ”

Before Zhao Shujiao could react, Governor Wang Yuanya and Governor Xu Ze couldn't help but object: "No, isn't this tantamount to forcing the people to die?" The people who live outside the city will probably not object, but when the people who live outside the city hear this order, they are afraid that they will immediately become chaotic, and that is not self-defeating?

Moreover, most of the residents in the city are gentry and merchants, and now they have placed their young men outside the city to deal with the slave soldiers, and I am afraid that these people's resentment towards us will exceed that of Houjin, and even if the slave soldiers retreat, we will be sued by these gentry to the court.

Since the founding of the country, there has never been a precedent for putting the people in front of the enemy army and the army staying in the city. If we set such a precedent, I am afraid that we will really be ruined and attacked by the whole world. ”

Wednesday glanced at Zhao Shujiao, who was silent, before he opened his mouth and replied: "If we can't keep Zunhua City, how many people inside and outside this city will survive after Jiannu broke the city in Liaodong in the past?"

Now only by keeping Zunhua City first, can we survive first, as long as we can survive, Zunhua City can at least preserve a little vitality, and will not be completely destroyed by Jiannu.

If we don't let these people participate in this war to defend Zunhua, then these people fall into the hands of Jiannu, won't they be used to attack the city with ants to consume the strength of our Zunhua defenders?

What's more, if you don't send Qingzhuang out of the city, the war will be fierce, and these ill-intentioned spies in the city will take action, and our lives will not be guaranteed. ”

When their own lives were involved, the two officials were speechless for a moment. Last year, the emperor reformed the official system, allowing officials to bring their families with them when they went to work, and also gave some subsidies, so Wang Yuanya and Xu Ze both took their families to Zunhua.

Although Zunhua is a border city, it has not encountered a war for more than 30 years, and even in the open space outside Zunhua City, large and small houses and shops have been built, as well as dozens of the most prosperous blacksmith shops.

This kind of peaceful life has long forgotten that Zunhua City was once the most important military fortress in the Northland, responsible for resisting the invasion of nomads from the north.

Wang Yuanya and Xu Ze wanted to send their families away when they were informed of the invasion of the Houjin army, but no one expected that the speed of the invasion of the Houjin army would be so fast, they had not sent their families away, and the news of the Houjin army's breakthrough had arrived.

At this time, it is obvious that the morale of the army is a little shaken if they want to send their family away, so they can only give up. With their families in the city, they pay more attention to the safety of Zunhua City.

Wang Yuanya and Xu Ze were both born in Jinshi, and although they had no talent in military affairs, they did not plan to surrender to Houjin, which ruined their reputation.

Although the general staff sent the herald to give the order, although he made a proposal that would cause criticism, the two of them understood that this was indeed an idea that was conducive to the defense of Zunhua City, but it was too ruthless.

Xu Ze looked at Wang Yuanya, who had an ugly face beside him, and couldn't help but say again: "Don't you move the people in the city, just bring the old and weak women and children outside the city into the city?" In this way, everyone can also discuss with the elders of the county? ”

Wednesday shook his head and said, "This Zunhua City is so big, if you want to bring in women and children from outside the city, you must let the people in the city vacate their houses." We must not offend the great families of the city now, and when we let them vacate their houses, we will also anger them.

Wouldn't it be self-defeating to let a group of resentful families gather a large group of young and strong families to stay in the city?

What's more, in addition to separating the young and strong from the old and weak, women and children, we also need to confiscate food, cloth, fuel and other materials from the homes of the people and merchants inside and outside the city.

Once the Houjin army is allowed to come to the city, it is difficult to say how long this war will last. Inside and outside the city and nearly 100,000 people, if they do not give food according to the mouth, and open a group in a centralized manner, will these people still be able to use us after they have saved and eaten up the grain?

Ordinary people don't have much food in their homes, and they don't have much firewood, but if they want to defend the city, they must not worry about the rations of themselves and their families in the city, collect food and fuel from the whole city, and then formulate standards for unified distribution. ”

Wang Yuanya sighed and said: "Staff Officer Zhou, what you said may be right, but, but the consequence of doing so is that these big families in the city will make enemies with us, if they are not willing to hand over the young and strong, and do not hand over the materials, do we still have to send troops to fight in?" What's the difference between doing this and a bandit and a bandit? ”

Zhao Shujiao looked at Wang Yuanya hesitantly, and then at Zhou Wei, he didn't know what to say now. In fact, he agreed with Wednesday Wei's proposition, he was not originally from Jizhou Town, but he was actually more worried about someone in the city making trouble during the battle.

As a veteran of the war with Jiannu for several years, he was still very worried about whether his subordinates would be able to block the attack of the slave soldiers.

After all, this is not the Liaodong fortress that he single-handedly recruited the homeless people to build, so he doesn't have to be distracted by any chaos in the city during the battle. After nearly ten years of dealing with Jiannu, the exiles in Liaodong knew very well how Jiannu would slaughter the people after breaking the city, so they would take the initiative to help defend the city, rather than sit idly by.

But the people in the pass don't seem to have this consciousness yet, it seems that in their opinion, even if the Houjin breaks through the city, they will only loot some property and women, and will not destroy the people too much, otherwise what will these Jiannu have to rob next time they break through the pass?

When Zhao Shujiao defended the city in Liaodong, he could use all his distractions to defend the city. But in Zunhua, it would be good if he could devote five points of his mind to defending the city, these big families in Zunhua City have not experienced war, and they value their property more than the fear of building slaves and breaking the city.

Just by demolishing the houses in this circle inside and outside the city wall, Zhao Shujiao has already comprehended the energy of these big families. Fortunately, he, the chief soldier of Jizhou Town, was personally ordered by the emperor, and even the governor Wang Yuanya couldn't move him, so he did it hard.

But Zhao Shujiao knew very well in his heart that the big families in the city had a lot of grievances against him, even if he didn't get dizzy and became Houjin's internal response, just dragging him back when Jiannu attacked the city was enough for him to be anxious.

But to get him to nod in support of Wednesday's proposition, he was really hesitant. As the chief soldier of Jizhou Town, he has a grudge with the local gentry, and he is really worried about whether he can resist it.

Wednesday looked at the expressions of the three people present, and couldn't help but smile and said: "In addition to conveying the orders of the wartime base camp, Xia Guan is also responsible for assisting General Zhao to defend the city and eliminate enemy traitors.

If the three of them feel embarrassed, it is better to take the matter independently of the lower officials. Anyway, if you can't keep Zunhua City, everyone will lose their lives in this war, so you don't care about giving an account to these gentry.

If you are lucky enough to keep Zunhua City, all the blame will be borne by the lower officials. Even if the court asks for guilt, it will cut off the head of the official. ”

Wednesday Wei took the initiative to stand up and take on this errand that offended people, which made the governor and the magistrate breathe a sigh of relief. Zhao Shujiao watched the two civil officials adopt a tacit attitude, and finally spoke: "Okay, this official will have a fight with Staff Officer Zhou, if the court is in trouble for this matter, this official will bear it with you."

As long as you can take care of this matter within 3 days, so that the soldiers and civilians of the city can work together to resist the strong enemy, and avoid the hidden danger of instability in the city, the official will fully support you. Lord Wang and Xu Zhixian, what do you two say? ”

Wang Yuanya glanced at Xu Ze before he spoke: "Isn't the order brought by this Zhou staff officer already explained?" From now on, all affairs in Zunhua City are subject to the orders of General Zhao, and we naturally have to obey the orders of the superiors.

If those gentry have any grievances, they will wait until the slaves have retreated, but when Staff Officer Zhou acts, please be lenient and not too harsh. ”

Wednesday Wei immediately bowed down to a few people and said: "Since a few people are willing to support the lower officials, then the lower officials will definitely live and die with this city, and will never abandon the city and flee..."

When Wednesday Weizhi walked out of the governor's yamen with satisfaction, Qu Neng, the chief of staff of Jizhou Town, who was following him, couldn't help but ask worriedly: "Jun Ze, why are you so hard, you finally entered the General Staff, as long as you endure for a few years and boil up your qualifications, you will definitely be an upstart in front of Your Majesty."

Now that he came to Zunhua to do such an offending thing, even if he can really stop the Houjin army, he may not end well. ”

Wednesday Wei glanced back at him, and said meaningfully: "Even if there are three points of danger in sailing, if you want to stand out in front of Your Majesty, you can't just rely on qualifications."

Do you know how fierce the competition has been in the Nine Border Towns and the various garrisons for a name since the General Staff prepared the plan to build a field army?

I don't want to stay in the capital all day and be a staff officer, if I want to go further, I always need to come down and lead the troops. But now the most important thing in the Ming Dynasty is the generals who lead the troops, and it is even more difficult to find a good position.

Anyway, I have some connections with Jizhou Town, and if I want to come down and lead the troops, I can only get some support in Jizhou Town. However, Liaoxi Town took away four field divisions, Gyeonggi took 6 numbers, Xuanda took 3 numbers, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Ningxia took 5 numbers, and only our Jizhou Town is still arguing over getting 1 or 2 numbers.

If I can succeed in this trip, I will be able to fight for Jizhou Town. In this era of frequent wars, isn't it better to preside over an army than to fight people in the capital? ”