Chen Chengan heard this sentence and glanced at the people around him with a smile: "As we all know, the soldiers and generals in Ningxia have always been fierce, and the original Western Xia was established with Ningxia as the center. Although the performance of the Ningxia generals in these years has not been satisfactory, it is only because there are no good generals to take them. Once we take Ningxia, we will get tens of thousands of soldiers. Moreover, Ningxia can open up the passage to Mongolia to the north, and Mongolia may not be convinced by the Manchu Qing. ”

Hearing this, everyone nodded, Ningxia's soldiers were indeed fierce, and if they took Ningxia, not only would they not hurt their muscles and bones, but they could steadily expand their strength, and at the same time they were ready to attack, and once something happened, they could immediately organize troops to counterattack.

Meng Ke scratched his head: "The battle in Ningxia has been fought by Daniel Zhang, what should I do?" ”

Jia Xu laughed: "General Meng, don't worry, as long as the Ming Dynasty does not recover the rivers and mountains one day, you will have an endless battle." ”

The people present laughed in unison, and finally decided on a military strategy, first to take Ningxia, and then to prepare for the general situation of the world to change before making other plans.

The military order quickly passed to Daniel Zhang's hands, Daniel Zhang looked at the military order and smiled bitterly, he is no longer a hot-blooded soldier who has just joined the army, naturally knows that the mutinous people can't get benefits anywhere, but at this time he has no better choice, since he chose Daming at the beginning, even if he throws back to the Manchu Qing, Kangxi will not spare him.

Others don't understand Kangxi's nature, but Daniel Zhang has specifically understood it, Kangxi is definitely a tolerant enough master, but only if you are useful. Once you lose your usefulness, you'll be shattered immediately.

Moreover, fighting Ningxia is not a chore, at the beginning Daniel Zhang's biggest worry was that Cheng Xiaolian's head was hot and asked him to lead troops to fight Shanxi, even if he Daniel Zhang had ten heads, he had to explain there.

Since it is not the worst outcome, just accept it calmly, there are still many of his old subordinates in Ningxia, and this errand is not too difficult.

And Wang Jiyong also split the recruits who had been trained for two months into two halves, half of which was handed over to Qu Songjun for him to guard Tongguan, and the other half was given to Daniel Zhang, not that Cheng Xiaolian was petty and unwilling to give Daniel Zhang elite foot soldiers, but the current situation is that Daniel Zhang's identity is a general of the defeated army, even if Cheng Xiaolian wants to give him some elite soldiers, those people may not be willing to listen to him. A well-trained recruit is more likely to listen to him and won't go wrong.

On the other hand, Qu Songtin also began to dig up various tools for defending Tongguan, rummaged through the county annals, and studied all the examples of his predecessors guarding Tongguan.

Tongguan broke the city, seventy or eighty percent of the reason was the disaster Xiao Wall, understanding this, Qu Songjin began to make careful arrangements, no matter what, he could not let some unidentified people stay in important positions.

Qu Song's defense of the city will be steady and steady, and he will basically not let go of a little omission, so when Cai Yurong has not yet attacked Tongguan, he himself took someone to demonstrate it first.

When he took the soldiers and horses to the outside of the city to look up at Tongguan City, the first thought that came to him was that he could not attack hard, and the second idea was to find some mountain people who were familiar with the road to take him to Tongguan City.

With this in mind, he immediately began to prepare, while asking his soldiers to look for informed villagers in the surrounding villages to ask if there was a path up the mountain, and on the other hand, he began to cut off all the trees outside the city and move them into the city. What he had to do was not to let Cai Yurong find anything useful outside Tongguan City.

Soon the soldiers who inquired about the news rushed back, and they did get some news from the mouths of the villagers, there is indeed a small road up the mountain that can go directly to Tongguan City, but the road is steep and too narrow, and can only accommodate a small group of troops, even if they appear in the city, it is only a temporary panic, and it is not a threat to the army, unless the army is panicked.

But even if it was this path, Qu Songjin didn't plan to leave it for them, and immediately sent a small group of people and horses from Tongguan City to climb the path, and then hollowed out a section of the road into the city, in this way, even if Cai Yurong's people want to sneak into Tongguan City, they will first fall into the trap, as long as they alarm the brothers in the city, then everything is easy to say, and this path arranges people to take turns to watch day and night, and it will definitely not let people have the opportunity to sneak into the city.

Counting the days, the end of the year is in front of you, ancient and modern are different, from the beginning of the month to prepare for the New Year, to the twenty-third day of the month, almost all people are no longer working, all at home to prepare for the New Year.

This is especially true of the people in Chengdu Prefecture, where the small traders and vendors on the streets are basically no longer out of their stalls, and those places in Buzhuang are also closed according to the prescribed days, waiting for the next year to open. But there are still some people who are still working hard, these people are farmers in the countryside near Chengdu Prefecture, this time is the time when the market is good, fresh vegetables and fruits and vegetables can be sold at a good price, so they are reluctant to rest and dare not rest, because once they rest for a day, maybe there will be no overnight food at home. Although the silver has made some money, it must always be kept for emergencies, and it is not possible to spend lavishly.

It's funny to say, in ancient times, only people who didn't have overnight food didn't have the atmosphere of the New Year, because they worked every day, but in modern times it's different, everyone is working hard, and even the more people who have more money, they don't even have time to spend the New Year at home, which has to be said to be a kind of sadness.

Cheng Xiaolian's house has begun to post couplets today, and the days of pasting couplets are particular, but it doesn't mean that you can post them whenever you want.

Cheng Xiaolian also returned to the backyard to paste couplets for the three ladies, and he was ashamed to say that he had come to this era for so many years, and Cheng Xiaolian had not practiced excellent calligraphy, so naturally he couldn't write couplets. In the end, Zhu Fu found the academy, and the three old gentlemen wrote a couplet to each other, so that the couplet in the backyard could be pasted.

As early as two days ago, Confucius had privately found him, and he was deeply dissatisfied with the status quo that several ladies had not been happy so far, and even let Cheng Xiaolian tell the truth, if he couldn't let Daming have a queen as soon as possible, then he would have to listen to the opinions of the courtiers and select concubines for His Royal Highness.

When Cheng Xiaolian first heard the news, he wanted to scold people, and it was none of their business whether they had children or not. But after thinking about it, everyone is for the good of Daming, and if you scold people, it will chill everyone's hearts. I could only cope: "As soon as possible." ”

Seeing that the ladies were all standing in the courtyard, he coughed: "You come with me." ”

Several women were stunned, and then followed Cheng Xiaolian into the house, who knew that the first thing after entering the house was: "Those old ministers in the court let us have children." ”

(End of chapter)