Chapter 126                                                             

But at this point, I think about everything.

At this point, Zhou Mengchen was already playing the card clearly, and it depends on whether the other party responds or not and how far it should be.

What is Boyan doing now?

Boyan is demolishing the city.

Yes, demolish the city.

In fact, there are many abandoned cities on the grassland, many garrisons built by the Ming Dynasty, and many abandoned them, and many leftovers from the Yuan and Liao dynasties. These abandoned cities are generally ruins, and of course they are not completely useless. When encountering natural disasters such as sandstorms or snow disasters, they can also avoid them.

So although it is useless, it is also kept.

However, Zhou Mengchen made this move, using the old city of Yulin, and directly turned it into the frontier position of the Ming army. He pushed the edge wall north for dozens of miles.

If the old Yulin guards were not too close to the side wall, they would be able to arrive in one day when they were close to the cavalry attacked. Moreover, demolishing the city was not easy. After all, the Tartars were not good at civil engineering, that is, they were neither good at building cities nor demolishing the city. Moreover, although Zhou Mengchen made a big fuss, he had no intention of hiding. But the problem was that Zhou Mengchen was not slow at all. The wind was heard here, and within a few days, he had already set off. The Tartars had no time to fight against the old Yulin city.

But one's mistake will lead to wisdom.

The Tartars are not fools. Such a thing is enough for one time. How could the Tartars let Zhou Mengchen do it for the second time?

Therefore, Boyan demolished all the cities close to the old guard of Yulin in one breath. He must not let Zhou Mengchen use it again. If Zhou Mengchen wants to use this method to move forward again, he will have to build the city by himself.

After Boyan arranged these things, he was not idle, and he was even more skilled and brave. He took more than a thousand cavalry on the mountain not far from the old Yulin Guard, looking at the Yulin Acropolis under construction from a distance.

Zhou Mengchen also discovered this Tartar cavalry. First, he didn't know that the Tartar general was here. Second, Zhou Mengchen didn't have many cavalry in his hands. He didn't dare to attack. He was worried that the Tartars would retreat as soon as they attacked. If they didn't chase them, they would come again after the cavalry of their headquarters returned to the camp. And if they were pursuing, they would probably go but never return and be eaten by the Tartars ambush.

Zhou Mengchen tentatively asked the two brothers of the Ma family to drive them away twice, but when they saw that there was no effect, he ignored them. He just asked the cavalry to be on guard outside the camp. Half of the soldiers were waiting for the battle, although they were ready to fight. This slowed down some of the progress of building the city.

However, Zhou Mengchen prepared very well. Moreover, people were sent to explore the situation in Yulin City first. Not only Zhou Mengchen, but many of the generals below knew it.

So although the project volume was a little more, it was finally completed on time.

Zhou Mengchen and Li Ru walked alone on the city wall.

Today's city walls are different from a month ago. They all look brand new and solid. But Zhou Mengchen knew that although some city walls have been demolished and rebuilt, there are fewer ones who have been demolished and rebuilt, and more of them are abandoned, digging out this layer of soil on the city wall, and rebuilding a layer of soil. The foundation is actually not too stable.

Of course, the foundation mentioned here is unstable, and it does not mean that the city wall will collapse. Instead, when facing the siege, the city wall is probably not as strong as it is. Not to mention anything else, now if someone is approaching the city wall, it is easy to dig the inside and outside of the city wall.

Zhou Mengchen said: "Now Yulin Acropolis is already like this. The Tartar army doesn't know what it is doing? At least from here to the Khukou, there are only a few Tartar cavalry on this line. Even in the north of Datong, Ma Fang came to report that he has not fought with the Tartar cavalry for half a month."

"This shows that direction." Zhou Mengchen pointed to the northwest and said, "There are Tartar cavalry, I don't know how many? There are at least tens of thousands. I'm waiting for the army to evacuate. As soon as I leave, they will come. What are your preparations?"

Li Ru said: "You have your own rules, why do you need to prepare?"

Zhou Mengchen smiled softly and said, "Brother Ziwen, this is what you said."

Li Ru said: "I have been in the army for several years and I understand it. As soon as Ma Fang heard the nose, he knew where the Tartars were. I can't. If you are the means of suppressing people in the general situation, I can't use it, and I can't even compare with my nephew. If it weren't for my father's expectations, I would think that the person who guarded this place should be Qi Jiguang. If it were him, you probably wouldn't worry."

Zhou Mengchen smiled slightly, not knowing how to answer this old friend. Because he was right, if political factors were ruled out, Zhou Mengchen would definitely arrange for Qi Jiguang. Even Zhou Mengchen could delegate the command of the army to Qi Jiguang. Qi Jiguang controlled the rhythm of the war, such as when will the army need reinforcements?

But Zhou Mengchen has been enlightened for so many years.

Politics is the highest form of human struggle, and it is born to dominate all forms of struggle, including war. Anyone who is far away from politics is a fool. Because even if there is a relationship between the leader and the leader before the husband and wife, how can a person leave politics?

After all, politics affects military operations, after all, military is a continuation of politics.

Li Ru and Zhou Mengchen were friends for many years. If Li Ru truly became the future noble leader, it would be of great benefit to Zhou Mengchen. After all, the war against Mongolia was important. However, it was a small part of the political life of the Ming Dynasty, not all.

Zhou Mengchen not only needs to consider winning this war, but also considering what to do after winning?

Li Ru said, "Don't worry, I have nothing else. I only have to think hard. I will abide by the various rules you summarized in the city. This city is dead, and people are dead. I have calculated that the food you left behind can last until the beginning of next spring. I will give you a promise. Before the food is exhausted, this city must be from the Ming Dynasty. As for the food is exhausted, I can only say that I will suppress my life here. As for whether it can be safeguarded, it depends on whether Taizu and Taizong have blessed it."

Zhou Mengchen said: "Don't be so exaggerated. You can make a list now. If you think there is something missing, I will start shipping it immediately after I go back."

"I will not go back to Datong City until the Yulin Guard decides the outcome. I will be in charge of Datong Youwei, which is less than a hundred miles away from here. There is a rush within three days. As long as you release the wolf smoke, you will arrive within three days."

Li Ru said, "I can trust you."

Zhou Mengchen said: "You can trust you too. I believe that we will finally watch the sunset in Qingcheng one day. I don't know if the sunset on the grassland is more beautiful than the sunset here."

For a moment, both of them stopped talking. They looked west quietly, and the distance to the west was the Yellow River. However, at dusk today, the mountain mist appeared. The light of the sunset fell into these mountain mists, as if it was dizzy. Large areas of golden brilliance seemed to be reflected in the sky, like a golden road. When the sunset entered the ground, the color immediately dimmed. The sunlight, which was originally a golden color, transformed into red, blood red, dark red. The last trace was not left, just like a person's rolling blood spurted out, which was bright red at the beginning, and then the color of the blood dimmed, turning into blood red, dark red. Finally, it sank into darkness.

But it is another road of blood.

On the second day, the horns were heard together. The gates of the old Yulin Acropolis were opened. When the city was completed, the camps outside the city were demolished. All the timber used for camping was piled up in the city. As the firewood of the Yulin Acropolis. After all, firewood is also an indispensable resource in the army these days. Moreover, it may be difficult to collect firewood in the old Yulin City in the future.

Zhou Mengchen glanced at Li Ru who was seeing him off from a distance, clasped his fists slightly, and rode away on his horse.

Li Ru stood at the city wall for a long time, watching everyone leave. He only left 5,000 people in his headquarters. There were also some auxiliary personnel, such as military doctors and civil servants, etc. There was no one else in the entire city. Li Ru gave his first order to the old guard of Yulin.

"Inspecting supplies and preparing for war."

Then the Yulin Acropolis began to operate slowly like a war machine.
Chapter completed!