Strictly speaking, Xuzhou City is a new city. Although it has a history of thousands of years, this is its third reconstruction.

"In the fourth year of Tianqi in the Ming Dynasty, the Yellow River broke its dam, the water was 100,000 feet deep, and the city was completely flooded, so it moved to 20 miles south of the city to rebuild. This was the second time that Xuzhou moved to the city. The flood had just receded in the first year of Chongzhen, and the silt mud and sand in the city was as thick as one person, and the city was buried in the accumulated sand. At that time, the army was rebuilt at the original site, which was called Chongzhen City. The scale and shape of the city were similar and coincided with the underground Hongwu City. The east gate and the north gate followed the old name, the west gate changed its name to Wu'an Gate, and the south gate was renamed Kuiguang Gate." After Xia Wanchun finished speaking, he saw Hou Xuanyan at the highest point of Yunlong Mountain and looked down at the foot of the mountain.

The Kuiguang Gate in front of me is made of bricks and stones. The city height and bottom width are two to three, and the top width is one to one. Hou Xuanyan looked at such a strong city wall and sighed: "During the Chongzhen Dynasty, the Liao Dynasty was heavy, and it was said that the national treasury was empty and could not afford to spend the money. The entire court was as poor as we did during the last Northern Expedition. I didn't expect that the Xuzhou City built under such circumstances was still so solid and majestic."

During the Chongzhen period, the imperial court was poor, but not the place. At that time, the thieves were everywhere. In order to avoid the thieves' thieves, the wealthy families in Xuzhou were willing to pay a lot of money to build the city wall. This made a new city so strong that it was even more stable than the city built during the Hongwu period.

Xia Wanchun looked excited. The Northern Expedition reached Xuzhou, and was still a few steps away from the great success of the world. He turned his head, with a light in his eyes, and asked, "General, fight! The Hunan Barracks will be able to climb the top of Xuzhou tomorrow."

Hou Xuanyan shook his head and said, "Before the victory, the defeat should be considered first. If the generals pass the order, the three armies will not rush to attack the city. They will dig trenches next to Xuzhou, build walls, install deer antlers to resist horses, and build piles and build tents. After all this is done, we will use tired soldiers to slowly invade and torture them. Sooner or later, Xuzhou can be taken down."

Most of the military generals in the Northern Expedition Army were young and strong. They once followed Hou Xuanyan to start a bloody battle in Jingxiang. How happy it was at that time. But now their family is big and their business is not happy every time they fight. After hearing this, they couldn't help but lower their heads and said in their hearts: Here comes again, he is here again.

Hou Xuanyan looked around for a while and saw the expressions of the generals. He felt aroused in his heart. He said coldly: "Why, I think I'm too cowardly?"

No one answered, obviously he agreed. Hou Xuanyan kicked down a spear stuck in the soil beside him and scolded: "A group of short-sighted people, after winning several battles, they felt that they were invincible. When Nikan in Xuzhou was fighting everywhere, your father was beaten to the ground by them. How dare you not take them seriously? Don't think that the Tartars were not arrogant in your hometown and had only been a few days! Did you invite them? These bastards were killed by one by one.

A arrogant soldier will be defeated, and a arrogant soldier will be defeated. If you don’t understand such a simple truth, you can be a general. Go home and beat your wife and see your children.”

The young generals were scolded so much that they were so cold that they didn't dare to speak. They all took their eyes to see Xia Wanchun. Xia Wanchun stood up and said, "Don't be angry, they are also confused for a moment, and they must not dare to be arrogant in their hearts."

Hou Xuanyan's anger was not gone. If these people really had the mentality of underestimating the enemy, they would suffer sooner or later. He glanced at the young generals who were already fighting together, all lowered their heads. Hou Xuanyan stepped forward and said, "Everyone will go down to dig trenches, build earth walls, and make plans to encircle Xuzhou for a long time. If I see who doesn't take action, I will fulfill his promise and let him attack Xuzhou alone."

After Hou Xuan finished speaking, he saw that they were still standing there, and he couldn't help but get even more angry. He kicked a young man in the butt and scolded: "Why don't you get out of here!"

Xia Wanchun stepped forward and said, "You all go down and build fortifications according to the command of the commander."

The young generals then scattered, and Yan Yingyuan next to him was like a tree from beginning to end, without saying a word. His eyes were always staring at Xuzhou under the city, and his intuition told him that Hou Xuan had a good speech, that this besiege of Xuzhou should be a tough battle.

"I'm so angry that we are strong now. We are the advantageous side. At this time, we don't plan carefully and take every step forward. We think about fighting with the Qing Dynasty every day. Isn't this giving the Tartars a chance to turn the tables? After fighting for so long, we have not made any progress at all, and we are far from the Huozi Camp!" After Hou Xuan's speech, Xia Wanchun and Yan Yingyuan's faces were a little unfavorable. The Hunan Bing and Houtu Camp were not as good as the Liehuo Camp. They always attributed the reason in their hearts that the Liehuo Camp had experienced too many battle formations and had almost never missed any battle. But now, Hou Xuanyan fundamentally denied their middle and lower-level generals, which was far worse than the Liehuo Camp, which was the responsibility of the head coach.

"It's because the general did not bring out good soldiers. Please punish the general." Xia Wanchun was also very bachelor. He came up and admitted his guilt and secretly named Hou Xuanyan. What you said hurt my self-esteem!

Hou Xuanyan closed his eyes and pondered: "Most of the current generals are promoted based on family background, background and performance in the battle. Such a hazard is quite great. For example, a soldier is very brave and fearless in fighting. Such a person may not be able to be a general in command. If he takes thousands of people to fight, he may not have the command ability. Not to mention those with prominent family backgrounds or inheriting his father's generation."

Xia Wanchun's expression became solemn, and he was so focused that he even Yan Yingyuan nodded frequently.

Hou Xuan spoke: "I am going to form a military general lecture hall, select soldiers who have made contributions in each battalion, unify the military strategy, and select the best ones to promote and use them."

This matter seems simple, but no one in the world dares to say this except Hou Xuanyan. No one dares to take charge of this yamen. At that time, all the military generals in the world are all taken by one and will not be suspicious until they die. Only Hou Xuanyan's current power and prestige is enough to be competent for this matter. Even the emperor was established by him, so there is no such thing as having great achievements to shock the master.

Yan Yingyuan also thought this was a good idea, but he was still a little worried that things would deviate from their original ideas and evolve into a battle for power. War is the best school for military generals, but this school is too expensive, and it depends on luck to choose.

Even if you are a natural master of military tactics, Sun Wu reborn, Wu Qi is resurrected, and he is shot to death after a battle, it is no different from mediocre soldiers.
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