Zhu Qizhen is sitting at the top, and the guard commander Fan Zhong and the royal guard Qianhu Yuan Bin are standing behind him.
On both sides are the British Duke Zhang Fu, the Marquis of Taining Chen Ying, the Minister of War Kuang Ye, the doctor of the Ministry of War and Juyongguan garrison Luo Tong, Pingxiang Bo Chen Huai, Xiangcheng Bo Li Zhen and other major generals.
At the beginning of the meeting, Zhu Qizhen first said with a lot of resentment: "This is really worrying at first. I can't sleep peacefully even if I want to. My dear friends, please tell me, how should we fight this battle?"< /p>
Luo Tong was impatient and took the lead in saying: "Your Majesty, the Badaling city wall has been in disrepair for a long time and may not be able to withstand the attack of the Wala people. I kindly ask the Emperor to move to Juyongguan!"
The Badaling section of the Great Wall began during the Warring States Period. Although it has undergone varying degrees of repairs in subsequent years, it is still old and there is no guarantee that it can withstand an 80,000-ton army.
Juyongguan was built under the leadership of Xu Da, only a few decades ago. The walls are high and the city is strong, and it is located in a narrow valley. The army cannot deploy, let alone tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, millions are in vain.
Seeing Luo Tong's statement, Kuang Ye followed up and said: "I agree with what Luo Langzhong said. The thieves are powerful, so it is safer to retreat to Juyong Pass."
After the two people finished speaking, they looked at Zhang Fu and others. In their minds, the best thing to do now was to retreat to Juyongguan. It was not wise to stay in Badaling to fight the enemy.
But to their surprise, Zhang Fu, Chen Ying and others did not say anything, as if they had no objections to this.
Kuang Ye couldn't help but ask: "Mr. British, what do you think?"
Zhang Fu glanced at him, then turned his head and said to Zhu Qizhen: "I thought the Wala people were not to be feared. Now we are defending the city. The Badaling city wall relies on natural dangers, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so we came first. No benefit."
Kuang Ye frowned and was about to speak when he heard Chen Ying say: "The British public is right, but the weapons on the city wall alone are not enough to deal with it. The top priority is to prepare some equipment to defend the city."
"Not bad!" Chen Huai said excitedly, "While the Wala people are gathering, we quickly made a batch of trebuchets and lime powder. This thing is powerful and easy to make. All we need is to use local materials!"< /p>
Chen Ying nodded and said: "Let's do this. I will take Shenjiying to make a trebuchet. Uncle Pingxiang, you take people to bake lime powder!"
"Okay!"
Seeing the two of them talking to each other, the more they chatted, the more excited they became. Kuang Ye couldn't stand it anymore.
"Marquis Taining and Uncle Pingxiang, you two should listen to the emperor's wishes!"
Only then did the two of them realize that they had lost their composure, so they put away their smiles and quietly waited for instructions from the person above.
Zhu Qizhen looked at the two of them with a smile and said: "This time we are defending the city and we are condescending. What kind of trebuchet do we need?"
"That's right!" Chen Ying slapped his forehead and said, "Just throw it down!"
Kuang Ye just felt that his mind was a little confused, so he just threw it. Do you really want to defend here?
"Your Majesty, I thought..."
"I know!" Zhu Qizhen interrupted him and said, "The Qing family is considering my safety. However, from Badaling to Juyongguan, they are two important barriers for the capital. It is impossible for me to give Badaling to you without any reason. First of all, if he wants to get it himself, he has to pay some price, don’t you think?"
"This..."
Kuang Ye was speechless for a moment, because what Zhu Qizhen said was right. An extra line of defense would be an extra layer of protection for himself, and an extra layer of consumption for the enemy.
Even if we really can’t hold on, it won’t be too late to return to Juyong Pass!
Luo Tong stood up and said: "If there is a war with the Oara people in Badaling, I boldly suggest that the emperor should sit in Juyongguan and take command, and leave the front line to me and others!"
After finishing speaking, he looked at Zhang Fu and others.
However, these meritorious generals seemed to have colluded in advance. No matter what the emperor said, they just remained silent.
"Okay!" Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said, "I know the good intentions of the Qing family, but I have to deal with it first. I have some experience. I was not afraid of a head-on confrontation at the beginning, but now the advantage is on our side. How can I retreat?"
"The Emperor is a man of ten thousand gold, and it is not worth risking his life... Sir, please say something!"
After being called by Luo Tong, Zhang Fu had to stand up and said: "I am ready, please give the emperor an order!"
Luo Tong:......
Kuang Ye:……
Calling your name is asking you to give your opinion, not to agree, brother!
Zhu Qizhen had no time to talk nonsense with these two people, and immediately began to issue orders: "The British Lord!"
Zhang Fu quickly responded: "I'm here!"
"This time it is a defensive battle. All five military camps are assigned to each section of the Badaling Great Wall. No matter where the enemy attacks from, they must defend it!"
"I obey the decree!"
"Marquis Taining!"
Chen Ying stepped forward: "I'm here!"
"The artillery battalion is responsible for controlling the artillery on the city wall, and the artillery battalion is in the center to provide support. Wherever the enemy concentrates their attack, support is provided!"
"Obey!"
"Uncle Pingxiang!"
Chen Huai replied: "I am here!"
"Building kilns and burning lime, don't you need my instruction on such things?"
Chen Huai laughed happily and replied: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, just leave this kind of matter to me!"
"Luotong!"
Luo Tong quickly stood up and saluted: "I'm here!"
"The Qing family is responsible for transporting supplies and logistical support. There are 20,000 soldiers on the front line. The Qing family has a heavy burden!"
Although Luo Tong was very dissatisfied with this arrangement, he had nothing to do.
Forget it, logistics is just logistics. Why don’t we just run between Juyongguan and Badaling? I can’t go there!
"I obey the decree!"
After arranging everything, Zhu Qizhen stood up and said: "Over the years, the Wala people have been harassing our Daming Border Town..."
"That...emperor..."
At this time, a discordant voice sounded. Zhu Qizhen turned around and saw that it was Kuang Ye.
"What other problems does the Qing family have?"
"The emperor hasn't assigned tasks to my ministers yet!"
When Kuang Ye saw that everyone had accepted the task, he left himself alone, and then he mustered up the courage to interrupt Zhu Qizhen.
Zhu Qizhen thought for a long time and said, "As long as the Qing family takes care of themselves!"
"Your Majesty!" Kuang Ye said reluctantly, "I am the minister of the Ministry of War. Now that a war is imminent, how can I only care about myself?"
Zhu Qizhen was helpless, thinking that you are so old, why are you causing trouble here!
Rush back, write your resignation, go home and retire, and give up your position to Yu Qian.
"Your Majesty, please give this veteran a mission!"
Zhu Qizhen thought about it, and suddenly his eyes lit up and he said: "Well, the Qing family will be responsible for the treatment of the wounded!"
"Ah?" Kuang Ye said reluctantly, "Old minister..."
"That's it!"
After being tormented by Kuang Ye, Zhu Qizhen didn’t even bother to talk about his pre-war mobilization.