Nationalism is a double-edged sword. If it is not used well, it will hurt others and yourself.

After all, this is actually an attempt to squeeze out all the last bit of power of the nation and use it on the battlefield.

But now the Han people are seriously injured enough. Where can they be more serious?

Xu Shiyang repeated the practice of Fort 153 in the two forts 151 and 152. First, Dingyuan Camp sang and marched, showing the majesty of his army in front of the fortress people like a military parade.

Then Xu Shiyang delivered a nearly racist speech in front of all the people of the Castle.

The effect is good, at least now it seems that everyone is still confident in defeating the Tartars.

Of course, the previous year, Xu Shiyang's several victories also increased the confidence of the Shiwutun system. After all, he had the experience of defeating the Tartars once, so it seemed impossible to do it again.

I finally boosted my morale, so of course I was going to strike while the iron was hot and make some preparations quickly.

No matter who fights, if the enemy can fight on the battlefield he has chosen, he will win one point first. Therefore, Xu Shiyang sent Hu Lanshan and others to go to several docks near the canal to make some transactions.

The canal docks were not robbed by the Tartars, and the grain storage was usually much higher than other docks. Xu Shiyang did not care about the high price of grain and ordered Hu Lanshan to purchase part of the grain from multiple canal docks in the past.

At the same time, an important "intelligence" was also left in the local area - the one who killed Tartar Mouke Haihuli last year was Xu Shiyang.

The location of 153 Tun and Xu Shiyang's declaration were left behind together with this news: He said that he would cut off Haihuli's father together this year so that they could reunite their father and son.

The canal docks exist because the Tartars needed them to transport annual monies. They usually have a good relationship with the Jurchens. Every time the Tartars go south to rob, the canal docks will also be responsible for helping them transport some of the food and grass, and transporting the robbed valuables along the canal to the Yanyun generation.

This time is naturally no exception. What the Canal Docks know is actually equivalent to the Tartars also knowing.

Xu Shiyang hopes that through these news, he can stimulate the Tartars to directly siege Fort 153.

This provocation method is very bad, but Xu Shiyang believes that there is a great chance of success.

The reason is simple. The first thing that Tartar, who will definitely come, is here to avenge his son. He has a wrongdoing and has a debt. Of course, he has to come to 153 to find trouble for Xu Shiyang first.

Second, the Tartars were full of contempt for the Han people. No matter how bad Xu Shiyang’s plan was, they probably wouldn’t realize that it was attracting them to fight to the decisive battle. The Tartars would only regard this as Xu Shiyang’s lucky victory and could not help but brag everywhere.

And they must want Xu Shiyang to shut up completely earlier.

Since the main battlefield is 153, Xu Shiyang naturally makes every effort to strengthen the defense ability of 153.

He planned to immediately transfer the militias of 151 and 152 to 153 after the autumn harvest, so that he would have 500 soldiers and about 1,000 militias of Dingyuan Battalion.

In terms of military strength alone, 15 troughs still have certain advantages over Meng'an.

The weakness is that the militia's combat effectiveness and equipment are far inferior, and may only be equivalent to the slave soldiers under the Jurchens, and they are completely unable to fight against the real Tartars.

This is also the reason why Xu Shiyang dared not fight against the Tartars directly. He had to weaken the Tartars' attack power and maneuverability through defense.

In early July, Xu Muhe personally came to Fort 153 and brought 20 stones of grain.

At this time, Xu Shiliu had already boarded the ship to Jiangnan. The ship was loaded with the gold and silver that the brothers Xu Shiliu had obtained from the previous battle. His main purpose was to buy grain, and at the same time he had to make advance publicity for the upcoming war.

Xu Shiyang hopes to promote himself as a hero who fought alone in Jiangbei and resisted the Tartars alone, and gained some reputation.

Originally, this character should belong to the entire Xu family, but now Xu Shiyang has had a quarrel with the eldest house, so he doesn't plan to give the eldest house any more benefits.

Of course, Xu Muhe's purpose of meeting Xu Shiyang was because of Xu Shiliu. He privately hoped that Xu Shiyang could divide the honor of this war (regardless of victory or defeat, as long as he fights the Tartars, he could be regarded as honor from the Jiangnan main war faction).

In exchange, Xu Muhe promised to give Xu Shiyang another 100 stone of grain after the autumn harvest and before the Tartars arrived.

There is never too much food, not to mention that Xu Shiyang had already discussed with Xu Shiliu that this battle requires two people to cooperate with each other and it is natural to share his honors.

Therefore, he agreed to his father's request very happily.

Xu Muhe was a little surprised by this. This was not like the personality of Xu Shiyang who dared to draw his sword in the ancestral hall and curse at the head of the family.

Then he felt a little relieved, after all, he was his own son! No matter how domineering he was, he was still looking towards his true relatives.

In fact, Xu Shiyang's current view of his relatives is not very good. Including Xu Muhe, it may be just Xu Shiliu.

After he realized that Xu Shiliu had not revealed their plans, he immediately asked his father for more benefits.

The satisfied Xu Muhe was also generous. He promised to give Xu Shiyang Yun 20 fire door guns within this month.

These weapons are produced according to the standard of the 15th Tun, but the people in the 2nd Tun do not like to use them because the effective range is too close, so it is too difficult for them to shoot against the enemy with a pipe within 10 steps.

Many people in Ertun advised Xu Muhe, saying that fire door guns are of no use and that so much iron is better to use them to build spears.

Xu Muhe had no knowledge of weapons and could not make rational suggestions. The people below said it was not easy to use, and he didn't know what to do, so he decided to give these things that he couldn't use to Xu Shiyang.

Xu Shiyang refused everyone. His mezzanine production has increased, but it is impossible to fully equip all the magical soldiers. These fire door guns can just fill the gap.

Another benefit, or help given by Xu Muhe, is to allow women and children who have no combat effectiveness in the Shiwutun system to go to Fulai Mountain to avoid the war.

Especially Zhao Shan, now she is pregnant with the blood of the Xu family. Xu Muhe believes that Xu Shiyang's decisive battle with the Tartars this time is a bit unlucky, so at least a little blood should be left behind.

Xu Shiyang promised to let the women and children in the 15 trunk system go into the mountains to hide after the autumn harvest, but he refused to let Zhao Shan leave.

"It's okay for ordinary fortress families. Zhao Shan is my woman, she can't leave." Xu Shiyang explained: "I need her to stay here and stay on the front line. This will stabilize the morale of the army and let the soldiers know that I will never abandon them."

Zhao Shan is just Xu Shiyang's concubine, not a real wife, and has no right to be a wife, but has to bear the obligations of a wife. This is actually not fair.
Chapter completed!