At the end of May, the weather gradually became hot, and Li Dingguo finally brought the Fourth Town of the Border Defense Army to outside Guangzhou.

Previously, he and the soldiers of the Fourth Town rested in Nanjing for nearly a month before setting off.

It is worth mentioning that they did not take the sea route, but went up the Yangtze River to Jiangxi. From Ganzhou Prefecture to Nan'an Prefecture, they entered Guangdong and Nanxiong, and arrived in Guangzhou.

There are basically main rivers along the way. Although it is impossible to drive the Navy ship, it is enough for the Fourth Town to use boats to transport logistics supplies, which is convenient and fast.

The reason for this is that the bandits in the Southern Gan area are still one of the stubborn diseases of the Ming Dynasty. There are too many mountains here, and the local landlords, gentry and bandits are colluding with them, and ethnic minorities are involved, so the bandits are in distress.

The fourth town naturally would not waste time suppressing bandits in Nangan, but instead used the thunder to attack the most stubborn bandit forces.

Its main purpose is to demonstrate the strong military strength of the imperial court to the local forces in the southern Jiangxi region to intimidate the slut.

Although the bandits in the southern Gan area are difficult to deal with and complex terrain, for Dubiao Town, which has equipment and qualities close to the Imperial Guards, it is like killing a chicken with a knife and being able to capture it with no choice.

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Today's Guangzhou City is very different from later generations. It is a real coastal city, only a few miles away from the seaside.

The Pearl River in a narrow sense only began to appear in the Southern Song Dynasty, and only took shape in the middle and late Ming Dynasty (it is said that it was called the Pearl River only in the Jiajing period), which was only a few miles away.

However, in the late Ming Dynasty, the Pearl River near Guangzhou was very wide, about three or four miles away. Later Shunde, Zhongshan and other places were all on the seashore, and most of its areas were islands formed by a river erosion.

Panyu in later generations was just a small fishing village, while Panyu County in the late Ming Dynasty was affiliated with Nanhai County.

The history of Guangzhou City is a long time, and it can be traced back to the Qin and Han Dynasties. In the Ming Dynasty, it belonged to the capital city and was also a major coastal defense area, so the city was naturally built quite strongly and tall.

Outside the city, Ding Kuichu was leading a group of Guangdong civil and military officials to welcome the new governor Li Yutian and Guangxi admiral Li Dingguo.

Speaking of which, Li Dingguo, the admiral of Guangxi, seems to be unable to be related to Guangdong.

However, this time, Li Dingguo not only shouldered the task of supervising the reorganization of the old Guangzhou official army, but also became a new nobleman in the court. He was previously named Ziyang County Man, and after the Northern Expedition, he was named Jingxibo.

As an old minister who had been in the Ming Dynasty for many years, Ding Kuichu knew very well how rare it was to have a title with the word Jing.

The farthest ones were Wang Ji, a famous general from the Yongle and Tianshun period, who was later posthumously named Jingyuan Marquis. The nearest ones were Huang Degong, who was first named Jingnan Bo and later Jinnan Marquis.

So in Ding Kuichu's view, Li Dingguo is not only a newcomer in military merits, but also has great prospects. Of course, he has to put down his old face to curry favor with him.

In addition, in the past, the governors of Guangdong and Guangxi were appointed by the governors of Guangdong and Guangxi, which means that the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi was the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the governor was generally located in Zhaoqing. Now that His Majesty succeeded to the throne, he ordered the abolition of the policy of governors of Guangdong and Guangxi as governors, and the governors of Guangdong were appointed by the governors of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the governors of Guangdong were appointed by the governors of Guangdong and Guangxi.

Change to Guangzhou.

Although his Ding Kuichu took office for a short time, he was also the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi for a period of time. He had some understanding of the situation in Guangxi. He couldn't say a few words to him?

As for Li Yutian, although he was the one who came to take over his position as governor, Ding Kuichu was also ready to curry favor with him.

As far as he knows, although Li Yutian had the experience of surrendering from Wu Sangui, he was barely considered the Yuan Cong, who was now a powerful emperor in Sichuan. Now he has been appointed as the governor of Guangdong, which is obviously promising.

"In the letter, Jing Xibo has worked hard all the way. I have prepared a small amount of wine in the city, and invited me to the city for a welcoming banquet, and then stay for a rest." Ding Kuichu smiled at Li Yutian and Li Ding National Highway.

Li Yutian and Li Dingguo all knew that the court had found many evidences of Ding Kuichu.

According to the Ming Dynasty, Ding Kuichu left office as the governor of Guangdong this time. After visiting the emperor in Nanjing, he either went to other places to serve as governors or promoted to a senior official of the Central Department.

It’s no wonder that Ding Kuichu still has the heart to welcome them and his face is full of spring breeze.

Before reorganizing the old Guangdong official army, the court would not attack Ding Kuichu. What's more, before they left, the emperor also instructed the local evil gentry, local tyrants, and clan forces in Guangdong who colluded with Ding Kuichu to root out the evil forces in Guangdong.

Therefore, the two of them were not planning to deal with Ding Kuichu at this time, and they still had to worry about him for a while.

Li Dingguo would not be slandering, or he thought he had poor acting skills, so he simply showed a normal and cold expression and said: "I am here to supervise the rectification of the Guangdong official army this time, and Guangxi is in a military emergency, so I cannot delay it in Guangdong.

Too long.

Previously, the imperial court had ordered most of the Guangdong official army to gather near Guangzhou City. I believe Ding Futai has handled this matter?"

When he saw Li Dingguo coming, he asked about business affairs, but he did not accept the intention of going to the banquet. Ding Kuichu felt that he could not bear the face and felt very unhappy.

But as an old official, his smile remained unchanged and said, "That was natural - I believe that when Li Junmen came, he should have seen the nearby military camp, which was just one of them.

Now eight camps are set up around Guangzhou City, gathering 50,000 to recruit soldiers and guards from all prefectures in Guangdong except Qiongzhou Prefecture.

To be honest, it is also a blessing that there was no major disaster in Guangdong last year and the grain harvest was bumper. Otherwise, it would be difficult to support so many soldiers outside the city of Guangzhou."

Li Dingguo scoffed at Ding Kuichu's words.

How much does the old official army pay and benefits only for camps and not for marching and fighting?

He did not expose Ding Kuichu's scenes, but said, "Since that's the case, I will first take the Supervisor to inspect the military camps and settle the troops under my command. You can just go to the reception banquet for the two men to help the platform, and don't worry about me."

After saying that, he left with his personal soldiers, leaving only a team of people to protect Li Yutian. Only the fourth town's brigade was still behind. It was impossible to drive straight to Guangzhou City like in the movie and TV series.

In front of the officials.

However, even if only a thousand personal soldiers were alone, they had already brought considerable shock to the officials and gentry of Guangdong.

At this time, although Li Dingguo left without any politeness, the Guangdong officials and gentry were still talking about his troops.

"Is this the new army of the court? It seems that it is very different from the military army and recruiting soldiers."

"That's right? Not to mention the exquisite armor of these new soldiers, they ride horses and walk in an orderly manner, just like one, and exudes a terrifying aura of killing from a sea of ​​corpses and blood. They are really the elite among the elite."

"I heard that the court now has a million new troops. Even if there are only one or two percent so elite troops, there will be an elite army of one or two hundred thousand."

"Just now, these seemed to be just Li Dingguo's personal soldiers, for the border guards. Within the new military system, there are more elite guards and imperial guards above the border guards."

"Nee~ The Imperial Guards, the Imperial Guards are even more elite than the soldiers and horses just now? It's hard to imagine how elite they are."

"A single town is probably enough to sweep all the officials in Guangdong."

"That's right, otherwise why would the court send only one town of troops as a deterrent to the reorganization of the official army?"

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Listening to the discussions of the officials and gentry behind him, and looking at the backs of Li Dingguo and his personal soldiers leaving, Ding Kuichu couldn't help but look ugly.

"The mud-legged man, who was born into a thief, was so lucky that he was promoted by His Majesty that he would be able to do this today. He dared not give me face in public.

Humph, this time I wait for me to meet the Queen of the Saint in Nanjing and I will be promoted to the Ministry of Education. I will definitely let you know the consequences of not giving me face today!’
Chapter completed!