The provincial, prefecture, prefecture and county system implemented in the Ming Dynasty, Dengzhou belonged to Shandong Chengxuan Government Envoy. In the ninth year of Hongwu, Dengzhou was promoted from the prefecture under the Laizhou Prefecture to Dengzhou Prefecture, governed Penglai, and governed Ninghaizhou, Penglai County, Huang County, Fushan County, Qixia County, Zhaoyuan County, Laiyang County and Wendeng County. Since then, the situation of Dong Dengxilai has been formed.

In the first year of Tianqi, the governor of Denglai was appointed here. Yuan Keli, the governor of Denglai, once trained the navy here, and Denglai became an important defense center.

The reason why Dengzhou was promoted to the prefecture: At that time, both the two prefectures of Deng and Lai were all bordered by the sea and were the key roads between Goryeo and Japan. It was not enough to defend it without the establishment of the prefecture and the increase of troops."

The Shandong Peninsula is surrounded by the sea on three sides and has a long coastline of about 2,500 kilometers. The long coastline and its geographical environment that penetrates the sea from east to east make it extremely difficult for Shandong's coastal defense and is easily the target of Japanese pirates. Among the six prefectures in Shandong in the Ming Dynasty, the four prefectures in Dengzhou, Laizhou, Jinan and Qingzhou have sea-line areas.

Shandong is from Yanzhou and Dongchang. Those who are at the risk of the sea on one side are in the northeast of Jinan; those who are at the risk of the two sides are in the north of Qingzhou Prefecture and the southeast of the prefecture; those who are at the risk of the three sides are at the east, south and north of the Lai Prefecture, all take the sea as the territory, so they are particularly vulnerable to attacks from the sea, and the Japanese attacks are particularly severe.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Tsushima Island was the nest of Japanese pirates. For Japanese pirates, they could easily cross the sea to the Korean Peninsula from Japan, and then cross the sea to Shandong and other places to land, and plunder the Ming coast. This route was undoubtedly the safest and lowest cost option under the navigation conditions at that time, so Shandong became the first place to bear the brunt.

By the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the situation became even more serious. The Japanese pirates took advantage of the turbulent and unstable country in the early Ming Dynasty. Since the second year of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, they have frequently plundered Shandong and the coastal areas of Zhejiang, and the Japanese have become more and more severe.

Coastal defense has become a major issue related to the stability of the regime at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang established eleven guards and six institutes here.

However, the Shandong Metropolitan Commander Office had many places to manage (also in Liaodong and the entire Northeast region). The commander commander office had a lot of work, which had no time to take into account the coastal defense. Therefore, in the sixth year of Yongle, Chengzu added the Japanese Metropolitan Commander Office in Dengzhou Water City to command the troops of Shandong coastal garrisons to fight against Japanese pirates. Shandong's coastal defense was gradually improved, and the highest commander was the general of Dengzhou.

Chengzu Zhu Di successively formed three major sea defense camps in Jimo, Dengzhou and Wendeng: Jimo Camp, Dengzhou Camp and Wendeng Camp.

The three major battalions of coastal defense have specific defense scopes. The Jimo camp cooperated with Dasong, Aoshan, Lingshan, Andong four guards, Dengzhou camp cooperated with Jundeng, Lai 2 guards and Qingzhou Zuogu, Wendeng camp cooperated with Ninghai, Weihai, Chengshan, and Jinghai four guards. The establishment of the three major battalions effectively enhanced the Shandong sea defense force. The three battalions supported each other and formed regional combat forces, which were no longer alone.

The famous person Zhou Rudi said: "During Yongle, Jimo and other three camps were immediately controlled by the 24 garrisons, so the place where the camp was built was equal to the distance and near the garrisons they controlled. (about 200 miles)

The full name of Shandong Preparation of the Wodu is "Governor Denglai Coastal Army and Horse Preparation of the Wodu Commander" is set up in Dengzhou Shuicheng.

Dengzhou Water City is a natural protective port with a high terrain, which can attack and defend with ease, and is protected by inland garrisons. It can be called Shanhaiguan, which resists the enemy at sea. Shandong Beiwudusi is a military institution of the Shandong Commander Command. It is Xingdusi, which is under the jurisdiction of the Third Battalion and Twenty-Four Guards. It was originally under the jurisdiction of the Shandong Dusi. Later, it was not under the jurisdiction of the Denglai Governor.

Dengzhou is Xingdushi, which is one level lower than Dushi, so even his general is one level lower. He is the local general, while Liu Zeqing is the provincial general.

In fact, the general of the Ming Dynasty now has the same title as the commander of the later generations, which means the commander of the city military sub-district, the commander of the city military region, the commander of the provincial military region, and Zheng Zhibao is equivalent to the commander of the city military region. Although he is not as awesome as Liu Zeqing, because the place he is in charge of is alone and dominates the area, the power is also quite large and can compete with the other party. However, there is a governor directly in charge of it, and it is not entirely in charge of it. Of course, there are also people above Liu Zeqing, and they cannot fly to the sky.

This is the origin of the general of Dengzhou and the scope of his jurisdiction.

Governor Denglai was an official responsible for coordinating all the forces of the three eastern prefectures under the orders of the court. His number one general was naturally the general of the Dengzhou Xingdusi.

Originally, this person who was a man who had heavy troops and dominated the country at the beginning of the country, but with the collapse of the Ming Dynasty's military system and the collapse of the military system of the garrison, there was no soldier available at all.

For example, the 24-guard offices under its jurisdiction could guard one side before the system collapsed in the past. However, during the Jiajing period, there were not many troops who could fight, so there were almost three camps, but the three camps also had their own mountains.

For example, the rescue of Jimo is controlled by the Liu family. Since the Liu family controlled it, it has never been abandoned by the general of Dengzhou. The Dengzhou camp suffered heavy casualties because Dengzhou was the focus during the Wuqiao mutiny. After two years of occupation by the rebels, Dengzhou camp was completely over. It was either killed in battle or defected with Kong Youde.

The Wendeng Camp is similar. It can be said that after the Wuqiao Mutiny, the only three remaining camps were over.

However, Liu Bu quickly rebuilt the Jimo Camp with his strong financial resources, but the Jimo Camp after the reconstruction is no longer too far from Dengzhou Xingdusi. If his father-in-law was the general of Dengzhou, he would come and listen as soon as possible.

But what was surprising was that Liu Bu did not appear here at the inauguration ceremony of Zheng Zhibao, and did not congratulate his father-in-law immediately.

Instead, he himself set out with Zheng Zining to watch the battle at sea.

However, several important generals under him came to Zheng Zhibao to report.

In the past, General Gao Ruowang was almost in name but not in reality. He had few troops in his hands, and he had a lot of miscellaneous soldiers, all of whom were just having fun.

The Jimo Camp, which has the most powerful force, is under the control of the Liu family, and Liu Bu doesn't even miss him.

Even Chen Yingyuan and the others received news that the Liu family army expanded during the disaster relief period. So far, it is said that the number of their troops is no less than 4,000, which is already the most powerful force in the Denglai area.

But not to mention Gao Ruowang, even Chen Yingyuan could not control this army or order this army, because they were just eating food, and they had been owing food and paying, and Jimo Camp did not ask him. To put it bluntly, the two sides were separated and they controlled the army themselves.

However, after Zheng Zhibao became the general of Dengzhou, he was in charge of Xingdusi. He was different, so he could order Jimo Camp to use it for him.

Regardless of whether Chen Yingyuan was happy or not, the general of Dengzhou finally had some troops in his hands and some people could do something, unlike Gao Ruowang, who was the previous term, who could not do anything at all.

The Dengzhou Camp stationed in Dengzhou, but it was just an empty shell. This was far inferior to the Dengzhou Camp that was famous all over the world. However, Liu Bu ordered 1,000 elite soldiers led by Xiao Ning, one of his generals, to garrison and be under the command of the current general Zheng Zhibao. Zheng Zhibao ordered them to station in the city and take charge of part of the city defense, and then he himself led the main fleet to set off.
Chapter completed!