Du Rucheng, the flag officer, held the reins of Zhang Cheng's war horse and led the way. Chen Zhong and other fifty-five elite cavalry guards followed behind Zhang Cheng and entered the Red Castle through Wengcheng.
Inside the south gate of the fortress are the Ying'en and Jing 2 squares. In addition, there are Fengxuan, Gongtai, Yongfeng, Qingcheng, Zhenwu and other squares in the city. Zhang Cheng and others were marching on Dading Street.
Dading Street, one of the main streets of Chi Castle, is actually paved with bluestone strips, and there are drainage ditches on both sides of the street. It can be said to be quite neat.
However, there are not many pedestrians on the street. There are mostly government offices on the west side of Dading Street, and there are some shops along the street on the east side. Although it is open during business hours, there are not many customers, which shows that the business of Chicheng Castle is not very prosperous.
Du Rucheng held the reins of Zhang Cheng's horse and introduced various places in the city as he walked. He had grown up in Chi Castle since he was a child and was quite familiar with the situation in the city. Zhang Cheng also saw that he was very clever and liked him a little.
He was secretly thinking about whether to transfer him to his subordinates.
Walking forward gradually, we arrived at the Drum Tower. This is a three-story building located at the intersection of Chongning Street and Dading Street in the Chongning Gate in the east of the city. It is the highest point in the city. The drum must be played every hour to tell the time.
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Na Du Rucheng introduced that on the west side of the Drum Tower and to the north of Chongning Street, there is the Inspectorate Office and the Central Military Hall, which were both built during the Xuande period. Today, these two yamen are vacant, and there are no patrol officials sitting in the yamen.
In front of the Inspector's Office is Qingchengfang, opposite Chongning Street is the former North Road General's Office, in front of the General's Office is Zhenwufang, which was later withdrawn to Dushibao City due to the Kaiping Guards of Daning Dusi.
The North Road General's residence was changed to Dushibao City. This place has been idle. Sometimes the North Road General will handle some military affairs in this official office, but most of the time he is in Dushibao.
The current Shangbei Road General Liu Guangwu has never lived in this official residence. He and his family have always lived in the official residence in Dushibao City.
As early as when Zhang Cheng set out from the town, he notified Wu Youlu, the garrison of the Red Castle, that the official offices here should be cleaned and tidy, and he might be stationed here temporarily.
Immediately to the west of the Inspectorate Office is the Central Military Hall under the sign, which is now vacant. Further to the west is the Chicheng Yingdu Department Office, also known as the Chicheng Garrison Office. Wu Youlu, the Chicheng Garrison Thousand Households, handled military affairs and residence here.
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In addition, there is the official office of the Chicheng Bingbei Road on Chongning Street to the east of the Drum Tower. During the Jiajing period, the Chicheng Bingbei Road was added, with the title of Chief Fifth-Rank Inspector General.
He Chongwu of the Chicheng Bingbei Road, who had the title of Secretary of the Shanxi Provincial and Criminal Investigation Department, handled official duties and lived here. Next to the Bingbei Road Official Office is the Koubei Branch Patrol Office built in the 38th year of Jiajing.
Nowadays, the northern branch of the patrol road is concurrently run by He Chongwu of Chicheng Bingbei Road, so he is using both official offices. The backyards of the two official offices are connected to each other, forming a rather large inner courtyard.
In addition, there are government-run pharmacies on Chongning East Street, as well as Chicheng Social Studies, Chicheng Confucianism Office and other government offices are located here. Chicheng Confucianism is the Baoding branch office, and they are all temporarily posted in Baoding Prefecture.
In addition, there is a Guandi Temple in the city, built in front of the Drum Tower, and there is Wenchang Temple next to the Confucian Temple. In the Ming Dynasty, various prefectures and fortresses were common, with various temples and temples built for people to worship and worship.
Praying for peace and so on.
Du Rucheng, a small flag under the Chicheng garrison, held the reins of Zhang Cheng's war horse and introduced the key points of the city as he walked. Unknowingly, he arrived in front of the Chicheng General's Office.
He said respectfully: "Go back to the general, the general staff has arrived."
Zhang Chengce was on his horse, looking at the General's Office on Chongning West Street. In front of the door stood a tall flagpole, majestic stone lions guarding both sides of the gate, and gold-lacquered animal-faced tin rings hanging on the door.
Zhang Cheng got off his horse and heard Du Rucheng continue to say: "General, the west side of the General's Office is connected to the military camp in the city. It can station nearly five hundred soldiers and horses. It is the largest military camp in the city.
School grounds.”
At this moment, a group of cavalry rode from the west side of Chongning Street. Before Zhang Cheng could ask, Du Rucheng, the flag bearer, said: "General, it's my garrison master who is here."
I saw a strong man in front of him, dressed in red and powerful, urging his horse to gallop. He immediately turned over and dismounted, knelt on one knee and clasped his fists and saluted: "The unknown general is coming today. Wu Youlu, the guard of Chicheng, is late to greet the arrival. Please punish the general."
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"How can you blame Wu Shoubei? It was because the future was unexpected."
Zhang Cheng also spoke politely. At the same time, he saw that the cavalrymen following Wu Youlu were all energetic and strong. They were completely different from the sergeants guarding the city gate.
He guessed that these must be Wu Youlu's retainers and soldiers, and those guard sergeants were just guardsmen who guarded the gate in shifts according to regulations, just like civilians completing the duties of various yamen. Not only did they not get wages, they even had to pay themselves.
He wanted to get food, so he often blackmailed the traders and people who came and went.
Zhang Cheng looked at Chicheng guard Wu Youlu, who should be a little over thirty years old. He was very tall and powerful, with a strong aura. After hearing Zhang Cheng's words, he stood up and looked at Zhang Cheng carefully.
There were two things that surprised him. First, Zhang Cheng's age. Although he heard that Zhang Cheng, the new guerrilla general guarding Shangbei Road, was quite young, he would be surprised when he actually saw it.
He couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied when he saw that Zhang Cheng, who was in his early twenties, was already sitting on his head. But when he looked at Chen Zhong and others behind Zhang Cheng, he was shocked again.
These fifty-five knights are all elite. Although the more than twenty knights seem to be a little lacking, that is for the other thirty elite knights. Compared with the servants under his command, they are not much.
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Although he felt that Zhang Cheng's servants were stronger and more powerful than his own, he could accept it. He knew that Zhang Cheng had taken over the troops of his uncle, General Zhang Yan, and it was because of King Qin that he was promoted to guerrilla and left the town.
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Thinking about Zhang Yan, he was a high-ranking general, and it was not unusual to have more than a hundred servants under his command. In his opinion, the achievements of King Zhang Chengqin were not necessarily as real as the legends.
Although he had all these thoughts in his heart, on the surface, Wu Youlu was respectful to Zhang Cheng. After all, rumors said that Zhang Cheng was not only highly praised by the current emperor, but also favored by ministers like Yang Sichang, governor Chen Xinjia and other great officials.
Appreciation of staff.
Regardless of whether these rumors were true or false, he didn't dare to test them. Besides, Zhang Cheng was still his superior after all. He just had to try his best to fawn over him. Anyway, as long as he was still the boss in Akagi, it didn't matter who he was as the guarding general.
I saw Wu Youlu stood up, walked forward, and said respectfully: "General, I have prepared a banquet in Deyue Tower. I will wait for the general to settle here so that he can receive the wind and wash away the dust for the general."