Zhang Cheng and Chen Jiugao led the horses all the way eastward along the Liaoxi Corridor. Fu Yingchong, Zhang Guangda and other generals also rode their horses from time to time to check the progress of each battalion.
At this time, Zhang Guangda rode his horse back to Zhang Cheng. Looking at the desolation on the road, he couldn't help but murmured: "The Guanning guards in Liaodong smashed down millions of taels of food and salary a year, so they smashed these shabby cities."
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Someone also heard, "Nowadays, there are only eight big forts left in this important town in Liaodong. Is it really that big of a deal?"
Damn it, if millions of taels of silver were thrown at our North Road this year...cough...cough, the thief slave wouldn't be so rampant, we would have knocked off his big teeth long ago.
, there’s no need to come all the way to this hellish place to suffer.”
Zhang Cheng and Chen Jiugao both looked embarrassed. Zhang Cheng felt that Zhang Guangda's rude words would make others jealous if word spread about them, but Chen Jiugao felt that Zhang Guangda's boasting about the soldiers and horses on the North Road brought disgrace to him, the former battalion commander.
Fu Yingchong, the deputy general of the front camp of Shenji Camp, echoed from the side: "That's right. The additional 'three rates' were sent, and nearly half of it was spent on this. Not to mention the many regular rates of grain and grain, but it still couldn't stop the Donglu from entering the hinterland of Kou Jingji."
, I really don’t know what these Liaodong towns are doing for food?
Besides, the nine sides are all important towns, and they should be treated equally. The military of the country and the DPRK should also consider the overall situation, and don't be too partial. The Liaodong generals get more food than the Beijing camp!"
When Chen Jiugao heard this, he immediately turned around and glared at him fiercely, and then said warmly: "Brother Fu, when we travel far into the hinterland of Liaodong to fight, we must pay attention to the overall situation. We must not talk nonsense and ruin the efforts of the local generals to serve the country.
Heart."
Fu Yingchong also knew that he had made a mistake at this moment. He did not refute, but nodded solemnly and said: "Yeah, I understand!"
Zhang Cheng just shook his head and smiled bitterly, thinking to himself: Fu Yingchong was not opposed to the additional "three pays". What he opposed was just that the generals in Liaodong received more pay than the generals in the Beijing camp.
Marching all the way from the capital to entering Liaodong, the two armies had many contacts in more than ten days. Zhang Cheng and Chen Jiugao naturally became more affectionate, but their subordinates Zhang Guangda and Lin Fangping were not good at talking.
It was really difficult for him to deal with two dudes, Chen Jiugao and Fu Yingchong, by himself. He couldn't help but think that he would have to take Gao Jinggong with him next time, not only to train him and grow up, but also to help him deal with this dude.
Being a general is a great achievement.
Gao Jinggong is now the commander of the Kaiping Guards, a military rank of the third rank. If he is given an official position in his own army, he can get along with people like Fu Yingchong on his behalf.
Now Zhang Cheng had to deal with Chen Jiugao, Fu Yingchong and others in person. Not only were they already brothers, he and Chen Jiugao were even brothers. Even Fu Yingchong almost had to chop off chicken heads and burn yellow paper with him.
Already.
As a general of the Shenji Battalion, Fu Yingchong was not particularly rich in money and food on weekdays, but he was not much short of them. He was far stronger than the officers and soldiers of other towns and battalions elsewhere.
As for the situation in the towns in Jiubian, what does it have to do with him?
At this moment, he was just accompanying Zhang Guangda. He lost nothing and gained a favor in vain. Fu Yingchong was extremely shrewd and the best at maneuvering, so who didn't know the truth behind this?
Sure enough, when Zhang Guangda heard this, he turned around and gave him a heavy nod. At the same time, he grinned widely and continued to murmur with him.
Ordinarily, Fu Yingchong was the deputy general of the Beijing camp, and there was no need to do this to Zhang Guangda, but he and Chen Jiugao both knew that no matter how powerful their artillery was, it would only hit far away rather than close.
If Donglu's cavalry charges desperately, how will they respond?
As early as in the capital, before troops were sent out, they had had many arguments about this situation, and finally Chen Jiugao proposed to form a secret alliance with Zhang Cheng's subordinates.
His front battalion was responsible for firing artillery from a distance, while Zhang Cheng's soldiers and horses were responsible for engaging the enemy in close combat. He had personally witnessed the close combat strength of Zhang Cheng's troops, so the front battalion had no worries.
As for Fu Yingchong's doubts about whether Zhang Cheng's officers and soldiers were capable of the arduous task of engaging the enemy in close combat, he still had doubts, but after Chen Jiugao patted his chest and assured him, he could not say anything more, and then asked Xiangcheng Bo Li Guozhen to come forward.
Find Zhang Cheng to settle the matter early.
Gu Yi
To this day, although he has never seen the military prowess of Zhang Cheng's infantry battalion, judging from the cavalry and chariot battalions, he still chooses to believe in Zhang Cheng's strength.
Especially those chariots and carriages were equipped with Folang machines and rocket boxes, which greatly increased his favorability towards Zhang Cheng. Their Shenji battalion relied on nothing but firearms.
Therefore, they had always been extremely disgusted with those generals in various towns who looked down upon artillery, rockets, and muskets. Now that they saw that Zhang Cheng also valued firearms so much, their favorable impression doubled.
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Although Zhang Cheng also heard the murmurings of Fu Yingchong and Zhang Guangda, he just pretended not to know.
The issue of Liaodong is actually not a simple issue of court favoritism. It involves extremely complex political and interest considerations. Even the Minister of War, Chen Xinjia, cannot change this decision now.
Nowadays, from the officials in the imperial court to the relevant officials in the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War, and then to the generals in the towns in Liaodong, how much benefit do they get from it every year?
Liao's salary is backed by a huge group!
Although the generals in other towns complained about various injustices, in the end the voices of the generals in Liaodong were louder.
They always shouted: "The bandits and slaves from the East made several breaches, but they never entered from western Liaoning. This shows that our soldiers in western Liaoning are effective in guarding the territory. Each town should find its own reasons, and don't always complain about the bloody battle."
Soldiers of Liao Town, save the hearts of all the loyal and brave soldiers!"
Zhang Cheng also believes that the national power and wealth consumed by the Guanning Defense Line are not proportional to the effectiveness it produces.
Fu Yingchong is right when he says that the use of finance and wages should be based on the overall situation, rather than focusing on one area.
Although Jiannu cannot enter from the defense area of Liao Town, if it frequently breaks through the defense areas of other towns, what is the significance of setting up the Liaodong defense line?
Nine sides, shouldn’t they be a whole?
However, Liao's salary, just like the gentry's payment of grain in the past, is a huge and complex issue of power and interests, and it is not something Zhang Cheng can shake now.
Even the current Emperor Chongzhen has no choice but to let it go, hoping that it will have some effect.
Although the matter is what it is, Zhang Guangda and Fu Yingchong cannot be allowed to continue discussing like this.
He turned around and said: "The Quanta-Liao salary issue is too complicated for us to comment on."
The reason why Zhang Guangda fell in love with Fu Yingchong so well was half of it a pretense. He had secretly asked Zhang Cheng to do his best to build a good relationship with the generals in the capital, and that was how it happened.
Now after listening to Zhang Cheng's words, he immediately stopped talking, went to inspect the situation of each camp, and then rode away.
When Fu Yingchong saw Zhang Guangda riding towards him, he shut up and said nothing.
Although he is a dandy, he is extremely smart. How could he not know that the relationship between them is powerful?
Although Fu Yingchong was not afraid of his words being spread out and being heard by interested people, who would retaliate against him, he was secretly worried about Zhang Guangda.