Chapter 191 Candidate for Deputy Commander-in-Chief
Since Li Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, was permanently stationed in Guangning, he led his army back to western Liaoning after the battle of Gulezhai, and guarded the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaoyang (this is the official title, actually the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong) Qin
Deyi was impeached again, and has now been escorted to Shandong for trial (he must first be arraigned by the patrol magistrate, and there is no patrol magistrate in Liaodong, and the Shandong patrol magistrate concurrently serves as one). As a result, Liaoyang has no senior official in charge of the army.
But even so, when Gao pragmatic arrived in Liaoyang, he still received a warm welcome.
The welcome ceremony was organized by Han Guang, the local eunuch who was guarding Liaodong by the imperial envoy. He not only brought civil and military officials at all levels in Liaoyang City, but also mobilized some of the garrison in Liaoyang City. Through some unknown means, many people were found on the way.
Cheers from the sidelines.
This guard, Han Guanghan, is Chen Ju's man. Of course, he must come out to express his "warm welcome" to Gao Pragmatic's arrival. Just like after the Battle of Southern Liaoning broke out, he was also the most active in asking Qin Deyi to lead troops immediately.
It’s the same as going south for rescue.
Although Qin Deyi started to hesitate to leave after leading his troops out of the city, relying on the fact that "the general is outside, and the emperor's orders are not accepted", but after all, that was beyond Han Guang's control. In the aspects where he could help, he had already
Tried my best.
However, Gao Pragmatic still didn't agree with Han Guang's big fight about his new appointment as governor, so after arriving at Fuyuan, he frowned and asked Han Guang what was going on.
Han Guang smiled and said: "Futai thinks our family forced them to go to the streets to welcome you, right?"
Gao pragmatic didn't say anything, just looked at Han Guang. Unexpectedly, Han Guang immediately shook his head and said: "It's really not true. The people of Liaoyang acted spontaneously. After our family found out, we even deployed some additional troops to maintain order."
"Oh?" Gao Pingshi was a little surprised and thought to himself: I should have a good reputation in the capital and Henan, but I shouldn't have such a "mass base" in Liaoyang, right?
Han Guang said with a smile: "Futai may not know something, because the general military officer of Liaodong is stationed in western Liaoning, so he can deal with the border police in western Liaoning relatively well, but correspondingly, the border police in Liaodong will always be slow to respond.
So much so that in recent years, most of the invaders in the Liao region suffered the most losses in Liaodong. Especially since Cao Yu was imprisoned after his setback in the battle of Chang'an Fort, his servants could no longer be used. As a result, Liaoyang
The strength has never been effectively restored.”
He paused and then said: "When Cao Yun was at his peak, it was said that he had six thousand servants. He was the strongest in Liaodong Town besides Li Chengliang. After he was imprisoned, it was said that these people were poorly placed.
...Well, forget it. The key is that Li Chengliang first recommended Yao Dajie. Later, something happened to Yao Dajie and he was replaced by Qin Deyi. However, neither Yao Dajie nor Qin Deyi had many elite servants under their command, and only
Can rely on Li Chengliang to lend them troops."
Gao pragmatic nodded. The mystery behind this is not difficult to guess. Yao Dajie and Qin Deyi were recommended by Li Chengliang for the position of deputy commander-in-chief. After leaving Liaoyang, Li Chengliang lent their elite men to them. Then
Do they dare not listen to Li Chengliang's greeting?
Li Chengliang is the Commander-in-Chief of Liaodong, and he ensures that the Deputy Commander-in-Chief is obedient to him. In this case, even the Governor of Jiliao and the Governor of Liaodong cannot help but give Li Chengliang some face when it comes to military affairs, because
If this were not the case, even if Li Chengliang did not dare to challenge the governor directly, he would still have countless means to defy the governor, and even deliberately lose a winnable battle to frame the governor for his poor command - as long as he himself made it clear beforehand
As long as you have opposed such use of troops.
Gao Wushi now realizes the reason why Zhou Yong made it clear at the beginning when he was in Gaizhou that he hoped Gao Wushi and Li Chengliang could work together.
For ordinary governors, if they do not cooperate with Li Chengliang's ideas, they may get into trouble in the event of a war.
However, Han Guang mentioned this situation just to explain why the people of Liaoyang spontaneously went to welcome Gao pragmatism, so he continued: "Futai is in southern Liaoning, and Tumen and speculators joined forces to invade. At this time, Li Chengliang was still there.
Gule Village refused to return aid, and the people in Liaodong thought that Liaonan was going to be in trouble this time. If Liaonan collapsed, Tumen and Chaohua would definitely not let go of Liaoyang, which was just around the corner. Wouldn't Liaoyang be in danger by then?
However, Futai only used the power of southern Liaoning to defeat the Tumen and Chaohua coalition forces, and even captured Chaohua, a Tatar chieftain who had been in trouble in Liao for more than ten years! Futai, think about it, in this way, you
In the eyes of the people of Liaoyang, isn't he a great hero?"
Oh...so that's what happened.
Since it was not Han Guang who forced the people of Liaoyang to engage in "welfare", Gao Pragmatic was too lazy to care about it, and instead turned the topic back to the issue of Liaodong's lack of strength that Han Guang accidentally mentioned just now.
"After the Qin Dynasty left Yige to wait for reconnaissance, wouldn't Liaoyang's strength become even less powerful?"
Faced with this question, Han Guang hesitated for a moment before replying: "It depends on who succeeds the deputy commander-in-chief. If it is Zu Chengxun recommended by Li Chengliang, this guy has a good way of making money. It is said that he has more than 2,000 people under his command."
If he is willing to bring his servants to Liaoyang, that would be good. In addition, he is Li Chengliang's man. Li Chengliang may do this again. Qin De relied on old things to lend him some servants."
Gao Pingshi frowned and said, "Without servants, Liaodong's soldiers and horses can't fight?"
Han Guang smiled bitterly and said: "My family doesn't know much about military affairs, but Futai is a famous general who is famous all over the world. I wonder if you have seen the guard posts in southern Liaoning? Well, compared with the guard posts in Liaodong and northern Liaoning, they are probably more
They are just like the eldest and second brothers. They usually guard the city and the fortress is still usable, but if you want to send them out of the city to fight in the field, you are urging them to die... The only ones who can fight in the field are the servants, or the servants serve as the central army.
army."
The implication of this last sentence is that either purely servant troops will be dispatched, or although a large army will be mobilized, there must be strong servant troops sitting in the center to hold down the battle.
Gao Jingjing does have a strong army of servants, but even if he is now a border minister, due to the Ming Dynasty's habits, it is difficult to mobilize too many.
Generally speaking, most of the governors of border towns maintain a standard of one to two thousand yuan. Even if Gao Pragmatic is famous for being rich and pays alone without any "subsidy" from the court, maintaining a standard of three thousand yuan is basically enough.
It's reached the top.
It's not that there can't be more. As long as you don't take money from the court, you won't be impeached. But you always have to worry about what the emperor thinks, right? Although Zhu Yijun now has a lot of trust in Gao Pragmatic, but if you suddenly spend tens of thousands
If there is no need for armed servants paid by the imperial court to come, then the situation will probably be difficult to predict.
Although Li Chengliang had many servants, they were paid by the imperial court. If the imperial court did not pay them, he would not be able to maintain this number. Of course, he did not rely solely on the imperial court for paying them. He also had other means. We will talk about this in the future.
Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but sigh, no wonder the status of generals in the late Ming Dynasty was getting higher and higher. Without generals, there would be no elite soldiers. Isn't this a dead end?
It seems that the candidate for deputy commander needs to be carefully considered.
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