The Ming Dynasty has always had two systems of supervisory armies, one is the Zhongguan Jianjun, which is also the eunuch supervising the army, and the other is the civilian supervisory army, which is mostly served by the censor.
However, the supervisors are not sent down to the lowest level like the political commissar and instructor system of the later Red Dynasty army. Instead, supervisors are usually only dispatched at higher levels. At slightly lower levels, they may be dispatched.
, or maybe not.
Especially the civilian supervisory army, because it is usually held by the supervisory censor, and the supervisory censor is generally the patrol supervisor in the local area. Although it is a low-level but very powerful person, even the governor and governor have to give some face.
It is an important position, so it is difficult for civilian supervisors to be assigned below the level of the general soldier.
Specific to Desheng Fort, according to its rank, civilian officials and supervisors will obviously not come. The civilian official responsible for supervising this place is his superior Bing Bei Dao - the official official name is "Deputy Guarding the East and West Second Road of Datong in Northern Hebei"
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However, Fort Desheng still has some permanent garrison generals, so it stands to reason that the Zhongguan Supervisory Army can be sent to this level, not to mention that the location of Fort Desheng is very important, and most of the places similar to it have supervisory troops.
However, in fact, Desheng Fort does not arrange to supervise the army on weekdays. Not only does it not have civilian officials to supervise the army, it does not even have eunuchs to supervise the army.
The reason behind this is funny. The reason why Desheng Fort did not have any supervisory troops was because Ma Wei was a Mongolian and did not need to monitor the troops.
The Ming Dynasty has been at war with Mongolia for two hundred years. When the Mongols became generals in the Ming Dynasty, they did not need to supervise the army?
But here in Desheng Fort, this is really the case. Because almost all the Mongolians who came to join the army in the Ming Dynasty were people who fled south after losing the tribal war. These people were already homeless when they arrived, and they could only regard the Ming Dynasty as their last resort.
Safe haven, secondly, Mongolians and Han people are actually the same. They hate their compatriots who have become "traitors" and there is absolutely no reason to allow them to save the country. When Kang Mazi forced Wu Sangui to rebel, didn't the old traitor Wu also fight against the national war?
Flag, is it useful? You have been a traitor, and your reputation value is completely negative, okay? People don’t believe even a single punctuation in what such a person says.
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty was particularly at ease with these Mongolian generals and did not worry about them rebelling or surrendering to the enemy. The eunuch supervisors were mainly responsible for this area. Obviously, since General Ma Shen guarded Desheng Fort, Desheng Fort
There is no need to send eunuchs to supervise the army.
However, Fort Desheng, which had no supervisors, actually had supervisors, and there were two of them: Gao Pragmatic and Huang Mengyu.
Gao Jingshi agreed to Wang Chonggu's plan and took the initiative to come to Desheng Fort to lure the enemy. Huang Mengyu didn't have to come. He just wanted to show his loyalty to the capital and insisted on following Gao Qin's envoy to Desheng Fort to eat sand.
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This was a bitter experience for Ma Wei, the adopted son of Malanxi. He was doing well at Desheng Fort, but when he heard that An Da was gathering an army in Fengzhouchuan, he still planned to hold on to it this time.
Success can also accumulate a lot of military merit, and you may be able to join the general army in your lifetime. But as a result, you are sitting at home, and the pot comes from the sky. Inexplicably, two military supervisors who can't afford to offend appear, which is really a headache.
As big as a bucket.
It's okay for Huang Zhenshou to come. After all, he is the eunuch guarding Datong. If he feels that the border defense of Fort Desheng is unstable and insists on coming to guard it, no one can tell him. But Gao Qin sent your good prince to accompany him improperly and came to Datong.
It's just blowing sand, why would you come to a small place like Desheng Fort?
Ma Shenjiang slandered Wang Chonggu in his heart: Mr. Jianchuan is also very arrogant. Why don't you always know the origin of this young man? Mr. Xiaoge! Not to mention falling into the enemy's hands, I, Mr. Ma, can't even think about that situation.
I don’t dare to think that even if he was just frightened by An Da’s army, even someone like me, Ma, with my thin arms and thin legs, wouldn’t be able to afford the punishment!
Moreover, Ma Wei was particularly worried because the young master's backing was too strong. If he did not know what was good for him and insisted on meddling in the military affairs of Fort Desheng... Looking at Huang Zhenshou's licking the dog, I expected him to go.
Stop that nonsense. When the time comes, a general who has been fighting for more than ten years will have to listen to the blind instructions of a kid less than ten years old? Thinking about it will make you angry to death.
Fortunately, this old man didn't seem to have much interest in military affairs. After arriving at Desheng Fort, he only focused on things like whether the defense supplies were properly deployed, whether the soldiers' mentality was adjusted in place, and whether the people's resettlement was properly handled, but not as expected.
Generally speaking, I have to go out to fight if I have a brain disorder. I even just ask casual questions about the deployment and deployment of the army, and do not force myself to make inexplicable changes.
But this time Gao Pragmatic asked more detailed questions, including troop deployment, composition of arms, material distribution, etc., all of which were carefully inquired.
General Ma Wei didn't pay much attention at first, but the more he answered, the more he felt something was wrong, and he even started sweating on his forehead. In fact, it wasn't that he couldn't answer Gao Pragmatic's questions, but that Gao Pragmatic liked to ask too much: "Well...
…But why is this so?”
Ma Shen will be able to rely on his military exploits to achieve his current status. He is certainly not a fool, but there is a serious problem here: he is a trusted cavalry servant of Ma Fang, and his current status mainly relies on cavalry attacks, rushes, etc., rather than
Defend the city.
If you think about it, you will know that he, a Mongolian, served as a general in the Ming Dynasty and did not rely on riding and shooting to earn a living. How could he compete with the Han generals in the Ming army to defend the city and compete with firearms?
Therefore, for the defense of the city, Ma Shenjiang is just a second sword. Gao Pragmatic asked shamelessly how many soldiers should be arranged at each crenel, what kind of division of labor each soldier has, and how many arrows or gunpowder and projectiles each person carries.
How many other materials are equipped at this crenel, why are they so equipped, etc... It's too bad that General Ma Shen himself doesn't know!
Just when Ma Wei was sweating profusely from being asked, his answers were getting slower and slower, and he was about to be speechless, a man stood up from behind him, raised his fists and saluted Gao Pragmatically, and said: "Don't blame the imperial envoy, there seems to be something strange in the prison camp opposite."
, General Ma has the duty of patrolling, so he must make arrangements as soon as possible... If the imperial envoy wants to ask more about these city defense matters, he may as well ask the general. Most of these specific city defense matters are arranged by the general, and the general can answer the question.
More appropriate."
Gao Pangshi was slightly surprised when he heard this. He turned to look at him and found that this general was very young, probably only in his twenties. He didn't even have a beard, and he looked very energetic.
General Ma Wei was relieved when this person interrupted him. He hurriedly walked down the slope and said in a hurry: "Ma Shubei is right! I will go to inspect it first, and later..."
"Go, go, it's important to defend the city." Gao Pragmatic seemed not to see anything fishy and agreed with him kindly.
Ma Wei breathed a sigh of relief, bowed to Gao Pragmatic and Huang Mengyu, and left in a hurry.
Gao pragmatic looked at the young general and asked: "May I ask General Gao's name and his current position?"
"The imperial envoy is very polite." The young general said respectfully: "The last general has a noble surname, Ma, and a humble name with a noble character. He is currently the garrison of Desheng Fort."
