Chapter 140 How many soldiers are there on nine sides?
Li Rugui was stunned as he listened. Apparently he couldn't accept that someone actually dared to attack him in Liaodong. This was simply a weird thing that he had never thought of.
Li Chengcai's vision went dark on the spot, he was stunned and he subconsciously looked towards his brother Li Chengliang.
Li Chengliang's face was ashen. He knew better than anyone how troublesome Gao Jingshi was, but after all, Gao Jingshi had behaved quite kindly in front of him before, and it didn't look like he came to Liaodong specifically for him.
Even so, Li Chengliang was still extremely wary of Gao Pragmatic's arrival, but it was still too unexpected for Gao Pragmatic to directly deal the cards and lock them away just because his nephew failed to attend a meeting.
What Li Chengliang didn't understand was that if Gao Pingshi's purpose in coming to Liaodong was really himself, then what was his intention of being respectful in front and cowardly in back?
Logically speaking, he didn't need to do this at all, because if he really came here to deal with himself, there was no need for him to come to Liaodong in person.
The truth behind this is very obvious. Even if Li Chengliang has 40,000 servants and his strength is "the most powerful in the world", he is far from being able to compare with An Lushan in the past. There is no hope of rebellion.
The Ming Dynasty's general army, without the cooperation of the governor and the military constitution, could only mobilize his servants. Although the guardsmen in Liaodong are the same as other areas, they are far less capable than the servants, but because Liaodong itself is always in war preparedness
Due to the current situation, the quality of the soldiers at the guard station is not completely incapable of fighting. At the same time, the total strength of Liaodong Town is still overwhelming the 40,000 servants.
Even Li Chengliang didn't know the answer to how many troops the Ming Dynasty had on its nine frontiers. However, Gao Pragmatic's information must be more accurate than Li Chengliang's, because not long ago he had the power to unify these thousands of miles of border towns.
Make a rough judgment based on the reports of each governor. Although it is definitely not accurate, you can always get a rough idea.
In this way, combined with some historical papers and monographs he read when he had nothing to do in his previous life, he can roughly calculate some data and basically understand an account that many people in later generations are quite confused about: how many troops the Ming Dynasty had on its nine sides.
In order to strengthen the defense of the north, the Ming Dynasty established nine major military towns along the northern border defense line that stretched thousands of miles from the Yalu River in the east to Jiayuguan in the west, which was the famous Nine Borders of the Ming Dynasty. From east to west, they were Liaodong Town, Jizhou
Town, Xuanfu Town, Datong Town, Shanxi Town (also known as Taiyuan Town), Yansui Town (also known as Yulin Town), Guyuan Town (also known as Shaanxi Town), Ningxia Town, Gansu Town.
The total military strength of Jiubian Town changed greatly in various periods of the Ming Dynasty. It was about 680,000 during the Yongle period. Later, the number of troops has been between 400,000 and 900,000. In the original history, the number of troops reached about 48 years in Wanli.
At its peak, it reached 885,000 people. Afterwards, after changes in various periods, during the Chongzhen period in the late Ming Dynasty, the number of troops was 590,000.
Liaodong Town starts from Fenghuang City (later Fengcheng City) in the east and ends at Shanhaiguan in the west, with a total length of nearly two thousand miles.
The city defense system of Liaodong Town is divided into five levels: town city, road city, acropolis, suo city and fort city. There are two town cities, namely Liaoyang City and Guangning City, which is actually one part of Liaodong City mentioned before.
2: West of Liaohe River, east of Liaohe River.
The town consists of east, south, west, north, and middle five road garrison cities, which are road cities. Each road city is responsible for twenty-five guards. The theoretical full strength of each guard is 5,600 people, but in fact there are more and less, and there are some important
The strength of the guard post has been chronically overstretched, and there are also some chronic shortages.
Some guards have independently established defensive acropolis, such as the famous Ningyuan Acropolis. There are 127 guards in Liaodong, and the city they rely on is the Suo City, which is smaller in scale. The lowest level is the Fort City.
Also called Taibao, there are 107 of them.
The urban defense system of Jiubian Town is generally similar, so the urban defense situation of other military towns can be referred to Liaodong Town, and will not be repeated here.
During the Yongle period, the garrison strength of Liaodong Town was 230,000. In the mid-Ming Dynasty, the garrison strength was between 70,000 and 90,000. In the 48th year of Wanli in the original history, the garrison strength of Liaodong Town reached a historical high of 260,000. However, although the number of troops
There are many, but the combat effectiveness is very poor, and many soldiers are on empty pay. When a war actually occurs, they often encounter the embarrassing situation of having no soldiers available.
As for the Chongzhen period at the end of the Ming Dynasty, because Liaodong had been lost, the military strength was reduced to more than 80,000. At present, due to the process of Western control of the East and the preference for "Eastern control", the military strength of Liaodong has declined from the previous years.
When they started to strengthen again, although the number was not as high as in the Yongle period, there were still about 180,000.
Jizhou Town is the largest military town among the Nine Borders, starting from Shanhaiguan in the east and ending at Mutianyu in the west, with a total length of more than 1,700 miles. During the Yongle period, the garrison strength was set at 85,000, and by the Chongzhen period, the garrison strength was nearly 130,000.
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However, the current military strength of Jizhen exceeds that of the Chongzhen Dynasty in the original history. Because after Gao Gong's reform, the intermediate node of the Western Huaidong system is Jizhen, so Jizhen actually has a "function". The west has to support the west when something happens, and the east has to support the west.
If there is something to support the east, then of course the troops must be relatively sufficient.
Moreover, Qi Jiguang in this life, due to his highly pragmatic and superstitious support, has always retained the right to "train troops as Prime Minister", so that part of the troops from various towns in Jiubian are transferred to Ji Town for rotation training all year round, making the actual military strength of Ji Town often reach as high as
Around 170,000-180,000.
Xuanfu Town starts from Mutian Valley in the east and ends at Xiyang River in the west, with a total length of thousands of miles. During the Yongle period, the garrison force was about 126,000 people, and during the Chongzhen period, the garrison force was more than 80,000 people.
But the current military strength of Xuanfu also exceeds the above two time points - it is still due to Gao Dang's continuous rule, so Xuanfu, a border town directly related to Gao Dang, is almost always strengthened immediately, including not only new firearms, but also
Including military strength. The only weakening is probably that after Ma Fang took office recently, some cavalry were transferred to Liaodong. According to the situation that Gao Pangshi knew during the previous Monan War, Xuanfu Town currently has more than 130,000 troops.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Datong Town starts from Zhenkootai in the east and ends at Yajiao Mountain in the west, with a total length of about 650 miles. During the Yongle period, the garrison strength was 135,000, and during the Chongzhen period, the garrison force was 135,000.
The military strength is more than 76,000. Also due to the Gao Party and the Jin Party being in power, although the current military strength is slightly lower than that of the Yongle Dynasty, it is still about 120,000.
Shanxi Town starts from the Great Wall of Zhenbao Town in the east and ends at Piantou Pass on the Yellow River in the west. Since Shanxi Town is located on the inside (south) of the Great Wall in Datong and Xuanfu towns, it is also called the Inner Great Wall. Its main function is to prevent the outer Great Wall defense line from being breached
After that, the enemy troops marched straight in. As the second line of defense, Shanxi Town had relatively few troops. During the Chongzhen period, the garrison strength was 53,000. It is not much higher now, about 65,000-70,000.
Yansui Town starts from Huangfuchuan Fort in the east and ends at Huamachi in the west, with a total length of more than 1,700 miles. During the Yongle period, there were 25,000 garrison troops, and during the Chongzhen period, there were about 45,000 garrison troops. The current military strength is also between these two periods.
During the period, there were approximately 37,000 people, less than 40,000.
Guyuan Town starts from the west boundary of Raoyang Water Fort in Yansui Town in the east, and reaches Lanzhou and Lintao in the west, with a total length of about one thousand miles.
To talk about this town alone, in the early Ming Dynasty, there were only three towns in the northwest region: Yansui, Ningxia, and Gansu. However, because the battle lines were too long and the distance was far away, in the event of a war, the three towns could not communicate with each other. Therefore, in
During the Hongzhi period, Guyuan Town was added.
The town's military strength was nearly 60,000 during the Chongzhen period, and it is almost the same number now.
Ningxia Town starts from Huamachi in the east and ends at the north bank of the Yellow River in Xiquegou, Zhongwei, Ningxia in the west, with a total length of about two thousand miles. During the Yongle period, the garrison strength was about 70,000, and during the Chongzhen period, the garrison strength was about 25,000. The current garrison strength is about 30,000--
-Because after Tumut surrendered, the Ordos tribe became more honest, so there were not many garrison troops.
The southeastern part of Gansu Town starts from the north bank of the Yellow River in later Lanzhou, and the northwest reaches the Jiayuguan Tuolai River area, with a total length of about 1,600 miles. During the Yongle period, the garrison strength was about 96,000, and during the Chongzhen period, the garrison strength was about 40,000. The current strength is about 6
More than 10,000, less than 70,000.
Based on this calculation, the current military strength of Ming Dynasty Jiubian is actually close to the highest level in original history, reaching about 860,000-870,000.
The reason is that its main growth comes from two points: first, Gao Gong's financial reform in recent years, and second, the development of border trade after Anda's tribute and the victory of the Monan War, which have an important positive impact on the sustainable development of border trade.
These two reasons made the Ming Dynasty's military pay begin to become sufficient.
Of course, there must be moisture in the above values, but the moisture at this time is naturally far from the level of the late Ming Dynasty in the original history. According to a highly pragmatic estimate, cutting off one-third will probably be almost a real number.
——It can be seen that the performance of the frontier army is still far better than that of the Beijing camp. If it were the Beijing camp, it would be estimated that two-thirds or even more would be cut off.
The frontier army has been cut by one-third, and there are still about 680,000 soldiers, including 120,000 garrison troops in Liaodong.
What does this mean? If Li Chengliang wanted to rebel, even if his 40,000 servants were willing to follow him and lose their heads, he would first have to use 40,000 fine cavalry to attack the city - his servants themselves were meant to kill the Mongols.
The first level is built for the sake of success. Its strength is in field combat ability, but when it comes to siege, it is not considered a strong point.
The usual responsibilities of the guardsmen were exactly the opposite. Their main task was to defend the city. Therefore, if Li Chengliang rebelled, he would have to use his own shortcomings to attack the other party's strong points. Strategically, he would suffer a big loss first.
Of course, it doesn't mean that we can't fight. After all, the fighting prowess of the retainers is far beyond that of the guards. But if he uses 40,000 retainers to attack the 120,000 guards guarding the city, will Li Chengliang suffer a loss? What's more, wait until he takes Liaodong.
During this time, Qi Jiguang might not have been here long ago!
Not only Qi Jiguang, but also reinforcements from Xuanda are about to arrive, and maybe there will be Tumut cavalry - Tumut has now sent an elite cavalry of more than 20,000 people to guard between Daning City and Shanhaiguan.
He knew about the parade, and he even knew that these elite right-wing Mongolian soldiers were dispatched largely out of pragmatism!
So to sum up, Li Chengliang would not consider using force to rebel at all. In this case, if the court really wanted to move him, an imperial edict would solve the problem. As for sending Gao Pragmatic to come in person?
Because he couldn't understand the reason, Li Chengliang couldn't understand Gao Pangshi's move of dealing cards to get Li Rugui. After the man outside told him the reason for the "commotion", facing the eyes of his younger brother and nephew, Li Chengliang hesitated.
Unable to make up his mind, his eyes rolled around, but he just refused to speak.
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