Chapter 115 Inspection of Coastal Defense (Part 1)
After explaining the affairs of the arsenal and printing shop, there were still a few days left before Lin Zhiyang's father's birthday. Shang Yi decided to go to Changguowei first to inspect the coastal defense affairs there. Because this time he was inspecting within his own defense area. , therefore Shang Yi did not intend to bring more troops, so he only brought Luo Yuanbin, the commander of the fifth regiment, with him, and transferred a musketeer battalion and a pike battalion from the fifth regiment, and two companies from the cavalry battalion, plus Duan Peng's one Reconnaissance company. There are about 2,400 people in total.
The military and political power in Hangzhou will be represented by Zhou Shaohuan, the leader of the Second Regiment. Shang Yi also focused on explaining two things to him, one is to strengthen the engineering supervision of the arsenal, and the other is to conduct another selection of the reserve army. As for the printing workshop, it is handed over to him. Let Wang Fuzhi and Arconia pay their responsibilities.
Changguowei was located south of Xiangshan County in Ningbo, which was later known as the Xiangshan Peninsula in Zhejiang. It was about two days' journey from Hangzhou. Before Shang Yi set off, he also got to know the commander of Changguowei. He knew this commander The envoy is called Shen Shouchong. He is thirty-three years old this year and has a hereditary military position. His father is Shen Yourong, a national hero in the late Ming Dynasty.
Of course, Shang Yi knew about Shen Yourong's deeds. The most famous thing he did was to lead his army into the Taiwan Islands three times, annihilate the Japanese pirates, drive out the Dutch, and successfully defend the southeastern coast and Taiwan. He definitely deserves the title of national hero. .Shen Shouchong was Shen Yourong's sixth son. It was because of Shen Yourong's inspiration that he became the commander of the Changguo Guard, and he was regarded as a famous general. And because Shang Yi had some expectations for Shen Shouchong, It would be great if Shen Shouchong could be half as capable as his father. It has been more than a year since I arrived in the Ming Dynasty. I have seen a few capable civil servants Shang Yi, but there is only one outstanding general. Didn't come across it.
Two days later, Shang Yi also arrived at Changguowei. Shen Shouchong had already been notified and personally led 500 soldiers several miles out of the city to wait to welcome him.
After the two sides met, Shen Shouchong immediately bowed in front of Shang Yi's horse and said: "Shen Shouchong, commander of the last general Chang Guowei, pays homage to the commander-in-chief."
Shang Yi got off his horse, helped him up, and said, "Commander Shen, there is no need to be polite." He saw that Shen Shouchong had thick eyebrows, a slight beard, and a majestic appearance. He looked like a military general. Although the clothes and armor of the five hundred soldiers who came out were very shabby, the spirit of the soldiers was very full. Judging from the military appearance, it was better than other Ming soldiers I had seen, such as Zuo Liangyu, Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo and others. The soldiers are much stronger. They seem to have undergone rigorous training.
Therefore, Shang Yi also nodded and said: "Commander Shen, you have trained a good team."
Shen Shouchong said hurriedly: "Your Excellency, I have given you a great reward. I will not deserve it." Although he stayed alone, he had heard of Shang Yi's name and the deeds of the Merchant Army. He saw that although Shang Yi was very young, he was quite tall. , the figure is slightly thin, the eyes are like lightning, and the gestures are quite graceful, and the attitude is kind and not arrogant at all.
Looking at the men and horses he brought, although the clothes and armor they wore were different from those of the ordinary Ming army, they were all in high spirits and had high morale. Their formations were neat and clearly well-trained. And more than half of them were well-trained. The soldiers all carried fire blunderbuss, most of which were bird blunderbuss, and some were Lumi blunderbuss, with bright spikes stuck on the barrels. There were also many fire blunderbuss that even Shen Shouchong couldn't name. Shen Shouchong was very greedy. Shen Yourong was famous for his skill in using firearms during his lifetime. Shen Shouchong was also deeply affected. Seeing that the merchant army had so many firearms, he was naturally very envious.
After a few polite words, under the leadership of Shen Shouchong, they entered Changguo Acropolis. In fact, they were a city, and most of the residents in the city and surroundings were military households.
After entering the city, Shang Yi discovered that although the buildings in the city, although the streets were also very worn, they were still very neat, and the mental appearance of the residents was quite good. When passing by a small market, it was very lively. The governance of the person.
After coming to the command to sit down, Shang Yi asked, "Commander Shen, how long have you been here to command here?"
Shen Shouchong: "Back to Master, almost two years."
In fact, Shen Shouchong was born in the first year of Chongzhen, and once achieved the stay in Chengtianfu, but because of his upright personality and offending many people, he was patrolled to play the sea and degraded to Zhejiang to be a guard commander. One of the most developed areas of the Ming Dynasty, but Chang Guowei was remote areas at the southern part of Ningbo's government, which was almost equivalent to disguise. However, this is also similar to Shen Yourong. If it is suppressed, otherwise, he can have been promoted to the general for a long time.
However, in this remote area, there is also a benefit of Shen Shouchong's own ideas, and no one will interfere in doing things. Therefore, although Shen Shouchong has been in Chang Guowei for less than two years, he is actively preparing for the army, and he is fair Although it is also limited by some objective conditions, it has also made Chang Guowei's appearance.
This time, the Zhejiang rebellion, the Juexi Institute under the rule of Chang Guowei first responded to the rebels, and the thousand households of Shipu II Shipu two had a good relationship with the thousands of households in Juexi, and they planned to respond to the incident. Shen Shouchong also rebelled together. Shen Shouchong agreed that he only brought 50 family Ding Ding to Shipu Er and recruited thousands of households to discuss the incident together with his brother Shen Shouzhang.
Thousands of households in Juexi did not know that there were fraud, and they also came to Shipu II. And the two thousand households saw that he had not followed him, so he did not doubt that the wine banquet entertained Shen Shouchong and his party. Shen Shouchong and Shen Shouyue suddenly caused difficulties, killing two thousand households with a hidden short knife, and ordered the military households to be a rebel. Taking this as an example. Dare to rebel again.
Then Shen Shouchong led the lead in person and came to Juexi to show the crowd outside the city outside the city. None of them participated in the rebellion.
After listening to Shang Yi, she also praised Shen Shouchong's sentence. He also asked: "Who is the guardian of Shipu and Juexi?"
Shen Shou Chongdao: "Shipu II was jointly controlled by the five hundred households in the institute, and because of the rebellion of Juexi, the brother Shen Shouzheng at the end of the general was temporarily stationed in the city."
Shang Yi nodded, and said, "What officials are your brother now?"
Shen Shou Chongdao: "It is a hundred households who will be at the end."
Shang Yi said: "Okay, I will react truthly in the court."
Shen Shouchong said busy: "Thank you, Master."
Shang Yi asked again: "Commanded Shen, how much time did your guard have not taken the silver?"
Shen Shouchong's face flashed an unnatural expression, saying: "Back to Master, since the end will reach Chang Guowei, he has never received Yin Yin. In the past two years, he will have been planted with military households in the last two years. To make fishing for the ground, you can avoid the strong support. "
Shang Yi couldn't help laughing bitterly. This kind of thing in Daming now can be regarded as not fresh. In fact, the hardest part of the Ming Dynasty was not the people, but the military households. The military households are not allowed to change, and once they become military households, then the descendants and grandchildren are all military households for generations. "
So Shang Yi nodded again, and said, "This is really hard for you. Well, when I came, I shouldn't manage it, but from now on, Chang Guowei's monthly cricket, I am here, I come, I come, Payment, as long as I am still in office, there will be no less you. But this time I came in a hurry, I didn't bring so much silver money, you gave me the list of soldiers on the list of soldiers. After I returned to Hangzhou People immediately send the silver by the number of people. "
Shen Shouzheng heard it, and he was grateful for a while. In the past two years, he has not got a lot of silver in Chang Guowei. Although he can cross the ground with fish, he can also cross the day. There are also vessels in the banner, all of which have no money to update and maintain. This also made him deeply feel a headache. Seeing that Shang Yi promised to pay the month, he was naturally very happy.
Of course, after he was happy, he also heard it clearly. The monthly hell was not issued by the court, but Shang Yi paid it by himself. Of course, Shang Yi is now the official of the court and his own boss. Chong thought that with his money, there was nothing wrong. So Shen Shouchong worshiped the ground again, saying: "Thank you, Master."
Shang Yi smiled and asked again, "Commanded, your guards also take into account the sea defense, there should be a lot of warships!"
Shen Shou Chong Dao: "Back to Master, Chang Guowei had two watershed camps, and a total of 68 ships of the auxiliary warships were only lacking money for many years. Therefore, only 44 can be used now. Eight ships, six Haicang boats, twelve Cangshan boats, twelve corrections, and four eight paddle boats. Now they are moored in the sea alleys.
Shang Yi also nodded. He knew that according to Qi Jiguang's [Ji Effect New Book], there were two whistles in a naval army camp, four blessing ships, two sea ships, four Cangshan boats, and then match with. There are auxiliary battleships such as driving waves, eight trap boats, and 艟 有 有. Chang Guowei has two watershed camps, that is, there are forty main warships. It can be used, this damage rate is a bit high, but I will go to see the boat tomorrow, so I also said: "Okay, let's watch it tomorrow."
Next, Shen Shouchong asked Shang Yi to watch his military training.
Chang Guowei's military training is basically mainly cold weapons, mainly because of the lack of firearms. There are only sixty or seventy shots available in the whole guard. Generally speaking According to the practice of the training of soldiers in the new book of Ji Effect, the effect is pretty good. Shang Yi estimates that although there is still a distance than the Qing army, it is not under Li Zicheng's ecstasy.
Although the soldiers lack the actual combat experience, after entering the battlefield, they will still be dismantled. However, the foundation is still very good. There is a potential to become a strong army. Of course, the premise is to have a good environment.