Gao pragmatically summoned these powerful officials from Liuzhou Prefecture to the Procuratorate, and ordered his own servants to guard the Procuratorate inside and outside, as if they were facing a formidable enemy and were discussing an urgent military situation.
However, the fact is that Gao Pangshi was just talking nonsense with Jiang Xin and others in the Procuratorate. One moment he talked about the particularity of the questions in the Tongsheng Examination, the other moment he talked about the convenience and efficiency of Huguang Water Station, and the next moment he talked about the use of cement in building the fortress. Jiang Xin and others were confused when they heard some unrelated things.
But they didn't dare to disturb the receptionist's conversation, so they could only complain in their hearts, smile on their faces, and accompany the receptionist's nonsense as his mind jumped as if it were taking off.
Although Li Weicong, a fellow commander of the Liuzhou Guards from Guangxi, is theoretically as high as the third rank, he is the lowest military officer among today's military attaches who is qualified to enter the court hall of the Procuratorate to listen to pragmatic nonsense. He couldn't understand what Gao Pingshi was saying at all. After a while, he couldn't help but secretly scolded you for being a street boy. What nonsense did you ask us to listen to?
Gao Pragmatic, the street boy, may have heard the secret curse in his heart. At this time, he finally looked at the sky, suddenly his face turned cold, and said, "Oh, there is one more thing to say. I heard that some chieftains hope that the Bazhai area will set up "local official"
Everyone was already in a daze due to his long nonsense. At this time, their reaction was a little slow, especially Li Weicong, who had just cursed in his heart. At this time, he subconsciously said, "Yes."
Gao Pragmatic smiled coldly, "Humph, I dare to think about it."
Everyone was startled by the cold snort. Only then did they react and their thoughts began to return to normal. Everyone was secretly worried about what was going on. Hearing the words from the press, it seemed that he was very dissatisfied with this.
At this time, Gao Pragmatic suddenly issued an order to expel the guests, "I am a little tired, so let's stop talking about it today. Tomorrow, your relevant personnel will prepare all the high-grade items obtained from the previous conquest of eight villages. We need to check them one by one." Then he turned around and walked into the inner hall, leaving a group of Liuzhou Prefecture civil and military officials looking at each other.
Gao pragmatically entered the inner hall. Cao Ke brought a cup of cold tea over to him, offered it with both hands, and said, "Master, you must be thirsty after drinking tea and chatting with them for so long. This is specially made cold."
Gao pragmatically brought it over without any particular style. After drinking it in one breath, he sat down and said, "Cao Ke, how long will it take for those toasts to know the news after I perform this play? It shouldn't be delayed, right?" "
Cao Ke smiled and said, "The master just told me yesterday that Taiping Prefecture is the one foot that the imperial court extends to the chieftains of Western Guangxi, while Qingyuan Prefecture, Liuzhou Prefecture and Nanning Prefecture are the three pillars of the imperial court that stand in front of the chieftains of Western Guangxi." With a knife, since the threat is so great, how could those chieftains in Liuzhou Mansion not have spies to surround the procuratorate tightly on three floors and three floors outside? It looked like they were discussing important matters, but they still spent such a long time. Time, those spies can know it in the future and don’t rush to inquire. But what the master just said is relevant to them only the last two sentences. Can they still spread it?"
"That's true." Gao Pingshi smiled, "I just bet that there must be someone in Liuzhou who is secretly communicating with those chieftains. Otherwise, what am I doing in this play? Even if they are not tired, my mouth will still be dry."
As he spoke, he turned to Gao Zhang, who was standing quietly aside, and said, "Gao Zhang, what do you think after seeing the Liuzhou squad troops today?"
In the Ming Dynasty, the responsibilities of the Weisuo Army generally included four areas: farming, defense, water transportation, and weapons management. In addition, a considerable part of the Weisuo Banner Army also has water transportation responsibilities. There are also some Dusiwei stations that have the responsibility of producing conventional weapons and managing weapons after approval by the Ministry of War. However, after Chengzu moved the capital to Beijing, taking turns to drill and transport grain increasingly became important responsibilities of the Weisuo Banner Army.
Ban army means that the banner army, with the garrison army as the main body, leaves the garrison to which it is affiliated and periodically goes to designated, relatively fixed locations or areas to engage in activities mainly focused on military defense. It is different from temporary national or regional military mobilization, and it is also different from the long-term changes in subordinate guard posts brought about by the new construction, merger, and relocation of guard posts.
There are many types of squadrons, including the Beijing Jingcao squadron that went to defend the capital, the Nanjing Jingcao squadron that went to defend Nanjing and its nearby river defenses, the guardsmen from various frontiers who went to defend Jizhen, and the northern capital divisions. The border patrol troops guarding key defensive towns include the anti-autumn and anti-winter troops at the garrison posts of the northern border capitals guarding each other, and the Pansu troops guarding military fortresses within several or one capital divisions.
Guarding in shifts has become a common phenomenon among the garrison flag troops. It is an important way to carry out key defense in key areas without increasing the number of troops as much as possible after the domestic situation in the Ming Dynasty stabilized.
Before Gao Pangshi came to Liuzhou, he asked Zhang Ren about the current military deployment in Guangxi. According to Zhang Ren, there are currently more than 80,000 registered soldiers in Guangxi, with a total of ten guards and twenty-two thousand-household stations.
But this is only a book figure. In fact, it would be a blessing to have 30,000 soldiers available for fighting. Zhang Ren quietly hinted that Gao was pragmatic. If we only talk about temporary military emergencies, the number of troops that Guangxi Province can mobilize is only 23,000 to 4,000. That is under the premise that the defense forces in other areas are reduced to the point where they are almost collapsed at a touch.
This is why once the Bazhai Rebellion broke out in Guangxi, they had no choice but to ask the governors of Guangdong and Guangdong to mobilize troops from Guangdong to join the Guangxi army in encirclement and suppression. Zhai Yao was in chaos.
After hearing this, Gao Zhang thought for a while and said, "If the Liuzhou army of about a thousand people fights us today, we will definitely win. It just depends on whether they have poor discipline but are brave enough individually. If If so, we may have to pay some casualties, because we almost only brought musketeers this time and lacked cover."
When he said this, there was a trace of doubt on his face, "I don't understand why the master refuses to let us change to the Wanli Type 1. The gun itself is quite easy to use. The key is that after installing the bayonet, we don't have to carry the Yanling knife." , which can reduce the weight of several kilograms. If these Longqing II-style weapons are replaced with Wanli I-style weapons, the combat effectiveness will definitely be greatly improved."
Gao Pragmatic shook his head and said, "The gun you tried was only a trial production model. The cost was ridiculously high, and even if it uses the best materials currently produced by Jinghua Iron Factory, when the bayonet is installed, the gun body will The strength is still not enough. If you just use the stabbing action, it won't be a big problem, but if you fight with the knife, you will be in big trouble. Qi Zongrong, Ma Zongrong and Liu Zongrong have tried it many times, and the knife fight with high intensity Under the circumstances, the chance of this gun breaking or being damaged is as high as 70%. I cannot approve mass production now, we must wait until the strength of the steel is improved."
The Wanli Type 1 musket mentioned by Gao Zhang was a concept proposed under the idea of a highly pragmatic leapfrog development. In fact, it was not that he had to make a leapfrog, but that his knowledge of muskets was insufficient. He could not remember some of the development stages in the middle, so he jumped directly. Arrived at the British Brown Bass and the French Charleville 1777.
However, it turns out that there are basic conditions for the development of any weapon. When the Jinghua Firearms Factory came up with the Brown Bess flintlock with a general idea of high pragmatism, they found that this gun could not be directly produced with a bayonet according to high pragmatism. , because the materials are not up to standard and the strength of the gun body cannot meet the actual combat requirements.
So at present, Gao Pragmatic has retreated to the next best thing and asked for the launch of a bayonet variant of the Longqing II Type. However, it has not been completed yet, so the servants going south this time can only be equipped with both muskets and Yanling knives. A common tactic is to first bring the musket closer and hit one or two. If the opponent has not collapsed yet and still rushes to fight in close combat, then throw away the musket and use the wild goose feather knife to fight.
This tactics is definitely not as good as the Qi Family Army's Mandarin Duck Formation, because the cold weapons are not comprehensive enough, and there are no measures such as wolves, palladiums, and large shields to cooperate. If the enemy on the opposite side can launch a desperate charge and resolutely engage in close combat, then the guard's own The casualties will certainly not be small.
However, until now, Gao Pragmatic had never planned for the servant guards to actually fight such a big battle like a regular army, so he had not yet adjusted and improved his tactics and configuration.
However, this time Gao Zhang was so unfavorable to the Liuzhou garrison, which made Gao Pragmatic a little worried. The chieftains of Guangxi were not weaklings. Although they had poor equipment and poor treatment, the four "Guangxi Wolf Soldiers" were still in Gao Pragmatic's heart. Deterrent.
He had not considered the threat of Guangxi chieftains before because in his impression, Guangxi chieftains seemed to be quite obedient. They were often sent to fight in other places by the court. They only needed to take care of their stuttering. Not only did they not need to pay any military pay, they even received pensions. The chieftains don't seem to be too concerned about whether they love it or not, as long as the court rewards them personally.
This gave Gao Pragmatic the illusion that the chieftains of Guangxi were as loyal to the Ming Dynasty as any other group. Unexpectedly, after arriving in Guangxi, I discovered that these toasts were not as good as they thought. They did not listen to everything Daming's father said, and their secret plans were still going on.
What's more important is that it's okay to be disobedient occasionally. Now some of them may even be the murderers who poisoned the governor of a province. This shows that some of these people are daring to a certain extent. If the court does not deter them, , maybe something big will happen.
But in terms of deterrence, what if someone takes the risk? These soldiers and horses in Liuzhou are not very good at first glance. They are just a little better than the group of soldiers called by thousands of households in Huangsha Town when they first entered Guangxi. I hope they can turn the tide and defeat the wolf. The soldiers don't seem to be reliable. Should I strengthen security measures? If I die in Guangxi, I will really die before my ambition is fulfilled, which will make the hero burst into tears.
Oh my god, although my plan of luring a snake out of its hole seems to be fine, if it bites me to death after luring the snake out, it will be very uneconomical.
"Well, what you said makes sense. Let's send a letter to Guangzhou Port and ask them to send someone to Kaiping to ask if the Longqing II bayonet model is available. If so, send a batch to Guangzhou as soon as possible. , let’s get a five-hundred-rod shot first, and have enough accessories.”
In the end, Gao Zuotai, who was greedy for life and fearful of death, still issued such an order.
