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 Liaoyang's deputy commander-in-chief (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 serves concurrently). As a result, there is no senior official in charge of the army in Liaoyang.
But even so, when Gao pragmatic arrived in Liaoyang, he still received a warm welcome.
The welcome ceremony was organized by the imperial envoy Han Guang, the local eunuch who guarded Liaodong. 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. The crowd cheered.
The Han Guanghan governor is Chen Ju's man, and of course he must come out to express a "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. 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 general will be outside, and the emperor's orders will not be 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 when he took over 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 commander-in-chief of Liaodong Military Forces is stationed in western Liaoning and is relatively capable of dealing with the border police in western Liaoning. However, correspondingly, the response to the border police in eastern Liaoning is inevitably slow. So much so that most of the invaders in Liao Province in recent years suffered the greatest 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. In this way, Liaoyang The strength has never been effectively restored."
He paused and then said: "When Cao Yun was at the height of his power, 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 his 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 them the elite men under his command. 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 do so, 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 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 the two thieves Tumen and Chaohua teamed up 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 chaos in Liao for more than ten years! Futai, think about it, in this way, aren't you a great hero in the eyes of the people of Liaoyang? "
Oh...that's what happened.
Since it was not Han Guang who forced the people of Liaoyang to "welcome in a row", 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 Qin De Yige was left to investigate, wouldn't Liaoyang's strength become even less powerful?"
Faced with this question, Han Guang hesitated for a moment before answering: "It depends on who succeeds the deputy general. 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 the servants to Liaoyang, that would be good, and since he is Li Chengliang's, Li Chengliang may lend him some servants like Yao Dajie and Qin Deyi did in the past."
Gao Pingshi frowned and said, "Without servants, Liaodong's soldiers and horses won't be able to fight?"
Han Guang smiled bitterly and said: "Our 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 southern Liaoning, it's probably They are just like the eldest brother and the second brother. They are usually useful for guarding the city and fortress, but if you want to send them out of the city to fight in the field, you are urging them to die... Almost only the servants can fight in the field, or the servants are used as the central army. army."
The implication of this last sentence is that either pure servant troops are dispatched, or although a large army is mobilized, there must be strong servant troops sitting in the center to hold down the battle.
Gao Pragmatic does have a powerful servant force, but even if he is now a border minister, due to 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 famously rich and pays alone without any "subsidy" from the court, maintaining a standard of three thousand yuan is basically enough. It's at the top.
That's not to say 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, if you suddenly bring out tens of thousands of armed servants who do not need to be paid by the court, 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 doesn't just rely on the court for pay, he also has other means, which will be discussed 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.
----------
Thanks to book friend "Cao Mianzi" for your monthly ticket support, thank you!
