Yongning Bo Zhang Cheng brought to the town the four battalions of Yongyi Junbiao, Weiyuan, Tengshe and Baihu.
They opened the way with military flags and camp flags in front, followed by the majestic cavalry and horse teams. In the middle were Yongning Bo Zhang Cheng, Xuanda Governor Zhang Fuzhen, the eunuch Bian Yongqing, as well as the town officials and generals of the Yongyi Army.
Marching at the end of the team were the infantry of the Weiyuan Battalion of the Yongyi Army. They marched in neat steps to escort Yongning Bo Zhang Cheng's family members into Changping Gate.
Zhang Cheng always believed that the army marching in infantry formation would have a more majestic and killing atmosphere, so he left the infantry of Weiyuan Battalion at the end to press the formation.
Their spears were like a forest, their shield array was like a wall, and the bright openings of their firecrackers were even more chilling to see. Especially the two hundred squatting tiger cannons and Franco machine guns behind the infantry formation made the soldiers and civilians along the street exclaim in surprise.
At the end of the formation, the barbarian cannon, which could only be dragged by eight oxen, was a rare behemoth. Even the well-informed soldiers and merchants in the town were all amazed by it.
The perimeter of Xuanfu Town is twenty-four miles, which is extraordinary. Not only is it the most majestic among the three towns of Xuanda, it is also difficult to rival among the nine towns of the Ming Dynasty.
Even Datong Town, which can be regarded as a town, is only a little more than one-third of Xuanfu Town. Perhaps only Ningxia Town can match it, but it is still far behind.
From now on, this place known as "The Key to the Capital" and "The Pinghan of the Divine Capital" will be under his own governance!
Xuanfu Zhencheng has not only governors, grain judges, judges, and Confucian officials dispatched by the imperial court, but also floating and hereditary officials from the Dusi and Weisi, as well as generals, deputy generals, counselors, and tour generals, as well as There are military positions such as garrison, thousand households, and hundreds of households in the local hereditary system.
It can be said that there are many names, a mixed bag, including idle salary officials and actual stewards. Especially since the Chongzhen Dynasty, the prestige of the imperial court has been far less than before, and local conflicts have become more and more serious.
Today, Zhang Cheng came to the town to take over the post of chief military officer with the superior rank of Yongning Bo. The governor and governor led all the town officials to greet him outside the city. Those local military officers followed Zhang Cheng and others' horses. Everyone was worried about their future, especially Lin Dengyou, the Commander-in-Chief and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Coordinating Guard, who was even more anxious.
He saw that the Ministry of War of the imperial court had issued a letter and directly promoted Guo Yingxian, a big boss, to the position of deputy chief soldier. Seeing that the posture seemed to be promising to replace him.
Lin Dengyou had been staying in the town for many years as deputy commander-in-chief of the auxiliary defense. He originally thought that Zhang Cheng, the deputy commander-in-chief of the auxiliary defense, was promoted to the post of chief corps officer, and he seemed to have the opportunity to move elsewhere.
But now Guo Yingxian, a carefree old man, was unexpectedly promoted to deputy commander. There is no guarantee that Zhang Cheng didn't want to use his hand to suppress himself.
Lin Dengyou is also a veteran who has been in the officialdom for many years. Naturally, Zhang Cheng's little tricks cannot be hidden from him, but if he is not strong enough, what can he do even if he sees through them?
He is quite powerful in the town. After all, he has been the deputy commander-in-chief for many years. After some management, no matter how elite the troops under his command are, or his influence on the defense in various places, it is beyond the reach of other generals. Incomparable.
This time Guerrilla Wen Hui tried every means to win over him, but he did not make a clear statement. Although he seemed to be impartial to any party, he showed a mentality of sitting on a mountain and watching the fight between tigers.
However, he couldn't see the good show he imagined!
Among the people, only Jiang Yuxu, the governor of the Xuanfu, was following behind Bo Yongning and the other three people with a serious expression. Seeing him, he was riding a horse with his head held high and his chest high, looking calm and relaxed.
People who don't know, think that he is the protagonist today, but Zhang Cheng and the other three are opening the way for him.
Xuanfu Town is centered on Yuangu Prince's Mansion. There is only one Changping Street running from north to south, which runs through Guangling Gate and Changping Gate. It is the main north-south road in the town.
From north to south, there are three buildings including the Bell Tower, the Drum Tower, and the South Gate Tower, as well as numerous archways of various types. Generally speaking, the south direction is where officials, wealthy families, and landlords live. Streets It is also full of official stores and shops.
To the north of the town, there are mostly government offices and general offices at all levels.
Not far after entering the city, we came to the Drum Tower, which is the famous "Zhenshuo Tower"!
The Zhenshuo Tower got its name because the chief military officer of Xuanfu Town was named "General Zhenshuo". It also has a built-in drum horn that tells the time, which can inform the whole city of the twelve o'clock hour, so it is also called the "Drum Tower". .
The building was built in the fifth year of Zhengtong. It is a tall building with double eaves and nine ridges on the top of the mountain. Even the pier base below is more than seven feet high. The time is constantly played by the drum every day.
On the second floor upstairs, there is a large drum with a height of more than two meters and a diameter of more than one meter. Every time it is sounded, the "dong dong" sound of the drum can immediately spread throughout the city. It is used to keep time in peacetime, and can also be used in wartime. It is used for alarming and commanding operations.
There are four door openings under the Drum Tower, each leading to the southeast and northwest streets. If you continue northward for a short distance from here, you will find another tall building in the city - the "Bell Tower".
Qingyuan Tower was built in the Chenghua period. It has a unique shape. It is a tall building with double eaves and multi-angular cross ridges on the top of the mountain. It has many ridges and corners, with a total of 24 corners, 73 ridges, and 234 kisses. Beasts, two hundred and twenty-eight groups of dougong.
There is also a "Xuanfu Zhencheng Bell" cast in the 18th year of Jiajing's reign. It is about eight feet high, four feet in diameter and weighs 10,000 kilograms. It is mounted on the top of the building with four sky-reaching pillars. At the center of the upper floor.
This "Xuanfu Town Bell" weighing 10,000 kilograms plays the role of announcing the dawn and warning of fire. Once it is rung hard, the sound can be heard forty miles away, so the local people also call it the "Bell Tower".
Qingyuan Tower, like Zhenshuo Tower, is built on a cross-shaped hole nearly three feet high. It intersects Changping Gate to the south, Guangling Gate to the north, Anding Gate to the east, and Daxin Gate to the west. It is really It can be said to be a place with four thoroughfares.
In comparison, the Zhenshuo Tower, known as the Drum Tower, is inferior.
There is also an east-west street in front of the Drum Tower, but it is a dead end at both ends. It is not like Bell Tower Street, which leads to a city gate on all sides, allowing you to go in and out of the city directly.
East Drum Tower Street is Cha Yuan Street, where there are the Xuanfu Governor's Yamen, the Cha Yuan Yamen, etc., as well as numerous workshops and warehouses.
Gulou West Street is Hubu Street. Here is the Hubu Office. Zhu Mintai, the grain doctor of Xuanda Governor, has his office here. In addition, there are also Hubu Tongzhi, Tongpan and other officials, who are responsible for managing the affairs allocated by the imperial court. For military and civilian supplies, we not only supervise local use, but also supervise the grain, grass and money turned over to the national treasury by local capital offices and military stations.
Also on this Gulou East Street is the Lixingsi Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment, and the size of the Governor's Yamen is roughly similar to that of the General Military Yamen of Xuanfu Town.
Not far from the west side of the governor's office, there is an archery range in the city, which is usually used for reviewing troops and training troops stationed in the city.
Perhaps because of the age and the depletion of military equipment, this archery range has also been occupied by surrounding officials and people, and the site has become smaller and smaller. Now it can only accommodate a thousand people.
There is also a large martial arts performance field in the northeastern suburbs outside the town. It is the real place where the army is stationed and drills. It is here that it also has the reputation of "Xuanfu's teaching field is famous all over the world".
Although there are no deep feelings about Xuanfu Town, Zhang Cheng is not very unfamiliar with it.
When he first arrived in this world, he was in the official residence of General Zhang Yan in Zhencheng. However, he was bedridden for more than a month at that time, and he has been living in a military camp outside the city since then, but he also came in and out of Zhencheng frequently.
After King Qin returned, he also lived in the town for several months. He said that he had visited the Xuanfu Guards General's Yamen once when he accompanied his uncle Zhang Yan.
And before leaving the North Road of the town, he also personally visited the former commander-in-chief Yang Guozhu twice. It can be said that apart from Zhang Yan's former military commander's mansion, this is the general military headquarters he is most familiar with.
The Xuanfu Guards General's Yamen is on Gulou East Street, not far from the Xuanfu Governor's Yamen, across the street.
Although Yong Ning Bo told Guo Yingxian in every possible way not to disturb Yang Guozhu's widow, He, when he was at the Red Castle, how could such a big change be concealed?
Moreover, Mrs. Yang Guozhu is also a heroine of the generation who understands justice well. How can she continue to occupy this sad place that makes her miss things and people.
In fact, Zhang Cheng had already expected this. When he left, he gave Guo Yingxian a letter, which was specially addressed to Mrs. Yang and He.
Zhang Cheng mainly expressed one idea in his letter. He lost his father when he was young and has always been under the protection of his uncle Zhang Yan. Yang Guozhu also loved him and treated him like a son.
Therefore, Zhang Cheng expressed in his letter that he was willing to treat He as his mother and fulfill his filial piety on behalf of his son. Moreover, Zhang Cheng's mother Zhang Yang and aunt Zhang Han still wanted to return to their original homes because they did not like the excitement. Residing in the General's Mansion.
In this way, it is just right to invite Mrs. Yang He to move to the General's Mansion and live with her mother and aunt. The three old people are also companions.
As for He's two sons, both of them sacrificed their lives for the country and died on the battlefield. Currently, he has no other choice but to go back to his parents' home, seeing that what Zhang Cheng expressed was also sincere.
In addition, he was quite fond of Zhang Cheng as a young man, so he did not refuse Zhang Cheng's invitation and moved to the General's Mansion early to await the arrival of Zhang Cheng's mother and aunt.
Accompanied by the governor Zhang Fuzhen and the eunuch Bian Yongqing, Yongningbo Zhang Cheng came to the general military office of Xuanfu Town and looked at the tall flagpole standing in front of the ceremonial gate and the majestic stone lions on both sides guarding both sides of the ceremonial gate. , there is a golden painted animal face tin ring hanging on the door.
Zhang Cheng was filled with emotions: he recalled that when he first traveled to this world, he learned that Zhang Yan, the counselor of the Xuan Mansion, was actually his uncle. What he was thinking about at that time was how he would survive in the upcoming Battle of King Qin. , survived.
Even though he was later promoted to the guerrilla position of Xuanfu Town, when he left the town's North Road, he never thought that one day he would succeed Yang Guozhu and become the chief military officer of Xuanfu Town.
It is estimated that the total area of the General Army Yamen will not be less than 30,000 square meters. To the east of the General Army Yamen, there are the official offices of Confucianism and Xinghe Guarding Thousand Households, and on the west side are the Martial Arts Temple and the Fire Temple. , as well as some affiliated offices of Shuai Mansion, etc.
Looking at the very majestic General Military Office in front of him, Zhang Cheng waved his hand with excitement and said: "Director Zhang and the border supervisors, let's go into the official office for a while and have some tea to quench our thirst. The food and wine will be ready. Bo Zai and you all will never stop getting drunk.
How is it? "
Zhang Fuzhen and Bian Yongqing had no objections. Zhang Cheng turned around and asked Jiang Yuxu, the governor of Xuanfu, to invite him and entered the general officer's office first.
On that day, a banquet was held in the General Military Office of Xuanfu Town, which was not only to cleanse the new commander-in-chief Zhang Cheng, but also to practice for Zhang Fuzhen, who was about to step down as the governor of Xuanda.
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The banquet did not end until Shencai. Bian Yongqing, the military eunuch, stayed in the always vacant official office of the Procuratorate. He traveled for days, and although he spent most of the time in the car, he was very tired, so he went back to rest early.
Governor Zhang Fuzhen seemed to have something to say to Zhang Cheng. He offered not to go back to the mansion to rest tonight, but to stay in Zhang Cheng's Zhenshuo Mansion.
Zhang Cheng first arranged the affairs of each battalion. The first thing was to arrange the garrison areas of each battalion. This was already prepared. For example, Guo Yingxian's Biao Battalion was still stationed at the large martial arts field in the northeastern suburbs outside the city.
Chen Zheng's White Tiger Camp is stationed in a valley near Xinzhuang Fort in the northwest of the city. There are streams here where you can draw water nearby.
Wei Zhice's Tengshe Camp was stationed on the south bank of Yanghe River in the southwest of the city. There was a place called Jiangjiatun, which was a flat area and was very suitable for the garrison of large armies.
Wu Zhizhong led the soldiers of the Weiyuan Battalion to be stationed near Gujiaying in the southeast of the city. This is a crook of the Yang River. There is a hilly area to the south, which is very convenient for water and logging.
Although preparations had been made before, the army camp could not be built in a short time. For the time being, most of the soldiers in each battalion had to live in temporary tents.
Fortunately, it was already early spring. Although the spring cold was harsh, it was better than the severe winter cold. In addition, there were sufficient charcoal fires, so the soldiers in each battalion did not suffer.
However, it is impossible not to keep one's own soldiers and horses in the city. First of all, the defense of the south gate and south pass of the town has been taken over by the Biao Battalion of Deputy Commander-in-Chief Guo Yingxian.
The defense of Ding'an Gate in the east of the city has been taken over by the soldiers of Wei Zhice's Tengshe Battalion, and the Taixin Gate in the west of the city has been taken over by Chen Zheng's White Tiger Battalion.
At the same time, more than 2,000 elite soldiers from Weiyuan Camp's Yulin Cavalry and Tiger Guard Cavalry will also be stationed in the city.
Among them, the two elite cavalry divisions of the Yulin Cavalry were stationed at the archery field on the west side of the governor's office and the martial arts field on the east side of Zhenshuo Mansion. From now on, they would use this as their base to guard Zhenshuo. The government is safe.
The two elite divisions of the Tiger Guard Cavalry are all stationed in Guanglingmen in the north of the city. It is adjacent to the abandoned original Valley Prince's Mansion and was once the school ground and barracks of the Valley Prince's Guard Division.
In addition to these arrangements, an infantry unit from the Baihu Battalion is also stationed in the southwest corner of the town, and an infantry unit from the Tengshe Battalion is also stationed in the southeast corner.
It wasn't until everything was settled that Zhang Cheng felt a sense of security!
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The backyard of Zhenshuo's mansion is a large garden with a clear spring stream imported from the mountains in the north of the city. There is also Longquan Temple and Aloft in the vegetable garden to the east of the hall. The environment is very good.
Now there are refreshments here, and two small charcoal stoves are lit. Xuanda Governor Zhang Fuzhen and Yongning Bo Zhang Cheng are sipping fragrant tea and chatting.
(End of chapter)
