Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1025 Candidates for Deputy Commander

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 as the deputy commander-in-chief (this is the official name, but actually the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong) Qin Deyi was impeached again, and now he has been escorted to Shandong for trial (he needs to be arraigned by the patrol first, and there is no patrol in Liaodong, and the Shandong patrol is concurrently serving), so that Liaoyang has no senior officials in charge of the army.

But even so, when Gao Wushi arrived in Liaoyang, he was still warmly welcomed.

The welcome ceremony was organized by Han Guangyi, the local eunuch guarded by the imperial envoy, who not only brought civil and military officials at all levels in Liaoyang City, but also mobilized some of the garrison troops in Liaoyang City. Cheers on the sidelines.

This guard Han Guanghan is a member of Chen Ju, and of course he must come out to express a "warm welcome" to the arrival of Gao Yushi, just like after the outbreak of the Liaonan War, he was also the most active in asking Qin Deyi to lead troops immediately It's the same as going south to rescue.

Although Qin Deyi began to hesitate and refuse to leave after he led his troops out of the city, relying on "the general is out, and the emperor's fate is not accepted", but that is not under Han Guang's control after all. As far as he can help, he has already Do your best.

However, for Han Guang's new role as governor, Gao Yushi still didn't agree with it, so after arriving at Fuyuan, he frowned and asked Han Guang what was going on.

Han Guang smiled and said, "Futai thought it was our family who forced them to go to the street to welcome your old man?"

Gao Wushi didn't speak, just looked at Han Guang, who knew that Han Guang immediately shook his head and said: "It's really not true, the people of Liaoyang moved spontaneously. After our family found out, we even added some troops to maintain order."

"Oh?" Gao Wushi was a little surprised, and thought: I should have a good reputation in the capital and Henan, but I don't have such a "mass foundation" in Liaoyang, right?

Han Guang said with a smile: "Futai may not know something, because the Liaodong General Army Officer is stationed in Liaoxi, and he is more effective in dealing with the border police in Liaoxi, but correspondingly, the response to the Liaodong border police is always slow. In recent years, most of the Liao land has been invaded, and the losses in Liaodong are the greatest. Especially after Cao Yu was imprisoned after being frustrated in the First Battle of Chang'an Fort, his follow-up servant could no longer be used. In this way, Liaoyang The strength of the side has not been effectively restored."

He paused, and then said: "When Cao Yu was at its most powerful, it is said that there were six thousand family members, and he was the strongest in Liaodong Town except for Li Chengliang. After he was imprisoned, it was said that these people were not well placed. ... Well, that's okay, the key is that Li Chengliang first recommended Yao Dajie, and then Yao Dajie had an accident, and then replaced Qin Deyi, but no matter whether it was Yao Dajie or Qin Deyi, he didn't have many elites under his command, but only We can rely on Li Chengliang to lend them troops."

Gao Wushi nodded. The mystery is not difficult to guess. Yao Dajie and Qin Deyi were recommended by Li Chengliang for the position of deputy commander. Do they dare not listen to Li Chengliang's greeting?
Li Chengliang is the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, and he has ensured that the deputy commander-in-chief is obedient to him. In this case, even the governor of Jiliao and the governor of Liaodong will have to give Li Chengliang some face in matters related to military affairs, because If this is not the case, even if Li Chengliang dare not directly confront the governor, he still has countless means to defy the governor, and even deliberately lose the battle that can be won, so as to frame the governor for his ineffective command—as long as he himself clearly stated before It is enough to oppose such use of troops.

Gao Wushi now understands 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 don't cooperate with Li Chengliang's ideas, they may get into trouble in case of war.

However, when Han Guang talked about this situation, he just wanted to explain why the people of Liaoyang would welcome Gao Yushi spontaneously, so he went on to say: "Futai is in the south of Liaoning, and Tumen and Chaohua two thieves joined hands to invade. At this time, Li Chengliang is still there." Gulezhai refused to return aid, and the people in Liaodong thought that Liaonan was going to be bad this time, and if Liaonan collapsed, Tumen and Chaohua would definitely refuse to let go of Liaoyang, which was close at hand. Wouldn't Liaoyang be in danger then?
However, Futai defeated Tumen and Chaohua allied forces with only a small amount of power in southern Liaoning, and even captured Chaohua, a Tartar chieftain who had been in chaos 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...so that's what happened.

Since it wasn't Han Guang who forced the people of Liaoyang to "welcome in the lane", Gao Yushi didn't bother to care about it. Instead, he turned the topic back to the lack of strength in Liaodong that Han Guang accidentally mentioned just now.

"After Qin De Yige waited for investigation, wouldn't Liaoyang's strength become even weaker?"

Faced with this question, Han Guang hesitated for a moment before answering: "It depends on who is the successor to the deputy commander in chief. If it is Zu Chengxun recommended by Li Chengliang, this guy is good at making money. It is said that he has more than 2000 soldiers." Well, if he is willing to bring Liaoyang, it would be pretty good, and since he is from Li Chengliang, Li Chengliang might lend him some family members like Yao Dajie and Qin Deyi in the past."

Gao Wushi frowned and said, "If there is no servant, the soldiers and horses in Liaodong will not be able to fight?"

Han Guang smiled wryly and said: "Our family doesn't know much about soldiers, but Futai is a famous commander in the world. I wonder if you have seen the guards in southern Liaoning? Well, the guards in eastern and northern Liaoning are about as strong as those in southern Liaoning. It’s just like the elder brother and the second brother. It’s still useful to guard the city and the fortress, but if you want to send them out of the city to fight in the field, that’s to urge them to die... Almost only the servants are able to fight in the field, or the servants are the central army army."

The implication of the last sentence is that either a pure servant army should be dispatched, or even though the army is mobilized, there must be a strong servant army sitting in the middle of the army.

There are powerful servant troops, but even if he is a frontier minister now, due to Daming's habits, it is not easy to mobilize too many.

According to the general situation, the governors of various border towns mostly maintain a bid of one or two thousand. Even if they are highly pragmatic and are famously rich, they can pay alone without the "subsidy" of the court, and they basically maintain a bid of three thousand. That's it.

It's not that 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 has a lot of trust in Gao Yushi now, if you suddenly bring out tens of thousands of armed servants who don't need to be paid by the court, the situation will be difficult to say.

Although Li Chengliang has many servants, but the court pays, if the court doesn't pay, he can't maintain this number.Of course, he didn't just rely on the imperial court to pay his salary, there were other means as well, which will be discussed in the future.

Gao Yushi couldn't help sighing, it's no wonder that the status of the generals in the late Ming Dynasty was getting higher and higher. Without the generals, there would be no elite soldiers. Isn't this a dead end?
It seems that the candidate for the deputy commander has to think carefully.
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