Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1954 Return to Japan (Wei [-]) Outside Tianjin Port, the Fleet Returns

The wind is howling, and the sun is covered by black clouds.

Today's weather doesn't look good. If it is an ordinary time, everyone will try not to go out if they can, so as to avoid a sudden winter rain and catch a cold.

However, today's Tianjin Port is still full of people.Especially in the vicinity of Jinghua main wharf in the port area, there are crowds of people, almost all the places where people can stand are full.

These people, except for some who were already working at the dock, almost all of them came to welcome Gao Yushi and the conscript fleet of the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance.

The names of Shaofu, Prince Taishi, Wenhuadian University Bachelor, Hubu Shangshu and Pingwa Jinglue, and Nanning Hou Gao Wushi's return to the country are finally settled.According to the imperial edict, Gao Yushi returned to Beijing this time because the war was "temporarily over" and he "returned to Beijing to report on his duties."

The post of manager was originally non-permanent, and it is very flexible whether it is necessary to return to Beijing to report on the work during the mission.Basically, if the task is progressing smoothly but not fully completed, and Jing Lue himself can take the time to leave without affecting the progress of the task, and the emperor thinks that an interview is indeed necessary, then Jing Lue can return to Beijing to report on his work. questionable.

Of course, it is an imperial society after all. If the emperor asks you to return to Beijing to report on your work, then the above prerequisites are not necessary. You have to pack up and go back to Beijing to report in person, which is the so-called meeting with your majesty.

This time Gao Yushi returned to Beijing, which essentially falls into this category.It's just that the imperial decree stated all the above reasons to show that His Majesty the emperor did not trust the ministers, but because the ministers had made great achievements in the front line, the ministers needed to come back and tell them in person, so that the emperor and the court could congratulate them. It's more of a compliment.

The fleet of the Maritime Trade Alliance is quite large. Even though Tianjin Port is already one of the largest ports in the world, it is impossible for the entire fleet to come in at once. They can only enter in file according to the channel arrangement.

The Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance took over the "Sea Soldiers" for Gao Yushi's expedition this time, and the Jinghua and Jingnan Xungui families contributed about half each.

Among them, there are one second-tier battleship, three third-tier battleships, four first-tier cruisers, six second-tier cruisers, and 46 armed transport ships, a total of sixty ships.Among them, there are as many as fourteen "professional warships" certified by Jinghua.In terms of the number of crew members, it is about 3000 people.

Professional warships are battleships and cruisers, all provided by the Jinghua Beiyang Fleet, accounting for nearly [-]% of the total number of professional warships in the Beiyang Fleet.Gao Yushi's flagship is the second-class battleship "Dongchang".

In terms of the number of ships, this fleet is not as good as the "main body" of the imperial court's Pingwa fleet, but if calculated in terms of total tonnage, it exceeds the Pingwa fleet.Of course, as an artillery fleet that does not regard boarding battle as the main mode of naval warfare, the number of troops on board the Alliance Fleet is still not as large as that of the Pingwa Fleet.

In any case, the scene of sixty big ships rushing towards the face and filing into the port still made many people feel a huge oppressive force, and because this is their own fleet, after a moment of oppressive feeling, the feeling brought to people's hearts immediately became excited.

Under the turmoil of the heart, I don't know who couldn't help shouting "Da Ming Wan Sheng", which immediately attracted everyone present to follow suit, shouting "Da Ming Wan Sheng" at the top of their voices.From the beginning, there were chaotic shouts, and finally converged to a rhythm. The "Daming Wansheng" not only shook the pier, but even the fleet entering the port could clearly hear it.

Gao Wushi stood on the starboard side of the "Dongchang", surrounded by various generals who were brought back by him because he had no defense mission for the time being, as well as some senior servants of the fleet itself.

Hearing the thunderous cheers of "Da Ming Wan Sheng" on the pier, Dong Yiyuan couldn't help complimenting: "After this battle, the reputation of Lord Hou really resounds throughout the world, regardless of sea or land."

Gao Wushi smiled, waved his hands slightly, but did not speak.

But he didn't speak, but Dong Yiyuan said: "Master Hou, it has been more than 14 years since the last general joined the army at the age of [-]. Although there are many regrets in the process of ending the army with this battle, the result can finally be comforted." Ancestor. The last general knows that he did not perform well in this battle, and disappointed Lord Hou..."

"The ancients said that 'soldiers are fierce and wars are dangerous', because there will always be such and such accidents on the battlefield, some of which can be avoided, some of which are difficult to avoid, and some of which are originally gambling, and can only be gambled."

Gao Wushi turned his head, interrupted his words with a wave of his hand, and said: "Although the explosion in the Yongxing Battle Camp was caused by human beings, there is nothing wrong with your original strategic conception. It was Peng Xingu who was wrong. The cabinet specially brought you back to Beijing, and it is also for you to say that you will be divided in front of the emperor, you can rest assured about this."

"The Laoge Department is worried about the last general, and the last general is really ashamed." Dong Yiyuan sighed, and said in a daze: "It's a pity that Peng Xingu...their family."

Gao Wushi frowned slightly and glanced at Dong Yiyuan.Dong Yiyuan said helplessly with a bit of sadness: "Peng Xingu's father died to protect the last general. The last general at that time was a guerrilla in the Cheying camp. He was shot with seven knives and thirteen arrows when he died. It was the 43rd year of Jiajing... …

His uncle also died in battle with the last general, in the first year of Longqing.At that time, he was shot blind in the left eye by an arrow, and finally ordered him to retreat, but the battle was in a state of anxiety, and he refused to retreat... When he died, he was wounded more than [-] times and died of excessive blood loss.

When he died, the last general was holding his hand and asked him if he had anything to say.He couldn't answer the last general anymore, he just stared hard at Peng Xingu.He has no son, only one daughter who unfortunately died, so he always regards his elder brother's son as his own son..."

Gao Wushi was silent, and couldn't help sighing.

This is the dog day's war, one will be successful and the bones will be dead.Needless to say, if you lose the battle, you will suffer casualties if you win the battle, and the casualties are just a number in the statistics, but in fact they are all fresh human lives.Their life and death, even if they don't talk about the tragedy of human relations, at least they are often related to the future of a family, and even the rise and fall of a family.

It's a pity that Peng Xingu's question is highly pragmatic but he can't let go. This incident is not only bad in itself, but also related to the regularization of the army after the Ming Dynasty.

The explosion of the gunpowder depot in Dong Yiyuan's army in the Battle of Yongxing seems to be quite strange from the occurrence, but there are actually traces to follow.The flash point of the problem was Peng Xingu, but the root cause occurred after the Battle of Pingbo.

At that time, the battle of flat broadcasting was over, and Dong Yiyuan was ordered to transfer to the north.Originally, the imperial court planned to let him return to Ganshan, but after he had been away for a while, he heard that the Marquis of Nanning intended to conquer North Korea himself, and immediately thought that North Korea would be a place where he would make great contributions. As far as it is concerned, it has always been a record.

The Dong family was originally an aristocratic general, and he and his brother Dong Yikui are also considered one of the famous generals in the world. Although they are not as good as the older generation like Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang, they are not as good as compared to Ma Gui and Li Rusong among the juniors. The victory lies in the older seniority.

However, although the Dong family brothers have made a lot of military exploits over the years, they also suffered a lot of failures due to various reasons.As for the official position, it naturally rises and falls from time to time, not to mention the promotion of titles. When luck is good, the title of Kung Pao is added, and when luck is bad, it will be pushed to the end.

All in all, after the Battle of Pingbo, he managed to get Kung Pao back, but En Yin was not enough, not enough for his sons.So Dong Yiyuan was moved. He wanted to go to North Korea with Gao Yushi, and make some achievements to arrange the future of his sons. In the future, he could roam the forest and play with his grandchildren.

However, the soldiers under his command suffered a lot in the Battle of Flat Sowing. Some of them were killed in battle, and some of them were disabled. Soldiers also refer to things like training.

At that time, he was able to gather about three thousand family members, which is not a lot, and he is considered to be strong among the generals in Gansu and Shanxi.With [-] family members as the core, it is not uncommon to lead an army of [-] to [-] to go out.However, the problem is where he will gather "[-] to [-] soldiers".

As the pressure on the Northwest increased after Tumen Khan fled westward, Dong Yiyuan knew that he had better not suggest that the imperial court mobilize too many troops from the Northwest. In addition to his own [-] family members, the Northwest Frontier Army mobilized should not exceed [-] at most.

In this case, even if he only takes 1 non-domestic troops to North Korea, there is still a gap of [-] people that needs to be filled.Dong Yiyuan thought about it, contacted several of his former departments who had been dismissed in the past few years for some reason, and discussed a good solution.

This method is very characteristic of the Ming Dynasty: Dong Yiyuan came forward to ask for a battle, saying that several of his old ministries in the past were willing to contribute people and efforts to die for the emperor, as long as the Ministry of War was willing to "staff" it, and the personnel issues were left to the generals to figure out their own solutions.

Generally speaking, the imperial court will usually approve it after receiving this kind of request for war.There are two reasons: one is that this group of people took the initiative to challenge themselves to be commendable.Many of their previous dismissals were nothing more than a way for civilian officials to control generals, that is, you have no major faults, but I just want to pick a mistake to suppress you and let you know who is the master.

Most of the generals in the Ming Dynasty had this kind of experience, and they even spent their whole lives in this cycle of "breaking the rules - being rewarded for meritorious deeds - being demoted for making mistakes - committing crimes and making meritorious deeds". Of course, Dong Yiyuan's old troops could not escape.At the same time, in the eyes of the imperial court, this kind of time happened to be an opportunity for them to commit crimes and make meritorious deeds.

The second is that the imperial court thinks their servants are useful.Aristocratic generals are not limited to senior generals like Dong Li Xima, there are also many young generals.No matter the generals or young generals, there are basically different numbers of servant teams, and these teams are also the source of their strength to become generals.

That being the case, the imperial court certainly believed that since Dong Yiyuan dared to take the lead in asking for a fight on their behalf, then this group of people must have many servants under their command. Maybe they have been training hard for the past few years, just waiting for a good opportunity to make meritorious deeds!
What is it called?Sending generals is not as good as aggressive generals, with such eager soldiers, are they afraid that they will not be able to fight to the death when they go to the battlefield?So the strength of this group of people is guaranteed.

The Ministry of War calculated the strength of troops in various places, and found that with the expansion of the defense area, it was indeed becoming more and more difficult to deploy troops. Since Dong Yiyuan and his old generals took the initiative to ask for a battle, let them go.

Therefore, Dong Yiyuan successfully got the opportunity to go out, but as expected, the court only allowed him to take away the 1 frontier troops from Shaanxi and Gansu, and besides his own [-] family members, he had to urge his old generals to fight. Gather [-] people to join the conscript, so that the total force will reach [-], which is also in line with the strength that a general soldier should have.

It is common for the old generals to commit crimes and make meritorious service together. After Dong Yiyuan assigned the task, he didn't pay much attention to it. Who knew that this was where the hidden danger happened.

Among Dong Yiyuan's old generals was Peng Xingu, who was originally a guerrilla, and had been dismissed for seven years for some reason.During these seven years, Peng Xingu was quite unlucky, and everything went wrong, because his old leader, the Dong family brothers, also had bad luck from time to time, so they couldn't help him much.

Peng Xingu then went to Beijing to "do some management", but unfortunately he was not of sufficient status. He was busy in the capital for two or three years, but he didn't see any big people who could speak well. The family members are all scattered, and the young general of the Peng family is about to die.

Just at this time, Dong Yiyuan planned to ask Dongzheng to help him.However, how to send troops when the servant is gone?

Peng Xingu refused to let go of such a good opportunity, so he thought of a "wonderful method": take all his last sum of money to "big money", and recruit a group of "vicious people" in the capital. Those who dare to die" are dragged to fight in North Korea!
Although the money in his hand can at most maintain these "family servants" for two or three months, Peng Xingu thinks it's not a big problem: Master Hou will never treat the soldiers badly, as long as there are quotas and enough wages and equipment, there is no need to worry Yes, and as long as you get the military exploits, the rewards will never be less than a penny.

In other words, as long as he can find an opportunity to make meritorious service within two months of dispatching troops-it is not difficult to make meritorious service, just fight any battle.Then the whole plan will come to fruition, and a comeback will be successfully achieved.

Peng Xingu's plan seems to be very ingenious, and they are almost intertwined. There is only one thing that seems a little problematic: Are there really so many "vicious and daring to die" in the capital?

Peng Xingu thought there was, so he recruited a group of... rogues.Yes, you read that right, a rogue.

In this way, Peng Xin didn't spend much of the ancient money, but the number of people was far higher than expected. When Dong Yiyuan arrived in Beijing to receive the ordnance and military salary, he found out that this guy actually pulled out a "quite strong" and the number of people was as high as About [-] "servants" come!

Although Dong Yiyuan soon found out that Peng Xingu's "family members" seemed to be a bit corrupt in military discipline, but when he asked Peng Xingu for questioning, the answer he got was: "Biaoxia has had a hard time these years, and I really don't have time to control them." So much so that the military discipline is broken... But the commander-in-chief can rest assured, in just one month, Biao Xia will definitely train them to be as good as before!"

Dong Yiyuan thought it was understandable. After all, this guy has been slapped for seven or eight years. He has gone through countless avenues and failed to get the opportunity to commit crimes and meritorious deeds. It is not surprising that the servants are used to letting go.

As for whether he could be trained "as usual" in a month, Dong Yiyuan naturally didn't believe it, but since he himself felt that there would be no problem in fighting with Lord Hou, he pretended to believe it—in short, everything It is important to be able to dispatch troops smoothly!

The army went out smoothly, and Dong Yiyuan divided up the ordnance he received from the Ministry of War. Considering that Peng Xingu had been unlucky for seven or eight years, and he couldn't help him, he kindly gave him a lot more Firearms are not only Wanli Type [-] firearms, but even more than a dozen cannons.

After arriving on the Korean battlefield, Dong Yiyuan himself was actually a little worried about the strength of the opponents, so he didn't dare to fight for any chance to fight tough battles.

Ma Gui also heard that a large number of old generals under his command who have committed crimes and performed meritorious deeds are the kind of people who haven't fought any battles for many years. Both sides basically regarded each other as allies psychologically, so Magui assigned them a simple but not insignificant task: cut off the connection between the Japanese army in the north and the south, and open up the road between Hanyang and Wonsan.

By the way, Ma Gui confessed that if he successfully captured Wonsan and found that the remnant Japanese pirates in the north were not strong, he could consider joining forces with Nurhachi to encircle and wipe them out.At the same time, Ma Gui also hinted to Dong Yiyuan that the main purpose of doing this is not actually a combat mission, but to guard the Jurchen coalition forces in the hands of Nurhachi, so as not to let them act recklessly.

It is precisely because of Magui's explanation that Dong Yiyuan deliberately set up a large tent near the armory and gunpowder depot, and let Nurhachi and his party come here to meet.

In essence, he wanted to use these powerful firearms to frighten Nurhachi. Who knew that the rogues under Peng Xingu's command didn't have enough safety awareness, and they actually caused a big explosion, which almost killed the top leaders of the Dong Yiyuan Department and the Jurchen coalition forces. Served directly in one pot.

How can a high-level pragmatist who has always been reform-oriented with formalization tolerate this kind of random gathering of a group of rogues and pulling them out to fight without strict training?If the Peng Xingu incident is not severely punished, when will this formalization be effective?
At this time, the "Dongchang" was about to enter the berth, and Gao Yushi didn't have much time to continue this topic, but he quickly made his own decision.

"Later, I will contribute in my own name, and you and I will build a building for the Peng brothers and their family who died in the battle...whether it is a temple or a Taoist temple, and I will personally write a plaque for it." Gao Wushi sighed and said seriously He said to Dong Yiyuan: "But the case of Peng Xingu cannot be overturned. Dong Zongrong, do you understand the meaning of this cabinet department?"

Dong Yiyuan lowered his head and said, "The general understands, but Lord Hou and the Peng brothers have no relatives or reasons, how can this matter cost Lord Hou a lot? It is already a joy for them to be able to inscribe the plaque..."
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