Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2143 Zong Baikui ([-]) Confesses
When Wang Tingzhuan and Xiong Tingbi arrived, Gao Wushi was in his house.As soon as the two came in, they saw Gao Yuanfu raised his head slightly, contemplating a large map hanging on the wall.

The two looked at each other, and Xiong Tingbi said first, "Yuanfu, Tingwei has arrived."

Only then did Gao Wushi reluctantly turn his head, nodded at Wang Tingzhuan and said, "Here comes the Liantang, please sit down." Then he told Xiong Tingbi, "Fei Bai, please go and make some tea."

Xiong Tingbi didn't know whether Gao Wushi really just asked him to urge his servants to make tea quickly, or if he wanted to talk to Wang Tingzhuan about some things that were inconvenient for him, but anyway, since Yuanfu ordered, he naturally just He was able to go away at the sound, leaving only Wang Tingzhuan to meet Gao Pragmatic's eyes in the value room.

"Rixin asked me to come, but what are your orders?" Wang Tingzhuan was a member of Gao Yushi's inner circle after all, so he asked without waiting for Gao Yushi to open his mouth.

Gao Wushi didn't play tricks on him like he did to other officials, and said bluntly, "Liantang, I'll give you two days to sort out the affairs of the house, and then set off for Ganzhou to take over as governor of Gansu."

"The situation in Gansu, Fei Bai gave me a general explanation just now, but it may not be detailed. I wonder if Rixin has any more information?"

The words written by Wang Ting are very interesting.On the one hand, he simply called Gao Yushi by his nickname, neither "brother" nor "gong", but on the other hand he used the word "showing down" which is obviously the opposite of the following.This not only shows that he has an unusual relationship with Gao Yushi, but also clearly demonstrates his attitude of obeying Gao Yushi's orders at any time.

Things like interpersonal relationships often test a person's level more than Shiwen, and Wang Tingzhuan is obviously one of the best.However, Gao Wuzhen has no time to pay attention to these things now - although he usually likes to judge a person's mentality at that time from the details.

"There are two things, I think Fei Bai is unlikely to know, so it is impossible to tell you." Gao Wushi smiled slightly, and said: "First, the so-called Weilubao militiamen temporarily recruited by Liu Zhen when he took back Suzhou were actually I have long arranged a group of servants in Welubao. Previously, Weilubao was able to stay calm in the face of the Mongolian army that suddenly attacked the city, and it was also because of this that it was able to hold on to the isolated fort for several months."

"No wonder, when I read in the Dibao newspaper that Weilubao on the outskirts of Suzhou had repelled Burhatu's attack, I thought it was Xu Lizhai who made amends for himself by choosing a Wubao that was not attacked by the Tartars to fool the court. Unexpectedly, this actually happened, but... oh, it has nothing to do with him, Xu Lizhai."

After a pause, Wang Tingzhuan frowned slightly again, stared at Gao Yushi and asked, "I don't think Rixin would just tell me such a thing... Could it be that Rixin is in Gansu besides Werluburg, Any other pre-arranged arrangements?"

"This is exactly what I want to talk to Liantang alone." Gao Wushi took out a note from his cuff and handed it to Wang Tingzhuan, saying: "This is the record of Jinghua's industrial layout in Gansu... and some surrounding areas. You Take a look."

Of course Wang Tingzhuan knew that Jinghua was powerful, but his previous "knowledge" was rather vague, and he was really surprised when he received the high-level practical statement now.

In Gansu and "some surrounding areas" alone, there are fifteen mines, six bastion-level large warehouses, two horse farms, a total of three arsenals, one large and two small, and so on.

The scale and production capacity of each industry are also clearly recorded in this report. For example, among the fifteen mines is the "Suzhou Weilubao Copper Mine, with an annual output of 23 jin of copper, and about 3000 mine maintenance teams." People”; “Jingtieshan Iron Mine in Suzhou, with an annual output of 74 jin of iron, has a team of about 600 people stationed in the mine.”

Wang Tingzhuan made a simple calculation. For this Chenshang property alone, the Ding Army of the Jinghua family has stationed about 7000 people!Even though they are some kind of "mine guard team" and "factory guard team" in name, they sound like the so-called militiamen in the local Wubao, but just looking at the record of Werburgburg, we can tell that these people are probably more powerful than others. Most officer troops are more effective in combat.

For a moment, Wang Tingzhuan's heart was pounding when he saw it, and he finally understood that Gao Yushi wanted to send Xiong Tingbi away first—this is amazing!

This force usually seems insignificant, but the assumption is just an assumption—Gao Wushi lost his mind, and with nearly [-] elite soldiers, if he suddenly launched a surprise attack, the entire Gansu might change hands!
Can 3 people win Gansu, one of the nine sides?Brihatu probably disagrees with this statement.But the problem is that Burihatu cannot but represent Gao Pragmatism, because the two of them have different identities, and of course the methods used to "take down" Gansu are completely different.

Brihatu came to fight Gansu, it was from the outside to the inside; if Gao Yushi wanted to take Gansu, it would be an internal blast!As long as a few key nodes are settled, and then a wave of false information is propagated, if you are lucky, many places may really be able to spread the news.

Besides, although the imperial court talked about the "Nine Sides", the strengths of the "Nine Sides" were not the same or even close to each other.To put it crudely, Jiliao Xuanda is one level, and the remaining few towns are another level.

The Nine Sides of Daming, from east to west, are Liaodong Town, Jizhou Town, Xuanfu Town, Datong Town, Shanxi Town (also known as Taiyuan Town), Yansui Town, Guyuan Town, Ningxia Town, and Gansu Town.

The total military strength of the Nine Frontier Towns changed greatly in different periods of the Ming Dynasty. Among them, it was about 68 in the Yongle period, and the number of troops in the later years has been between 40 and 90.In the original history, the number of troops reached its peak in the 48th year of Wanli, reaching 88.5.After that, after various periods of changes, during the Chongzhen period in the late Ming Dynasty, the military strength was 59.

Liaodong Town starts from Fenghuang City (later Fengcheng City) in the east and ends at Shanhaiguan in the west, with a total length of nearly [-] miles.The city defense system is divided into five levels: Zhencheng, Lucheng, Acropolis, Suocheng and Baocheng.There are two towns, namely Liaoyang City and Guangning City. As mentioned earlier in this book, Liaodong is actually divided into two: west of Liaohe River and east of Liaohe River.

Under the town, there are east, south, west, north, and middle five road garrison cities, which are road cities.Each city is in charge of 25 guards, and each guard has a theoretical full strength of 5600 people, but in reality there are more or less. Some important guards have been overstaffed for a long time, and some have been short of staff for a long time.

Some guards built defensive acropolis alone, such as the famous Ningyuan Acropolis.There are a total of 127 guards in Liaodong, and the city they rely on is Suocheng, which is relatively small in scale.The lowest level is the Fort City, also known as Taibao, with 107 buildings.

The urban defense system of the nine border towns is roughly similar, so the urban defense situation of other military towns can be referred to Liaodong Town, and there is no need to repeat the introduction.Let's talk about the strength of the nine sides in detail.

During the Yongle period, the garrison strength of Liaodong Town was 23.In the mid-Ming Dynasty, the garrison strength was between 7 and 9.In the 48th year of Wanli in the original history, the military strength of Liaodong Town reached a record high of 26.However, although there are many people, the combat effectiveness is very poor, and many soldiers are on empty pay. When they really encounter wars, they often encounter the embarrassing situation of having no soldiers to use.

As for the Chongzhen period at the end of the Ming Dynasty, because Liaodong had already lost seven or eight, the army was reduced to more than 8.Due to Liaodong Town's repeated wars in recent years, although the Korean War is over now, but because of the new attachment of North Korea, Liaodong still needs to maintain a certain degree of military deterrence, so Liaodong Town has not yet considered downsizing, and the current strength is still about 18.

Jizhou Town is actually the largest military town in the Nine Borders Design, starting from Shanhaiguan in the east and ending at Mutianyu in the west, with a total length of more than 8.5 li.During the Yongle period, the garrison strength was set at 13, and in the Chongzhen period, the garrison strength was nearly [-].

However, the current military strength of Jizhen exceeds that of the Chongzhen Dynasty in the original history, because after the Gaogong reform, the middle node of the West Huaidong system is Jizhen, so Jizhen actually has a "function", the west has to support the west, and the east If there is something to support the east, then of course there must be sufficient troops.

Although nearly 20 years have passed, this particularity of Jizhen has not changed. Therefore, the actual military strength of Jizhen is often as high as 17 to 18, which has remained unchanged for many years.

Xuanfu Town starts from Mutianyu in the east and ends at Xiyang River in the west, with a total length of thousands of miles.During the Yongle period, the garrison strength was about 12.6, and during the Chongzhen period, the garrison strength was more than 8.

But right now, Xuanfu's military strength far exceeds the above two time points - due to the continuous strength of the Practical School in the court, Xuanfu, a border town with a high pragmatic lineage, is almost always strengthened immediately, not only including new firearms , including troops.All in all, Xuanfu Town currently has more than 13 troops.

Datong Town starts from Zhenkoutai in the east and ends at Yajiao Mountain in the west, with a total length of about 650 miles.During the Yongle period, the garrison strength was 13.5, and during the Chongzhen period, the garrison strength was more than 7.6.Also because of the high-practical relationship, although Datong's current military strength is slightly lower than that of the Yongle Dynasty, it still has about 12 troops.

The two towns of Xuanfu and Datong are adjacent to each other, and they are relatively small in size. It seems that such a large force is not needed-the two towns total 25.However, the problem is not that simple. The "Three Towns in Shanxi" are bordered by Tumote in the north and Ordos in the west. If there are no strong soldiers in the town, how can these two towns be kept honest?
Don't forget the principle of high pragmatism, economic control on the one hand, and military deterrence on the other.If there is only the military, the two sides may fall into a long-term tug-of-war, and everyone will lose money together; if there is only the economy, how do you know that the Mongols will not feel that "doing business is too troublesome, it is better to just grab it"?
Now that the "three towns in Shanxi" are mentioned, let's continue to talk about the towns in Shanxi other than Xuanda.Shanxi Town, also called Taiyuan Town, starts from the Great Wall of Zhenbao Town in the east and ends at Piantouguan by the Yellow River in the west.Since Shanxi Town is located on the inner side (south side) of the Great Wall in Datong and Xuanfu Towns, it is also called the Inner Great Wall.The main function is to prevent the enemy from driving straight in after the outer Great Wall defense line is breached.

As the second line of defense, Shanxi Town has relatively few troops. During the Chongzhen period, the garrison strength was 5.3, and it is not much higher now, about 6.5-7.

Then there is Yansui Town, which starts from Huangfuchuan Fort in the east and ends at Huamachi in the west, with a total length of more than 2.5 li.The garrison during the Yongle period was 4.5, and the garrison during the Chongzhen period was about 3.7.The current military strength is also between these two periods, about 4 to less than [-].

Guyuan Town starts from the west boundary of Raoyang Shuibao in Yansui Town in the east, and reaches Lanzhou and Lintao in the west, with a total length of about one thousand miles.Let me just say a word about this town. In the early Ming Dynasty, only three towns of Yansui, Ningxia, and Gansu were set up in the Northwest. During the reign of Hongzhi, Guyuan Town was added.

The town's military strength was nearly 6 during the Chongzhen period, and it is almost the same now.At the beginning of Brihatu's attack on Gansu, the imperial court did not send Li Wen, the governor of Guyuan, to send troops to support him. One reason was that Guyuan's troops were not large, and they fought relatively few battles. Pragmatically, I have some doubts about the combat effectiveness of Guyuan Town.

Ningxia Town starts from Huamachi in the east and ends at the North Bank of the Yellow River in Xiquegou in Zhongwei, Ningxia in the west, with a total length of about 7 li.During the Yongle period, the garrison strength was about 2.5, and during the Chongzhen period, the garrison strength was about 3, and the current strength is about [-]—because Gao Pragmatically put down the Northwest Rebellion, the area and the Ordos were greatly shocked, so Now the garrison does not need too many troops.

Finally, there is Gansu Town, the protagonist of this game.Gansu Town starts from the north bank of the Yellow River in the later Lanzhou in the southeast, and ends in the northwest of Jiayuguan, with a total length of about 9.6 miles.During the Yongle period, the garrison strength was about 4, and during the Chongzhen period, the garrison strength was about 6, while the current strength is about 7, less than [-].

As I said before, Ganzhou, as the resident of the governor of Gansu, is the place where Gansu's troops are most concentrated, but it can only reach 3 troops.So, how many soldiers can there be in other places in the [-]-mile-long "urban belt"?Except for "Suzhou + Jiayuguan", none of the other cities has a permanent military force reaching the scale of "[-]".

Wang Tingzhuan quickly read it, wrote it down carefully, then took a deep breath, and asked tentatively: "Rixin told me this, is it because he wants me to ensure the safety of these places?"

"Huh? No, of course not." Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "You may not believe it, I don't care much about how much money I have, otherwise I wouldn't come up with some money that is almost only Jinghua from time to time. Enough to qualify to pay taxes.

I tell you this because I want to say that the servants stationed in the above places are all available to you after you arrive in Gansu.I have also told Liu Ting about this, but he is the front-line commander, and even if he wants to transfer, he will only transfer the ones closest to him, just like this time Weluburg.He called this group of people by the way because the surprise attack needed to go through Weiluburg.

Now that I am authorizing you, I hope that you will not treat these people as my private soldiers, and use them as needed.This Western Expedition is of great significance, and the goal is much bigger than what you know now. However, due to the problem of the logistics system, the imperial court can mobilize very limited military forces, so you must make full use of the troops I gave you.

These people have been stationed in Gansu for a long time and have adapted to the local environment. There are also sufficient stocks of food, ordnance and gunpowder in various mines, warehouses, horse farms, etc. When you use them, the logistical pressure will be much smaller than that of the imperial government. ... Liantang, do you understand what I mean? "

"Ting Zhuan understands." Wang Ting Zhuan cupped his hands and said solemnly: "There is no second person in the world if you give up your family for the country."
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