Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 961
Li Rugui was stunned when he heard it, apparently he couldn't accept that someone in Liaodong actually dared to attack him.

Li Chengcai, on the other hand, was blinded on the spot, stunned, and subconsciously looked at his brother Li Chengliang.

Li Chengliang's face was ashen. He knew better than anyone how troublesome Gao Yushi was, but after all, Gao Yushi had been quite kind when he was in front of him before, and it didn't look like Liaodong came specifically for him.

Even so, Li Chengliang was still extremely wary of Gao Yushi's arrival, but it was too unexpected for Gao Yushi to deal out the cards just because his nephew was late for a meeting.

What Li Chengliang couldn't understand was that if Gao Yushi's purpose in coming to Liaodong was really himself, then what was his intention of being respectful and arrogant?

Logically speaking, he didn't need to do this at all, because if he really came here to deal with himself, there was no need for him to come to Liaodong in person.

The reason behind this is obvious. Even if Li Chengliang has [-] family members, even if his strength is "the most powerful in the world", he is far from being able to compare with An Lushan in the past. There is no hope of rebellion or anything.

If the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty did not have the cooperation of the governor and the military constitution, only his servants could be mobilized. Although the guards in Liaodong were the same as those in other regions, they were far less capable of fighting than the servants. The state and the quality of the guards' soldiers are not completely incapable of fighting. At the same time, the total force of Liaodong Town is still in a state of crushing the [-] family members.

Even Li Chengliang is not very clear about the number of troops on the Nine Frontiers of the Ming Dynasty, but Gao Yushi must have more accurate information than Li Chengliang, because not long ago he had the right to unify these thousands of miles of border towns, and he could According to the reports of the governors, I can make a rough judgment. Although it is definitely not accurate, I can roughly always have an idea.

In this way, combined with some historical papers and monographs he read when he was free in his previous life, he can roughly calculate some data, and basically figure out an account that many people in later generations are quite confused about: how many troops does the Nine Frontiers of Ming Dynasty have.

In order to strengthen the defense of the north, the Ming Dynasty set up nine major military towns on the northern border defense line stretching thousands of miles from the Yalu River in the east to Jiayuguan in the west. Town, Xuanfu Town, Datong Town, Shanxi Town (also known as Taiyuan Town), Yansui Town (also known as Yulin Town), Guyuan Town (also known as Shaanxi Town), Ningxia Town, and Gansu Town.

The total military strength of the Nine Frontier Towns changed greatly in various periods of the Ming Dynasty. Among them, it was about 68 in the Yongle period. Later, the number of troops has been between 40 and 90. In the original history, the number of troops reached about 48 years in Wanli. At the peak, it reached 88.5 people.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 urban defense system of Liaodong Town is divided into five levels: Zhencheng, Lucheng, Weicheng, Suocheng and Baocheng.There are two towns, namely Liaoyang City and Guangning City. That is to say, 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 will not be repeated here.

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 paid for nothing. When they really encounter wars, they often encounter no soldiers. Embarrassment available.

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.At present, due to the process of Western Huaidong system and the preference for "Eastern system", the strength of Liaodong has been strengthened from the decline in the previous years. Although the number is not as large as that in the Yongle period, it is still about 18.

Jizhou Town is the largest military town in the Nine Frontiers, 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.

Moreover, Qi Jiguang in this life, because of his highly pragmatic and superstitious support, has always retained the right to "prime minister's training", so that some troops from the towns on the nine borders have been transferred to Jizhen for training in rotation all the year round, making the actual strength of Jizhen often as high as Around 17-18.

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 the military strength of the Xuan Mansion also exceeds the above two time nodes - it is also due to the continuous ruling of the Gao Party, so the Xuan Mansion, a border town of the Gao Party's direct line, is almost always strengthened immediately, not only including new firearms, but also Including troops.Its only weakening is probably that after Ma Fang took office recently, some cavalry were transferred to Liaodong.According to what Gao Pragmatically grasped during the previous Monan War, 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 relationship between the Gao Party and the Jin Party, although the current military strength is slightly lower than that of the Yongle Dynasty, it is still about 12.

Shanxi 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.

Yansui Town 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 and less than [-].

Guyuan Town starts from the west boundary of Raoyang Water Fort in Yansui Town in the east and reaches Lanzhou and Lintao in the west, with a total length of about one thousand miles.

This town needs to be said in a single sentence. In the early Ming Dynasty, only three towns of Yansui, Ningxia, and Gansu were established in the northwest region. However, due to the long battle lines and long distances, the three towns could not echo each other in the event of war. During the Hongzhi period, Guyuan Town was added.

The town's military strength was nearly 6 during the Chongzhen period, and it is almost the same now.

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 after Tumed surrendered, the Ordos Department was relatively honest, so the garrison strength was not large.

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. The current strength is about 7, less than [-].

Based on such a calculation, the current military strength of the Nine Frontiers of the Ming Dynasty is actually close to the highest level in the original history, reaching about 86 to 87.

The reason for this is that its main growth comes from two points: one is Gao Gong’s financial reforms in recent years, and the other is the development of border trade after Alda’s tribute and the victory of the Monan War, which have an important positive impact on the sustainable development of border trade. These two reasons made Daming's military salary sufficient.

Of course, there must be moisture in the above values, but the moisture at this time is naturally far from the level of the late Ming Dynasty in the original history. According to a highly pragmatic estimate, cutting off one-third is probably almost a real number That's it - it can be seen that the performance of the frontier army is still far better than that of the Beijing camp. If it is the Beijing camp, it is estimated that two-thirds or even more will be cut off.

One-third of the frontier army was cut off, and there were still about 68 soldiers, of which Liaodong also had 12 guard soldiers.

What does this mean?If Li Chengliang wanted to rebel, even if his [-] servants were willing to lose their heads with him, first he would have to use [-] fine cavalry to attack the city—his servants themselves were for the purpose of beheading the Mongols or robbing them. It is built with great success, and its strength is field combat ability. In terms of siege, it is not considered a strong point.

The usual responsibilities of the guards were just the opposite. Their main task was to defend the city. Therefore, if Li Chengliang rebelled, he would use his own weaknesses to attack the enemy's strengths, and he would suffer a big strategic loss first.

Of course, it doesn't mean that you can't fight. After all, the bravery of the guards is far from comparable to that of the guards, but Li Chengliang is not at a loss if he takes 12 guards to attack the [-] guards defending the city?What's more, during the period when he took Liaodong, I'm afraid Qi Jiguang would have come here long ago!

Not only Qi Jiguang, but even Xuanda's reinforcements are about to arrive, maybe there will be Tumed cavalry - Tumed has now sent an elite cavalry of more than [-] people to guard between Daning City and Shanhaiguan Parade, he knew about it, and he even knew that the elite soldiers of the right-wing Mongolia were largely dispatched out of pragmatism!
So to sum up, Li Chengliang would not consider rebelling by force at all. In this case, if the court really wants to move him, an imperial decree will solve the problem. As for sending Gao Yushi to come in person?

Because he couldn't figure out the reason, Li Chengliang couldn't understand Gao Wushi's move to take Li Rugui. Undecided, eyes rolling around, just refused to speak.
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