Chapter 257 Tian Hengdao has become a hot commodity

In the 21st year of Wanli (1593), the powerful Japanese minister Toyotomi Hideyoshi fought the "Renchen War" and led his army to invade Korea. The Ming court mobilized the officers and soldiers of the north and south naval forces to strengthen the coastal defense, and added deputy generals in Dengzhou, and divided the naval battalions with the inspectors of the coastal defense road, and returned to the command of the Shandong Governor. In the 24th year of Wanli (1596), the commander commander was abolished and the general was changed to the commander of the general town. The commander of the Dengzhou Preparation and the commander was changed to the commander of the Dengzhou General Town.

In the second year of Tianqi (1622), the general of Denglai was established, and was governed by the governor of Denglai, and was in charge of the various battalions of the coastal naval army in Shandong. The General Office was located in Dengzhou Prefecture City. This was the origin of the establishment of the general of Denglai. However, in the second year of Chongzhen (1629), in order to save expenses, Dengzhou General Town was laid off. By the seventh year of Chongzhen (1634), the situation in Shandong gradually became tense, and Dengzhou General Town had to be established again. Dengzhou General Town was specifically in charge of the military affairs of Dengzhou General Town.

During the Yongle-Xuande period, in order to enhance the maneuverability of the maritime defense army, if necessary, it was necessary to reinforce the urgent police areas. The court successively established relatively independent maritime defense mobile troops in Dengzhou, Wendeng and Jimo, which were known as the Third Coast Defense Battalion.

The soldiers of the third battalion were all recruited combat soldiers. The level of officials was higher than that of the guard-level commander. The guard commander was the third rank, and the commander of each battalion was from the second rank. The military camp was also located in the center of the guards under control, and command coordination and attack reinforcements were convenient. Among them, the Dengzhou camp had the largest number of troops and the strongest combat power.

Dengzhou camp set up a general, each guerrilla member, responsible for training the army. In addition to defensive tasks, he would also take turns to the capital with other garrisons to attend school reviews every spring and autumn. The army was equipped with gold talismans. If the imperial court had an imperial edict, it would be reported together by the province and the government, and the gold talismans could be dispatched. Of course, by the Chongzhen period, there would be no need to go to the capital.

In the 12th year of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty (1499), Dengzhou camp was jointly controlled by Dengzhou Dusi and Laizhou inspectors and the Laizhou inspectors and the preparatory road. In the 34th year of Jiajing (1555), Laizhou military preparation road was changed to Dengzhou military preparation road. In the 41st year of Jiajing (1562), Dengzhou camp was jointly controlled by Dengzhou Dusi and Dengzhou inspectors and the preparatory road, and became the central army of the coastal defense road, which was renamed the regiment. In the 21st year of Wanli of the Ming Dynasty (1593), the regiment camp was divided into the left and right battalions, and later it was organized into the 12th battalion of the navy.

During the Tianqi period, the regiment camp was under the command of General Denglai.

In general, General Denglai's power is quite large. The number of officers and soldiers in the 12th Battalion of the Navy is about 50,000. Of course, there must be many vacancy, and the actual force may be only about 10,000 or 20,000. However, the more troops you control, the more oil and water there will be. This is the only way to reap private property as a commander, so no one will expose this vacancy.

Liu Zeqing, the Shandong general, is actually doing the work of General Denglai. The 12th Battalion of the Navy Army is also under the jurisdiction of Liu Zeqing. The oil and water of the 12th Battalion of the Navy Army also fell into Liu Zeqing's pocket. However, since there is a General Denglai position where there is no place, the people below must of course have ideas. If they really become General Denglai, they can justify asking Liu Zeqing to place the 12th Battalion of the Navy Army under his command and make money openly.

"General Du, you want to guard Dengzhou Prefecture and defend against the Nanluo of Tatars. Don't disturb you and your subordinates like this. Let the young general do it in the future!"

Song Degang looked at Du Shengyuan, spoke sincerely and said with great concern.

"Song Guerrilla, your troops seem to be a little insufficient! You just fought with the Tartars for a while and lost a lot of people. I am afraid that your troops will not be the opponent of the remaining Tartars. It is better if you stay in Dengzhou Prefecture, I will attack Tianheng Island!"

Du Shengyuan would not be fooled, insisted.

The two of them competed for each other, and the people around them seemed to have not heard it. They were already used to it.

The deputy generals of the Ming Dynasty, generals and guerrillas, were not in a relationship of unity, they were directly responsible to the general officers. In other words, one general and the other guerrillas had basically equal status, but the ranks were different and the forces under their command were different. Therefore, the disputes between deputy, generals and guerillas were quite common.

According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, the general officers were originally without rank and had no fixed personnel. In other words, this was a very casual official position. The level of ability to get to depends entirely on your personal ability and opportunities. Therefore, different general officers and their troops were far different. The strongest general officers were of course the General of Shanhaiguan, Jizhen General, Xuanfu General, Datong General, Shanxi General, etc. They had to face the Tartars directly, and their troops were naturally the most elite, and money, food, etc. could be distributed on time.

In the Ming Dynasty, the general officer with the largest number of troops was counted as Zuo Liangyu, who was active in Henan at this moment. At the time of the largest number of troops, there were 180,000 people, which was more than the strength of a town. In the past, Mao Wenlong was the general of Dongjiang Town, claiming to be under 100,000, but the actual strength was about 30,000. However, some general officers in cold areas even had less than 1,000 people under their command, and only a few hundred people were used as the storefront. The general officer with the largest number of troops and the general with the least strength may be 300 times different.

If the general is like this, you can imagine the deputy general, general, guerrilla, etc., who are also generals, there may be tens of thousands of people under others, but only a few hundred of them. Basically, the amount of troops depends on your personal ability, and the mastery of money and food. No matter what era, as long as you have money and food, you can recruit soldiers. The more you have enough money and food, the stronger the troops will be. Zuo Liangyu has so many troops because he does the same job as Li Zicheng, and he can grab wherever he goes.

"Don't argue, please follow me to fight!"

Liu Zeqing finally spoke.

Song Degang and Du Shengyuan had no choice but to shut up helplessly.

But I secretly slandered in my heart, General, are you too that? Don’t be so ugly! The dignified general officer actually wants to go to a small island of two or three hundred Tartars in person. Didn’t you deliberately block our way to advance? You are already general officer and still control the position of General Denglai and prevent us from advancing. Isn’t that too unfavorable?

"I have always fought in person and are not afraid of sacrifice. What I hate the most is the Tartars. I have always wanted to fight with the Tartars face to strengthen our army's power! Unfortunately, I have never had a chance. Now, there are Tartars on Tianheng Island, and I have to go out in person to kill them when they are just coming and not firmly established. Otherwise, once the Tartars gain a foothold, they will inevitably go ashore to plunder and harm the people. For the sake of the people, for the court, and for the emperor, I will die! Although the Tartars entrenched in Tianheng Island, as many as thousands of people and countless elite white-armored soldiers, I still lead the army to conquer the battle without hesitation! God blesses the Ming Dynasty, and our soldiers will definitely return triumphantly!"

Liu Zeqing said with a righteous and stern voice.

Liu Zeqing is as clear as a mirror for his subordinate Xiaojiu. Are you two just trying to grab the position of General Denglai? Just kidding! If one of you becomes General Denglai, wouldn’t he be on an equal footing with me? That’s possible? Can you give the oil and water of the 12th Battalion of the Navy to you two? Dreaming!

"high!"

“It’s really high!”

Song Degang and Du Shengyuan have to admire them.

Who said that only civil servants can tell lies with their eyes open? Our General is not bad at all! Look, the General General's powerful words laid a consistent caliber: First, the Tartars had just arrived at Tianheng Island; Second, the Tartars had not yet had time to do evil; Third, the Tartars had a thousand troops. These three statements obviously meant to cover up everything that had been before.

However, what the two of them were most concerned about was not how Liu Zeqing said it. Instead, Liu Zeqing blocked the position of General Denglai. As long as Liu Zeqing took action, the greatest contribution was of course his. A deputy general and a guerrilla man below could mention the full name in the memorial to the emperor. Maybe, he didn't even have a name. Without the emperor's praise, he still hoped to become General Denglai?

"Then I'll be the general."

"I will also come to the front line and motivate the soldiers."

Yang Wenyue stroked his beard and said slowly.

"Grass!"

"I have seen shameless people, but I have never seen such shameless people!"

"A dignified governor, just stay in the rear to command and plan, and you will not lose your credit. You still have to go to the front line in person, for fear of not being able to show your bravery? Governor Yang, it's less than nine months since you came to Dengzhou Prefecture. You want to move so quickly, it's too fast!"

Song Degang and Du Shengyuan couldn't help but curse again in their hearts.

It was beyond their expectations that Liu Zeqing wanted to visit the front line. Unexpectedly, even the dignified Governor Denglai had to go to the front line and also to visit the Yashi... Lord Yang, you are a civil servant! Why are you joining in the fun of war? This is obviously to highlight yourself so that you can make a great contribution to yourself in the memorial to the emperor. As long as you make great contributions, you can easily transfer and leave the ghost place of Dengzhou Prefecture. After thinking about it, the civil servant is still at a high level!
Chapter completed!