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Chapter 241 8.17 Governor's Yamen City Defense Discussion
Chapter 8

8.17 Governor's Yamen and City Defense Discussion

"What about the specific arrangements? What should we do next?" Regardless of the trivial matters in the back house, Dongfang Bai still focused on the current civil unrest.

"Arrange what? I'm not the person in charge of the Jinling City Defense. When the sky falls, a group of big men are standing there, don't worry!" Wei Xu smiled disdainfully, thinking of all kinds of "wonderful" performances by that group of trash.

"Brother Xu, I remember that you have been going to the Governor's Yamen for three consecutive days for a meeting, and you seem to be going again today? Under such a critical situation, can you still delay so much?" Lin Daiyu asked puzzled.

"I can't help it. My position is still low. Theoretically, I'm just waiting to be greeted." Wei Xu really doesn't care, so what if Jinling City is lost?Anyway, my family is fine, the court is the one who handles it, and he is not the one who took the trouble.

"Husband, you changed into this outfit early in the morning, are you going to go on to the meeting?" Qin Keqing asked curiously, seeing that he was wearing the standard fourth-rank guard commander's uniform.

"Yes, let's go now, in fact, I'm already late—" Wei Xu nodded with a smile, greeted the girls and led them out.

After an incense stick of kung fu, Wei Xu shook his head disdainfully looking at the tall governor's yamen in front of him.

The army of the Dashun Dynasty is actually divided into two systems, one is the "Guardian" army where he is now, or the local garrison force; the other is the soldier force, or the field army force.

There is no strict distinction between the two, and it is generally arranged according to the situation. For example, the three major battalions of the Beijing Camp must be elite soldiers, but because they have guarded the capital for a long time, the interior is also set up according to the level of the guard.

This point is also prominent in the arrangement of generals. Taking Jiangnan Province as an example, the nominally highest military officer is Jiangnan Admiral, who is the heir to the Pingyang Duke's Mansion and the current second-class male grandson Yubo.

The reason why he is said to be "in name" is because the admiral actually has no ability to intervene in the military affairs of the various guards. This is also the reason why Wei Xu and him only have a superficial friendship, which is unnecessary.

The admiral is the third rank or the second rank, so he naturally has an elite soldier in his hands, which is commonly known as the "supervisor" of 1 people, which is also the most important mobile force in a province.

Below the admiral is the general army stationed in the core cities. Taking Jiangnan Province as an example, there are general army officers in more than a dozen major cities such as Zhenjiang, Anqing, Suzhou, and Hangzhou, with about 6000 people in each town.

The highest rank of the guards is the guard commander, who is generally responsible directly to the five-army governor's office; except for the admiral of a province, the highest rank of the soldiers is the town commander, who is theoretically on the same level as the guard commander.

Generals correspond to guard commanders, guerrilla generals correspond to thousands of households, sentry officers correspond to hundreds of households, and chiefs correspond to small flags, etc. There is no difference between the two in all aspects, but they are basically opposites.

Under normal circumstances, where there are soldiers stationed, there must be no guards. The reverse is also true. For example, Yangzhou, which is also a big city, has three thousand households nearby, but there is no soldier camp.

"Master Wei, you are really late!" As soon as he entered the lobby, he heard a gloomy voice sarcastically.

"I've met the governor!" Wei Xu indifferently bowed his hands to Zhao Hang, the No. 1 civil servant at the provincial level, the governor of the south of the Yangtze River. The two have no affiliation. , the right to speak naturally dropped.

"Master Wei, what is your attitude!" Wang Bo, the second in command at the provincial level and Jiangnan chief envoy, reprimanded him loudly. In fact, he and Zhao Hang have always been at odds, but at this moment they are standing together because they have been arguing for several days. up.

"I can't help it. The last general is busy with his affairs, so I can't compare to you guys. He can drink tea and chat here." Wei Xu said disdainfully.

"Hey (three beeps), why is Ziyang like this!" Sun Yubo nodded to Wei Xu in satisfaction, and then pretended to be a peacemaker, "My lords, the thieves are so powerful now, and many things really can't be delayed any longer. .”

"Admiral Sun, when did this officer delay?" Governor Zhao Hang immediately threw out the hat that had been buckled, "Now the bandits are so powerful, but you only care about guarding the isolated city and abandoning the officials and the people."

"My lord governor, why don't you lead people out of the city to respond? These bandits are nothing more than a mob, and there is no way they can stop the elite soldiers of the imperial court." Wei Xu immediately interrupted him, because this hat can't be picked up either.

"Master Wei's desire for war, we all know—" Chief Minister Wang Bo hurriedly took over the conversation. It was just a statement. If the elite of Jinling Guard were to leave the city, the end of Jinling City might be terrible. would be great.

"Ahem, even if we want to calm the thieves, we must first ensure that the city is defended." Zhao Hang hurriedly covered it up, because he was actually not obliged to take care of the chaos.

This is also one of the core points of the civil-military conflict, because civil servants are only "responsible for guarding the soil". The essence of the civil disturbance in Jiangnan Province is the refugees caused by the flood in the Yangtze River. It is not their responsibility. As long as Jinling City is fine, others can be blamed .

But the military can’t be like this. After all, it is the responsibility of the army to put down the rebellion. If the refugees are not dispersed, even if the reinforcements arrive to put down the battle in the future, they won’t be able to get away with an “incompetent” evaluation.

"If we want to put down the rebellious people, we need enough troops, but now we need food without food, and we need to pay without pay. This general will be hard for a clever woman to cook without rice!" Sun Yubo said in the same old way, which is actually the root of the conflict between the two sides.

Theoretically, the Superintendent Biao should have ten thousand elite soldiers, but in fact, he could not even muster six thousand. Excluding the old, weak, sick and disabled who made up the number, the actual number of soldiers was less than five thousand. Moreover, they lacked training, poorly equipped equipment, and their combat effectiveness was basically the same. Existence value.In fact, had it not been for the elite troops of Jinling Guards serving as part-time supervisors on the city wall these days, and Wei Xu leading the cavalry in counterattacks from time to time, Jinling City would have been lost long ago.

Therefore, before the imperial court's anti-insurgency army or reinforcements arrive, Sun Yubo must at least replenish the superintendents to [-]% of their strength, otherwise, once the guilt of "eating empty pay" is revealed, he really can't bear it.

As for the theory that Wei Xu should have about 6000 soldiers in his hands, everyone naturally ignored it. It is the tacit understanding of the entire civil service class not to allow too many troops in his hands.

"Admiral Sun, now that the season is officially closed, I'm also powerless!" It's the same excuse that has been used for several days, so-so can be considered a fact.

"My lords, it's not an option to keep procrastinating. If Jinling City is destroyed, the last general and Lord Wang will lose their posts at most. Admiral Sun and Governor Zhao may continue to argue on Huangquan Road." Wei Xu interrupted them impatiently.

"What suggestion does Zi Yang have?" Although he was very dissatisfied with Wei Xu's attitude, as an insider in the military, Sun Yubo knew very well that his status was inferior to others, so he suppressed his anger and said.

"Now there are plenty of people in this city, presumably weapons can also be gathered, what is lacking is money, food and military pay, after all, if you want Erlang to work hard, you have to let them eat and drink, and the necessary rewards are also indispensable.

If Jinling City is destroyed, we will not be able to escape, and the aristocratic families in the city will not be able to escape. Now it is time for them to pay for food and money. "Wei Xu still decided to be the villain.

"What Zi Yang said is absolutely true!" Sun Yubo nodded in satisfaction.

"General Wei deserves to be the famous general who flattened the southern border!" Zhao Hang and Wang Bo also beamed.

In fact, can they really not think of this problem?hehe.

The point is, no one wants to be this early bird, because it is too offensive. The consumption of war is not a matter of hundreds or thousands of taels of silver or food, it is tens of thousands of taels thrown in without any response.

The major families in Jinling City have a lot of food and silver, but they would rather have the food rot in the warehouse and the silver rust in the cellar than take out any of it!
But these people are the foundation of the place. These local snakes can not only help you get things done, but the effect is even more prominent when things go wrong. "The success is not enough and the failure is more than the failure" is the best comment prepared for them!
If you offend them, even if you have made great achievements, you may have to pay with your life, because the Jiangnan family is not a bumpkin, some of them are spokespersons in the court, and some of them are trying to make trouble!

A typical example is the Donglin Party in the late Ming Dynasty. They stood in the court hall on behalf of the landlords and gentry in the south of the Yangtze River. Whoever wanted to get money from the south of the Yangtze River would fight to the death with anyone. No matter how beneficial it was to the court and the country!

But Wei Xu doesn't care, his main goal now is to arrange the defense in the city, and then lead troops out to integrate the already trained troops from various hilltops to sweep across the south of the Yangtze River, turning this place into his base.

In the process of calming down the chaos, by the way, in the name of "thief soldiers", we can clean up the top snakes of the aristocratic families in various places. Even if the aristocratic families in the city cannot move, the branches outside the city should be cleaned up, so as to save future troubles in governance. It is completely killing two birds with one stone. .

When the civil turmoil subsides this time, the more than [-] elites in his hands can also be integrated, and who will clean up who will be really a difficult topic to discuss!
"Admiral Sun, since the problem of food and payment has been settled, how many troops will be needed to guarantee the defense?" No problem, everyone resumed the state of "Hello, I'm good". What Zhao Hang meant was that Sun Yubo could say conditions .

"Supervisor's current strength is slightly more than 2. In any case, [-] people are needed. Don't forget that there are [-] rebels outside, and the defense is too difficult." Sun Yubo said loudly.

"Admiral Sun was joking. Who doesn't know that the elite soldiers of the imperial court are not comparable to the thieves outside the city. There is a saying in the art of war that 'ten times surround them'. Presumably the existing troops are enough for defense, and they only need to make up for food and pay." Zhao Hang said in two words. Don't talk about it and go back.

"Insufficient troops."

"The elite of the imperial court."

The two sides came and went, and the morning passed in the blink of an eye. In the middle, Wei Xu kept drinking tea and eating snacks, and inserted a few words from time to time to adjust the atmosphere. In fact, both parties knew that [-] to [-] is the most reliable data. But want to get more.

There were far more than these four people present. There were more than a dozen civil servants alone, such as academics, supervisory censors, etc., but they all tacitly interrupted occasionally. For example, Jia Yucun, the prefect of Jinling, is basically the background board. Not less.

Finally, at the wine table at noon, the two sides reached an agreement that the food and salary would be [-], but the recruitment would only be [-], including Jinling Guard's data, and Wei Xu had no reference for the whole process.

"My lords, as the saying goes, 'If you defend for a long time, you will lose'. It is impossible to defend without a mobile force outside. The last general is not talented, and he is willing to go out of the city with all his might. It's just that this transfer order will only trouble everyone." See them discussing After finishing, Wei Xu stated his conditions.

"This—" the civil servants who were talking and laughing just now all paused.

"In the past few days, almost all the officers and soldiers of Jinling Guard lived and boarded at the top of the city, and their energy and physical strength had already reached their limits. If they couldn't make up for it, it would be difficult for them to regain their combat effectiveness." Wei Xu said lightly.

Cold field.

(End of this chapter)