The position of preparing for the emperor was initially set up in the Ming Dynasty, and the place where it was first established was in Liaodong. This position was originally based on the secular position, but due to the increasing pressure on defense since then, in some important docks, capable personnel will occasionally be transferred from other places to serve, Zhang Wanbang was recommended by Gao Pragmatic, and it is because of this that he was reappointed from Xuanfu.

The location of Dongchang Fort, there was some controversy in the later historians, but the truth is not clear, and later with the discovery of the ruins, the actual location was finally determined, which was near Niuzhuang Town in the northwest of Haicheng City, Liaoning Province in later generations, also known as "Horse Circle", located on the south bank of the Taizi River.

The word "prince" of this Taizi River has nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty, but the "prince" of "Yan Prince Dan", which was inexplicably renamed "Taizi River" for about two hundred years during the Tatar Qing Dynasty, and was changed back after the death of the Tatar Qing Dynasty.

The reason why Dongchangbao is called a horse circle here, according to the newly appointed Zhang Wanbang asked someone, it was found that it may be due to the relationship of the post station - the important and only official post station connected to the west of the Liao River and the east of the Liao River under the jurisdiction of this underground - Niujiazhuang Horse Station, Niujiazhuang Horse Post has raised a considerable number of post horses near Dongchang Fort, at least hundreds of horses, and even nearly a thousand in its heyday.

Although there are nearly 1,000 horses, it is not uncommon for Zhang Wanbang, who is accustomed to seeing big scenes, but it is a large army dispatched, and a post station raises hundreds of horses, which is another concept entirely, which can also see the importance of Niujiazhuang horse station.

Correspondingly, it also represents the importance of the position of Dongchang Fort.

The last time Dongchang Fort was famous at the central level, that is, when Tumen boasted that if there were no bad things about Li Chengliang, he could even take the sixth year of Wanli in Yaozhou, when he entered the land of southern Liaoning from Dongchang Fort.

However, that time the Tumen attacked southern Liaoning, after all, it was Li Chengliang who made the move, and played another great victory at the level of "Victory Taimiao" after the great victory of splitting the mountain, "beheading nine chiefs and eight hundred and eighty-four heads", which is indeed an absolute victory.

Of course, if this matter is for Tumen himself, he may not think so, because that time he grabbed it too smoothly, so that he went deep into southern Liaoning too much, and was caught by Li Chengliang's tail, he really couldn't escape, and even if he didn't kill nearly a thousand, but ...... What a grab!

Therefore, the Tumen themselves didn't feel much of a loss afterwards, and when Liao Dongfang played the imperial court, he was also very "clever" and only mentioned the number of killings, and he was just sloppy about how many dock forts, villages, and piers were broken, and as for the civil losses, he didn't mention it at all.

With this precedent, Tumen is actually still very interested in looting southern Liaoning, and his previous hesitation is just a helpless manifestation that his strength has not recovered.

The only thing they didn't expect was probably that Gao Shishi's distrust of Li Chengliang was too strong, so much so that he deliberately transferred a Zhang Wanbang from Xuanda and nailed him to the key node of Dongchangbao like a nail.

In addition, there are some changes in the vicinity of Dongchangbao compared with four years ago, which came from after Jinghua entered Liaodong.

Dongchangbao is a key point on land, with Niujiazhuang horse post, because it is located on the south bank of the three-way mouth of the Liao River and the Taizi River, so it is also a waterway point.

Since Jinghua vigorously operates water channels in eastern Liaodong, how can this key node at the confluence of the Liao River and the Taizi River not be arranged?

As a matter of fact, Jinghua has set up a water escort force here, and although the escort team does not have any sea-going ships, it has more than 30 "gunboats" equipped with different numbers of No. 2 and No. 3 guns, with a total of 120 No. 2 guns and 40 No. 3 guns.

As previously introduced, there are roughly four models of the Ming imitation Franc machine gun, from small to large are the 1234 guns, and the No. 2 guns themselves are slightly larger land light guns.

Due to the influence of the high-pragmatism of "giant ship artillery," Jinghua rarely equipped its ships with this kind of small cannon, but only a small number of large ships could withstand the No. 3 gun installed on inland river vessels, and the No. 4 gun was basically wishful thinking, so a large number of such light guns were equipped.

The No. 3 gun itself is already considered a heavy artillery level in this era, but that is from the perspective of land warfare, and the battle of Gao Shi to pacify Annam is to use the No. 3 gun as the main force, especially in the battle of Lang Son, the No. 3 gun played an important role under Huang Zhiting.

However, the artillery of this era is still somewhat indistinguishable from land and sea, so a large number of ships are equipped with this kind of artillery, but this cannon is considered a heavy artillery on land, and it is downgraded to light artillery when it is on a sea ship.

Gao Pragmatic actually equipped the inland river fleet of the Liaohe River with 40 No. 3 guns, which is enough to see the importance he attaches to the waterway of Liaodong.

It can be said that no one on the Liaohe River, except for the small number of large ships equipped with No. 3 guns in his own Jinghua, could withstand the frontal bombardment of the No. 3 guns within the effective firing range—no matter who it was, they were all killed by one shot.

Why is it that Jinghua's operation in the Liaohe waterway has only been two or three years, and it has already become prosperous, and many businessmen have begun to give up the land route and take the waterway? Of course, cost advantage and time advantage are two important aspects, but safety advantage is also another important aspect - the Liaodong people in these years do not attach much importance to water transportation, and naturally there are fewer corresponding water bandits.

Since there is an armed fleet, there is naturally a water village. The name of the water village is as low-key as ever, and it is actually called "Sancha River Wharf", which is simply selling dog meat on the head of a sheep.

But that's not the point, the point is that this water village really exists, and it is also equipped with a "dock guard" composed of more than 300 dings. In fact, this escort team is not really just to protect this water village called "Sancha River Wharf", they also have another task, that is, to travel by boat to sweep away the water bandits and mountain bandits near the Liao River, Taizi River and other river basins.

Therefore, to a certain extent, these more than 300 people are an "amphibious force" that is extremely rare in the north. With the arrival of Zhang Wanbang, Gao Pragmatic also gave him the power to "temporarily command" this family unit at the necessary moment.

As for what is the "necessary moment", Zhang Wanbang made up his own mind with his pragmatic and generous expression - he knew that Zhang Wanbang had always been a timid person, and when Zhang Wanbang felt that it had reached the "necessary moment", it must be a war, and it was basically impossible to fight such a trivial matter as fighting bandits and water bandits.

After all, although Zhang Wanbang's level is not very high now, he is a Xuanda fierce general who dares to take thousands of infantry to carry more than 10,000 Mongolian cavalry.

Tumen's attack on southern Liaoning this time took place in such a situation.

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