351 [Wang Er's Expedition]
These 6,000 soldiers, like Jiang Bin's border army, usually train in the leopard room, and were also given the name "Sharpshooter Battalion" by Zhu Houzhao.
The treatment is super good!
The imperial concubine was obviously influenced by the emperor, and actually rode a horse herself and took Wang Yuan to the Leopard House School to take over the troops. And the guards, eunuchs, and palace maids around her have long been surprised, and they have run away to follow her.
"Drive!"
The imperial concubine whipped forward and galloped on horseback.
Wang Yuan couldn't cry or laugh, rode a horse to catch up, and came to the school field in a short time.
The soldiers of the sharpshooter battalion had already been assembled, and when they saw the two of them coming, they knelt down on one knee and shouted: "Meet the noble concubine, meet the king and the waiter!" ”
"Flat!"
The imperial concubine did not get off the horse at all, but jumped on the general's platform on horseback.
These soldiers are no longer all pikemen. Moreover, some of the old and weak have been eliminated, and there are nearly a thousand people, who are elite soldiers who have been replenished from other units.
There were 2,000 sword players, and their weapons were shields, waist knives, and javelins.
There were 2,000 pikemen, armed with spears, waist knives and javelins.
There were 2,000 crossbowmen, armed with crossbows and waist knives.
The imperial concubine said to Wang Yuan: "Wang Shilang, these soldiers will be handed over to you, I hope you can help Your Majesty defeat the Tatar thieves." ”
Wang Yuan said: "The minister did his best. ”
"Drive!"
After the imperial concubine finished speaking, she rode away, as if she didn't want to have more contact with the army, after all, she was criticized for "doing politics in the harem".
Wang Yuan turned over and dismounted, took out the documents of the military department, and handed them to Xu Guangzuo, the Duke of Dingguo: "There is work!" ”
"Don't dare." Xu Guangzuo has a warm attitude.
In the Ming Dynasty, the emperor was the supreme commander of the army. The Governor's Office and the Military Department of the five armed forces check and balance each other, and the Metropolitan Governor's Office has the right to command troops, and the Military Department has the right to transfer troops.
Before the Tumubao Incident, the Governor's Office was extremely powerful, not only controlling the management, training, and production of the army, but also participating in important military decisions of the central government.
After the Tumubao Incident, the Governor's Mansion was almost emptied by the Ministry of War. The management, training, promotion of generals, and military intelligence of the local troops have all been taken away by the Ministry of War, and the Governor's Office can now manage the Beijing camp. The affairs of the local army only need to be taken to the Governor's Mansion to go through the process. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the process was not left, and the Governor's Mansion completely became a decoration.
Why did Yu Qian die?
Not to mention the political struggle, the power he held at that time was too terrifying, and he actually had the military and political power of the military department, the military command and management of the Governor's Office. This is equivalent to combining the power of the military department and the governor's office, and with a new emperor coming to power, how can such an existence be tolerated?
Although Yu Qian died, the civil officials were unwilling to return the power of the Governor's Mansion that he had taken away.
The temporary position of Xu Guangzuo, the Duke of Dingguo, in front of him, is to train these 6,000 soldiers for the Governor's Office. But the soldiers are usually in the leopard room, and he is just a name, and the real training is represented by others.
He doesn't care about this thing, as a nobleman, he likes to deal with literati. Usually love to be lively, love to play, a beautiful calligraphy can make Wang Yuan embarrassed.
Well, Xu Guangzuo is still a football lover, and the Keju League does not fall in every issue, and he even built his own football team in the first two years.
Wang Yuan took over the troops from Xu Guangzuo and immediately announced his appointment and dismissal during the war: "Worship Pan Gui, the commander of the Shenyang Left Guard, as a general, and lead the sharpshooter battalion to the battle." Worship Shenyang Zuowei Town Fu Zhong Changsheng as a guerrilla general, leading the sharpshooter battalion knife team; Worship Shenyang Zuowei Zhen Fu Nie Yun as a guerrilla general, leading the spear battalion spear team; Worship Shenyang's right guard town Fu Hu Daguang as a guerrilla general, leading the crossbow team of the sharpshooter battalion; Bai stayed behind to guard the left guard and pacified Li Qing as a guerrilla general and led the rear team (heavy people); Bai stayed behind to guard the left guard to calm Li Long as a guerrilla general, and commanded 200 cavalry to accompany the governor Wang Yuan on the expedition! ”
The left guard of Shenyang, the right guard of Shenyang and the left guard are all Beijing guards and are stationed in the capital.
After Yu Qian reformed the Beijing camp, many of these Beijing guards survived and died, and the elites were all incorporated into the 12th regiment battalion, leaving only the old, weak, sick and disabled to maintain. Its subordinate officers are also in a mess, basically becoming a platform for promoting military generals, and they have long lost the value of the guard itself.
The six military attaches promoted by Wang Yuan at that time were all attached to the post of Jingwei, but they usually only trained in the leopard room. Among them, Pan Gui has the best mix, and has become the commander of the fourth grade, and the remaining few people are all from the fifth grade.
As for the newly appointed staff generals and guerrilla generals, they are all military commanders and have little to do with the rank of military generals.
As soon as they heard about the appointment and dismissal of these positions, everyone knew that there was going to be a war, and they were going out to fight with Wang Yuan. They have been eating and drinking well in the leopard room for several years, maintaining the habit of exercising every three days, and the person who commands the troops is Wang Erlang, and all of a sudden the officers and non-commissioned officers are excited.
Those who are soldiers are afraid of death because they can't get their salaries in peacetime, they are negligent in training, and they are afraid of defeat when they go out to fight. As long as these problems can be solved, the soldiers will naturally participate in the war, and they will also want to make meritorious contributions and be promoted!
"Swear to follow Wang Shilang to the death!" The soldiers shouted in unison.
Since Wang Yuan had taken over the army, he could no longer stay in the leopard room, so he was pulled to the military camp outside the city and stationed in the camp that day.
It was not possible to go out immediately, because the people had to be recruited. Wang Yuan only gave half a month to keep Shuntian Mansion Yin busy and dizzy, and the people around the capital suffered a lot because of this.
When the government recruited people, Wang Yuan brought in some gunners from the Beijing army to learn to use the Franc cannon from the Portuguese gunsmiths.
Gunners, loaders, artillery carriers, and bomb carriers, a full 220 people (excluding Portuguese gunsmiths and translators), were temporarily organized into artillery battalions by Wang Yuan.
For the next period of time, Wang Yuan was in the barracks during the day and went home to accompany his wife and concubine at night, and his life was also chic.
Half a month has passed, and the people have not yet been recruited.
Under Wang Yuan's constant urging, it took twenty-six days to finally have tens of thousands of people come to the barracks. The grain and grass on the side of the household department were also prepared, and a lot of mules and horses were also given, and Shi Jue was very cooperative with Wang Yuan's expedition.
In other words, the entire civilian-bureaucratic group hopes that Wang Yuan will go on the expedition as soon as possible.
The emperor behaved too uncharacteristically, and Jiang Bin had a bad record of killing good people and risking merit. Among the four generals, only Xu Tai is the strongest, but this guy likes to be greedy for merit. With such a combination of monarchs and ministers, it doesn't look like it can win a battle.
The civil officials hope that Wang Erlang can get to the bottom of it, and this champion has never been defeated. Even if he is defeated, he will not have another "Tumu Fort Change" in the army.
Wang Yuan spent several more days rectifying the people and teaching them basic military orders, and then on July 6, he marched north.
Many officials spontaneously came to see him off, and the dispute between the monarch and the minister, and the dispute between civil and military affairs were the same thing, but all officials in their right minds did not want the emperor to be captured by the Mongols again.
At that time, the civil fort was under the city of Beijing by Wara soldiers. Even if Yu Qian turned the tide, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty was seriously depleted, and millions of displaced people were wrecked for decades, until Zhu Houzhao's grandfather was completely settled.
Just looking at the scale of the displaced people at that time, there was already a loss of the country, and the Ming Dynasty did not have the capital to make another wave.