Chapter 416: Martial Artists Are the Cornerstone of the Great Ming
In June of the second year of Jingtai, Fengtai Daying on the outskirts of Beijing.
The commanders of all the departments of the Gyeonggi garrison have already led their troops to arrive, with 500 officers and men in each unit, a total of thousands of soldiers and horses, plus 10,000 elite soldiers drawn from the Fengtai battalion, all of which have been strictly trained by the officers and men of the Tiance Army.
After more than a month of strict training, although the degree of training of these soldiers and horses is far less than that of the soldiers of the Tiance Army, it is much stronger than the soldiers of the Ming Army in the rest of the battalion.
These officers and men not only have a strict formation, but also have a lot of military discipline and combat skills.
At the same time, the officers and men of the Cheonce Army sent to various departments in Gyeonggi continued to verify the backgrounds of the generals of each department, and in cooperation with various information sent by the Ministry of Intelligence, in the course of more than a month, 18 generals of various departments were eliminated.
By this time, Liu Juntao had basically cleared the Gyeonggi garrison from all sides, and the hundreds of thousands of Gyeonggi garrisons were already a force without any political attributes!
Liu Juntao was able to do this in a short period of time, which made Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, very happy, but at the same time deeply worried.
Among the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Gyeonggi garrison, dozens of generals have been dismissed by Liu Juntao on the spot, or they grabbed the evidence of the violation and handed them over directly to the Beizhen Fusi, such a thing has never happened in the more than 100 years of history of the Ming Dynasty!
All the forces in the DPRK and China have regarded Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, as a thorn in the eye, and they are eager to kill him as soon as possible.
Even Emperor Jingtai's impression of Liu Juntao has changed, from his previous appreciation to deep vigilance.
Emperor Jingtai saw Liu Juntao rectifying the Gyeonggi garrison in this way, and his first reaction was that Liu Juntao was controlling the military power, which was a big taboo for Emperor Jingtai!
In addition, the Chinese official forces of the DPRK and the right capital governor Shi Heng and other ministers impeached Liu Juntao several times, especially the imperial historian in the court clamored to put Liu Juntao in prison for investigation, which made Emperor Jingtai also a little moved, after all, he was ready to completely solve the orthodox emperor of the Taishang Emperor, whether Liu Juntao was a member of the orthodox emperor's faction or not, Emperor Jingtai would not take this risk, or take it as insurance.
For this reason, Emperor Jingtai also secretly summoned Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, to test Yu Qian's tone and see if Yu Qian could successfully take over the Gyeonggi garrison and the 100,000 elite soldiers in Shandong Town.
After Yu Qian saw him, he heard Emperor Jingtai's thoughts, and his heart was suddenly horrified, he never expected that the assassination of the right governor and others would not succeed, and they would secretly use their hands and feet in the court, preparing to use the power of Emperor Jingtai to get rid of Liu Juntao!
Yu Qian even said: "Your Majesty's decision to take down the chief military officer of Shandong Town is nothing more than worrying that he will support the Emperor Taishang and drive a wedge between His Majesty and the Emperor. The minister thought that Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, was just a martial artist, and he would never have such a mind! Moreover, for the sake of some troubleshooting by the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee, Your Majesty will risk angering 100,000 elite soldiers to take down a general military officer with great military achievements, and the gains outweigh the losses, Your Majesty! ”
After listening, Emperor Jingtai was also silent, Liu Juntao first led the army to aid Beijing City, and then in Datong Town, he severely damaged the Wara army and relieved the siege of Datong Town.
Thinking of this, Emperor Jingtai breathed a sigh of relief and said: "The twists and turns criticized by the DPRK and China, I will stay in the middle and not send it, but Yu Aiqing also wants to mention General Liu, and the reorganization of the troops and horses will concentrate on the reorganization, don't pay attention to the affairs of the generals!" If there is any more trouble, I won't be able to protect him! ”
Yu Qian secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and was very glad that Liu Juntao moved quickly, and cleared all the hidden stakes before Emperor Jingtai gave the order, and then saluted: "Minister, obey the order!" ”
A few days later, Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, received a report from Liu Juntao: he was preparing to hold a military parade in the Fengtai camp to carry out a comprehensive drill for the Gyeonggi garrison.
Yu Qian inquired and hurriedly went out of the city and rushed to the Fengtai camp.
At this time, Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, had already led the generals of the Gyeonggi garrison to greet him outside the gate, and after seeing Yu Qian, Liu Juntao hugged his fists and said: "Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, led the generals of the Gyeonggi garrison to meet the soldiers!" ”
"See the Soldier's Constitution!"
Yu Qian looked at the generals, and his heart was also very arrogant, so he smiled and talked with everyone, and then under the guidance of Liu Juntao, he entered the Fengtai camp.
At this time, the soldiers in the large camp had already assembled and were waiting in formation on the huge martial arts arena in the large camp.
Under the leadership of Liu Juntao, Yu Qian walked on the stage with the generals, looking at the tens of thousands of troops that could not be seen at a glance, everyone was arrogant in their hearts.
Liu Juntao took a step forward and said to Qian: "Please give a lecture to the soldiers!" ”
Yu Qian nodded, and said loudly to tens of thousands of soldiers, first the expectations of the imperial court and Emperor Jingtai for the soldiers, then the importance of defending Gyeonggi and stabilizing the place, and finally put forward a lot of expectations for tens of thousands of soldiers, hoping that all the soldiers can practice hard, do not care about personal gains and losses, and reorganize into a tiger and wolf army like the Tiance Army as soon as possible!
On the stage, Yu Qian didn't say a word, and there were two hundred soldiers with very loud voices in the audience, repeating it in unison, and Yu Qian's precepts were spread so that tens of thousands of soldiers could hear them clearly.
Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, said that for more than an hour, most of the tens of thousands of soldiers on the martial arts field were able to keep their lines still, but compared with the two thousand Tiance soldiers in the front, there was still a gap.
Seeing this, Yu Qian also secretly said: "Jun Tao is really a genius who leads troops, and he can actually train such a strong army as the Tiance Army!" ”
At this time, Liu Juntao also stepped forward to admonish, but Liu Juntao did not mention the imperial court and Emperor Jingtai, but said loudly: "All the soldiers! Brothers! Today's reorganization, if nothing else, is to make the generals stronger, and let the various units of the Gyeonggi garrison become a division of tigers and wolves! ”
"Only by becoming a strong army can all soldiers kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and can they sweep the world!"
"If you have made meritorious contributions, you can glorify your ancestors in private, you can be promoted and rewarded, and you can protect the Ming Dynasty and defend China in the public!"
"In the past, the Song dynasty was weak, and only then did the Mengyuan Tartar Lu sink into China, and there would be a hundred years of shame! Today, only our generation can work hard to defend the Tartars and defend China. ”
"My generation of martial artists is not the useless people that those scholars say, but the cornerstone of the Ming Dynasty, and the iron wall of China! As long as my martial artists are not chaotic, as long as my martial artists have the world in mind, the Ming Dynasty will be as stable as Mount Tai, and there will be a small chaos, and my generation of martial artists can also be destroyed in an instant! ”
Liu Juntao also said for half an hour, but compared with Yu Qian's lecture from the Ministry of War, what Liu Juntao said was true, but it made people's blood boil when they heard it.
After some reprimands, not only the morale of the tens of thousands of soldiers on the martial arts stage was greatly boosted, but even the generals on the martial arts stage were also enthusiastic.
Especially when Liu Juntao mentioned the martial arts and even the cornerstone of the Ming Dynasty, everyone was proud and honored.
Previously, the Chinese officials of the DPRK had been extremely suppressing the martial artists, which made the hearts of the generals very depressed, and at this moment, everyone heard Liu Juntao's words, only felt that the stuffiness in their hearts disappeared instantly, not only the morale of the army was high, but also the soldiers also became identified with and respected Liu Juntao!
Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, looked at Liu Juntao, and sighed in his heart, and shook his head slightly, Liu Juntao not only can lead troops and fight, but also is quite eloquent, I really don't know what kind of ability Liu Juntao has not used.
Then, Xu Wei, the deputy general of the Fengtai battalion, also stepped forward to admonish.
After the completion of the war, Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, announced in public: All units of the Gyeonggi garrison will immediately carry out reorganization and drills for a period of one month, and the commanders of all battalions that fail to pass the inspection after one month will be severely punished!
Hearing Liu Juntao's order, all the soldiers present were shocked, and even Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, was also sideways, but he didn't expect Liu Juntao's training to be so strict.
Liu Juntao's drill outline has been issued, Yu Qian and the generals have all seen it, and a month of training is used for drills, which is already comparable to the training amount of ordinary Ming troops for several months!