Chapter 298: Demotion

In the battle of Fangcheng, 700 horses against 6,000 officers and soldiers, the officers and troops were defeated, and all the garrisons were killed, and the governor Deng Pu was only spared.

After this battle, the momentum of the Wendao Army was shocked, and forces from all over the country came to vote, and the king of Chuanjing named him the general who protected the country, supervised the soldiers and horses, and was called the generalissimo.

In the name of this royal family, it is different, no matter what, the appointment document that Wen Dao brought to his fellow Lvlin Daoists was really stamped with the seal of King Jing. This is equivalent to the official name, and now even if the court decrees, it can only be said to be a rebellion, not a bandit.

Don't underestimate the name of the statement, this is equivalent to occupying an equal position with the Jingshi court politically, and the Chinese have always talked about politics for so many years.

Although the current Wendao is more than a thousand horse teams under the estimates of all parties, the various forces in and out of the Yimeng Mountains are looking for Wendao one after another as if they are rushing to the market, and they are all willing to mix up an official and a half-position, lest they will not be able to divide anything if they are late.

There are also those who have ill intentions in mind, either to unite or to do what they want.

However, no one can find the current Wendao Department, as if it suddenly disappeared into the Yimeng Mountains out of thin air, and now the soldiers and horses of the imperial court began to remove, on the one hand, the Sanwei people and horses were mobilized from Xuzhou to the north, plus the 20,000 horses mobilized in Shandong, it was already more than 30,000 people.

Xuzhou Gongwei Nanzhili's gateway has been an important place for soldiers since ancient times, so the men and horses stationed in Xuzhou are the elite of the Ming army, and the 20,000 horses and horses mobilized by the six prefectures of Shandong are all drawn from various guards, but this time the four battalions under Jiang Feng have not been arranged, but only the 2,000 men and horses in Tengzhou have been ordered to be on guard.

After the soldiers and horses were gathered, Luo Li, the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Horse Prison, had already arrived from Beijing, and the task was very simple, that is, to enter the mountains to completely clean up the rebellion.

Now Jiang Feng is receiving the order in Dengzhou's mansion, and the eunuch who announced the decree is very polite between his words, but speaking of it, it is not that he has been wronged, and the name of Shandong guerrilla is to be responsible for the stability of Shandong and to be in charge of a small number of field armies.

However, there was a big case such as King Jing's rebellion, Jiang Feng led his subordinates to kneel respectfully in the main hall, and the disposal of the imperial court was to deprive Jiang Feng of the Shandong guerrilla rank, demoted to a garrison, and still led the four battalions of Tengzhou, Laiwu, Wendeng, and Shijiu. After the eunuch finished reading the will, he coldly accepted the silver handed over by Zhao Xiucai, and then walked away.

Everyone in the main hall was quite calm, and it was Zhang Liang who spoke first, he has also been a general with troops in recent years, and he is familiar with a lot of things that he didn't know before, he looked at the surroundings quietly, and simply said a few words to liven up the atmosphere:

"Master, this trick of the imperial court is very old-fashioned, our soldiers are all eating the salary of the imperial court, now you are a garrison, and there are only three thousand paid soldiers under your command, that is, the number of Dengzhou is set aside, the other four battalions have no military salary, but the eight thousand soldiers still have to eat, and the ranks of the other four battalions are also garrison, which is on par with your official position, and the master is really roasted on the fire!"

As soon as he finished saying this, Zhang Liang was the first to laugh, and everyone in the room laughed. Jiang Feng's financial resources can now easily raise 80,000 soldiers, and these 80,000 soldiers are all well-equipped and diligent training troops at present, as for the four battalions in various places if there are any differences or contradictions, it is even more impossible.

The core officers of the four battalions are all from Tieding, and Yang Da, Yang Shishi, and Liu Shisan, who are not Tieding, are also henchmen who have worked hard with Jiang Feng, and if they take 10,000 steps back, the identities of these senior officers have such and such ulterior motives, and betraying Jiang Feng means that there is no place to die.

The imperial court did this, if the Dengzhou battalion was those armies on weekdays, I am afraid that the soldiers would have to pay in a short time, and then several garrisons with similar official positions would have all kinds of contradictions with the demoted chief officer, and at that time, I am afraid that without the imperial court, the Jiang family army itself will fall apart.

The imperial court is almost 200 years old, and it is still quite skillful in playing with such power tricks, to put it bluntly, it is the so-called 'big and small system' in the army to maintain balance.

However, what effect will these have on the Jiang family's army, the Jiang family itself also has huge financial resources in Shandong, in other words, even if there is no sea trade and private salt, there are still a large number of treasures seized in Beijing to provide military expenses.

Everyone who watched the main hall calmed down from the laughter just now, and Liu Twelve, who was helped into a wooden wheelchair by his family, spoke there:

"This incident can be regarded as an opportunity, the imperial court has given us a great opportunity, it is better to arrange it in detail......

Liu Shisan's Laiwu camp, now Jiangfeng's several large weapons workshops are here, because Laiwu has its own government-run iron mine, and it is also relatively close to Yanzhou, which produces coal, so the location is just right.

The reputation of this barracks in the local area is still good, and the big merchants who operate the iron ore mine appreciate the troops that never disturb the people, and most of the garrisons in the past apportioned their military salaries and military supplies to the local merchants, which is really miserable.

In contrast, the Jiang family army has almost become a benevolent and righteous army, and when they heard the knife and raised troops in Linyi, the local businessmen still felt a little frightened, thinking that if this Laiwu battalion went to Linyi, if the army was extremely vicious, wouldn't it be that the local people would suffer again.

However, Laiwu's army showed no sign of mobilization, but then the well-informed merchants in the city learned of other news, saying that because of the rebellion in Linyi, the imperial court issued an order to reprimand Jiang Feng for the guerrillas in Shandong and demoted him to garrison, and only paid 3,000 people. Because of the iron production and the fact that Laiwu is in Jinan Prefecture, it has always been a rich area, and many nearby troops are drooling at this good place, and since a battalion cannot pay food, it is thought that it will be abolished in the near future.

At present, in the Shandong Metropolitan Command Embassy, the documents requesting the troops to change their guards to Laiwu have been piled up, and there are also intercession from all sides, and the command of the envoys is worried about Linyi to exterminate the troops and dispatch the generals who are plotting rebellion, and on the other hand, they have to take care of this, and they are extremely anxious.

However, this also illustrates a problem, although there is the banner of King Jing and there are some bright colors in politics, but no one looks at this kind of bandit army that smells the knife, although they defeated 6,000 officers and soldiers, and only ran out of Governor Temple. But the officers and soldiers also understand it in their hearts.

The three guards of Xuzhou mobilized this time are famous and strong troops, and the soldiers mobilized locally in Shandong are not the semi-farmers who only know how to farm before, so they must be just around the corner.

"Brothers, the court no longer pays us salaries!!"

On the school field of the Laiwu camp, Liu 13 stood on the platform and shouted loudly to the 1,500 officers and soldiers below, after this sentence was shouted loudly, the soldiers on the field were agitated there, these people were all young and strong in the Chen Deaf rebellion, and it was a last resort to join the army that day, otherwise they could not get away with the crime, but a few years later, that is, they became soldiers to eat food, fortunately, although the training in the daily life was hard, but they did not deduct the salary, and they ate a full meal.

But in the past few months, it was first said that only forty percent of the salary would be paid, and now it is actually no salary, and the grumpy soldiers below immediately scolded:

"The court asked us to work hard, not to give money or food, what the hell is this!"

"When I was in Rongyang City, I was able to give me food!"

At this time, I don't know who shouted there, and the anger in the scene suddenly dissipated, and I don't know that the person shouted mischievously:

"Everyone is worried about a bird, anyway, Lord Jiang will make up for everyone's salary, but we are eating and drinking adults, whether it is the court that raises us, or the adults who raise us!"

After Emperor Jingtai of the Ming Dynasty, the main force of the Ming army began to change from the original raising soldiers to supporting the family, deducting the salary of thousands of soldiers to support ten people.

This kind of not advanced system has gradually become the norm, as long as the official gives a full amount of money and food, the people under his command will work hard for the adults who pay the money, Jiang Feng's 2,000 family members now have no court in their hearts, even if Jiang Feng calls on them to rebel, these people will follow.

The soldier just shouted there, and the soldiers in the Laiwu camp always had the idea that they had in their hearts and were also provoked, these few months have been paid by Lord Jiang, I heard that the salary allocated by the imperial court in the past was six or seven percent, and the shortfall was made up by Lord Jiang, look at the soldiers outside, and the food, clothing and training are like beggars compared to us, this is all the kindness of adults!

Liu 13 waited until the discussion below gradually quieted down, and shouted on the stage again:

"Yesterday, Lord Jiang sent someone to bring the news, saying that everyone is the good brother he brought back on the battlefield in Yanzhou, since he is a soldier under him, he has to give everyone an explanation, even if Lord Jiang smashes the pot and sells iron, he will send everyone's salary down, and he will not be sorry for everyone!!"

Hearing that there would still be pay to be paid in the future, the officers and soldiers below cheered, not knowing who took the lead in shouting:

"Take Lord Jiang's salary and be Lord Jiang's soldier!"

Whoever takes the money will be given to whomever he wants, the entire Laiwu camp school field gradually boiled, and they all neatly raised their weapons and shouted:

"Take Lord Jiang's salary and be Lord Jiang's soldier!!"

Everyone was shouting, Liu Shisan was also raising his fist on the stage, and in the past few days, Laiwu, Tengzhou, Shijiu, and Wendeng have all had similar scenes......