The morning light is faint.

Jingshi Yongding Gate, Tian Si was just promoted to general a few days ago, and became a seven-rank military attache defending Yongding Gate. Last night he was in the restaurant in the city, feasting his colleagues to celebrate, and later went to a secret door where he usually went to have a happy night, very happy.

He woke up early, and although he drank all night for fun, he was young and energetic after all. Although he became the general manager of the seventh grade, Tian Si still came to Yongdingmen early.

Yongding Gate is the gate of the outer city of Jingshi, and it is also the largest gate of the outer city. Located in the south of the outer city of Jingshi, as early as before Jiajing, there were only palace cities, imperial cities and Guocheng in Jingshi. Since Chengzu moved the capital to Beijing, at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was strong, the Son of Heaven guarded the country, and the Yongle Emperor had been attacking the Mongolian tribes outside the Guan, and had five northern expeditions.

However, in the later period, the strength of the Ming Dynasty weakened, and the Mongols went south many times, and even captured the Ming emperor and marched under the city of Beijing.

In the Jiajing period, some officials suggested that an additional 80-mile outer city should be built on the periphery of Beijing to ensure safety. However, after the construction was started, due to lack of funds, Yan Song's compromise plan was finally adopted, and only a circle of the south was built, and the original plan was to wait for the funds to be built in the future, and then build the north, east, and west sides, but until now, this construction project has not been restarted.

Only the outer city in the south was repaired, there are seven city gates of all sizes, Yongding Gate was built in the 32nd year of Jiajing, it means that it is always stable, it is the largest city gate of the outer city. The shape of the city tower is the same as the inner city, the heavy eaves rest the mountain three drops of water pavilion-style building, the ash tube tile green glazed tile cut edge top, the face is five wide, and the width is eight zhang; into three deep rooms, through more than three zhang deep; The building is nearly nine zhang high.

Tian Si belonged to the Praetorian Guard Battalion of the three major battalions of the newly reorganized Beijing Battalion, and they were originally in charge of Miyagi and escort. Since the news of the defeat of Yizhou in Liaoxi and then the defeat of Songjin came back, the Ming Dynasty lost 120,000 elite troops outside the pass. On the one hand, the imperial court and the military department transferred the Duke of Chu to lead troops to aid Liao, and at the same time, they also reorganized and transferred the soldiers and horses of Gyeonggi.

After some tweaking. The biggest change in Gyeonggi's defense was the reduction of several military towns and the consolidation of existing forces.

Now the entire Gyeonggi region has been included in the defense area of the three major camps and nine towns of Gyeongyeong. Among them, Tian Si's Praetorian Guard battalion is the first, second, and third towns, the first town is responsible for accompanying and guarding the imperial palace, the second town is responsible for guarding the imperial city, and the third town is responsible for the defense of the inner and outer cities of the Beijing Division. The fact is that it is equivalent to taking over the responsibilities of the original garrison battalion.

The fourth, fifth, and sixth towns of the garrison battalion were stationed in Changping, Tongzhou, and Miyun around the Beijing Division. In disguise, it is equivalent to the annexation of the original three towns.

The three towns of the garrison camp were organized into the seventh, eighth, and ninth towns, and were stationed in Shanhaiguan, Tianjin, and Baoding, and were responsible for the defense of Gyeonggi's periphery.

The entire Gyeonggi region was reorganized into these nine towns, and the original Jizhou Zhongxie, Xixixi, Yongping, Miyun, Tongzhou, Tianjin, Changping, Linghou, Lingqian, Baoding, Shanhai and other towns were all merged into the three major battalions and nine towns of the Beijing Army.

After this adjustment, the towns of Gyeonggi have been reintegrated after the military towns that have suffered serious losses outside the Guan, and even have few soldiers left. Instead of being famous, a defensive network was re-established in Gyeonggi to face the increasingly dire situation in the north.

The three battalions and nine towns of the Beijing army were nominally under the command of Governor Liu Jun, the Duke of Chu, but he was now far away in Liaodong. Therefore, it was supervised by an assistant squire of the military department and a eunuch.

For the three major battalions below, each battalion has an assistant with the rank of squire of the military department, and a commander of the ministers and a commander of the generals. Three military commanders. It was served by the lords of the three dukes, and Xu Yunzhen, the duke of Dingguo, served as the commander of the Praetorian Guard.

Cheng Guogong and Zhu Chunchen led the commander of the garrison battalion, and the British Duke Zhang Zhiji led the commander of the garrison battalion.

Tian Si belongs to the third town of the Praetorian Guard Battalion. In this adjustment, the Praetorian Guard Battalion merged some other military towns in Gyeonggi, and its strength increased a lot, and the territory expanded a lot.

As soon as he appeared in front of Yongding Gate, his subordinates there were already waiting in line. The company platoon commanders in the battalion took the lead in saluting, Tian Sisi was satisfied, he now led a battalion of men and horses, with a full number of more than 600 people, compared to the original 180 brothers in his hands, the feeling was naturally different.

What's more, from today onwards, every morning of this Yongding Gate will be under his control.

"Keep it guarded, cheer me up!" Tian Si wore a brand-new military attache robe today, with a waist knife hanging from his waist and a black veil on his head.

"Don't worry, my lords, the brothers will definitely do a good job, and they will never let the adults look down on you." Xue Yi, the general manager of Bai, said with a smile, he was originally a soldier under the commander of the Lingqian General Army under the Governor of Changping, and now the Governor of Changping and the General Soldier in front of the Lingqian have been withdrawn, and the soldiers who belong to him have also been assigned to the nine towns of Gyeonggi, and he has been assigned to the third town and has become Tian Si's subordinate, serving as the head of Lian Bai, and also managing more than 200 people.

"My lord, do you think Admiral Wu can hold Guanning? Will it hit Gyeonggi? Xue Yi asked worriedly, everyone said that there were people above Tian Jiang, and I heard that the relationship above was still extremely hard, and some people even said that Tian Jiang was related to Liu Qiao, the commander of Jinyiwei, and some people even said that Tian Si actually had a relationship with Chu Guogong.

In fact, Tian Si has nothing to do with Liu Qiao and Liu Jun, it's just that his sister works as a maid next to Liu Jun's younger brother Liu Jian.

However, Tian Si now regarded himself as a person from the Duke of Chu, and when he heard Xue Yi ask about this, he waved his hand and said, "What else is Admiral Wu mentioning, if it weren't for Wu Sangui's greed and recklessness, there would be no defeat in Yizhou, let alone the subsequent defeat of Songjin." Today's situation is bad, all because of Wu Sangui. But don't worry, although Wu Sangui was defeated by Songjin, there is still the Duke of Chu outside the Guan, and now the Duke of Chu supervises the Guanwai as the governor of our Beijing camp, and the governor of the world aids the soldiers and horses of Liao, and the soldiers and horses under his command are strong. ”

"But how did I hear that the imperial court has sent someone to Liaodong to deliver a decree, saying that he wants the Duke of Chu to withdraw his troops, saying that he wants to negotiate peace."

"What are you talking about, who are you listening to nonsense, haven't you seen the frequent actions of the imperial court recently? Gyeonggi has just been reorganized, and now the towns on the nine sides have been adjusted, and I will tell you a piece of news, in addition to the nine towns of our Beijing army, the military department has just reorganized the five major military regions. That's why, it's going to be another big fight with the Tartars. ”

"Five military regions?"

Tian Si said playfully, "That's right, it's the five major military regions." Each large military region has jurisdiction over three towns, with a civil governor, a minister director, and a civilian governor and commander, a military general and a town commander, and two governors and two general soldiers. Now it is no longer called the nine-sided thirteen towns, but the five military regions and the fifteen towns. ”

"Which five military regions, which fifteen towns?"

"First of all, this Liaodong and Denglai Military Region has jurisdiction over the three towns of Liaodong, Denglai and Zhenjiang, and Liaodong Town is also known as Lushun Town. Then there is the Liaoxi and Ningjin Military Regions, which have jurisdiction over the three foreign ports of Guangning, Ningyuan and Jinzhou. ”

"There are also Shandong and Zhenda Military Regions, which have jurisdiction over the three towns of Jinan, Zhending and Daming. The last two are familiar to everyone, and there is no change, they are Shaanxi, Sanbian, and the three towns of Guyuan, Ningxia and Yansui. Shanxi and Xuanda Military Regions have jurisdiction over the three towns of Taiyuan, Xuanfu and Datong. ”

Nine towns in Gyeonggi, plus fifteen towns in the five military regions, these twenty-four towns are now all the military strength in the north of the imperial court. Compared with before, there are now many fewer military towns, and in addition to the three major battalions of the Beijing army, there are three governors, six governors, and eight towns in the Gyeonggi area.

In particular, today's new military towns have changed the original military system, and they are no longer the town-road cooperation system, nor are they any longer the general adjutant generals and general guerrilla unified battalions, but just like the Chu army, the general army is the supreme commander of a town, and the divisions and battalions below are set up layer by layer, and the command is clearer.

And although the governor, the governor, the governor and the supervising army are above the general army, they no longer directly command the troops, nor do they set up the superintendent standard battalion, in general, the status of the military generals has improved a lot. In the past, the admiral was only temporarily appointed, but now the three major battalions of the Beijing army and the five military regions each have a commander, although there is also a civilian commander, but the status of the military general has been greatly improved.

Du Zichun, the general manager of the second company, was more concerned about other things.

"The emperor has ordered the Duke of Chu to withdraw his troops, so is the Duke of Chu going back to Beijing to take up the post of governor of Jingying?" Du Zichun said, "I heard that the soldiers and horses in several towns under the command of the Duke of Chu are treated the best, not only the food and salary are already high, but they also never deduct the lack of salary, and their rewards are always extremely generous, not only for killing the enemy, but also for fighting, and even for good training." I heard that those nine-headed birds who followed the Duke of Chu are now all buying fields and houses at home to marry their daughters-in-law. You say, if Chu Guogong comes to Beijing to take office, will we have more money in the future, and will there be no more deductions? ”

"Of course." Tian Si immediately replied.

At this moment, a horse galloped in.

The blue military robe is covered with a red trumpet coat, and there is a nine-headed bird on its chest.

"It's a nine-headed bird!" In the whole world, only the Chu army is in blue military robes and red uniforms, only this one has no other semicolon, and the defenders of the city gate immediately recognized the identity of the horseman.

Seeing this, Tian Si hurriedly ran forward, "Brother of the nine-headed bird, is there any good news!" ”

The man glanced at him and shouted, "Great victory, great victory of the Liaohe River, great victory of the Liaohe River of the Duke of Chu, annihilation of 5,000 Tartar captives, beheading the Tartar Emperor Huang Taiji, beheading three Beile Ergushan and three bachelors, and capturing Liaoyang City!" ”

Tian Si was shocked when he heard this, and it took a while to come back to his senses, and at this time, the nine-headed bird knight had already galloped into the city. Tian Si watched the knight's back go away, and finally came back to his senses, he glanced at his subordinates who were also still in shock, and shouted loudly, "What are you still stunned about, didn't you hear, the Duke of Chu killed the Tartar Emperor and captured Liaoyang City, quickly, immediately and loudly preached." With that, he turned and ran.

"My lord, where are you going?"

"I'm going to inform Captain Jin Wu immediately."

Marshal Jinwu is naturally Liu Qiao, the commander of Jinyiwei, Xue Yi heard this, nodded, and finally understood that the rumors were true, it seems that Tian Si really has something to do with the Duke of Chu, at least it has something to do with Liu Jinwu. (To be continued.) )

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