Deng Yu didn't know those three people, but one of them was wearing the robe of the commander of the Beijing camp, and he thought it should be Lin Jiantai's subordinates. The other two were dressed in civilian clothes, and they were both very tall, and at first glance they were men of horses, and one of them was wearing a mask, and I don't know what his real face looked like.

The three of them didn't react to Deng Wei who entered the tent, only squinted their eyes and glanced at Deng Yuan, and then turned their heads to look at Lin Jiantai. These three people are naturally Shi Dayong and Jiang Wanli, and the other one is Pei Shaokuan.

Lin Jiantai got up and greeted Deng Wei very warmly to come and sit, and ordered his soldiers to serve tea outside the tent, and then said with some emotion: "The last time I saw Deng Zongbing, it was still a "change in my own life" The capital is in danger, and when you led the troops to King Qin, this calculation has been more than two years, right?" ”

"It's been more than two years, that day in Tongzhou, if it weren't for the adult's help, the last general would have starved to death, the adult's grace of life, the last general can always be remembered in his heart, and he has been thinking about repaying the adult's kindness, but the court has transferred the last general back and forth in the past two years, and there is no stability, and I can't see the adult."

Deng Wei is the chief military officer of Chongqing who is the second grade, but Lin Jiantai, the commander of the Beijing battalion, is only the third grade, but Deng Wei still calls himself the last general, but because Lin Jiantai is not only the commander of the Beijing battalion, but also the chief soldier of the Shenshu battalion, and he also has an identity, that is, the commander of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, which is an official position of the second rank.

That is to say, Lin Jiantai alone has three positions, the second rank of the governor's office, the third rank of the commander of the Beijing battalion, and there is also a general soldier of the Shenshu battalion who actually has a clear grade.

The first two are actually loose officials, not a real award, just an honor, and the chief soldier of the Shenshu Battalion is Lin Jiantai's real position. But the sum of the three is enough to make Deng Wei, the chief military officer of Sichuan in mixed printing, consider himself an officer.

In fact, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the general army has always been an indefinite grade, in the early Ming Dynasty, they were all to the founding of the country or the son of the general military officer, such as the second year of Jianwen, Li Jinglong was ordered to be the general of Pingyan, as the chief military officer. Chengzu ascended the throne and ordered He Fupei to capture the general's seal and serve as the chief military officer. In February of the first year of Hongxi, the general seal was issued to the border generals, but the general soldiers who could hang the general's seal were very few, and most of them were the commanders of the guards and temporarily served as the chief military officers responsible for commanding the operations.

After Wanli, wars broke out frequently, and the imperial court confirmed the official rank of the chief military officer, which was mostly set as the second grade, but there were special cases, such as less important areas, such as the chief military officer of Fujian and Guangzhou, generally only three grades, and Liaozhen, Xuanda and other places sometimes appeared in the first grade of the chief military officer, and even the chief military officer of General Pei's seal. There is a person in this dynasty, that is, Zu Dashou, when he was in Liaodong to hang the seal of the forward general, the real first-class officer, that is, the noble as the left and right governors of the five armies saw him, and he was also at the same level, and he did not dare to call it big.

In this way, the soldiers and horses in charge of the general army are different, some are in charge of hundreds of thousands of troops, and some are only in charge of a few thousand men and horses. Moreover, since Wanli, the Beijing camp has gradually lost its combat effectiveness, and the guard post has become erosive, resulting in the border army becoming the main force of the Ming army, and the systems of the Beijing camp, the guard station, and the border army are different, which naturally caused problems in the command system of the Ming army, to put it bluntly, it is a problem of who listens to whom.

If they are all chief military officers, then it will naturally depend on who bears the general's seal, and whoever hangs the general's seal will be the biggest. But if everyone doesn't hang the general's seal, then trouble will come. You are the chief soldier, and I am also the chief soldier, do you listen to me, or do I listen to you? Although there are governors and governors in charge of the commander-in-chief, in the actual process of warfare, it is often the commanders in charge who are directly responsible. Therefore, there is slowly another basis for clarifying who is big and who is small, and who listens to whom, and this basis is to look at each person's military rank (military lord).

This military rank is not a general, colonel, or lieutenant in later generations, but it is similar to it, that is, the commander is equal to the general army, the commander is equal to the deputy general, and the commander is equal to the general, and so on. This is actually the same meaning as the command system of major generals, colonels, division commanders, and lieutenant colonels and regimental commanders in later generations.

When Zu Dashou hung the seal of the forward general, his military rank was the commander of the capital (Zheng Erpin), and there was another Zhaowu general's three-rank scattered rank, so he had the qualification to open the palace and be called the commander, and the title of "Zu Shuai" came from this.

With a military rank to refer to, it is natural to be able to distinguish who is big and who is small, but this military rank is very rare, the commanders of the guard are passed down from generation to generation since the founding of the country, in addition to this, the ancestors fought hard to earn military merits in exchange, and few were directly appointed.

Although Deng Wei is the chief military officer of Chongqing, his military rank is only a command officer, although it can be passed down from generation to generation, but in front of Lin Jiantai, a second-class commander, he never dares to straighten his waist and sit on an equal footing with him. Even if the two sides have the same military ranks, he still doesn't dare to hold himself equal, because the other party is the Beijing camp, but he is an insignificant Chongqing chief military officer, and he is invited here, how can he dare to have an equal attitude.

Shi Dayong in the account is actually very insignificant, in name he is a general from the third rank, but his military rank is actually only a deputy thousand households from the fifth rank, this is still when he was promoted to the garrison of Songshan that day, Qiu Hejia asked the court for him in order to be able to take charge of the guards around Songshan for him.

When Da Linghe won the first battle, the reward given to him by the imperial court was from the garrison to the general, and he was given fifty taels of gold and silver, another sword, and ten altars of wine, and he was not awarded a military knight. Jinzhou Dajie entered Beijing to offer prisoners and hurriedly went south to quell the rebellion without getting anything, and the reward was still recorded as an empty account, and there was no actual reward, so whether Shi Dayong was willing or not, on the surface, in this small official tun, his position as a general was actually very small, and any thousand households came out, he could be pressed. Even Pei Shaokuan, who was "bullied" by him in Xianghe, was enough to overwhelm him in the official face.

Of course, there is no explicit provision for the division of this rank, and in the actual process, many times it depends on who is more powerful. How can you, a general soldier with only 3,000 men, ask someone to command 10,000 soldiers and obey your orders?

The Beijing battalion, also known as the three major battalions, refers to the five military battalions, the three thousand battalions and the Shenji battalion. These 3,000 battalions were renamed the Shenshu Battalion during the Jiajing period and are still in use today. In peacetime, the Fifth Military Battalion practiced the battalion formation, the Shenshu Battalion practiced patrolling, and the Shenji Battalion practiced firearms. When the emperor personally marched, the three major battalions were guarded in the emperor's camp, generally the Shenji battalion was outside, the cavalry was in the middle, and the infantry was inside.

Lin Jiantai was appointed as the chief soldier of the Shenshu Battalion half a month ago, and the time when he arrived at Xiaoguantun was seven days ago. Now that Lin Jiantai is here, he is naturally directly responsible for the affairs of the Beijing camp, and he is responsible for Gao Qiqian, so that the command can be more complete. Presumably, this is also the reason why the imperial court sent him.

Pei Shaokuan, the soldier and horse who commanded the affairs, came from the other battalion of the three major battalions - the Shenji Battalion, so there was actually no relationship between him and the Shenshu Battalion, but Lin Jiantai's identity was too noble, and Deng Yu, the chief soldier, was all called, how could he dare to be big.

Originally, he and Lin Jiantai were also well water and did not interfere with river water, but after Qiushui Town was besieged, he was reluctant to go east again. But the holy order is difficult to disobey, although Shi Dayong doesn't take him seriously, Pei Shaokuan doesn't dare to turn around and go back to the capital.

Grinding and rubbing all the way, after hearing that the Shahe River was opened, the speed was accelerated, and when he arrived at Xiaoguantun, he also reported directly to Gao Qiqian, and there was no idea of going to Pingdugou and returning to Shi Dayong to raise the tune.

The reason why he appeared in Lin Jiantai's account with Shi Dayong was actually what Shi Dayong said to Jiang Wanli and Shao Wu - there will be no one in the world who will not be blind to money.

With a pile of gold in front of him, it is impossible for Pei Shaokuan not to be moved. Since Shi Dayong has found him, he is naturally willing to throw money, he believes that there is no grudge in this world that cannot be resolved, as long as the silver is enough, Pei Shaokuan has no reason not to help himself.

Sure enough, the amount of gold moved Pei Shaokuan, making him temporarily forget how the masked man in front of him whipped him in Xianghe that day, how he bullied his subordinates, and how he vowed to break this man into pieces!

But there is no extra food in Pei Shaokuan's camp, but the gold in hand cannot be let go, listening to Shi Dayong's tone, as long as he can get what he wants, then there will be more follow-up money.

If you don't take it, you will be damned. No matter what, it is always necessary to pocket the money in hand, as for his Shi Dayong's account, it can be calculated slowly in the future, anyway, Gao Gonggong has already made a move, and he can't turn the sky over.

After the last, Pei Shaokuan thought of the newly arrived Lin Jiantai, the chief soldier of the Shenshu Battalion, who was known for his greed for money and lust in Beijing, and he had drunk flower wine with him, and now he brought him a good deal, Lin Jiantai had no reason not to do it.

However, as soon as he saw Lin Jiantai, he hadn't said what he meant, and the general soldier of the Sichuan army surnamed Deng came, and for a while, Pei Shaokuan and Shi Dayong couldn't speak, so they sat on the side and pretended to drink tea. Shi Dayong was thinking about how to make this deal with Lin Jiantai, and at the same time thinking about how to go behind the road, if he had been subject to high diving, then this trip to Denglai would be a disaster for him and for the Jinzhou army

Shi Dayong guessed correctly, his Jinzhou army is indeed no longer under the Shandong governor Zhu Dadian to promote, that day because of military exploits and Gao Qiqian turned his face, Gao Qiqian immediately revised the book to Shandong governor Zhu Dadian, saying that he is now leading the Jingying and Jin Guoqi under the two towns of Jiliao to station in Xiaoguantun, only 20 miles away from Laizhou, and just defeated the rebel Li Jiucheng, now the army's morale is high, the siege of Laizhou can be resolved in the near future. But in order to ensure victory, it is better to let the Jinzhou army also be promoted by him, firstly, to increase the troops, and secondly, to unite people's hearts. Zhu Dadian, who was being beaten by Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, was naturally overjoyed when he heard that Gao Qiqian would be able to rescue Laizhou immediately, and then he could recover Dengzhou. Anyway, there are only a few hundred people in the Jinzhou army, and it can't help anything if they are transferred to Shandong, so it is better to give Gao Qiqian a good idea, and he is very happy to write to the imperial court, formally requesting that the Jinzhou army be transferred from his Shandong command to be under the unified command of Gao Qiqian, the eunuch of the supervising army.

In Beijing, the eunuch Wang Dehua was greeted by Gao Qiqian, and when Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun were not there, he handed Zhu Dadian this piece to him. Prior to this, Gao Qiqian's report to the small official Tun Dajie had already been handed to the front of the palace, Chongzhen also saw it, he was in a good mood, and felt that he didn't use the wrong person, Gao Qiqian was indeed a dry material, although he had suffered defeat before, but now he can make repeated contributions, and it is time to let him go.

Last time, he was going to pass Shi Dayong, and at that time, out of some consideration, he did not give him the Jinzhou army, but gave it to Zhu Dadian, but since Zhu Dadian said that the Jinzhou army was more helpful to the situation in Denglai, then Chongzhen naturally would not have any opinions, and he would be able to do it with a wave of the royal pen.

The time was the fourth day when Shi Dayong sent Jiang Wanli to Shang County to collect grain, but Shi Dayong knew nothing about it, and he was kept in the dark. With the promotion power of the Jinzhou Army, Gao Qi sneaked into the eunuch of the supervising army, so he could naturally play as he wanted.

Shi Dayong repeatedly opposed him, scolded himself for being blind in front of such a person, and threatened to kill himself, how could Gao Qiqian let him go. But he will not get rid of Shi Dayong openly, because that will lead to people's mouths, after all, what he did to the Jinzhou Army is not something that can be publicized to the public. What he wants to do is to quietly force Shi Dayong to death step by step, without letting anyone think that he was raising his dive to force the Jinzhou army to death.

In fact, if Jin Guoqi hadn't arrived one step earlier, perhaps, Shi Dayong would have died in Xiaoguantun a long time ago, so why bother thinking about it. But since Jin Guoqi saved Shi Dayong, Gao Qiqian naturally won't say anything, he is very dependent on Jin Guoqi now, and he will definitely not anger Jin Guoqi because of this.

At the same time that Deng Wei and Shi Dayong came to find Lin Jiantai at the same time, Gao Qiqian was reading a letter in the account, the letter was sent by Zhang Guochen, the head of the Ministry of War, but the person who wrote the letter was Liu Yulie, a waiter in the Ministry of War.