The sixth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty.
The imperial court established the Governor-General's Office in Dengzhou, Shandong.
The full name is the office of the Governor-General of the Coastal Military Forces and Horses of Denglai to Prepare for the Japanese.
The Beiwodusifu had three major camps under its jurisdiction: Dengzhou, Jimo and Wendeng, and was responsible for the coastal defense of the entire Shandong Peninsula.
These Japanese-prepared troops can fight both in the near sea and on land.
It was indeed an all-round warrior when it was first established.
However, as time went on, the combat effectiveness of these Japanese soldiers became increasingly weak.
However, no matter how bad it is, it still belongs to the combat soldier sequence.
Ability to fight in the field.
Hearing that Shandong still had troops to be deployed, Xie Sanbin was very happy: "How many soldiers are there in Shandong to prepare for the Japanese invasion?"
Wang Jiayan replied: "The 24 guards along the Shandong coast should have 63,000 soldiers, but the actual number on the register is 23,000. Minus the Beijing military and sentries, the actual number of soldiers that can be mobilized is about 10,000!"
The Beijing Cao system began in the 13th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty.
At that time, Zhu Di ordered military generals from Henan, Shandong, Shaanxi, Jiangnan and other places to lead their elite troops to Beijing for training.
These soldiers were also known as the Jingcao Army.
After the training, some soldiers will be transferred to the Beijing Camp to strengthen its strength.
After the training, the remaining soldiers followed the generals back to their hometowns.
After hearing that there were only 10,000 Japanese soldiers, Xie Sanbin exclaimed: "Too few... 10,000 soldiers are not enough!"
"I haven't finished yet!" Wang Jiayan added: "The Denglai Navy still has more than 20,000 people, and they are all capable of land warfare."
Xie Sanbin reminded: "Your Majesty said that the Ping Liao army cannot be moved."
Wang Jiayan explained: "After the Ping Liao army entered Liao, the Denglai Navy stayed in Shandong except for occasionally helping to transport food and grass. Mobilizing them is not the same as mobilizing the Ping Liao army!"
"In addition, there are still many garrisons in Zhili, Shandong and Shaanxi. They can also go out to fight in the field after simple training. After all, the rebels are not Jiannu, so it is not that difficult to deal with them."
What Wang Jiayan meant was that although the imperial court could mobilize a lot of weaklings among its troops, the prince’s army was also weaklings.
The fight between the two sides is just a fight between weaklings.
There is no need to pursue whether the troops are elite.
"No, no," Xie Sanbin shook his head, "I want to meet His Majesty again and request to mobilize the troops of the Beijing camp to go south to quell the rebellion."
Since Chongzhen had defined the Crown Prince's support for the king as rebellion, he had to find a way to quell the rebellion as soon as possible.
When he found Wang Chengen again and planned to meet Chongzhen, he was told that Chongzhen would not meet anyone.
Xie Sanbin had no choice but to summon court ministers to discuss countermeasures.
There were many twists and turns in the process, but in the end three solutions were discussed.
First, an imperial edict was issued in the name of Chongzhen to all parts of the country, ordering them not to participate in the rebellion.
Secondly, he mobilized the troops from the three borders of Shaanxi, the troops in Shandong who were prepared to fight against the Japanese invaders, and the young and strong soldiers from various prefectures, counties and cities to assemble in Jinan Prefecture, Shandong, preparing to march south to Xuzhou to resist the rebels.
At the same time, an official document was sent to Sichuan, ordering Qin Liangyu's nephew Qin Yiming and grandson Ma Wannian to lead the white-pole soldiers down the river to capture Nanjing.
Soon after the decree was issued, official documents from all over the country arrived in the capital one after another.
Every time Xie Sanbin read a document, his face became much gloomier.
After seeing the end, he slammed the inkstone on the table to the ground, "It's all upside down! Damn it! Damn it!"
Minister of Rites Shi Kefa frowned and asked, "Are there many places that respond to the prince's call?"
Xie Sanbin picked up a pile of official documents and said loudly, "More than a lot, almost half of the country! Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangxi, Guangdong and Sichuan have all rebelled! Other places such as Yunnan and Jiangxi, although they did not respond to the prince's call, also sent official documents to inquire about the situation."
"Let's put it this way. They may respond to the prince's call and join the uprising at any time!"
"Sichuan?" Shi Kefa was a little skeptical. "No way? They are all General Qin's subordinates. How could they easily participate in the rebellion?"
"This is a secret letter sent by the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Take a look at it yourself!" Xie Sanbin threw the secret letter to Shi Kefa.
The secret letter said that the King of Shu immediately put pressure on Sichuan officials after receiving the prince's call to support the king.
Sichuan officials had not yet expressed their stance, but Qin Liangyu's nephew Qin Yiming and grandson Ma Wannian were the first to express their willingness to send troops.
However, it did not say when the troops would be dispatched or how many troops would be dispatched.
Regardless, they made their point.
This is very unfavorable for the court.
Shi Kefa was a little puzzled. How did the rebels get so much support?
After thinking about it for a while, he figured out the reason.
These places all have one characteristic: they are all geographically located in the south of the Yangtze River, and the progress of currency reform is average or even slow.
The rebels abolished the currency reform policy wherever they went, which was welcomed by the local gentry.
The gentry and officials form a community of interests.
There is no reason why officials would not welcome something that the gentry welcomes.
As for the people below, it is even easier to deal with.
The imperial power does not extend below the county level.
The common people below believed whatever the gentry said.
A situation where one call leads to a hundred responses has emerged.
Although Shi Kefa figured out the problem, he couldn't think of a way to solve it.
The cabinet chief, Xie Sanbin, also faced the same problem.
He really couldn't understand why Chongzhen didn't allow the Beijing troops to move south.
You should know that the Beijing camp has tens of thousands of troops, and they are all elite troops of the imperial court.
As long as he was given half of the troops, Xie Sanbin would be able to stop the rebels.
But Chongzhen refused to give him a single soldier.
Xie Sanbin smiled bitterly and said to himself: "If you don't want to give it to me, then don't give it to me. Let's fight first and see who wins."
The three borders of Shaanxi are too far away from the capital, and the troops there cannot arrive in a short time.
The only ones Xie Sanbin could use were the Denglai navy, Shandong's soldiers prepared for Japanese invasion, and soldiers from nearby prefectures, counties and districts.
According to rough statistics, the total number of these soldiers is about 50,000.
Fifty thousand versus one hundred thousand, the advantage is not on his side.
But Xie Sanbin was not panicked because he still had the trump card of the Beijing Camp.
He mobilized troops and prepared food and fodder.
Although the rebels cut off the grain transport when they sent out their troops, there was still grain stored in the treasuries of various places.
This food is enough for the army to use in the short term.
Just when Xie Sanbin thought he had thought of everything he could think of and done everything he could do.
He suddenly realized a fatal problem: Who would lead the army to quell the rebellion?
Put aside the issue of whether there are more or fewer soldiers, there will be soldiers eventually.
But the general who would lead the troops had not been decided yet.
Who should lead the troops?
Xie Sanbin was the first to find Liu Wenyao, the governor of the Beijing camp.
Liu Wenyao said that he fell off his horse and was injured during training and could not lead his troops into battle.
Xie Sanbin had no choice but to find Duke of England Zhang Shize and ask him to lead his troops south.
Zhang Shize said that he had tuberculosis and was unable to lead his troops into battle.
Xie Sanbin also found several military generals and nobles.
These people have one thing in common: they are all in poor health.
Either they are sick at home or they are injured.
Xie Sanbin realized that he had no one to use!
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