Huang Degong squinted his eyes at the black-faced man in front of him. The two were not familiar with each other. Now he was deliberately creating a familiar atmosphere. After all, Huang Degong could probably bring three or four hundred people out of the capital, and as well as his family, up to a thousand people. Compared with the movements of the generals of the State Council who were transferred to the post, he would definitely be quite weak... At least he would be a weak general in a short period of time.

If he wants to gradually gain control of Datong Military Town, he must first grab the knife handle. After he takes office, he must choose generals to train troops, enrich his military camp, and equip and train the Needy he brought. At the same time, he will enrich the Needy team to more than 1,000 people, and then win over a few generals who depend on it. If there is really a war, it would be good to be able to pull up elite soldiers of 5,000 to 10,000 people in a short period of time.

Datong had nuclear numbers of soldiers and war horses in the third year of Longqing. The number was less than 100,000, and there were 70,000 or 80,000 horses. But that was still the number of numbers in the third year of Longqing. Now it is estimated that there are up to 50,000 or 60,000 and 30,000 or 40,000 horses. It seems that the strength is still good, but these tens of thousands of people are stationed on the border line that is thousands of miles long and are divided into at least 300 officers. The general can directly command only his own military camp of 3,000 to 4,000 people.

If you do not use your power well and use various means to control the deputy generals and the guerrillas, garrisons, and garrisons from all over the country, once the general is weak, it will be nothing.

Just like the general of Liao Town after the mid-Wanli period, Li Chengliang had been in Liao for too long, and the court tried to replace him with other borders in the future. As a result, Liao Town was beaten to pieces by the Mongols. After a few years, nine generals were replaced with the revolving lanterns. Each of them could not command the generals of Liao Town. No one was caught in the official business, but they would never cooperate actively. The general became an ordinary general who could only command his own barracks. Such generals were quite boring, and they were even just tragic figures who took the blame.

The powerful general is like Mao Wenlong in Dongjiang Town now. Whether he is the deputy general and the guerrilla garrison, as long as he is a general in the Dongjiang system, he is firmly controlled by Mao Wenlong.

Although Zhou Yuji was not in Datong, this person was a general in Yongning, Huailai, East Road, and his residence was in Zhangjiakou. It was obvious that the emperor trusted Zhou Yuji's ethics and abilities to have such an important appointment.

It can be said that the importance of this appointment is not under Huang Degong's Datong General, which is also the reason why Huang Degong is willing to take the initiative to invite Zhou Yuji to drink and put on a happy attitude to get the relationship.

Zhou Yuji should also know that generals who can lead troops and are famous for being soldiers are not as simple as they show. A truly rough man cannot be a good general. He may become famous for his good drinkers or martial arts. However, those who are famous for their military training must not be a fool.

If Zhou Yuji was a general like Du Song or He Shixian, Huang Degong might still be with him, but it would never be the current attitude.

"The dishes that people in Nanzhili like are roughly like," Huang Degong raised his chopsticks to Zhou Yuji and said, "This soup is good, snow-white and rolling. The broth is made from salted duck meat and fresh meat. We all like to eat it in Lingbi and Wuhe Suzhou. This stinky mandarin fish is also a famous dish in Huizhou cuisine. It pickles up a little smell. It smells smelly at the bottom of the mouth but has a lingering aroma. Moreover, the meat is clumped and sliced, and it tastes very good."

Zhou Yuji smiled and said, "This is probably similar to stinky tofu."

"It's almost the same, please use chopsticks."

The two martial artists don’t like to pretend to be elegant. Huang Degong’s skills are all big fish and meat. Originally, martial artists like them had to fight and suck their bodies every day. After training, they needed meat intake to supplement nutrition. This is the case with poor, civil and wealthy martial artists. If you don’t have money to eat meat, don’t practice martial arts.

Zhou Yuji, who was born in a porter or from the bottom of the Beijing camp, was considered a serious Ming warrior. Because he was very flirting with food and food, the two began to practice etiquette with officials of the Ministry of Rites before dawn in the morning. They were only transmitted to the palace at noon. The emperor only saw these two people in the afternoon. According to the rules in the palace, it was already quite fast.

After all, the emperor today is not as diligent as he was in his early years, and he was not very frequent when he met foreign ministers. He was able to meet successfully on the same day, and could listen to Tianyin up close and witness Tianyan. Both of them were excited to forget about their hunger at that time. At this time, they were already hungry, so they naturally feasted in a feast. They almost wiped out the wine and food in a short while.

"Eat and drink well." Zhou Yuji raised his cup and smiled: "Thank you Huang Shuai for this meal, it's really unforgettable."

"We have nothing good things on our spiritual wall," Huang Degong smiled and said, "In fact, the chef is mostly stole the teacher from the Huizhou Guild Hall, but at least my sincerity is appreciated."

"The love is in full force." Zhou Yuji said: "Now I want to talk to Huang Shuai."

"You and I can be a match for each other," Huang Degong said: "To be honest, besides my brother, I can't think of who else can I rely on in the two towns of Datong and Xuanfu. In terms of ability, General Zhang Quanchang, General You Shilu, and General Yang Guozhu are all very good. What's important is that they have the power of generals behind them. No matter which military town they are transferred to, they can easily gain a foothold with their family's strength and connections, and the reputation of the aristocratic family. You and I came from the Beijing camp. Although there are many generals sent out in the Beijing camp recently, if you want to establish a foothold and control the military power, you may have to have a good management."

"Although that's the case, I'm not worried about this." Zhou Yuji said with a serious expression: "The new governor of Datong was promoted from Yansui Army Bei. This person's name is Hong Chengchou, a native of Fujian. This person's talent and ethics are highly valued. I have also learned that this person is indeed capable and has good connections in the court. The key is that he has not accepted bribes from Hutchison for several years in Datong. This is a rare thing. In recent years, the most obvious thing that is to be an official in Datong is the one who is currently the governor of Fujian. Other civil officials and military generals are rarely unwilling to be won by Hutchison. Hong Chengchou has such ethics, so he was just appointed as a military officer and a governor a few months ago, and then he was appointed as a governor again in a flash. This is the focus of the court. It can be seen that when he arrives in Datong, the new governor must rely on it. It will not be too difficult to control the situation with both civil and military power. What is worrying about is the center."

"How do you say this?"

"If the court does not recover, we may be hard to stop when Hutchison attacks."

Huang Degong frowned and said, "I think it's difficult, but I dare not say anything nonsense before Brother Zhou said it."

"The Datong army can get 50,000 or 60,000 troops after sorting out the Datong army. In the past ten years, the imperial court has drawn troops from Xuanda many times. However, the soldiers sent by Datong and Xuanfu are not the most elite soldiers. Even if they are so scarce, there are still many soldiers and generals. In a few years, the towns have lost more than 100,000 soldiers. The Xuanfu army is only 30,000 to 40,000, and Ji Town is also 50,000 or 60,000. The three towns have added more than 100,000 elite soldiers and horses. The towns that can fight will not exceed 50,000. In addition, the towns of Ningxia, Gansu, Yulin, Shanxi, Gansu, there will be only more than 100,000 soldiers. In addition, Liao Town, there will be no more than 150,000 soldiers. There will be no more than 600,000 soldiers and no more than 150,000 soldiers. However, the court does not know anything about this."

Huang Degong interrupted: "If the troops are used properly, more than 100,000 soldiers will be of great use."

Zhou Yuji said, "That's right, but from Gansu to Liao Town, four or five thousand miles away, there are only a hundred thousand soldiers available. When the nine borders are prosperous, there are more than one million strong soldiers. At this point, the frontier defenses are at this point, but the center has no choice. How can we not worry? Besides, there are Donglu in the east, and Liao Town and Ji Town need to be careful. Xuan Da's troops and horses must be drawn at any time. The court now has to be prepared for peace and security. May I ask, where to raise money and grain, how to prepare troops, and what will the general choose? With several of us, we can only adjust the smuggling and trustworthy guards. If we want to revive the border defense, wouldn't it be..."

Zhou Yuji wanted to say it was a fool, but after thinking about it, the emperor himself was the one who made the arrangement. These words rolled in his throat twice and were swallowed again.

At this time, the people from the guild came in with two large trays and two large bowls of mutton noodles. The green bowl was filled with the aroma of steam and chopped green onion, and the unique taste of mutton, which made the index fingers of the two generals move.

Zhou Yuji smiled and said, "I haven't talked a little yet, and I have to start eating again. I feel so full."

This was also a compliment to the master. Huang Degong smiled and said, "Brother Zhou, please give me strong tea after eating, and then talk about it in detail."

Huang Degong felt more and more that the general in front of him was rough and delicate, and indeed not an ordinary person. A discussion with him would probably be very helpful to his ideas after taking office. But his original enthusiasm also made this person say it was cold... It is true that when the imperial court was prosperous, there were more than one million soldiers on the nine sides, guarding against the borders of thousands of miles. From Gansu to Liaodong, dozens of tribes and Jurchens of the Northern Barbarians were the main targets of defense. Even if there were millions of soldiers, there were still records of being attacked by the Northern Barbarians around the capital. As for the deeper cavalry, there were more records of losing soldiers and generals.

Now the Eastern Barbarians have become a serious threat. The imperial court has to spend millions a year in Liao Town. Even so, there are still many loopholes. Other military towns are of course seriously ignored and weakened. For example, in Datong, pay is usually only once every few months. Usually, a certain amount of military ration is provided to prevent the soldiers from starving to rebel.

Of course, those who serve in the army will use some methods to be self-sufficient and use their power. All kinds of chaos come from the financial bankruptcy caused by the military failure of the Ming court, including endless border smuggling. The main reason is that the military towns lack money, and it is impossible to purify military discipline.

The same embarrassing situation also fell on Huang Degong. It is not difficult to control the situation, but to cheer up, revitalize Datong Military Town, restore strength, and consolidate border defense, can a general do this? Not to mention others, Huang Degong himself has no confidence.
Chapter completed!