"Where's Lu Daoping, tell him to get out and see me." Zhang Shize roared angrily.
Soon Lu Daoping of Qianhu, who was responsible for guarding Nanyuan, arrived.
He heard that the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief were back. Knowing that things were going to be bad, he hurriedly came to say hello.
He first saluted Uncle Yuan Ding and Marshal Zhang, saying that he had met the Marshal and the Deputy Marshal.
Yang Fan said with a smile: "I have now handed over my errands. I will no longer supervise the military affairs of the capital camp before returning to the army. Now the capital camp has been handed over to Zhang Shuai. You can just report the situation to Zhang Shuai."
Lu Daoping opened his mouth in surprise, what is going on? Didn't it mean a great victory in the northwest? Why did Dingyuan Bo's admiral Jingying Rongzheng be removed?
Lu Daoping was in a daze for a moment before angrily telling the whole story.
It turned out that after the Jingying army left, due to the Jizhen rebellion, the emperor combined Cheying, Jingshan's 6,000 Rumi gunmen, Dong Jishu's army, and Jinyiwei's cavalry to reorganize the Xuanwu Army of 36,000 people.
The Xuanwu Army was led by the emperor himself. Dong Jishu was the commander-in-chief, Zhou Yuji, Hu Dawei, and Zuo Liangyu, fierce as a tiger, were the deputy commander-in-chief.
After the rebellion was put down, because he would be stationed permanently in the capital in the future, he had to choose a place to station himself.
Zhou Yuji and others were originally stationed in the Jingshan military camp. Dong Jishu, Hu Dawei, Meng Ruhu, Zuo Liangyu and others were stationed in Changping. The Jinyi cavalry was stationed in Xishan. Now that they are jointly organized, they naturally have to unify their stations.
At that time, neither Jingshan nor Xishan Camp could accommodate so many people. The cabinet believed that the Nanyuan Military Camp was well built and had complete facilities. It petitioned the emperor and suggested that the Xuanwu Army be stationed in the Nanyuan Camp.
Because there was no good place at that time, and the emperor was unwilling to spend money to build a new one, he agreed.
After they arrived, especially Zuo Liangyu, Hu Dawei and others, they saw that the original barracks in the capital camp were very good. They were all newly built tall brick buildings, as well as heating equipment such as fire pits and cast-iron stoves.
The training ground is also a cement-hardened ground.
They directly marched into the barracks of Jingying and occupied all the good houses in Jingying.
Zhang Shize was furious and cursed: "Are you eating shit? Before the army set off, I asked you to stay behind. How did you guard the barracks?"
Lu Daoping said aggrievedly: "We have only 600 people from a thousand households, how can we stop them. Besides, they have documents from the Ministry of War, so we really have no reason to stop them."
Theoretically, military camps are all under the control of the Ministry of War. The so-called iron-clad camps are made up of flowing soldiers.
Military camps belong to the Ministry of War, not the army.
The army is just the user of the military camp. Therefore, they really can't stop it if they have documents from the Ministry of War.
"What happened to the warehouse? Of the three warehouses, the locks were broken on two of them. Where are the supplies?"
Lu Daoping said: "Commander, you don't know how poor the soldiers from Changping are. They haven't been paid for half a year. The mandarin duck jackets are more than ten years old and have never been washed. They are as dirty as pigs.
Military rations are also often out of stock. The Ministry of War has more trouble distributing military rations than constipation."
Yang Fan sighed when he heard this.
The Ming Dynasty's frontier armies are basically like this. The newly established Xuanwu Army, except for Zhou Yuji's car camp, is the old one he brought out before. Both the equipment and uniforms are newly purchased in the past two years. The one brought out by Zhang Shize
The six thousand Rumi gunmen also have newly issued military uniforms and firearms.
Except for these 10,000 people, it's not bad. The remaining 25,000 people are from the original Changping army. Also, this time the border troops were abolished and the elite troops were selected and later incorporated. What is their situation?
Not sure?
Now, entering the barracks of the Beijing Camp was like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden.
There are rows of tall brick barracks, collective canteens, large bathrooms, and training grounds. In terms of living facilities, boiled water is provided every day, and there are also newly built tap water systems, sewer systems, and public toilets. They are clean, tidy, and comfortable, and they are not crazy.
It's weird.
As for the two clothing warehouses being smashed open and looted, it is not surprising.
Before Yang Fan left, he took away all the mandarin duck jackets from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry. He also took away most of the cloth and cotton. There were bedding and uniforms for 100,000 people in the warehouse. When he left, there were 80,000 people in the Beijing camp, and there were still 20,000 people in the warehouse.
Thousands of sets.
Another warehouse stores grain, oil and other supplies. The emperor paid for and sold 8,000 tons of corn, which are all stored in this warehouse. There are also 3,000 iron barrels of lard.
According to the supply share of one pound of corn per person per day, there are currently 40,000 people in the Beijing camp, which requires 20 tons per day, which is a reserve of 400 days. Initially, the reserve was 80,000 people for more than half a year.
So now the best barracks in Nanyuan are occupied by them. The kitchen and canteen are also used by their fire-headed troops. Moreover, there are a lot less coal mountains accumulated in the coal yard. It is probably because some of them were used during this period.
, and even resold some privately.
Yang Fan ignored the matter of the two material warehouses. These were purchased with Chongzhen's internal funds. He had no interest in caring about who he gave them to. Now that he had handed over the errand, he did not need to worry about what would happen after the army came back, so he let Zhang Shize
Deal with it.
He was in an awkward position now. If he stood up for the Beijing camp, a small matter would turn into a big deal, leading to the impeachment of the imperial censor. Yang Fan knew with all his strength that this matter was definitely not something as simple as embezzlement by Dong Jishu, Zuo Liangyu and the others.
Without the instructions from Dong Lin and the Ministry of War, Yang Fan would have written his name backwards.
These people are very vicious and very good at calculating people's hearts.
In their opinion, Yang Fan must be full of ambition after returning from a great victory. At this time, it is the time when his arrogance is arrogant, how can he stand this arrogance. As long as Yang Fan launches an attack, they must have a trap designed long ago waiting for Yang Fan.
At this point, Yang Fan could be dealt with more legitimately. The Marquis of Dingyuan must have been lost, and Yang Fan had to lose it himself. This would save the emperor the embarrassment.
"What's going on in the third warehouse now?" Yang Fan asked.
"Uncle, they didn't open that one, it's still there, intact."
Yang Fan sneered. The third warehouse contained firearms and gunpowder purchased by Chongzhen for the Beijing camp. Yang Fan attached great importance to the safety of the arsenal. He used stones and cement to build a three-meter-thick wall with a cement dome on top.
The warehouse door is made of cast iron half a meter thick and uses a special lock, just like the vault. It's surprising that they can open it.
Lu Daoping said angrily: "Zuo Liangyu called me over and asked me to open the arsenal. He said that their counterinsurgency firearms had been damaged a lot and needed to be replenished."
Yang Fan sneered and asked, "What did you say?"
"How can a villain open the door for him? Besides, I don't have a key." Lu Daoping said, "I said it's all empty. All the firearms were taken away by the army."
Zhang Shize nodded and said, "What you said is very good. In such a big war in the northwest, it is normal for all the firearms to be taken away. This is in line with common sense, and he can't say anything."
"He didn't know where he got the list of the arsenal. It said there were ten red cannons, which were made of cast steel. There were also three thousand matchlocks and ten thousand barrels of maroon gunpowder. He asked me to open the door for him.
