My father is Jiajing

Chapter 159: Marshal Zhu Inspects the Troops

With Huang Jin's presence and endorsement, Marshal Zhu made a brilliant appearance!
From this moment on, whether people knew Zhu Zaigui's identity or people who did not know Zhu Zaigui's identity for the time being, all called him "the Marshal".

As the newly appointed Grand Marshal of the Beijing Suburban Army, Zhu Zaigui was not polite. He directly pulled Huang Jin, Lu Yi and others together and convened a new military meeting.

The newly arrived eunuch commanders of the front camp, rear camp, and warrior camp, as well as officers above the rank of a thousand households, also came before Zhu Zaigui to await orders.

These people looked at Zhu Zaigui beside Huang Jin. They were surprised, but also admired the young general's strength.

On the way here, they gradually learned about the battle achievements of Marshal Zhu. After arriving at Qingshuitan, they met the brothers from the original Four Guards Camp and confirmed their achievements with each other. They were completely convinced.

No one questioned how "Zhu San" could become the commander-in-chief of the four camps of the Imperial Stables and have the power to control all the troops in the suburbs of Beijing with his small position as a camp officer.

Because "Zhu San" has real combat achievements!

These achievements are their capital. Who dares to question their ability again?

What's more, Huang Jin was standing next to him and was willing to be in a lower position than him. Why would they be psychologically unbalanced?
So when everyone saw Zhu Zaigui, they all bowed respectfully with military salute: "Your humble servants pay their respects to the Marshal!"

When Zhu Zaigui heard everyone calling him the Marshal, he couldn't help but feel a little proud. He never dreamed that one day he would become the Marshal of an army.

Life is really unpredictable, and your big intestine is bound to your small intestine.

Zhu Zaigui cleared his throat and replied in a loud voice: "Everyone, please stand up."

Zhu Zaigui's loud voice also shocked these people. They suddenly felt that the commander in front of them was indeed an extraordinary person, otherwise how could his voice be so imposing!
"Thank you, Marshal!"

Everyone bowed again and stood up, standing on both sides.

Zhu Zaigui looked at these people and stopped talking nonsense. He got straight to the point and said, "Your Majesty has ordered me to control the four battalions of the Imperial Horse Administration and all the troops in the suburbs of Beijing. I have the emperor's order, so I will not be hypocritical with you."

"Since we are standing together, our honor and disgrace are also tied together at this moment. I will make this clear. From now on, anyone who disobeys my orders, or who secretly disobeys them, will be punished by military law and executed without mercy, regardless of your status. Do you understand?"

After hearing what Zhu Zaigui said, everyone was startled and looked at Huang Jin beside them. Huang Jin also reacted immediately and said, "I understand!"

Seeing Huang Jindu so obediently bowing to Zhu Zaigui, the crowd no longer dared to have any other thoughts and replied in unison: "We understand!"

Zhu Zaigui smiled, "Very good, I hope you can remember my words sincerely. I don't want to kill one of you for these things before going to the battlefield. And I am also a reasonable person. As long as you act according to my instructions, I will not take away your credit. I will report all the credit to His Majesty and ask for hereditary titles for your sons! This matter will be witnessed by Eunuch Huang Jin. If you violate this, I will sit at this table with you!"

After saying this, Zhu Zaigui drew the sword from his waist and with an extremely swift movement, he chopped off a corner of the wooden table beside him.

Just based on this arm strength and power, everyone was shocked. They were not fools. It was absolutely impossible to cut off such a thick table corner with one knife without real skills.

So after hearing Zhu Zaigui's guarantee of merit, everyone became excited again. Isn't it for such merit that they risked their lives? Although many of them were eunuchs, it didn't mean that they were really alone. They also had their own families and nephews.

If they could really win a hereditary title for themselves, they could openly adopt a nephew from the clan as their own son to inherit the title. This was an extremely tempting reward for them, and it gave them a chance to start a new life. "I will never fail the commander-in-chief's orders, and I am willing to go through fire and water for him!"

Everyone once again assured Zhu Zaigui of their loyalty.

Zhu Zaigui looked at the people who had become obedient and put away his sword.

Zhu Zaigui asked loudly, "Where is the commander of the front camp?"

The eunuch who was in charge of the front camp bowed and said, "I am your humble servant."

Zhu Zaigui asked, "Report the strength of the front camp and the deployment of firearms."

The eunuch in charge of the front camp replied: "The front camp has a fixed strength of 6,000 people, including 1,000 cavalry, 3,000 firearms soldiers, and 2,000 infantry. There are 3,000 muskets, 400 chariots, and 50 portable artillery pieces of various types!"

Zhu Zaigui nodded, and then said, "Where is the commander of the rear camp? Report the deployment of the rear camp's troops!"

The eunuch who was in charge of the rear camp came out and replied, "The rear camp has a staff of 6,000 people, 500 cavalry, 3,000 firearms soldiers, 2,500 infantry, 300 chariots, 3,000 muskets, and 30 portable artillery pieces!"

Finally, Zhu Zaigui asked about the Warrior Camp.

"Where is the commander of the Warrior Battalion? Report the troop strength and firearms deployment of the Warrior Battalion!"

The eunuch commander of the Warrior Battalion stepped out and bowed, saying, "The Warrior Battalion has a staff of 6,000 men, 2,000 cavalry, 2,000 firearms, 2,000 infantry, 2,000 muskets, and 200 crouching tiger cannons, the same as the Fourth Guard Battalion."

After hearing the reports from the three battalions, Zhu Zaigui couldn't help but be amazed. It turned out that the Imperial Stables were so powerful.

Of course, the reason why the Imperial Stables were so powerful was that after the Battle of Tumu, the Imperial Stables had proved themselves with strength and became the main force in defending the capital, which also made the subsequent Ming emperors realize the importance of the Imperial Stables.

Therefore, in the following hundred years, although the customization of the Imperial Stables changed several times, its strength has always been rock-solid, so that the Imperial Stables can hold up at the critical moment!
Zhu Zaigui took a deep breath and began to give orders: "The front camp, the rear camp, and the Warrior Camp cavalry will all be commanded by Teng Xiang. The firearms soldiers and infantry will be..." Zhu Zaigui's eyes looked around and finally landed on the eunuch commander of the Warrior Camp, "Leaded by the eunuch commander of the Warrior Camp, assisted by the eunuch commanders of the front camp and the rear camp, and Meng Chong will be the eunuch supervisor."

The eunuch commander of the Warrior Battalion bowed excitedly, and the eunuch commanders of the other two battalions followed suit, "We obey your orders!"

Zhu Zaigui then said to Meng Chong who was standing beside him: "I have appointed you as the military supervisor this time. You must be clear about your duties. You must not interfere in military command. You only need to be responsible for the execution of military orders."

Meng Chong bowed excitedly and said, "I understand!"

Zhu Zaigui looked at the people who had received the order and began to assign tasks. Zhu Zaigui said: "Half of the artillery brought by each battalion will be given to Lu Yi, who will take it back to the Chaobai River line for defense. The remaining artillery will be held by the headquarters and will be dispatched by the commander of the Warrior Battalion."

"Time is running out, all the generals, act immediately and deploy the troops and firearms according to my order. Except for the cavalry, all the remaining troops will be led by the commander of the Warrior Battalion to the west of Miyun. Relying on the terrain, we must defend the important roads and not let the bandits break through to the west and harass the Changping Imperial Mausoleum! If we allow the bandits to break through from the west, you will all be guilty of an unforgivable death penalty!"

Everyone bowed in unison and said, "We obey your orders!"

(End of this chapter)