Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1061 Three Strategies (Part [-])
Zhu Yijun hoped that Burma would withdraw its troops earlier, of course, because he did not want to see the Burmese army burning, killing and looting on the land of Ming Dynasty. This did not conflict with Liu Ting and Deng Zilong sending troops south to attack Burma.

To achieve this, there is only one condition that needs to be fulfilled fundamentally, and that is to make Mang Yingli feel the serious instability in the rear, which has even threatened the severity of his rule.

There are usually only two situations in which there are threats to rule, one is a coup in the palace, and the throne is replaced;

The path of a palace coup is obviously not going to work, not to mention that Daming has no communication with high-level people in Myanmar, and even high-level pragmatics can’t figure out who the ministers who are staying in Myanmar are, and they don’t even know them, and who to support. coup?

As for the defeat in the front and a coup in the rear, it is hard to say that there is no such possibility, but the premise is also obvious. If there is no unprecedented defeat in the front, how can there be a coup in the rear inexplicably?
Therefore, the only way to promote the withdrawal of the Burmese army to the south is that the military pressure in the rear is too great, and the mainland of Myanmar and even the capital of Myanmar are facing the threat of falling.

But this is actually very difficult to do.

If you look at the map, you will know that if you send troops from Annan and land in Siam, the closest area to Myanmar will be the Gulf of Siam.Calculated on the basis of the straight-line distance from Ayutthaya (the capital of Siam) to Taungoo, the capital of Myanmar, it is already more than [-] miles. How far is this distance?It is basically the same as the distance from Kunming, Yunnan to Taungoo City.

What's more, it is impossible to travel in a straight line for marching and combat. In fact, it may take nearly two thousand miles.

Therefore, it is impossible to sneak attack on the capital of Burma from Siam, even if the German army from World War II came over—because the terrain is poor and the roads are still bad, the German army would not be able to fight the blitzkrieg.

Zhu Yijun flipped through the Kanyu map of the southern Xinjiang map, and also thought of this factor, and couldn't help being a little suspicious: "Is there really a way?"

Gao Wushi said: "There is a way, but the Annan Metropolitan Commander has to spend a lot of money to Jinghua to do it."

Zhu Yijun was stunned when he heard the words, and asked inexplicably, "Where does this start?"

Gao Wushi spread his hands, and said: "This... To put it simply, the Annan Metropolitan Commander spent money to find Jinghua to dispatch a fleet, thousands of miles to expedition to Motama Bay in Myanmar, landed near Bagu with elite troops, and then directly sent troops to the north , threatening Taungoo, the capital of Burma, forcing the main force of the Burmese army to return to the rescue as soon as possible."

Zhu Yijun looked at the Kanyu map, frowned and said, "Where are these places you mentioned? I can only see the location of Dongyu City."

Gao Wushi was stunned for a moment, got up and went to Zhu Yijun to look at it, only to find that the map of southern Xinjiang in Zhu Yijun's hand was extremely crude, with many places unmarked, and even the scale of the map was not right. The drawn maps of Southeast Asia are ten times more accurate than this.

"Your Majesty's map...is a bit outdated, and it's not very accurate." Gao Wushi coughed lightly, and said, "I sent someone to draw a more detailed and accurate map of southern Xinjiang during the Annan War, but at that time I forgot about it after I finished it, but luckily I still remember it, why don’t I simply draw a picture for the emperor? It will be more convenient for us to explain things according to the picture.”

Zhu Yijun naturally agreed, but this matter is still a secret, he didn't plan to call someone in to help, he just found paper to help Gao Wushi spread it out, while Gao Wushi grinded the ink by himself.

While laying out paper and moistening pens, Zhu Yijun joked: "In ancient times, there was Li Taibai who took off his boots and a noble concubine held an inkstone, but now there is Gao Qiuzhen, the emperor's scroll, and the emperor's brush, tsk tsk..."

Zhu Yijun could say this, but Gao Yushi couldn't be unresponsive. He quickly took a step back, bowed and said, "I'm going to die, I'll do it myself."

Zhu Yijun laughed, waved his hands and said, "It's just a joke, are you serious?"

Gao Wushi said with a serious face: "I don't know if the emperor is serious, and I don't dare to speculate, but I dare not take it seriously."

Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment, and then thought about it: "Well... I just made a comparison, and the comparison was a bit wrong. You and Li Taibai were completely different. Poetry and poetry, but now you are writing for state affairs. Since it is state affairs, Why not if I personally unroll the scroll for you, why not? There was a poem in the Temple of the World in the past: "On the day of the return of the edict of peace, I will untie the battle robe for the general." That is for state affairs, who would say Did it wrong? Who would say that Mao Bowen couldn't handle that scene? It's the same today."

Gao Wushi is still waiting to talk, Zhu Yijun has already waved his hand and said: "Okay, okay, the truth has been explained, if you evade it, it is your fault. If you are also respectful to me and don't dare to exceed the rules, I will get bored sooner or later." Sickness... hurry up and draw a picture, I have something to talk about in a while."

Gao Wushi had no choice but to say: "Your minister has overstepped." Then he picked up the imperial brush, dipped it in ink, and drew a simplified map of the Indochina Peninsula on the paper Zhu Yijun had laid out.

It didn't take long to draw a simple map, and Gao Pragmatic soon finished it, marking nearly [-] important places and indicating their names.

Looking at the picture drawn by Gao Yushi, Zhu Yijun was not used to it, and said, "Your small circle represents a city? What are these broken lines? Mountains?"

It turns out that on the maps of the Ming Dynasty, cities were drawn in the shape of city walls, and mountains were also directly drawn in the shape of mountains, so Zhu Yijun was a little uncomfortable looking at the highly pragmatic "modern style" maps.

Gao Wushi had to explain a little more, and then got back to business, saying: "Your Majesty, look, originally Annan sent troops to land from the Gulf of Siam. In this way, he only needs to walk along the coastline from Jingang and bypass the peninsula in southern Cambodia. The risk is very small. But if you want to detour to Bago, you have to go directly through Nanyang, especially here..."

He pointed to the vicinity of the Strait of Malacca, and said: "This is what our Ming Dynasty called the Malacca Strait. This strait is called the Strait of Malacca, er... I am more used to calling it the Strait of Malacca. The current situation here is different from the past. , has been occupied by Frangji, and Flangji is currently the maritime overlord in Southeast Asia and other regions. Jinghua's fleet will pass through the Strait of Malacca to Pego. It is difficult to say how Flangji will react. Therefore, Jinghua must Considering the possible losses, it is impossible for the Annan Metropolitan Commander to dispatch Jinghua without spending money."

Zhu Yijun looked strange, hesitantly said: "Isn't Jinghua yours?"

"Yes, Jinghua belongs to the minister." Gao Wushi touched his nose and said innocently: "But the governor of the Annan capital does not belong to the minister! Why can the governor of the Annan capital win this time and get a huge Cambodia? And I, Jinghua, will do white work for him?"

Zhu Yijun was stunned for a while, and finally coughed dryly: "Your logic is really...impeccable."

But at the end of the day, he thought in his heart: It seems that the pragmatism only regards Annan as a place to make money under his control, and he has never thought about treating Annan as a fief or a territory.This guy Liu Shouyou went over Chen Ju to report that Pragmatism in Annan is "powerful and courteous compared to the emperor". He was really blind. Fortunately, I didn't believe his stupid words.

At this time, Gao Yushi was still in the mood to joke, and cupped his hands and said: "The emperor has won the award. Although the cost is not luxurious, I enjoy the process of making money. Since there are reasonable and legal opportunities to make money, why not make money?" ?”

Zhu Yijun's heart moved, and he asked haha: "Aha, yes, yes... Annan won Cambodia, and you will have more opportunities to make money, right?"

Gao Wushi didn't seem to understand the deep meaning in it, and said with a smile: "The emperor sees thousands of miles away. If Annan takes Cambodia, the arable land will be larger, and they will have more food left. This way, I can take the opportunity Buy more grain from Annan, transport it to Liaodong to replenish military supplies, and when we fight against Tumen in the future, we won’t be afraid of running out of grain and grass.”

Is that the case?
Zhu Yijun laughed from the bottom of his heart this time, and said: "Okay, okay, I understand, this is what you have said many times before, of course the business must be done well, but if you can make some more money by the way, that would be even more important." Well—is that what you mean?"

"Emperor Shengming."

Zhu Yijun waved his hand: "Since Annan can provide food and grass to Liaodong, getting Cambodia is a well-deserved reward. There is no problem with this matter, I agree."

Gao Wushi smiled and cupped his hands: "On behalf of the Liaodong army and people, I thank the emperor."

This is a bit of art, he didn't say that he thanked Zhu Yijun on behalf of Annan, but said that he thanked Zhu Yijun on behalf of Liaodong.

Zhu Yijun waved his hands with a smile, and then said with some hesitation: "Will this plan of sea expedition be a bit risky? If the Frangji people refuse to let Jinghua's fleet pass through the Managa Strait..."

Gao Wushi said indifferently: "Then fight."

Zhu Yijun was taken aback for a moment: "Are you sure? Didn't you say that Frangji is now the overlord of the South Seas?"

Gao Yushi couldn't explain too clearly, so he just said: "The overlord of Nanyang is true, but the emperor also knows that those small countries in Nanyang don't have much strength, and they are a mess. It's not surprising that Folangji people overwhelm them. In addition, the Buddha Langji's homeland is very far away from Nanyang, and Jinghua suddenly made a big move southward, and they may not be able to concentrate their strength to deal with it immediately, and it is very likely that they will be able to pass the test if they just talk about it, and they may not necessarily fight."

After all, Zhu Yijun knew almost nothing about the situation in Nanyang, so he believed what Gao Wushi said, he was relieved, and said: "That's good, in this way, as long as Annan's soldiers and horses landed and fought better , it would be best if we could raid the city of Toungoo in one fell swoop, then Myanmar would have to withdraw its troops and return to aid."

Gao Wushi knew that there was still a problem here, that is, how many people Annan sent to fight the landing raid. If there were too many, could the logistical support be guaranteed? If there were too few, could the surprise effect be guaranteed.Even more critically, once the Burmese army returns to aid, how will the Annan army withdraw?

But Zhu Yijun obviously didn't care about this, no matter how many An Nanbing died, he would not be sad.And Gao Yushi can't say it clearly, he can only arrange it in private - the court may not know that Annan's soldiers are actually his high-practice soldiers, not to mention, even if they know, the court may wish that Annan's soldiers died more .

This matter can only be arranged in private, and it is a daydream to expect Zhu Yijun or the whole court to care about Annan's life and death sincerely.

Not to mention that Annan dispatched troops this time, they were drawn from the two major garrison armies, most of them were native Annan soldiers, and only middle and high-level officers were members of the Ming Dynasty (Gao Jiajia Ding), even if the troops dispatched were from the Cen and Huang families The chieftain's wolf soldiers, the imperial court may not cherish them very much. At most, they are worried that if the wolf soldiers lose too much, the situation in Annan will be unstable.

Zhu Yijun didn't ask Gao Wushi how much money he planned to "blackmail" Annan's governor, and directly skipped the second strategy, and asked, "Have you finished the first two strategies, what is the third strategy?"

Gao Wushi smiled and said: "The third strategy is to solve the problem of 'Where does the military salary come from'?"

Hearing the words, Zhu Yijun lifted his spirits, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "I thought you forgot about this... To tell you the truth, although the plans you just made were quite economical, especially those in Annan, Siam, and Laos On the other hand, it can be said that the court does not need to spend a penny, which is indeed a clever plan.

However, Yunnan is different. Although the imperial court does not need to pay military salaries to mobilize those chieftains, they still have to provide food and grass supplies. Now, the imperial court... I roughly calculated that even if they fought like this, 20 taels of silver would definitely be indispensable.

In particular, the food in Yunnan, Guizhou and Guizhou is not enough. In this war with Burma, the military rations are not close to each other, whether it is from Sichuan to Yunnan, or from Huguang to Yunnan. It further increased the burden on the court. I doubt that 20 taels may not be enough in the end. "

Gao Wu said honestly: There is no need to doubt, it is definitely not enough.Even if the number of Han soldiers is reduced, you must know that the salary and rewards of those servants are not at the level of guard soldiers.A servant's normal military salary is almost the level of three guard soldiers, and it is even more exaggerated in wartime. It is not surprising that it reaches the level of five guard soldiers.

In addition, the imperial court had to pay for the supplies of food and grass for the local soldiers. Although 20 taels sounded like a small amount, it was actually impossible to use.In the event that the servants under Liu Ting and Deng Zilong suffered a greater loss, it would be possible to spend 30 taels—if they could successfully transfer this loss to the court.

As for if the transfer is unfavorable, it may be the same as the original history. The military discipline of Liu Ting and Deng Zilong's troops cannot be guaranteed, and they can only "return their roots" by plundering places.Although those places were the original territory of the external Xuanweisi, they would also cause the Xuanweisi and the imperial court to be divorced, and the final troubles would still be borne by the imperial court.

Gao Wushi pondered and said: "Your Majesty, there is a saying that 'a major event of the country lies in the sacrificial and military affairs'. The minister's consistent attitude is that the cost of the war must not be saved. He would rather find ways to raise money than to save money." Let the frontline soldiers and horses be hungry, so the amount of the expenditure, I still advocate that it should be more lenient."

Zhu Yijun smiled wryly and said, "Then how much do you think this battle will cost?"

"Double it, 40 taels." Gao Wushi said.

Zhu Yijun's face twitched, as if he had a toothache, and his eyes widened: "This is doubled? I won't talk about why there are so many after the first two strategies, but just ask: Where does so much money come from? "

Gao Wushi smiled and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have my own way."

Zhu Yijun stared: "Then what are you waiting for, tell me!"
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