Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1157 Siam is reversed
The Beijing North Camp has a big plan, but so far only a small area has been built. However, thanks to the strength of Jinghua's infrastructure, Qi Jiguang's "Imperial Guard Command" has finally been basically completed. After leaving the main building, the only thing left is the fine decoration of the courtyard.

The main building of the headquarters adopts a unique Chinese-Western architecture. The three-story stone-brick concrete main building is built using Western-style building construction methods, but Chinese-style cornices and brackets are added.

Gao Wushi wrote the three characters "Jingzhonglou" in his own handwriting, taking Yue Wumu's meaning of "serving the country with loyalty" and there is no semicolon in the world.

It is especially worth mentioning that the wooden utensils used in the Jingzhong Building, such as chairs, screens, etc., are all made of precious wood produced in Nanyang. In name, they were donated by Huang Zhiting, the deputy commander-in-chief of Annan on behalf of the Annan Metropolitan Commissioner.

These things are not cheap in the capital. According to the market price, they cost more than 2 taels of silver.For this reason, Huang Zhiting was also praised by the emperor, and rewarded her with a red silk flying fish robe - Gao Wushi didn't know if she would wear it.

At this moment, in the Jingzhong building, Gao Wushi and Qi Jiguang are discussing the matter of recruiting soldiers.Cangzhou belongs to Hejian Prefecture. The economic situation of Hejian Prefecture is not bad, but in Cangzhou, it is not rich at the moment.

Moreover, this place is close to Shandong, and there have always been a lot of rioters due to yellow flooding. The security situation is definitely the worst in Beizhili, at least. If Qi Jiguang recruits troops in Cangzhou, it will help to reverse the local security situation.

As for the recruitment of horse troops in Bazhou, that is something that even the blind can understand.The Liuliu and Liuqi Uprising of the Zhengde Dynasty broke out in Bazhou, and its army traveled to several provinces in the north and south. It took the court several years to calm down—you must know that the national strength of the Zhengde Dynasty was still relatively strong due to the fact that it was next to Hongzhi Zhongxing. That's right, this shows how powerful the Bazhou horse bandits are and how brave the people are.

In the past few years, due to the attack of Jinghua and other local governments (government paid, Jinghua guards actually acted as mercenaries), the "career" of Bazhou horse bandits turned into a trough.Many people want to "change careers", but they suffer from the fact that they have no other way of earning a living except for horsemanship and courage. It is a time when life is miserable, so it is a good time to go to Bazhou to recruit horse troops. actually.

Qi Jiguang's trouble lies in the Artillery Army, and he and Gao Wushi mainly discussed this issue.

Although the number of artillerymen in the original Ming Dynasty was not small, they were really amateurs to be honest. They were basically at the level of "firing cannons and listening to the sound" when fighting. Accuracy... depends on luck.

Not to mention that Gao Yushi, who emphasizes firepower to control the enemy, can't bear this situation, even Qi Jiguang can't bear it.But Qi Jiguang is also well aware of the difficulty of training artillery, especially he knows that Gao Yushi has invested a lot in firearms over the years, the replacement of guns and artillery is also very fast, and the degree of specialization has become higher and higher.

At this time, if the Imperial Guard cannot quickly build a professional artillery, it will definitely not be able to satisfy Gao Gongbao.

However, more and more professional artillery is not something that anyone can handle like before.After Jinghua used professional sights (sights) for artillery, it became more and more difficult to observe, aim and control artillery, and purely illiterate soldiers were no longer suitable for gunners.

This is troublesome, because both of them understand the situation of the Ming Dynasty very well. It is basically impossible for those who go to serve as soldiers to be educated. Go to the army.

The two of them frowned and thought for a while, then Gao Yushi suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Mr. Nantang, can you think about it this way: there is a division of labor in the matter of firing guns, and the most difficult one is It's the main gunner, because he's in charge of sighting and alignment, and the others are mostly doing the hard work of cleaning the barrel, loading the powder pellets, and so on."

Gao Wushi paused for a while: "Then, can we consider focusing on training the main gunners for the time being, for example, offering them a training course or something, while the other gun crew members will just make do with it, anyway, those jobs may not necessarily require literacy , calculation and other abilities..."

Qi Jiguang said: "The division of labor has been considered at the end of the day. It's just the training that Shao Sima said... how to deal with it?"

Only then did Gao Wushi realize that Qi Jiguang might not be very clear about this word, and said, "Training is to gather these people together and teach them the knowledge they need to master, such as some basic literacy, and calculation, etc. In short, it is to cultivate their professional skills. .”

"So that's the case." Qi Jiguang immediately understood after saying this, he hesitated for a while, and asked: "But the artillery... Who can I ask to teach?"

Gao Wushi also hesitated for a moment. It's not that he has no one to teach. The Jinghua Guard can now dispatch enough people to teach the Imperial Guard artillery, but it's a bit... inconvenient to say it.

He pondered for a while, then pondered: "I think otherwise, let the Jinghua Artillery Factory send someone to teach - artillery manufacturers not only have the most professional master craftsmen, of course there are also professional test gunners, they go to teach 'users' how to It's a matter of course to use their products."

This idea is actually very common in later generations, but it is very "creative" in the current Ming Dynasty.

Qi Jiguang's eyes lit up, and he praised: "Good idea, as expected of Shao Sima, this method is the best of both worlds!"

Gao Wushi knew as soon as he heard it, and Qi Jiguang saw through the trick at a glance-no matter how powerful the Jinghua Artillery Factory is, it is impossible to send so many test gunners to teach an army of 6 people. The one who built the plank road secretly crossed Chencang.

In other words, Jinghua said that it sent people from the Artillery Factory to teach the imperial guards. In fact, these people came from the Jinghua Guards, but they just changed their names.

However, sometimes the name is so important. If the name is right, it can avoid a lot of trouble and bring a lot of convenience.

Gao Wushi smiled and said nothing.

Qi Jiguang also immediately skipped the topic and said: "Since this is the case, the source of the artillery, especially the gunners, does not have to be limited to a certain place. As long as they are not rogue rangers in the city, they can be used. It's just... the last general thought, Since there are many things to learn, it is best not to be too old."

"That's natural." Gao Yushi nodded and said, "I think it's best not to exceed the age of the weak crown. If the body's bones grow early, it's better to be younger."

Qi Jiguang was surprised and said: "Why do you want to be a weaker year? The original intention of the last general is to find a half-year-old boy who is fifteen or sixteen years old, who can understand the truth and learn the fastest."

Gao Wushi was taken aback for a moment, and then he remembered that the "ancient people" were relatively precocious due to the high pressure of life. In Qi Jiguang's view, the age of weak crowns was obviously too big, and fifteen or sixteen years old was just right.

The admonishing Gao Gongbao nodded, and said: "That's right, it's better to be smaller, then follow what Lord Nantang said, and ask Lord Nantang to take care of the specific arrangements."

Qi Jiguang bowed his head slightly, and said: "This is a matter of the last general's duty, how dare you talk about it." Then he paused, and then said: "However, there may be something that I need to ask Shao Sima first."

Gao Wushi nodded: "Mr. Nantang, please tell me."

"Jinghua Artillery Factory sent staff to teach, can this expenditure be included in the expenditure of the Imperial Guard?" Qi Jiguang seemed to know that the Imperial Guard is now earmarked for special purposes, so he had to ask clearly if there was any budget, or else the accounts would be reconciled by then It's going to be a lot of trouble.

Gao Wushi thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Don't take this money from the Imperial Guards, the Imperial Guards should concentrate their financial resources on serious business."

"Then this..."

"It will be paid from the purchase of guns—that is to say, the price of guns will increase, but the cost of dispatching personnel will be paid by Jinghua himself."

Qi Jiguang was stunned for a while, and then showed a playful smile: "It's still young Sima who can calculate."

Gao Wushi waved his hand: "It's not that I want to calculate, it's just to avoid some troubles."

In fact, Qi Jiguang also knew that Gao Yushi didn't do this to make money, and he would probably lose a little bit, but his thinking was really "flexible".

The key point here is that the special funds for the Imperial Guard do not include armaments, which are under the unified responsibility of the Ministry of War.And when the Ministry of War allocates equipment to the world's armies, it will definitely give priority to the Beijing camp—even if it is the rotten Beijing camp before, the equipment it gets is the best and fastest.

Now Gao Wushi is in charge of the Imperial Guards himself. Whether his boss Liang Benbing or Wu Ge is a big boss of the Practical School, it is impossible to get him in the way.

Therefore, after transferring the teaching expenses of dispatched personnel from the Imperial Guards to the cost of armaments, the special funds for the Imperial Guards were saved.

The two then talked for a long time about specific items, such as calculating how many gunners would be needed in total, how many gunnery trainings would be needed, and so on.

When things were basically settled, Gao Wushi realized that it was very late, so he said goodbye to Qi Jiguang and returned to the Ministry of War to get off work.

After leaving the Ministry of War, because I was still on my honeymoon, I naturally rushed to Baiyulou again early.When he arrived at the Baiyu Tower, he realized something was wrong before entering the main building.

Why did the servants Huang Zhiting brought from Annan seem to be packing their bags?

He entered the building out of nowhere, returned to his main room, opened the door and saw Huang Zhiting sitting by the window in a daze.

"What's the matter Zhiting, what are they packing up for?" Gao Wushi approached and asked.

Huang Zhiting turned her head, stood up, walked to Gao Wushi and gently grabbed his hand, said with a wry smile: "I came to Beijing in a hurry before, it seems that I didn't finish some things well, I'm afraid I have to go back now."

Gao Wushi frowned: "What do you mean?"

Huang Zhiting sighed, dragged Gao Wushi to sit down on the western-style sofa at one side, glanced at him carefully, and said, "I told you, don't be angry."

Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "Tell me first, whether you will be angry or not is not guaranteed by saying it in advance."

Huang Zhiting pouted slightly, but still said: "There is trouble in Siam...the trouble may not be small. The news just sent by Gao Mo said that rebels appeared in the three places in Siam. Right now Ruan Huang's strength is limited. The garrison for him is not yet in place. He is now trapped in Dacheng, and he does not know which road to pacify first. He is even worried that Dacheng may have private connections with the three-way rebels. Once he goes out to suppress the rebellion, he may even If it’s all reversed, then the trouble will be even greater.”

Gao Wushi frowned, but he was not really angry.To some extent, this situation was not too unexpected for him.

Although the King of Siam didn't have much guts, that was when he was not seriously stimulated. Once a person is severely stimulated, it is difficult to say what he will do.

The Siam plan drawn up by Gao Yushi at the beginning was not so urgent. It was Ruan Huang who discovered the opportunity after arriving in Siam, so he changed Gao Yushi's plan of steady and secret erosion, and turned it into a swallow.

Whale Swallow also succeeded, but it caused another trouble, which was Nalixuan's questioning of Annan.Originally, if Gao Wushi himself was in southern Xinjiang at this time, he would definitely have a way to stabilize Na Lixuan, continue to implement the plan of "slowly plan", and ensure that every step is taken steadily, although it may be late, but Definitely get what you want in the end.

However, Gao Yushi was not there at the time, and Ruan Huang's plan seemed to be progressing smoothly, and Huang Zhiting had just won a big victory, thinking that he might as well complete his efforts in one battle and directly win Siam.At the same time, what happened was that Liu Xin also went to Dongyu City. For some reason, the two daughters both wanted to fight this battle.

Therefore, Na Lixuan was indeed a tragedy, but the intensification of hidden dangers in Siam also laid the groundwork for this.

If Huang Zhiting did not leave at this time, but went to sit in Siam, then no matter how angry the Siamese were, they would have to bear it.After all, the Battle of Toungoo may have been just "a normal victory in the Yunnan frontier" for Daming, but for the countries in southern Xinjiang, it was an earth-shattering event!
The main force of the Burmese army led by King Jinlou White Elephant in Duzhen in southern Xinjiang was completely wiped out by Huang Zhiting with about [-]% of his weak troops. The deterrent force of this can be imagined with your toes.

It can be said that as long as Huang Zhiting's handsome flag is still erected on the land of Siam, the Siamese will not dare to make mistakes even if they eat the guts of an elephant, let alone a bear's heart!

You know, Siam is the defeated general of Burma, and the Burmese army has been beaten into stupid dogs. What's the use of his Siam army going up?Isn't that a free gift?

But who knew that after the battle, Huang Zhiting left without saying a word. Most of her victorious army that shocked the southern border returned to Annan, and the rest stayed in Bagu.

Now, isn't the sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of the Siamese gone?If you don't rebel at this time, when will you wait!
And the news from Ruan Huang is also worthy of consideration. The soldiers and horses under his command are really not suitable for countering the rebellion at present, especially when the rebels have three forces - originally going out to counter the rebellion may be the opponent's way of diverting the tiger away from the mountain Not to mention that the "mountain" itself is very unstable.

Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin killed Na Lixuan, they didn't kill any cat or dog.Na Lixuan is the vice king of Siam, their crown prince!
The king of Siam lost his beloved son in old age, and the white-haired man sent the black-haired man, and his mental breakdown is completely understandable. It would not be surprising if he secretly supported the rebels.At this time, Ruan Huang chose to stay in Dacheng. Although at first glance he connived at the rebels, he was actually forced to.

After all, other places can be recovered slowly if they are in chaos. If the big city is lost and the King of Siam is out of control, then he only needs to give an order, and Siam may be full of smoke.

only……

The most annoying thing for Gao Yushi is that this incident came at a really bad time! ——
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