"If the emperor wants to take Myanmar as his homeland, as in the case of Yunnan, there is indeed no good way for the minister to do it at this time, but if he just wins this battle and makes Myanmar unable to break the border, the minister's three strategies must have some effect."

"Good!" Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "But my foot disease has not healed, and it is uncomfortable to stand and talk, so let's sit and talk slowly." His "foot disease" itself is not simply a foot problem, Gao Pragmatic had roughly guessed that it might be gout, an "ancient wealth disease", that was causing trouble, and gave him a few precautions, but now it seems that Zhu Yijun may not have persevered.

However, Gao Pragmatic himself is also a medical blind, he has the impression that gout is only painful when it is onset, and it does not seem to be fatal, and now he is too lazy to dwell on these details, and after listening to Zhu Yijun's words, he sat down and said slowly.

It is a great gift to give the seat in front of the king, but it is for others, Gao Pragmatic has been sitting by Zhu Yijun's side for more than ten years, and he has no intention of trembling about it. He sat down honestly and unceremoniously, and even dared to change to a more comfortable position, leaning back in the chair before slowly speaking.

"The first strategy is to mobilize less Han troops and more native soldiers, especially to mobilize the native soldiers of the external propaganda divisions to fight together. Your Majesty, this is just like the practice of the previous ministers in the Battle of Annam and the Battle of Monan, as long as the Han army is elite, try not to use those guards, our thinking is in quality rather than quantity. ”

Zhu Yijun asked thoughtfully: "This is saving military salaries, I can understand it." But I have one thing to worry about - the two Tusi wolf soldiers of the Cen and Huang families you transferred in the Battle of Annam, and the Tumut Iron Cavalry that you called in the Battle of Monan, they all have reasons why they have to obey your orders, and they can only follow your Daxu.

And this time the situation in Yunnan seems to be more complicated, the grievances and hatreds between Myanmar and several external Xuanwei Divisions for hundreds of years are not clear at all, and this time Myanmar basically did not directly attack them, mainly for our Ming Dynasty. In this case, call in their native soldiers, and even as you say, try to mobilize their main forces, which ...... What are the chances of success? ”

"If we had followed the previous approach, the chances of success might be less than half, but this is not out of the question," Gao said. ”

In the past, that is, Da Ming didn't take these toasts and Xuanwei divisions very seriously, and when they were called, they were basically in the nature of calling and drinking, and then there was nothing worth mentioning if they won the battle, and the enthusiasm of the toasts and Xuanwei was obviously not very high.

Zhu Yijun frowned and said, "What do you mean...... Promise a big reward? But if so, where will this 'great reward' come from? ”

Gao pragmatic shook his head directly and said: "There is no need for any property, as long as the emperor tells them that after defeating Myanmar this time, the emperor will give them all the land that Myanmar invaded in the past." Even some of the land they had previously disputed with Myanmar was cut off from Myanmar and given to them in accordance with the principle that they were justified. ”

Zhu Yijun asked: "But as far as I know, there are also land disputes between these Xuanwei Divisions, and if the part occupied by Myanmar and the part that has disputes with them are returned, I am afraid that the contradictions will become even greater, and the time will ......."

Gao pragmatic didn't mean to talk to the emperor at all, as if he was discussing with his classmates, he interrupted with a smile: "Isn't that good?" ”

Zhu Yijun was stunned when he heard this, then his face changed slightly, and then he laughed again, pointing at Gao Pragmatic and said: "Pragmatic, pragmatic, you really take one step and look at three steps, just use them, and take advantage of them to kill three soldiers?" Yours...... But, haha, I like the idea. ”

Now that Zhu Yijun already understood, Gao Pragmatic did not explain, but continued with a smile: "The various propaganda divisions can do it in this way, but the Tusi side in Yunnan can't do this. How to mobilize this group of subordinate Tusi, and make them as dedicated as the wolf soldiers of the Cen and Huang families in the past when they were under the command of the ministers, we must also take measures. ”

Zhu Yijun nodded and said: "Yes, yes, the call of these internal toasts has always been the most troublesome." Yunnan toast is not as simple as Guangxi, I heard that these Yunnan toasts are most afraid of not the imperial court, but the prince of Qianguo, huh...... Mu Changzuo has gone to Erhai now, and I am afraid that most of these subordinate toasts will go to Erhai. ”

When Zhu Yijun mentioned that Yunnan Tusi was not as afraid of the imperial court as he was afraid of the Duke of Qian, he seemed to be a little sarcastic, but when he mentioned Mu Changzuo, his tone was as usual, which made Gao Pragmatic have some meaning that he wanted to explore his mind.

However, now is not the time to explore these details, Gao Shishi just didn't know, and took over the conversation and said: "It's okay, it's enough for him to guard Erhai, and as for the Tusi of Western Yunnan, it's also a good thing that he is willing to go with him to guard Erhai." ”

Zhu Yijun was a little puzzled: "Why is this?" Although the native soldiers of Yunnan Tusi are worse than the wolf soldiers of Guangxi, they fight locally and are familiar with geography, so I think it seems better to follow the main force of the army? ”

"This can be looked at separately." Gao pragmatically explained: "It seems to be very good to go out from the army, but the main force of my Han army must be led by Liu Wei and Deng Zilong, both of whom are from Jiangxi, but they may not be able to command the Yunnan native soldiers like an arm." The reason why those Tusi masters obeyed the Duke of Qianguo was because of the prestige of the Mu family's Yongzhen Yunnan, and Liu and Deng were just liuguan generals, and the Tusi might not be able to obey them.

In addition, with the Duke of Qianguo personally sitting in Erhai Lake, the situation in western Yunnan was stabilized, firstly, it could guard against Burma, and secondly, it also made the Tusi of western Yunnan dare not have dissenting intentions and act rashly. Moreover, Burma also knows the prestige of the Duke of Qian, and once it is discovered that the Duke of Qianguo has gone to Erhai, Burma will have to tilt its forces to the west of Yunnan, which is also quite helpful for Liu Wei and Deng Zilong to send troops south from the east of Yunnan to counterattack. ”

Zhu Yijun took a map from the imperial case and looked at it, nodded and said, "Reasonable, reasonable." But in this way, will Liu Wei and Deng Zilong's troops be too small? I remember that Liu Ling's entourage was only about 3,000 people, and Deng Zilong seemed to have fewer than Liu Ling. ”

Gao pragmatic said: "This is also the one thing that the minister was most worried about before, even if the two of them join forces, they are only 5,000 people, and from the perspective of the terrain of eastern Yunnan, I am afraid that they will have to go separately to go south, which will make their troops too weak, even if all the staff are attached to the family, they can't afford any failure." ”

"What then?" Zhu Yijun frowned and said, "Do you want to guard the soldiers or select some of the best?" Well, the Eastern Yunnan Tusi will definitely not all follow Mu Changzuo to Western Yunnan, and some can also be transferred? ”

Gao pragmatic nodded and said: "This is okay, in addition, we don't have to be limited to only mobilizing Yunnan Tusi, according to the ancestral system, the Duke of Qianguo can transfer troops and horses from Sichuan and Guizhou when he is about to fight." Of course, this time he can't be allowed to mobilize Han soldiers, but Tusi soldiers and horses can, and the minister suggests...... You might as well transfer about three or five thousand local soldiers from Guizhou and put them under Liu Wei and Deng Zilong. ”

Zhu Yijun was surprised: "Why Guizhou?" Liu Wei has been in Sichuan for many years with his father Liu Xian, isn't it more convenient for him to transfer Sichuan toast? ”

Gao Pragmatic rolled his eyes in his heart, and said secretly: The transfer of Guizhou native soldiers is naturally to weaken a certain big Tusi surnamed Yang in advance, and although there are some Tusi in Sichuan, they are all relatively honest, and some are even particularly loyal and brave, for example, Ma Qiancheng, the hereditary consolation envoy of the Shi Yan Propaganda Division, and his wife Qin Liangyu are typical of them. Since this is the case, don't mess with Sichuan, after all, Qin Liangyu is only about nine years old this year, but don't hurt her if she can't marry Ma Qiancheng in the future, it will be a little regrettable.

But this must not be said directly, Gao Pragmatic just said: "First, Liu Xian not only served as the general soldier of Sichuan, but also the general soldier of Guizhou, and also pacified the inextinguishable rebellion of Duzhangbarian in the first year of Wanli - oh yes, Liu Ling's first battle happened when he fought Duzhangman." He once broke through the danger in a row, first landed in Jiusi City, successively beheaded the thief chieftain Ah Er and Ah San, and captured the thief leader Ah Da alive, and what was even more rare was that he was only fourteen years old at that time. ”

Zhu Yijun was surprised and said: "It turns out that this Liu Ling is still a young hero...... Eh, by the way, I remember that you are quite familiar with him, before the establishment of Jinghua Trading Company, those people were still making ringing horses, and it was because of provoking you that you and the Liu family and his son joined forces to defeat them, and then recruited An? ”

Gao Pragmatic didn't want to talk about this matter, but nodded: "This is indeed the case." ”

Zhu Yijun said with a little curiosity: "Later, Liu Wei also won the top of the list of martial artists (in fact, it is the champion of martial arts, but the status of martial arts in the Ming Dynasty is not high, and the word champion is not allowed), since you have played the horse with him, what do you think of his ability?" "Cow Bar Literature Network

Gao pragmatically pondered: "Liu Ling...... It is a rare warrior in a century. ”

Zhu Yijun really became interested, and asked: "If he is under your command, how will you use it?" ”

Gao pragmatic smiled and said, "Breaking the front will be the first choice." ”

As soon as this evaluation came out, Zhu Yijun understood that Liu Wei was probably the nature of the spearhead in Gao Pragmatic's mind, otherwise why didn't Gao Pragmatic say anything else, only "Breaking the Front"?

Zhu Yijun said in his heart: No wonder pragmatically insisting on the quality rather than quantity of the main force of the Han soldiers in this battle, it seems that it should be intended to give full play to Liu Ling's characteristics and let him break the formation.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yijun said: "Since the father and son of the Liu family have stayed in Sichuan and Guizhou, and it is the same to transfer Guizhou native soldiers, then according to what you said, it is better to select and transfer 5,000 native soldiers from Shuixi and other places." Then he paused: "What about the other two strategies?" ”

Gao pragmatically said: "In the war with Burma, our court should focus on the overall situation, not just Yunnan itself, in fact, there are many enemies of Burmese thieves, we can all mobilize them and make them serve my Ming Dynasty." ”

Zhu Yijun obviously didn't know much about this aspect, and said puzzledly: "What other enemies do the reckless thieves have?" ”

Gao pragmatic then gave Zhu Yijun a little analysis of the situation in Myanmar (note: "According to Guangxi" The last part of the volume has been described, and friends who have forgotten can look back, so I won't talk about it here), and then said: "So the current situation is that the reckless thief seems to be powerful, and the so-called 200,000 army is at every turn, in fact, his backyard may catch fire at any time, as long as the imperial court shows support for these enemies of his, and it is even better for the emperor to issue an edict and give them some names, these people will definitely have to jump out."

Especially the Dao sisters and brothers in Laos, the 'Black Prince' in Siam and others, they must not be able to sit still. In addition, Annan has something to do with this matter......"

Zhu Yijun nodded again and again when he heard it before, but when it came to the last sentence, he couldn't help but be a little stunned: "Annan? Annam and Myanmar don't share a border, right? Why, Annan and Myanmar also have enmity? ”

Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "Annan and Myanmar themselves have no grudges, but southern Xinjiang is only so big, Annan has always regarded itself as a small China, how can he tolerate the reckless thieves to kill all directions, and even Siam was annexed by him?" Therefore, before the minister returned to Beijing, a large number of people in Annam came to petition, wanting the imperial court to suppress Burma's arrogance......"

Zhu Yijun blinked, and suddenly smiled: "I'm afraid it's not just as simple as suppressing arrogance, right?" ”

Gao Shishi also laughed and said: "Of course it's more than that, they mean to help Siam recover, and then take Cambodia into their pockets, so that they can border Siam and support Siam and Laos to resist Burma at any time." ”

Zhu Yijun flipped through the map of southern Xinjiang, and suddenly pouted: "The people of Annamite have a good abacus, and this place in Cambodia is not much smaller than Annam itself, so they plan to swallow it in one bite...... And that's not even counting the fact that after swallowing Cambodia, it was Siam and Laos that resisted Burma in front, and they themselves were hiding behind.

At the same time, since Siam and Laos have been restored, their relations with Myanmar are naturally incompatible, so they have to rely on Annan's support, so Annan's status in southern Xinjiang can probably really be regarded as 'Little China'. ”

Zhu Yijun can see through this, and it is not surprising that Gao is pragmatic, after all, he has been Zhu Yijun's companion and politician for so many years, so why should he teach him something.

However, Gao Pragmatic is not afraid that Zhu Yijun can see through these.

Sure enough, Zhu Yijun had just finished saying this, and as soon as the conversation changed, he asked again: "What is Annan's strength now?" Do you have the ability to support the recovery of Siam and Laos? ”

Gao pragmatic said: "It is impossible to let them support the restoration of Siam and Laos alone, and Annan's current national strength is definitely not as good as that of Myanmar, but since the main force of the Burmese army is trapped in Yunnan at the moment, this matter is very promising." ”

Zhu Yijun asked, "How many troops do you estimate Annan can send?" ”

"About twenty or thirty thousand, no more than thirty thousand." Gao pragmatically said: "Annan's troops were originally quite surplus, but the emperor also knew the situation in Annan...... Twenty or thirty thousand is estimated to be the upper limit. ”

Zhu Yijun nodded in understanding, and then asked: "Can these 20,000 or 30,000 people ensure the restoration of Siam and Laos, and attract the Burmese army?" ”

This question is a bit difficult, Gao Pragmatic is not an immortal after all, and he can't understand the thoughts of the White Elephant King, so he has to say: "It shouldn't be a big problem to help Siam and Laos restore the country, because both of these places were forcibly conquered by Burma, and there are a large number of people who oppose Burmese rule."

As long as Na Lixuan (Black Prince) and the Dao brothers and sisters call out, it is estimated that it will be a situation of mass response, and it is not a matter of time and night to talk about it, plus there are 20,000 or 30,000 Annan reinforcements to support, and the ministers think that the restoration of the country can be done.

However, it is difficult to say whether the reckless thief will return to the army because of this, perhaps he will immediately return to the division to quell the rebellion when he hears that there is a fire in the backyard; Maybe he was too conceited, and he wanted to compete with my Ming Dynasty first, so he had to finish the battle of Yunnan first and then return to the division to quell the rebellion; Or maybe he relied on a large number of soldiers and generals, and sent some soldiers and horses back to the division to quell the rebellion...... These are all possible. ”

Zhu Yijun frowned and thought for a while, and said, "Is there any way to make the reckless thief return to the teacher earlier?" ”

After all, he is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, in Zhu Yijun's view, Annam, Siam, Laos or something, if you lose a lot, you will lose a lot, and even if you fail, it doesn't matter, die for the Ming Dynasty, and die as you deserve.

And Gao Pragmatic didn't seem to object to Zhu Yijun's mentality at all, and replied directly when he heard the words: "Is there a way, of course there is." ”

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