On the fifth day of Liu Xin's stay in Phnom Penh, Nguyen Huang had already led more than 12,000 troops from the Dingnan garrison and 8,000 Cambodian troops from Kampong Chhnang after the initial reorganization, totaling 20,000 troops.

Originally, after Musali left Kampong Chhnang, the defenders of Kampong Chhnang surrendered to Cheng as many as 23,000, and if according to the standards of Nguyen Huang in Annan in his early years, at least 18,000 of this group of people could still continue to serve in the army.

However, Ruan Huang has now completely defected to Jinghua, and is the first person to take charge of the first section of the Jinghua Garrison Army as General Annan, and his selection criteria have been raised a lot. If he were to pick by his current standards, only a fraction of the 23,000 people would have been retained—only 3,000. However, the situation was still relatively sensitive, and it was certainly not possible to carry out such a drastic reorganization, so he finally retained 8,000 men.

He only left a very small number of troops for Angkor, and he led the army to Phnom Penh, which naturally had an important matter, and this important thing was to prepare to carve up Cambodia according to Huang Zhiting's intentions.

In fact, at this time, Huang Zhiting's letter has not yet reached Gao Shishi's hands, and whether this matter will be completed or not is still between the two sides, but Huang Zhiting thinks that even if the husband will not fully agree, he must also make a "sixteen" and "nineteen" in Cambodia.

Moreover, the reorganization of the Musali Department also needs the cooperation and pressure of Ruan Huang's department, otherwise even if Liu Xin has the ability to suppress it, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no possibility of restraint.

After all, in Huang Zhiting's view, even if the Kingdom of Cambodia is still retained, it will definitely not need so many troops, and when the armed forces of the Kingdom of Cambodia become the "Phnom Penh Garrison" like the rest of the countries in the future, the original strength of at least 70,000 or more troops will be cut by at least half, and it is likely that it will only last about 30,000. And this will definitely reduce the forces in the hands of Musali, and Nguyen Huang's troops will enter Phnom Penh in order to make a foolish plan.

The 21,000 in Liu Xin's hands plus Nguyen Huang's 20,000 are equivalent to 32,000 garrisons, 1,000 Uyi dining, and 8,000 Cambodian troops, which is enough to deter Musali and Phnom Penh garrisons.

In fact, things went a little smoother than Huang Zhiting expected, and when Ruan Huang arrived, Liu Xin had basically completed the reorganization of the Cambodian Imperial Forest Army - well, maybe it would be more appropriate to call it a purge.

Under the identification of Musali, the hardliners in the Cambodian Imperial Forest Army, as well as the royal family, relatives and other unstable factors, were all counted, and Liu Xin ordered to kill five officers who were secretly in tandem on the spot, including a royal family, two relatives and two generals, and then sent the rest of the people to Dingnan to wait for Huang Zhiting's personal handling.

Then, the Cambodian Imperial Forest Army immediately ushered in the reorganization.

The nature of the duties of the Cambodian Imperial Forest Army is more similar to that of the Ming Dynasty's Beijing Battalion, but its internal personnel situation is more similar to that of the Jinyi Guard, and the meritorious heroes and even the royal family will stuff the Imperial Forest Army into the Imperial Forest Army in order to gild and mix qualifications, or to control the army on behalf of the royal family.

The Cambodian royal family has a long history, and there are not many people with royal blood in the country, although the vast majority of them are very distant from the king himself, but the royal forest army is still full of many royal descendants, and even ordinary soldiers have royal blood.

Liu Xin will definitely not let them stay in the army now, so the royal bloodline has changed from a plus in the past to a current deduction, and it is still the kind of deduction that is vetoed by one vote.

Thanks to the fact that there are many soldiers of royal blood in the Royal Forest Army, the quality of the soldiers in the Royal Forest Army is better than that of the Kampong Ching Yang defenders, at least in terms of physique, the Royal Forest Army has obvious advantages.

After such a purge, there were only 3,000 people left in the original 8,000 Imperial Forest Army, and because Liu Xin did not have the right to transfer people from the garrison to control these 3,000 people, these 3,000 people were not rationed weapons, and they were still stationed in the barracks waiting for follow-up arrangements.

Originally, Musali thought that all those who were eliminated from the Royal Forest Army were "unstable factors", so he suggested that Liu Xin simply cut down the grass and eradicate the roots and kill all these people, but Liu Xin disagreed, and only said "There are other arrangements".

Musali was a little worried about this, he was afraid that Liu Xin was a woman after all, and she might be a little merciful in killing people, and he also knew that killing prisoners was an ominous thing in the eyes of the Han people.

However, his worries did not last long, because the next day, Liu Xin announced the decision to dispose of this group of people: in order to "atone for their sins", they were sent to Prianggo to participate in the construction of the port.

Pliango was the name of the Cambodians at this time, and this place was actually Saigon in later generations, that is, Ho Chi Minh City after the end of the Vietnamese Civil War. The specific location of Ho Chi Minh City in the northeast of the Mekong Delta, on the right bank of the Saigon River, a tributary of the Dong Nai River, is 80 kilometers away from the mouth of the sea, with an area of 2,090 square kilometers.

However, the current term "Priango" has a broader meaning and is a general term for a region that includes Ho Chi Minh City. In the previous planning, Gao Pragmatic listed this place as a place that needs to be built in the future - because the current ancient city of Puliango is not big, in fact, it is at most the level of a lower county in the Ming Dynasty, and it is even far inferior to Gao Pragmatic's hometown Xinzheng County.

However, the original historical Saigon was originally formed spontaneously, and Gao was not satisfied with Ho Chi Minh City's position in later generations - mainly because it was too far from the port, 160 li (80 km), and although the Saigon River flowed, it was still not a pure port city.

Jinghua's habit has always been to give priority to the development of port cities, which is determined by Jinghua's strategic situation, so on the issue of building a new city in Puliango, Gao pragmatic also adheres to this principle, and the location given for the construction of the city is actually the location of the sea south of Ho Chi Minh City in later generations, which is called "Gogong" in later generations, belongs to Tien Giang Province, and is located in the middle of the estuary of the Mekong River and the Saigon River.

Of course, since Gao Shishi had never been to the local area and did not know the specific topography of the local area, the scope he drew was still relatively large, giving the southern Xinjiang side a greater choice, so as not to waste resources in a place where it is inconvenient to build a big city.

At this time, Musali knew Liu Xin's intentions, whether she was soft-hearted or not, it is hard to say, but she must be very good at waste utilization. It's just that Musali doesn't know that this method of dealing with it is actually not new to Jinghua, Gao Pragmatic did it at the beginning, and Liu Xin is actually Xiao Gui Cao.

After Ruan Huang arrived in Phnom Penh, Musali had a premonition that his troops at hand were now a hot potato, but he did not dare to hand over power easily, for fear that Jinghua would come to unload the mill and kill the donkey.

This possibility exists in his opinion, because his prestige in the Cambodian military is very high, and now he has purged many political enemies of the Cambodian army and even the Kingdom of Cambodia by Liu Xin's hands, in other words: he himself has become more obvious and simply stands out from the crowd.

The principle of shooting a bird in the head is common everywhere, and now he is the only strongman left on the military and political sides of Cambodia, and if Jinghua thinks that someone will threaten his rule, then this person must be Musali.

Is it to grasp a strong army as the foundation of his life, or to honestly hand over power and gamble on the strength of Jinghua or Gao Gongbao?

This topic is very difficult for Musali, because he has never even seen Gao Pragmatic, and just rumors make him believe in his heart that Gao Pragmatic is a "elegant and elegant" person, which is really difficult for a strong man.

So Nguyen Huang appeared, and Ruan Huang was really "very bold" and went to Musari's camp in Phnom Penh alone, met with Musari, talked for most of the night, and then returned to the camp under the guidance of Musali and the generals of the Cambodian army.

The next day, Musali took a group of generals to the "Sokong Tuo Courtyard" next to the Great Palace to ask Liu Xin, and handed over half of the tiger charm symbolizing military power in front of Liu Xin (the other side was originally kept in the Great Palace and had been confiscated by Liu Xin), and the generals under his command also handed over the Great Seal Pass given by Gita I to show that they had handed over their military power.

Liu Xin comforted them with great satisfaction, and then ordered her subordinates to take out the orders prepared by Huang Zhiting earlier in front of them, take out three orders from a box, and pick one to announce.

The three orders were witnessed by Musali and the others, and they were shocked at the time - this clearly prepared three decisions in advance to deal with them, and the specific choice of which one was decided by Liu Xin according to the actual situation.

The decision that Liu Xin has chosen now seems to be the best for them: after Mu Sali handed over the right to resign his troops, he went to Dingnancheng to report for "other reuses", and the generals under his command were transferred to the Shenglong and Jingang garrisons, each with their own appointments - all of them were deputy positions, but the overall increase was half a level.

The order even made it clear that raising the rank by half a rank is a reward for them to take the initiative to hand over power, and the reason for "all serving as deputy posts" is that the combat methods of the garrison are different from those of the backward Cambodian army, and they need to learn and become familiar with the garrison system before they can "turn regular".

Such a clear statement reassured them, although it could not completely erase the worry of "rising and falling" in their minds, but at least it seemed quite reasonable - they had also seen the shelling outside Phnom Penh that day, and they asked themselves whether they would command an artillery battle, let alone an artillery battle, even if the bayonet array and musket battle line of the garrison should be changed and used, they were completely unclear.

Speaking of which, the most unsound person in my heart now is Musali himself, although his disposal is clearly said to be "reused", but first he needs to go to Dingnan in person, which always seems to be a bit of a "tiger away from the mountain".

However, Ruan Huang nodded at him calmly on the side, as if to comfort him, "It's okay, rest assured", it's hard to say whether Musali is "at ease", but the matter has come to this point, and it must be too late to regret it, so he simply expressed his willingness to "leave on the same day" and go to Dingnan City to visit his wife.

I don't know since when, most of the people who originally called Huang Zhiting "Huang Deputy Dutong" have now changed their names to "Mrs.", maybe because the generals of the Jinghua Department are all highly pragmatic family members? Anyway, Musari didn't think much of it, he just called along with it, he just felt that it seemed to be closer, in line with the appearance he should try to behave now.

Liu Xin didn't correct it, but he still advised him not to be in such a hurry, because the next step was to reorganize the army of his department, oh, the original one, and it would definitely be better to have him cooperate with him.

Musari is also single, anyway, he has come to this point, whether he is dead or alive in the future, high or low, it depends on how much "elegance" Gao Gongbao and his wife have, cooperate from the side, and behave honestly, maybe they can leave a good impression on people, and strive for a "lenient hair".

The reorganization of Phnom Penh because of the gathering of the Jinghua army and the full support of Musali, finally passed the dangerous period smoothly, and it took only more than ten days to basically complete it, and the rest was to take the generals of the garrison army to "mix sand" into it, which had to wait for Huang Zhiting's unified dispatch, and there was no letter for the time being.

Musali then bid farewell to Liu Xin and Ruan Huang and embarked on a trip to Dingnan City, where the future was uncertain.

However, before he arrived in Dingnan City, he first learned a piece of news, which made him feel that his "other appointment" would only have to wait for a while.

This news is good news, but it is for Jinghua: Huang Zhiting gave birth to a son on February 15.

On the rest of the way, Musali felt the rule of Jinghua all the way - the crowd along the way was like the New Year, celebrating the smooth birth of Mrs. Gao and the birth of the little son.

What makes Musali more difficult to understand is that in addition to those Han people celebrating, there are also many Siamese locals who are smiling and participating in the celebration.

Musali shouted in his heart: What is the matter with the Siamese people of the Gao family, and what are you happy about?

Later, he sent his entourage to inquire and found out that there was a reason why the Siamese people celebrated.

Just after Huang Zhiting gave birth smoothly and the four female doctors jointly announced the safety of the mother and child, the Siamese royal family, which had almost completely retreated into the background, suddenly jumped out and spread the word to the whole country, publicly announcing that in order to celebrate Gao Gongbao and Mrs. Gao's happy son, Siam will be exempted from taxation for one year.

This exemption is all taxes, miscellaneous taxes are exempted, which is equivalent to Siamese people do not have to pay any taxes for a year, as soon as the news came out, of course, the whole country celebrated, happy and popular, and the joy of the Siamese people came from this.

Musali first realized that something was wrong, and then he felt that something was wrong - wait, why did the Siamese royal family announce this news on their own initiative?

After all, Musali was once a high-ranking member of a country, and soon discovered the trick behind this: after the end of the Siamese Counterinsurgency War, the de facto ruler of Siam is not actually the royal family at all, but Jinghua. In other words, Huang Zhiting, who was entrusted by Gao Shishi to sit in Dingnan, was actually equivalent to a regent, and all Siamese decrees should have been issued from her hands, but she had just given birth, and it was impossible for her to give such an order in order to celebrate herself.

So in other words, this "royal order" was made by the Siamese royal family by skipping Jinghua itself, but Jinghua didn't know why it didn't stop it - Huang Zhiting just gave birth to a child and might not be able to stop it, but Gao Mengnan and others have the ability to stop it, why didn't they block it?

The purpose of the Siamese royal family's hand is too obvious, that is, it is competing with Jinghua for popularity, and not only for popularity, because now all the power in Siam is in the hands of Jinghua, if the Siamese royal family's exemption order is implemented, won't Jinghua also suffer a big loss financially?

Why didn't anyone stop it?

Musali really didn't figure it out.

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