On the afternoon of this day, Gao Pragmatic met Huang Zhiting again, but this time it was not Gao Pragmatic who went to the Annan Hall to see her, but she came to Gao Mansion to say goodbye.

At this morning's visit, the emperor only changed her Haidong town guard to Yuedong town guard, and also canonized her as the deputy capital of Annam, but did not mention when she would return to Annam. However, Huang Zhiting knew that the meaning of the deputy capital was mostly related to this dispatch.

The resignation or something is just a scene, and the most important thing for Huang Zhiting here is actually to determine the composition of the troops sent this time with Gao Pragmatic.

With the end of the Battle of Annam two years ago, from the relocation of the town in Guangxi, the division of the territory of Annam, and the implementation of the highly pragmatic "naturalized household registration system", Huang Zhiting now has more troops at hand than two years ago.

The power of the Huang clan in Annam, "Jinghua Sixteen Articles" clearly stipulated, its rules and conditions are not mentioned, the main clause is written as follows: "Article 11, in order to ensure the peace and tranquility of Annam, the Commander of Annam promised that the wolf soldiers of the Huang Tusi of Guangxi of the Ming Empire can be stationed at will in the four Xuanfu Divisions of Anbang, Jingbei, Shannan, and Waiqinghua. ”

In other words, the four Xuanfu Divisions of Anbang, Jingbei, Shannan, and Wai Qinghua are the territory of the Huang family. Among them, the main branch of the Huang family is divided into two Xuanfu Divisions, Shannan Xuanfu Division and Anbang Xuanfu Division.

Shannan Xuanfu Division was given to Huang Chengzu, Huang Yinglei and his son, and the Anbang Xuanfu Division was owned by Huang Zhiting himself, and the capital of the Anbang Xuanfu Division was Haidong, so her position was the envoy of Haidong Town.

The Huang branch has Jingbei and Wai Qinghua, but because there are more than two branches, in fact, the division between Jingbei and Wai Qinghua is very detailed, and the characters named Xuanfu are also pushed out by the Huang Gong.

At the same time, Jingbei is close to Haidong, and Wai Thanh Hoa is close to Shannan, but the territory between Haidong and Jingbei and Shannan and Wai Thanh Hoa is occupied by the highly pragmatic Jinghua, so the Huang clan actually formed two lines, the north and the south.

Huang Zhiting in the north has a huge influence on the Xuanfu Division in Jingbei, while Wai Qinghua in the south is mainly dispatched by Huang Chengzu and Huang Yinglei and his son. Of course, because the battle of Annam was mainly fought by Huang Zhiting, and she personally led the troops to fight this situation, coupled with her special relationship with Gao Pragmatic, in fact, no matter whether the south or the north is in the north, when Huang Zhiting has an order, she still has to do what she wants.

Winning the Annan Sixuanfu Division, how much improvement is there for the Guangxi Huang Tusi family?

In terms of the size of the control area, the improvement is not particularly obvious, if it was two, now it is nothing more than three, and it has expanded by half on the basis of the old land area.

But if you look at the population, it's unusually inflated.

"Si Bo Tian Yang, Liang Guang Cen Huang", it sounds really majestic, but in fact, when the Huang family was in Guangxi, don't look at the area of governance, but the main branch and branches combined, the local people under the rule are only about 600,000 at most - the main reason for the resounding name is that the wolf soldiers are too capable of fighting.

However, after they moved to Annam under the highly pragmatic arrangement, there were 1.3 million Annam people in the four Xuanfu lands of Haidong, Jingbei, Shannan, and Wai Qinghua alone, and the population under Huang's rule swelled more than twice! After the development of the Haidong Coal Mine and the construction of a port near Ha Long Bay, many Ming people from Guangdong and Guizhou provinces came to settle or live abroad, and Huang Zhiting's strength was further strengthened.

Now, according to Huang Zhiting's explanation to Gao Shishi, she has 8,000 wolf soldiers in Haidong Town, and if she is temporarily recruited, it can be as high as 20,000.

Of course, it is impossible to withdraw all the 8,000 wolf soldiers, according to Huang Zhiting's own opinion, it is not a big problem to transfer 5,000, because in addition to the 3,000 wolf soldiers, there are more than 3,000 people from Annan, such as government servants, patrols, and auxiliary soldiers.

Huang Zhiting thinks that leaving 3,000 wolf soldiers is enough to deter them, and they can stabilize the place, so that Haidong will not cause chaos - in fact, there will be no chaos, after all, Thang Long City is not far from Haidong, and there is a waterway connection, if the tens of thousands of Shenglong garrisons in Thang Long City want to come to Haidong, it is almost morning and evening.

In addition to Haidong Town, the wolf soldiers of Jingbei, Shannan, and Wai Qinghua were also surplus, and Huang Zhiting thought that 8,000 people could be sent out for the expedition.

Gao Pragmatic was not surprised by this number, but he didn't think there was a need to send 13,000 wolf soldiers to southern Myanmar, and finally thought about it, and decided that the rest of the three Xuanfu Divisions would only draw 1,000 people from each family, and together with the 5,000 wolf soldiers in Huang Zhiting's own town, they would gather 8,000 people.

Huang Zhiting frowned a little when he heard this, hesitated slightly, and said: "I haven't fought with the Burmese army yet, I don't know how powerful the Burmese army is, if I only lead 8,000 people to fight the old Bago land in southern Burma, I'm afraid the future is uncertain." ”

"How could I let you take only 8,000 men?" Gao Shishi didn't expect Huang Zhiting to misunderstand, and explained: "In addition to the wolf soldiers, you also have to bring 7,000 Jingang garrison troops, as well as 5,000 Annan soldiers drawn from Ruan Ti and Mo Yulin's troops, a total of 20,000 troops. ”

Huang Zhiting was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically: "The Jingang garrison is just that, after all, it is your people, and with your order, they dare not disobey our military order." But why do Ruan Ti and Mo Yulin's men and horses want me to take them? Will they listen to orders...... Well, I mean, will they disobey the yang and the yin, but mistake me? ”

Gao pragmatic said: "Originally, I planned to let you only bring the wolf soldiers and the Jingang garrison, but the emperor added you as the deputy commander, I thought about it again and again, and I think you should command them." ”

Huang Zhiting understood now, nodded, but said: "If anyone dares to disobey the order......

Gao Shishi didn't frown, and said calmly: "You are the boss, and those who disobey military orders will be decided by you in life and death." ”

Huang Zhiting nodded and didn't speak again.

"In addition......" Gao pragmatic added: "In addition to these, Gao Jing's fleet is also under your unified command, oh yes, Gao Jing will not only command the Annan Fleet this time, but I will also supplement and strengthen him from the Nanyang Fleet to ensure that even the Franc Aircraft has a greater certainty of victory." ”

Huang Zhiting took the initiative to say: "You said that the command on the ship is completely different from the command on land, so I won't participate in Gao Jing's side." ”

Gao Pragmatic shook his head and said: "If a battle at sea happens, it is indeed up to him to decide how to fight, but you may need him to cover or arrange a marching route in Bago." For example, if you attack City B from City A, it will take you ten days by land and three days by sea, in which case you can order him to cooperate with the troops. ”

Huang Zhiting smiled and said, "Okay, I know." ”

Gao Shishi nodded when he heard this, and added: "You can hint to him that the Nanyang Fleet does not have a chief officer yet. ”

"This piece of meat is not small." Huang Zhiting smiled and said, "Presumably Gao Jing will want to taste it." ”

Gao Shishi smiled without saying a word, and Huang Zhiting asked again: "However, I took 20,000 troops along the way, but you said before that the scale of the army this time is no more than 30,000, so isn't there only 10,000 people left on the way to Siam by land?" I thought that I was afraid that there were some shortcomings, even if Cen Ling was allowed to go, it would still be too thin. ”

Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "Cen Ling can't go, he has made a name for himself in Annan in the past two years, I want to keep him in Annan to deter Xiaoxiao." ”

As soon as she heard this, Huang Zhiting couldn't help but laugh, and said: "In the past, when I was in Guangxi, Cen Qigongzi was also a beautiful son, but I didn't want to be used by you as 'Cen Yan King' when I arrived in Annan, and I don't know what Cen Ling felt in his heart." ”

Gao pragmatic couldn't help but scratch his head, in fact, this was really an accident.

At the beginning, Wu Gongji, the son of Wu Wenmi, the old Xuanguang guard, was in turmoil, and Cen Ling felt that Huang Zhiting's jurisdiction was not in chaos, and his jurisdiction actually rebelled first, which was too embarrassing.

So he personally led 5,000 wolf soldiers to the crusade, and wiped out 8,000 people from the Wu Gongji Department of Zhida and Talent in a battle, and then killed all of them regardless of 3721, which scared the Mo court to sift the chaff Not to mention, the Annan people in the north of Vietnam also called him "King Cen Yan".

Gao Pragmatic also pushed the boat along the water, and simply let Cen Ling be fully responsible for Annan's counterinsurgency and banditry. So in the past two years, the "Annan warriors" who died in his hands are unknown, and the name of "King Cen Yan" can stop children crying at night in Annan.

In this case, it is obviously better to send him to the outside than to keep him safe.

Gao Shishi coughed dryly and said, "On the way to Siam, I will send Ruan Huang to lead the troops." I mean, let him also bring 5,000 headquarters, and at the same time Ruan Ti and Mo Yulin will each give 2,000, and then the Thang Long garrison will transfer 6,000 to him, making up 15,000 people, in this way, although it is 5,000 more than the original plan, it is still acceptable. ”

Huang Zhiting frowned and said: "The number of people has only increased by five thousand, but whether it is Ruan Huang, Ruan Ti, or Mo Yulin, their Annan soldiers are neither like wolf soldiers who dare to fight to the death, nor are they as powerful as the two major garrisons, I always feel that he is still a little empty along the way." ”

Gao pragmatic said: "He went to Siam all the way, in fact, there will be no big battles to fight before the main force of the Burmese army goes south." As you know, the Burmese have a very bad reputation in Siam and Laos, and as long as Na Li Xuan and Bia Kyaw pull the flag to rebel, they will definitely take one or two key places, and the next thing is to pass the word.

The only thing to worry about is that after the main force of the Burmese army moves south, once you withdraw from Bago, especially if you choose to withdraw to Annam by sea, the pressure on Siam will be great.

But I thought of one thing, the previous Burmese conquest of Siam was also fought back and forth many times, and each time the key battle was in Ayutthaya, as long as Ayutthaya was not lost, Burma could only withdraw in the end. Therefore, I plan to let the 6,000 people of the Thang Long garrison carry firearms to defend the city, and I can even consider letting the Nanyang Fleet have one more task, sending a batch of manpower and cement and other materials of Jinghua infrastructure to rebuild the city defense of the city, so that it can better cooperate with firearms to play the power of defending the city. ”

Huang Zhiting frowned and said, "Are the Siamese people reliable?" ”

Gao Pragmatic heard the song and knew the elegant meaning, and said with a smile: "Are you afraid that I will repair the city defense of the big city too well, what if I fall out with Na Lixuan in the future and I can't take it down?" ”

Huang Zhiting raised her willow eyebrows slightly: "Judging from the current intelligence, this Na Li Xuan is a hardcore hardliner in Siam, and as the vice king of Siam, he can't be satisfied...... Since he is unwilling to be a loyal minister of Burma, I think he may not be willing to be a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Gao Shishi smiled, shook his head and said, "Your worries are very reasonable, I also think that Na Lixuan is not such a controllable person." However, you don't know about architecture - if you make changes to the city defense of Ayutthaya, in fact, those reconstructions will only work when the Thang Long garrison is in Ayutthaya, as long as the Siamese do not reach the level of firearms of the Thang Long garrison for a day, those reconstructions are meaningless. ”

The knowledge and pragmatism in this are high, and I don't have time to talk about Huang Zhiting in detail for the time being, but I simply explained the ideas similar to crossfirepower and multiple strikes, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is nothing more than borrowing from the historical fortress tactics, but the reference is not so thorough.

But Huang Zhiting really has some opinions in military affairs, just look at Gao Shishi casually drew an extremely simple sketch and explain a few words, and then understood the key, and suddenly said: "I understand - unless there is an effective range as far as Wanli's style, these reconstructions are 'dragon slaying' for Siam, and their wooden bows can't shoot that far at all, and they can't use these fortifications." ”

Gao pragmatic nodded with a smile: "Not only Wanli Yishi, but also these muzzles...... You see, if there were no light guns in Jinghua that could adjust the firing angle relatively drastically, it would be a complete waste of materials to repair these things there. ”

"It's good if you're on guard." Huang Zhiting put her mind at ease and said: "I have been in contact with Biajue's sister and brother, these two people don't have much ambition, Biajue himself is just thinking about avenging his father, and even whether he can restore Laos is not particularly important; Her younger brother is still young, and secondly, he has been growing up under the wing of his sister in the past few years, and his personality is ...... It's a little soft, and it doesn't look like a person who can do big things.

But that Na Li Xuan is different, I always feel that he and Mang Yingli are actually the same kind of people, but the two sides are in different positions, Mang Yingli's father Mang Yinglong, no matter what, is always a generation of male lords in Myanmar, and Na Li Xuan's father is just a soft puppet...... I think sooner or later you'll fall out with Na Lixuan, so it's best to make some preparations first. ”

Gao pragmatically nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will take some measures, and I will also explain that I will carefully record the terrain, climate, and folk customs of the places I went to in Siam, and the same is true for you." ”

Huang Zhiting smiled and said, "There are relevant talents in the Jingang garrison you sent to me, right?" I don't have any of them under my hands. ”

Gao pragmatic laughed: "Yours is indispensable." Then he asked, "When are you leaving?" I'll arrange for you to go. ”

Huang Zhiting shook his head and said: "Tomorrow, the Ministry of Rites will be closed, and the business is important, so don't send me as the examiner, just let the fleet prepare the ship." ”

Gao pragmatic wanted to speak again, in fact, he knew that Huang Zhiting didn't want him to send him, I am afraid that it was not only because the Ministry of Rites would be closed tomorrow and the examiner had to enter, but also because of his reputation. However, he himself felt that before the battle with Myanmar was over, it was not appropriate to be too close to Huang Zhiting publicly, so he was a little entangled.

"Then stay with me for dinner today, and treat it as a practice for you."

Huang Zhiting smiled generously: "Okay." ”

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