Many people think that the Ming army always lost the war against the Mongols and the Japanese before the Battle of Sarhu, so they think that the military strength of the Ming army is very weak, but in fact, it is not, the Ming Dynasty still has a strong military force, whether it is the Mongols or the Japanese Kou, they do not have the ability to shake the rule of the Ming Dynasty. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Otherwise, the Ming Dynasty would have been over for decades, and it would not have continued to persist until now.

The reason why it is often defeated is more due to personal factors, rather than military reasons, the military strength that the Ming army relied on in the later period was basically the personal army of the generals, not the guards, the more the guards went to the back, the more like the militia and miscellaneous servants, and the invasion of other countries must be elite, the Ming Dynasty used the militia miscellaneous servants to fight against the elite of others, obviously it can't be beaten, but if it is replaced by the Ming army, the faction must also be elite, just like Xiao Ruxun's strong army that is unique in Asia, can it represent all the armies of the Ming Dynasty?

There is still a gap between the elite and the local garrison, and we can't say that we are weak and strong because people have killed our miscellaneous servants with the elite, and we also have the elite, and beating others is also a beating, and simply looking at the elite and looking at the militia cannot fully reflect a country's military strength, and in longitudinal comparison, the Ming army is definitely the strongest.

Therefore, Xiao Ruxun's hand completely shocked everyone, whether it was Europeans or Siamese, they were shocked, they thought that the Ming army was such a powerful army, plus the previous Ming army's big victory in Japan, they subconsciously thought that the Ming army was so strong, strong that they could not be looked at directly, and they themselves were dwarfed.

Although the Spaniards and Portuguese realized that the quality of the firearms and artillery of the Ming army was inferior to theirs, and saw that the Ming army was still using the equipment they used more than ten years ago, but the number of the Ming army was very large, and there were no less than six or seven hundred artillery pieces alone, which was almost devastating firepower in this era, and a volley of fire was enough to cover them all and kill them all.

Therefore, they naturally have fear, especially after seeing the Ming army's large-scale military training, and seeing those Ming troops who are shirtless and murderously holding muskets, they have a sense of cowardice that they dare not look directly.

King Narui Xuan didn't have such an idea, so he hoped that Xiao Ruxun could take the initiative to help him train his troops, but Xiao Ruxun didn't realize it and didn't understand his vague request, which made King Narui Xuan a little depressed, but he was embarrassed to mention it again, so he could only say that he invited Xiao Ruxun to visit his capital and then discuss the military aircraft.

The capital of Siam was called Ayutthaya by the Chinese at this time, and the dynasty of Siam was also called Ayutthaya Dynasty at this time, Ayutthaya has been in ruins so far, about more than 80 kilometers north of Bangkok, prosperous for a while, the ancient capital of hundreds of years, and later destroyed in the war, but now it is still the most prosperous and wealthy city in the whole Siam, because there are a large number of foreigners settled, so it is more prosperous.

Lin Yuanshan and other Chinese ministers and Chinese elites basically lived in the city, and King Narui Xuan gave them a separate place of tranquility, which was specially for the Chinese courtiers to live in, and the remaining Chinese merchants, peasants, and even military families could live anywhere in the city at will, relatively speaking, the Europeans and Japanese could only live in the area specified by him, and could not live at will.

On the way to Ayutthaya with Xiao Ruxun's personal guards, Siamese farmers can be seen everywhere farming, Siamese merchants and merchants can be seen, and even in some places that seem to have not long subsided in the war, you can also see people repairing buildings destroyed by the war, etc., it seems that Siam is in a strong recovery period, has not fully recovered its national strength, but has a certain strength, can maintain its own security.

The city looks very much like the city of the Ming Dynasty, and the periphery is also a tall city wall, and the soldiers guarding the city wall can be seen everywhere and the cannon muzzle in the cannon hole, the soldiers are holding swords, guns, and swords, and some are carrying a musket, it can be seen that the firearms of the Siamese army are not under the Ming army, their armor is very simple, basically just leather armor, but the armor of the leading general is obviously Westernized, probably inseparable from those Portuguese and Spanish mercenaries.

Entering the interior of the city, you can really see the different places from the Ming Dynasty, that is, the Buddhist temples everywhere, there are some special buildings, the common people see their king coming, they have avoided kneeling and saluting, it can be seen that the popularity of King Narui Xuan among these civilians is very high, these people are also sincerely supporting this legendary king, with the help of the Chinese bureaucrats, King Narui Xuan quickly restored the strength of Siam, and provided enough shelter for these ordinary people.

Entering the palace, King Narui Xuan held a grand banquet to entertain Xiao Ruxun and the generals of the Ming army, offering wine, food and beauties, full of exotic beauties danced, dancing exotic dances, thousands of postures, seeing that the generals of the Ming army were quite a little fascinated, and they almost forgot that they came to fight, not to watch the beauties dance.

King Narui Xuan has been observing the generals of the Ming army, and found that only Xiao Ruxun kept his expression as usual, looking at those bewitching dancing girls with faint eyes, it seems that there is no lust, rarely drinks, or basically does not drink, only eats fruits and meals, and the amount of food is quite large, and from time to time with a stern gaze, those Ming generals who are quite out of shape look at the whole body and lower their heads and dare not make a mistake, which shows that this person is strict with himself and others.

Ming generals did not dare to make a move under the oppression of Xiao Ruxun, even after the song and dance, these dancing girls stepped forward to pour wine, and the Ming generals did not dare to stretch out their salty pig hands to feast their hands, some buried their heads in eating meat, some buried their heads in gnawing on those fruits that had never been eaten, and some only dared to peek and did not dare to move, and the Japanese and those prodigal Europeans have obvious differences.

Sure enough, the Celestial Empire is really the Celestial Empire, giving birth to such a strict self-disciplined general, with such a commander, the military discipline of the army can be imagined, and King Narui Xuan is no longer worried that the Ming army will gallop wantonly on his land and ravage his people, and the previous worries will be swept away - if it really comes to that time, he will be embarrassed.

Because of the urgency of the war, so the banquet ended quickly, everyone was simple, King Narui Xuan only summoned a few important ministers and Xiao Ruxun and others to discuss the military plane together, invited others to rest at will, and the palace also prepared a house, Xiao Ruxun left a few personal generals and entourage, and ordered the rest of the generals to leave the palace and the city, and return to the military camp to control the army.

Under such a requirement of military discipline, the generals did not dare to take chances, and all returned to the barracks, leaving not even the big city.