[The anti-theft chapter has been updated, with more than 600 words. 】
The Ming Dynasty in the tenth year of Wanli was a year of war. The main war took place in the northern Xinjiang, from Tumote to Liaodong. The Ming Dynasty in the eleventh year of Wanli still seemed to have not got out of the war, but the war moved from the northeast to the southwest.
At the beginning of the first month of the first year, while the Yunnan officials and people were still immersed in the joyful atmosphere of the Spring Festival, the Burmese army suddenly sent out troops, burned and plundered Shidian, and attacked Shunning and Zhanda. They "killed and looted without mercy" wherever they went.
The Burmese army attacked cities and looted territory in Yunnan, killing people and setting fires. They even went deep into Shunning Prefecture and peered into Tengyue, Yongchang, Dali, Menghua, Jingdong and other places. Yunnan officials and people were shocked.
It is reported that the Burmese Army claimed to send 200,000 troops in this battle, targeting the entire territory of Yunnan. Suddenly, Yunnan was in turmoil, and even Guangxi and other places were shaken.
Mu Changzuo, the chief military officer guarding Yunnan, led his troops overnight from Kunming to Erhai to prevent the situation from deteriorating further. This move was not only to build the western defense line, but also to monitor the movements of the chieftains in northwest Yunnan.
Liu Shizeng, the governor of Yunnan, who also oversees military affairs in Jianchang, Bijie and other places and supervises food and wages in Sichuan, also moved to Chuxiong a few days after learning the news. He actively mobilized troops from all over Yunnan and ordered Zhao Rui to participate in politics and stationed in Mongolia.
He stationed Hu Xinde in Tengchong, Yang Jixi in Yongchang, and Lu Tongxiao in Zhaozhou. They sent out troops separately with Fu Chongjiang, deputy envoy of the Supervisory Army, and Hu Dabin, the general of Xin Supervisor, to control key points and build a defense line.
At the same time, Yunnan Governor Liu Shizeng and Governor Dong Yu went to the imperial court and requested that Liu Wei and Deng Zilong mobilize their troops for this battle and rush to the front line to fight back with all their strength.
Yunnan's actions and reactions were actually not slow, but at this time Yunnan was too far away, and transportation was very inconvenient. In addition, the war broke out and the situation was tense. There were information blocks or delays in various parts of Yunnan caused by escapes and other events.
, leading to such important news, the court waited for nearly two months before it became clear.
As for Gao Pragmatic, he was only three or four days behind the imperial court when he learned that the war in Yunnan was about to start - or rather he was beaten.
Of course, his news did not come from divination, but from the Annan sea route. However, due to the monsoon problem at this time, and because there was no direct trade route between Liaodong and Annan, they had to go through Tianjin Port for transit (Huang Zhiting came to discuss this matter, because this
There needs to be direct trade between the two places, otherwise it would be unnecessary.), so the news Gao Pragmatic received this time was slower than usual.
Long before Gao Pragmatic left Annan and Guangxi, he had already considered the issue of the Ming-Burma War. At that time, he even had the most radical idea, which was to persuade the imperial court to take the initiative to attack from Yunnan, and Annan also sent troops to cooperate.
Go straight to Burma and fight what later generations called a "preventive war."
But he finally gave up the plan with regret because the conditions at the time did not allow it.
He was very clear about the thinking of the imperial court. He would never be interested in fighting an active offensive war in the southwest border of Yunnan, let alone a large-scale offensive war.
Two reasons are obvious: First, it is a thankless effort. The impression of Myanmar in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty was just "small, poor, and strong." Of course, small and strong are relative, and it was still big among the chieftains, but in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty,
His so-called "strength" is only strong among the chieftains. Only poverty is certain - in the southwest border, we are all poor in Yunnan, how can Burma not be poor? If not poor, why is he always harassing Yunnan?
But the powerful chieftain was very poor, and the sky was high and the emperor was far away. This was not what the Ming Dynasty was willing to fight. The normal thinking was to appease them.
The second reason has something to do with Gao Jingshi's plan. Gao Jingshi originally planned for Annan to cooperate in sending troops, but he felt that Annan was capable of cooperating in sending troops, which did not mean that the court also recognized this view.
In the eyes of the imperial court, Annan is not a place where honest people gather. Now that Annan has been recovered with great difficulty, it is time to seize the time to calm down the internal affairs, strive to achieve long-term peace and order, and cause less chaos to the imperial court. If you send troops from Annan at this time, Annan
What should I do?
The Han troops and chieftains in Annan, no matter how strange their current affiliation situation is, are always reliable in the eyes of the court and are used to intimidate the Annan people. Therefore, they must not be randomly selected to prevent Annan people from having any unrealistic ideas.
There was a big mess again.
Annan's own army cannot be mobilized casually to go on an expedition to Burma - who knows what these people are thinking? Don't have a sudden mutiny at the critical moment, or even turn their guns around and cause the Battle of Talas in the Tang Dynasty.
When the Geluolu people's play came on, the fun became even greater.
Therefore, Gao pragmatically judged that the court would not agree, and he could not find a way to persuade the court at that time, so he had to give up.
However, he just gave up at that time, which does not mean that he no longer intends to deal with Myanmar, so various advance arrangements for Myanmar have not stopped. The last time he fought a medium-sized maritime encounter with the Portuguese off the coast of Cam Ranh Bay in later generations
, based on the fact that the Annan Squadron of the Beijing-China Nanyang Fleet has been exploring and is familiar with the relevant sea routes.
The task given to the Annan Squadron is to familiarize itself with the large sea area from the sea off Annan to the Gulf of Siam, and there are two main tasks that may be performed in the follow-up.
The first is to ensure that we can defeat the possible Portuguese mercenary navy belonging to Myanmar. This possibility is not too great, but because the Portuguese have already flown the Burmese flag once last time, it cannot be ignored. After all, the Portuguese may not be
The attack was purely based on the money given by the Burmese people. They themselves were colonists. This behavior was simply a normal reaction. If there were still Burmese people willing to give some money, that would be better.
The second possible mission of the squadron is to support Siam's resistance to Burma by sea, which may even include transferring troops directly from Annan and transporting them to Siam by sea to fight.
The "Black Prince" of Siam and the Dao brothers and sisters of Laos have discussed back and forth many times. Both sides are seizing the time to accumulate strength and wait for opportunities, waiting for the Ming Dynasty to take action, or for Myanmar to take action against the Ming Dynasty.
They may ask Gao Pragmatic to "fulfill their commitments" and support them in fighting against the "White Elephant King".
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Gao Pragmatic still attaches great importance to his reputation, so it is impossible to refuse to fulfill his commitments, and to fulfill his commitments, he must mainly use sea routes.
This question was only raised once in the previous article. Now I need to explain the terrain in a few more words:
From Annan to Siam, there are usually two land routes, the north and the south. However, the north route is deep in the mountains and forests, and it is also a tropical area. Mosquitoes and poisons are all deadly things. Even if the wolf soldiers of the Cen and Huang families are mobilized, they may not be able to get there.
Escape from the whole body. Because poisons are unique to each place. Just because they are fine in Guangxi does not mean that they can run rampant in Indochina. Besides, even if people are fine, they can go on expeditions and supply supplies through these deep mountains and old forests.
It is also a complete disaster, so the North Road is obviously not something that people like Gao Pragmatic, who are accustomed to "direct war", are willing to consider.
The south road is relatively better, because the south is the Mekong Delta. Although it is densely covered with water networks, it is a plain area after all, and it is relatively convenient to walk. However, the problem is that it is Cambodian territory (now the Ming Dynasty has called Chenla Cambodia
).
Although Cambodia paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty from time to time, and it seemed to be a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, the name was just a name after all. They would definitely not allow the Ming Dynasty's army to pass through, not to mention the quality of the "celestial soldiers" passing through the border.
There is a problem. Maybe there are more Annan people inside.
The Annan people have always regarded themselves as a small dynasty in the "land of the south of the sky", and they often go to war with surrounding countries. They say that the emperor conquers all directions, which makes their reputation very bad. The relationship between the Chenla people and Annan is not much better. Why?
Are you willing to let Annan’s army pass through your own country? Are there not many people in Zhenla who read the Celestial Dynasty’s book about the story of the fake Dao conquest of Guo?
So it’s not that the southern road is difficult to walk, it’s that it’s impassable – you can’t just go through the border and have to go through a lot of effort to conquer Cambodia first, right? After Cambodia is conquered, the day lilies will be too cold, and the Black Prince may not be able to do it
They all became black skeletons.
Therefore, the best route to attack Myanmar from Annan is the sea route. Relying on the internal support of the Black Prince, it is the fastest and safest to land directly in Siam.
After receiving the news of Burma's invasion of Yunnan, Gao Pragmatic went directly to the guest house in the backyard to find Huang Zhiting.
Huang Zhiting was convening a meeting with several subordinates at this time to discuss the direct trade issue between Annan and Liaodong. Annan belongs to the tropics, and the Liaodong product that is more needed is definitely not mink, and he is not even interested in Dongzhu. After all, Annan himself is not interested in it.
It is close to the sea, and the place name of Beibu Gulf is now called "Zhuchi".
What Annan needs, in addition to sea salt from Gaizhou, are mainly Liaodong specialties such as ginseng and velvet antlers. Needless to say, there is no need to say more about ginseng, but I have to mention velvet antler. Although there are deer in many areas of the Ming Dynasty, even in Annan,
However, the velvet antler with the highest medicinal value is that of sika deer, and the main distribution areas of sika deer are Liaodong and Jurchen tribes (mainly in Liaoning and Jilin in later generations). Therefore, the truly high-quality velvet antler is usually only the one from Liaodong that is "authentic"
.
Annan's goods used for trade with Liaodong are somewhat scarce. If it is just traded with grain, it is not cost-effective in transportation (the capacity of grain is much larger than that of precious medicinal materials such as ginseng and velvet antler). This problem has troubled Huang Zhiting a lot.
After a long time, we just came up with a solution during today's meeting.
Huang Zhiting's method is that Annan first trades with Guangxi, exchanges grain for various sugars, and then sells the sugar to Liaodong. Although there is still a difference in the volume of sugar, ginseng, and velvet antler at the same price, the overall price is still the same.
It is smaller than grain and the difference between them is at least dozens of times larger.
As soon as Gao Jingshi came, she excitedly told him about her method, but Gao Jingshi said: "The method is a good one, but in the first two years of trade, Annan still has to send a lot of food to Liaodong."
Huang Zhiting pursed her lips and smiled: "I know that Liaodong is short of food now. I will reduce the output of food according to the situation after your corn plan is successful, so you can rest assured.
Speaking of which, you might as well worry about Annan. Ever since Annan implemented your new measures, he has had a bumper harvest this year and the grain output has shocked even Mo Maoqia. I suspect that in the next two years or even longer in the future, the grain may
There will be plenty of them. If Liaodong doesn't need it in the future, how to deal with the surplus grain will become a problem - you know, Annan is hot and humid, and rice can't be stored for a long time like in Liaodong, and it is easy to get pests and spoil."
Gao Pragmatic nodded and said: "You can rest assured that for many years to come, Annan's grain will not have to worry about buyers. I have enough places to resell it."
"Are you talking about those disaster-stricken areas in the Ming Dynasty that were short of food?" Huang Zhiting raised her eyebrows: "You can't have a trade route change every year, right?"
Gao pragmatically said: "No matter how it changes, it is all an operational problem of Jinghua. Anyway, the unloading locations are always at several ports. As for the subsequent transshipment, Jinghua can just discuss it with the Ministry of Revenue and various local yamen.
Besides, there is another place where grain from Annan can go, and that is Jingang (Taiwan). I have decided to develop Jingang. Although the scale is not large yet, it may increase year by year... Come on, we can discuss these things later.
Chi, I came here today to discuss something important."
Hearing that there was something important, Huang Zhiting naturally understood and ordered her subordinates to go down first. After there was no third person present in the flower hall, she asked: "Okay, there is no one else here, what's important?"
Gao Pingshi said: "Myanmar sent 200,000 troops to invade Yunnan in a large scale - there is another war in the south."
Huang Zhiting was startled for a moment before she suddenly came to her senses. After thinking for a while, she said: "Two hundred thousand is definitely not a real number, but according to what I learned when I was in Annan, if the Burmese sent troops to the Ming Dynasty, it is still entirely possible to have about one hundred thousand troops...
It seems that Yunnan is not having a good time."
This is certain. Although Yunnan has a lot of registered soldiers and horses, more than 100,000, the number of soldiers and horses is larger than Liaodong or the towns in Jiubian. Although Gao Pragmatic is not the governor of Yunnan, it is estimated that
Yunnan's total military strength will not exceed 80,000. As for the ones that can really fight... no one knows.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The only thing Gao Pragmatic can be sure of is that Liu Wei has about a few thousand soldiers and horses with considerable combat effectiveness, while others, including Deng Zilong's troops, Gao Pragmatic is not sure about.
, because Deng Zilong had far less contact with him than Liu Wei.
"As for Yunnan..." Gao Pingshi paused and said: "I only have two generals, Liu Wei and Deng Zilong, whom I can trust, but their combined strength is only about 10,000. I really feel that something is wrong. Fortunately, Liu Zhongcheng
He was also a wise man, so he went to the imperial court and requested that the two of them be the main force to deal with it.
But now although Deng Zilong is already a staff general, Liu Wei is still just a guerrilla (but his guerrilla territory is quite large). I would like to propose to Shangshu that Liu Wei be promoted to a staff general so that he can use the soldiers in his hands.
There are more horses, so with the weapons I have strengthened in recent years, Yunnan should at least be able to defend it."
Huang Zhiting blinked and said: "These things shouldn't be the reason why you came to me, right? Let me think about it...are you going to drive me away?"
Gao Jingshi said in a dumbfounded voice: "Zhiting, you are here to make me angry. It's not like you don't know the situation in Annan. After I am no longer in Annan, although all affairs can still be normal and orderly under my arrangements,
But that’s when something big doesn’t happen. Once something big happens that requires the coordination of all aspects, there will be a trouble: no one can take charge.”
Gao Pragmatic stretched out his hand to hold Huang Zhiting's Rouyi, and said sincerely: "I feel that in the current situation, the only person who can represent me as the boss is you."
Huang Zhiting did not withdraw her hand, but lowered her head and whispered: "Isn't the Third Master in Annan?"
Third Master, I’m talking about Gao Wuqin—well, it has nothing to do with age.
Gao pragmatic shook his head: "Besides being my younger brother, what else can he do? Maybe one day I can train him, but it's definitely not possible now. It requires experience but not experience, and prestige but not prestige. Even if
Under my order, the people within Beijing dare not disrespect him, but what about the Annan Governor? Will the Annan people obey him? To put it bluntly, if I were Cen Ling, I would not obey him."
Huang Zhiting chuckled: "You're so good, why are you mentioning Cen Ling? Speaking of which, I feel that not only will this seventh master Cen not be convinced by the third master, but even if I take charge of the boss for you, he may not be convinced... You are
I don’t know, apart from you, the person in Annan is probably most afraid of Cen Qi."
This is reasonable, and Gao Pragmatic can completely understand it, because after he left office, the person who was ordered to wipe out the resistance forces within Annan was Cen Ling. Now this guy has killed tens of thousands of people in Annan. He is completely the King of Hell in Annan.
His reputation has reached the level of being able to "stop children crying at night".
Under such circumstances, it goes without saying that if Gao Pragmatic returns to Annan, otherwise no one else may be able to convince Cen Ling.
However, Gao Pragmatic believes that Huang Zhiting should be a special case.
Because Cen Ling is a smart person first, he must be able to see that Huang Zhiting's identity is different from others.
Secondly, he is still... well, how should I put it, judging from his elder brother's incident, he is still a very conscientious person.
Conscience may not always be reliable, but it will definitely have an effect under the influence of other aspects.
Of course, "other aspects" exist. For example, once Gao Pragmatic gives the order to have the Thang Long Garrison and Golden Port Garrison, and even the Annan Squadron of the Nanyang Fleet, all obey Huang Zhiting's dispatch, Cen Ling will definitely not have any second thoughts.
, there is absolutely no doubt about this.
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