"It may be a bit difficult to rely on Yunnan alone." Gao Pragmatic added thoughtfully: "In fact, in terms of military strength, Yunnan's current military strength is probably enough, but if the imperial court wants to use troops against Myanmar, it will not only be a matter of military strength;
There are factors such as food, wages, and supplies that need to be considered, and Yunnan alone may not be enough in these aspects."
Guo Pu was a little suspicious and frowned: "But according to my understanding, although Yunnan has an army of more than 200,000 registered, it can actually fight no more than 100,000. Are you sure that such a force is enough?"
"Not more than one hundred thousand? Haha, teacher, you are too polite." Gao pragmatically said: "The student and Liu Wei have some old friends, as you know, so we have some private communication. According to him, Yunnan
There are only 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses that can be relied upon, how can there be 100,000?"
Guo Pu was surprised and said: "Then you still act like you have to fight? With 50,000 to 60,000 fighting soldiers, you still have to frighten at least 200,000 chieftains. Isn't it obvious that we can only calm them down?"
Gao Pingshi sighed inwardly. It seemed that Mr. Guo had no problem managing politics, but he was still a little behind San Bo on border issues.
He coughed lightly and said: "Teacher, according to the students' opinion, the number of capable troops in Guangxi's official army is no more than that of Yunnan... In fact, the students have made it clear that they are definitely not as good as Yunnan."
Guo Pu immediately frowned and thought for a moment before asking: "You want to say... use toast?"
Gao pragmatically said: "It is certain to use chieftains. Yunnan has more chieftains than Guangxi. If we don't use chieftains and only use officers and soldiers, then why does the imperial court need so many chieftains?"
In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, 11 Xuanwei divisions, 1 Xuanfu division, 1 pacification division, 6 chief official divisions, and 1 Tufu were established in most of Myanmar, Thailand, and northern Laos beyond the Yunnan border. Later, some Tusi
, and slowly lost control because it was beyond its reach.
By the Jingtai period, a relatively stable "outside" administrative district system had been formed, including Cheche, Mubang, Mengyang, Burma, Babaidaidian, the Sixth Lao Military and Civilian Propaganda Department, Meng Dinh, and Meng Gen Prefectures.
To put it simply, the composition of the "outer" administrative regions in the Yunnan frontier of the Ming Dynasty is what is commonly known as the "Three Propaganda and Six Comforts", as well as two Yuyi Prefectures, four Yuyi Prefectures and
Two imperial barbarians engaged in a lawsuit.
But in fact, these are all units under the system of "Three Propaganda and Six Comforts", that is, "outside" or "waiyi" units. They are the chieftains of the Ming Dynasty, but they are classified into the type of "waiyi chieftain"
, in addition to them, there are also a large number of internal chieftains - just like the Cen and Huang families.
If we look at "mobilizing troops" alone, the Ming Dynasty can basically say that the troops and horses belonging to the chieftains can definitely be mobilized, but they will be controlled by the chieftains themselves, just like Cen Ling and Huang Zhiting;
Whether the troops and horses of the foreign chieftain can be mobilized depends on the situation. If the court presses urgently or strictly, some of them can usually be mobilized. Regardless of whether the chieftain takes the initiative or is forced to have no choice, he will usually take it anyway.
Come up with an attitude.
There is one situation where it would be more convenient to mobilize their soldiers and horses, that is, the imperial court sends out a large army and asks them to assist - at this time, they will usually "assist" obediently, because no one can guarantee that after the imperial army gathers, it will not
There will be a shot at the leader, and the disobedient chieftains will be sacrificed to the flag first, so when the imperial army gathers, it will be easier to mobilize the foreign chieftains.
Of course, the foreign chieftains may not only be afraid, they may also want to judge the winning rate of the war based on the size of the court's actions. If you fight a war, you have to follow the winning side to make money, right?
Guo Pu thought for a while and said: "The performance of the Guangxi chieftains this time is good, but the Guangxi wolf soldiers have always been good at fighting. In comparison, the Yunnan native soldiers seem to be quite inferior. I am worried that even if Yunnan recruits the chieftain troops, I am afraid that
They are not as useful as the wolf soldiers of Guangxi Chieftain."
Gao pragmatic did not answer immediately, but also evaluated it in his mind. Based on analysis alone, Guo Pu's words made sense. After all, the Yunnan Army seemed to have only risen to prominence in the hands of Cai E, and was no longer in the Long Yun period.
That's great. At other times, it seems that the Yunnan Army didn't have many opportunities to shine. Just from the "historical performance" comparison, it is definitely not as good as the Guangxi Army.
But there is a very strange thing here. Logically speaking, the terrain of Yunnan is not much different from that of Guangxi. Since the mountains of Guangxi can produce elite and capable wolf soldiers, why can't they be found in Yunnan? This is unscientific.
For example, we are both in the Central Plains, but we haven’t heard of much difference between Henan soldiers and Shandong soldiers; we are also in the grassland area, and we haven’t heard of much difference in combat effectiveness between the Mongolian cavalry on the left and the Mongolian cavalry on the right. Everyone lives and studies in a different environment.
Pretty much the same. Why do you get perfect scores and I get zero?
So after Guo Pu said this, Gao Pragmatic became a little suspicious. Did he not know enough about the Yunnan soldiers? Was he too limited by historical prejudices?
However, Liu Wei has been in Yunnan for more than a year, and it seems that he has not specifically mentioned the quality of the Yunnan soldiers - of course, he has a prerequisite. The foundation of the Liu family is the Sichuan soldiers, and most of them are soldiers and horses from the mountains of Sichuan.
, so he is also an expert in mountain warfare. It may be because of this reason that Liu Wei did not feel that there was much difference between the Yunnan soldiers and his own troops.
But thinking of Liu Xian's Sichuan Army, Gao Pragmatic gained more confidence to persuade Guo Pu, saying: "After Liu Xian became official, all his troops except the guardsmen were handed over to his son Liu Xian.
The four thousand people are all elites in hundreds of battles, especially the Japanese warrior Ding, who has always been selected by Liu Jun as the vanguard. The students have seen this before, and it is extraordinary."
"Oh? Four thousand are all elites in a hundred battles?" This surprised Guo Pu. The term "elite in a hundred battles" in the current Ming Dynasty actually means two words: servant.
Gao pragmatic means: Liu Wei has four thousand servants under his command, especially among them there is a "Japanese surrender", which is the elite among the servants.
Seeing Gao pragmatically nodding, Guo Pu asked again: "What about Liu Wei's talents? Can he take on important responsibilities?"
Liu Wei is a person with a straight personality, but he is not stupid. If there are any problems, they are two things: he likes to kill and indulges his subordinates.
To be honest, in this era, there is no way to be strict about indulging your subordinates. Not everyone can be like Qi Jiguang - because not every officer has the ability to make money like Qi Jiguang. If you don't have money, you still have strict requirements, as a soldier
I can also compare, and once I compare, I can figure out something.
Of course, if there is a comparison, Gao Pragmatic has the strongest ability to make money, so his team of servants can even do it without taking credit, but this comparison itself is unfair. Who in the world can make money better than Gao Pragmatic? He gave
The salary offered to the servants is almost three times that of the servants of the military generals. If this is not a prohibition, are you really being pragmatic and not being fired?
In fact, the treatment of Gao Jingshi's servants is about twice that of Qi Jiajun, three times that of Liu Jiajun, and four or five times that of Ma Gui and other servants of Shanxi and even Shaanxi military generals.
Therefore, discipline does not exist out of thin air, nor can it be achieved through patriotic education in this era - nationalism has not yet risen, and patriotism has not even a shadow. Isn't this a joke?
But the fact that he is easy to kill is really troublesome. Gao pragmatically knew that when Liu Wei met him last time, he did not put his good intentions on his face like he did when he met him for the first time. He even told himself about the feeling of killing.
He said it very excitedly.
But that doesn't mean that he is not easy to kill. Liu Xin mentioned on the way south with her that her eldest brother relies too much on force. Not only does he like to lead the charge during wars, but he also has a special hobby for killing enemies with his hands.
.
To put it simply, this guy is a bit "bloodthirsty". When there is no blood, he is still a normal person. When he sees blood, his whole body starts to boil. The more he kills, the more enthusiastic he becomes, and he can even indulge in the pleasure of killing.
.
I have been a pervert since I was a child, and now I am even more perverted.
Therefore, when Guo Pu asked him if Liu Wei could take on the important task, he was a little hesitant - in terms of fighting, Liu Wei could definitely take on the important task, but he was afraid that he could not control his temper and cause trouble in other aspects besides fighting.
But he couldn't hide anything from Guo Pu, so Gao Pragmatic had no choice but to tell everything he knew about Liu Wei, especially emphasizing the battle with Liu Wei when he and Liu Wei met - no one could kill him!
After hearing this, Guo Pu laughed and said: "I didn't expect that Liu Xian really had a successor. He was a capable fighter back then. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to fight all the way from a small soldier to become the commander-in-chief of the Fifth Army Commander-in-Chief. Now,
Listening to what you said, his son may be able to fight better than him, good, good, this is a good thing... The military minister does not need anything else, as long as he can fight."
"So, you are optimistic that Liu Wei can defeat Myanmar?" Guo Pu asked.
Gao Pingshi said helplessly: "Just talking about fighting, the students are willing to recommend Liu Wei."
"Okay, very good." Guo Pu asked again: "Although his status is not enough now, it doesn't matter. The cabinet says he is enough, and he is enough. But he can't be the only one. Do you still have it?"
Can you recommend someone who is familiar with fighting in the South?"
Gao pragmatic thought for a while and felt that it would be better to follow history, so he said: "Then the student will recommend another person named Deng Zilong, who is currently the Huguang General." [Wufeng's note: Baidu Encyclopedia writes "Wuxun Shen"
"General", but "Records of Shenzong" clearly records that it was Huguang's general. In addition, it seems that Wu Xun's general is geographically unexplainable: if "武" refers to Wuchang, then what is the meaning of "Xun"? At this time, Huguang
In the surrounding areas near Wuchang, there should be no place names with the word "Xun" that can be compared with "武", so this book directly adopts the records in "Shen Zong Shi Lu" - Speaking of which, I still believe that the Hanlin Academy in the Ming Dynasty did not
It will be written incorrectly.]
"Do you know this person?" Guo Pu asked.
Well, I definitely don’t know this, but...
Gao Pragmatic's face remained calm and his heart did not beat, and said: "Although I don't know him, I know him. This man is from Fengcheng, Jiangxi Province. He passed the martial arts examination in the thirty-seventh year of Jiajing. Later, bandits in Jiangxi were rampant and robbed Zhangshu Town. Deng Zilong responded to the imperial court.
He recruited and defeated the traitors. After that, he accumulated military exploits and was promoted to the commander-in-chief of Guangdong.
After inheriting the throne, Deng Zilong followed Zhang Yuanxun (a famous general who fought against the Japanese under Tan Lun and Qi Jiguang) and defeated the mountain bandits Lai Yuanjue, Chen Jinying, Luo Shaoqing, etc. Among them, the leader of the bandits Huang Gaohui escaped and was captured alive by Deng Zilong from the mountains.
Therefore, Deng Zilong was promoted to the garrison of Tonggushi, and then was promoted to act as the commander of the Qianshi and in charge of the Zhejiang Dusi.
Later, the Jin Taoists in Mayang ganged up to cause rebellion. Deng Zilong was ordered to conquer them and lived up to the expectations of the people. He defeated them and disbanded the Jin Taoists gang. Then Hu Ruolu, a soldier of the Wukai Guards, and others led a rebellion, but Deng Zilong also used a plan to attack the east and attack the west and eliminate them.
In the summer of the fourth year of Wanli, Deng Zilong, under the command of Pan Jixun, the governor of Jiangxi Province, patrolled Jin Dynasty on the order of Zhou Enjing. Together with the army from eight regions, he took troops into five routes and used a step-by-step war strategy to compress Li Daluan's rebel army to the Huanggang Mountain area. When the rebel army needed
When supplying supplies, Deng Zilong secretly ordered dozens of cavalry, pretending to be merchants, to sneak into the rebel army's old camp, perform an intermediate operation, force the rebel army to move, and then annihilate them.
In November of the fifth year of Wanli, under the command of Deng Zilong, Li Daluan's rebellion, which lasted for more than three years, was put down. Li Daluan and Yang Qingshan were killed in the battle. Deng Zilong was promoted to the General of Huguang and has been promoted to this day. Generally speaking, this person is also a man of both wisdom and courage.
, a general who is good at mountain warfare."
Guo Pu was not as familiar with military affairs as Gao Gong, and his understanding of military figures was far inferior to that of Gao Gong, who had built files for officials all over the world. However, he now believed that Gao Pragmatic was already someone familiar with military affairs, so he had no doubts about Gao Pragmatic's statement.
, he laughed when he heard this: "It seems that you are really concerned about Myanmar, and you have even selected the generals... Speaking of which, last year Liu Wei went to Yunnan to do that - what is his current position?
"
"Tengchong Guerrilla."
"That's right, Tengchong Guerrilla - you recommended it too, right?" Guo Pu asked.
"Yes, it was also recommended by students." Gao Pragmatic nodded and admitted.
Guo Pu was a little surprised: "You must have had this plan?"
"Well... think about it, because in the seventh year of Wanli, the Burmese chieftain once attacked Mengyang, killed Mengyang chieftain Sigu, and annexed Mengyang's land, so last year, the students recommended Liu Wei
It passed. However, there must be another reason. It is because Liu Wei himself said that he did not like sitting in the small school camp in Nanjing and found it boring. The students felt that since the Burmese leader was restless, Liu Wei
In the past, it might have allowed him to resist the reckless chiefs, and at the same time, he would have been able to train himself, which might be of great use in the future, but I never thought it would come true."
This is half true and half false, but it is reasonable. As a young man, it is normal to take care of your friends' emotions. Guo Pu did not have any doubts after hearing this. He nodded and said: "It's a mistake - originally Tengchong guerrilla position, this year
He was going to be laid off, but later Wu Junze (Wu Dui, Gao Pragmatic's senior brother, Minister of the Ministry of War) checked and found out that this person was recommended by you. I don't know what your intentions were, so he finally kept me."
When he said this, he looked at Gao Pragmatic with a half-smile: "You have a lot of face, the great Sima, you have to look at your eyes to act?"
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This chapter is 4K+ and has a coherent plot, so I’m too lazy to divide it into chapters.
