Because he didn't know the current situation in Myanmar, although Wei Guangde had the idea of transferring Li Chengliang to Yunnan, there were still many problems.
For example, the Mu family has always been in charge of the chief military officer in Yunnan. If the imperial court rashly sends Li Chengliang there, will there be bad remarks between the imperial court and the Mu family?
But if Li Chengliang is demoted and transferred to Yunnan, the court will only attract criticism.
Although, just because Li Chengliang dared to scheme against the imperial court and transferred him to Yunnan as a guard, he had nothing to say.
However, this reason cannot be stated openly.
I can't afford to lose that person.
Moreover, after all, thousands of people died in Liaodong because of this, and the responsibility will also be placed on him and Zhang Juzheng.
At this time, there is only one way to go to the dark side and continue to implement the previous plan.
Besides, it is unclear whether Li Chengliang can prepare for war against Burma when he arrives in Yunnan.
"Zhifu, you have been in Guangxi before, but have you heard about the environment in Yunnan? I heard that there are high mountains and dense forests, and there is a lot of miasma, and people will die if they hear it. Is this true? ”
Wei Guangde asked.
Hearing that Wei Guangde suddenly asked about the southwest miasma, Yu Dayou was stunned for a moment, and then quickly realized it. Especially when Wei Guangde said "people will die if they hear it", he felt dumbfounded.
"Mr. Wei Ge, I'm afraid you have read too much of the Three Kingdoms."
At this point, Yu Dayou already smiled and said: 'There is miasma in many places in the southwest. It’s true that too much can make people sick or even die, but it’s not as dangerous as you say. ’
“Oh, tell me.”
Wei Guangde heard what he said and said immediately.
"Miasma is actually mostly found in inaccessible places. I heard from a local doctor that once people come into contact with it, they will get sick. In addition to the skin being poisoned and turning purple, red spots may also grow. If you are not careful, your life will be in danger. .
Although it is dangerous, it is not impossible to solve. For example, local people are familiar with those places. Miasma, so they will deliberately avoid these places.
If residents need to travel, they must eat well or drink a few bowls of wine to resist the miasma. These are effective ways to avoid being poisoned by miasma.
Miasma is generally divided into two types, one is tangible and the other is intangible
The presence of tangible miasma can be seen, like fog, but if it is difficult to distinguish in the morning, this is actually a bit dangerous.
As for the invisible miasma, although you can't see it, you can smell it. It is either extremely foul or fragrant. Once you smell such a smell, you should get out of the way immediately to avoid being poisoned.
Miasma mostly occurs in forests. As long as you don’t enter dense forests, the probability of being poisoned is actually very small. ”
Yu Dayou told Wei Guangde exactly what he knew about the miasma. Although he didn’t know the reason, he knew how to avoid it, so he didn’t pay much attention to it.
"That said, as long as the army mobilization in the southwest region proceeds along the roads opened by the predecessors, the safety is actually very high.
And the surrounding mountains and forests are blocked by miasma, so they can't march? "
When Wei Guangde heard what Yu Dayou said, he immediately made up his mind, but still asked.
"Yes, there is a road, and naturally there will be people walking there, so there will be no miasma.
Although it is possible to march on the edge of dense forests, there are still risks. Most troops will not choose to mobilize in the southwest, and the army will often be dispatched near noon, and will not get up early like in the mainland. Break camp and move forward, resting in the afternoon.
However, I heard that if you cross some rivers, it seems that you cannot walk during the day, and you have to cross the river morning and evening.
These are all heard, I have never encountered them.
Some opinions are similar to the situation of capturing Meng Huo in the Three Kingdoms. "
Yu Dayou said, and then he asked curiously: "Mr. Ge, could it be because of the incident in Myanmar? "
"How much do you know? "
Wei Guangde heard Yu Dayou mention Myanmar and immediately asked.
Yu Dayou shook his head and whispered: "I don't know much about that place. I just heard that there is a kingdom there that is extremely powerful. It has annexed countless neighboring countries, large and small, and is now very powerful.
I was in Siam in the south Luo started the war, and I heard that even Siam could not withstand their troops."
"But Dongwu?"
Wei Guangde asked, this word is still in the memorial to Yunnan from Jiajing. It was mentioned that Wei Guangde was a little impressed.
"It seems so. It is said that King Mang Ruiti of Dongwu is a talented general and rarely loses when leading troops in battles."
Yu Dayou said.
But he didn’t know that the general he talked about, Mang Ruiti, had been dead for more than ten years at this time. Now King Dongwu is Mang Yinglong, a man who can fight better than his father.
“How is Myanmar’s military strength? Do you have any judgment?”
Wei Guangde lowered his head and thought for a moment, then raised his head and asked.
“The rabble.”
To Wei Guangde's expectation, Yu Dayou said contemptuously.
Hearing this, Wei Guangde blinked, not believing what he said.
In later generations, Wei Guangde had some impression of the history of the war with Myanmar during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
It seems that the Ming Dynasty was able to defeat the invasion of the Burmese army several times, but because it did not formulate a strategy for Burma, the Ming army has always been in a defensive posture in the border areas.
Although the Burmese army's attacks were defeated several times, the defeated Burmese army was able to make a comeback soon, which also caused the war to last from the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty.
It is said that the Ming army, which took advantage of its geographical advantage and had a better defensive posture, suffered a lot when the Qing army planned to attack.
This army, which was praised as brave and good at fighting on the Internet in later generations, actually received such an evaluation from Yu Dayou, which was definitely beyond Wei Guangde's expectation.
"Why?"
Wei Guangde asked with some suspicion. He wanted to know the reason for Yu Dayou's evaluation so that he could more objectively judge the strength of the Burmese army.
After all, this involves the strategy towards Myanmar that he needs to consider next.
Although Myanmar's location is not very important, if the Ming Dynasty really lost Nanyang, Myanmar's direct exposure to the Indian Ocean would have certain geographical advantages.
Up to now, he still doesn’t know the strength of the Yi people in Nanyang and whether they have completely controlled the countries in Nanyang.
Actually, this is the current situation of the Ming Dynasty. Although it regards the Nanyang countries as fan states, the Ming Dynasty has no idea what the current situation of these fan countries is.
Because the contact between the two parties has been almost completely severed, except for the nominal official contact with the Shipping Department.
As for the relationship between the City and Shipping Department, it is mainly based on commerce under the cover of diplomacy, and there are still diplomatic ties with the vassal states.
Especially after the Ming Dynasty's national power turned from prosperity to decline, the Ming Dynasty's consistent inaction in the mutual attacks among the Nanyang countries, and even the abandonment of the Xuanwei Department in the old port, shook the loyalty of the Nanyang countries to the Ming, and the Ming Dynasty's influence on Nanyang was greatly reduced. .
If Wei Guangde wanted to restore the old port, he had to strengthen his influence on the Southeast Asian countries. Myanmar was the first target he chose.
Since you are not loyal to the Ming Dynasty, you must be prepared to be a chicken.
“The Myanmar military is said to be very powerful, and King Dongwu can easily summon an army of hundreds of thousands.
But what is the combat power of such an army?
They were just a bunch of farmers putting down their hoes and picking up their spears.
As far as the general knows, there are very few armored soldiers in the Burmese army. If they fight with our Ming Guard, they will definitely lose. "
Yu Dayou pointed out the weakness of the Myanmar army when he opened his mouth, that is, the army's poor equipment.
"I just heard that there is an elephant army over there. They drive elephants to fight, and people are on the backs of elephants. Using bows and crossbows to shoot down the enemy troops from a high position is quite difficult for the upper guard soldiers, but as long as they are equipped with a batch of Fran cannons, the elephant soldiers can do just that. "Yu Dayou once again laid out the method of dealing with the elephant army, which is the most difficult to fight in the Burmese army, which is naturally very convincing.
When Wei Guangde heard this, he was immediately overjoyed.
The armor-wearing rate among the Burmese army is low, so don’t think too much about the army’s combat power. Compared with the armor-wearing of the entire Ming army, it is not worth mentioning at all.
As for the elephant army he was worried about, he really forgot about the sharp weapon of the Fran machine gun. This thing is much more lethal than a blunderbuss. It should not be difficult to hit the elephants.
This is why Wei Guangde didn’t know that in real history, the Ming army mostly defeated the Burmese army with less. The main reason is that, as Yu Dayou said, the Burmese army is just a group of farmers, with no military training. .
The second is that the armor rate is very low. In the cold weapon era, the difference between wearing armor and not wearing armor is huge.
Don't be deceived by the scenes in movies and TV shows of casually cutting through armor with a knife. If it was really so useless, who would wear a helmet and fight with armor?
After all, it weighs dozens of kilograms. Isn’t it uncomfortable to wear it?
With Yu Dayou, Wei Guangde felt relieved. It seemed that he didn’t have to worry too much about attacking Myanmar.
“Do you know there is any connection between Burma and the Yi people?”
Wei Guangde suddenly asked.
"I've never heard of this."
Yu Dayou frowned and recalled for a moment before shaking his head.
At this time, the Toungoo Dynasty of Myanmar did do business with the Spanish, and even hired Spanish and Portuguese sailors and musketeers to help them fight in the war, although the number was not large, only a few hundred.
But in Southeast Asia, these hundreds of people are still extremely powerful against the local army.
At this time, the Ming Dynasty's land equipment was not much different from Spain and Portugal. Even if the opponent had cannons with a longer range, their role in land battles was not obvious.
At this point, Wei Guangde had made a preliminary plan in his mind, which was to ask Li Chengliang to go to Yunnan and mobilize the army to participate in the war against Burma in the name of the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army Commandery.
As for countries that are not conquered, Wei Guangde doesn’t care.
As long as Myanmar takes action against Ming Dynasty, it will fight.
The jadeite in Myanmar, well, due to the influence of later generations, Wei Guangde is still very interested in the jadeite and gemstones produced in the mines there.
At the very least, occupying Myanmar is definitely not a military operation without gains.
That night, Wei Guangde invited Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang at the garrison, and during the dinner they talked about the Liaodong War.
Naturally, Wei Guangde has great confidence in Qi Jiguang, but he also hopes that Yu Dayou can express some of his thoughts so that Qi Jiguang can refer to them.
But in fact, Yu Dayou was more listening to Qi Jiguang's new army's combat methods. After all, he was not familiar with the characteristics of the Jizhen army compiled and trained by Qi Jiguang, and could not make any meaningful suggestions at all.
As for the others, Qi Jiguang is also a man who has experienced battles for a long time, so he naturally knows it.
“Has the grain been delivered today?”
In the end, Wei Guangde had no choice but to ask about the current situation in Dagu.
"Mr. Genge, the two hundred thousand shi of grain has been unloaded, and the army will be able to board the ship and go to sea tomorrow."
Qi Jiguang said with clasped fists.
“No need to be polite at the banquet.”
Wei Guangde waved his hand and said calmly, “Can we make arrangements for ten thousand people to board the ship?”
With so many people boarding the ship, it is naturally impossible for them to board in a swarm.
How many people are assigned to each ship, whether it is a hundred households or a sentry team, how many people need to be planned in advance to avoid constant trouble.
"As for the arrangements for each ship, General and Yuan Jing have made arrangements at the end of yesterday. Just follow this arrangement."
Yu Dayou said.
As soon as they docked, Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang got together to discuss the equipment situation of Jizhen Army and make arrangements.
Which ships will unload all the grain and which ships will unload part of it are all calculated.
Accordingly, the number of soldiers to be loaded on the free ship has been planned, so Wei Guangde does not need to worry about it.
On the second day, Wei Guangde arrived at Dagokou at noon and watched the Jizhen Army's assembled troops board the warship, with only a small number of Ming troops still eating beside them.
“Those.”
Wei Guangde asked, pointing to the soldiers eating over there.
"They were the last to board the ship and were having a meal.
As soon as the whole army boarded the ship, they set off immediately."
Qi Jiguang on the side explained, "There are too many troops. We will not be able to board the ship in one unified force." Worried about chaos, we let them board the ship in batches."
"That's fine."
Wei Guangde nodded and didn't say much.
In less than half an hour, the soldiers began to form a team, and all the previous teams also boarded the ship.
As the warships from the shore sailed out and vacated the port, a group of Ming army warships not far away approached again and continued to load people.
As the last soldiers boarded the ship, Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang clasped their fists and said: "Mr. Ge, the last general has to take the first step."
"You go ahead."
Wei Guangde said to Yu Dayou, and then said to Qi Jiguang on the other side: "In the battle of Liaodong, we will get rid of Yuan Jing, and we must completely eradicate Wang Gao's influence.
If other Jurchen tribes are not convinced, they will be eliminated as well.
Be harsh and don’t be kind to women. "
What Wei Guangde said naturally makes sense.
Although he doesn't know the details, Wei Guangde vaguely remembers that it seems that Li Chengliang killed the elder Nurhachi and only took him in.
If the roots were eradicated at the beginning, there might be other Jurchens who would raise a flag of rebellion, but the result would be two different things
After all, to get to that position, something as mysterious and mysterious as luck is really indispensable.
You know, even Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was not the strongest among all the rebels at that time, but he was the one who reached the top in the end.
Because he didn’t know the specific details, Wei Guangde could only say this to Qi Jiguang.
"The general will obey his orders."
Wei Guangde said this just last night, and he said it again today. Although it was a bit strange, Qi Jiguang still kept it in his heart.
Wei Guangde naturally has a reason for saying this, so he just does as he is told, but it is inconvenient to ask more questions.
The dock is already empty, and all the ships docking have left the dock and started to form a team not far away.
Since it is a fleet, it is natural to move in formation. It is impossible for ships of all sizes to move randomly.
Yu Dayou divided the fleet into two teams this time, with the manned ships in one team, and another team of escort ships near the fleet. If an accident occurs to a ship, they will immediately go to rescue them.
Watching the two groups of ships on the distant sea getting further and further away, Wei Guangde withdrew his gaze and said to the entourage behind him: "Go back to the capital."
In Liaodong, everything that can be done has been done, and the rest depends on how Li Chengliang and Qi Jiguang fight.
Now his mind has turned from Liaodong to Yunnan, looking towards Myanmar. (End of this chapter)