Chapter 925 1014 Peeping Into the Southwest

Because he did not 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 transfer him to Yunnan as a guard, he had nothing to say.

However, this reason cannot be made clear.

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.

Moreover, when Li Chengliang arrived in Yunnan, it was unclear whether he could prepare for war against Burma.

"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 that true?"

Wei Guangde asked.

Hearing Wei Guangde suddenly ask about the southwest miasma, Yu Dayou was startled for a moment, but quickly realized what he said, especially Wei Guangde's words "people will die if they hear it", which made him laugh and cry.

"Mr. Wei Ge, I'm afraid you've read too many books on the Three Kingdoms."

At this point, Yu Dayou already smiled and said: "There are miasmas in many places in the southwest. It is true that people can get sick or even die if they smell it too much, but it is not as serious as you said." ’

"Oh, tell me then."

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 are exposed to it, they will get sick. In addition to being poisoned and turning purple, the skin may also grow red spots. 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 the places where miasma occurs, so they will deliberately avoid these places.

If residents need to start their journey at dawn, they must eat well or drink several bowls of wine to resist the miasma. These are all effective ways to avoid being poisoned by the 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-smelling 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 everything 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 Yu Dayou's words, he immediately made up his mind, but still asked.

“Yes, if there is a road, people will naturally walk on it, 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. It will not be like in the mainland, where you get up early to break camp and march forward in the afternoon. rest.

However, I heard that if you cross some rivers, it seems that you can’t walk during the day, and you have to cross the rivers in the morning and evening.

These are all heard, I have never encountered them.

Some of the statements are similar to the situation of capturing Meng Huo in the Three Kingdoms. "

Yu Dayou said, and then he asked doubtfully: "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.

They were at war with Siam in the south, and I heard that even Siam could not withstand their troops. "

"But Dongwu?"

Wei Guangde asked, this word was mentioned in the Jiajing Dynasty's memorial to Yunnan, and Wei Guangde was a little impressed.

"It seems so. It is said that Dongwu King Mang Ruiti is a talented general and rarely loses when he leads his troops in battles."

Yu Dayou said.

But he didn't know that the general he spoke of, Mang Ruiti, had been dead for more than ten years at this time, and now King Dongwu was Mang Yinglong, a man who could fight better than his father.

"What 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.

"mob."

To Wei Guangde's expectation, Yu Dayou said contemptuously.

Hearing this, Wei Guangde blinked, somewhat disbelieving 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 next step he needs to consider regarding his strategy towards Myanmar.

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.

Until now, he still didn't know the strength of the Yi people in Nanyang and whether they had completely controlled the countries in Nanyang.

In fact, this is the current situation of the Ming Dynasty. Although the countries in Nanyang are regarded as fan states, the Ming Dynasty has no idea what the situation of these fan countries is now.

Because the contact between the two parties, except for the nominal official contact with the Shipping Department, has been almost completely severed.

The relationship between the Municipal Shipping Department and the Shipping Department 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 during 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, and 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 strong, and King Dongwu can easily summon an army of hundreds of thousands.

But what is the combat effectiveness 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 against our Ming Guard, they will definitely lose. "

Yu Dayou pointed out the weakness of the Burmese 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 use bows and crossbows on the backs of elephants to shoot down the enemy troops. This is quite difficult for the guardsmen, but as long as they are equipped with a group of Franco Machine guns and elephant soldiers are like 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 shouldn't be difficult to hit the elephant.

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's presence, Wei Guangde felt relieved. It seemed that he didn't have to worry too much about attacking Myanmar.

"Do you know that there is contact between Myanmar 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 and saying.

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, when these hundreds of people face up to the local army, their fighting power is still extremely strong.

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 Command.

As for the country that does not conquer, Wei Guangde doesn't care.

As long as Myanmar takes action against Ming Dynasty, it will fight.

Burmese jade, well, due to the influence of later generations, Wei Guangde was still very interested in the jade and gemstones produced in the mines there.

At the very least, occupying Burma 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 had great confidence in Qi Jiguang, but he also hoped that Yu Dayou could express some of his thoughts so that Qi Jiguang could 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 200,000 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 his fists clasped.

"There is no need to be polite at a 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 the ship in a swarm.

How many people are assigned to each ship, whether it is a hundred households or a sentry team, the number of people must 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.

Correspondingly, the number of soldiers to be loaded on the free ship has been planned, but Wei Guangde does not need to worry about it.

On the second day, Wei Guangde arrived at Dagokou at noon and watched the assembled Jizhen Army troops boarding the warships. Only a small number of Ming troops were still eating beside them.

"Those ones."

Wei Guangde asked, pointing to the soldiers eating there.

“They were the last to get on the boat and were eating.

After the whole army has boarded the ship, they will set off immediately. "

Qi Jiguang on the side explained, "There are too many troops. We will worry about chaos if we board the ship uniformly, so we let them board the ship in batches."

"That's fine."

Wei Guangde nodded, but 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 on 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, I have 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 ruthless and do not behave like a woman. "

What Wei Guangde said makes sense.

Although he didn't know the details, Wei Guangde vaguely remembered that Li Chengliang seemed to have killed the elder Nurhaci and only took him in.

If the roots were eradicated at the beginning, although there might be others among the Jurchens who would raise a flag of rebellion, the result would be two different things.

After all, to reach 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.

"I will obey my orders."

Wei Guangde said this just last night, and he said it again today. Although it was a bit strange, Qi Jiguang still remembered 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 pier was already empty, and all the ships docked had left the pier and began to form a queue not far away.

Since it is a fleet, it is natural to move in formation, and it is impossible for large and small ships 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 drifting away, Wei Guangde finally 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 thoughts have shifted from Liaodong to Yunnan and towards Myanmar. (End of chapter)