Wanli 1592

Chapter 310 Interview with the Second General
Xiao Ruxun really can't think of a good solution to the matter of the literati. It's not a strange thing for a general to recruit staff these days, but those dog-headed military divisions have more than failed to succeed. What Xiao Ruxun needs is someone who can truly govern the place. Talents, but those talents are basically collected by the state.

Now is not a time of great controversy, nor is it an era without the imperial examination system. There are no leftover sages in the countryside, only retired sages and reclusive sages. How could these "sages" go south with Xiao Ruxun to start a career in Burma?And those who were abandoned by the court, are they reliable?

Xiao Ruxun didn't dare to say, but one thing is for sure, literati are an indispensable type of people for him to start a career. Without these people, he would not be able to establish his own civil service system. It is not surprising that a special region establishes its own administrative system. Those "civilian officials" are often not appointed by the court, not officials, but serve military generals as officials, just like the staff system recruited by the county magistrate himself. Same, exclusively for private service.

What Xiao Ruxun needed was such a private staff system.

Just, where to find it?

Xiao Ruxun was very troubled by this.

The troubles about talents are destined to be long-lasting. Selecting talents and appointing talents is an eternal problem, and no one has solved it perfectly, so there is no rush. What Xiao Ruxun has to do now is to communicate with the generals who are about to go south and take them away. And arrange tasks.

As the commander of the expedition to Dongwu Kingdom, Xiao Ruxun needed to personally assign tasks to his subordinates. The Ministry of War did not participate in this kind of thing, so after the lively full moon wine, Xiao Ruxun first interviewed Liu Ting and Deng Zilong. General Xiao, the two of them had some unpleasant incidents in the Southwest back then, mainly because of the treatment of their respective troops, which is very common.

On the Korean battlefield, the two belonged to the navy and the army, and with Xiao Ruxun on top to suppress them, nothing would happen to the two of them, but this mission requires the two of them to fight alone to hold Xiao Ruxun back on the Yunnan border. The main force of the Toungoo Dynasty was to allow Xiao Ruxun to gain a firm foothold on the land of Southeast Asia and attack the heartland of the Toungoo Dynasty.

Having said that, the bond and enmity between these two people are inseparable from the Burmese. The rise and invasion of the Taungoo Dynasty in Myanmar is basically the history of their fortunes and battles. But a few years before the Korean War, Both Deng Zilong and Liu Ting fought against the Burmese in Yunnan, and won victories. Deng Zilong also won the Panzhihua victory alone and defeated the Burmese army. He knows the Burmese very well.

Chen Fan first interviewed these two people because he wanted to better understand the military strength of the current Toungoo Dynasty.

"These Dongwu people are not weak. On the contrary, they are very capable and good at fighting, especially in mountain warfare. They are very good at it. Our army often can't keep up with their footsteps in the mountains, so we can win on the flat ground, but fail when chasing into the mountains. In addition, the local roads are difficult to travel, and a large amount of ordnance cannot be transported, so in many cases, light soldiers go into battle and fight hand-to-hand, and the frequency of using firearms between each other is very small."

Deng Zilong explained worryingly: "So, if you expect to adopt Japanese warfare in Yunnan, admiral, that is not very realistic. Japanese has flat terrain, while Yunnan has very little, and the area close to the border is densely covered with jungles. Not to mention artillery, even the blunderbuss are not very useful, but the most reliable are those small hand crossbows and short soldiers."

Liu Ting also followed suit and said: "Those places are really hard to use. In the past, it was one thing to say whether the artillery could not be transported, and it was another to say whether it could be fired well. When the guns rang, all those bastards were killed. We hid in the jungle. We couldn't find the target at all, and we didn't know where to fire the artillery. As a result, they rushed out from nowhere to attack the large army. Our army was defeated several times before because of terrain and tactics. "

Xiao Ruxun frowned and said softly: "That is to say, Dongwu people are not very used to using firearms?"

Deng Zilong shook his head.

"It's not that they are not very used to using firearms. They also have excellent firearms. The general has personally seen that they have firearms troops, holding bird guns and pushing cannons. Their elite level is not inferior to that of my Ming Dynasty. There are also red-haired barbarians in the army, it seems that they are helping them in the battle, which is very hateful."

This is right, in this era, whether it is the Burmese, Thais or Vietnamese, there is a practice of employing Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch as military advisers and military mercenaries, hiring them to train their own firearms troops, thus creating A powerful army, but these countries have always been the same as Daming, and they don't pay much attention to sea power. The navy is almost non-existent, and the Daming Navy has an advantage in this regard.

Xiao Ruxun opened his mouth and said: "You two also know that this expedition to the south of the Dongwu Kingdom is a serious matter. A while ago, the Japanese governor and Shibutang made some considerations, made a plan, and decided that the army will not enter the Dongwu Kingdom from Yunnan. , and changed the sea route, arrived in Nanyang by sea, landed from the coast of Siam, joined forces with Siam, attacked Dongwu from land, and directly attacked its confidantes!"

Xiao Ruxun opened the Nanyang sea map on his clothes, and showed the two of them the marching route he had planned.

The two were amazed by this.

"Siam?"

Xiao Ruxun nodded: "Keeping the enemy out of the country's gate, burning the war on the enemy's territory, attacking the place where it must be saved, so that it will never dare to rashly attack our border, is the most correct tactic. Moreover, Siam The Dongwu Kingdom and the Dongwu Kingdom have had feuds for many years, and they can't wait for the Dongwu Kingdom to destroy the country. Therefore, just like North Korea hates the Wa Kingdom, Siam is also our natural ally. If the Siamese help this battle, the Governor is [-]% sure The Dongwu Kingdom was destroyed."

Deng Zilong and Liu Ting were dumbfounded.

"War has never been a matter between two countries, and the surrounding countries will inevitably be involved. Although this war is the enmity between Daming and Dongwu, Siam also has a blood feud with Dongwu. The so-called enemy of the enemy It is my friend who is waiting for us. Isn’t it a big mistake not to join forces with such a natural ally? Our army will not go south this time with more than [-] troops, which will be less than when we dealt with Japan. Therefore, finding allies is a big mistake. imperative.

The governor also has some understanding of Siam. The firearms technology of the Siamese is not inferior to that of Ming Dynasty, and the firearms troops are also quite elite. Although the combat effectiveness of hand-to-hand combat is not enough, the firearms troops are enough to help me. Daming, there are some who lead the way and provide shelter. And part of the military rations, Ming Dynasty can avoid a lot of troubles, and we can even try to buy military rations directly from Siam, and then alleviate the confusion of the inconvenience of domestic transportation of rations and grass, and only need to transport rations for your two soldiers in the country. "

Ok?
Deng Zilong and Liu Ting heard something that caught their attention.

"Me two?"

(End of this chapter)