Wanli 1592

Big city
Needless to say, at this moment, the military power of the Ming Dynasty is the strongest in the entire Asian structure. Many people think that the Ming army always lost the war against Mongolia and Japanese pirates before the Battle of Sarhu, so they think that The military power of the Ming army is very weak, but it is not the case. The Ming Dynasty still has a strong military power. Neither Mongolia nor Japanese pirates have the ability to shake the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

Otherwise, the Ming Dynasty of the southern Japanese and northern captives for decades would have been over long ago, and it would not have continued until now.

The reason why they are often defeated is more due to personal factors than military strength. The military strength that the Ming army relied on in the later period was basically the personal army of the generals, not the guards. However, the troops sent by other countries to invade must be elites. The Ming Dynasty used militia handymen to fight against other elites. Obviously, they couldn't beat them. Can a powerful army that is unique in Asia represent the entire army of Ming Dynasty?
There is still a gap between the elite and the local garrison. Just because someone kills our handymen with the elite, we can’t say that we are weak and others are strong. It fully reflects the military power of a country. In vertical comparison, the Ming army is definitely the strongest.

Therefore, Xiao Ruxun's action completely shocked everyone, whether it was Europeans or Siamese, they were all shocked. They thought that the Ming army was such a powerful army, plus the previous Ming army in Japan Great victory, they subconsciously thought that the Ming army was so strong that they couldn't look directly at it, but they themselves paled in comparison.

Although the Spaniards and Portuguese realized that the quality of the firearms and artillery of the Ming army was inferior to theirs, and saw that the Ming army was still using the equipment they had more than ten years ago, but the number of the Ming army was large, and the artillery alone was always overwhelming. There are no less than six or seven hundred doors, which is almost devastating firepower in this era. A round of firepower salvo is enough to cover them all and kill them all.

So they will naturally feel fear, especially after seeing the big training of the Ming army, seeing those shirtless Ming soldiers holding muskets in a murderous spirit, they have a sense of cowardice that they dare not look directly at them.

King Narexuan might not have such an idea, so he hoped that Xiao Ruxun could offer to help him train soldiers, but Xiao Ruxun didn't realize it and didn't understand his cryptic request, which made King Narexuan a little depressed, but he was embarrassed to mention it again, just It can be said that Xiao Ruxun was invited to visit and meet in his capital, and then discuss military plans.

The capital of Siam was called Ayutthaya by the Chinese at this time, and the dynasty of Siam was also called the Ayutthaya Dynasty at this time. Ayutthaya is already in ruins. It is about 80 kilometers north of Bangkok. It was a prosperous ancient capital for hundreds of years. It was later destroyed by war, but it is still the most prosperous and richest city in Siam today. Because a large number of foreigners settled here, it is even more prosperous.

Lin Yuanshan and other Chinese ministers and Chinese elites basically lived in the big city. King Naresuan designated a separate peaceful place for them, specially for the Chinese courtiers to live in. The rest of the Chinese merchants, farmers and even military families can feel free. Living anywhere in Ayutthaya, relatively speaking, Europeans and Japanese can only live in the areas specified by him, and cannot live at will.

On the way Xiao Ruxun led the guards all the way to Ayutthaya, you could see Siamese farmers farming everywhere, you could see Siamese merchants doing business, and even in some places where the war seemed to subside soon, you could see people repairing the ruins destroyed by the war. Construction and so on, it seems that Siam is in a strong recovery period and has not yet fully recovered its national strength, but it already has a certain strength and can maintain its own security.

The big city looks a lot like the city of Ming Dynasty, with tall walls on the outside. Soldiers guarding the walls can be seen everywhere, as well as artillery ports in the cannon holes. Some of the soldiers are holding swords and swords, and some are carrying a musket on their backs. It can be seen that the firearms of the Siamese army is not inferior to that of the Ming army. Their armor is very simple, basically just leather armor, but the armor of the leading general is obviously Westernized, which is probably different from those of the Portuguese and Spanish mercenaries. No relationship.

Entering the interior of the big city, you can really see the difference from the Ming Dynasty, that is, Buddhist temples everywhere, and some special buildings. When the common people saw their king coming, they all avoided kneeling and saluted. It can be seen that King Naresuan The popularity among these civilians is very high, and these people also sincerely support this legendary king. With the help of Chinese bureaucrats, King Naresuan quickly restored the strength of Siam and provided enough shelter for these common people .

Entering the palace, King Narexuan hosted a grand banquet to entertain Xiao Ruxun and the generals of the Ming army, presenting fine wine, food and beauties. The beauties full of exotic styles danced gracefully and danced exotic dances with various gestures. Jiang was in a state of fascination, almost forgetting that he came here to fight the war, not to watch the beauties dance.

King Narisuan has been observing all the generals of the Ming army, and found that only Xiao Ruxun kept his expression as usual, looking at those coquettish dancers with indifferent eyes, as if there was no lust, and rarely drank alcohol, or basically did not drink, and only ate fruits and meals He has a big appetite, and from time to time, with a stern gaze, he will look at those generals who are quite out of shape, shake their whole body, and then lower their heads and dare not make mistakes, which shows that this person is strict with himself and others.

Under Xiao Ruxun's oppression, Ming generals dared not take any action. Even after the dancers came up to pour wine after singing and dancing, Ming generals did not dare to stretch out their salty pig hands to feast on their hands. Some buried their heads in eating meat, some Some of them buried their heads in eating fruits they had never eaten before, and some only dared to peek and dare not move, which was obviously different from the Japanese and those wandering Europeans.

Sure enough, the Kingdom of Heaven is really the Kingdom of Heaven, and a general who is so strict with himself has been born. With such a commander, the military discipline of the army can be imagined. King Narexuan no longer worries that the Ming army will wantonly in his land Galloping and ravaging his citizens, the previous worries were swept away——when it really came to that time, he would be in a dilemma.

Because of the urgency of the war, the banquet ended quickly, and everyone kept everything simple. King Narexuan only summoned a few important ministers and Xiao Ruxun and others to discuss military plans, and asked others to rest freely. The palace also prepared houses, and Xiao Ruxun stayed behind. Several relatives followed and ordered the rest of the generals to leave the palace and the big city and return to the barracks to control the army. If there is an incident of soldiers disturbing the people, not only should the soldiers be severely punished, but the battalion commander should also be directly held accountable.

Under such military discipline requirements, the generals did not dare to take chances, and all returned to the barracks, not even staying in the big city.

(End of this chapter)