Wanli 1592

Chapter 335

In this regard, Xiao Ruxun said that at the beginning of the war, the opponent will definitely concentrate its main force in a certain important town. We can join forces to attack this important town together and try the effect of coordinating the battle together. If the main force fights against the main force, they will It will definitely bring up most of the main force, including the war elephant troops. It would be great if they can be wiped out in one battle. It will depend on the situation later. Anyway, the battlefield is changing rapidly. We are not underdogs, just keep fighting.

King Narexuan agreed, anyway, no matter how good it is now, the battlefield will change rapidly at that time, and anything may happen. It is best not to divide the troops if you can act without dividing the troops. inevitable.

Then there is the issue of logistics support. Before Xiao Ruxun offered to pay for the purchase, King Narexuan expressed his willingness to support a batch of grain and grass for the Ming army in order to show his sincerity. So Xiao Ruxun took out the donation of 8 taels of silver from Lin Yuanshan and other Chinese, and handed it to King Narexuan.

"Take it as the 10 taels of silver grain and grass we purchased, which should be enough for the army for half a year. Please also ask the king to guarantee it. It is inconvenient to transport grain from the country. I hope it can be solved on the spot. If it is found after the war If you don’t have enough money, bring it up again, Daming will definitely not be short of a tael of silver from the king!”

When Xiao Ruxun made such a request, King Narexuan held the bank note, but couldn't let go of his hand, and couldn't say anything against it.

The most important logistical food security problem was solved, and Xiao Ruxun didn't spend a tael of silver on his own.

Afterwards, some weapons repairs, gunpowder and bullets will be transported by the Ming Army Navy from the three provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, and Zhejiang. Siam is not used. The Ministry of War has ordered these three provinces to provide logistical support for the expeditionary army. Please supervise the implementation of the Ministry of War in Nanjing In this way, Xiao Ruxun felt relieved, because Ye Mengxiong's existence made him extremely relieved.

Ye Mengxiong was previously operated as Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing. He stayed away from the disputes in Beijing in Nanjing. He calmed down and nourished his energy. He lived like a hermit in the mountains. , Until the imperial edict came, ordering Ye Mengxiong to supervise the manufacture and delivery of military supplies for the Southern Expedition Army, Ye Mengxiong also quickly learned that the commander of this Southern Expedition Army was none other than Xiao Ruxun, whom he regarded as the light of the Ming Dynasty.

Because of the previous love, and the subsequent logistics transportation, and my father-in-law, wife and children are all living in Nanjing, it is the best choice to entrust Ye Mengxiong to take care of him. When the fleet arrived in Zhejiang, Xiao Ruxun also took a little time to visit Ye Mengxiong in Nanjing. The two had a meal and talked about many topics after separation, and then bid farewell.

Xiao Ruxun has already entrusted Ye Mengxiong with all his logistics support, and Ye Mengxiong is also a trustworthy person, so he doesn't worry about his logistics problems anymore.

After discussing the specific matters, they will wait for the assembly of King Narisuan's troops and the completion of the Ming army's adaptive training before they can dispatch troops. Before that, they also need to collect enough information. Ruixuan was about to do something himself. The supreme commander of the two armies walked and chatted in the palace of King Narexuan, talking about some things that they were concerned about.

"That is to say, when Tianbing contacted muskets, they practiced with live ammunition, and guaranteed that each person could shoot more than three shots a day?"

King Narisuan was surprised by the way Xiao Ruxun trained the pistols. Gunpowder, lead and matchlocks were indeed not expensive things, but they required a large amount of input to form combat effectiveness. In this way, a musket was nothing. But [-] to [-] is terrible, and the cost is very high.

Of the [-] main forces of Xiao Ruxun's attack this time, [-] were musketeers, which meant that Xiao Ruxun's subordinates had a total of [-] muskets.Not to mention Narexuan himself, the musketeers in Burma may not have such a big battle, so many musketeers have to practice shooting every day, live ammunition drills, how much should it cost?Anyway, this kind of consumption is in Siam, and King Naresuan can't even afford to support a thousand musketeers.

Xiao Ruxun has her own understanding of this.

"The musket itself requires a lot of contact to operate proficiently, and compared with cavalry and crossbowmen, the speed of forming an army is very fast, and it can be proficient in about a month, but if it is really an elite gunpowder, You have to shoot live ammunition for a day, and you must shoot live ammunition at least once a day to maintain the feel, so that you can perform well in wartime, and it is very likely that there will be sharpshooters similar to sharpshooters.

What I'm thinking about is to make the pawns stronger under the current situation, so let them practice firing more live ammunition, master the feeling, and their hit rate will increase a lot when they are on the battlefield, and so on , then the money for them to practice is not in vain. After all, it is said that in order for a horse to run fast, the horse must eat well. If it is not full, it will naturally run slowly. elite. "

King Naresuan had to nod in agreement.

"What the admiral said is very true, but Xiao Wang, the Siamese kingdom has just been established, and he doesn't have enough financial surplus to train the pistols. Compared to doing this, it is more cost-effective to recruit some Franji red hairs. They can get started. Fight, and hit very accurately, they helped Xiao Wang win several vicious battles before."

Xiao Ruxun could not agree with this alone.

"After all, the Franji Hongmaoyi are foreigners. When they came to our land, they didn't know what to pay attention to. The Franji people fought against Daming decades ago, and their attitude was very bad. They were severely beaten by Daming. After learning the lesson, I left in despair. Now that I have taken root here, I have come here thousands of miles away from my hometown. Apart from money, there must be these ulterior motives. Your Majesty, for these people, use them if you can. , If you can’t use it, kill it!”

King Narisuan was a little surprised why Xiao Ruxun didn't like these people so much.

"Before the admiral came, the Japanese were still worried that they would be hated by the admiral, but now it seems that the admiral doesn't hate the Japanese, but he hates the Franji Hong Maoyi very much. Why? The admiral just fought against the Japanese. As for Fran Robots, I'm afraid the admiral has never fought against them, has he?"

"The Japanese are close neighbors. I know all about the Japanese. If the Japanese dared to disobey me, I would raise [-] troops and I would be able to wipe out the Japanese kingdom in an instant. They can run away as monks, but they can't run away from the temple. But these Frangji Hongmaoyi are different. The country is far away. Thousands of miles away, even if we kill them, we will not be able to find their lair, and there is no way to completely eliminate them, and if they make a comeback one day, it will be even more troublesome!"

King Narexuan searched for a while, and felt that what Xiao Ruxun said might not be unreasonable.

"Admiral Xiao's words, Xiao Wang thinks the same. These Frangji people don't care about their homeland, but they are willing to go thousands of miles away to join the army and fight. What does this mean? Is it true that it is only for money?"

"The hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the prosperity of the world is for profit. His people travel thousands of miles away. If it is not for something more valuable than money, the governor will not believe anything!"

(End of this chapter)