Wanli 1592

Chapter 343 The King's Choice

Seeing Xiao Ruxun's calm appearance, Narisuan was furious, and said, "Stop talking about it, Admiral, it's true to think of a way. Peng Shiluo is Xiao Wang's hometown, so what does it mean to Xiao Wang?" It’s very important, not to mention that Phitsanulok still has a granary, an arsenal, and even a training ground for raising war elephants, once Min Qide gets it, the situation will be very bad!”

Xiao Ruxun looked at the markings on the map and shook his head.

"Your Majesty, although I am very unwilling, I have to say that we were put together by the Dongwu people. They attacked us first before we could react, and caught us off guard. We must do something now to restore the current situation. situation."

"doing what?"

"Strengthen the walls and clear the fields, set fire to the city!"

"what?!!!"

In desperation, King Narisuan actually made a dolphin sound, but he didn't realize that he still had the potential to be a tenor.

Xiao Ruxun pointed to the Burmese army on the map, and the Ayutthaya area where they are currently located, and compared the distance between the two armies and Phitsanulok.

"With such a short distance, we can only rush thousands of miles to support Peng Shiluo unless all the troops in our hands are Liaodong iron cavalry from the Ming Dynasty. However, we can't do it. When the large army arrives, Peng Shiluo has already fallen, and the Dongwu Army has enough troops. , Waiting for work with ease, we have no chance of winning."

"Can……"

King Naresuan could not speak a word.

"Your Majesty, I know that you are very reluctant to do this, but it is better to burn it yourself than to take advantage of the enemy. Why did they march into Phitsanulok so quickly? It must be for food. They are short of food and cannot fight a protracted war. In order to change the situation , We can only use war to support war. If Peng Shiluo's food and arsenal fall into Min Qide's hands, we will be in great trouble. Therefore, Your Majesty, you must issue this order!

Immediately dispatched knights to Phitsanulok, and ordered the local officials to immediately organize the evacuation of the people, as much food and weapons as they could bring, and burn the ones that could not be taken away, the city would also be burned, and the army would be left behind To entangle with Min Qide, to buy time for the people, in a word, as long as the people are still there, the city can be rebuilt, if the people are gone, everything is gone! "

What Xiao Ruxun said was very pertinent, and it was the only way he could think of at the moment.

Yuan Huang, who has been silent all this time, also expressed his support: "This is the only thing we can do now. Even if we need to transfer troops, we will not be able to gather many troops in a short while. The [-] to [-] troops in the past will not be Dongwu people at all. Opponents, the best way is to set fire to the city, not to leave a grain of rice for the Dongwu people, let them rush to nothing, become more irritable, and thus reveal their flaws, as long as they reveal their flaws, we will have a chance."

King Narisuan looked at Xiao Ruxun and Yuan Huang, then turned around and covered his face.

These two bastards, this is not their property, not their country, not their land and people, but they are very generous, if they burn it down, how many houses and buildings does Phitsanulok need to spend to rebuild them?More importantly, that is the hometown of King Narexuan, which has a very special meaning to him, and the people in his hometown are also die-hard fans who support him, and he needs them.

But if we don’t do this and allow Phitsanulok to be breached, not only the city will not be kept, but people will not be able to survive. At that time, our prestige will be greatly reduced, and we will lose a large amount of weapons and food, and face more sharp attacks from the Burmese army.

Among other things, he grew up with Min Qide and received Portuguese-style military education together. He also participated in this kind of education with the princes of other puppet kingdoms. He was just one of them, and Min Qide was the strongest kingdom The prince, he is hesitant and absolutely condescending towards them, he can only study best, his grades can only be his best, his military strength can only be his strongest, others can only swallow their anger, he is the absolute number one.

If his father hadn't reluctantly sacrificed his sister's happiness and given his sister to the 54-year-old Mang Yinglong as a concubine to be ravaged by him, he might not be able to return to China early to accumulate strength, so that He broke free from Burma's control, but his sister was very miserable, and died within a few years. King Naresuan was very sad, and at the same time felt a deep shame.

Back then, on the way back to China, he thought about it. He realized that the fate and future of himself and the country depended on sacrificing the happiness and life of his sister. So this country, and these cowardly men, aren't the biggest culprits? ?
From then on, he vowed that he would never let any weak woman sacrifice herself in exchange for the survival of the country, nor would she allow herself to be cowardly or surrender.

Before Daming declared war on Burma, he and his strong character abruptly led Siam, which had just gained freedom and was not as good as Burma, to resist five attacks by the Burmese army, without surrendering once, and the worst one was beaten to the bottom of the capital city. , Besieged the city for nine months, isolated and helpless, but in the end, the Burmese who had the upper hand did not let in.

His strong character of not admitting defeat and never bowing his knees has been fixed and developed, and his spirit has become the eternal totem of a nation. His status in the hearts of Thai people is equivalent to that of Emperor Wu of Han in the hearts of Chinese people. A Heroic Spirit who will be forgotten and will not be obliterated.

He didn't allow himself to admit defeat, otherwise he would kill himself.

Faced with such a situation, he knew that he had to make a choice, the same choice he made when he knew why he could leave the humiliating environment and return to his father. Is it to save his body for the future? Saving the country, and sacrificing my life to save my sister, although it may not necessarily be successful.

A hero is extremely strong, but a leader knows how to assess the situation and swallow his anger when necessary. The leader will not admit defeat, but it does not mean that the leader will not be flexible. Nareshand is a hero, but he is more of a leader. Heroes belong to him , The leader belongs to the whole country, he will not put the whole country in danger because of personal circumstances, he knows the priorities, just like he decided to return to the country immediately.

So, King Narexuan finally made a decision.

Send people to rush to Phitsanulok's mansion at night and night, and order the local officials of Phitsanulok to immediately organize a large-scale evacuation of the people. Take away as much as possible, and pile up all the things that cannot be taken away. The local garrison must stick to the last moment, and only the people retreat. You can retreat only after you are done, and set fire to the whole city during the retreat, without leaving any supplies to the Burmese.

When he made this decision, Yuan Huang looked at Xiao Ruxun with very strange eyes, and Xiao Ruxun looked at Yuan Huang with a tacit understanding, and they both understood their respective meanings.

Let's not talk about it for now, but they all know that this person will be very reliable and trustworthy when he is a friend, but he will be very scary when he becomes an enemy one day.

(End of this chapter)