After Zhu Yijun finished speaking, he summoned Liang Menglong on the platform that day and asked, "How does Liang Jinglue plan to dispatch the general?"
"Return to Your Majesty!"
"I plan to use General Deng Zilong and General Liu Wei to each raise 5,000 troops. After repelling the invading Burmese barbarians, they will attack the Longchuan area, and then attack Awa with all their troops, and then leave troops to garrison them."
"At the same time, Admiral Chen Lin, the commander-in-chief stationed in Japan, was recruited to direct his naval forces to go to Siam. Most of his former naval forces were from Fujian and Guangdong naval forces, and they were familiar with the sea route from Annan to Siam;"
"In addition, I intend to transfer Li Rusong to lead one battalion of Jinwu Guards and one battalion of Liaodong cavalry to accompany the navy to Siam. Because from Siam, you can reach southern Burma and Yi, and southern Burma is mostly plains, so you can go to Siam." In the cold season, when the autumn wind sweeps away the fallen leaves, use cavalry to quickly destroy its rear, leaving it without food and people to conquer.”
Liang Menglong confessed his troop deployment plan to Zhu Yijun.
Zhu Yijun nodded.
"Qing Qing believes that if the success of destroying Burma falls short this time, what is the most likely reason?"
Zhu Yijun knew that he had to consider defeat first in battle, so he asked Liang Menglong.
Liang Menglong did not say that there would be no defeat, and that he would definitely be able to successfully destroy Burma within a certain period of time. He just thought about it and said: "Contact!"
"This matter involves the entire southern provinces, and it stretches for thousands of miles by land and water. I am afraid that the imperial edict and echoes will be difficult to reach quickly, especially if there are rumors in the court that officials and other ministers are self-respecting and acting recklessly. Your Majesty's If you question the order, I may not be able to get back quickly."
"In addition, this dynasty is a large country thousands of miles away. A single move can affect the whole body. It is possible that due to lack of contact, when the whole country is gathering heavy troops, money and food to destroy Burma, some people will take the opportunity to cause chaos."
Zhu Yijun pondered for a while, and then said: "Yes, the biggest problem is still the problem of communication."
As he said that, Zhu Yijun laughed: "But don't worry, even if someone says that you want to rebel, and even if there is conclusive evidence, I will ask you again after the incident is over."
"As for matters that affect the whole body, no matter how big the crisis is, I will not give up easily unless the dynasty is changed!"
In a country with an autocratic monarchy, the success or failure of any major event often depends on how determined the emperor is.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun's words were a reassurance for Liang Menglong.
Liang Menglong also bowed his hands and bowed: "The state-owned sage can achieve great things!"
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After Zhu Yijun summoned Liang Menglong on the platform, he went to the Imperial Palace to ask Shen Shixing and other ruling ministers: "I gave each of you a telescope in the past. Did you gain anything from it?"
At this time, Qi Jiguang came out and said: "Since your majesty asked, I will immediately request that I appoint my uncle to supervise the post road project in the world and build a pass to station sentries on the coast and plains!"
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Sure enough, you know what I mean!"
After hearing this, Shen Shixing and others glanced at Qi Jiguang and thought, doesn't it mean that the vision is far-sighted? It turns out that the holy will is so practical?
"My original intention is to use this telescope to add a telescope to strengthen communication, but I don't know if it is realistic. I also intend to ask you to think about its application value after getting the telescope."
When Zhu Yijun said this, he smiled at Qi Jiguang and said, "I didn't expect that Lord Ji Guo really thought of this. This shows that my idea is still feasible."
"Of course, it is also in line with my wishes for Master Shen and others to ask his son to learn the art of war!"
Zhu Yijun then said something else.
Shen Shixing and others suddenly realized this.
"Mr. Ji Guo, tell me what you think. How to establish a liaison with Guantai?"
Zhu Yijun continued to ask Qi Jiguang.
Qi Jiguang raised his hand and said yes, and then reported: "Your Majesty, after I got this telescope, I thought it could greatly shorten the communication time on the post road!"
"A soldier can use this telescope to see the semaphores of soldiers on a distant guaranty platform in advance on a checkpoint, and then use the semaphore to know whether there is an enemy invasion or an earthquake or locusts passing through."
"It's just that the barrier should be higher."
"Although a high platform requires high skills, please rest assured, your majesty. I have written to my uncle and inquired. The uncle said that he built a high village wall for Hao You and he has the bamboo tendon skills passed down from his ancestors. , a better platform can be built.”
Obviously, after Li Wenquan was sent to Jizhou, Qi Jiguang became friends with him, so much so that they were still in contact with him in private.
Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing this: "Very good!"
"What if the enemy attacks at night?"
After Qi Jiguang said that, Yu Youding asked.
Qi Jiguang said: "This is naturally simple. The Kongming lantern left by Zhuge Kongming can solve this problem. The sentry can prepare Kongming lanterns of different colors in advance, and then release the Kongming lanterns of different colors pulled by ropes according to the situation. According to the different colors and the same time of the Kongming lantern, The combination of color numbers determines the corresponding message.”
"Start your Majesty!"
"I believe that this strategy is indeed beneficial to the communication between the officers and soldiers stationed in each camp."
"It's just that the meanings represented by different flag languages and lantern languages cannot be leaked and must be changed regularly. Special officers and soldiers must master this to avoid leaks."
Fang Fengshi raised his hands and said.
"What Duke Ji Guo thought was indeed in line with my plan. I have asked Jin Yiwei to compile the code book of relevant semaphore and lantern language, and have trained the orphans of Zhonglie who have joined Jin Yiwei at Xingming Academy to receive this training. They will be sent there in the future. Each army is responsible for liaison and compilation of messages.”
"So, I agree with Duke Ji's proposal to build a gate tower for sentries to use telescopes to detect."
"The Imperial Guard immediately drafted a decree, ordering my uncle to supervise the construction of Tianxia Guantai with the title of Right Minister of the Ministry of Works. The decree stated that if the Guantai is well built, I will restore my title of Duke and let him inherit it."
At this time, Zhu Yijun also issued a decree to let Li Wenquan, the younger brother of Empress Dowager Li, supervise the construction of the Tianxia Watch Tower.
None of the ruling ministers had any objections.
They all know that Li Wenquan is very honest and serious in engineering construction, so much so that several border censors who covered up jerry-built projects were severely punished because of his exposure.
When Zhu Yijun issued an order to prepare for the large-scale construction of watchtowers, Liang Menglong also began to mobilize troops and generals.
According to Liang Menglong's transfer order, Chen Lin needed to mobilize 10,000 naval troops stationed in Japan and rush to Guangdong.
Li Rusong wanted to mobilize 3,000 cavalry from Yang Huan's tribe in Liaodong and 5,000 cavalry from Jinwu Guard to prepare to cross the sea together with more than 2,000 barbarians from Cha Dashou.
There is also a navy in Liaodong, and the military cavalry in Liaodong often cross the sea to suppress invading barbarians, so Li Rusong and others are not seasick or afraid of crossing the sea.
For the soldiers and horses in the North, the biggest problem is the various diseases caused by the temperature and tropical bacteria. It is difficult for soldiers and horses who are not immune to these local diseases to adapt, so they cannot stay permanently, but they can attack at the right time. It's still ok.
After Li Rusong received the order, he specifically said goodbye to his father Li Chengliang, saying: "Father, my son is going to cross the sea to conquer Burma, so I can't fulfill my filial piety in front of you."
"You would be the greatest filial piety if you don't let me suffer in Liaodi!"
Li Chengliang said with a straight face and handed a box of old man's ginseng to Li Rusong: "This is dedicated to Your Majesty. I gave it to Your Majesty as your father when you came to Beijing."
"Your Majesty, are you still short of ginseng?"
Li Rusong asked.
Li Chengliang said: "Your Majesty is not you. He will know that being a father means that I hope he really lives long!"
"oh!"
Li Rusong took the ginseng and left.
When Li Rusong turned around, Li Chengliang shouted: "Remember, when you see those civil servants, don't tell them that you did the killing of the barbarian slaves, blame everything on your father and me! Ask Jiguo Public School more. Treat them openly and covertly!"
"Know!"
