Ruan Juan told Gao Pangshi that the reason why he knew this information about the "Black Prince" was because Mang Yinglong went to Laos in the second year of Wanli. At that time, the Black Prince's father, as the puppet king of Siam, also sent troops, and this Black Prince The prince also accompanied him on the expedition. These news were all told when Laos sent people to Mo Chao to ask for help.
The Mo Dynasty would definitely not send troops to rescue Laos, which had hosted Zheng Ni. This move by Laos only showed that they had panicked in the face of Mang Yinglong's conquest.
But in fact, the king of Laos at that time was the self-reliant Sensurin. He felt that Mo Chao might help him, but it was not without any reason. After all, he himself usurped power and won the country, which was different from the previous accommodation of Zheng Ni. The previous and previous kings were not of the same lineage.
Now Gao Pragmatic wants to develop the Path-Leading Party. It's easy to do it in Laos, and people have already sent it to his door, but it's not easy to do it in Siam or Ayutthaya. Although this black prince is young, his father seems to be a coward. I wonder if he will stop him from "making big news".
However, the Siamese people currently have no leading force, and Gao Pragmatic cannot guarantee that if he "borrows" through Siam under the banner of the Ming Dynasty, the Siamese people will eat pots of pulp to welcome the king. The divisions still gathered together to oppose the Ming invading army, so the leading party still had to be found, and at present, he did not know enough about Siam, and it seemed that only this black prince was more interesting.
Ruan Juan said that as the deputy king of Siam, the black prince did not stay in the royal city, but guarded Phitsanulok, an important town in central and northern Siam, alone. In a sense, he had "independent power."
The problem is that Gao Pingshi doesn't know who to send to contact him, and there is another possible trouble, that is, the black prince and his puppet king once followed Mang Yinglong on an expedition to Laos, and he doesn't know that the Laotian princess Bia Jue Can you accept being in the same camp as him?
Seeing Gao Wushi, he fell into deep thought for a moment, and the three surrendered generals were a little nervous. However, Mo Yulin and Ruan Jian were nervous because they didn't want Gao Wushi to change his focus now and set his sights on Laos and Siam. They hoped that Gao Pragmatic would continue to work hard to pacify the country. The remnants of Li Ni and Zheng Ni in the south also took care of Ruan Huang and reunited Annan.
Ruan Youliao hoped that Gao Pragmatic would change the target so that Lord Zheng could get a chance to breathe.
In fact, Ruan Youliao knew in his heart that Zheng Song, who had lost Thanh Hoa, had no room for struggle. His current strength and the territory he occupied were basically the same as those of Ruan Huang in the south. Even if Gao Pragmatic did not touch him, Ruan Huang would Maybe they would all raise an army to take revenge - his brother Ruan Wang was forced to death by Zheng Song's father Zheng Jian.
But no matter what, the Zheng family was his old master, and he still didn't want the Zheng family to fail completely.
This is when Huang Zhiting suddenly interrupted and said: "Hold on, if you want to contact the Siamese, you might as well ask the merchant ship owners in your fleet. Most of them are Guangdong businessmen, and many of them come from generations of ancestral businesses. Among the families in Nanyang, there may be some who are familiar with each other in Siam.”
yes!
Gao Pragmatic's eyes lit up and he praised: "Miss Huang is a great reminder!"
Then he glanced at the three surrendered generals and the silent Cen Ling, and said: "You don't have to worry, pacifying Annan is still the top priority at the moment, and... we must speed up the progress."
Mo Yulin and Ruan Juan were immediately happy. Ruan Youliao sighed softly in his heart and said nothing.
Gao pragmatic said again: "Ruan Youliao."
"The end will be here."
"The 30,000 old troops reorganized this time were not originally planned to be given to you to command." Gao Pragmatic said calmly: "When will Zheng Ni be pacified? When will I consider letting you lead the troops?"
"Yes, General I understand. Thank you for your support." Ruan Youliao breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't mind that Gao Jingshi didn't give him troops. On the contrary, he was afraid that Gao Jingshi would give him the 30,000 reorganized old Zheng army and let him Going to fight Zheng Song would be troublesome - the upper class people in Annan at this time, both civil and military, all knew Chinese. Because of Huang Fu's relationship back then, they had received some Confucian influence, so they allowed him to fight with their own When the old master went to war, Ruan Youliao felt quite embarrassed.
However, Gao Jingshi did not give him these troops, but it was not just to take care of his mood, but Gao Jingshi still had a second phase of training to complete. This second phase of training was to combine the three troops previously commanded by Gao Jue. Wan Mo's army and the 30,000 Zheng army were separated and reorganized into one army.
The Mo family and the Zheng family have been fighting to the death for decades. It obviously takes a lot of effort to bring these two armies together, but Gao Pragmatic thinks it is worth it, because after these two armies merge into one, there is no need to worry at all. How can they start a rebellion if you stare at me to find fault, and I stare at you to find fault?
When the time comes, if the Gao family's servants add sand to the middle-level officer system, it will be even worse.
With this 60,000-strong army in hand, Gao Jingshi's authority within the Annan system has basically been established - after all, he still has about 5,000 servants, a fleet that neither hùwèituán nor Annan combined can fight against. With these 60,000 troops, no one in Annan could resist.
However, Mo Yulin now has 30,000 people under his command. This is an unbalanced factor. He will have to find a way to split it up when the time comes. However, the 15,000 people in Ruan Jian's hands...are still barely tolerable in a highly pragmatic manner. within the scope.
In fact, he now wants to give half of Mo Yulin's 30,000 men to Ruan Youliao, but if he does this, it will look too ugly, so he still has to wait. He must wait for an opportunity and cannot act recklessly, otherwise Mo Yulin may lose his troops. , his high pragmatism will inevitably lose his prestige.
That's what being the "boss" is like, at least it looks like a bowl of water is level.
Now that the other things were finished, Zheng Ni had to seize the time to clean up, so Gao Pragmatic stopped rambling and started arranging military affairs.
He said: "This time the repairs in Thanh Hoa are coming to an end, all ministries must be prepared to continue going south. General Ruan Youliao stayed with Ben Ben to discuss military affairs. Huang Zhiding's and Cen Ling's troops served as the central army and went out with Ben Ben. Mo Yulin General and General Ruan Juan, you two are the main combat force this time, there are two plans before you, you can each choose one."
Since these two people were famous generals of the Mo Dynasty, they had already guessed that they would be pushed to the front line to fight, so they were not surprised. They just calmly asked Gao Pragmatic for his two-way plan.
Gao pragmatically said: "Of these two plans, the first one is the west route, starting from Qinghua, taking Qingdu Prefecture, Kuizhou Prefecture, Chalin Prefecture, and Yuma Prefecture along the way, and then marching eastward to encircle Yingdu Prefecture with the main force ; The other road is the east road, taking the sea route directly to Hehua Mansion to cut off the possible alliance between Zheng Song and Ruan Huang."
Ruan Juan said without saying anything: "In the end, we will choose the sea route."
It is not surprising that this answer is highly pragmatic, because when he was under Mo Jingdian, Ruan Juan had attacked Ngai An and Hue by sea several times. It is estimated that he is very familiar with the terrain in the Hehuafu area, and he is very familiar with this kind of landing operations. , he may also have some insights.
Gao pragmatic nodded, but Mo Yulin frowned and said: "According to Yintai's plan, the main force led by Yintai must be planning to go south along the Linhai Plain, take Jingjia Mansion, Yanzhou Mansion, and then fight with The Western Route Army besieged Yingdu?"
"good."
This plan is actually very simple. The land route is equivalent to the left and right routes. The main force of the route goes directly to Yingdu. The army of the west route makes a right hook and controls the Zheng family's land in the west. The sea route cuts off Zheng's territory. The last resort.
This was a quite satisfactory plan, with nothing particularly outstanding or obvious flaws. However, there was one question that Mo Yulin had to ask: "In this case, will Zhenning Mansion, the westernmost part of the Yi'an Xuanfu Division, go to Zhenning Mansion?" Fight?"
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "If we go to fight, there is no point in taking detours or dividing our troops - if everything goes well on these three routes, Zheng Ni will be completely destroyed. It's just a Zhenning Mansion. It can be determined by passing the message."
This is true, the total population of Zhenning Mansion is not even 50,000, and the military strength... Who knows if Zheng Song has withdrawn all of them? If they are all lost elsewhere, wouldn't Zhenning Mansion just be able to pass on the message? He might even take the initiative to send someone to ask for surrender.
Mo Yulin nodded: "In that case, let's take this east route."
Gao pragmatic was very satisfied and smiled slightly: "Very good, since you two have no objections, then this matter is settled. The army will set off in five days... Oh, you two go first, and wait three days after you leave. , the main force of the Chinese army sets out again."
It didn't matter to Mo Yulin that he left three days early. His right wing was basically a right hook, which meant that he had to go around an arc. Even if he left three days early, he might not be able to coincide with the main force at the foot of Yingdu City at the same time.
However, Ruan Juan became a little cautious.
Although theoretically he was the furthest away, in fact because he was taking the sea route and there were no other cities for him to capture along the way, it was equivalent to airborne directly into Hehua Mansion. Therefore, when he appeared on Zheng Song's back road, Gao Pragmatic Maybe he hasn't made a move yet - that means Zheng Song might turn around and hit him first.
Ruan Juan thought for a while and asked: "The general will have the confidence to capture Hehua Mansion. However, according to this time schedule, Zheng Ni may mobilize the main force to expel him after the general captures Hehua Mansion." General. The general only has 15,000 men. It may be difficult to fight two battles in a row. Do you think you can let the fleet help the general and set up defenses in the river north of Hehua Mansion? After sending the last general to Hehua Mansion, he immediately turned back and headed north to threaten Yingdu in Dajiang?"
Gao pragmatic thought for a while and said: "Then let them go north to threaten Yingdu. I heard that the water flow in the river in Hehua Mansion is not stable. It is now in the dry season, and it may not be effective to help you with your defense. And Yingdu It is Zheng Ni's last stronghold, and it is not far from the mouth of the river. As long as the fleet reaches the mouth of the river, there is no need to swim upstream, and Zheng Ni will not dare to send troops south to attack you."
Ruan Juan said happily: "Thank you for your support. Now I will be very sure to win the Hehua Mansion. If not, I will come to see you with my own head!"
"Okay, okay, taking down the Hehua Mansion is a great achievement. I have to show my merits to the general." Gao Wuchen actually liked Ruan Juan a little now. Relatively speaking, he looked more like a simple soldier.
