That afternoon, Gao Jingshi met Huang Zhiting again, but this time it was not that Gao Jingshi went to the Annan Hall to see her, but that she came to Gao Mansion to say goodbye.
During the audience meeting this morning, the emperor only changed her status as the governor of Haidong to the governor of Yuedong, and also granted En the title of deputy governor of Annan. Other than that, he did not mention when she would return to Annan. However, Huang Zhiting knew that the meaning of the title of deputy capital commander was probably related to the dispatch of troops.
Farewells and so on were just words for the occasion. The most important thing for Huang Zhiting here was actually to determine the composition of the troops for this dispatch with Gao Pragmatic.
The core of Huang Zhiting's own forces is, of course, the Wolf Soldiers. With the two years since the Annan War ended, the move from Guangxi to another Annan territory, and the implementation of the highly pragmatic "naturalized household registration system", Huang Zhiting can now mobilize the troops. It was more than two years ago.
The power of the Huang family in Annan is clearly stipulated in the "Sixteen Articles of Beijing". Let's not talk about the details. The main clause reads as follows: "Article 11, in order to ensure the stability of Annan, the Annan Governor promised , the wolf soldiers of the Huang family chieftain in Guangxi of the Ming Dynasty can be stationed at will in the areas of Anbang, Jingbei, Shannan, and Waiqinghua."
In other words, the four Xuanfu divisions of Anbang, Jingbei, Shannan, and Waiqinghua are the Huang family's territory. Among them, the main branch of the Huang family is divided into two Xuanfu Divisions, Shannan Xuanfu Division and Anbang Xuanfu Division.
The Shannan Xuanfu Division was given to Huang Chengzu, Huang Yinglei and his son, while the Anbang Xuanfu Division was owned by Huang Zhiting herself. The capital of the Anbang Xuanfu Division was Haidong, so her position was the governor of Haidong.
The Huang family branch covers Jingbei and Waiqinghua, but since there are more than two branches, the divisions between Jingbei and Waiqinghua are actually very detailed, and the person named Xuanfu was also recommended by the Huang family.
At the same time, northern Beijing is close to Haidong, and Waiqinghua is close to Shannan. However, the land between Haidong, northern Jing, Shannan, and Waiqinghua is occupied by the highly pragmatic Jinghua, so the Huang family actually formed two lines, the north and the south.
Huang Zhiting in the north had great influence on the Xuanfu Division in northern Beijing, while Waiqinghua in the south was mainly dispatched by Huang Chengzu and Huang Yinglei and their sons. Of course, since the Battle of Annan was mainly fought by Huang Zhiting and she personally led the troops to achieve this situation, coupled with her special relationship with Gao Pragmatic, in fact, regardless of the Southern Department or the Northern Department, when Huang Zhiting gave orders, it would still be Everything has to be done according to her wishes.
How big an improvement will the victory of Annan's Fourth Xuanfu Division bring to the Guangxi Huang Chieftain Family?
In terms of the size of the controlled area, the improvement is not particularly obvious. If it was originally two, it is now only three, which is half the size of the old area.
But if you look at the population, it is extremely expanded.
"Think of planting Yang in Tian, and Cen Huang in Guangdong and Guangxi" sounds really majestic, but in fact when the Huang family was in Guangxi, even though the area under their control was not small, the main branches and branches combined could only manage the most local people. There are only about 600,000 people - the main reason for their famous name is that the wolf soldiers are so good at fighting.
However, after they moved to Annan under high pragmatic arrangements, there were 1.3 million Annan people in the four Xuanfu lands of Haidong, Jingbei, Shannan, and Waiqinghua alone. The population under Huang's rule It has more than doubled in size! After the Haidong coal mine was developed and a port was built near Halong Bay, many Ming people from Guangdong and Guangxi provinces came to settle or live abroad, and Huang Zhiting's strength was further strengthened.
Now, according to Huang Zhiting's explanation to Gao Pangshi, she has 8,000 wolf soldiers in Haidong Town. If the army is temporarily recruited, it can be as high as 20,000.
Of course, it is impossible to withdraw all the 8,000 wolf soldiers. According to Huang Zhiting's own opinion, it is not a big problem to transfer 5,000 wolf soldiers, because in addition to the 3,000 wolf soldiers, the remaining part also includes Yamen servants, patrolmen, and auxiliary soldiers from Annan. More than 3,000 people were waiting.
Huang Zhiting believed that leaving three thousand wolf soldiers would be enough to deter them, and they could stabilize the place so that there would be no chaos in Haidong. In fact, there would be no chaos. After all, Shenglong City was not far from Haidong, and there were waterways. Connection, if the tens of thousands of Thang Long garrison troops from Thang Long City want to come to Haidong, they will arrive almost at dawn.
In addition to Haidong Town, there are also surplus wolf soldiers in northern Beijing, Shannan, and Waiqinghua. Huang Zhiting believes that 8,000 people can be mobilized for the expedition.
Gao Pragmatic was not surprised by this number of people, but he believed that there was no need to dispatch 13,000 wolf soldiers to southern Myanmar. Finally, after much deliberation, he decided that each of the other three Xuanfu divisions would only draw 1,000 people, compared with Huang Zhiting's own town. Five thousand wolf soldiers together, totaling 8,000 people.
Huang Zhiting frowned a little after hearing this, hesitated for a moment, and said: "I haven't fought against the Burmese army yet. I don't know how powerful the Burmese army is. If I only lead 8,000 people to attack the old Bago territory in southern Burma, I'm afraid the future is uncertain."
"How could I ask you to bring only 8,000 people?" Gao Pragmatic did not expect that Huang Zhiting actually misunderstood, and explained: "In addition to the wolf soldiers, you also have to bring 7,000 Jinggang garrison, as well as Ruan Juan and Mo The 5,000 Annan soldiers mobilized by the Yulin tribe amount to a total of 20,000 troops."
Huang Zhiting was startled for a moment, then asked: "That's it for the Golden Port Guard Army. After all, they are your troops. With your order, they dare not disobey my military orders. But why do Ruan Juan and Mo Yulin's troops also want me to lead them? ? Will they listen to orders... Well, I mean, will they disobey my orders and actually miss my big deal? "
Gao pragmatically said: "Originally, I planned to let you only lead the Wolf Soldiers and the Golden Port Guard Army, but the Emperor added you as the Deputy Commander. After careful consideration, I think you should take command of them."
Huang Zhiting understood now and nodded, but said: "If anyone dares to disobey orders..."
Gao Pingshi didn't even frown, and said calmly: "You are the commander-in-chief. Anyone who disobeys military orders will decide whether to live or die."
Huang Zhiting nodded and said no more.
"In addition..." Gao Jingshi added: "In addition to these, Gao Jing's fleet is also under your unified control. Oh, by the way, Gao Jing will not only command the Annan Squadron this time, but I will also provide him with assistance from the Nanyang Fleet. Supplementary enhancements will be made to ensure that even against the Folangji, we can be more certain of winning."
Huang Zhiting took the initiative and said: "You said that commanding on a ship is completely different from commanding on land. Then I will not participate in Gao Jing's side."
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "If a maritime battle occurs, it is indeed up to him to decide how to fight, but you may need him to cover or arrange the marching route in Bago. For example, to raid City B from City A, it will take ten days to travel by land, and it may only take just Three days, at this time you can order him to cooperate with the troop transport."
Huang Zhiting smiled and said, "Okay, I understand."
Gao pragmatic nodded when he heard this, and added: "You can hint to him that the Nanyang Fleet does not have a chief officer yet."
"This piece of meat is not small." Huang Zhiting said with a smile: "I think Gao Jing will want to try it."
Gao pragmatic smiled and said nothing, and Huang Zhiting asked again: "However, I took away 20,000 troops along the way, but you said before that the scale of the troop dispatch this time did not exceed 30,000, so wasn't the route on land to aid Siam just Are there 10,000 people left? I think there may be some shortcomings, even if we let Cen Ling go, it will still be too thin."
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "Cen Ling can't go. He has made a name for himself in Annan by quelling chaos in the past two years. I want to keep him in Annan to intimidate Xiaoxiao."
Upon hearing this, Huang Zhiting couldn't help but laugh and said: "When I was in Guangxi in the past, Master Cen Qi was always known as a handsome young master, but I didn't expect that as soon as he arrived in Annan, he would be used as the 'King of Hell' by you. I don’t know what Cen Ling thinks in his heart.”
Gao Pragmatic couldn't help scratching his head. In fact, this was really an accident.
When Wu Gongji, the son of the old Xuanguang guard Wu Wenmi, rebelled, Cen Ling felt that Huang Zhiting's territory was not in chaos, but his territory actually rebelled first, which was really embarrassing.
So he personally led 5,000 soldiers from the wolf town to crusade. In one battle, he annihilated all 8,000 people under the command of Duke Wu, who was ambitious and incompetent. He was so frightened that the Annan people in northern Vietnam even called him "King of Hell".
Gao Pragmatic also followed the trend and simply let Cen Ling be fully responsible for Annan's suppression of rebellion and banditry. So in the past two years, countless "Annan patriots" have died in his hands, and the name "Cen Yanwang" has stopped children from crying at night in Annan.
In this case, it is obviously better to send him to fight foreign affairs than to keep him at home.
Gao Jingshi coughed dryly and said: "On the way to Siam, I will send Ruan Huang to lead the army. What I mean is that he will also bring five thousand troops with him. At the same time, Ruan Juan and Mo Yulin will each send two thousand, and then Shenglong The garrison transferred him 6,000 people, making up 15,000 people. In this case, although it uses 5,000 more than the original plan, it is still acceptable."
Huang Zhiting frowned and said: "The number of people has only increased by five thousand, but whether it is Ruan Huang, Ruan Juan, or Mo Yulin, their Annan soldiers are not as brave as the wolf soldiers to fight to the death, nor are they as powerful as the two major guard armies. We I always feel that he is still a little weak along the way.”
Gao pragmatically said: "He is going to Siam all the way. In fact, there will be no big battles to be fought before the main force of the Burmese army goes south. You also know that the Burmese people have an extremely bad reputation in Siam and Laos. , Narixuan and Biyajue only need to raise their flags to rebel and ensure their compliance. They only need to win one or two key places, and the next step is to spread the word.
The only thing to worry about is that after the main force of the Burmese army moves south, once you withdraw from Bago, especially if you choose to withdraw to Annan by sea, the pressure on Siam will be great.
But I thought of one thing. Before Myanmar conquered Siam, it was fought back and forth many times. The key battles every time were in Ayutthaya. As long as Ayutthaya was not lost, Myanmar would have to retreat in the end. Therefore, I plan to let the 6,000 men of the Thang Long Garrison carry more firearms to defend the city. I may even consider letting the Nanyang Fleet take on another task, sending a batch of manpower and cement and other materials from Beijing Infrastructure to rebuild the city defense and make it It can better cooperate with firearms to exert its power in defending the city. "
Huang Zhiting frowned and said, "Are the Siamese reliable?"
Gao Pingshi heard the elegant meaning of Xian Ge and said with a smile: "Are you afraid that if I build the city's defense too well, what if I fall out with Na Li Xuan in the future and you can't even take it down?"
Huang Zhiting raised her eyebrows slightly: "Judging from the current intelligence, this Naresuan is a die-hard hardliner in Siam. Even being the deputy king of Siam can't satisfy him... Since he refuses to be a loyal minister of Myanmar, I I think he may not be willing to be a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty."
Gao pragmatic smiled, shook his head and said: "Your worries are very reasonable. I also think that Narixuan is not that easy to control. However, you don't understand architecture - if you make any changes to the city's defense this time, The modifications, in fact, can only work when the Thang Long Garrison is in Ayutthaya. As long as the Siamese do not reach the firearms level of the Thang Long Garrison, those modifications are meaningless."
I don’t have time to go into detail with Huang Zhiting about the knowledge and pragmatism involved. I just briefly explained ideas such as crossfire and multiple strikes. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is nothing more than borrowing from the bastion tactics in history, but I didn’t learn enough. So thorough.
But Huang Zhiting did have some insights into the military. She just drew a very simple sketch and explained a few sentences. Then she understood the key and suddenly said: "I understand - unless there is something like Wanli Yishi Long effective shooting range, otherwise these modifications would be 'dragon-slaying techniques' to Siam, and their wooden bows would not be able to shoot that far, and they would not be able to utilize these fortifications."
Gao pragmatic smiled and nodded: "Not only the Wanli Type 1, but also these muzzles... You see, without Jinghua's light cannons that can greatly adjust the firing angle, it would be a complete waste of materials to build these things."
"As long as you are prepared." Huang Zhiting felt relieved and nodded: "I have been in contact with the Biajue siblings. The two of them don't have much ambition. Biajue himself just wants to avenge his father. Can he even The restoration of Laos is not a particular priority; her brother is still young, and has been growing up under the wings of his sister in the past few years. His personality is...a bit soft, and he doesn't look like he can do big things.
But Na Li Xuan is different. I always feel that he and Mang Yingli are actually the same kind of people, but they are in different positions. Mang Yingli’s father Mang Yinglong, no matter what, he is also a generation of Burmese. Hero, but Na Li Xuan's father is just a weakling puppet... I think sooner or later you will fall out with Na Li Xuan, so it's best to make some preparations first. "
Gao Pragmatic nodded and said: "Don't worry, I will take some measures, and I will also tell you to carefully record the topography, customs, folk customs and other conditions of the places I visited in Siam. The same is true for you."
Huang Zhiting smiled and said: "Do you have relevant talents in the Jinggang garrison you sent to me? I don't have such people available under my command."
Gao Pingshi laughed and said, "You are indispensable." Then he asked, "When will you leave? I will make arrangements and see you off."
Huang Zhiting shook her head and said: "The Ministry of Etiquette will be closed tomorrow. Business matters are important. You, a fellow examiner, don't send me off. Just let the fleet prepare the ship."
Gao Pingshi hesitated to speak. In fact, he knew that Huang Zhiting did not want him to see her off. It was probably not only because the Ministry of Etiquette would be closed tomorrow and fellow examiners had to enter, but also because of his reputation. However, he himself felt that it was not appropriate to be too close to Huang Zhiting publicly before the war with Myanmar was over, so he was a little entangled.
"Then stay at my place for dinner today, and consider it as a practice for you."
Huang Zhiting smiled generously: "Okay."
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