Huang Yingping said: "Commander-in-Chief, I think the Chief of Staff is more thoughtful." As soon as he said this, it was Gao Yuan's turn to hesitate.
As mentioned before, Huang Yingpin's official status in southern Xinjiang is "Annan Yue Zhongxuanfu and Nghe An garrison envoy." In other words, he has two positions. The first position is higher, which is "Annan Yue Zhong Xuanfu". The latter one is smaller, but it is his real "job", that is, "Nghe An Envoy" .
Nghe An means Nghe An Mansion. Before Annan expanded southwards, this was the central part of Annan, and the administrative seat was usually in Yanzhou. However, there is a place in Nghe An House that Gao Pangshi had been thinking about before he regained Annan: Ha Tinh.
Nowadays, Jinghua has a wide range of industries in Ha Tinh, which is called the Viet Chong Industrial Zone. This is because Ha Tinh has a high-grade rich mine: Ha Tinh Iron Ore.
In later generations, the Ha Tinh iron ore was not discovered by the Vietnamese themselves, but was explored by the former Soviet Union. It was not only of high grade, but also had large reserves, "at least 600 million tons." However, there were several reasons why this rich mine had not been well developed at that time. In addition to some political factors, a more critical issue is that although this mine is good, it is located too close to the coastline, and its development is a huge environmental challenge.
But Gao Pragmatic doesn't care about this, or in this era, he can't care either. Therefore, Jinghua vigorously developed the Ha Tinh iron ore and thus established the largest industrial zone in central Annam, and possibly even the largest industrial zone in the entire Annam.
Ha Tinh is located in Nghe An, and after Huang Yinglei was imprisoned, in order to appease the Huang family, Gao Pangshi changed the original fiefdom of the Huang family's principal clan in Thanh Hoa, Annam's "Xijing", to Nghe An. Since Thanh Hoa is the "Xijing" of Annam, it is naturally an area with a high degree of development. Why should it be said that it is a kind of appeasement to transfer it to the seal in a pragmatic manner? Because the Nghe An garrison can collect local taxes in Ha Tinh.
Sitting on the local tax of such a huge industrial area, is there any need to mention the financial resources of Ngee Ann Governor? So this transfer of seal is of course a kind of appeasement to the Huang family. At the same time, the governor of Nghe An is so rich and powerful, is it not natural to be the "Xuan Fu" of Vietnam and China?
In Annan, Xuan Fu was the second-most-ranked position after the Commander-in-Chief. If it were placed in other kingdoms in southern Xinjiang, it would probably be at the prince level. In addition to Nghe An Prefecture, "Vietnam Xuanfu" also governs Hue and Quang Nam Prefectures. Therefore, Huang Yingpin's status is actually very high.
However, as mentioned before, Huang's identity as an applicant is very special. He is different from Er Cen and Er Huang who came with him - he does not serve in the garrison, and his wolf soldiers are not even in the "temporary garrison army" system. But it is a school of its own. This can be understood as Gao Jingshi gave him a charter, allowing him, that is, the head of the Huang family, to have independent military equipment, although the size of the establishment is limited.
Therefore, theoretically speaking, there was no need for Huang Yingpin to intervene in the internal land and sea disputes within Jinghua. If he doesn't speak, no one can accuse him of anything. But he intervened and sided with the Army faction very simply, which suddenly tilted the balance greatly towards the Army side.
Sure enough, as soon as Huang Yingpin opened his mouth, Cen Yunhan and others expressed their support for Gao Lian's view and believed that there should not be a surprise attack on Dhaka at this moment.
Now that things have happened, Gao Yuan is in a dilemma. If the land and sea battles were evenly matched, he, as the Nanning Marquis and Commander-in-Chief of the Western Expeditionary Army, could find a way to carry the water. However, now that the Army faction has a clear advantage, this task of carrying water is no longer easy to do.
If his decision is to side with the Army faction, the Army faction will immediately crush the Navy faction in strength, and the Navy faction will inevitably be dissatisfied and think that they have been despised by the young marquis. In this way, it will be much more difficult to appease or even win over the naval faction later.
But what if you side with the navy? In fact, it is not easy to handle. The most superficial contradiction is: Our army faction is so united and even has the support of "Uncle Guo" and the entire Guangxi chieftain faction, but your little marquis actually turns your elbows outward? Not only do you despise our army, but you even abandon the foundation of your uncle's family. Will you settle the score?
The deeper trouble lies in this: We obviously have more supporters, but why are you so disobedient? This is not a "portrait of a wise king"!
Therefore, Gao Yuan's trouble now is that the army faction has gained momentum, and he can only follow the trend, but at the same time he has to appease the navy faction so that they will not resent him for this.
You must try your best to hold this bowl of water as level as possible. No matter how difficult it is, you must find a way. Gao Yuan's first idea of solving the problem was: Although the Army's fundamental statement is to prevent the Navy from grabbing credit, this cannot be stated explicitly. Therefore, there is only one obvious reason: dividing the forces is not safe.
In this case, can I think of some compromise method on the issue of troop strength? For example, there is no need to divide the army's forces, but let the navy carry out the mission of surprise attack on Dhaka?
"What the Chief of Staff said is indeed reasonable." Gao Yuan tried his best to keep his tone as calm as possible and said: "Sun Tzu said: 'In the past, those who were good at fighting first became invincible, waiting for the enemy to be victorious. Invincible lies in oneself, but victorious lies in the enemy. '. Today, the pre-war deployment of our Western Expeditionary Army is very detailed, and all logistics support and other arrangements are also implemented around this predetermined plan. If it is changed rashly, it may change our "invincible situation" situation. It’s really not advisable.”
When he said this, the Army faction, including Huang Yingping and others, secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Gao Yuan had shown strong opinions during this period. They were all worried that the young prince was eager for success. When they heard that the navy had made a surprise attack to seize Dhaka, which might be a great achievement, they immediately put forward any pre-war plans. If you throw it all out the window, it will be difficult to handle.
After all, Gao Yuan's identity is here, and he has full authority given by the master. As long as Secretary-General Liu is not around, what he says is equivalent to the master's words, and people like him cannot disobey it. And once this happens, with the support of the young marquis, the navy will not be able to take advantage of our army in the future? This is great! Fortunately, it seems now that the young Marquis still knows how to measure...
However, they had just breathed a sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, Gao Yuan continued: "However, the navy's opinion is not completely undesirable. Judging from the victory of this surprise attack on Chittagong, when the enemy was unprepared, the sea Surprise attacks can indeed have unexpected effects, how can a general turn a blind eye?"
The navy had already been half-dead just now. Who knew that there would be a chance for a turnaround? They all immediately became energetic and waited for the young Marquis's speech with wide eyes. The army generals were dumbfounded, thinking, What does this mean?
Gao Yuan took a deep breath and said: "The Army's unwillingness to divide its troops is a prudent move. However... if the Army does not need to divide its troops, how can it gather enough troops?"
Gao Lian frowned and said: "Did the commander-in-chief mean that the fleet should only rely on its own marines to complete this mission? I will not be blunt, not to mention that the strength of the marines is quite limited and it is difficult to capture it. The city of Dhaka is the seat of the Governor-General of Bengal.
Even if we take a step back and let the Marines capture Dhaka, it will still be as the last general said just now: Facing the rapid counterattack of the Mughal armies in Bangladesh, the city of Dhaka will inevitably Can't hold on.
On the contrary, doing so will only alert the Mughal Empire and speed up the mobilization of troops to march eastward to Bengal, thus making it more difficult for our western expedition to capture the entire Bengal. "
Regarding Gao Lian's point of "snatching the enemy from the grass", it is difficult even for the Navy to refute it forcefully, because judging from the current situation, this is the most likely situation.
However, Gao Yuan smiled confidently and said: "The Marine Corps has had great military exploits in the past. It stands to reason that it is not impossible to seize Dhaka with a surprise attack. However, I don't think we will be embarrassed this time. Only the Marines are available."
As soon as Gao Yuan said this, the generals of both armies and navy were in a daze. They looked at each other, still confused, and each thought: Is there something else I don't know?
However, Gao Yuan did not play riddles and said with a smile: "Have you forgotten that we also have allies in the west?"
Everyone was stunned, and Gao Lian asked: "The commander-in-chief is talking about the Mughal prince Salim? This man has indeed reached an agreement with us, but according to our agreement, he will not do it until we capture Bengal." Will he raise an army to rebel, declare himself emperor, and fight Akbar?
But now the Army has no troops, and the Marine Corps has limited troops. No matter how successful the surprise attack is, it can only capture the city of Dhaka at most... How is this enough? "
At this time, Gao Jing suddenly gasped and asked tentatively: "Ah, the general knows... Commander-in-Chief, the ally you mentioned is not referring to the one in Bengal who resisted the Mughal Empire. The local leader Isa Khan?”
Gao Yuan stroked his palms and smiled and said: "That's the man!" Then he paused and added: "And it's not just him. Don't forget, that Meng Dun Shun Han also wants to return to Wang Hua."
Only then did everyone suddenly realize: Yes, there is another one, this Meng Dun Shun Han.
Mengdun Shunhan is actually the Kingdom of Assam - yes, the Assam called "Assam milk tea" in later generations came from here.
Hundreds of years ago, probably during the Song Dynasty, the Dai people living in the Irrawaddy and Nu River basins had limited resources due to population growth, and began to immigrate to surrounding areas in search of livable land. At this time, the Burmese people in the south had risen, and the Dali power was also in the east, so they could only look for new territories in the west.
In the year when Kublai Khan was born, Sukafa, the leader of the Dai people in Mengya and Mengka (later Changning, Baoshan, Yunnan), brought the "Suotuo" symbolizing the royal power of the Dai people, about 9,000 men and women, and two elephants. , more than 300 horses, passing through Mengmao (later Ruili, Yunnan), Hugong (later northern Myanmar) and other places, spent thirteen years crossing the Pakai Mountains from the Hugong Valley and entering the Brahmaputra Valley area.
In the first year of Shaoding in the Southern Song Dynasty and the fifth year of Jin Zhengda, Sukafa established a city-state in Dipan in the Brahmaputra Valley area, reclaimed rice fields, built water conservancy projects, and cooperated with the indigenous Morans and Morans in the Brahmaputra Valley. The Naga people and the Bola people made good friends and encouraged the Dai people to intermarry with local ethnic groups to expand their population and gradually grew stronger.
Twenty-three years later, Sukafa moved his fortress to Chalai fortress on the north bank of the Brahmaputra River and established "Mengdun Shunhan" - this name was also translated as "Ahom Kingdom" or "Assam Kingdom" in later generations. '.
As for Gao Yuan's statement that the Kingdom of Assam "wanted to return to its royal status", he had to mention a name that was quite famous in the Ming Dynasty: Luchuan.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the "Mengmao Nong" in the east of Shunhan, Mengdun - what the Ming Dynasty called Luchuan - emerged. At that time, Luchuan was very ambitious and attempted to establish a unified Dai empire and annex surrounding countries, so he launched an army to conquer Mengdun and Shunhan in the west.
In the third year of Yanyou's reign in the Yuan Dynasty, Luchuan assembled an army of 900,000, with the "King's" brother Hun Sannong as the general, Dao Siyun, Dao Paluo, Dao Sihan Gai and others as generals, and led the troops to march westward to Meng Dunshun. Han, Meng Dun and Shun Han were defeated, so the whole country had to surrender. Most of Hun Sannong's army stayed in Mengdun Shunhan, while Mengdun Shunhan sent Hungan, Bo Meng and others to form an envoy, and accompanied part of the Luchuan army with gold and silver tributes to Yun Jielan, the "king capital" of Luchuan, to proclaim himself a minister. Pay tribute.
After Mengdun Shunhan surrendered to Luchuan, he paid tribute to Yunjielan every year, and his contacts with the Dai people in various "Meng" under Lucchuan gradually increased. Many Dai people in the upper reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River began to immigrate to the fertile land of Mengdun Shunhan, which strengthened the Mengdun Shunhan's strength.
In the 30th year of Hongwu, Su Dang Dharma King, who was deeply influenced by the ideas of Indian Brahmanism, succeeded to the throne of Mengdun Shunhan, and the status of Brahmanism in Mengdun Shunhan was improved. During the period when the Soviet Union was in power, it gradually alienated Lucchuan and moved closer to India. Lucchuan was also busy dealing with the Ming Dynasty and had no time to take care of the distant West. Mengdun Shunhan began to accelerate Indianization.
After that, the king of Mengdun Shunhan began to use Hindu titles as his own titles. Dai titles such as Zhaofa and Tao Meng were gradually replaced by Brago Hain, Balgo Hain, and Bapatra Gohain. And replaced by titles with Indian colors such as Rajko Was, Barua, Hazarika, Saikiya, Bora and so on.
As a result, a large number of foreign words were incorporated into the local Dai language, and Mengdun Shunhan gradually became known as Assam. As for the relationship between it and Luchuan, it was slowly broken off.
However, with the rise of the Mughal Empire, especially after their successful conquest of the Bengal Sultanate, the Kingdom of Assam felt a huge threat. Of course they couldn't deal with the Mughal Empire, so they went to southern Xinjiang and proposed "returning to kingship" - after all, in their view, the Han Dynasty only acted as a restraint on them anyway, and there seemed to be no tradition of direct administration, so " The lesser of two evils” was better than outright conquest by the Mughals.
In fact, not to mention that the Ming Dynasty didn't care at all about this "unknown tribe" in the wild and remote areas. Even in southern Xinjiang, no one took them seriously. This is why everyone was in a daze when Gao Yuan mentioned that there were allies in the west just now. Even if they thought about it seriously, they could only think of Salim.
But as soon as Gao Yuan started talking, everyone immediately became interested and thought about it seriously. When I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it. When I thought about it, I found out: It seems that it can be used. Maybe this idea will actually work! ——
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