Chapter 252: African Spheres of Influence (3)

After Zhu San heard Susniyos's words, he laughed and said to Susniyos: "Your Majesty, I came to your kingdom this time to help you, what you just said about sending a team of robbers, in fact, let me tell you, these people can't do, and if they go, they will look for death, and at most they will consume some of your food." We, King Fu, have already thought of a way for you, and the purpose of my visit to Gundar this time is to help you stabilize the Kingdom of Abyssinia. ”

As soon as Susneyos heard that Zhu San had a way to solve the problem he was facing, he immediately became happy and asked Zhu San: "What can Mr. do you do to help me solve my current predicament?" What does it cost me? Just don't cause a bigger riot. ”

Zhu San said: "I don't know how many troops Your Majesty can control by himself, if they are all armed with the weapons of our Fucheng Kingdom, can you help you pacify the separatist regimes such as marquis, governors, and tribal leaders in various places?" I need you to give me an approximate number, and we will prepare these weapons for you. As for the price you need to pay, it is very simple, that is, just conduct normal commercial trade with us, if there is still any, it is to recognize the current borders, of course, your armed army can help you get more land, such as expansion to the west and north, we will fully support. ”

Susneyos waited to look at Zhu San with big eyes and asked, "It's as simple as that." I have 30,000 descendants, and I don't know if you will be able to provide so many weapons, and you will need to help us train these soldiers so that we can seize the land in the northwest. And we don't have enough food to eat, and we need your help. ”

Zhu San directly agreed: "These are not problems, the key is whether your subordinates are literate and can accept our strict training, if you can find 10,000 soldiers who meet our requirements, you can also sweep the northwest region, there is no problem." ”

Susniyos shook his head with a wry smile, he said: "Don't talk about 10,000 literate soldiers, I can't find 3,000 people, it is estimated that you can find up to 1,000 people who meet your requirements, I don't know if you can?" ”

Zhu Sandao: "Yes, then I will help you train according to these thousand people, you choose a thousand soldiers who are most loyal to you, hand them over to me, and then use these people as seeds, you will have a strong army in a few years, at least in half a year, you can complete the integration of forces within the country, achieve real domestic stability, and unify government decrees." ”

Zhu San's actions were very rapid, and he quickly transported the weapons such as firing rifles and small mortars that had been eliminated by the troops to Gangdar, the capital of Abyssinia, and then brought dozens of his guards soldiers to begin rigorous training for the more than 1,000 soldiers selected. Although these are literate soldiers, but these literate soldiers all know the Abyssinian characters, and do not know the Chinese characters that Zhu San they say, which is also a process that must be learned, fortunately, Zhu San's purpose is very clear, not only to teach military skills, but more importantly, to teach the traditional culture of the Ming Dynasty to spread here, so military training and literacy training are carried out at the same time, and it is equally important, soldiers who do not learn enough 500 Chinese characters, it is basically difficult to learn complete military knowledge.

In order to stimulate the enthusiasm of these black soldiers to study, Zhu San also adopted an incentive measure compared to the new ones, and Zhu San rewarded all soldiers who could learn 1,000 Chinese characters, a copper-shelled bullet rifle, and if they could persist in learning, they would be rewarded with 50 rounds of ammunition in ten days. The second is that all soldiers who have learned a thousand Chinese characters will eat a small stove with these instructors, which is the traditional meal of the Ming Dynasty, this guy is even better than a reward rifle and bullets, which makes these black buddies as excited as if they wanted to fight chicken blood. Of course, it is impossible for a thousand people to learn a thousand Chinese characters, and three months later, there are still 100 people who have reached this level, and Zhu San trained these 100 people as special forces soldiers, and became the absolute force to control the Abyssinian army in the future. Zhu San trained all of the 100 elite soldiers with accurate marksmanship and skillful use of small mortars.

Three months later, seeing a thousand elite soldiers appear in front of him, Susniyos was extremely happy. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to train elite soldiers in three months, but these soldiers are not ordinary people, they are also the best soldiers selected from the descendants of 30,000 Susniyos, and the physical foundation is very good, Zhu San only provides more scientific and systematic training, so that the various qualities of these soldiers have a qualitative leap, and the best 100 soldiers have reached the reserve level of the Ming special forces, which is a very remarkable achievement in the eyes of Susneyos. Now Susniyos's first thought was to immediately revoke the rights of the marquis, governors, and tribal leaders everywhere, and make them obediently obey his orders, and take counterinsurgency measures against anyone who did not obey.

Zhu San felt funny when he heard Susneyos's thoughts, and felt that there was something wrong with this guy's gaze, so he told him not to do this, otherwise it would be the biggest trouble to cause chaos in the country, Zhu San patiently explained this problem to Susneyos, this is the famous problem of national relations that existed everywhere in later generations, and the more important issue of "Ann and Wai" made Susnesios have a correct judgment in his heart.

Zhu San's point of view to Susniyos is that you either first solve the biggest and most disobedient marquis in the country, or you can first maintain the stability of the country and maintain the current state. There must be a certain number of rebels in the country, it is estimated that it will be difficult to clean up in a short time, if the effect of killing chickens and monkeys is not achieved, it will cause more rebellions, and other marquises, governors, and tribal leaders may unite to overthrow your throne. In fact, in real history, this is really the case, three years later, Susniyos had to announce his abdication because he could not control the situation, and the end was tragic.

Zhu San's suggestion to Susniyos was that the Ottoman Empire in the north invaded the northern region of Abyssinia, occupied Eritrea, and blocked Abyssinia's access to the Red Sea, and the west and north, and even the southwest were the Ottoman spheres of influence, and they were much more threatening to Abyssinia than the Fucheng Kingdom, if the Ottoman Empire could be defeated and occupy this land, your country would become very vast, and the land in the north would not be worth mentioning. If you defeat the Ottoman Empire, your prestige will be in full swing, the hearts of the people in the country will gather to you, and the marquis, governors, and chiefs everywhere will not dare to disobey your command, and if you violate your will, you will become a traitor to the country, and completely lose the support of the people.

The specific method given by Zhu San was to first vigorously announce to the ministers how the Ottoman Empire was full of hostility to Abyssinia, and if they were ignored, they would soon be destroyed. The second is to gather some men and horses and grain and grass from the marquis, governors, and tribal leaders in various places, not too much, as long as it is enough for the people they have sent themselves, three hundred for the larger marquis, fifty or sixty or one hundred for the smaller ones, so that they can see your appeal. There will not be a few princes who will not contribute, because this point is insignificant to them, but it can show their tough strategy to the outside world, for you, these horses are also a symbol, let them go on the expedition with you, they will not need them to fight at all, let them transport supplies, the purpose is to let these people go back, to their princes to promote the strength of your army, that is, through foreign wars, to show your strength at home.

The war with the outside world is very simple, I asked the Fukujo Kingdom to send warships to block the sea surface of the Red Sea, the Ottoman Empire cannot support by sea, and your army does not need too much, just dispatch a thousand people who have been trained by us to be the vanguard, and then use 10,000 soldiers to clean up the battlefield, as for the soldiers gathered from all over the country, their task is simpler, that is, they are responsible for transporting supplies, and they don't need to go to the battlefield at all. As long as you reclaim the disputed lands along the coast in a short period of time and expel the Ottoman Empire, the domestic situation will soon improve, and you will be able to reorganize the domestic power, and then you can take over the vast areas of the west and become a truly powerful state.