Chapter 279: Yunnan Prepares for War (Page 1/1)

The construction of the Daming military base overseas had been planned for a long time. Zhang Qianfang just made a routine move, and by the way, let the people of Beitani know that he agreed to their request.

And this letter has another meaning, that is, to tell the emperor that he is ready, then Lu Qin and Yang Guanggao should also start acting.

Yang Guanggao is the general of the south, Guangxi is his jurisdiction, after the king of Nanyue handed over the Gaoping area to the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty assigned this place to Guangxi, so now Guangxi and the Nanzhang State are adjacent. Lu Qin was a southwestern general, who governed the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan, and Yunnan was also adjacent to Nanzhang and also adjacent to Donghu, and if you want to solve the problems of Southeast Asia, there are now three countries that are more important: Nanzhang, Donghu and Siam. The Ming Dynasty prepared to attack from both land and sea directions, and the land was handed over to the troops of Lu Qin and Yang Guanggao.

Lu Qin came to the southwest and first set up the general's palace in Chengdu. With the help of Qin Liangyu and Wang Sanshan, the governor of Sichuan, Lu Qin recruited a large number of Tusi soldiers, the most of which were Shi Yan's white pole soldiers.

In addition to the original white-pole spear, each of the white-pole soldiers was equipped with a short knife, which was a special steel knife made by the Ordnance Bureau, and the sharpness was far from being comparable to that of ordinary long knives. Lu Qin handed over a total of 12,000 Tusi soldiers to the hussar general Ma Xianglin, and paid them according to the standards of the Guards.

There is Qin Liangyu in Sichuan, the Tusi in Sichuan are very quiet, Zhu Youxiao does not want to wantonly reform the land and return to the stream, but only strengthens the education in Yunnan, Guichuan and other places, and builds some primary schools in the densely populated Tusi tribe, and attracts some local children with free meals, and the effect is not bad. Of course, this is a slow process, and if you want to basically sinicize these places, Zhu Youxiao estimates that it will take at least a few decades to see some results.

Lu Qin only stayed in Chengdu for about half a year before he came to Yunnan with 10,000 guards and 12,000 Tusi soldiers. First of all, he paid a visit to the Duke of Qianguo and Mu Tianbo, the chief military officer of Yunnan. Mu Tianbo was only a teenager at this time, and the affairs of the general army could only be taken by the governor of Yunnan, and the affairs of the palace were presided over by his mother, Mrs. Chen, and the housekeeper Ruan brothers. However, Lu Qin did not dare to snub him, and greeted him very thoughtfully.

He then discussed with Wu Zhaoyuan, the governor of Yunnan, the establishment of the Southwest General's Mansion in Yunnan. When Wu Zhaoyuan heard that he was going to move the general's mansion in Chengdu to Pu'er, he was naturally overjoyed and said: "The general is willing to stay in Yunnan for a long time, so that he can deter those Tusi and keep me safe in Yunnan." ”

Lu Qin said: "Is there a toast restless? ”

Wu Zhaoyuan said: "Wuding Tusi Wu Bikui, Mengzi Tusi Sha Dingzhou saw that Mu Guogong was young, and he was a little arrogant on weekdays, but he was not restless. ”

Lu Qin smiled: "That's right, I want to establish a prestige in Yunnan first, and the governor will find me a target." ”

Wu Zhaoyuan exclaimed: "Why is General Lu here? They are only a little arrogant, and sin does not lead to death. ”

Lu Qin said with a smile: "Our army will attack Nanzhang and Donghu, and there must be a stable rear first, and this general is here for this, and only blood can suppress their rebellious ambitions." ”

Wu Zhaoyuan said: "General Lu, this matter is difficult to obey, the toasts are just bullying Grandpa Mu at a young age, why do you want to kill people?" Unless you make a holy decree, I won't let you kill indiscriminately here. ”

Lu Qin said helplessly: "Why bother, it's just some toast, how good it is to strangle it in the cradle if there are signs of instability, so as not to cause more trouble." Governor, if you don't want to, then you have to show me the rear. ”

Wu Zhaoyuan breathed a sigh of relief, he naturally knew that Lu Qin was a good hand in war, but he was too lethal. Fortunately, I gambled just now, and I believe that the emperor will not let him come here to kill people, otherwise after those toasts are really killed, they may have some effect at that time, but in the future, the relationship between the Han people and the locals will only be worse, and the toasts are only afraid that they will hate and fear the court, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not really be in trouble.

He said: "Please rest assured General Lu, this officer will definitely be optimistic about the rear of the Guards." It's just about the grain and grass of the army, I'm afraid that Pu'er can't guarantee the supply. ”

Lu Qin said: "There is no problem with this, this year's bumper harvest in Guangxi and South Vietnam, military rations will be transported by water, a total of 25,000 people's grain, so there is still surplus to supply Yunnan." ”

When Wu Zhaoyuan heard that there was no need for Yunnan to provide food, his heart had completely settled down. He smiled and said: "Yunnan's grain is self-sufficient, if General Lu only has a few thousand people's food, we can supply, and if there are more, there is nothing we can do." ”

Lu Qin said: "I also want to trouble the governor to provide me with two thousand local soldiers, the closer to Nanzhang and Donghu, the better." It's okay for us white pole soldiers, but the guards are not well adapted to the local climate and environment after all, and we need these people to be guides and teach us some precautions by the way. ”

Ma Xianglin said: "The customs of Yunnan and Sichuan are very different, and the customs of the two places are also somewhat different, so we have many places to learn from the local soldiers." ”

Wu Zhaoyuan thought for a while and said: "Shiping Tusi Long is in the field, he likes to contact with the Han people, he learns the books and farming methods of the Han people on weekdays, and he fights bravely, he should be General Lu's best helper, I think he should be very willing to serve under General Lu." ”

Lu Qin smiled: "It's amazing, Tusi can actually read books, much better than us old and coarse, then you send someone to ask him to see if he is willing to help us adapt to Yunnan." Tell him that we are responsible for giving them rations, but there will be no salaries, and after the war, they will be paid according to their heads and merits. ”

Wu Zhaoyuan exclaimed: "Send them seizures too, is this okay?" The seizures of the Guards will be returned to the public, but they will be given seizures? In fact, they don't have military pay on weekdays, so it's good to be able to eat well. ”

Lu Qin smiled: "It is impossible to want the horses to run and not eat grass. Without the attraction of interests, such a combination is not solid, even if they are forced by our force, they will only be afraid, and will not really help us, in the words of you scholars, it should be tempting to take advantage, yes, this is the word, the emperor has emphasized many times. ”

Wu Zhaoyuan sighed: "The emperor has really learned the sage thoroughly, unlike those rotten Confucians, who only know how to say some big things, fight for some etiquette, and really want to do things, and don't do anything." ”

Lu Qin said: "It's much better now, after the emperor drove away some guys who only knew what to do, those officials understood what the emperor liked and who he didn't like." In fact, you scholars know very well in your hearts, the last time I heard Master Lu say that the court discussions, the officials no longer talk about those who care, and they all use words that we rough people can understand, just because the emperor likes it. ”

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