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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, most of the time sneaks away from people's eyes. Compared with the political and economic turmoil of the same period last year, the first few months of Wucheng's 20 years were as dull as stagnant water. Could it be that Zheng Kezhang is not tossing? Of course not. No, at the end of March of this year, the Ministry of Military Affairs made a new round of adjustments to the establishment of the Xia Army in accordance with Zheng Kezang's will.

The most important part of this readjustment was to reduce the number of brigades and regiments under the jurisdiction of the infantry division of the field army while increasing the strength of the infantry regiment; therefore, after the adjustment, each infantry regiment will have six infantry posts, one artillery post, one middle base post, and one baggage post, plus a regimental command post of 30 men, and the total strength of each infantry regiment will be expanded to 930 men; Two infantry regiments form an infantry brigade, which also has two ranger posts, one grenadier post, two baggage posts, and a brigade command post of forty men, so that each infantry brigade will have a strength of 2,400 officers and men; The two infantry brigades formed an infantry division, and the division also directly governed an artillery regiment under the old (six posts) system, a baggage regiment, a grenadier regiment, and a middle base regiment under the new (nine posts) system, plus a division command post of 100 men, a central army outpost, a division hospital, and a sick horse factory, so that the total strength of each infantry division was 8,500 men.

At present, the Huaxia 6th Division has a total of 24 infantry divisions, and according to the original strength of 11,000 troops per division, a total of 60,000 troops can be saved.

Each artillery division has two heavy artillery brigades, one siege artillery regiment, one base regiment, one baggage regiment, one escort infantry regiment, one division command post, one central army outpost, one division hospital, and one sick horse factory; The heavy artillery brigade has two heavy artillery regiments, a brigade command post, two guard posts, and two baggage posts; Both the heavy artillery regiment and the siege artillery regiment had four artillery posts, a middle base post, a baggage post and a regimental command post; Accordingly, each artillery regiment had a strength of 630 men and 16 artillery pieces; Each artillery brigade has a strength of 1,700 men and 32 artillery pieces; Each artillery division has a strength of 7,100 men, and in addition to the infantry regiment equipped with light artillery, there are also 64 large-caliber heavy artillery pieces and 16 large-caliber siege guns.

In order to fill the 25,000 men and horses that remained short after the establishment of field artillery divisions, the Ministry of Military Affairs also replanned the number of town troops in each province, and no longer made a one-size-fits-all arrangement according to the general military districts and deputy general military districts -- considering that if each division is calculated with three brigades and nine regiments, the Xia Army's field troops are actually short of 60 brigades and 240 regiments, and the provincial commanders directly under the central base, baggage, and sentry cavalry units, so the total number of troops stationed in each province has also been finally determined to be 370,000 men. In this way, the relationship between the town army and the field troops was once again clarified, and the system of rear division management area to supplement the front-line troops after the war was initially established??????

As soon as the restructuring of the Xia army was announced and had not yet been formally implemented, the Siamese side formally submitted a request to the Chinese envoy in Siam in early April of that year to send an envoy to the Hajj.

"The crown prince of Siam is ready to come to the court in person? Weijiahai, Defu Siyi, and the nations are submissive, this is a great thing. Zheng Kezhang commented with a slight sarcasm. Since the other country is so earnest, I can't ignore his loyalty and diligence, so I will send a decree to Siam, allow him to enter the Hajj, and greet him as the prince of the county. ”

Pan Zheng, the new governor of Yamen, said with a wry smile: "Holy Lord, although the prince of Siam entered the Hajj out of obedience, according to the messenger of the imperial court in Siam, he probably came to send troops to Burma. ”

Siam and Burma are feuds, and it is normal for them to meet each other in arms, and it is not necessary to report to the Chinese court, but Siam specially sent the crown prince to China to report, one is to show respect for the suzerain, and the other is definitely to ask Huaxia for help - this is not to say that the Siam, which is not strong enough, deliberately wants to pull Huaxia into the water, but for the Siamese who have been repeatedly defeated in the war with Burma, if the Xia army, which has great martial arts, can send troops to help, Then this war, which had only a four-point chance of victory, could have a more favorable ending for the Siamese.

Zheng Kezhang asked knowingly: "Has Siamese vitality been restored?" How dare you take the initiative to provoke a war with Burma? ”

Pan Zheng's expression was a little grim: "Shengshang Mingjian, Siam has made a lot of profits from trading with this dynasty in the past two years, and has purchased nearly 100 cannons from the imperial court, so he naturally feels that he has the confidence to fight with Burma." However, the reason why the Siamese people intend to take the initiative to provoke the war is, in the final analysis, because of domestic problems. ”

Pan Zheng's words are actually quite vague, the so-called domestic problems of Siam actually refer to the dissatisfaction of the lords and nobles in Siam with the shrinking territory of Siam that can no longer be suppressed -- China has continued to acquire from Siam the entire Malay Peninsula south of the Phoppy River and the surrounding area of the port of Ayutthaya from Siam over the years, and Chenla has also acquired from Siam the places south of the Mon River and east of the Basai River, Siam has lost a large part of the southeast and south of the country, and only a small piece of land bordering the Gulf of Siam has been retained around Thonburi. Although Siam also received compensation from the former province of Laos, Xayaburi Province, this was not enough to compensate for the loss of Siamese territory, so there has always been a saying in Siam that it was in the hands of Huaxia.

However, the power of China is in full swing, and there are vassal states such as Annam, Vietnam, Chenla, and Champa to help, once the lonely Siam turns against China, without Huaxia doing it himself, Annam, Vietnam and other countries will happily cross the Mekong River into Siam, and the old enemy Burma will also pounce on it to get a piece of the pie, so the rulers of the Ayutthaya Dynasty can only try to suppress domestic dissatisfaction to avoid irritating the Chinese court.

However, in order to truly dispel the discontent at home, the Siamese royal court could only step up its preparations for war against Burma, hoping to obtain the lost land from Burma in order to compensate for the loss of the dominal territories in the southeast and south.

"Although Burma has not continued to oppress Siam to the east out of fear of its own dynasty in recent years, it is still wary of Siam's actions to reorganize its army and military forces, so it has purchased a lot of ordnance and artillery from Britain, France, the Netherlands and other Taixi Zhuyi." Pan Zheng continued. "Siam is also well aware of this, so he doesn't dare to take it lightly, so he will ask me to send troops to help. In addition, although the border between Burma and Siam is long, most of them are steep mountains, and the only suitable passage for large armies is in a certain section of the Ta Ninnah Mountains, that is, between Kanchanaburi Province in Siam and Karen Province in Myanmar, which is also the main route for Burma's eastward invasion of Siam. ”

Xu knew that Zheng Kezhang might not understand what he was saying, so Pan Zheng then presented a map: "Holy Lord, please see, what the minister said is near the Salween River, east of Mawlamyine. ”

Zheng Kezhang searched the map for a while, and it was easy to find the names of places such as the Taweng Mountains, the Salween River, Mawlamyine, Kanchanaburi, and Karen Province, so he praised: "The Governor's Yamen Department has done a good job. ”

For Zheng Kezang's praise, Pan Zheng's side Pang Xi, who was a servant of the Ministry of Military Affairs at the time, was quite unimpressed - the Ministry of Military Affairs Department was the original Privy Council Division, after the Privy Council was divided into two, in order to prevent the Navy 6 Army from doing one set each, so the Privy Council Department was handed over to the Ministry of War and later the Ministry of Military Affairs as a whole.

Zheng Kezhang didn't care about Pang Xi's feelings, but something appeared in the corner of the map: "Sixty (summer) miles south of Mawlamyine is the town guard of southern Burma?" With the arms and fires, I'm afraid that the first place the Burmese will have to deal with is here. ”

Zheng Kezhang asked Pan Zheng: "Qing thinks that the imperial court should accept the request of the Siamese." ”

"The imperial court has received a lot of benefits from the Siamese over the years, and if you don't agree to send troops to help the war, I'm afraid that the Siamese will be angry with the imperial court." Pan Zheng's reply has a definite tendency. Of course, the imperial court may not be afraid of the anger of the Siamese, but why should the imperial court chill the loyalty of the Siamese king for the sake of the Burmese. Besides, the Taisi Zhuyi were quite active in Burma, or they were not good for the imperial court, so they had to cut off their thoughts, so as not to leave a legacy. ”

According to the consideration of the Governor Yamen, the expulsion of Britain, France, the Netherlands, and other merchants from Burma would have a consolidated effect on Huaxia's control of the entire Indochina Peninsula and the East Indies, and making Siam the regional hegemon could not only calm Siam's dissatisfaction with China, but also make Siam and Burma permanently hostile because of territorial issues, and would be more conducive to Huaxia's manipulation of the situation in Central and Southern China.

Zheng Kezhang then asked Pang Xidao: "What does the Ministry of Military Affairs think?" ”

"The 6th Division is in the process of being adjusted, and the military expenditure is quite large, so it is really not suitable to use troops." Pang Xi replied calmly. "And there is a lot of miasma in southern Yunnan and northern Myanmar, and it is not suitable for a large army to be dispatched, and the Yuan expedition to Burma and the Ming expedition to Annam are all lessons from the past."

"Northern Myanmar is barren, and if it wins, it will be a waste of national funds and nothing to gain." Cai Tong didn't wait for Zheng Kezang to ask, and took a step forward to praise. "If it is defeated, the southwest gate will be opened, and it may be possible for the southwest Zhuyi to despise the power of the imperial court."

Zheng Kezhang didn't say a word, and Lu Weijun, the former minister of the Governor's Yamen Office and the then Cabinet Counselor, had no choice but to come out to help his old subordinates and said: "Burma invaded Yunnan in the Ming Season, and has not returned it so far, and this dynasty has not been built so far, Myanmar has no subordinate plans, how can it not be punished, as for the war to spend national funds, it can be aided to Annam, Vietnam, and paid by the Siamese. ”

Pan Zheng also said: "If we can recapture the three Xuan and six comforts, our dynasty can connect southern Tibet, which will be more beneficial to the control of Tibet." ”

Zheng Kezhang narrowed his eyes and thought for a while, and asked before the ministers thought he was asleep: "Pan Qing, notify Siam, allow its prince to enter the court, and by the way, inquire about the bottom limit of the Siamese people?" ”

Before Pan Zheng could respond, Zheng Kezhang said again: "Go and ask the king of Arakan if he is willing to send troops together, as for the three declarations and six comforts, between the mountains and mountains, the imperial court should not be able to master, or forget it, I just need to go to Burma." ”

Looking at the dumbfounded courtiers, Zheng Kezhang smiled coldly??????