Zhu Youjian was worried that the time was too late, but it would take some time for the garrisons from other places to come to Yunnan to hurry. Mu Qiyuan and the others returned and the time was about the same. Thinking about it, he agreed: "Waiting, Sichuan Are the soldiers of the army capable of fighting? Can they hold the local Tibetans?".
"Your Majesty, the Tibetans are newly defeated, and the people are afraid. They should not take any action for the time being. After the war in Toungoo is over, we will consider the issue of army stationing in Tibet." Li Chunye suddenly showed his big white teeth, "Your Majesty, in the future. When the army enters Tibet, these Sichuan government soldiers should also retire. Can you let them settle down in Tibet?"
"Quality..." Zhu Youjian was taken aback, then burst into laughter, "Haha, it turns out that the quality has also learned to calculate? Kill two birds with one stone."
"This is all learned from your majesty..."
"Okay, you are waiting, dare to pour dirty water on me?" Zhu Youjian held up the tea cup in front of him, as if he was about to pour Li Chunye.
"Your Majesty, the minister dare not." Li Chunye left his seat pretentiously, seemingly intending to bow his head to apologize.
Zhu Youzhen stretched out his hand to stop Li Chunye: "Waiting, between you and the emperor and his ministers, don't be like this. All the ministers in the court should know me best, right?"
"Your Majesty, the minister dare not."
"Don't dare, continue on. Just now Hou Qiao said that the army in Yunnan seems to have only two armies, less than 100,000 people, right?"
"Yes, Your Majesty," Li Chunye coughed, returning to his original state, "Your Majesty, there is still a 21st Army in Yunnan, but there are also many indigenous people in Yunnan. You can't spare the army. It's better to transfer another army from Guangdong. "
"Guangdong? Yes, it is the Southern Army. It should be able to adapt to the climate of Dongyu. Go and prepare."
"Yes, your majesty," Li Chunye seemed to be unfinished. "Your Majesty, the Firearms Bureau has developed a small artillery that can be carried by two soldiers."
"Small artillery?" Zhu Youjian remembered. When he was in charge of the Firearms Bureau, he had asked the artisans of the Firearms Bureau to develop artillery of different calibers. Although this kind of small artillery was not as powerful as the large artillery, it was convenient to transport. It is more practical, and it is especially suitable for mountainous terrain like Toungoo. It might be more appropriate to call it a mountain gun, "How many mountain guns does the Firearms Bureau produce?"
According to Zhu Youjian's meaning, Li Chunye was directly called the mountain artillery. "The Firearms Bureau didn't know what the mountain artillery was, so only dozens of them were produced."
"Dozens of doors? Enough for the time being, you immediately let the North Sea Fleet ship to Guangzhou by ship, and then send it to Yunnan by land."
"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister will do it right away." Li Chunye bowed to Zhu Youjian and was about to leave.
However, Zhu Youzhen is still talking about sex, "Wait, wait for quality, not in a hurry."
"Your Majesty..."
"Waiting for quality, Daming has been in war with Donggu for many years. What are the characteristics of Donggu’s army? What are their advantages that my Daming soldiers lack?" Zhu Youjian is confident that he will win the battle, but still I hope to know ourselves and the enemy, and don't overturn the ship in the gutter.
"Your Majesty, according to the generals who have participated in the war, the army of Toungoo has third-rate combat effectiveness of soldiers, second-rate combat effectiveness of the entire army, and first-rate combat effectiveness of elephant soldiers."
"Elephant soldiers?" Zhu Youjian knew that there were elephants in the south, which could be used as a means of transportation.
"Your Majesty, Toungoo is rich in elephants. These elephants are tamed by the Toungoo people. When fighting, soldiers ride on the elephant's back. He can kill them with a long spear or shoot with a bow and arrow, but it is difficult for others to attack them. "
"Why? Did these elephant soldiers cast any spell?" Zhu Youjian was puzzled, at least he could shoot these elephant soldiers from a long distance with a bow and arrow.
"Your Majesty does not know that on the battlefield, the war horse is also afraid of the elephant. Once the elephant soldier appears on the battlefield, the war horse will not listen to the call of the rider, and is frightened to scurry on the battlefield."
"So that's it," Zhu Youzhen nodded slightly, and the animals might be afraid, "Since the cavalry is not good, what about the infantry?"
Li Chunye had to smile bitterly: "Your Majesty, the elephant's body is too high. When the infantry is in close combat, the soldiers of Toungoo sit on the elephant's back with a long spear in his hand, taking advantage. Once the elephant is offended, they will chase the elephant. With the Ming army trampled on."
"These beasts!" Zhu Youjian didn't have a particularly good solution, "What about bows and arrows? Soldiers can shoot these elephant soldiers at long distances with bows and arrows."
"Your Majesty, Daming is not a nomadic tribe. The soldiers' shooting skills are not even as good as the soldiers of Tonggu."
Zhu Youjian didn't believe it anymore, "Is there no way? Since the elephant is so big, you can attack the elephant first. As long as the elephant is injured or killed, will the advantage of the elephant soldier be lifted soon?"
Li Chunye really couldn't help it, "Your Majesty, the elephant's skin is thick and thick, not to mention the bow and arrow, even the knife and the spear can not hurt it at all. The soldiers have suffered from the pain of the elephant."
Zhu Youjian doesn't believe that big living beings are suffocated in urine. After so many years of war, he will not fail to think of a way to deal with elephant soldiers. "How on earth did you deal with elephant soldiers?"
Li Chunye disappointed Zhu Youzhen, "Your Majesty, there is no way."
"There is no way?" Zhu Youjian couldn't believe it. "Could it be that the soldiers of Daming, let the elephant soldiers ruin it?"
"Your Majesty, it's almost like this. The Ming army is filled with numbers. In order to kill an elephant soldier, the Ming army often casualties more than a dozen people, or even dozens of people," Li Chunye's eyes suddenly dimmed and never seen again. After all the time, "Fortunately, the number of elephant soldiers is not too large, otherwise, the Ming army will never win."
Zhu Youjian fell silent. Daming had already stepped into the era of hot weapons. Is it possible that even the elephant soldiers could not deal with it? No, it's absolutely impossible, he thought about it, and suddenly he shook his heart.
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The Ayutthaya Dynasty, the capital city.
There is an inconspicuous grocery store on Sumu Street. On the lintel of the grocery store, there is a plaque with the words "people's words" written on it. It should be the name of the grocery store. The plaque is new, obviously just hanging up. soon.
There is only one man in the store, he is lazily yawning, because there are no customers, he is sorting out some messy department stores.
Suddenly, there was a mess of footsteps outside, probably because the grocery store was facing the street, it was normal to have pedestrians in the past, the guy didn't even lift his head, and continued to organize the department store.
"Huh huh." The visitor slowed down at the door of the grocery store. He looked back and saw that there was no one behind him. Then he stepped into the store slowly. Because the guy didn't respond to him, he had to cough as a greeting.
"Guest, what are you going to buy?" The customer had already started, and the man had to put down the goods in his hands and greeted the man.
"I'm in a hurry and need a few high-end handkerchiefs."
The man was taken aback, but nothing changed, "Does the guest official want Su embroidery or Shu embroidery?"
"Two for Su embroidery and four for Shu embroidery."
"Please go inside the guest officer." The guy said as he walked ahead to guide the uninvited guest. He slowed down. When he was next to the guest, he casually asked: "Does the guest officer want a cup of tea?" "
"You're welcome, I want to see your proprietor."
"Guest officer sit down, I'll see if the proprietor is there." The guy let the guest into the inner cabin. The cabin is small, but very elegant, with only a small window. If the door is closed, the light in the room will be very dark. .
The guest looked around the cabin and nodded slightly, "Yes, this is indeed a good place."
"The guest officer, wait a minute, I'll come as soon as I go." The guy closed the door. There was no gap between the door and the wall. If you look at it from the outside, you think it's a wall.
After a while, a well-dressed middle-aged man, as the man came over, the middle-aged man stepped into the hut, and the man was holding a semi-old broomstick, as if cleaning the ground, and dangling around the hut from time to time.
After a cup of tea, the door of the hut opened from the inside, and the proprietor and the guest came out of the hut in turn.
Sending off the guests, the host whispered to the guy: "No need to clean, let me come in."
The guy didn't say a word, he threw down his broom, followed the proprietor into the hut, and closed the door: "Proprietor, who is he?"
The proprietor shook his head, "I don't know this person either, but he knows our secret signal. I don't know if it was an interrogation sent before.
"Oh, since it was the previous investigation, we have no reason not to know." The man looked blank.
The proprietor still shook his head, "It's not necessarily, maybe his status is very high, he knows us, but we don't know him."
"Oh," the buddy nodded, "what does he want us for?"
"This is where I am puzzled," the proprietor frowned. "He said, Puti, the national teacher of the Great City Dynasty, wants to see me."
"Dacheng Guoshi? We didn't get on line with him, right?"
"Not long after we arrived, naturally we didn't catch up with the national teacher of Dacheng. If he were ours, then it would be right. He has already caught up with the national teacher of Dacheng."
"Is he really our person?"
"I don't know, this is where I can't rest assured," the proprietor still shook his head. "In any case, we have to prepare with both hands, just in case."
"What shall we do now?"
The proprietor took out a thin notepad from his arms and said, "Since the national teacher has come to make an appointment, I must go there, and I will leave this to you now."
"Proprietor?"
"You should know that this is more important than your life," the proprietor solemnly handed the notepad to the man's hands. "Don't live here tonight. Bring the notepad and find a safe place. If it's tomorrow I couldn't see the pot of daffodils I placed on the window, so I immediately destroyed the notepad and tried to return to Daming by myself."
"Understood, after the proprietor went out, I immediately left the grocery store," the man asked carefully: "The proprietor, since you understand that tonight is very dangerous, can you not go to the appointment?"
"When is the work we are engaged in no longer dangerous? The proprietor smiled bitterly, "but today's things are a bit strange, so I have to go to the appointment, maybe there are some unexpected gains. "
"Then... the proprietor is careful."
"You are also careful."
The proprietor left the grocery store, and the buddy also left, not even closing the door.