The troops under King Narexuan's command were a multinational force. Correspondingly, the Burmese army was also a multinational force.
Because of the frequent wars in Southeast Asia and Indochina, a large number of Europeans and Japanese wanderers who had lost their homes came here to work as mercenaries. Those who had some military knowledge had a better life. They could also be hired as instructors to provide military courses for the children of these countries' top officials.
When King Narexuan was a hostage in Burma, he had received a Portuguese military course arranged by Mang Yinglong. He had a deep understanding of firearms. Although they lived in such a rainy climate and fought with smoke and gunfire, they could not be compared with the Ming Army. In terms of elite level, their army was not inferior to the Ming Army. They could even use firearms tactics that the Ming Army did not understand.
Even so, King Narexuan was looking forward to the arrival of the Ming Army. Once the Ming Army arrived, it would not be far from his dream of revenge. He still remembered that when he was very young, his father told him about how Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures, had led a fleet to the West Ocean. On the way, he had helped them wipe out the pirates. This made him yearn for the Celestial Empire.
What an honor it was to have the opportunity to fight with the Celestial Empire.
Some people were happy, while others were embarrassed. The most embarrassed was, of course, the Japanese special forces. Although these wandering Japanese samurai were very valued as special forces in Siam, and they had long joined the Siamese Kingdom and worked for Siam, they were still Japanese. Daming had a powerful general who had killed Toyotomi Hideyoshi. What would this powerful general think of them, who were also Japanese?
These Japanese were also divided into two factions. One faction was optimistic, thinking that the reason why they were exiled was because of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. They belonged to Toyotomi Hideyoshi's hostile forces, and they had nothing to do with the Toyotomi clan. They had not participated in the battle of Korea, so the general would not hate them.
The other faction was more pessimistic, thinking that the general hated the Japanese very much. Once he came, the King of Siam would be intimidated by the pressure of Daming. Would he hand them over and then be killed?
In order to unify the opinions of the two factions, they asked their leader, Koyama Jiro, to discuss this matter with King Narexuan. Otherwise, they would panic and be at a loss.
In fact, King Narexuan also attached great importance to his multinational forces. The European Barbodes rhododendri's firearms technology was very good. The Japanese army was very strong and could be used as vanguards in wartime. The Chinese army was very tough and was good at many things. Not only could they mix with the main force as gunners and shields, but they could also mix with the Barbodes rhododendri to make firearms.
The Japanese army, which was good at hand-to-hand combat, was one of the troops he relied on. When fighting with the Burmese, the long swords in their hands were very suitable, and they could often beat the Burmese to the ground. In this aspect, the Siamese were lacking, not to mention the Europeans. They would never go to the front line to fight, and they always stood in the safest place to play with firearms. However, they were the most expensive.
The Japanese army was very fierce. With their leadership, they could often increase the courage of the Siamese main force and successfully counterattack the Burmese. In the previous war to restore the country, the Japanese army had made great contributions, so they were directly under King Narexuan's command. Now that the directly under King Narexuan's command was worried, King Narexuan also attached great importance to it. He did not want to lose such a strong and brave army.
However, after hearing these Japanese's doubts, he was a little nervous. Previously, he was only happy, but he did not think about this. Xiao Ruxun led the troops to fight the Japanese, which was why the Japanese were torn apart. Now, these people under his command were also Japanese, and he would definitely bring these people with him during the war. What if Xiao Ruxun was unhappy with the Japanese under his command and wanted to kill them all? What should he do?
However, such doubts could only be kept in his heart and could not be voiced out. Otherwise, this army might directly run away or even defect to the enemy.
Therefore, King Narexuan used his strong psychological quality to suppress a smile on his face.
"Don't worry too much. You are under my command, and you belong to our country, not Japan. You don't have to worry. Marshal Xiao is a reasonable person. Although he defeated your country before, what does that have to do with you? You have been following me for three years, and you have been fighting against those hateful Burmese. You have never fought against Daming. What are you afraid of? This time, we are comrades, not enemies. "
Koyama Jiro was still a little worried.
"But we are, after all, Japanese. If Marshal Xiao is unhappy with us and thinks that we are not pleasing to the eye, or even wants to suppress us, what should we do, my king?"
King Narexuan smiled and said, "You are my subordinates. When you came to our country earlier, you were also expelled by the ruler of our country. Therefore, you are no longer Japanese, but Siamese. Rest assured, with my face here, General Daming will not make things difficult for you."
Although Koyama Jiro was still not very relieved, with King Narexuan's guarantee, he had confidence in his heart, so he went back to discuss with his compatriots.
After Koyama Jiro left, King Narexuan's expression changed, and he quickly called for the highest-ranking Chinese official, Lin Yuanshan.
These days, the Chinese businessmen who went to Southeast Asia generally had a high level of education. A large number of businessmen and their children went to Southeast Asia to do business and buy real estate. They all received basic education and mathematical education in China, so they were generally of high quality. King Narexuan admired Chinese culture, so he was willing to use Chinese people of high quality in his eyes as officials.
Although they were basically businessmen's children who had read some books, those who had really read books were in the imperial examinations in China. Who would want to come to such a place to be a foreign official?
But for them, these cultured "high-quality talents" were exactly what they needed. They wanted to establish a sound government at all levels, to establish a ruling system, and to do education, which could not do without these "high-quality talents." They were as popular as overseas returnees and foreign experts in the early days of China's reform and opening up.
Lin Yuanshan was the highest-ranking official, equivalent to the leader of the Chinese in Siam.
He listened to King Narexuan's concerns, and he felt a little scared himself. He thought that King Narexuan knew that the attitude of the people in China towards the Chinese who left their hometown to live abroad was not good. As for the Japanese, he didn't care. Now he began to care about the situation of himself and the Chinese in Siam.
So he proposed an effective method.
"Your Majesty, why don't we write a letter to General Xiao and ask for his opinion in advance? If General Xiao doesn't like those Japanese, we can just tell them to hide and not come out to see General Xiao. This is not difficult."
King Narexuan thought it was feasible, so he handed this matter over to Lin Yuanshan.
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