After leaving the Siam Palace, Xiao Ruxun returned to the barracks. He ate and lived with the soldiers and stepped up their training. King Narexuan was also racing against time to deploy troops and transport food supplies to prepare for the war against Myanmar. Xiao Ruxun trained the soldiers while waiting for an important person to arrive.
Yuan Huang.
The cooperation with Yuan Huang in North Korea was very pleasant. Xiao Ruxun even felt that he might not be able to find another scholar who could get along with Yuan Huang. Before leaving Beijing, he asked Song Yingchang and Shi Xing to help Yuan Huang work on the Siam battlefield again as his masterpiece. After a period of operation, when he arrived in Macau, the news of success came. Yuan Huang had already sailed south.
These few days were the days when Yuan Huang was scheduled to arrive. Xiao Ruxun looked forward to the stars and the moon. Finally, Yuan Huang came.
In Xiao Ruxun's plan, Yuan Huang would be a very important part. He was a pragmatist and a doer. The hardships of his early years and his military career brought him a temperament that was completely different from ordinary scholars. He was knowledgeable and talented, but more courageous and bold.
The existence of Mr. Yuan Huang could help Xiao Ruxun deal with a lot of things that Xiao Ruxun was not good at. Although civil affairs and military affairs were the same, and Xiao Ruxun had experience, it was naturally good to have one more helper. When he was in urgent need of scholars, the appearance of Yuan Huang was tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow.
He was even thinking about whether he could keep Yuan Huang by his side after this war as his chief of staff, to expand and manage Southeast Asia together with him. With Yuan Huang's help, Xiao Ruxun's path would clearly be much easier.
Two days later, on the 23rd of July in the 21st year of Wanli, Yuan Huang arrived at the camp of the Ming Army.
"Hahahaha! Deacon Yuan! How have you been? "
Xiao Ruxun personally led some people to welcome them outside the camp. When he saw the smile on Yuan Huang's face from afar, he went up to greet him.
"After I finished the war with the Nihon Nation, I thought I could retire and enjoy my retirement. Who would have thought that I would be summoned by the Ministry of War after a few days of rest? It was said that I was requested by a general to be transferred to the army. I was wondering which army and which general wanted an old man like me to serve. After asking, I realized that my guess was right. It really was you! Hsiao Jixin! "
Yuan Huang cupped his hands in obeisance. His words were reproachful, but there was no reproach on his face.
"Hahahaha! There are really not many people in the imperial court who can get along well with me. Duke Ye Mengxiong is in charge of the logistics of three provinces for me this time. I can't trouble him to paint this picture for me. Now, I can only trouble Deacon Yuan to paint another picture for me. "
As he spoke, Xiao Ruxun reached out and handed the mung bean soup with ice in the hands of a bodyguard beside him to Yuan Huang.
"The summer in Siam is unbearably hot. Deacon Yuan, drink some mung bean soup! It's to cool down. "
Yuan Huang took the mung bean soup, drank a few mouthfuls, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's stuffy at sea, and it's even more so here. Fortunately, I'm a southerner. I've lived in the hot south for many years, so I'm used to this heat. I'm not used to it. But Ji Xin, you've stayed in the cool northwest for a long time. Are you not used to this place?"
Yuan Huang sized up Xiao Ruxun, then tilted his head back and gulped down the mung bean soup.
"It's precisely because we're afraid that we won't be used to it that we've been organizing the soldiers to wake up early in the morning to train. Every day, we'll run around the military camp, sweating profusely as if we've been washed by water. Then, we'll shower in hot water and change into dry clothes. These days, none of the soldiers have any signs of acclimatization. Although Deacon Yuan has a strong body, he still runs and jumps with us and sweats a lot, so he can get used to the climate here as soon as possible."
Yuan Huang nodded, smiling as he said, "That's right. Acclimatization is a very fatal thing. That year, Ma Yuan died because of it. Ji Xin's move is indeed correct. As long as the army maintains its combat strength, there's no need to fear anyone. As for this old man, although I'm a bag of old bones, I still persist in practicing my swordsmanship and martial arts every day. Otherwise, how do you think this old man's sixty-year-old body would be able to follow a twenty-year-old youth like you around blindly?"
"All hail Deacon Yuan!"
Xiao Ruxun couldn't stop laughing.
"Hahahahaha!"
Yuan Huang also laughed for a while. Then, the old man and the young man went to the Ming Army's military camp together.
Before reaching the military camp, Yuan Huang saw groups of soldiers practicing formations outside the camp. Not only that, he also saw soldiers holding guns and marching in rows, shouting slogans that shook the heavens. Yuan Huang looked up at the sky and found that it was almost noon.
"Why? Training in the morning, in the morning, in the afternoon. Training the soldiers for the whole day? Isn't this kind of training a little too intense? "
Xiao Ruxun explained, "The main thing in the morning is physical training, to increase their stamina and familiarize themselves with the climate. There are many activities, and most of them are personal training. The drill now is a drill for the battlefield. The sword and shield gunners practice formations, and the cannon soldiers also have to practice three-stage shooting. After that, they practice formations to train the soldiers' ability to obey orders. It's a tactical drill. Both are equally important, so they are practiced separately. Also, Deacon Yuan, do you see those Xiyi people around here?"
Yuan Huang scanned the surroundings of the camp and indeed saw quite a number of foreigners with red, blonde, or brown hair.
"Why are there so many Francis here?"
Yuan Huang didn't know the nationality of these foreigners. He only knew that they were Francis, so he asked.
"These Xiyi people are hired by the King of Siam to help train the army in firearms and tactics, as well as to fight on the battlefield. Not only the King of Siam, but the King of Dongwu also has a team of Xiyi people with guns. These Xiyi people work for these small kings and help them fight and earn money."
"These Francis are really interesting. They abandoned their hometown and came all the way here to fight. What are they thinking?"
Xiao Ruxun shook his head.
"I don't know what they are thinking. I only know that these Xiyi people have fought with the Daming, so they are definitely not easy to deal with. This kind of training is not only to train the soldiers, but also to frighten these Xiyi people, to let them know that the Daming army is powerful and is definitely not easy to deal with. After these people see how powerful the Daming is, they dare not have any wild thoughts. Naturally, it has the same effect on the Siamese. You see, those people are Siamese."
Xiao Ruxun pointed in a direction for Yuan Huang, and Yuan Huang saw many brown-skinned Siamese people pointing at the Ming Dynasty Army.
"I see, to frighten the enemy! It is indeed necessary. I don't seem to have seen any pirates along the way. Some small countries that stopped on the way saw the Daming fleet, and they quickly came to please us, giving us gifts, and even buying things for free. Ji Xin, you must have had a lot of military exercises along the way, right? "
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