Yuan Huang was already 65 years old, but he was still full of energy, and his body was as healthy as always. Although there were many government affairs, Yuan Huang had his own way of keeping fit. In addition, Xiao Ruxun also tried his best to train the clerical officials to reduce the pressure on Yuan Huang, so the old man still had a long life ahead of him.
After Xiao Ruxun led the army north at the end of last year, Yuan Huang had been in charge of the military affairs in Myanmar. Everything was done according to the rules and regulations left by Xiao Ruxun, and everything was done in an orderly manner.
When Xiao Ruxun was in Myanmar, he played more of a spiritual guide, and the specific government affairs were arranged by Yuan Huang, so no one felt that there was any difference.
But now that the military intelligence was sent over, the situation suddenly changed.
Yuan Huang took the military intelligence and read it carefully. After reading most of it, he suddenly slammed the table.
"Finally, this day has come!"
Yuan Huang looked happy.
The clerical officials around him looked at Yuan Huang and asked.
"May I ask what's the matter, sir?"
Yuan Huang handed the document to the clerical officials around him and let them read it.
"What? The southern barbarians killed Frangiyi? "
Yuan Huang nodded with a smile.
The southern barbarians they mentioned were the local aborigines who cooperated with Xiao Ruxun after Xiao Ruxun led the army to destroy the Dongyu Dynasty. After Xiao Ruxun took over Myanmar, they were all moved by Xiao Ruxun to the west, near Bangladesh, where they lived.
However, the relationship between the two sides had never been very good. It was mainly because after Myanmar developed, these people felt that they had suffered a loss. Those who were forced to migrate by Xiao Ruxun were already dissatisfied. Seeing the Han people building their hometown so well day after day, they naturally had thoughts that they shouldn't have.
Previously, due to their fear of Xiao Ruxun's strength and the might of the Zhennan Army, they only dared to make some small moves and did not dare to do anything big. However, they did not relax for even a moment. However, Xiao Ruxun would not relax his guard against them. He had always been planning to completely annihilate them, but he had always lacked a reasonable excuse.
After pacifying Luzon Island, Xiao Ruxun arranged for Cardinal Alexander from Rome to this area to preach and preach, calling it an experiment.
If they could make these people accept Catholicism, then Xiao Ruxun could confirm that Catholicism was safe, and he could accept them to preach in Myanmar. If not, then it was hard to say.
Of course, Cardinal Alexander would not refuse such a request. He was ecstatic and set off to preach in these southern barbarian tribes with more than 30 of his followers. Ricci followed him the whole time and even provided translation services for Cardinal Alexander. For a period of time, the preaching was carried out quite well.
At this time, although Xiao Ruxun had already left Myanmar, he had already discussed with Yuan Huang about a countermeasure.
He bribed spies to sow discord among the tribal chieftains and spread rumors that the Catholic Church was unfavorable to their rule. He also fabricated rumors that the Frangians were spreading their religion in order to seize control of the tribal chieftains. He easily stirred up the tribal chieftains.
Just a month later, these tribal leaders came up with countermeasures, such as restricting Cardinal Alexander's group from entering their settlement, often driving them away and scolding them. They thought that they could drive them away.
However, they did not expect Cardinal Alexander to be so determined to open up a parish in China for the sake of the position of pope. He was indomitable and refused to leave. He even used a pioneering guerrilla mode of preaching!
Another month passed, and there were already many people who believed in Catholicism. They were dissatisfied with the oppression and plunder of the original tribes. In addition, the tribal leaders often used barbaric methods to drive these Frangians away. Therefore, a confrontation occurred in a medium-sized tribe a few days ago.
The leader of the tribe grabbed two missionaries and whipped them. Their hundred or so followers were unwilling and wanted to protect the missionaries. The leader of the tribe was furious and ordered his men to attack the 'traitors'. More than fifty of them were killed on the spot.
In the chaos, the two missionaries were also killed. As a result, the matter was blown out of proportion.
When more tribal leaders saw that they had killed people, they decided to go all out and kill all these "slaves of the devil" who came from nowhere.
After a period of chaos, seventeen to eighteen missionaries were killed, and three to five hundred followers were killed. Finally, the followers sacrificed their lives to stop the pursuers, allowing Cardinal Alexander and Ricci's group to escape. They found the garrison of the Zhennan Army and asked for help.
The tribal leaders led their troops to chase after them. When they saw that the Zhennan Army had taken in these missionaries and wanted the Zhennan Army to hand over these slaves of the devil, they wanted to execute these people. The Zhennan Army had already received orders from Yuan Huang to protect Alexander and his group. They forced the tribal leaders to leave, and even set up guns to threaten them. They were forced to retreat.
However, in the following hours, there were continuous small scale harassment incidents at the garrison of the Ming Army. Therefore, this report was made.
The time had come.
Before Xiao Ruxun left, he gave his jade talisman to Yuan Huang to mobilize troops. When necessary, Yuan Huang could use his jade talisman to order the commanding general to mobilize the army and fight against the Dongxu survivors.
Xiao Ruxun had the Zhennan Army's flag. This was issued to Xiao Ruxun by the Ministry of War. When it was necessary to mobilize the Zhennan Army, the Ministry of War would send someone with the corresponding flag to mobilize the troops. However, the Ministry of War had never used the Zhennan Army to fight.
Therefore, within the Zhennan Army, the flag was useless. Xiao Ruxun directly used himself as a token to mobilize troops.
Xiao Ruxun was very concerned about the military power of the Zhennan Army. Other than Yuan Huang, he really did not dare to trust anyone else. Therefore, he often appeared in the barracks of the major armies and had intimate and in-depth contact with the sergeants. After a few years, basically every soldier in the Zhennan Army knew what he looked like. He himself was the best token to mobilize troops.
In the past, when soldiers joined the army, they basically did not know what the senior generals looked like. They only knew who their direct superior was and followed their direct superior to march and fight. It was the same when they rebelled. They had the least self-will, so they used the commander's seal to ensure the mobilization and ownership of the army.
Xiao Ruxun's situation was different. In order to ensure that he had absolute control over the army, Xiao Ruxun did not use the flag in the army. He only used himself to mobilize the troops. If he was not around, he would inform the person who represented him in the jade token in advance and listen to that person's orders.
In reality, the army still listened to Xiao Ruxun's orders. This was because even a small soldier had seen Xiao Ruxun and knew that they should be loyal to him, not to their own superior or the general. This was also an important reason why Xiao Ruxun could bypass the general and directly intervene in the army's command.
Of course, this was something that could only be done in the current situation where the scale was small. If the scale was big and there were more troops, this method wouldn't work. Therefore, Xiao Ruxun prepared the jade talisman as a second token to mobilize troops. In the case that she wasn't around, the troops would listen to the jade talisman.
According to the practice of the ancient army, when Xiao Ruxun was around, Xiao Ruxun's orders were the highest order. This was because everyone knew him and knew that they should be loyal to him. When Xiao Ruxun was not around, they would listen to the jade token's orders.
Every army had their own symbolic jade token. The left half was in the hands of the army's general, and the right half was in the hands of Xiao Ruxun. Xiao Ruxun handed the jade token to Yuan Huang. Yuan Huang could use the jade token to mobilize the entire Zhennan Army in Myanmar.
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