Now Mitsuhisa Sato wishes he could become a member of the Ming army and enjoy the care of the sergeants by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. 廛
After becoming disabled, you don't need to worry about the future at all, and you can live the rest of your life without any worries.
Not just a so-called member of the coalition that grandma doesn't love and uncle doesn't love.
Chen Xing seemed to have noticed Sato Mitsuhisa's thoughts, and stopped talking about Versailles. He silently looked through a book in his hand and passed the time to recuperate.
…
The situation on the battlefield continued to evolve, and by the eighth day of the battle, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the outcome was already clear.
The coalition's offensive against the Burmese army camp is constantly intensifying and becoming more and more fierce.
The Ming army in charge of the frontal battlefield had quickly made a breakthrough and once entered the main building of the Burmese army camp.
The Burmese army even began to formally surrender to the Ming Dynasty!
The coalition forces responsible for the flank battlefield also followed the main force of the Ming army, organized a large-scale attack, and brazenly entered the Burmese army camp.
The shouts of killing were loud on the battlefield, and countless people spilled their blood on the battlefield to fight for their country and nation.
"Kill!"
"Break the formation!"
"Death to the barbarians!"
"..."
The battle situation was ruined, and Mangbai had no choice but to use his last reserve team to advance.
Be prepared to pick the weakest persimmons, concentrate your superior forces first, and repel the enemies on the flanks.
Then find a way to severely damage the main force of the Ming army on the frontal battlefield!
All the trump cards in Mangbai's hand were thrown into the battlefield. His personal guards, the elephant soldiers in the Burmese army, the mercenaries hired from Western countries, and the cavalry of the Mughal Empire began to appear in turn.
The first to appear were the mercenaries.
The mercenaries stood up and prepared to have a duel with the coalition musketeers.
After several rounds of shooting between the two sides, the mercenaries were defeated by the rotating machine guns that were pushed up later, and they were quickly defeated.
Then there are the wild white guards of the Burmese army and the cavalry of the Mughal Empire.
Mangbai's personal guards were responsible for delaying the coalition's offensive on the frontal battlefield, while the Mughal Empire's cavalry moved back, preparing to attack the coalition's rear and flanks.
After a hard fight, the two sides reached a stalemate, with countless corpses lying on the battlefield.
Blood flowed into the trench, almost forming rivers of blood.
At this critical moment, the Myanmar Army's elephant soldiers rushed onto the battlefield.
The coalition's offensive force was caught off guard and had to retreat temporarily.
At the same time, the main force of the Ming army was almost taking over the artillery positions of the Burmese army.
However, the coalition forces responsible for the flank battlefield were repulsed. In order to prevent their own troops from going deep alone and being surrounded by the enemy, the Ming army on the front battlefield could only suspend its offensive.
Liu Shantai quickly dispatched a fresh force of the Ming Army to reinforce the flank battlefield and stabilize the battle situation on the flank battlefield.
The Ming army on the frontal battlefield continued to attack.
Mang Bai breathed a sigh of relief just now because the coalition offensive was suspended, and he took it up again.
Mang Bai was a little confused now. He clearly had the advantage in strength, so why did the coalition have more troops to put into the battlefield than he did?
But before Mang Bai could figure out the importance of having elite troops rather than large numbers, the Ming army on the frontal battlefield had already made a major breakthrough.
Teams of elite Ming troops entered the Burmese Army's artillery positions and captured the Burmese Army's artillery, completely clearing the last obstacle to the coalition's large-scale offensive. 廛
The shrill charge horns and the deafening drums resounded throughout the battlefield.
The coalition forces launched the final general offensive...
…
Huchi! Huchi! Huchi!
Mang Bai lay prone on the horse, his body rising and falling as the horse galloped.
He kept breathing heavily, and the expression on his face was full of fear and pain.
Lost!
He planned and prepared the war between Ren'an and Qiang for a long time, but was finally defeated.
Years ago, the main forces of the two armies converged on the Ren'an Qiang, and a decisive battle was imminent. Now, the Burmese army has been defeated across the board, and the Ren'an Qiang camp has fallen into the hands of the Ming army.
It took almost two months!
In just these two months, the main force of the Burmese army was almost completely wiped out in Yan'anqiang.
Only a few broken troops escorted him, the king of Burma, to escape from the battlefield!
There is no need to describe the pain in Mangbai's heart, because he knew that after the Yan'an-Qiang War, Myanmar's demise would be inevitable.
"Your Majesty, what should I do?"
A guard came to Mang Bai and asked with a hesitant look on his face.
Mang Bai held the horse's reins with both hands, his legs were rubbed by the saddle and lost all pain, and he felt equally confused in his heart.
However, Mangbai knew that as the king of Myanmar, he must not let others see his weakness at this time.
Now is the time to stand up and make your own decisions.
Taking a deep breath, Mang Bai spoke.
"Send the order, let's return to Naypyitaw!"
“Nay Pyi Taw is a high-rise city with deep pools and is located in the mountains. It is a truly dangerous place!”
"It's not that easy for the coalition forces to enter the mountains."
"As long as we can return to Naypyitaw, we will have the opportunity to recruit troops and make a comeback."
"..."
Mang Bai's words successfully stabilized the turbulent military morale.
A group of people protected Mangbai and headed towards Naypyitaw.
At this time, what Mang Bai was thinking about was how to stabilize the internal situation in Naypyitaw after escaping back to Naypyitaw.
The defeat of Ren Anqiang had a huge impact on his prestige as the king of Myanmar.廛
Those people inside Myanmar may be tempted to jump out!
There may even be many people who choose to use his foolish head to seek peace with the Emperor of Heaven.
…
Liu Shantai entered the Burmese army camp on horseback.
Looking at the ruins of the camp and the blood of corpses all over the ground, Liu Shantai spoke.
"Give me the order to clean up the battlefield quickly and treat our wounded to avoid further casualties and avoid the spread of immune diseases."
After Liu Shantai finished speaking, all the generals around him clasped their fists in agreement.
Wu Shicong on the side couldn't help but ask.
"Commander, are our troops going to march to Naypyidaw next and completely destroy Myanmar?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Hearing this, Liu Shantai cast his gaze into the distance, but he still shook his head and said.
"Not for now!"
"Our army has been fighting hard for a long time. Although it has achieved a great victory now, it still needs repairs to restore its combat effectiveness."
"If we rush towards Naypyidaw now, the morale of the army may be shaken!"
"Furthermore, after the battle at Ren'anqiang, our army's ammunition supplies have been exhausted and need to be replenished."
From the beginning to the end of the decisive battle between Ren'an and Qiang, the coalition's bombardment never stopped. It can only be imagined how serious the ammunition consumption was.
Kazuo Miyamoto on the side also asked.
"Commander, are our troops just going to watch the Burmese army calmly reorganize themselves after a major defeat and regain their strength in order to fight again?"
Hearing this, Liu Shantai just said with a smile.
"of course not!"
"My commander-in-chief has dispatched elite cavalry and specialized tropical rainforest combat troops to advance towards Naypyitaw, preparing to carry out harassment operations against Myanmar."
"Even if the main force of our army needs to be repaired, it will not give the Burmese army a chance to reorganize its forces and fight again."
"If you hit a snake, you will not die, but you will be harmed by it. When faced with rebellious officials and traitors like Myanmar, if the court wants to beat them, they will be beaten to death with a stick!"
After Liu Shantai said these words, all the generals around him were shocked, clasped their fists and said.
"The handsome and wise man!"
Liu Shantai nodded slightly, and then led the people to continue patrolling the camp.
Not long after, officials from the Ministry of Military Justice compiled the detailed battle reports of this battle.
Liu Shantai took the battle report and started reading it.
First of all, the most important piece of data is the gains made by the coalition forces in this battle.
In the battle of Ren'an and Qiang, the coalition forces killed more than 41,400 enemies and captured more than 124,000 prisoners of war!
The sum of these two figures has reached an astonishing more than 160,000.
The total number of troops of the Burmese army participating in the decisive battle of Ren'an and Qiang was only a little over 200,000.
Two hundred thousand people participated in the battle and were annihilated in one fell swoop with over 160,000 prisoners taken prisoner. It is not an exaggeration to say that the entire Burmese army was wiped out in this battle.
Except for a small number of the remaining 30,000 people who escaped from the battlefield with Mang Bai, most of them actually fled to the mountains and forests near the battlefield on their own.
After all, it is such a large battlefield, and there is no shortage of mountains and forests around the battlefield. It is only normal for someone to escape the blockade of the coalition forces.
These defeated troops have completely lost their combat effectiveness and organization. No one can organize them anymore and make them enemies of the coalition. 廛
Naturally not a threat!
Their greatest harm may be to undermine the security of Myanmar itself.
However, what does the security of Myanmar itself have to do with the military?
In addition to these, there were also weapons, artillery, armor, horses, and money captured by the coalition forces.
The final statistics showed that the coalition forces seized a total of 220,000 swords and other cold weapons, 120 large and small artillery pieces, more than 7,000 sets of bows and arrows, 200,000 arrows, and 12,000 kilograms of gunpowder.
They are all granular gunpowder of good quality, and you can tell at a glance that they are produced by Daming.
In addition, there are 14,000 armor collars, 5,100 horses, and 3 million silver coins...
It can be said to be a fruitful harvest!
Liu Shantai looked at the battle report with a satisfied smile on his face.
In addition, there is the issue of battle losses on the coalition side.
After such a long period of fierce fighting, the number of casualties suffered by the coalition forces was also shocking.
The Ming army alone suffered more than a thousand and nearly two thousand casualties, and the combined casualties of the coalition forces totaled about seven thousand.
The total number of troops sent by each vassal state was only about 40,000.
As a result, the number of casualties reached an astonishing approximately 7,000.
It can be seen that the troops of these vassal states are risking their lives to fight this time.
There is no such thing as paddling to fish.
To be honest, the coalition clearly had a huge weapon advantage, but it could not increase the casualty ratio between the two sides by much. It was only about one to four or one to five.
This battle was not fought particularly beautifully, it could only be said to be average.
But if you know that the Burmese army is on the defensive, except for a decisive battle in the field on the first day, the Burmese army relies on fortifications throughout the whole process, while the coalition forces need to charge under a hail of bullets, you will realize that the coalition forces are here
The battle was actually pretty good.
Even in the case of attacking fortresses, they can achieve an overwhelmingly superior casualty ratio. The coalition forces are doing their best.
Liu Shantai closed the battle report, then turned around and said.
"The accounting of military merits must be as detailed and accurate as possible. After the military merits are calculated, they will be sent to Nanjing together with the battle report to ask for credit for the soldiers!"
"..."
…
In a coalition field hospital.
As the news of Ren'an Qiang's decisive battle with the allied forces came, the wounded soldiers who were recovering from their injuries couldn't help but jump up and cheer.
The two sides had been facing each other for a month and had fought hard for such a long time. Everyone couldn't help but cheer for the long-lost victory.
"Long live!"
"Long live!"
"Long live the Ming Dynasty, long live our emperor!"
"..."
Amidst the cheers, the somewhat gloomy atmosphere in the field hospital also disappeared.
A famous coalition soldier's face was full of smiles.
Mitsuhisa Sato was resting on the hospital bed, staring at the ceiling above his head. While he was delighted at the victory of the coalition forces, he was also despairing about his future.
Just when Mitsuhisa Sato was feeling depressed, a male nurse who was responsible for changing dressings for the wounded soldiers walked into the ward and said.
"Mitsuhisa Sato, someone wants to see you!"
In this day and age, there is no such thing as a female nurse.
Generally speaking, the military does not allow women to enter military camps. Whether they are nurses or doctors, they are all men.
Because to do surgery, you have to be a strong man with arms that can run a horse to be a nurse.
Otherwise, the struggling patient will not be able to be held down during the operation.
After the words fell, a logistics officer wearing the uniform of a Ming army officer came to Sato Mitsuhisa's bedside.
Xu Yi looked at Sato Mitsuhisa's tragic situation and spoke in a gentle voice.
"You were injured on the battlefield, for the Ming Dynasty, for the Emperor!"
"I am here this time to visit you and to implement the pension given to you by the Ming Dynasty."
"The imperial court will never ask you to wait for bloodshed and tears, and there will be no result!"
Xu Yi had a sunny smile on his face when he spoke, making people trust him involuntarily after just one glance.
After hearing this, Sato Mitsuji struggled to get up from the hospital bed to thank him.
However, Xu Yi stretched out his hand to push him back and spoke.
"You are a wounded person, just lie down. There is no need to get up."
While talking, Xu Yi took out a document and then continued.
"After this war is over, the Ming court will pay you a one-time pension of thirty silver dollars, and will pay you a living allowance of five silver dollars every year for the rest of your life."
"And because of your contribution to the Ming Dynasty during the war, the Ming Dynasty will grant your family a quota of Ming Dynasty naturalization."
The reason why this quota is for Mitsuhisa Sato's family, not for him, is that Ming Dynasty also had its own considerations.
Although Mitsu Sato lost one leg for a long time, he showed good combat skills on the Burmese battlefield. In the high-intensity war on the Burmese battlefield, he developed strong war experience and skills.
Even if he loses a leg, there is a high probability that he will not be ignored by the Tokugawa shogunate when he returns to Japan.
It is true that he has disabled one leg and can no longer go to the battlefield.
But he can serve as an instructor in the army and teach new recruits experience.廛
Experienced veterans like this are very popular everywhere.
As long as the Tokugawa shogunate is not stupid, they will not let people go to the Ming Dynasty easily.
If the Ming Dynasty wanted to compete with the Tokugawa Shogunate for people, they would definitely be able to do so.
The Tokugawa shogunate did not dare to confront the Ming Dynasty!
However, Ming Dynasty cannot do this.
He and the younger brother who came to help him with boxing were snatched away from each other. This person was originally his younger brother. If he did this, it would be somewhat unkind.
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty is planning to give the family members of veterans like Sato Mitsuhisa a quota to naturalize the Ming Dynasty.
Then, through means such as living allowances and disability pensions for these veterans, influence is injected into the army of the Tokugawa shogunate...
This move can be said to accomplish multiple things with one stone!
First, pensions were given to wounded soldiers to protect the Ming Dynasty's reputation for benevolence and righteousness.
Secondly, it protects the interests of each vassal state and prevents each vassal state from feeling dissatisfied with the Ming Dynasty.
In the end, the Ming Dynasty could use these veterans to exert influence on the military of the vassal state and achieve certain ulterior purposes.
Of course, it accomplishes multiple things with one stone!
Daming’s little abacus is making a snap!
…
In mid-February of the fifth year after the Ming Dynasty was restored, Nanjing finally received good news from Myanmar.
In the imperial study, Zhu Hongyu clapped his hands and laughed.
"Hahaha, okay, okay!"
"Yes, yes, Liu Shantai lived up to my expectations for him in this battle!"
Looking at the text on the victory report, and seeing the news that the Ming Dynasty beheaded more than 41,000 people, captured more than 124,000 people, and that the Burmese king Mangbai rode hundreds of horses at night, Zhu Hongyu couldn't help laughing out loud.
Because he knew that after this battle, the main force of the Burmese Kingdom would be wiped out, and it would only be a matter of time before Burma’s demise. 廛
After the demise of Burma, the Ming Dynasty's national self-confidence and the centripetal force and sense of identity of the country and nation will be further strengthened.
It will be a very intentional thing for Zhu Hongyu to establish the concept of nationalism of the Chinese nation!
Not to mention that after the demise of Burma, the Ming Dynasty will have a series of sea outlets in the Indian Ocean west of Malacca, which can project the Ming Dynasty's influence to the west of Malacca.
This is an extremely meaningful thing for Zhu Hongyu's global strategic development plan.
However, just as Zhu Hongyu was happy that the war in Burma was going smoothly, Bai Wanxi, the new Minister of Finance of the Ming Dynasty, came to ask for a meeting.
Zhu Hongyu met Bai Wanxi in his imperial study.
"Why do you want to see me?"
Zhu Hongyu picked up the teacup and took a sip, then motioned to the eunuch next to him to give Bai Wanxi a seat.
Bai Wanxi bowed slightly to Zhu Hongyu and then said.
"Your Majesty, I am here to see you this time to submit the imperial court's financial report to your Majesty!"
Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly when he heard this, and then motioned to Bai Wanxi to submit the report.
Zhu Hongyu took the report and started reading it.
The content of the report contains detailed records of the imperial court's financial consumption last year.
Among them, the biggest ones are actually three items in total.
The first is the infrastructure construction of the imperial court. Whether it is railway construction, cement reconstruction of official roads, or repair of water facilities, these are all projects that require a large amount of financial investment.
Last year, the imperial court spent about 23 million silver dollars on infrastructure construction.
The next step is the administrative expenses of the court, the most important of which is the salary for upper and lower officials.
The imperial court's expenditure on this item was very large, almost more than nine million silver dollars.
In order to ensure the passage of his decrees, Zhu Hongyu now has an unprecedentedly large number of officials in the Ming Dynasty.
The last item is military expenditure.
Regardless of the normal cost of maintaining an army, the cost of military expeditions alone is nearly 10 million silver dollars. 廛
If you include the normal expenses for maintaining the army, the imperial court's total military expenditure last year was almost 40 million.
The bulk of the nearly 10 million war expenses were spent on the imperial court's war in Burma.
As for the imperial court's war to regain Siberia, after all, there were only a few thousand troops sent out, so the scale was not large.
In addition, such as the imperial court's expenditure on compulsory education, living expenses for the royal family, allocations for royal guards, local disaster relief, rewards for population growth... and other bits and pieces add up to about three thousand.
Around 10,000.
All these expenditures add up to approximately 10 million silver dollars.
The fiscal revenue of Ming Dynasty last year was only about 120 million.
In other words, the imperial court’s fiscal revenue last year was only a surplus of 20 million.
For a country as big as Ming Dynasty, a surplus of only 20 million is actually about the same as a fiscal deficit.
Obviously, Bai Wanxi came to see Zhu Hongyu this time because of the financial issues of the imperial court.
The imperial government's finances were close to deficit, and as the Minister of Finance, he was under great pressure.
"Your Majesty, the imperial court's finances are currently tight. Please reduce your investment in the war in Myanmar to leave some room for the imperial court's finances this year."
When Zhu Hongyu heard this, he touched his chin and said.
"But isn't there still a surplus of almost 20 million?"
"This year, the imperial court should increase investment in infrastructure construction, population growth, compulsory education, etc., and strive to achieve a fiscal balance of no more than 5 million this year."
In the eyes of people of this era, the state treasury is either filled with mountains of food that cannot be eaten, or the ropes used to string copper coins are rotten, and the finances are unhealthy.
Bai Wanxi subconsciously ignored the 20 million surplus.
But for Zhu Hongyu, the fact that the imperial government had a surplus of 20 million yuan meant that the imperial court was slow to spend money.
This is wrong!
Money can only be called money when it is spent, put to practical use, and stimulates economic development and social progress.
Otherwise, it is no different from a nicer stone!
It is true that the imperial court is preparing to set aside a portion of reserves from its finances to respond to possible emergencies at any time, but the imperial treasury must not become a stagnant water that can only be accessed but cannot be accessed.
If society wants to develop, then all classes in the society, including the court, must not have dead money in their hands, but must spend the money for investment or construction.
Only then can this society develop!
Otherwise, if everyone saves money and does not spend it, social development will stagnate.
As a ruler, it makes no sense for Zhu Hongyu to save too much money.
Spending money reasonably and turning beautiful stones into resources that can promote social development is what he should do.
If the actual situation allows it, and the imperial court has a slight fiscal deficit, it is best for the imperial court to borrow some national debt and use the debt appropriately for investment in social development and industrial progress.
As long as the debt is not borrowed too much and the finance cannot repay it, causing the finance, currency and credit to collapse instantly once the money has to be repaid. 廛
There is no doubt that the connotation here is eagle sauce.
With the size of the national debt of Yingjiang, it will be over sooner or later, and no one can save it.
Bai Wanxi was a little stunned when he heard this. He opened his mouth to say something, but in the end nothing came out.
It was obvious that he couldn't keep up with the emperor's thinking.