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Chapter 386 Side Effects of Incentives

The emperor should try to avoid the jungle guerrilla warfare in the tropical and subtropical areas. Although the Burmese may not know or master this tactic, the emperor did not want to have any luck.

Defeat the main force of the Burmese and occupy the "granary" of Awa, this large piece of land is enough to digest for several years, and the emperor did not want to destroy Myanmar at once.

Whale swallowing seems to be pleasant, but has great hidden dangers and is likely to be indigested. What vandalism wants is profits, rather than continuous investment, nor is it a loss-making transaction with high occupation costs.

Of course, the emperor knew that his strategic goals were different from those of the frontline generals. One was to stop at the right time and gain the greatest benefits at the lowest cost; the other was to be eager to make achievements. The greater the battle, the better the result.

That is why the emperor gave Wang Sanshan instructions to supervise and implement it.

Although Wang Sanshan also wanted to be brilliant before he retired from office, he still took the overall situation into consideration and just played the edge, and did not dare to go too far against the order.

After all, the Ming army was already equipped with all firearms and was extremely dependent on ammunition and medicine. In order to fight against Myanmar, the imperial court's expenditure was already quite huge. We were waiting to finish the battle as soon as possible and make a profit as soon as possible!

Fortunately, the Tengchong area is volcanic geology, including steam springs, hot springs, hot springs, boiling springs, and sulfur pond large boiling pots, which solves the sulfur problem of gunpowder.

Moreover, the Ming army also had to fight to support the war when attacking Myanmar, mainly looting locally or obtaining food and supplies from various Burmese chieftains. If they rely entirely on the rear transport and supplies, it is conservatively estimated that it will take two or three years to store military rations.

Even so, the continuous tropical jungle and the crisscrossing river valleys also caused great difficulties for the Ming army's marching and transportation.

Therefore, Wang Sanshan personally took charge of Tengchong and adjusted supplies to ensure that the army had no worries. After all, he was the governor of a province and spoke well. The battle against Myanmar was also related to his honor and disgrace.

All the generals were relieved. In addition to Wang Sanshan's full support, the emperor was the most critical. Defeating Myanmar was the emperor's will, and it was the first battle for the Ming Empire to regain its external expansion.

Before, whether it was to pacify Liao and destroy slaves or to suppress rebellions in the southwest, it should have been a war between the Ming Empire.

The attack on Myanmar is the true external. The emperor is enthusiastic about this. Who dares to pour cold water on the head? He will be in a mess in the first battle and lose a lot of losses?

Moreover, for military generals and soldiers, only by fighting can one make military achievements and be promoted and rich. In other words, war is the fastest way to advance for soldiers.

If you win this first battle, you will win beautiful things. Wouldn’t the emperor be more motivated? Wouldn’t the soldiers have more opportunities to make achievements?

Besides, with the current weapons and equipment of the Ming army, even if the Burmese people are not mediocre and idiots, their military strength is not very disparate, and it seems that there is no possibility of defeat?

Wang Sanshan discussed with the generals another plan to attack Myanmar, but the meeting did not end immediately, and a hesitant and hesitant expression appeared on his face.

After a while, Wang Sanshan finally made up his mind and said in a deep voice: "Long live to distribute 40% of the spoils to the soldiers as an incentive and reward. I feel that there must be brave men under the heavy reward, but I am worried that the policy will cause the chieftains who are subordinate to Burma and surrender to suffer major losses, and even become enemies with the royal army and help the Burmese war."
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