Ming Zuo

Chapter 1642
With the arrival of Hou Xun, the surrender of Burma, and the demise of Remnant Ming, the empire's eyes finally crossed the Indochina Peninsula and began to focus on the Mughal Empire.

But Hou Xun decided to attack a miserable kingdom that was oppressed by the Mughal Empire first.

That is the Kingdom of Ahom.

At the beginning of the [-]th century, the Dai people living in the Ayeyarwady and Nu River basins began to expand to the surrounding areas due to the pressure of survival.

In 1215, Sukafa, the head of the Dai nationality, brought 9000 men and women, two elephants, and more than 300 horses, with the "Suotuo" symbolizing the kingship of the Dai nationality, through Mengmao (now Ruili), Hugong (now northern Myanmar) ) and other places, it took 13 years to cross the Pakai Mountains from the Hugong Valley and enter the Brahmaputra Valley area.

In 1251, Sukafa moved the city-state to Chalai Fortress on the north bank of the Brahmaputra River (Brahmaputra River) and established Mengdun Shunhan, also translated as the Kingdom of Ahong or the Kingdom of Assam.

From the [-]th century, the Kingdom of Ahom began to be influenced by Brahmanism, and gradually began to be Indianized.

By the beginning of the seventeenth century, the Mughal Empire began to invade the Kingdom of Ahom uninterruptedly.Coupled with the invasion of mountain peoples such as the surrounding Dafra and Kantenaga, the Kingdom of Ahom began to enter a period of decline.

In Hou Xun's view, such a force can just take advantage of the opportunity to hold in his hands.

Once the Kingdom of Ahom is taken down, it means that there will be a channel to enter Tianzhu from the east.

In addition, it can also cooperate with the next move of the Southwest Strategic Cluster.

The next target of the southwest strategic cluster is the plateau.

But the steepness and climate of the plateau are really a headache.

And with the arrival of the empire, there was a lot of turmoil on the plateau, and many defenses were built along the way.

If this is fought all the way from the west of Sichuan, it will definitely be a big test.

Zuo Menggeng pointed out an unexpected path for the Southwest Strategic Cluster.

That is, from the direction of South Asia, going against the Yarlung Zangbo River Canyon, you can go directly to the core area of ​​the plateau.

Because the Yarlung Zangbo River flows through here, the terrain is relatively flat, and there is water supply along the way, which is much easier than climbing from the west of Sichuan.

Zuo Rong didn't know whether this road was feasible, but he had infinite trust in Zuo Menggeng, so he decided to walk on two legs.

But in order to achieve this goal, the Ahom Kingdom has become an obstacle lying ahead.

However, the current domestic situation in Ahom is very favorable to the empire.

The main ethnic group in Ahaom is the Dai ethnic group, who are inextricably linked with the same ethnic groups in the country.

After the empire regained the southwest, the Dai people also benefited greatly from a series of policies.

This situation inevitably spread to the Kingdom of Ahom.

This is undoubtedly a pleasant hope for the Ahaom people who have been oppressed by the Tianzhu people.

Now many people in Ahom are increasingly disillusioned with the corrupt and brutal king Su Yafa, and rebellions occur from time to time.Many Ahaom people are eager to return to the country and live a new life.

Now that the empire has come, it is good news for the Ahaom people.

After receiving Hou Xun's order, the Seventh Front Army of the Southern Strategic Group has all dispatched to the territory of Myitkyina and is actively preparing for the next move.

During this period, the Seventh Front Army recruited many soldiers from the southwest region, among them were a large number of Dai people.

Li Junxiang sent these Dai soldiers out to actively get in touch with the Ahaom people, and at the same time spread the imperial policy.

As a result, people in Ahaom became more and more impetuous.

"The kings and nobles have abandoned our Dai traditions and accepted the hateful cult. If things go on like this, we will be abandoned by our ancestors."

Gudu Dai, a businessman from Ahaomu, came to meet the generals of the Seventh Front Army, crying endlessly.

Through the ancient capital generation, everyone knows that in the past three to forty years, the Mughal Empire has sent troops to attack Ahaom many times.

In 1615, facing the attack of the Mughal Empire, Ahaom couldn't resist, so he had to forfeit his power to seek peace and lost a large area of ​​land.

Almost all sensible Ahaom people can see that sooner or later the Mughal Empire will annex Ahaom completely.

"Where did the Tianzhu people come from?"

Li Junxiang didn't care about the fate of the Ahaom Kingdom, but he knew that once the empire entered Ahaom, the Mughal Empire would definitely not sit idly by and would actively intervene.

This situation puzzled everyone in the National Defense Forces.

It is obvious that the Mughal Empire even had its own territory invaded by Western colonists, yet they are still in the mood to expand abroad.

What kind of mentality is this?
Is it lost in the west and found in the east?
But in any case, the Mughal Empire became a situation that the empire had to face.

The ancient capital has nothing to hide.

"They came from Bengal, and they only had to follow the Jamuna River to go deep into the heart of Ahom."

The staff immediately marked the location of Bengal on the map.

Li Junxiang and others squatted on the map and looked at it again and again, unable to make up their minds for a while.

The situation in South Asia is still a blank for the empire.

Although it has established a firm foothold in the Kandy dynasty, as an island country, the Kandy dynasty has little knowledge of the situation on the South Asian continent.

As generals, they knew very well that unfamiliar regions were the most dangerous.

"Immediately report the situation here to Chengzheng and the Cluster Command, and ask them to make a decision."

It was not easy for the Southwest Strategic Cluster Command to pass the news, and Hou Xun in Temasek was the first to learn about the situation.

He thought about it, and set his sights on the island of Ceylon.

"Please ask the people over there to come forward and find out the details of Bangladesh."

Today's Kandy Kingdom has entered a new era of prosperity.

The Buddhist monks who came from far away in the Middle Earth enriched the Buddhist culture here, and also helped the Kingdom of Kandy resist the invasion of foreign religions.

"The Buddha saves all living beings, and conveys the teachings to the believers in life. The achievements of hard work and hard work are the guidance of the Buddha. The fate is not in the past life, nor in the next life, but in the present. Passing oneself and others, the true meaning of Buddha is also !"

Master Yande, an eminent monk from Fahua Temple in Zhongtu, sits on a lotus platform, and the believers below are overwhelming and boundless.

This is a grand event that is absolutely impossible to happen in Middle Earth.

If it really happens, temples and monks will basically be saved.

But here, Buddha is supreme.

Propagating the teachings of Buddhist scriptures is the most sacred thing.Even the king must sit down and listen piously.

The mesmerizing appearance of tens of thousands of people gave him a sense of accomplishment.

It was the scriptural meaning of this explanation that really made him feel a little uncomfortable.

The morality of Buddhism is not like this!

But there was no other way, the emperor had sternly warned him before going abroad, so he could only preach like this.

There are many things that are changing at the same time.

For example, in the health kingdom, they no longer advocate vegetarianism, nor require believers to maintain strict precepts.

But what the monks didn't expect was that the new teachings quickly integrated into the local people, forming a situation where they blossomed everywhere.

At the same time, the spirit of the Kandy people has also changed a lot, and the social atmosphere has become high-spirited.

Exactly why this is so, these eminent monks seem to be in the fog instead.

Perhaps only the emperor who is far away in the Middle Earth can understand the reason!

(End of this chapter)