Daming Yuanfu

The two princes stood up after hearing this, but bowed slightly to show respect.They did not speak first, but seemed to be waiting for Gao Yuan to speak.

"What important business do you two princes have here?" Gao Yuan did not take the initiative to introduce his generals, but started to ask questions directly.

Ejiatashalu and Xia Zhongming looked at each other and said, "His Royal Highness Lao Shizi asked. The two of us came here today because we heard that His Highness went south this time to conquer Arakan? Siam and Bago. The country has been under the protection of the Marquis, and it has been able to live and work in peace and contentment for the past few years without the use of weapons. Now that His Highness the Crown Prince wants to raise an army to fight against his enemies, how can Siam and Bago just sit back and watch, so they have come to contribute."

Egathasara looked quite young when he didn't speak. When he spoke, his face was full of smiles, but people could see the fine wrinkles at the corners of his eyebrows.Only then did Gao Yuan remember that this prince was known as the "White Prince" in Siam, and his face was quite different from his brother, the "Black Prince" Naresuan.

A dark face has always made him appear older, while a fair face makes him look younger. Egathasara happens to have a baby face, which is exactly the kind of appearance that makes it easy to misjudge his age.In fact, he is slightly older than Gao Pragmatic, and is now in his forties.

However, although Gao Yuan thought about this, he did not care about such insignificant details. Instead, he smiled slightly and asked, "I know the good intentions of the two princes, but I don't know what they mean by contribution?"

Egathashalu said: "The power of our army in the capital is a hundred times greater than that of Siam. If we say that we are contributing soldiers, even if it is a good intention, it is just a joke. Therefore, I am reporting to my father to ask for ten thousand taels of gold and five taels of silver. One hundred thousand stones of polished rice to feed the heavenly soldiers, and I hope His Highness will accept it."

Gao Yuan nodded slightly, but did not answer. He only looked at Xia Zhongming.

The name Xia Zhongming is a Han name, but he is not Han himself, but is from the Mon ethnic group in Myanmar.His father Alabang, as one of the leaders of the Mon ethnic group, was the first to surrender to Beijing and obey the orders of Huang Zhiting, who was on an expedition to Burma.Therefore, when Gao pragmatically decided to restore Bago to the country, he appointed him as the king of Bago.

Alabang claimed to admire Gao Pragmatism and the Ming Dynasty, so he took the initiative to change his name to Chinese and named himself Xia Muming. Later, he also changed the name of his eldest son who was several years old, and he became Xia Zhongming in front of Gao Yuan.

The King of Bago and the Crown Prince have even changed their names. Naturally, they are famous pro-China factions, so Gao Yuan also wants to know how Xia Muming and Xia Zhongming and his son will express their feelings this time.

Xia Zhongming looked calm and said: "The King of Siam is inconvenient to send troops. I think that in addition to the elite heavenly soldiers, we are far out of reach, and the road from Siam to Arakan is far away. However, this is not the case for me in Pegu.

This country is adjacent to Arakan, and many merchants from the country often go to the country to trade, and they are quite familiar with the topography of the country.At the same time, although my country’s army is weak compared to the heavenly soldiers, it had quite a feud with Arakan in the past. Now that the army is heading west, my country hopes to send troops for conquest both publicly and privately..."

Gao Yuan nodded and said, "You mean, Bago is willing to send guides and troops to accompany me on my expedition to Arakan?"

"Exactly, His Royal Highness." Xia Zhongming nodded immediately.Gao Yuan nodded again and said, "Well, how many troops does your country plan to send, and what position do you want to play in my army?"

"The country of Bago is small and weak, with only [-] troops in the whole country. However, we are still willing to send [-] troops to this battle and obey the orders of His Highness." Xia Zhongming paused and then said: "As for the command, it all depends on His Highness. Arrangement. However, if His Highness is asking me what I want, then I am willing to explore the way with the front army."

Gao Yuan raised his eyebrows subconsciously and thought to himself: I know that there are only [-] soldiers in Bago. This scale itself was determined by his father. Xia Muming and his son were willing to give half of them at once, which shows their compliance.And Xia Zhongming also said that he was willing to explore the path of the front army, which is even more worthy of praise. After all, the most dangerous thing about an expedition to another country is that the road is unclear, and no one knows when he will encounter the main force of the enemy.

Of course, having said that, Arakan is known for its maritime strength after all, and its army size and combat effectiveness are more questionable.Xia Zhongming may have done this because he was sure that the Arakan Army would not deal a big blow to him.However, if he knew that my parents, aunt, and others believed that the Mughal Empire would interfere in the Arakan War, would he still dare to volunteer as a front-line explorer?

After thinking about it, Gao Yuan was not slow to speak, and immediately praised loudly: "Okay! Your Highness the Prince is very brave! Since Your Highness said so, then I would rather obey your orders and accept Your Highness's recommendation."

Xia Zhongming was overjoyed and was about to express his gratitude when Gao Yuan said, "Your Highness, there is something I need to inform you in advance."

"Your Majesty, please do as you please."

"It's not an order." Gao Yuan smiled slightly, stood up and patted his shoulder, saying: "This time to march into Arakan, my father has made a decision: the army should be divided into two groups: land and sea, one is empty and the other is real, and the attack is divided into two groups. . The sea route goes directly to Chittagong, while the land route starts from Phimu in advance and crosses the Arakan Mountains, attracting the Arakan Army to meet the enemy. After occupying Chittagong by sea and moving eastward, the Arakan Army will be shocked and retreat after hearing the news. At that time, by outflanking our army from east to west, we can annihilate the main force of Arakan in one battle and end the battle."

Xia Zhongming immediately complimented: "The Marquis has a clever plan. In this way, Arakan will definitely die without resurrecting. His Highness, the Crown Prince, will also become famous in one battle and become famous in foreign lands..." After a pause, he asked: "Looking at it from this point of view, what are you talking about? You seem to be serving in the land army? But you don’t know who the land army’s commander is?”

Gao Yuan hesitated unusually, and after a while he smiled bitterly and said: "I can't give you a confirmation at this time. I have to wait until the aunt...the secretary-general arrives in Dingnan, and I will discuss it carefully with him before we can make a final decision."

Xia Zhongming suddenly realized: It turns out that although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a noble status, his real power is still not as good as that of the secretary-general who is like a prime minister.Speaking of it, the Marquis is really unique in employing people. Earlier, he asked his wife to take charge of southern Xinjiang. Although it was a bit strange, it still made sense.

This time, it was a good thing that the concubine was actually allowed to supervise the eldest son. Although the two originally had a teacher-student relationship, but... it was still too strange.Besides, does this secretary-general who was born as a concubine have too much power?
Gao Yuan seemed to feel a little cold at this moment, coughed slightly, and said: "Your Highnesses are here by chance today. Let me introduce these handsome young men to you, who will be the future pillars of our Southern Xinjiang." Then he turned his head. Then he said to several young generals: "Come, everyone, come over and get close to your two highnesses..."
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