Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2178 Little Marquis ([-]) A God-given Opportunity
If the situation in southern Xinjiang continues to develop step by step, then the process should be roughly like this: About half a month later, Liu Xin arrived in Dingnan and agreed with Gao Yuan and the civil and military forces of southern Xinjiang on the detailed rules for dispatching troops.Two or three days later, Gao Yuan and Liu Xin moved to Pathein City in the southwest corner of the Bago Kingdom as commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief, and joined the army and sea forces to vow to send troops.

The land division was commanded by Gao Jue, Gao Lian, or any kingdom-level garrison commander in southern Xinjiang. He launched a feint attack across the Arakan Mountains from Beimu, mobilized the main force of the Arakan Army to rush for reinforcements, and then held it back firmly.

About five to ten days after the departure of the Marine Division (depending on sea conditions such as wind direction and wind strength), the main force of the Western Expedition Fleet carried the real main force of the Western Expedition Marine Division from Pathein to Chittagong Port, preparing to seize the port in one fell swoop and blockade the Ala. The strategic location in the northwest corner.This move could not only block the Arakan army's escape route to Bengal, but also use this city to block reinforcements from the Mughal Empire that might be sent from Bengal to support Arakan.

Considering that Arakan controls Chittagong, has certain maritime power, and has a European pirate mercenary army, the Western Expedition Fleet will form a mobile fleet to sweep outside Chittagong and along the Arakan coast before the large fleet. Maritime power ensured the smooth landing of the main force and the attack on Chittagong.As mentioned above, the commander of this mobile fleet is Ruan Phuze.

As for what happens next, it depends on the reaction of the Mughal Empire.Or rather, it depends on how Daniyar, the Mughal Governor of Bengal and the third son of Emperor Akbar, decided to act.

However, it seems that God has his own will, and all this cannot happen as expected.

Because not long after the two princes met with several generals and Gao Yuan had just ordered a banquet to be entertained, an urgent piece of information sent by a flying pigeon within Jinghua six hundred miles away was sent to the west court of Dingnan Palace.

The news came from the Mughal Empire, sent by intelligence personnel disguised as traveling merchants sent by Jinghua in the Mughal Empire: Murad, the second son of Mughal Emperor Akbar, had suffered from severe epilepsy due to excessive drinking. He died the next day.At this time, Akbar was engaged in a new round of conquest of the Deccan, and Murad was leading the vanguard on the Ahmednegar front.

As the vanguard army lost its leader, Akbar was so sad that he could only urgently order his third son Daniyar, the governor of Bangladesh, to take over the position of his second brother Murad and lead the army from Bengal to the southwest quickly. March (Note: Daniyar cannot command the army of his second brother Murad, and can only lead his own army as a substitute).

Daniyar had already set out for two days when the intelligence officer sent the message.

After Gao Yuan heard the news, he immediately realized that this was an excellent opportunity. If he stayed in Dingnan and waited for his aunt to arrive before proceeding with the plan, he might miss this God-given opportunity - Daniyar's Leaving was Akbar's temporary decision, so even if the Mughal Empire wanted to send someone to take over the post of Governor of Bengal or just the authority, it would definitely take some time.

This period of time is the perfect opportunity to attack Arakan!Even if everything goes well, after capturing Arakan, we can continue to march westward to capture Bengal, better cooperate with Salim to raise troops and establish himself as emperor, compete with his father Akbar the Great, and weaken the overall strength of the Mughal Empire .

But what Gao Yuan didn't expect was that even though the situation was so obvious and the opportunity so rare, none of the two princes and generals present came forward to suggest, "We will march westward before the Secretary-General arrives."

Gao Yuan thought at first that they didn't realize how rare this opportunity was, but even after he reminded him, no one proposed it.In the end, Cen Yunhan was "honest" and reminded in a low voice: "Little Marquis, the Marquis has a destiny, and you need the Secretary-General to assist you in this battle..." At this moment, Gao Yuan finally understood, it was not that everyone could not see what was happening at the moment Situation and opportunity, but no one dares to ignore his father's order - no matter how great the opportunity is, it is not greater than the order of the Marquis!
Gao Yuan was furious, but what about anger?Asking himself, he himself did not dare to ignore his father's order!
What a joke!In fact, not only myself and the people in front of me, I am afraid that no one in the world except the emperor would dare to disobey his father's wishes, right?

However, although Gao Yuan recognized the reality at this moment, as a young man, he really did not want to see such a good opportunity missed by him.Thinking about it, he suddenly remembered two people, so he loudly ordered: "Whoever comes, please go and invite my second uncle and Pu Shigong to come immediately, saying that I have a hundred thousand urgent matters to discuss!"

Not long after, Gao Jue, who was working in the Xiting Military Headquarters Building, arrived first. As soon as he entered the door, he saw the two princes from Siam and Bago and several generals. He frowned subconsciously, but didn't say anything more. He stepped forward solemnly, bowed to Gao Yuan, and asked, "I heard that the young master called me urgently. What's the urgent matter?"

Gao Yuan stood up without noticing anyone else, and put the Flying Pigeon Letter directly into Gao Jue's hand. He looked outside the door and asked, "How long does it take for the Prime Minister to get here?"

"King Prime Minister" refers to the King Prime Minister of Siam, that is, Gao Mengnan.At this time, Gao Yuan calmed down a little, and his words became more formal, and he no longer directly called "Second Uncle".

Gao Jue opened the letter and replied: "The palace is vast, and the East Courtyard is a little far away. If you come here on foot, it may take half an hour... However, my wife has previously granted several dignitaries the privilege of riding horses in the palace, and the second master also Among them, if he is willing to ride up, he should be there soon."

Before Gao Jue finished speaking, the sound of horse hoofbeats reached everyone's ears from far to near.Soon, Gao Mengnan's voice sounded outside the courtyard door: "I have been summoned urgently by the eldest young master. Don't ask any more questions. Just wait here with your horse!" Then Gao Mengnan, who was nearly fifty years old, was seen hurriedly walking out of the courtyard door. , jogging all the way.

He was wearing a Siamese first-class civilian official uniform that had been modified and was almost the same as the Ming Dynasty. Now he was in such a hurry that he looked somewhat unseemly.But Gao Mengnan didn't seem to care about this at all. His face was very serious. After running through the gate, he was panting heavily. Without looking at the situation in the palace, he asked: "Young Master called me urgently, but what happened?"

Gao Yuan also didn't expect that Gao Mengnan would be so impatient after receiving his summons, even to the point of disregarding his decency. He was moved and deeply uneasy at the same time, so he quickly stepped down from Danbi and stepped forward to support his second uncle who was panting. He blamed himself and said, "My nephew is taking the liberty of making my second uncle tired like this. Please forgive me."

Gao Mengnan glanced at him intently, calmed down a little, shook his head and said: "You are in Dingnan at this time, just like my father is here. If there is an urgent matter, don't ask me to run around, or I will take the risk myself." Yaishi, but why not?" After a pause, he asked again: "Why is it so urgent?"
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PS: Akbar’s second son Murad died on the front line of the Deccan Conquest War in 1599. The cause of death was acute epilepsy caused by excessive alcoholism. This is historical fact and not made up by me.However, there are some previous circumstances related to his death, which will be stated later when related to the plot.

(End of this chapter)