Cutting 1719

Chapter 508 Three Announcements and Six Consolations
At the end of May in the fourth year of innovation, in the governor's office in Kunming, Yunnan.

Dozens of high-ranking generals dressed neatly in the uniforms of the Fuhan Army stood in a row. The generals on their shoulders were shining, but they looked quite extraordinary.

"Your Majesty has an edict that Burma has no way, practices a violent government, and invades our territory, and it should be cut down. Now I have specially appointed Gong Chengming of the Kingdom of Shu as the governor of Burma, and I hereby order it."

Ning Tieshan held the edict in his hand, with a dignified look on his face, and most of the other generals of the Fuhan Army also had this look, because they had waited for this day for too long.

After a whole year of preparations, the whole of Kunming finally showed a tense situation. On the border between Yunnan and Burma, five well-trained infantry divisions had been secretly assembled at this time, with a total strength of more than [-] troops. , They were led by Cheng Ming, the commander-in-chief of the Burmese Conquest Group Army, and quietly and officially kicked off the prelude to the Burma Conquest.

In fact, in the Ningchu Privy Council, the battle plan for the Burmese Conquest has already been officially approved, but because of the Northern Expedition, the Burmese Conquest has been delayed, so that after the Northern Expedition is basically over, He immediately found out the plan for the Burmese Conquest, and Cheng Ming, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council who was familiar with Southwest operations, would be the commander in chief.

Looking at the expressions of the crowd, Cheng Ming sighed slightly in his heart. Although it took a long time to wait, the waiting itself was not wasted. During this year, the five divisions that participated in the attack on Burma all passed through the jungle Combat-related training also has a strong ability to adapt to the humid climate in the southwest.

In order to deal with the problems such as the plague and miasma existing in Myanmar, Ning Yu also specially instructed the Privy Council to organize special training medical classes, that is, in the infantry divisions conscripting Myanmar, each team will select one person to go to the medical class, and then receive relevant medical training. Basic knowledge such as "only drink boiled water" and "use lime to disinfect the camp" have been trained to ensure that they can get a certain degree of protection during wartime.

In addition, the Military Intelligence Department and the Shadow City have conducted military intelligence infiltration into Myanmar, so they have initially grasped the current military dynamics of the Toungoo Dynasty in Myanmar, and they have also grasped the military power of the major chieftains, so they are very concerned about the current conquest As far as the staff office under the Burmese Governor's Mansion is concerned, Myanmar is already like a stripped person, and there are no strategic secrets.

Cheng Ming nodded lightly, looked at the crowd and said, "As for the meaning of the Burma war, you should all understand that ever since my Great Chu regained the southwest, Burma has been encroaching on the border before our army has actually controlled the border. In my land of Great Chu, even though the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a warning, it was deliberately ignored for various reasons, we endured it, but we will not endure it later, and we don’t need to endure it anymore.”

That's right, everyone is thinking in their hearts that the Northern Expedition has basically ended, and the Korean issue is about to be resolved. At that time, the strategic focus will gradually shift from east to west, and the Southwest issue will have a chance to be completely resolved!

"That's right, they should be taught a lesson!"

"Hmph, if you dare to pull your teeth out of the tiger's mouth, you must be prepared to die!"

Ning Tieshan, Li Shihu, Yue Lingfeng and the others also sneered. A so-called small Burmese state dared to make a decision on the vigorous Fuhan army, obviously because it was impatient.

Cheng Ming knocked on the table, glanced at Ning Tieshan, and said, "Okay, the chief of staff will talk about the specific plan for the next battle."

Ning Tieshan nodded, then picked up the command whip, pointed to the map of Burma on the map and said: "In the battle of conquering Burma, five divisions under the Dudufu's Mansion will form a front-line army. In response, two local divisions were formed from Yunnan, and the relevant soldiers have been registered and have undergone preliminary training. Once there is a need, they can be mobilized and formed in about five days."

When everyone heard this, their expressions immediately turned serious. They can joke now, but once they officially enter the rhythm of war, they can no longer act recklessly. They must firmly abide by military regulations and discipline, and they must not underestimate the enemy in the slightest.

In front of the Nanjing Central Military Academy, there is a huge stone tablet with a line written on it, "Any mistake in detail will be borne by the lives of your comrades in arms." The teachers and students of the military academy were shocked.

For others, if they make mistakes, the cost may only be the loss of wealth or their own lives, but for the army, even a small mistake may cost the entire army.

While the officers were sitting in distress, Ning Tieshan continued: "The battle to conquer Burma will be divided into two marches, one of which will be led by the governor Cheng Ming from Wanding, with three divisions under its jurisdiction to attack Mubang. Chieftain, and I led the other route, with two divisions under my jurisdiction, stationed at Tiebi Pass, and attacked Manmu chieftain."

"After the original plan is achieved, the two groups will attack along Longchuan, Mengmi, and Lawu respectively, and finally join forces under Awa, the capital of Myanmar. The capture of Awa means the basic end of this battle."

Everyone listened attentively and asked questions from time to time, but they were all about some details of the war arrangement. After everyone confirmed their tasks, the military meeting came to an end.

Cheng Ming looked at the crowd with a serious expression, "Although your majesty is in the capital, he attaches great importance to the war to conquer Burma. I hope you will do your best."

"Yes, long live Your Majesty, long live Da Chu!"

On the first day of June, gunfire rang out simultaneously from Tengyue Prefecture, Yongchang Prefecture, and Shunning Prefecture on the border of Yunnan and Myanmar, especially Tiebi Pass on the border of Tengyue Prefecture, which became a key area for the outbreak of war.

As early as after the Fuhan army entered Yunnan, Burma tried to attack Tiebiguan, but was repelled by the Qing army stationed there. Later, after the Fuhan army took over the defense of Tiebiguan, Burmese chieftains also attacked An attack was launched here, but they returned in vain at the gate of the city, and lost a lot of lives on the contrary.

Cheng Ming, the governor of Burmese conquest, directly placed his headquarters in Wanding in order to better manage the front-line battles, while Ning Tieshan came to Tiebiguan, with two divisions under his command. Capture Xinjie in Myanmar within three days, and try to eliminate [-] chieftain soldiers located in Xinjie.

Originally, the weather in June was extremely hot, but Myanmar is relatively more humid and hot, and there are many mosquitoes. Therefore, when Ning Tieshan and other high-level generals arrived at Tiebiguan, they had already applied mosquito-proof herbs on their bodies. There are also some strange patterns painted on the military uniform.

"To the Chief of Staff, we have found 100 guides who are familiar with the local geographical environment for this march, and they will be distributed among the battalions. At least ensure that each individual battalion has more than two guides, and they can basically pass Chinese, and then when the medical soldiers of each company in our army were training, they also learned some local Burmese dialect."

Staff officer Yang Yingyuan told in a low voice that he was born as a local chieftain in Yunnan, so he also had a high reputation in the local area. Things like finding some guides could not be easier for him.

In fact, after the Fuhan army pacified the Yunnan chieftain forces, they did not choose a blindly tough policy. Since they insisted on reforming the land and returning them to the local people, they also introduced some of the chieftain families who were willing to cooperate with the local government of Yunnan and the regular army of the Fuhan army. Among them, this method has accelerated the integration and achieved considerable results. Among them, chieftain staff officers like Yang Yingyuan are not uncommon.

Ning Tieshan smiled slightly, patted Yang Yingyuan on the shoulder, and said softly: "I am sure you can rest assured that Staff Officer Yang is doing things. Many things in the future will require a lot of work from Staff Officer Yang. Now that we have arrived at Tiebiguan, please ask Staff Officer Yang to give us some help." Let’s briefly introduce these people.”

Everyone burst into laughter when they heard the words. There may be people among them who know about Iron Wall Pass, but more people really don't know the importance of this pass, which will naturally be somewhat disadvantageous to the war.

Yang Yingyuan said softly: "Tiebi Pass is one of the Eight Passes of Tengyue, and it is also a key way to control Burma's eastern crimes. In the Ming Dynasty, Burma sent troops to invade Dehong many times. In the 21st year of Wanli, it led an army of 30. Hundreds of war elephants defeated Chieftain Manmo, and later resisted by Chen Yongbin, the governor of Yunnan. Later, in order to prevent Myanmar from committing another crime, Mr. Chen set up eight checkpoints in Yingjiang, Longchuan, and Ruili, namely Kobe Pass and Wanren Pass. There are four upper passes, Jushi Pass, and Tongbi Pass, and four lower passes, Tiebi Pass, Huju Pass, Hanma Pass, and Tianma Pass."

"Cutting off the provocative road of the barbarians, cutting off the power of the Burmese private soldiers, taking advantage of the natural dangers of the world, and saving the labor of transporting millet, this is also the benefit of sealing the frontier."

Ning Tieshan obviously knew a lot about Tengyue Eight Passes, and sighed: "It's a pity that such practices are somewhat limited. If it goes on for a long time, how many people still remember the 'three announcements and six comforts'?"

Three announcements and six comforts were originally the jurisdictional institutions implemented by the Ming Dynasty over the southwest region and the Indo-China Peninsula. Therefore, the Ming court set up the Dagula Xuanwei Division, and the Diwula Xuanwei Division and Dimasa Xuanwei Division at the end of the same year. Comfort department, can be regarded as the early practice of propaganda and comfort department.

In the 11th year of orthodoxy, the Ming court re-adjusted the southwestern frontier, and officially set up "three propagandas and six consolations". And Liuwei refers to Cheli Xuanwei Division, Myanmar Xuanwei Division, Mubang Xuanwei Division, Babaidian Xuanwei Division, Mengyang Xuanwei Division, and Laos Xuanwei Division, basically covering most of the Indochina Peninsula.

However, the good times did not last long. After the decline of the Ming Dynasty's national power, the control over the three propagandas and six comforts was naturally greatly reduced, and the Indochina Peninsula was very chaotic. Before the three announcements and six comforts system, it had been fought for 40 years.

In this process, a large number of refugees emigrated to other countries one after another. Among them, Taungoo, which is dominated by the Burmese, has benefited the most. Because it is far away from the war zone and has not been destroyed by the war, it has become a refuge for the Burmese to escape wars and famines. Therefore, the population Increasingly, the national strength is also increasing.

Later, after the rise of Toungoo, through a series of operations, the Baigu Kingdom at that time was conquered, and the central and southern parts of Myanmar were basically unified. However, it was difficult to take effective measures for the rise of Myanmar in the late Ming Dynasty, so that the Eastern King Mang Ruiti led the Burmese army to the Tengchong, Shidian, and Fengqing areas in Yunnan, which posed a great threat to Yongchang Mansion. Two camps.

Then Mang Yinglong succeeded to the throne, and through various means, eliminated the Ava Dynasty, conquered the Shan states, and completed the second unification of Myanmar.

From the 35th year of Jiajing to the end of Wanli, about half a century in the middle, after repeated contests between the Ming Dynasty and the Toungoo Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty lost the original jurisdiction of Mupang, Mengyang, Mengmi, Laos, and Babai Xuanweisi Of the original three announcements and six comforts, only one Xuanwei Division and three Xuanfu Divisions in Nandian, Ganya, and Longchuan remained in the car.

It can be said that the Toungoo Dynasty rose on the corpse of the Ming court's three propagandas and six consolations. At that time, the Ming court's national power was already weakening day by day, and there was no good way to deal with this process.

Everyone is not too unfamiliar with the history of "three declarations and six comforts", so when they heard Ning Tieshan's proposal, they all seemed resentful.

Li Shihu sneered and said: "Kuu can go, so can I. Back then King Dongyu was able to capture Daming's 'Three Announcements and Six Consolations', so we can naturally take it back today."

Yang Yingyuan also expressed emotion, saying: "Back then, Toungoo was in its heyday, while Da Ming was in a period of decline. Naturally, it was difficult to keep it, but now Dachu is a new dynasty, rising like the sun, while Toungoo is old and decayed. , vulnerable."

Ning Tieshan smiled and said, "It seems that Staff Officer Yang knows Toungyu quite well, so please introduce him as well."

"Don't dare." Yang Yingyuan said a few words modestly, and then said: "Toungoo now has the feeling of the end of the dynasty. The Shan and Mon people in the country are deeply dissatisfied with the Burmese, and more and more More and more Ahmedans have become private slaves, so the situation of the entire Taungoo is very critical, and the chances of us sending troops now are very high."

The so-called Akhmedan actually refers to the private serf organization directly under King Toungoo, like the king who directly controls a large amount of land and distributes the land to various Akhmedan organizations. As a feudal serf, Akhmedan himself It is the system of the unity of soldiers and farmers, so it is also the main source of the king's financial resources, manpower and military strength.Therefore, once Akhmedan became a private slave, it was similar to the disintegration of the guard system, which directly represented the weakness of King Toungoo himself.

Ning Tieshan nodded, "The dispatch of troops this time is not only a punishment for the Burmese country's invasion of the border, but also a revenge for the three propagandas and six comforts of the past. We need to conquer the country and regain the old place."

Before Ning Tieshan finished speaking, the artillery group in the direction of the Fuhan Army roared, and teams of Fuhan soldiers held muskets in their hands, carried bags on their backs, and bayonets on their waists, and headed towards Xinjie. Launched an offensive, and this also represented the official start of Ning Chu's conquest of Burma.

(End of this chapter)