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Chapter 665
"I want to borrow troops from the Kyushu Army to recover Meng Yang!" Sihua said bluntly, as if there were flames burning in his eyes.

Daojiao was frightened by Sihua's words.Such a thing was beyond the scope of his remit.There are only three or four hundred soldiers under him, including the cook, and what Sihua is talking about has risen to the level of national warfare.

The Mengyang area was occupied by the Toungoo Dynasty, and the recovery of Mengyang was to start a war with the Toungoo Dynasty.When it comes to the level of the national war, not to mention that he can't make the decision by handing over a small guard general, even the entire Yunnan chief secretary can't make the decision.

"Your request is really... Let me tell you what to say. First, we have not been able to confirm your identity. It is hard to say whether you are a descendant of Chieftain Mengyang. Second, what you said is very important. My humble status cannot make a decision." Dao Jiao took a breath of air.

"Send someone to take me to meet the governor of your Yunnan Chief Secretary!" Sihua said excitedly.

"No, I can't let a group of you people of unknown origin meet our Yunnan Civil Affairs Officer. What if you are actually assassins sent by the Toungoo Dynasty and try to plot against our Civil Affairs Officer?" Dao Jiao shook his head. , it is still hard to believe that the other party is a descendant of chieftain Mengyang.

Sihua saw that the guard of Tongbi Gate did not believe him, and thought that the Kyushu Army might be able to help him avenge him, so he became anxious.He hastily took out a stack of papers from his arms: "Here is the topographic map of the Mengyang area, which was perfectly described by the chieftains of Mengyang in our past dynasties. It clearly recorded the local topography and villages. With these maps in hand, It can be an army of [-]."

Dao Jiao took the stack of maps under Si Huaqi's expectant eyes, opened it and looked at it, it was indeed a topographic map of Meng Yangxuan Weisi, recording various hills, villages, and rivers, there is no doubt about it .This map alone is worth thousands of gold.

"There should be no problem with this map..." Daojiao said, "But you may also be sent by the Toungoo Dynasty to deliberately lure us..."

Before the sword was handed over, the soldiers guarding the gate came to ask for help.

"Head...sir, a group of soldiers from the Toungoo Dynasty have appeared outside the pass and are about to attack the city!"

"What?! You soldiers are spies sent by Dongyu Kingdom?!" Daojiao's eyes became fierce, and he glared at Sihua and the others.

"Those are Toungoo soldiers who chased us down. Toungoo Kingdom has supported a new chieftain locally, and they have always wanted to get rid of us." Sihua quickly explained.

"Follow me to the wall to have a look, don't try to make any small moves." Dao Jiao ordered the soldiers to bring Sihua and others to the Tongbi wall, and found a group of Taungyu people who did not know when they appeared below. Chinese soldiers are preparing siege equipment.

Dao Jiao looked down at the Toungoo army below, thinking about the number of their troops and the weapons they carried.

"There are more than 1000 people, most of whom use cold weapons such as bows and arrows. Fortunately, they don't carry artillery." Dao Jiao patiently observed the Taungoo soldiers who were busy building siege equipment, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as the opponent has no artillery, the Tongbi Pass with a solid city wall will be safe and sound.If you want to use human lives to heap, you need at least ten times the army of Tongbiguan.

"Their artillery is behind, but it's just too late to transport it here." Sihua's words shattered the fantasy of the sword.

"How do you know?" Daojiao asked suspiciously.

"In order to completely wipe out our homesick descendants, the chieftain supported by the Toungoo Kingdom organized 4000 soldiers this time and used five artillery pieces to attack our stronghold in the mountains and forests. If there were not a large army pressing down on the border, we might not have had any Rebellion, not to mention that I am now in exile. The thousand or so people below are just their vanguard." Sihua sighed.

When Daojiao heard the five cannons, he felt a little scared. Tongbiguan still used the old-style cannons of the Ming army, and there were only four cannons. The key is that the ammunition has not been replenished for a long time, and it may not last long.

"Sir, let's ask the Yunnan government for help! The opponent is coming so fiercely that we can't resist it with one pass!" The other guards said worriedly.

"Well, immediately send Qingqi to the Longchuan Division and Yunnan Mansion for emergency. The rest of the soldiers are preparing for the battle. This is my first battle since I took office in Tongbiguan. Don't embarrass me!" Daojiao said, "As long as you persist When the troops from Yunnan Province come, they must teach these Toungoo barbarians a bloody lesson!"

"I will fight side by side with you!" Sihua said.

Kunming, the prefecture of Yunnan, is the ruling center of the chief secretary of Yunnan, and Shen Youlong, the civil affairs officer of Yunnan, is seated here.In the past two years since he took office, he has tried his best to do two things. One is to reform the chieftain.There are hundreds of chieftains, large and small, in the Chief Secretary of Yunnan Province. Although the Kyushu Army conquered them by force in the Battle of Guilin, it is still a rather vast project to truly implement the change in every chieftain's territory. In the past, it was only in general that the land reform was realized.The second thing is to assist the Independent Corps to go south to Annan, and provide the Independent Corps with soldiers and food.Regardless of how easy it is for the Independent Corps to go south, in order to establish a supply line, in the battle to conquer Annan, there were 5 Yunnan civilians who transported food and supplies for the soldiers of the Independent Corps along the Red River.

After finishing these two major tasks, Shen Youlong breathed a sigh of relief. He finally managed to live a stable life, and he lived up to Chu Yun's expectations.

"That guy Xiong Wencan has been transferred to the newly established Chief Secretary of Cochin. He is really hot." Shen Youlong heard that Xiong Wencan was transferred to the south, the post of governor of Guangdong and Guangxi was also dismissed, and the chief secretary of Guangxi and the chief secretary of Guangdong were promoted again. Two officials were appointed as civil affairs officers.

It's just that Shen Youlong got used to cooperating with Xiong Wencan during this period of time, but after the Guangxi Chief Secretary changed officials, he was not used to it everywhere.

"My lord, the Chief Secretary of Cochin is located outside the southern Xinjiang, and those natives are even more rebellious and disobedient to enlightenment. It is more difficult than us to reform the land and return to the natives. Moreover, the miasma is rampant there, and many places are still uncivilized. Mr. Xiong You will have to suffer a lot when you are transferred there, so why should you be envious?" an official said.

"You don't understand this. The future of the Cochin Chief Secretary is not only the Annan Kingdom. Its prospect lies in a large piece of land south of Yunnan and Guangxi. The territory is equivalent to at least four Yunnan Chief Secretary, not to mention some islands further south. If you think about it carefully, this would be detrimental to the capital’s control over South Vietnam. I will write a memorial first, stating that the whole of Nanyang should be divided into three chief ministers, instead of being controlled by only one Cochin chief secretary, and then take Siam , Chenla, Toungoo and other countries, I will report them up." Shen Youlong paced, but thought of the annexation of the Southeast Asian countries in the future.

(End of this chapter)