golden scales

Mr. Otto Braun conveyed his goodwill in his letter to the Philippine Overseer, and told the Overseer who prayed for peace that the focus of Ming Dynasty in the next 50 years would be to fight against the Mojiao in the northwest in order to regain the territory of the Mongols .

This news excited Sabiniano for a long time, until he could not wait for a ship from New Spain across the Pacific Ocean to the Far East.

Although the sea is vast, there are not as many navigable waterways as people imagine.The most familiar route to the Far East is to go from Africa to the Indian Ocean, cross the Strait of Malacca and enter the Southeast Asia.However, on this route, the ports on the east and west coasts of Africa are under the control of the Portuguese, and newly emerging maritime countries such as Britain and France are actively deploying Indian ports...Unfortunately, these countries are all enemies of the Spaniards.

If the Spanish fleet does not want to be hunted down by "pirates" all the way, it is bound to open up a new route.This route is across the Pacific Ocean, from Mexico to Asia.

There are no pirates and navies of enemy countries on this route, so it is relatively safe.However, the disadvantage is also obvious, there are not enough supply ports.This means that the cargo volume of the fleet will be limited, and it also makes it easy for the fleet to lose audio after leaving the port.

This is the current situation. Sabiniano has no idea whether it is a problem with New Spain that did not send the fleet, or the fleet encountered an accident during the voyage.

If it was an accident, was it because of the weather or hydrology?Or is there a new pirate force emerging in the east?

The Spanish fleet will pass through the waters of Japan and Taiwan, both of which may be robbed.

"It is impossible not to escape even one ship." Sabiniano was full of anxiety: "Even if the Ming government privately plunders our fleet, it is impossible to block the entire ocean."

The sea is so vast, without walls, it is indeed difficult to perfectly block it.

It's just that Sabiniano underestimated the Ming Empire's preparations for the scale of the war.

Based in Japan, Taiwan, and Australia, the Ming Dynasty deployed a wide range of surveillance ships, searching for the location of the Spanish fleet day and night.Even all the fishermen and fishing boats have received a notice: as long as they find any Thai or Western boats, they must report to the nearest maritime inspection department.Once verified, the fisherman gets one percent of the loot.

Spanish ships laden with gold and silver.As long as one percent is allocated, it is enough to make fishermen no longer have to fish.

And all this, the Spaniards are completely unaware, and they are still sailing on a stable route.Like a big fish cast into a fishing net.

"You are piracy! You should be hanged!"

Sabiniano couldn't hear the cries of the captured captains, and these cries could only linger in a mine tunnel after all.

Daming and Spain are already at war.

……

"During this war, Ming Dynasty will dispatch [-] land troops and four major fleets to land in Luzon, and completely make Xiyi pay the price of slaughtering the Chinese people." Zhu Cihong sat on the dragon chair in the Emperor's Palace, wearing a Crowned, dressed in the sun and moon dragon robe, His Majesty is a tall and mighty Han general.Standing in the middle with their heads bowed are the vassals of various countries.

During the New Year’s Day reign in the seventh year of Longjing, King Narai of Siam, King Li Hun of Korea, Tsunahiro Mori of Japan, vassal kings of Mongolia, and kings of Dharma all came to Beijing for pilgrimage.Among them, Li Hun of the Korean state couldn't help himself; the Mongolian feudal clans were willing to come to Ming Dynasty because they had indeed enjoyed the sweetness; Mori Tsunahiro wanted to see the strength of Ming Dynasty with his own eyes.It also builds confidence for the upcoming battle of the curtain down.

The king of Siam is because of knowledge.Before that, the Emperor Ming issued an edict to Siam and Chenla, asking the king to go to Beijing to discuss the conquest of Burma.As a result, the two countries lacked interest, and Siam was quite tactful, and did not directly reject it. It was presumed that the new king ascended the throne, and the country was unstable, so he asked for a grace period.

As for King Zan of Chenla, who spoke quite bluntly.It has been captured by the Southwest Group Army led by Luo Yukun.

Starting from the sixth year of Longjing, the water, land and Chenla were unified again, but this time the water and land Chenla (Cambodia) was included in the Laos-Lu Chenla-Xuanwei Division, which was the territory under the rule of Ming Dynasty.As a result, Siam was completely surrounded by Laos, facing the Ming Dynasty soldiers.The King of Siam could only secretly arrange an heir.As the Ming army came to Beijing, they made a pilgrimage to Shengyan.

"You may think I'm exaggerating." Zhu Cihong said in a stern voice, "You can do the math yourself. The three armies of the Southwest Group Army will be transferred to participate in the war, and there will also be the border guards and inspection departments of Fujian and Guangdong provinces to support them. The actual number of participants in the battle will be about Far more than one hundred thousand! Xiyi is doomed this time, and you don't have to worry about the loss of Ming's national power due to this battle."

The kings listened to Tongshi's low-pitched translation.Which one is not lingering fear?In addition to Maori Gangguang.In his opinion, it was a waste to mobilize troops to fight the southern barbarians.If there are 10 people, it is enough to succeed in turning the curtain down.It's a pity that, as a foreign vassal, he can't express his opinions in this sacred place, and Honglu Temple refuses to convey the holy hearing, so he can only continue to endure.

"I will not relax in other directions." Zhu Cihong's eyes fell on the Mongolian vassal kings and dharma kings, and soon fell on the Thai king who had been clasping his hands together, saying: "The west is still the top priority of Ming Dynasty. Heavy. And I can say with certainty that at the end of the Seven Years of Longjing, there will no longer be a rebellious country like Myanmar."

After listening to the translation, the King of Siam sank in his heart.

The three main forces of the Ming army in the southwest will all be transferred away, so who will attack Burma?By Siam itself?

Even if the king of Siam did not know that in another time and space, Burma would end his Ayutthaya dynasty, he always knew the gap between the two countries now.

Myanmar is still stronger than Siam after all.

It's just that King Nalai didn't know that Daming still had a team that hadn't made it public yet.

Zhang Xianzhong's West Camp.

In the six years of Longjing, Jin Yiwei's greatest achievement in the southwest was the successful assassination of Zhang Xianzhong, and the rebellion of the four generals Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ainengqi.

This major event happened in October of the sixth year of Longjing, and it has not been officially disclosed to the outside world.The established propaganda tone was to say that Zhang Xianzhong died of an illness, and then made two "great victories" of the Yunnan Army, and successfully recruited Li Dingguo and others.

Xiying has been active in Yunnan and Burma for nearly ten years. Not only is it familiar with the terrain, many people even intermarried with local people and gave birth to children.Among the four kings, Li Dingguo had the prestige of "Two famous kings, shaking the world" in the original historical time and space, which is worthy of reuse.

People in the world only think that Gu Junen and Liu Zongmin's reluctance to send troops to Burma as soon as possible is to support the thief's self-respect, but they don't know the horror of the deep mountains and old forests.Even when Xiying first entered Myanmar, non-combat attrition was very heavy.And Zhu Cihong was able to acquiesce in Xiying's recovery in Myanmar, and he took a fancy to Li Dingguo, who had a great reputation and was good at fighting.

In comparison, Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi are just superficial.

And Li Dingguo was able to serve Emperor Yongli and continue the state when the whole country was almost lost, which shows that it is not impossible to persuade him to abandon the dark and turn to the bright.

Now these talents are the real main force to attack Burma.

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"Now that An is recruited as an official, I will never be a thief again!" Li Dingguo held the uniform and seal of the Ming general, and was still a little sad when he thought of Zhang Xianzhong.

He is from Shaanxi. He was adopted by Zhang Xianzhong as a adopted son since he was a child, and he lived under the name "Zhang Dingguo" for most of his life. He has no affection for the surname "Li".He really had doubts about Zhang Xianzhong's "death of illness", but the other three kings spoke convincingly, and Zhang Xianzhong's body had been buried before he rushed back to camp, so he could not ask for an autopsy.

Sun Kewang is the breakthrough opened by Jin Yiwei, but the price is unexpectedly low: [-] acres of fertile land in Hetao, forget the past, the two generations of father and son will be exempted from capital offenses other than the ten heinous crimes, and will get a noble for life.

After listening to Li Dingguo's words, Sun Kewang said: "This is also the destiny. As long as there is a place to settle down, who always wants to rebel."

Li Dingguo sighed, and returned to his residence with heavy steps.

Three months later, with training officers at all levels in place, the Daxi Imperial Battalion officially became history and was reorganized into the Burmese Expeditionary Army. The first army commander was Li Dingguo, and the deputy army commander Ainengqi.However, Sun Kewang and Liu Wenxiu boarded the carriage to return to their hometown in northern Shaanxi, changed their names and surnames, and became local gentle gentry.

At this moment, Li Dingguo seemed to understand something, but it was too late after all.

In March of the seventh year of Longjing, the Burmese Expeditionary Force set out to attack Ava City (Mandalay), the capital of Burma, from the northeast.

A month later, Siam sent [-] troops and [-] elephant soldiers to attack Burma from the southwest. When they arrived in Toungoo, they received the news that Li Dingguo had broken into Awa City, and returned to Siam without bloodshed. .

Li Dingguo led his army to occupy the entire Myanmar state, and finally stopped in the Rakhine Mountains.

On the other side of the Rakhine Mountains is the Mughal Empire that is thriving today.

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"I'm so dizzy! At the beginning, I was sent to Yunnan to fight against the bandits! Now the bandits have become generals! I've been transferred out of nowhere!" Luo Yukun led three armies, but not all of them boarded the ship from Jiaozhi.

In fact, only one division boarded a ship from Cochin to Luzon Island. The other troops walked around the bay and went south to wipe out the Malacca Sultan, completely controlling the Strait of Malacca.

In the future, there will never be two countries, Malaysia and Singapore.

"When we finish fighting Luzon Island, we will definitely have to go back to the southwest." Zhu Jiajun persuaded, "How could Your Majesty allow the remnants of the western thieves to occupy the side of the world's granary?"

Luo Yukun finally calmed down a little.

Chen Chong said from the side: "Regardless of whether we go back to the southwest or not, as Ming generals, we shouldn't complain. We should just listen to where we want to fight."

Luo Yukun, who had just let down his anger, suddenly became angry again, and cursed: "I'm not complaining! You're a dead eunuch with no eggs, and you're going to put a pot of shit on my head!"

Chen Chong has been used to being scolded by him for more than ten years, and he was not annoyed. He put on an unprovoked look and said, "Okay, okay, you didn't complain, you were just complaining!"

"Right!" After Luo Yukun finished speaking, he suddenly felt something was wrong, and quickly shook his head and said, "I didn't even complain! What did Xiao Mo say about that poem?" He tilted his head and thought about it. : "Anyway, tiredness returns to tiredness, suffering returns to suffering, talk comes after talk, our loyalty has never been reduced by half!"

"That would be excellent." Chen Chong said with a sharp voice.