open sea

Chapter 508 Struggling
Chen Mu didn't know that it was Mang Yinglong's son Mang Yingli who led troops to ambush him in the paddy fields and forests southwest of Baigu City.

Mang Yingli was born in Jiajing in 14 years. Although he looks younger than Chen Mu, he is actually older than him. He is forty this year.

When the Burmese prince learned from the Portuguese that the Ming army had landed in Yangon, he was in accordance with the order of his father who went north to unify Burma, guiding the people in Baigu to engrave Buddhist scriptures, and presided over the delivery of property to the north of the conquered Siam state— —Siam does not have pagodas, but they cannot live without pagodas.

The little prince led his army to beat away the Ming army, and the common people lined the road to meet him, and led his army back to the city to fulfill his wish to Brahma.

Although there were hundreds of soldiers among his subordinates who were bitten by leeches and their calves and ankles were bloody, Mang Yingli didn't care. The soldiers themselves didn't care, so why should he care?
"The Ming army is nothing more than that. Seeing our formation from a distance, they retreated without even daring to fight. No matter how many such enemies there are, they will definitely be defeated without courage."

After fulfilling his vows in front of the golden stupa in the middle of the ancient white city, Mangyingli climbed up a tall and armored war elephant. This is a precious white elephant, and the ivory is inlaid with bronze thorns, like two spears. , majestic.

"Take the gold and orbs, send them to the pagoda built in Siam, and pray for the father."

Mang Yingli knew what his father was doing. Their power came from supporting Buddhism, and how much they could support Buddhism depended on whether they could unify Burma. "When the war in the north is over, my father will become a A great emperor like Anuluddha, people will say that he is the Ashoka of Myanmar in the future!"

The war elephant's footsteps pounded, and behind the white elephant, there was another gray elephant in armor. On the back of the elephant sat a man in a green shirt in a building, with a reckless posture, leaning on a war sword beside him, wearing a net scarf and shaking a folding fan in his hand.

The sword is a battlefield style, with a flat-headed cloud sword shield, a human-faced three-eared sword head, and a thick, prismatic heavy edge for cutting sharply. The sword equipment is full of Central Plains style.

The fan is made of mud gold and black bamboo bones. This is the most popular folding fan style in Ming Dynasty, and Ming people love gold fans.

As for the art of folding fans, the fan surface imported from North Korea was the most valuable at first, and later, the gold-plated and gold-plated black bamboo bone fan from Japan was favored. The Korean and Japanese methods of gilding and gilding are combined with local techniques of lacquer gold, gold painting, and gold sprinkling. This is an original work that is deeply loved by literati.

The owner of the gray elephant who was half a step behind was named Chen An, who was a county official in Guangxi in the early days. He secretly sold arms to Burma and made friends with local officials. , is deeply trusted.

"Yan Guichen is no more than a first-rate couple. Although he has some reputation, it is only due to his luck. Without the huge ship and artillery he relies on, he seems to have no ability." Chen An closed the golden fan, and put his big sleeves and arms on the opposite side of the window of the elephant building. Mang Yingli said: "The Nanyang Army gained power in the early years only by obtaining a few warships from the Portuguese and imitating them, so they can dominate the world in recent days."

"I said earlier that as long as we stick to Baigu's coastal city and stop his ships, there will be no storms on land."

"The ones who are really worrying are Yu Dayou and Liu Xian in the north. They are the real veterans in the battlefield, and they should not be underestimated."

The weather in Myanmar is very hot. Chen An said that he saw people kneeling and begging to hold fruit plates a few steps away, so he patted the Xianglou on the right side, whispered a few words to the warriors and health servants who followed him on foot, and then went on to respond to Mang Li said: "If you block the Ming army in the north, your king's hegemony will only be left in Arakan in the west. They rely on their navy to rampage across the sea. I can't stop it. The prince can learn from the Yan and return to Chen."

Chen An's entourage includes Ming people and Japanese people, but now most of them are dressed as Burmese warriors, and they are ordered to bring a fruit plate, and first serve it to Mang Yingli on the white elephant, Mang Yingli does not need it, so he waved his hand and gave the fruit back to Chen An, slightly He leaned over and asked, "Sir, you said you should learn from Chen Mu, how can you learn?"

"Chen Mu may not be very good at fighting, but other wealth, weaponry, military equipment, and farming are all unparalleled. Most of the people who have nothing in the country think that the Nanyang military mansion is strong because its governor Chen Mu fell in love with the emperor when he met the emperor in the north. Meritorious, not so."

Referring to the family of the Nanyang Military Mansion of the Ming Dynasty, Chen An seemed to have endless words, and said with a chuckle: "The strength of the Nanyang Military Mansion was already established when he was appointed as a thousand households in Xiangshan, opened a shipyard, and established a military bureau. Therefore, it took a few years for the military government to dominate Nanyang. Doesn’t the little prince hope that people will mention the power of Burma in the future, and it will be established by today’s prince?"

What Mang Yingli said was very appetizing, if it wasn't for the iron armor on his body, Mang Yingli would almost turn over on Xiangbei Xiaolou, he said: "I would like to hear more about it."

"In the Chinese dynasty, the Portuguese firearms were called blunderbusses. They called them muskets, and there were also big ship cannons. It is true that even if Burma conquered Arakan, its national power was far behind that of Ming Dynasty, and it would be difficult to compete with the Chinese dynasty. But big and big Even if everyone knows the long-standing disadvantages of Ming Dynasty, they can only be itched like a giant, and it is difficult to get rid of the root cause, but Myanmar is different."

It is difficult for Chen An not to bring the self-esteem and arrogance of the heaven and the kingdom in his words, but this will make Mang Yingli feel unhappy. Fortunately, he is not a young and energetic child, so he just smiled and said, "I am from Myanmar. King Nulutuo once sent 200 million troops to attack Dali, if the Celestial Empire is as good as what you said, why didn't you go to Chen Mu, and why did you go to Burma?"

Chen An laughed off what Mang Yingli said about a 200 million army. If this land could really support so many troops, why did Mang Yingli only manage to gather 20 troops now?
"This is exactly what I want to say about a small country, and how powerful a villain is." When talking about a villain, Chen An held his folding fan and tapped his chest lightly, saying: "Heroes fight all over the world, and they have the duty of being loyal to the king and serving the country. Just like my villain, I have to hold every opportunity in my hands and struggle as much as possible so that I can survive and live better."

"The Celestial Dynasty can make my life better. Of course I will be in Daming, but this is not an incident of arms smuggling. Going back to Daming is a dead end. If you flee to Burma, you have to meet Allah." He patted the swaying war elephant and chuckled. Said: "Myanmar is prosperous, and I also have the attitude of becoming an official and winning a title. Isn't this easier than trying to survive the death of Ming Dynasty?"

"Chen Mu trained soldiers in Guangzhou Mansion for nine years and he is here today. However, the Ming Dynasty has many constraints. Myanmar is much bigger than Guangzhou, and there are no constraints under the prince. It only takes two years to concentrate on training troops and building ships, casting cannons and forging guns."

Chen An pointed at himself with the fan tip of his right hand, raised two fingers of his left hand to look at Mang Yingli, and said, "In just two years, Burma will have a tiger and wolf teacher who is not weaker than Guangdong!"

Just as Chen An was looking forward to his own strength, a low-pitched sound of horns came from a distance, the city was in a panic, and the expressions of the two on the elephant changed drastically.

This is a sign of the enemy in the coastal fortress!
　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)