On the vast plain outside the capital of the Ayutthaya Dynasty in Siam (the Ming people habitually call it Ayutthaya Dynasty, so it is also called the Ayutthaya Dynasty), 50,000 Ming troops surrounded this so-called invincible city.

Liu Jin, who had just arrived from Malacca, took a telescope and carefully observed the royal capital of the Ayutthaya Dynasty.

The scale of the capital is still very large, although it cannot be compared with Nanjing and Beijing of the Ming Dynasty, but it is also larger than the general Ming city, and the city wall is actually made of hard marble, two or three zhang high, it is a very majestic city wall.

In addition, when the site of this royal capital was selected, it was chosen to be on a large island where three rivers converged, surrounded by water on three sides, and only one side was connected to the land, so when defending, it was only necessary to hold the land side.

"No wonder it dares to claim to be an invincible city!"

After looking at the structure of this royal capital, Liu Jin couldn't help but nod his head.

In the era of cold weapons, such a city is the most difficult to attack, surrounded by water on three sides, which means that you only need to concentrate on holding on to one side, coupled with the hard and tall city walls that have been built, it is almost difficult and difficult to defeat it in the era of cold weapons.

Of course, in history, this king was defeated by the Burmese in 1767, which also announced the fall of the Ayutthaya dynasty, and no matter how powerful the city wall was, there were times when it was breached.

"They are just boasting about themselves, and as soon as the artillery fire goes down, I don't believe that they can't open it."

Zhang Mao, who was beside Liu Jin, said disapprovingly, he led the army from the side of Xianglin Province, all the way over, invincible, invincible, invincible, the Siamese who killed the army was defeated, and now it has retreated to this royal capital.

This is not because of how powerful Zhang Mao's military command talent is, in fact, the most important thing is to rely on powerful artillery, if there is something that cannot be solved by one artillery, then two.

Coupled with powerful muskets, excellent equipment and rigorous training, the Ming army is really invincible here.

Zhang Mao also became more and more fond of artillery, and he was obsessed with shelling with artillery.

"We still have to find a way to force them to come out and surrender and negotiate on their own, and we are not here to rob them of their land, we just come to teach them a lesson and leave a deep impression on them."

Liu Jin said with a smile.

"How's it going over there?"

Zhang Mao nodded slightly, although he was attacking the city along the way, Zhang Mao was to occupy it for the division of troops, but concentrated his forces to attack the city of Dacheng, the core of Siam, the purpose of which was naturally to force the Siamese king Ramati II to sign an alliance under the city, so that he could obtain the greatest benefits for himself.

"It's going well, and the city of Malacca was taken down with a single artillery fire? Forced them to sign an agreement? Give us a big indemnity of fifteen million taels of silver, to be paid over 100 years? A total of 150 million taels of silver is needed with interest? One and a half million taels of silver are paid annually. ”

"In addition, cede to us the land of the Malay Peninsula north of Malacca, and I am going to establish a new Zheng He province here? After winning the battle against Siam, let them cede some of the land to the north as well? Together, it's pretty much the same. ”

Liu Jin smiled and told the results of Ma Liujia and his party.

"Or are you shameless? How small a country is Malacca, how can they pay 1.5 million taels of silver a year. ”

When Zhang Mao heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head? Speaking of shamelessness? Liu Jin really deserves to be the first.

During the expedition to the Wa Kingdom, Liu Jin also forced the Wa State to compensate the Ming Dynasty with 15 million taels of silver, and also ceded Iwami Province and leased Hyogo Nozu.

Now it's okay, and slaughtered a small country like Malacca again? Sincerely, I am not soft at all.

"Ahem, Gong Zhang? I'm also here for our Ming. ”

"I have the silver to do things well, so that I can afford to raise a strong army? Only then can more cement roads be built, and more taxes can be reduced or exempted from taxes. ”

"My cheeks are worth nothing? As long as it can be beneficial to my Daming? I don't care. ”

Liu Jin's old face was slightly red? The Ming people are too good-looking, so many times they suffer themselves and cheapen others.

Just like the tribute, why do you have to go back several times, slap the swollen face and become fat, and finally the tributary trade can't be sustained, and I have ordered to limit the number and scale of other people's tribute.

Liu Jin from later generations is the same, he has studied nine years of compulsory education, and understands that there are only interests between countries, there is no so-called eternal friends, and everything revolves around interests is the real way to the outside world.

The interests of the Ming Dynasty are above all else.

"As it turns out, you're right."

Zhang Mao groaned and nodded, he had seen a lot, and naturally understood that Liu Jin was really in the interests of the Ming Dynasty and was conducive to the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, although it was based on the pain of these countries outside.

The huge Wang Shouren has not spoken, in fact, he has been thinking about this question.

He actually didn't understand that everything Liu Jin did was obviously completely contrary to the ideological and spiritual values advocated by Confucianism.

Everything is similar to the bandits' acts, burning, killing and looting, forcing people to sign an alliance under the city, which is a land cut and a reparation, what is the difference between it and a robber.

It is too far away from the way of a gentleman advocated by Confucianism.

But the changes in Daming over the years, he saw it in his eyes.

Daming from a situation of internal and external troubles, gradually became stronger, prosperous, internal prosperity, external battles year after year, but the more you fight, the richer you get.

This made him unable to figure it out, and the whole person's ideology was also greatly impacted, he was a very good thinker, and he had been learning from things and exploring the truth of this time.

But now, he was stumped by what he saw.

Who's right?

Wang Shouren couldn't figure it out, but he just knew that Daming had indeed arrived in a new era and stood on the cusp of a new era.

"Knock~Knock~"

Here, with the sound of drums, the huge city gates slowly opened, and a large number of Siamese troops rushed out, among which there was an elephant soldier composed of a huge body.

Elephants are large in size, immense in strength, and in hard armor, they have always been the most powerful troops on the Southeast Peninsula.

At the height of its power, the Siamese Dacheng Dynasty maintained an elephant army of 200 elephants.

If it is a period of cold weapons, relying on the charge of these two hundred elephants, even the most powerful army will be shocked, which is also the reliance of Siam's earthquake on the southeast peninsula.

At this moment, it is clear that the rulers of the Ayutthaya dynasty of Siam do not intend to wait for the Ming army to take the initiative to attack the city, but are ready to compete with the Ming army on this field.

I saw an elephant dressed in red and hung with colors, and several people rode on the back of the elephant, some holding bows and arrows, some holding spears, and the elephants were arranged in a line, separated by four or five zhang from each other, and behind the elephants, it was followed by the mighty army.

"Elephant soldiers?"

Seeing this scene, Liu Jin couldn't help but be interested, picked up the telescope and looked at it carefully.

"It seems that they don't plan to be obedient anymore, and they still have to teach them a hard lesson, so that they will be honestly obedient."

"This King of Siam, who claims to be the largest country in the Nanyang region, dared to contact the countries of the Nanyang to target our Ming Dynasty, not only to levy heavy taxes on our Ming merchants, but also to rob our Ming merchant ships."

"This time, if you don't teach them a hard lesson, they won't know how powerful they are."

Zhang Mao looked at the huge lineup of the Siamese army, and the king of Siam transferred almost all the troops from all over the country to this big city, preparing to fight to the death with the Ming army.

At this time, the number of Siamese troops gathered here in the entire city was more than 100,000, and almost the entire Siamese elite gathered here, and they naturally would not be willing to wait for the Ming army to attack the city.

The artillery of the Ming army is sharp, and they all know it, if they really let the Ming army attack the city, although this big city is very tall and hard, I am afraid it will not be able to hold it.

Moreover, even if it is defended, this royal capital may become a ruin at that time, so only by taking the initiative to attack and fighting a decisive battle with the Ming army in the wilderness can there be any hope of victory.

"What Zhang Gong said is very true, only when they hurt them, will they know that they are afraid, and they will be in awe of my Daming."

Liu Jin nodded solemnly.

While the two were talking, on the walls of the city, the king of Siam, Ramatipti II, also looked at the Ming army outside the city with a serious face.

The Ming army is in a strict formation, arranged neatly, like a square, the pennant is fluttering, wearing a unified uniform to get the Ming army, a momentum is coming, people can't help but be deeply shocked.

"Send someone to talk to the Ming people, as long as they withdraw now, we in Siam will never collect taxes on the Ming merchant ships from now on, and we will also pay tribute to the Ming every year."

Ramati knew very well that although his strength was more than twice that of the Ming army, the chances of victory were slim, and the strength of the Ming army was all the way.

Annam was destroyed one after another, so that the city of Zhancheng took the initiative to surrender, Cambodia and Chenrana took the initiative to surrender to the Ming side, and even when the Ming army attacked Siam by the way, these two countries took the initiative to lead the way for the Ming army, transported materials to the Ming army, provided logistics services, and sent troops directly to follow them.

Killing all the way from the border, Siam was defeated and defeated, and in the face of the powerful artillery attack of the Ming army, even the powerful elephant soldiers were no different from tofu blocks.

He didn't want to fight this battle with the Ming army.