The second year of Heavenly Selection (the twenty-third year of Qianlong), March

Siam, inside the royal city of Ayutthaya

At this moment, Wu Shilun was sitting on the throne and smiling knowingly.

The spies have the latest information that their old rival in Siam (Burma) is now fighting the Manchu army in Yunnan.

Since Siam ordered to transfer more than 30,000 elites to expedition to Annam, Wu Shilun's mood has always been tense, and he is afraid that Yongjiya will take advantage of this opportunity to attack Siam after he finds out.

Now that this news has arrived, Wu Shilun's worried heart can finally relax.

Since the founding of Siam, it has not looked at Myanmar, and Myanmar is eager to annex Siam, so the two sides have been fighting back and forth for more than 200 years. Even if Myanmar has a new lord now, the Yong Jiya of Gongbang still has not given up the intention of annexing Siam.

Originally, both sides couldn't help themselves, but now Myanmar has turned its target to the Manchus to provoke the more powerful Manchus, how can Wu Shilun not be happy? He is now even thinking about whether to send troops to Burma while Burma is at war with the Manchus, so that Burma can understand the "sinisterness" of Siam.

However, when it came to the thought that Burma was not an easy place to give, Wu Shilun gave up.

"Siam didn't get any benefit from the Manchus, and there was really no need to waste energy to help the Manchus disperse the forces in Burma. And if Burma can defeat both with the Manchus, this will be the most beneficial thing for Siam. Wu Shilun thought.

Rather than sending troops to attack Burma, Wu Shilun preferred to focus on Annam.

After all, Siam now occupies nearly half of Annam's territory, and if you work harder, it is not impossible to destroy Annam.

So at this time, as long as Burma does not come to provoke Siam, Wu Shilun is not willing to provoke Burma. It is also a good thing that the two sides can maintain the tacit understanding that each side needs and continue to be peaceful.

As for the fact that Burma will strengthen itself after taking Yunnan, and then pose a threat to Siam, Wu Shilun is not worried at all.

The Manchu Empire was so big that it was an invincible presence for Siam.

Since Siam can't be defeated, then Myanmar can?

Therefore, in Wu Shilun's view, Burma's fight against the Manchu Empire was purely a lack of people's hearts.

"Yongjiya just thinks that once he unifies Myanmar, he will be invincible in the world." Thinking of this, I saw Wu Shilun but couldn't help but laugh at Yongjiya, who was far away in Yunnan.

Of course, ridicule is ridicule, which does not affect Wu Shilun's strong hope in his heart that Yongjiya would better take the elite of Myanmar to fight with the Manchus.

It is true that if Burma really defeated the Qing Empire, it could indeed increase its strength, but Burma must also have such strength. If you change it to Siam, you won't be stupid enough to fight with the Manchus.

Compared to the powerful Manchu Empire, Annam seems to be the most correct choice for Siam.

Siam first took Annam as a small target, occupied it and then annexed Chenla (Cambodia), followed by several surrounding vassal states such as Champasak, Vientiane, and Luang Prabang. When the time comes, Myanmar will not be afraid.

After Siam unified the surrounding countries in the southeast, it will not be difficult for Siam, which has been promoted to a powerful empire, to wrestle with the Manchus again.

Of course, Takeshi Lun had a good idea. Recently, however, something happened that hindered Siam's small goal.

Ma Luoguo, the commander who was originally going well in Annan, suddenly sent an urgent letter for help not long ago.

The letter said: After the Siamese army captured half of Annam's territory, it was met with desperate resistance from the Annam army, and the army's footsteps were repeatedly blocked. There is the latest news that Annan has completely surrendered to the Yi Dynasty.

Now, under the attack of the Yi Dynasty and the Annan army, the Siamese army has suffered many casualties. Therefore, if no reinforcements are sent from the royal capital, it will be difficult to keep the territory of Annam that the Siamese army has captured before.

When he first received Marogo's letter asking for help, Wu Shilun still had many suspicions, but with the news of the prison army, Wu Shilun always knew that Marogo was not lying, and the situation was even more serious.

But if you have to blame Ma Luoguo for this, Wu Shilun thinks it shouldn't be. After all, even he didn't expect that Annan would be so "weak" and would fully surrender to those Manchu "anti-thieves".

You know, if it weren't for the Yi army to attack them first, Siam would not have been able to go. Therefore, the people of Annam should hate Yijun even more. However, Annan did not compromise with Siam and chose to surrender to those "rebels".

And Siam obviously dispersed Annan's forces because of the dispatch of troops, so that Annan's troops were defeated by the invading Yi army. But in the end, Siam, which can be said to have directly helped the Yi Dynasty, not only did not get a trace of gratitude from the Yi Dynasty, but was also caught off guard by them with the Annam people who had just surrendered, causing heavy casualties to the Siamese army.

Thinking of this, Wu Shilun was furious, and in his excitement, he even coughed up a lot of blood.

What made Wu Shilun even more angry was that.

Yi Chao let people pass the word.

If Siam dares to defy the majesty of the Celestial Empire, the Celestial Empire will punish him. Let the warrior wash his neck in the royal city of Ayutthaya and wait for the heavenly soldiers to cut it.

After hearing this, Wu Shilun didn't know how many things he had smashed at that time, and even cut down a lot of slaves in a row, which calmed down a lot of his anger.

Later, he even complained a little about the ministers in the city who had persuaded him to let go of the envoys of the Yi Dynasty.

According to his wishes, the heads of those "anti-thief" envoys who dared to come to the royal capital to show off their might should be cut off and sent back to Guangzhou. So that Zhang Rui knew that their Siam was not something that he could despise as a Manchu "thief".

Originally, under the pressure of Burma, Wu Shilun was hesitant to send troops to support Maroguo, but now that he learned the whereabouts of Myanmar, Wu Shilun directly ordered the third prince Wenlin to lead 30,000 troops to support Maroguo.

Regarding the support of Wu Shilun this time, many ministers in the city always felt that something was wrong and also objected. But when he saw Wu Shilun's blood-red eyes under the rage, he was silent with interest.

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Annan

Quang Nam Province

During the Han Dynasty, it was called Linyi. Later, the local county order was killed by the occupants and became occupied territory; Later, Champa was defeated by Annam, and then Quang Nam Province was born.

Quang Nam belongs to the coastal area of central and southern China, with many mountains and lush forests. At the time of the occupation of the city, it was mostly a wild place, but after the transformation of Annam's immigrants over the past hundred years, it is now quite prosperous.

However, with the invasion of Siam, the locals died and fled. At this time, it looked depressed and desolate.

"General, the king has sent a letter..."A voice came from the melancholy Ma Luoguo's ear.

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