Chapter 750: Attack on Burma
With the issuance of the holy decree of the crusade against the four countries of Southeast Asia.
Daming Daily is also making efforts to try to win the support of ordinary people, for this reason, Daming Daily focuses on the disrespect of the Kingdom of Myanmar to the Ming Dynasty and the invasion of the Kingdom of Myanmar during the Wanli period to kill the innocent people of the Ming Dynasty and so on.
The people don't know much information, but when they see Daming Daily, they only know that Myanmar did invade Daming a few decades ago, and Daming is now extremely strong, and Daming's national self-confidence is also extremely inflated.
Once the North Korea did not respect the Ming Dynasty and was destroyed, the Japanese State did not respect the Ming Dynasty and was destroyed, and the Annan Kingdom did not respect the Ming Dynasty and was destroyed.
Today, Myanmar does not respect the Ming Dynasty, and has invaded the Ming Dynasty on a large scale, and of course it should also be swept away.
The Daming Daily only focused on the serious crimes in Burma, and the other three countries such as Siam only briefly mentioned that they had not worshiped the Ming for many years, but the people of the Ming Dynasty obviously did not care about the other three countries, and even they did not know the distribution of the other three countries, only that they also did not respect the Ming.
Therefore, for the Ming Dynasty to destroy the four kingdoms of Burma, the people did not have much opposition, but most of them supported the decision of the imperial court.
The army and supplies all gathered in the direction of Yunnan, and there is no doubt that the Ming army attacked Burma first, starting from Burma and gradually destroying the four Southeast Asian countries.
Currently, the Kingdom of Myanmar is in the midst of the Taungoo Dynasty, which is also the most powerful period in the history of Burma.
Although during the Wanli period, Myanmar suffered a crushing defeat when it invaded the Ming Dynasty, but after decades of recovery, Myanmar once again regained the same strength as it did at its peak.
At the same time, the state of Siam, located in the southeast of the Kingdom of Burma, was also in the midst of the most powerful Ayutthaya dynasty in the history of the Siamese state.
In order to compete for hegemony in Southeast Asia, the Kingdom of Burma and the Kingdom of Siam have fought many wars in the past two or three decades, and the two sides have suffered losses from each other.
At this moment, the Kingdom of Burma is once again at war with the State of Siam, and it is the Kingdom of Myanmar that takes the initiative to attack, and the two armies face off in Chiang Mai, an important town in the north of the State of Siam!
Originally, this war would last for seven years, when the Kingdom of Burma and Siam would be greatly demoralized, but the Ming army had gathered heavily and was ready to gradually destroy the four Southeast Asian countries, including Siam, starting from Burma, and the war between the Kingdom of Burma and Siam was destined to not be able to fight for seven years as in history.
In fact, the news of the heavy gathering of troops in the Ming Dynasty was not concealed from the Burmese king.
When the Burmese king heard the news, he was shocked and immediately hastily withdrew his troops from Siam overnight, ending the war against Siam.
By the time the King of Siam found out that Burma had withdrawn its troops, it was already the next day.
Returning to Taungoo, the capital of the Kingdom of Burma, the Burmese king summoned all the generals and important officials to confer.
"Da Ming is really ready to attack my Burma?" The Burmese king asked the spies who had returned from Daming with a gloomy face.
"Yes, Your Majesty, the Holy Decree of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has come down, saying that I Burma does not respect the king, and even invaded the Ming Dynasty decades ago, killing a large number of innocent people in the Ming Dynasty, my king has not personally gone to the capital of the Ming Dynasty for so many years to ask the Ming Emperor and the people of the Ming Dynasty to ask for guilt, the crime is extremely evil, and I want to destroy our country!" The spy replied.
Not respecting the king, the worst crime? After so many years, do you blame the king for not going to the capital of Daming to ask the Ming Emperor and the people for their guilt?
The Burmese officials were stunned, and their faces couldn't help twitching, Da Ming's excuse was so good that they couldn't refute it!
"Not only our Burma, but also in the will of the Ming Emperor, it is also announced that the three kingdoms of Siam, Nanzhang, and Zhendian will be destroyed at the same time!" The spy continued.
The Ming army was powerful, and there was no need for a surprise attack, but instead expected to wipe out the main army of the four countries in a battle, so Zhu Ci hesitated to directly issue the holy decree with great fanfare, not only did not hide it from the people, but also did not plan to hide it from Myanmar and other four countries.
Arrogant!
This was the only thought in the heart of the King of Burma.
The king of Burma admitted that the Ming Dynasty had a vast territory and a large population, and its strength was indeed above that of Burma, but the Ming Dynasty blatantly declared that they would destroy their four Southeast Asian countries at the same time, which was not arrogant.
"When I was in the kingdom of Burma, it was muddy!" The Burmese king said angrily.
Although it is admitted that the strength of Myanmar is not as good as that of the Ming Dynasty, it does not mean that the king of Myanmar is afraid of the Ming Dynasty.
You must know that after more than 20 years of recuperation by the previous two generations of kings, his national strength has already recovered to the peak again, although the population is not as large as that of Daming, but it also has a population of 7 million and 400,000 soldiers! He didn't believe that Daming could still mobilize a million troops to attack him Burma, and even if Daming really had a million troops coming, he Burma would have many mountains and forests, and it would not necessarily be possible for Daming to win!
At this moment, it is impossible to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty, and the king of Burma does not want to negotiate peace before the war starts.
In the end, the Kingdom of Myanmar is in a period of strength, and has dominated Southeast Asia for many years, and the Kingdom of Myanmar still values its dignity very much.
"Send additional spies, closely probe the movements of the Ming Dynasty, mobilize the army to the north to set up defenses, once the Ming really dare to attack my Burma, it is better to attack them head-on, and let them all be buried in my Burma!"
"At the same time, tell Siam and the other three countries the news that the Ming Dynasty threatened to destroy our four countries together!" The Burmese king continued to order.
The Burmese king had just withdrawn his troops from the invasion of Siam, after all, he took the initiative to attack Siam, and while resisting the Ming Dynasty, he was also afraid that the Siamese king would be angry and attack him Burma.
Myanmar urgently dispatched troops to the north to take precautions, and the Ming Dynasty also transported soldiers and a large number of war materials to Yunnan by train within ten days.
The regular army of the Ming Dynasty is all equipped with war horses, which is like iron cavalry!
80,000 iron horsemen gathered in Dali City, near Burma, the five-clawed golden dragon battle flag fluttered, Zhou Cao, Ma Yue'e, and the red lady rode side by side, and 80,000 iron horses were in front of them.
"Myanmar and other four countries do not respect the king, Myanmar is even more evil, this time the emperor has a decree, send troops to destroy Myanmar and other four countries, I hope that the people will work together to live up to the emperor's expectations!" Zhou Cao said.
"Long live our emperor! Banzai! ”
80,000 soldiers shouted together, and the momentum was shocking.
"Expedition!" Zhou Cao then ordered.
Together with Ma Yue'e and the Red Lady, he turned the horse's head and led the iron horse to gallop, swooping towards the territory of Myanmar.
No matter what the excuse is, the generals of the Ming army are full of enthusiasm at the moment.
As early as the reunification of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Ciji consciously preached the will to expand the territory in the Ming army, the Ming army is not like those Confucians who are full of labor and money, and the expansion of the territory is always the yearning of the leading generals, how can they have the opportunity to make a name for themselves and make meritorious contributions without fighting.
In August of the tenth year of the Ming Dynasty, with Zhou Cao as the main commander, the Ming Dynasty 80,000 regular troops rode out of Dali, after two hours of galloping, crossed the border, and entered the territory of the Kingdom of Burma, 200,000 garrisons also gathered in Dali and were ready to go, just waiting for the regular army to take over the guard after the city was laid.
The war between the Ming Dynasty and Burma officially broke out.