No one can sleep!

Whether it was the Ming officers and soldiers on the fleet, or the nearly 10,000 Burmese people in the port of the Irrawaddy River, they could not sleep peacefully. Despite its small size, it was the most prosperous port city in the coastal region of Burma, and at this time, the port was completely surrounded by the Ming army's fleet.

For the Burmese officials in the city, this huge fleet occupies the estuary like a giant, and they even set up camp on the islands at the mouth of the river, which makes them breathless. As for the Burmese soldiers guarding the Hekou Fort, they even chose to act as deserters because they saw the large number of guns on the huge warship, and as for those Burmese officials, they were even more anxious to observe the movements of the Ming army at the mouth of the river, and watched with fear.

Compared to the panicked Burmese, the reason why the sailors on the fleet could not sleep at this time could not be simpler, they had already received orders to prepare for the landing operation.

As soon as the morning dawns, the fleet's small boats will be lowered into the water, and the first troops, a battalion of infantry, will drive the small boats to split the waves and wash up on the beaches of Burma. When the time comes, not only the infantry accompanying the ship, but also the sailors will have to cooperate with them in battle.

At this time, on this warship, in this whole fleet, everyone is in turmoil, maybe in a few hours, some of them will die in this estuary, after all, this is different from in Nantianmen, and even, they can see that on the shore, there are Burmese batteries.

The fleet would open fire, and then the infantry would capture the forts, which they would then capture and then attack inland, eventually landing under the Burmese capital of Ava.

This is their mission!

As the battalion commander of the infantry battalion, Zhang Yulin was lying on his back on the bunk at this time, he closed his eyes, but he didn't feel sleepy at all. There was only one thought left in his mind, how to complete this mission, and how to rely on this infantry battalion to fight all the way to Ava?

What kind of resistance will you encounter along the way?

Zhang Yulin secretly imagined in his heart, how many troops did the Burmese have? How effective are their armies?

"Ava ......"

Opening his eyes, Zhang Yulin stared at the cabin and slowly looked around, and the various questions in his mind gradually dissipated.

Sitting up, he looked outside, and saw a neat tent in front of him, they had reached the shore, no longer as in the past, crowded in the crowded cabins, sleeping only in hammocks, canvas hammocks, where the sailors slept, and the soldiers of their infantry also slept there, hanging there and swaying and swaying, and so and so and so

Thankfully, it was all over, and as they set up camp on the estuarine islands, they finally got a taste of what it was like to be grounded once again. Soon, they will be on board again, rush to land, and paddle all the way inland to Burma.

The question is - will the Burmese at the mouth of the river abandon the battery?

When Zhang Yulin was secretly thinking there, Qu Dajun, as a "special envoy", had already taken a small boat and headed towards the shore, standing on the rocking sampan, his expression was quite serious, but when his eyes were staring at the fort on the shore, there was a hint of laughter in his eyes.

Two hours earlier, the Burmese commander-in-chief guarding the fort had sent a message to the fleet expressing his willingness to surrender, of course, conditionally, and now he was going to go ashore and offer the Burmese officials conditions that they had not expected.

Surrender.

In fact, the decision to surrender was not made by the Burmese general soldiers guarding the fort, the so-called general soldiers, who still needed to follow the orders of the chief, and the decisions of the leaders in the city dozens of miles away could decide everything.

Surrender.

For Godanway, this is not a big deal, and it is a surrender to a very powerful enemy, for him, surrender is a way to preserve his family, after all, half of his soldiers are from his family. He had to preserve his own strength, not put his family in a situation where he was unable to defend himself for the sake of the king of Ava.

Moreover, the object of his surrender is not anyone else, but the army of the Ming Dynasty, for the Ming Dynasty, he may have never been to the south, but it does not mean that he does not understand this northern power that almost wiped out Myanmar once upon a time, and naturally knows that Myanmar is a vassal of the Ming Dynasty. Many years ago, an envoy of the Mu family in Yunnan could make the king of Burma kneel and kowtow.

Perhaps, he is a Burmese, but he is the leader of the crooked people, if he resists here, when the time comes, the crooked people are likely to be completely wiped out by the Ming army.

This...... Not surrender.

"Touren, at the beginning, the Mang family drove us to the mouth of the river, saying that it was a reward, but at that time, what was this estuary? But it's just a wild land where evil diseases are rampant, and the Mon people still lived here at that time, but we drove the Mon people away with a knife, and then reclaimed the land here, why did he occupy Ava and occupy the best land in Myanmar? ”

Standing in front of the leader with a bow bowed, there was dissatisfaction in Gohei's tone. The Ta Crooked people are one of the Burmese people, and there are nine major tribes in the Burmese people, and the status of the Ta Crooked in these nine major tribes is very ordinary, and even because of this, they will be driven to the mouth of the river. Although the barren estuary has become one of the richest areas in Myanmar after nearly 100 years of reclamation, that doesn't mean that the crooked people will forget how they got there.

They didn't come here willingly, after Mang Yingcheng defeated the Meng people, the crooked people moved here, because Mang Yinglong took away their land, they had to come to this land where the Meng people once lived, and the Meng people tore them apart for decades before driving them into the mountains, for which thousands of crooked people died on the battlefield.

"I know, Mang's ......"

With a sneer, looking at the distant bay, Godanway said.

"When they drove us here, they wanted to borrow the Meng people and Western hands to suppress us, over the years, among the nine tribes, in addition to the few tribes who are related to the Mang family, what is the difference between the other ethnic groups and the Meng people and the Shan people in the mountains? There is no difference, in the eyes of the Mangda of Ava City, we are Burmese, but we are just local officials among the Burmese. ”

As the leader of the crooked people, Godanwei must consider the interests of his own clan, and he will never risk the cost of his clan being exterminated by the Ming Dynasty to help Mangda.

"Now, Da Ming is here, if we can befriend Da Ming, at that time, we will have the opportunity to use the Ming army to defeat the Mang family, and we can even get the canonization of Da Ming, with the canonization of Da Ming, we no longer need to worry about the Mang family in Ava City!"

Thinking of the proud look when the Mang family was canonized by the Ming Dynasty, and even the reason why those Tusi identified with Ava was precisely because they had been canonized by the Ming Dynasty, Ge Danwei only felt a stirring in his heart, as long as he could get the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, he would never be driven by the Mang family again!

"Leader, the envoy is here!"

Looking at the boat that was getting closer and closer, under the reminder of Brother Hei, Godanway hurriedly greeted him, and he even walked all the way to the sea, letting the sea impact his bare feet, and when he saw that there was only one Ming official standing on the boat, he couldn't help but be surprised by his boldness.

"How dare the ministers of the lower state resist the army of the Celestial Empire, it is really the sin of the ministers who failed to meet the army of the Celestial Empire before, and ask the angel to forgive the sin."

Gol Danway, who was kneeling on the ground, looked extremely respectful, in fact, after seeing the envoy go ashore alone, he was surprised by the courage of the other party, and a sentence came to his mind, "There is no fear".

Compared to Myanmar, the Ming is too powerful. Not to mention anything else, as the chief soldier of the estuary, he has no more than a thousand people under his command, and there are only a few Western cannons, which is not as many as the cannons on a small ship in the Ming Dynasty. In the face of such a huge fleet, how dare he give birth to a heart of resistance.

"Brother Leader is polite, you can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and submit to my Daming, what is the crime of doing this?"

Personally stepped forward to help Godanwei, Qu Dajun continued to comfort the other Burmese officers, while saying good words of relief, he did not forget the original intention of this trip, and finally looked at them and said.

"Since the elder brother and the generals in the army have submitted to my Ming Dynasty, according to the power granted to this official by the Ming Jianghuai Scripture, the Propaganda Department is set up here, and the leader of Godanwei is awarded the Propaganda and Consolation ......Envoy of my Hekou Propaganda Division."

A moment ago, he was still a local official in Myanmar, but this will have become an official of the Ming Dynasty, and even by dawn, a Ming official robe and official seal have been sent to the hands of Ge Danwei, and in the chaos, those Burmese soldiers have become the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

And what surprised the soldiers even more was that each of them received an additional reward - 2 taels of righteous pay per person, and even one tael of military pay per month for each person in the future.

When the glittering silver dollar was held in his hand, the Burmese soldiers with spears in their hands and large swords wearing homespun short coats were all excited, and they all expressed their willingness to swear allegiance to the Ming Dynasty.

After going ashore, looking at those Burmese soldiers were all grateful, and even when they looked at the Ming officers and soldiers who got off the boat, their expressions were full of envy, and even more, some of them could speak Chinese, and even tentatively asked if they could wear red military uniforms, of course, for their request, they did not directly refuse, but just told them that they did not have enough military uniforms for the time being, and when the time came in the future, they would naturally be issued military uniforms.

The scene in front of him completely subverted Zhang Yulin's cognition, so much so that in surprise, he even congratulated Qu Dajun.

"Congratulations to the envoy for winning the hearts of the Burmese people without firing a single shot!"

"The hearts of the Burmese people can't be accepted, but if they want to recruit some help, there is no problem!"

Qu Dajun looked at the Burmese soldiers and said with a sigh.

"As long as there is silver, there is no worry that no Burmese will join the army, since when the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, they could recruit hundreds of thousands of green battalion soldiers with more than one or two military salaries, why can't we do the same in Burma?"

In fact, long before Qu Dajun came to Burma, he had already been instructed by the Governor to pay attention to recruiting local forces when implementing the plan in Burma, and in addition to appointing ambassadors, he could also follow the Manchu Qing practice of recruiting green battalions and recruit local people to form local legions.

"Before leaving, Jing Luo had specially told him that Myanmar is different from the inland, this place is located in the rainforest, the rainforest is full of hysteria, and the people in the interior are prone to bad diseases here, and the army here is afraid that many people will be reduced in large numbers because of the disease or the unadaptability to the climate. Therefore, in order to increase our combat strength, we must adopt the strategy of "Burmese fighting Burmese," that is, "governing Burma with Burma," and recruit local strong men to form a "Nanyang Army" every time we occupy a place, and directly use them to participate in operations or defend occupied areas......

Nanyang Army, when Qu Dajun mentioned this term, Yulin's heart moved slightly, and before leaving, he was also instructed by Jing Liu, so that he could form the "Nanyang Army" on the basis of the 36th Battalion, and the so-called "Nanyang Army" was to recruit natives to form an army in Burma at that time. The officers of the army must be Chinese, and the purpose of recruiting natives into an army is precisely to assist the army in combat. After all, when you are unfamiliar with the people here, and the tropical rainforest is everywhere, recruiting natives to help you fight is the easiest and most effective option.

If the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not have the Green Battalion soldiers, how could it be possible to win the world of the Ming Dynasty in a short period of time, the world of the Ming Dynasty was not so much the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but the traitors of the Green Battalion who fought down, and it was with the assistance of the traitors that they easily occupied the Central Plains.

And now, for Qu Dajun, all he needs is to replicate the Manchu Qing practice when they captured the Central Plains - to surrender as much as possible, not to attack by brute force, to recruit as many local officials as possible, to recruit an army composed of local strong men, and to increase the prestige of the army, so as to induce more local officials and gentry to submit to the Ming Dynasty, rather than resisting the attack of the army. This meant that he needed to establish an effective "surrender" mechanism in order to recruit local officials.

"Cheng Yang, you know, we only have a few thousand people in total, if there is no threat from tens of thousands of troops, how can the King of Burma be obediently returned to the court, if there is no local turmoil, I am afraid, the King of Burma will have other thoughts!"

While Qu Dajun was explaining this to him, the envoys sent by Godanway had already rushed to several nearby cities, sending letters to the local officials of the nearby cities, informing them of the arrival of the Great Tomorrow Army, and of course, telling them that the arrival of the Great Tomorrow Army would not cause them any damage, and they could even gain more power.

At the same time, in the city of Rabuda, the Loyal Army, which had just sailed here, had begun to recruit local natives to form an army, sharpening their knives and preparing to advance into the interior of Burma......