From the beginning of the Indonesian riots to the stabilization of the Southern Han Dynasty, it took four and a half months. During this time, not only Ronglu's Daqing Army was trapped in the Southern Han Dynasty, but Li Zhi's Nanyang Dispatch Army, Huang Zhongmin's garrison army, and Lan Fang's army were all stationed. Li Zhi was anxious but there was no way, the Southern Han Dynasty was a major good news, and this great gift could not be accepted, so all troops in Nanyang must cooperate with the situation in Nanyang. Moreover, the Dutch suffered such a big loss this time, and more than 100,000 Dutch soldiers and civilians withdrew from the territory of the Southern Han Dynasty, and they must also be prepared to deal with the retaliation of the Dutch.

It's not just that Nanyang has stopped, in fact, there is no big move in all aspects. The Qing army hoarded forces in the northwest, and there was no movement in other directions. Feng Zicai, who was in the mountains of northern Vietnam, had been being trained by Zheng Yong and had not launched any offensive against the French army. While the Manchurians were working overtime to produce munitions, they were making every effort to catch up with the super battleships of Goxinga, and all that remained was to emigrate to the territory that had just been incorporated into their arms and build fortifications to complete the chain of islands in the South Seas.

Except for the 100,000 British troops and 80,000 French troops that had been planned in advance, Britain and France did not make any moves. The situation has become very tricky, and they will also need time to digest the huge variables of the South Seas. After the Dutch East Indies became the Southern Han Dynasty, the island chain of Manchuria in the South Ocean was completely perfected, and the Pacific Ocean was equivalent to closing the door to Britain and France. The British wanted to go on the offensive, but they were at a loss as to how to attack and where to attack. The French began to feel weak, and the French troops who arrived in Burma did not even go to Vietnam, and stopped in Burma to develop in a daze, and did not know what the French cabinet was thinking.

East Asia, which should have been in the midst of war, seemed to be tossing except for the Southern Han Dynasty, and the rest of the country was quiet. Britain is bent on maintaining stability in Europe, but it is very lively. Austria-Hungary had captured Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, and Serbia had no choice but to move its capital to resist the war, but it was not far from being beaten into a government-in-exile. Italy quickly crushed the makeshift Ottoman Turks in Africa, but the local Arabs and Bedouins fought guerrilla warfare with the Italian army, and the whole of North Africa was already in a pot of porridge. Although Germany did not send troops to the sea, it did a lot of cheering and encouragement, and provided Italy and Austria-Hungary with a large amount of weapons and equipment. Russia is gearing up for the Balkan problem, France is always keeping an eye on North Africa, and Britain's two most important allies in Asia seem to be interested in making peace with the Manchurians, and then go back to Europe to play with the Germans.

On February 17, the 11th year of the reign of the Chinese People's Republic of China, the situation finally changed somewhat, and the Dutch government issued a statement renouncing its rights in the East Indies. The Dutch are really instigated, they don't have the courage to go to the Chinese halfway around the world to play with their lives, they can't deal with the South Ocean island chain, the Dutch are very wise to admit it. The Abandonment of the East Indies by the Dutch was not good news for the British, but it did the British a great favor, because the French had no time to think about it. After the situation in Nanyang stabilized, Li Zhi immediately turned around and killed Vietnam, and Feng Zicai, who had been training in the mountains for several months, also killed Xuanguang and Taiyuan.

Lieutenant General Pourier, commander-in-chief of the French army, judged that the Malayan Manchurian Army would definitely take advantage of Thailand and then attack from two directions: Laos and Cambodia. Therefore, on the one hand, Pourier immediately transferred the French army in South Vietnam to reinforce the northern front, and on the other hand, he asked the 80,000 French troops stationed in Burma to immediately enter Cambodia and Laos to set up defenses and block Li Zhi from Malaya for them. Pourier's judgment was very accurate, and entering Laos and Cambodia through Thailand was exactly the attack plan formulated by Li Zhi a few months ago, but after these months, things have changed a lot.

King Zheng Long of Thailand was very disgusted by the fact that nearly 100,000 Manchurian troops crossed Thailand. Zheng Long, who had already begun to study Han culture, had been studying an idiom of false Taoism, and he was very worried that the Manchurian Army would destroy Thailand on a whim. When Li Zhi fought Malaya, he was just moving around on the southern border of Thailand, and Zheng Long was still able to accept it. can let Li Zhi take an army of 100,000 and walk around the whole territory of Thailand, but Zheng Long's fragile little heart really can't bear it. If Li Zhi saw that he was unhappy and suddenly made a move on Thailand, Zheng Long firmly believed that he would not last three days.

I was very worried, but Zheng Long didn't dare to say it! If he said it clearly, Li Zhi would do something to him immediately, and he would be able to last ten days at most. In order to implicitly express his meaning, Zheng Long specially invited Li Zhi to come to Bangkok for the New Year during the Spring Festival of the 11th year of Zhongzheng. The first is to show Li Zhi his determination to be Chinese, so that Li Zhi can take a look at Thailand, the new little China, and second, he begs Li Zhi to take a different path.

Bangkok was originally a good place with pleasant scenery, and Zheng Long warmly invited him several times, so Li Zhi naturally went there happily. Looking at the dragon and lion dances on the streets of Bangkok, and studying the Spring Festival couplets like ghost paintings, Li Zhi was really a little crying and laughing, and Zheng Long was too eager to express himself. Thailand has always had its own traditional culture, and it used to learn from the West, but now it has suddenly made a sharp turn to move closer to China, and the politicians can keep up, but the people are inevitably thrown out. Zheng Long forced the people to learn everything from China, which was really a bit of a quick success. But this attitude is still excellent, in order not to discourage Zheng Long's enthusiasm, Li Zhi also praised him in a fake manner.

"General Li, I don't know when the heavenly soldiers are going to send troops to attack Fayi, passing through those places in the territory of Xiaobang, Xiao Wang will definitely prepare supplies in advance, and the people will also eat pot pulp to welcome the king!" After a full meal, the two sides began to talk about some serious things, but Zheng Long was ready to play a little trick, no matter where Li Zhi was going to go, he was ready to make ten thousand excuses to shirk.

"The king is gracious! The follow-up war does need the support of the king, but the time for the capture of Laos and Cambodia and the support of the Vietnam battlefield has not yet been determined, and the plan will definitely be changed. How to prepare for the follow-up to march, the last general will definitely communicate with the king as soon as possible, and the king does not have to prepare too much in advance, and our army may not borrow the road in your country. Li Zhi didn't think much about it, he always felt that Zheng Long was very on the road.

"The Heavenly Soldiers no longer borrow from Xiaobang?" Zheng Long was ecstatic, but he quickly realized his gaffe and immediately adjusted his expression to disappointment before Li Zhi found out.

"The suddenness of attacking Laos and Cambodia through your country has been lost, and the speed of our army's march in your country is limited, and it is difficult to make some perfect maneuvers, so the last general is considering whether to make some adjustments." Li Zhi knew that Zheng Long was investigating the military situation, but he also thought that Zheng Long wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to send troops.

"I can't help the heavenly soldiers, Xiao Wang is deeply ashamed!" Zheng Long's heart was already happy, but he still had a declining expression on his face, this king who grew up in the British circle is really a good actor.

"The king has a heart, let's build the road first! The main reason for the general's hesitation at present is that the roads in your country are not in good condition, which will affect the speed of the troops. The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and when the king can send troops to help in the future in the future, the road will also restrict the movement of the Thai army. Li Zhi gave pertinent advice.

"Yes, yes, yes, what General Li said is extremely true!" Zheng Long was very happy, he never thought that the infrastructure was not good, and there would be such benefits.

Zheng Long, who was too happy, actually misunderstood, Li Zhi just said that he felt that it was not good to borrow the Tao for the time being, but he didn't say that he didn't plan to borrow the Tao at all. After spreading out the map of French Indochina, Li Zhi had a headache, and if he went to Thailand, he would inevitably have to gnaw at the strong defense line of the French army, and supply would also become a problem, but if he didn't go to Thailand, he really didn't seem to have any good way. However, using the latest technology telephone in Manchuria, after Li Zhi had a conference call with Guo Xing'a and Tan Shaoguang in Changchun, Guo Xing'a really pointed out a clear way to Li Zhi, and Zheng Longbai was not happy.

When Li Zhi, Tan Shaoguang and others looked at the map, they could only see a French Indochina as a whole, and the so-called Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia were all called by everyone along with Goxinga. And Goxinga is different from everyone else, in his eyes the demarcation between Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos is very obvious, and the French army in his eyes is three, not one. How to calculate the sphere of influence of the French army is a matter for the French, and what Goxinga sees is three countries. Since we have clearly seen that there are three countries, we must treat them separately, and the first one is to solve Vietnam. If you don't take into account Laos and Cambodia and take Vietnam out alone, then this war will be too easy to fight.

Vietnam is a very difficult place to deal with from the perspective of land warfare alone, and local wars on a controlled scale are even more difficult to fight, especially in the mountainous areas of northern Vietnam. However, if all arms are taken into account, if there is a major battle at the level of national destruction, Vietnam is a very easy place to solve. After Tan Shaoguang accepted Guo Xing's idea, he immediately gave his own judgment, Vietnam is another Japan.

Japan is a long and narrow country, Vietnam is even more narrow than Japan, and the entire eastern region is entirely close to the sea, and there are landing sites everywhere. The Manchurian Army, which had already mastered the control of the sea, could launch a landing battle wherever they liked at will, and then Vietnam would be cut into several pieces like a sausage. The French army could not supply them on the spot, and their ammunition and military supplies were all transported from Saigon in the south, and as long as the Manchurian army landed, their supplies could be cut off. The French army, which was scattered throughout Vietnam, would immediately fall into the encirclement of the Manchurian army, and the battle would be over without fighting.

Guo Xing'a personally gave instructions, and of course Li Zhi would deploy the battle plan in accordance with the supreme instructions, but he was still a little worried in his heart, did Laos and Cambodia really not need to think about it? After the Manchurian army landed, the French troops in the two places might come to help, and the French troops in Vietnam might also rely on the two places to hold on, and the situation did not seem to develop in the direction that Goxinga had envisioned.

It wasn't until a few months later that Li Zhi knew that the pattern in Southeast Asia was not like that at all, and the Qing Dynasty court, which was closed to news, and Guoxing'a, who relied on the golden finger for everything, seriously misled everyone.