Three hundred and thirty-one The Chinese are back
King Narui Xuan carefully watched the landing of the Ming army, and had to admit that the military discipline of this army was very good, and then looked at the weapons in their hands and the armor on their bodies, and found that it was very sophisticated, no wonder such an army could fight so well, it could wipe out the entire army of the enemy several times its own and divide it into pieces, and it was difficult for him to believe that it would be replaced by others, but if it was the army of the Ming Dynasty, it would be easy to say. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The Siamese army and Siamese civilians on the shore are also looking at the Ming army, and the mercenaries of Spain, Portugal and even the Netherlands and France are also observing the army of the mysterious eastern power they have never met, they have only heard that this country is the master of this region more than a hundred years ago, and it is not like a word, and when they came here, they did not see the existence of Chinese forces here.
Now they see it.
The fine muskets, the large number of European-style artillery, the bright swords, guns and crossbows, the neat formation of elite soldiers, and the huge fleet all proved that China was an extremely powerful country, and now they would fight side by side with the soldiers of this country, and their hearts were full of excitement.
At the beginning, Marco Polo's travels set off a Chinese fever in Europe, Marco Polo described China as a paradise full of gold, flowing milk and honey everywhere, so that the Europeans who had just come out of the dark ages of the Middle Ages were almost crazy, desperately looking for a way to China, wanting to go to China to make a fortune, therefore, the Age of Discovery came, and the era of geographical discoveries also came.
Profound reasons aside, Marco Polo and his Travels of Marco Polo were indeed an important factor, and this man and this book ushered in a new era, and the fundamental reason why these Europeans came here today was not the land under their feet, but the mysterious and vast and rich country - China.
Silk, porcelain, tea, the country's three representative products, each of which can set off a frenzy in any part of Europe, European monarchs are proud of passing on Chinese silk, proud of drinking Chinese tea, proud of collecting and appreciating Chinese porcelain, these exclusive products of China can make any European monarch crazy, and of course can make any European crazy for it.
They came here from far and wide, and the target was the country that flowed with milk and honey, but that country was not friendly to them, and did not trust them, and other places they could enter by force, but for China, their several attempts ended in failure, only the Portuguese had a foothold here, but the price paid was to pay taxes and accept control, so as to obtain the land of Macau as a foothold.
But they still can't enter the interior of the country that flows with milk and honey, and they guard the country firmly with ships and troops, and any country that wants to do anything wrong will never want to enter China.
They used to be troubled by it, but now they don't have to worry about it, because the Chinese themselves came.
Bright swords and guns, fine muskets and artillery, fine armor, elite soldiers, huge fleets, they came.
"This country is definitely not just flowing milk and honey, this country has a military power that no European country can underestimate, if you want to use the means of conquering the Inca Empire against China, the result is unimaginable, the Chinese absolutely have the strength and ability to launch a devastating blow to any of our strongholds in this sea, as far as I have witnessed, one of their fleets has more than a thousand warships and an army of 50,000 men, and I don't know how many warships their naval main force has, How many thousands of soldiers are there in the army.
With such a number of fleets and armies, even our country cannot confront it head-on, let alone in the East, far from our homeland, we cannot treat the Chinese the same way we treat other people, the Chinese are civilized, proud, and powerful, they were the masters of this region, their civilization is as prosperous as military power, they have anything we have, and we cannot have what they have, and now, they are back.
If we go to war against China, then their armada will destroy our stronghold in the Philippines in a very short time, they will cover any of our strongholds with overwhelming artillery fire, we will have nowhere to hide, and eventually, we will be completely wiped out in the Philippines, and when we are destroyed, the letters asking for help will not even reach the Cape of Good Hope, but hopefully we can establish peaceful and friendly relations with them, not hostile relations. ”
This was stated in a secret letter to the Philippine Governor-General's Office, a military agent planted in Siam by the Spanish colonial authorities in the Philippines.
The shock of this appearance of the Chinese army to the Europeans was undoubted, the landing of more than 30,000 troops took most of the day, and then, under their shocked gaze, this huge army marched to their station with their commander in an extremely strict procession, the sound of uniform footsteps echoed in their eardrums, the ground even shook, and each Chinese soldier held his head high, showing their incomparable self-confidence and arrogant self-esteem.
Before, China gave Europe the impression of civilization and wealth, but after this day, China gave Europe the impression of being powerful and terrifying.
They realized that it was impossible to get anything from the Chinese just by relying on them, and even if the Spanish Armada came with all the Spanish navy and fought to the death with China, it was estimated that it would not be able to completely defeat China, and the army strength of these tens of thousands of people could also compete with the same number of European armies.
Of course, Xiao Ruxun's carefully arranged landing ceremony is not only to show prestige in front of the Siamese, but also to deter the Europeans here, to say that the Europeans here have no contact with their government, Xiao Ruxun does not believe it, they will definitely tell their government what they have seen, and the news that Da Ming has shown great force will also arrive at their government with their letters, so that those countries in Europe will weigh their own weight, think about how many catties and taels they have.
In today's extremely inconvenient messaging, such news is enough to deter Europeans for decades, and if you can win the battle in front of them and completely wipe out the Dongwu Kingdom, then such an impression can affect Europeans for hundreds of years.
The Europeans have never known how capable the Chinese are, which makes Xiao Ruxun feel very regretful, so he not only has to beat the Burmese fiercely, but also to press the Europeans hired by the Burmese to the ground and beat them fatly, so that they know how capable the Chinese are.
Conveying this image to Europe will lead to a drastic change in Europe's policy toward China, a change in their Asian colonial strategy, and unexpected benefits for their future management of the South Seas.
Xiao Ruxun wants to make the Chinese civilization completely stand firm in Nanyang.