Feng Yunshan simply asked Liu Shengbang to take a map of the world, this map was drawn by himself according to the memories of later generations, although some proportions and locations are not necessarily accurate, but Bajiu is not far from ten, much stronger than the map of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Looking at the neighboring North Korea and Japan, Feng Yunshan smiled. Now, while the Anglo-French forces and Russia are still fighting in Crimea, on the one hand, he will strengthen the coastal defense of several large treaty ports along the coastal coast, and on the other hand, he is ready to send his navy to exercise and go to sea to attack Korea and Japan. In addition, if Korea and Japan can be occupied before then, there will be several more overseas bases. In this way, it is extremely advantageous to supply troops, as well as to send troops to defend.

Looking at the map, Xinjiang in the west, Mongolia in the north, and Manchuria in the northeast have already been arranged, and North Korea and Japan in the East China Sea, Feng Yunshan also have to be arranged in advance.

He said to Zuo Zongtang: "Zuo Aiqing, there is no need to worry too much about North Korea. First of all, according to your strategy, the Korean Li Dynasty has been peaceful for a long time, the armament is relaxed, and it is dependent on the Manchu Qing as a subject state, the Li Dynasty relies on the civilian people to govern the army, implements the system of separation of soldiers and generals, and has no fixed generals, no fixed soldiers, and reserves that serve in turns, and the non-reserve army has no combat power at all, and if it is really to be captured, two infantry divisions can be sent down in one fell swoop. However, it is still necessary to let Qin Rigang enter first, and then enter the encirclement and suppression, and by the way, take over North Korea and let it return to China. Zuo Aiqing, it will be arranged by your General Staff on your own, and you can just take a look. ”

According to his general understanding of Korea in this era, Feng Yunshan knew that at this time, it should be Li Yu of the later temple name Zhezong, the 25th monarch of the Lee dynasty of North Korea, and the penultimate monarch. This person did not have much fame in history, only known as a puppet king, indecisive, drunk, and sick, so he died early. During his reign, the entire Korean government was controlled by his foreign relative, Andong Kim.

Therefore, as long as this powerful minister Andong Kim is in control, he will control the whole of Korea.

And Fan Ruzeng also reported that now the actual power in North Korea is the Andong Kim family, which covers the sky with one hand, the patriarch is named Kim Zuogen, and his cousin Kim Wengen controls the government together, and the king has become a puppet. North Korea now has a population of about 145 million and more than 100,000 troops, but it has only suppressed a bare-handed peasant uprising, and it has not fought for a long time, and there is no training at all. However, the domestic tax revenue of the DPRK is severe, and whenever there is a famine, there are repeated peasant uprisings and rebellions, and the domestic situation is worrying. Even if it is occupied, it is a burden.

Regarding Fan Ruzeng's worries, Feng Yunshan didn't care. Feng Yunshan's occupation of North Korea was completely incidental, and he didn't expect that the place could provide much resources, just a few ginseng, what else could compare to China? But to conquer Manchuria as soon as possible, it was not as fast as the conquest of Korea. As long as you conquer Korea, take the Korean soldiers as the vanguard, and use them to adapt to the environment of the northeast, even in winter, you can fight, force them to rush to fight with the Manchurians in the front, and the captive army can supervise the battle in the rear. Moreover, if he is going to go on an expedition soon, he can also use the Korean soldiers to fight, and I believe that with the virtue of the Korean people, they will be happy to act as helpers and attack the capital.

Again, Feng Yunshan simply didn't want to appear in the future generations the invincible nation of the universe, boasting that even Confucius and the Dragon Boat Festival were theirs, anyway, incidentally, directly turned North Korea into two provinces, one hundred.

Thinking of this, Feng Yunshan said categorically: "North Korea must be captured as soon as possible!" It is better to kill a group of people to establish authority and force others to subdue. After the soldiers entered Korea, they could send someone to contact the Kim family of this powerful minister to see if they were willing to surrender. ”

Zuo Zongtang hurriedly responded.

As for Japan, Feng Yunshan wanted to send sailors to attack and harass first, and if he could force it to sign a treaty of reunification, he would implement a policy of oppression against it, and if the other party refused to surrender, Korea must have been captured by then, so he sent infantry and Korean troops to the homeland, in short, not to let Yueben have a chance to rise.

Feng Yunshan looked at the map again, and to the south of China, there were Luzon and Sulu, which were now occupied by Spain. In wartime, he could not move, but he could cooperate with Spain. This former European power is now in decline, first bullied by Britain, and then defeated by the United States, and the other side has little to do with China in history, and even the Eight-Nation Alliance, which invaded China, did not have them, but they were the objects that could be wooed.

In the end, Feng Yunshan surrendered his gaze to the southwest. Southeast Asian countries have occupied Annam, and the rest of the country is stepping up its influence, with the two largest being India and Burma.

On the border between Yunnan and Myanmar, it seems that there has been no news for a long time. Half a year ago, Feng Yunshan received a report from Li Kaifang, who led the original 21,000 men of the 2nd and 22th Divisions, saying that he had entered Burma from Myitkyina, which occupied Tengyue and Burma, and pursued Wenxiang, the governor of Yunan, who led 3,000 Qing soldiers and 5,000 people.

Li Kaifang was in accordance with the order given to him by Feng Yunshan at that time, let the Manchu Dynasty former Yunan Governor Wen Xiang lead troops into Burma for nearly half a year, deep into Burma, he was ready, led two troops into Burma, the main purpose is to take advantage of the situation to control the Irrawaddy River basin in Burma, in the middle of the river, but there is a place called Ringanqiang, rich in oil.

At the beginning, Feng Yunshan planned to occupy the oil-producing area of Myanmar Ringanqiang when he recovered Kunming. Now that I have entered Myanmar, I don't know where to go. The main thing is that the mountains are high and the road is far away, and the news is inconvenient, and the troops have been dispatched for half a year, and there has been no news back, so it must have happened to something halfway.

Fortunately, when Feng Yunshan ascended the throne, he issued a holy decree to Li Kaifang. At that time, Feng Yunshan received a report from the Secret Service Department that Burma had been at war with the British twice, and that the British colonists had occupied more than half of Lower Burma in southern Burma. Moreover, after the Second Burma War, fundamental changes took place in Myanmar.

After the Second Anglo-Burmese War, the Burmese prince Meng Tong and his younger brother Prince Ka Nang overthrew the original king Bagan, and Meng Tong became the new king of Burma.

Meng Tong was benevolent by nature and had illusions about the British colonists. He hoped that through peace negotiations, the British invaders would automatically return the occupied southern part of Burma. He appointed Scottish merchants and British officials in Burma as his advisers, hoping to make the British sympathize with Burma and return the southern regions, and after the Crimean War, the British declared an armistice because they wanted to send troops to Europe, and Meng Tong really agreed to the truce. At the same time, there was a food shortage in Lower Burma, where the British were fighting, and the British troops stationed in Lower Burma had to rely on cross-sea grain from India to supply. King Gasang advised Mindong to use this opportunity to regain the lost territory in the south. However, Min Dong refused to send troops, but took the initiative to supply food to the British army, claiming that Burma could not put a secret arrow in the back of his friends. His younger brother, Prince Kanang, could only secretly anxious to let the sporadic Burmese army deal with the British.

Feng Yunshan was taken aback when he learned the news from the Secret Service Division. I can't help but cry for this Burmese king Meng Tong without tears, this stupid X, however, his younger brother King Gasang seems to be able to take advantage of it.

Feng Yunshan couldn't help but change his thinking about Myanmar. So, when he returned to Shengjing after he was proclaimed emperor, he sent a holy decree to Li Kaifang, asking him to enter Burma and only pursue the Qing army for the time being, and use this opportunity to secretly contact the prince of Burma. It is best to support the other side to take the throne and mobilize the power of Burma to confront the British army that invaded Burma. Moreover, Feng Yunshan reminded Li Kaifang that he could send thousands or tens of thousands of soldiers to pretend to be Burmese soldiers and attack them while the British army was unprepared. Anyway, it angered the British army, and it was also the Gongbang dynasty in Burma who bore the anger of the British, but tried not to let the British know about it.

Now that there has been no news for so long, Feng Yunshan doesn't know what happened to Li Kaifang and them, and whether they have implemented their own plans.

However, Feng Yunshan was not at all worried about the 21,000 captive troops led by Li Kaifang. Four years ago, the British invaded Burma for the second time, dispatching more than 10,000 troops, and of course defeated Burma quickly, but with the outbreak of the Crimean War, at least more than half of the troops were withdrawn.

Therefore, Feng Yunshan has reason to believe that the combat strength of the captive army, which is also equipped with foreign guns, will not be much worse than that of the British army, especially since the British army is only a mixed branch of many Indian and Bengali soldiers transferred from the Indian colonies.

After all, in the army led by Li Kaifang this time, the 2nd Division A was equipped with 8,000 foreign guns, and the 22th Division was also equipped with 2,000 foreign guns. In addition, it has been prepared for so long, and the logistics and supplies have been prepared for a long time.

Feng Yunshan now feels that instead of directly occupying Burma, it may be better to use another way, by assisting Burma to drive out the British, so that Burma can rely on the Chinese Empire, and there is something to do in front of Burma.

Naturally, if the captive army directly attacked Burma, with Li Kaifang's 20,000 soldiers and 10,000 foreign guns, even if there were some casualties, they would be able to fight in one battle. But it will inevitably lead to dissatisfaction with the British, whom they have coveted for a long time.

The British Indian colonizers had already waged two wars of aggression against Burma, occupying the whole of Lower Burma, and in the near future, they would occupy all of Burma. Therefore, for the British, Burma is already fat in their mouths, and they only need to wait for the British to digest it elsewhere before biting down on this fat meat. At this time, the Chinese Empire came out to compete for this fat, and it was bound to suffer its key blows.

If the captives declared war on Burma, they might make the unstoppable Burma desperate and completely surrender to the British. Like that King Meng Tong, it's really possible. It is better not to deal with Burma, but to support Burma, let it fight the British, and then occupy the British-occupied Lower Burma.

Feng Yunshan actually values the oil of Ren'anqiang the most. As for Lower Burma, it would be best if it could be occupied by the captives, build a few military castles and forts, and send troops to garrison them.

Thinking of this, Feng Yunshan asked Fan Ruzeng to hurry up to find out the news from the Burmese side, and at the same time, asked Zuo Zongtang to give an order through the General Staff to keep the captive army stationed in the Tengchong area of Yunnan on alert.