At the same time, Jiang Wubo, the second commander of Lanfang Kingdom, was standing at the head of the city with a serious expression with a large number of Lanfang high-level officials, watching the Ming army coming from afar. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

To be honest, he was not optimistic about the outcome of Minglan's battle. After all, a few years ago, Da Ming used hard iron ships and sharp artillery to let Lan Fang see what the gap was.

Although Lanfang has developed slowly, it is no longer the Lanfang of the past, but the Ming Dynasty is not the Ming Dynasty of the past. In the second battle, it can be seen at a glance which is stronger and which is weaker.

Otherwise, Lan Fang's land would not have fallen so quickly. In front of Da Ming, he will not be so weak. Although there are many places in this, Lan Fang took the initiative to abandon them. But it's not that Daming is too strong, otherwise why would he give the land to Daming for nothing without firing a shot.

Now guarding this Eastern Ten Thousand Laws is just a trapped beast fighting.

But discouragement is discouragement, he still has the fighting spirit. Because Lan Fang is not alone in the end. The British ambush in Lan Fang's eyes deliberately identified itself and promised that the British Empire would help Lan Fang.

It's just a bit long! Let Lan Fang, first rely on her own strength, and persist for half a month. Then the British reinforcements came by ferry to relieve the siege of Lanfang.

Fortunately, the population of Dongwanlu is not large, and the grain and grass are still sufficient. It is also close to the river, so it is easy to get water. As long as Da Ming does not attack Wanlu City and stays for half a month, it can still be done.

It can be seen that when the Ming army waved its flag and the military appearance was majestic, Jiang Wubo's confidence in holding on for half a month was shaken.

Wu De, the British eyeliner on the side, saw Jiang Wubo's worries, and hurriedly comforted: "Jiang Dutong rest assured, the advantages of the Ming Dynasty are all on the sea." Now that he is deep inland, without the iron ship cannon, he is naturally not as strong as rumored. ”。 The warships of the Ming Dynasty are too mighty, and in this era, they are famous for navigation. So much so that Wu De thought that when the Ming army arrived on land, it became a sick cat.

Jiang Wubo listened, and said with a hesitant expression: "Ke-Ke-", his tone was full of worry. Wu De followed and persuaded: "Jiang Dutong, don't do it." In any case, we, the British Empire, will keep Lan Fang. ”。 However, he knew in his heart that even if British reinforcements came, they would not be able to catch up with Lan Fang. Because half a month is too short, and the reinforcements have to pass through the first checkpoint outside the Strait of Malacca - the Andaman Islands.

The Ming Navy stationed there obviously would not allow British reinforcements to enter the Strait of Malacca easily.

Even if you go through the great luck of the flood and famine, cross the Andaman Islands all over the sea or defeat the local Ming garrison, you still have to pass through the second checkpoint - Xinshan Town of Daming. With its geographical location at the throat of the Strait of Malacca, it will definitely bring trouble to the British reinforcements passing by.

After that, if you rush to Lanfang, a month's time, will definitely be delayed.

At that time, it was unknown whether Lan Fang still existed.

It's just that he can't say it! Otherwise, the Lanfang defenders, who already had no fighting spirit, would not be able to block Da Ming's blade and attract Da Ming's attention.

Jiang Wubo couldn't understand his thoughts.

But what he said made Jiang Wubo disgusted for no reason.

Because he is obviously a yellow-skinned and black-haired Tianchao, but he is mixed with the red-haired and blue-eyed Xiyi. He also abandoned the identity of the heaven, the court, and the country, and called himself Yiren, which was really despised by Jiang Wubo, who thought he was a person from the "heaven and dynasty".

No wonder the name is 'Wu De', which is really worthy of the name 'Wu De'.

In fact, if it weren't for the hostility of the Ming Dynasty and the need for Yingyi's help, Jiang Wubo would not bother to pay attention to this scum who turned his back on his ancestors.

This kind of psychology is not only reflected in him. The surrounding Lanfang people also unconsciously showed a look of contempt.

After all, the Celestial Dynasty was an ancient country with a long history, and it was also a military, political, and cultural power that had always maintained a transcendent status. How many small and remote countries regard the 'Heavenly Dynasty Kingdom' as a tribute lord and rely on its snort.

For thousands of years, the people of the Celestial Dynasty gradually developed the habit of looking down on the small countries around them.

It was the end of the eighteenth century, more than forty years before the first symbolic, humiliating and humiliating Opium War between China and England. The following series of treaties of mourning, power, humiliation, and the country are also separated by 180 years.

Therefore, the status of 'heaven, heaven, and country' is still retained.

Even though the people of Lanfang are poor, the founders are all from the 'Heavenly Dynasty', and they are also real 'Heavenly Dynasty' people, and they naturally have a sense of superiority over other countries.

Although the 'Heavenly Dynasty' is not the world of the Han people, they do not like the Manchu Qing either. However, it must be admitted that the Manchus inherited the mantle of the 'Heavenly Dynasty'. Therefore, this does not prevent them from identifying with the 'Celestial Empire'.

So that when they introduce themselves to the outside world, they always call themselves the people of the 'Heavenly Dynasty' first, and then the people of Lanfang. This sense of superiority that comes from the bones is difficult to erase.

And the Ming Dynasty, although it is a country where the Han people are in power, but the people, from all over the world, are too complicated. Even if the language of the Han people is fluent in the whole country, but when the accent is listened to and the Chinese characters are watched, I always feel awkward. And the Ming Dynasty originated in the overseas barbarian and wild land, thousands of miles away from the Central Plains.

As a result, in their hearts, they do not agree that the Ming Dynasty is a pure-blooded 'heaven, court, and country'. It is also the Ming Dynasty that is shaped by modern people, and this era has produced a cultural fault. Many small cultural customs and etiquette are fundamentally different from the current Central Plains homeland.

Coupled with the integration of immigrants from all over the world, it has had a subtle impact on the cultural customs of the Ming Dynasty. For example, the Australian aborigines, who have the largest Ming ethnic group, also counter-assimilated the Han when they were assimilated by the Han Chinese. Over time, the two will merge into a cultural group that is different from the homeland of the Central Plains.

Subdividing it further, you will find that the immigrant groups in various parts of the Ming Dynasty have spontaneously produced distinctive local cultures in the process of integration and integration. For example, there is a clear difference between the local province and the overseas province.

It is this cultural difference that makes the high-level Lanfang who considers himself a 'Heavenly Dynasty' unable to identify with the Ming Dynasty from beginning to end.

So now that they are rebelling against the Ming Dynasty and uniting with Xiyi to deal with the Ming Dynasty, they don't feel anything wrong. In the final analysis, the rise of the Ming Dynasty is too fast, and the time for the founding of the country is too short, so that the surrounding countries have not yet produced the corresponding status identity.

Those countries that paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty never put the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty on an equal footing. This is not that the Ming Dynasty is not as strong as the Qing Dynasty, but that the Ming Dynasty lacks cultural heritage. Many Han people who moved to the Ming Dynasty, at the beginning, also went for a better life, with a great utilitarian nature.

In their hearts, they only regard Daming as a relatively powerful maritime power, and they do not have the spontaneity and affinity for their mother country.

Obviously, as long as the Ming Dynasty does not enter the Central Plains for a day, it will not be able to get this cultural identity for a day. (To be continued.) )