Li Chunye was taken aback, how could this young emperor be so arrogant? "Your Majesty...... The Donghu Dynasty repeatedly invaded the surrounding countries, including the Ming Dynasty, and the combat effectiveness of its army would not be small, right? ”

"Waiting, is Datang powerful?"

"Of course, in the history of the Han nation, the Tang Dynasty is a rare and powerful dynasty, the so-called prosperous Han and Tang dynasties!" Li Chunye didn't know what circle Zhu Youzhen was going to go around.

"Datang and Tubo, how many years have they fought, but the balance of power is maintained, and even Datang has sent Princess Wencheng and his relatives," Zhu Youzhen picked up the teacup in front of him, his eyes were glued to the tea leaves in the cup, and Li Chunye threw various expressions at him, "But in my hands, how long will it take to completely solve the problem of the two Tibets?" If it weren't for the fear of violating the peace of heaven, I would have wiped out all the Tibetans. ”

"Your Majesty......" Li Chunye only admires, Zhu Youzhen is telling the truth, the history that has just passed, others can't tamper with it if they want to, he also thought of Jiannu in the north, which is a national disaster that the Ming Dynasty has not solved for decades, and in the hands of Zhu Youzhen, there was only one Northern Expedition, and the forces of Jiannu were completely wiped out.

"Wait, I'm not arrogant, am I?" Zhu Youzhen looked at Li Chunye with a smile, it was quite gentle.

"Your Majesty......" Li Chunye faintly felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't find a reason to refute it, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with Daming?" ”

"Feathering, waiting, do you know what feathering means?"

"Feather ......" Li Chunye really didn't understand, he could only shake his head blankly.

"Just like a caterpillar, when it is still a bug, ants can bully it, once this caterpillar feathers into a butterfly and spreads its wings and flies high, how can it be compared to an ant that lives on the ground forever?"

"Caterpillar ...... Butterfly...... Ant ......" Li Chunye whispered, and suddenly, his eyes lit up: "Your Majesty, the minister understands, the former Ming Dynasty is like a caterpillar, his body is the weakest at the moment of feathering, so Mongolia, Jiannu, and even the small Donghu Dynasty will run to bite it, and now this caterpillar has turned into a butterfly and is flying high in the sky, and the original flies, mosquitoes and ants can no longer be with it." ”

"That's what it means, that's what it means." Zhu Youzhen secretly admired that Li Chunye was not young, and he learned quite quickly.

Li Chunye said in his heart, it is not good to be better, it has to be than a troublesome caterpillar, and after the caterpillar is feathered, it is only alone, and it is still the target of many birds and birds, "Your Majesty, the caterpillar of Daming has now turned into a butterfly, what will it do?" ”

"This ...... I really don't know, but what I have to do now is to get back what originally belonged to the Ming Dynasty, and what must belong to the Ming Dynasty in the future, including the Donghu Dynasty. ”

"Your Majesty, is the war against Burma really a war on a small scale?"

"Rest assured, first, the scale will not be large; Second, it won't be long; Thirdly, there will not be much money spent. ”

Li Chunye nodded silently, with his understanding of Zhu Youzhen, this 'three noes' promise should not be boasting, "Your Majesty, what do we need to do now?" ”

"The reason, the reason for the conquest of the Donghu Dynasty, this reason must be acceptable to the ministers."

"The old minister has a few reasons, Your Majesty will see if he can convince the ministers when the time comes."

Zhu Youzhen cast all his eyes on Li Chunye's face, and found that Li Chunye gave a rare knowing smile, this old fox! He should have thought of a reason for the expedition to Burma a long time ago, "Let's talk about it." ”

"First, Myanmar used to be the territory of Meng Yuan, and Meng Yuan was once a province in Myanmar, and the Ming Dynasty inherited Meng Yuan and should take back his homeland."

Zhu Youzhen nodded, this should be a good reason, just like Mu Qiyuan took back Ladakh.

"Second, Taizu once set up six Xuanwei Divisions in Burma, and now there is only one Xuanhui Division left, Taizu's personal territory, and future generations must take it back, otherwise it is unscrupulous, unscrupulous king, unscrupulous minister, besides, the Donghu Dynasty has repeatedly invaded the Ming Dynasty, and it cannot be punished slightly."

This reason is very old-fashioned, it seems that Zhu Youzhen has used it, but Zhu Youzhen no matter how old-fashioned this reason is, as long as it is applicable, who cares if he is a black cat and a white cat?

"Third, on the land of the Donghu Dynasty, the Burmese people are from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of the Ming Dynasty, and the Meng people are also from the Ming Dynasty, plus the Han people, the total population has accounted for as much as eighty percent of the Donghu, that is, the Shan people, and the Dai people in the Ming Dynasty.

This reason is novel! Zhu Youzhen smiled secretly, whether they are from the Ming Dynasty or not, I'm afraid they themselves will not admit it, and there will be different explanations in different history books, but Zhu Youzhen doesn't care so much, as long as the history books of the Ming Dynasty say so, in fact, Zhu Youzhen only wants the reason for sending troops to Burma.

"Fourth, the founder of the Ayutthaya Dynasty, King Wutong, was originally a descendant of the Han people, and had a close relationship with the Han people, and the Ayutthaya Dynasty was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and now the Ayutthaya Dynasty was invaded by the Donghu Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty had no reason not to help."

Zhu Youzhen is happy, this is the logic of robbers! It is true that Dacheng is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, but Dacheng has not come to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute for many years, and when Donghu invaded the Ming Dynasty, where was the army of the Ayutthaya Dynasty? Oh, no, Dacheng is also fighting against Donghu, but it is on their own land, and objectively it also helps Daming.

"With these reasons for waiting for hostage, and the scale of the war itself, the ministers shouldn't be opposed, right?"

Li Chunye said in his heart, is it useful for the ministers to oppose it? If you can't figure it out, Shi Fenglai will come to the second, "Your Majesty, since the scale of the war is not large, the time is not long, and the money consumed is not much, the opposition of the ministers will not be too strong. ”

"That's good," Zhu Youzhen was most worried about the ministers admonishing him to death, he didn't want to be an executioner who slaughtered the ministers, "Wait for the question, I don't know something." ”

"Your Majesty, please say, the old minister should know everything." Li Chunye said in his heart, Zhu Youzhen still doesn't understand something, it's really a strange thing.

Zhu Youzhen really didn't understand, "Wait for the question, the Ming Dynasty has been at war with Donghu for many years, hasn't he used superior forces to crusade against Donghu once?" With Emperor Wanli's temperament, he won't fight once, I'm afraid he won't be reconciled, right? ”

"Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty won a complete victory in the twelfth year of Wanli (1584 AD), and in the rest of the wars, the Ming Dynasty won less and lost more, mainly relying on the local Tusi."

Zhu Youzhen first thought of the government military system, "Why? Is it that the Ming army's combat effectiveness is not enough? ”

"That's not, mainly because of the terrain, between the Ming Dynasty and Burma, separated by the Hengduan Mountains, the traffic is extremely inconvenient, even if the Ming Dynasty dispatches superior forces, the combat effectiveness can not be brought into play, even if it can achieve victory, the army is difficult to live for a long time, once the Ming army withdraws, the Donghu army will come back."

“……”

"Your Majesty, the terrain of Donghu is very suitable for fighting with the Ming Dynasty, the front line of their battle with the Ming Dynasty is a large number of plateaus and mountains, not to mention the avenues, even the sheep intestine trail is a luxury, not suitable for the Ming army to fight on a large scale at all, but the south of their land is a plain, producing grain, so they have the capital to fight."

"Oh." Zhu Youzhen understood, the front line relied on the mountains to fight with the Ming army, and the rear produced the food needed by the soldiers, no wonder the Ming Dynasty seemed to be stuck in the quagmire of guerrilla warfare, Zhu Youzhen suddenly thought of Vietnam and the DPRK # Xian, especially the Chao # Xian, but the land of projectiles can survive under the nose of the Central Dynasty for thousands of years, and has never been truly conquered by the Central Dynasty, which may be related to this terrain.

"Your Majesty, this is all the minister's speculation, and I can't do it accurately."

"Hou Qian, what you said is very good and reasonable," Zhu Youzhen came back to his senses from his contemplation, "Then won't you encounter the same problem when you go to Burma now?" ”

"Your Majesty, now to conquer Burma, there is no need to go out from the Hengduan Mountains, send troops from Dali and Tengyue in Yunnan, and directly cut Donghu into two sections, which will directly cross the plateau in the north and go deep into the plains."

"Then why didn't the former Ming army take this road?"

"Your Majesty, directly cut Donghu into two sections, that is to go deep into the rear of Donghu, and it needs absolute strength as a guarantee, and the previous Ming army should not have such conditions."

Maybe the generals of the Ming army don't have this ability to move around, if it was Wei Qing and Huo Quai's commanders, they might have already gone through, "Waiting for the question, if you want to go to Donghu, which army should be transferred?" ”

Li Chunye asked rhetorically: "Your Majesty, how many troops do you need to conquer the south and the east?" ”

"One hundred thousand, that's three armies."

"Only 100,000?" Li Chunye couldn't believe his ears, "Your Majesty, it is easy for the Donghu Dynasty to organize an army of 200,000, 300,000 or even 400,000, their army has been fighting all year round and has rich experience, so its combat effectiveness should not be too bad." ”

"I have carefully calculated, now the new army of the Ming Dynasty is mainly based on effective firearms, and its combat effectiveness is not comparable to that of Donghu, wait for the quality to see, Jiannu's cavalry claims to be invincible in the world, and during the Northern Expedition, the Ming army is only 200,000 army, plus 40,000 navy."

"Your Majesty, 100,000 Ming troops, can you really conquer Burma?" Li Chunye was still a little uneasy, "The new army reorganized by the Ming Dynasty is more sufficient now, so prepare more in case of emergency?" ”

"Rest assured, to conquer Donghu, 100,000 soldiers are enough, the more troops there are, the more supplies will be needed, and the more difficult it will be to transport, isn't there a large number of plateaus and mountains in Donghu?" Zhu Youzhen shook his head, "As long as you are prepared, you can ensure that the front-line sergeants have enough food, grass and ammunition, and that the casualties will be replenished in time." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty," although Li Chunye had some objections, he still obeyed Zhu Youzhen, who called him a fan of Zhu Youzhen? "Your Majesty, since there are only 100,000 troops, the minister suggests that the army from Yunnan should be used."

Zhu Youzhen also hopes to use the army of Yunnan, firstly, the terrain and hot and humid climate of the plateau and mountains of Yunnan are very similar to those of Donghu, and the soldiers are more able to adapt to the local environment, and secondly, Mu Qiyuan is a hereditary prince, and it is his duty to guard Yunnan, "However, the Yunnan army is still in Tibet, and Yunnan is local, it seems that there is only one army, right?" ”

"Your Majesty, this problem is not difficult to solve, immediately transfer 30,000 to 50,000 government troops from Sichuan into Tibet, replace Mu Qiyuan's 19th Army and Lin Chengxiang's 20th Army, rest and adjust for a while, and then let them go to conquer Donghu."