In Rakhine State in south-central Burma, because of the friendly relations between Britain and Burma, the British gained a lot of convenience in entering and leaving Burma, so when the fleet of the British East India Company appeared in the provincial capital of Rakhine State, which was also the companion capital of the former Arakan Kingdom, and the port city of Sittwe, it did not arouse the vigilance of the Burmese defenders guarding the port. 【Reading.com】

The British East India Company fleet attacked the mainland of the Chinese Empire two and a half years ago, and was heavily damaged by Liang Pengfei, and most of its capital ships and fleet almost became Liang Pengfei's victorious goods, and the British East India Company fleet was almost only left with two or three small shrimps.

However, in the name of implementing the Treaty of London, in the name of escorting Liang Pengfei's merchant ships, cargo ships, and warships purchased in Europe, arrived in the East, the escort fleet stayed at Penang, the last British colony in the East, after completing the handover of ships and goods between Temasek and the Chinese Empire, and once again enriched the strength of the British East India Company fleet.

Although it could not be restored to the level it was before the war, the addition of five third-class battleships became a powerful maritime force in the Indian Ocean capable of intimidating his fellow Europeans.

It was the British East India Company fleet, which was supposed to transport the armaments promised to Burma before, that suddenly raised the flag representing the Arakanese Kingdom, and began to launch a frantic attack on the Burmese sailors and defenders guarding the port of Sittwe, and countless artillery fires poured out, so that the more than 12,000 Burmese marine troops raised the white flag in less than two hours after the start of the battle, and this was only the first step.

Immediately afterwards, before the news of Sittwe's capture could spread, the British began to swim upstream along the estuary of the Lemuel River and the Galadan River, and with the landing British troops and the rebel army of the Arakan Kingdom contacted by the king of Arakan, Duron Ratwe, the Arakanese Kingdom with lightning speed, the front of the troops directly aimed at Muhang, the capital of the former Arakan Kingdom.

In the royal palace, where the former capital of the Arakan Kingdom was demolished by the Kingdom of Burma, and only a few palaces remained, General Aung San Suu was holding a beautiful woman of mixed Arakane and Portuguese descent drinking wine and enjoying the original Arakanese songs and dances. However, a rumbling cannon burst into discourage from his enjoyment.

When General Aung San Suu hurriedly put on his armor and rushed out of the main hall with his sword, he heard a fleet and army holding the flag of the former king of the Arakan Kingdom attacking Muhang.

Listen to the panic of his subordinates as they recount the countless warships firing at the city walls, and to the south of the city, thousands of troops are swarming in, all under the banner of the destroyed kingdom of Arakan.

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"I also heard the rebels outside the city shouting "Long live the king. Now there is a lot of chaos in the city. ”

Hearing the frightened reports of the subordinates who had summoned the news, General Aung San Suu, whose heart had been sinking, ordered 5,000 soldiers and horses to be left behind to suppress the unrest of the city, and the rest of the soldiers went up to defend the city.

However, compared to Myanmar, which is still in the mode of cold-weapon warfare, the British [***] team and fleet, which have pure firearms units, completely have the upper hand.

In just an hour, the walls of Namuhang collapsed under the bombardment of those battleships and heavy artillery, and in the south of the city, the British army with the Arakan rebels also had a large number of artillery, and the frantic attack of the British and the Arakan rebels on the opposite side had less than twenty earthen cannons, and the Burmese defenders, whose main weapons were still broadswords and spears, only held out for more than two hours longer than Sittwe Port, just after a large number of armed men hidden in the city began to incite the citizens to riot. General Aung San Suu had to lead the remnants of the defeated army to escape from Muhang, the former capital of the Arakan Kingdom.

In less than two days, more than half of the 30,000 troops stationed in the former Arakan Kingdom were killed or wounded, and when the news reached Mandalay, the capital of Burma, Meng Yun, who was rejoicing at the news that his army had entered the territory of the Chinese Empire and had not encountered any resistance, had even taken several Tusi territories, was so surprised that he could barely speak.

When the news was confirmed, it was learned that the British, with whom they had just signed an offensive and defensive alliance a few months ago, was actually helping the Arakan Kingdom, which had been destroyed by Burma, to restore the country and invade the former Arakanese territory and the current Burmese territory on a large scale.

The enraged King Meng Yun immediately ordered the arrest of the British envoys living in the post house, but the reward was that the members of the British envoys had quietly left Mandalay a few days ago.

At this moment, King Meng Yun decided that he must have fallen into the trap of the British, and deliberately used a lot of wealth and guns to trick himself into attacking the Chinese Empire, in order to drag down his heavy troops, and then secretly united with the remnants of the Arakan royal family who fled to the Portuguese colony in the Kingdom of Arakan, and plotted against his country in the name of restoring the country for Arakan.

"These shameless white-skinned ghosts, capricious and despicable people, they should be suppressed forever in the eighteen layers of hell, and they should be tormented by the Buddha's wrath for eternity." King Meng Yun stood in the palace and roared angrily, while in the distance, the Buddha statue of the former Arakan Kingdom, the national treasure of the former Arakan Kingdom, which had been captured by Burma and taken to the temple of the Burmese royal capital, coldly maintained his expression of smiling at the world, which was in stark contrast to the distorted face of the Burmese King Meng Yun.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he should immediately collect the conscription army, order it to go south, destroy the rebellious enemy of Arakan, and use the power to suppress the small night, with the help of the capricious Yingyi people, the remnants of the Arakan Kingdom have already appeared in the former king Du Muhang, and if the clouds are delayed, the entire area that originally belonged to the Arakane Kingdom will be ......" A minister stood up and said loudly.

"No, Your Majesty, now our northern march is like a bamboo, I'm afraid that in less than a month, our army can go straight to Baoshan City, as long as we can work harder, maybe even Dali City can be taken, and at that time, we can attack and retreat." There are also those who are reluctant to give up the record of the North.

The one who spoke first sneered and retorted: "Hmph, General Chacha, can't you see that now, although our army is marching smoothly, but up to now, including those Tusi, are retreating step by step, and we haven't even seen a shadow of the empire's army, who knows if it will be a trap." ”

"Trap? What other trap could there be, could it be that you are scared? Don't forget, that empire has fought against our Burmese kingdom more than ten times in the past few decades, and even their prime minister has come to lead the army to fight, but our Burma still has not lost an inch of land. ”

"But don't forget, in order to fight that empire, we lost nearly 100,000 troops, and the Kachin and Shan states in the north, hundreds of thousands of people fled their homes and were displaced, and there are still many resentments against the court, and there are often rebellions."

"You! ......" the general Chacha got erect. "Generations of kings of our kingdom of Burma have all been determined to march north, so should we give up our current achievements in such a good situation? ……”

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A group of ministers who were arguing and shouting happily below, but no one could convince anyone, and King Meng Yun himself was also in a dilemma.

In the north, Burma has always coveted China's Yunnan, several generations of Burmese kings have invaded on a small scale, but without exception were beaten back, and when it came to his grandparents, it was because of the invasion of Yunnan that annoyed the Tatar emperor Qianlong, who was said to be in control of the empire, and finally, although Burma held its own land, but northern Burma was almost in ruins.

And Myanmar had to beg for mercy and bow down, but their ambitions were still not extinct, and the ** who wanted to expand their territory had been ready to move.

And now, under the bewitchment of the British, coupled with a large number of firearms rations, King Meng Yun, who had been peeping at Yunnan, had hesitated from the beginning, and he had become moved.

In order to be able to attack Yunnan and be able to occupy it, King Meng Yun sent most of the elite from the whole country to gather in the north, but the war had only just begun for a little more than a month, and the results obtained were making him very interested, and he even wanted to go to the front line in person and enjoy entering Baoshan City as a conqueror, but he received the bad news that the British were cooperating with the remnants of the Arakan Kingdom in the south to provoke the rebellion of the Arakan people in the southern part of Rakhine State and Chin State, which originally belonged to the Arakan Kingdom.

Just when Meng Yun was thinking hard about it, the courtiers below had already evolved from moving their mouths to playing fists and feet. He had to slap the royal case and shout angrily. "Enough! Shut up, have you all forgotten that this is the palace? ”

The courtiers had no choice but to wipe the white foam from the corners of their mouths and ask King Meng Yun for their guilt.

“…… Otherwise, how can I be worthy of the tens of thousands of soldiers who have worked hard, I decided to transfer the remaining troops of each state to quell the rebellion, and order Marathu to transfer 20,000 troops back to the capital, and if things change, it will not be too late to discuss. Meng Yun thought about it and finally came up with a compromise plan.

Although the ministers of the Northern Expedition and the Southern Expedition did not achieve their respective goals, they also knew that this was the safest choice for now.

However, only seven days have passed since this safe choice, and the entire region that originally belonged to the kingdom of Arakan is already full of smoke. With the help of the British, and the support of the rebels who did not want to be ruled by Burma, the former prince of the kingdom of Arakan, Durun Radu, ascended the throne in the old capital of Muhang. Call on all the people of the Arakane Kingdom to take up arms against the cruel rule of Namma and restore the glory of the Arakane Kingdom.

(To be continued)