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A loud report sounded in his ears, and a staff officer wearing a dark green Dali military uniform walked quickly into the temporary headquarters of Zhu Guowei and Luo Ange. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"An urgent telegram from the Front Command, according to reliable information, that the Anglo-Indian army in Imphal has been assembled and is ready to reinforce the Burmese king Min Dong. The scale of the sortie is likely to exceed 30,000 people! ”

The moment they heard the news, Zhu Guowei and Luo Ange's faces flashed with joy at the same time.

"It's time to die!"

"Here's your chance!"

Just as Zhu Guowei and Luo Ange were overjoyed, when the news that 30,000 British and Indian troops left Imphal to reinforce Upper Burma was confirmed, the senior staff of the Southwest Front Command in Hong Kong were also overjoyed.

"The reputation of the new commander-in-chief of the Indian army, Admiral Hemming, seems to be false, and he dares to transfer 30,000 British and Indian troops to Upper Burma, what is this not death?"

"Yes, there are 50,000 people in an 18 mountain army alone, if you can't defeat the 30,000 British and Indian troops, the army commander Wu Xiaoxuan (Wu Changqing) still has a face?"

"Once these 30,000 people are gone, how many people are there in Imphal? It seems that the Imphal fortress can be taken down. ”

"Imphal has it, Assam is ours, the brand of Donghui Kingdom can be hung up in a blink of an eye, and now we have to think about hitting Calcutta like this!"

"The army can be divided into two routes, all the way to Assam and all the way to Arakan, and the east of the Jamuna River will definitely be able to fight."

"Assam and West Bengal are both food-producing regions. As long as they live there, they will be able to raise millions of stone military rations this autumn, which is enough to maintain the supply of a million troops. ”

"It doesn't seem like there's a need to win at sea. India can be defeated by the army! ”

The staff officers' remarks were optimistic, and the crown prince, who was in charge of the overall situation in Hong Kong, was also beaming with joy, but he did not give an immediate order, but set his sights on the chief of staff of the front army, General Shi Zhenji, who was Shi Dakai's nephew and the real commander of the entire front army. Otherwise, there is absolutely no reason to let a senior general be the chief of staff of the front.

"Your Highness. Give combat orders to the 18th Mountain Army and the Dali Army, and Lieutenant General Wu Xiaoxuan will be in charge of the overall situation. In addition, the Southern Route Army was formed by the Dali Army and the 54th Mountain Division, which was commanded by Liu Yongfu, chief of the general staff of the Dali Army. The goal of this battle is to defeat the Anglo-Indian reinforcements and the main force of the Burmese army, and keep them on the land of Dali as much as possible! ”

I thought about it for a moment. Shi Zhenji still proposed a decisive battle to the crown prince Zhu Guoxiong, although he did not believe in Will. The Heming Society is incompetent to such an extent, but the fat that is sent to him always has to be eaten in one bite.

At the same time, in the Yangxin Hall of Yingtianfu Hot Spring Palace, Zhu Jishi, Zuo Zongtang, Pan Zuyin, Li Hongzhang, and several Ming army marshals and generals who were in charge of the military department, Su Yanfa, the father of Emperor Zhu's new favorite Su Puyaka, reported the latest information from Assam.

“…… The Indian Army's Imphal Army Group has been led by Charlie Brown. George. Lieutenant General Gordon took over, and this man was the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, Will. Admiral Hemming's henchman, but he doesn't have much actual combat experience. He also insisted on sending troops to help Burma this time. It seems that it is Will who uses this man to guard Imphal. Hemming's miscalculation is also our chance......"

"It can't be Gordon's will, Will. There's no way Hemming can't even handle a Gordon. Zuo Zongtang's gray eyebrows raised an impatient angle. interrupted Su Yanfa's nonsense, "Say something useful!" ”

Although Su Puyaka has now become Emperor Zhu's favorite concubine, Su Yanfa is still not in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty's powerful ministers. Zuo Zongtang naturally looked down on this "villain" who won the emperor's favor by sacrificing his daughter, and he inevitably wanted to suppress him in his words, this is also Zuo Zongtang's old temper, who has not been sneered at by him by the Ming officials who work with him?

was stabbed by Zuo Zongtang with words. Su Yanfa did not show any displeasure, and obediently changed the latest intelligence report.

"The British are also aggressively scrambling for food in Assam. All of them were transported to the Imphal Fortress for storage, and it seems that they are prepared to hold on to the Imphal Fortress for a long time. In addition, they have forced Strongman workers to build fortifications from all over Assam, and they are also organizing Assam militias. The whole Assam region was in turmoil, and people were panicked. ”

"Inshal's fortress is running low on food?"

Su Yanfa shook his head, "It has always been very sufficient." ”

"Then why do the British still fight for military rations?" Zuo Zongtang asked a question to himself, and then replied to himself, "Do you want to burn it down?" ”

Hearing Zuo Zongtang's analysis, Zhu Jishi's face became solemn. Dali's grain can no longer be counted on before next autumn's harvest, and if Assam has another problem, it will not be able to maintain its strategy against India.

"Don't worry about food, as long as the Ming soldiers arrive, they will definitely be able to raise enough food and grass." Su Yanfa said with a smile, "My people have taken care of it, and let the Assamese keep as much food as possible, and the British can't buy it." It's really not enough, you can also plant some sweet potatoes, and you won't be starved of food for the army. ”

"What if the Anglo-Indian army wreaks havoc in Assam?" Zhu Jishi asked.

"That's not afraid." Su Yanfa replied, "There are tens of millions of people in the whole of Assam, how many can the British and Indian troops kill?" Moreover, the Assamese have a deep hatred with the British and Indians, and the British and Indian troops will kill some of them, and the rest will take refuge in the side of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Yan Fa is also right, now the real destruction of the territory in Upper and Lower Myanmar will not exceed 30%, and the big trouble is the resistance and non-cooperation of the Burmese." Zhu Jishi said with a smile.

Minister of War Shi Dakai reminded: "Your Majesty, King Dali's thoughts are on the front line, and he has not returned to Ava to appease people's hearts. ”

Zuo Zongtang nodded in agreement, "King Dali is bent on learning from King Donghua's achievements, and it is best for the imperial court to send important ministers to assist King Dali." ”

"It doesn't matter if anyone goes," Zhu Jishi glanced at his lips, "The Han and Burmese in Miaoxiang Mountain are hundreds of years and thousands of years of feuds, plus the difficulty of cursing water...... It's not easy for Han and Burma to get along. ”

Not many people in Myanmar knew about the difficulty of cursing water, but in the past ten years, under the impetus of King Mindong, the Burmese Donghu Dynasty betrayed Yongli and formed a mortal enmity with the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Jishi after Yongli wanted to kill all the Burmese people to avenge their ancestors.

"It's easy to build a turf, but it's hard to manage it well." Zuo Zongtang is still stubborn, "You need to have a capable minister to go to Ava to assist King Dali in governing the country." ”

"Who's going?" Zhu Jishi thought for a moment and asked rhetorically, "Except for the characters of the Miaoxiang Plateau, who else knows about the affairs of Dali?" What was the use of the powerful ministers in the court in the past? The affairs of Dali are still left to the four marquis of Miaoxiang. ”

The problem of Dali is actually the conflict between Burma and Han -- of course, most of this "Han" is actually a branch of the Dai people, including the Assamese, Siamese and the inhabitants of the Miaoxiang Plateau. The Dai and Burmese people have been fighting and killing for thousands of years in order to compete for the living space on the Indochina Peninsula, and they have long been a blood feud. Now Zhu Jishi has adopted the policy of sinicizing the Dai people, and naturally he has also taken over the hatred of the Dai and Burmese people. Coupled with the difficulty of spelling water, it is indeed a bit troublesome.

On the issue of how to mediate the "Dai and Burma contradictions", Zhu Jishi's strategy is completely different from that of Zuo Zongtang and some senior cabinet officials, and he will not use the method of fighting 50 boards and mud to be like Zuo Zongtang did in the Northwest Rebellion in history.

Of course, the Burmese are not the Hui of the Northwest, they are not so aggressive. But even if this mud wants to be reconciled, it can only be reconciled by the head snake of Dali. There was no need for the Ming court to force the inhabitants of the Miaoxiang Plateau, which had been following it and had been completely sinicized, for the sake of the Burmese. And they, as the victors, have the right to live in the rich plains of Burma...... This is the key to the Burmese-Han (Dai) struggle in Dali!

"There is no need to say much about Dali's state affairs, the DPRK and China have already made a conclusion, and I Daming can't let the followers suffer no matter what!" Zhu Jishi paused for a moment and looked at Su Yanfa, "Yanfa, you should also prepare, leave for Dali as soon as possible, and then come to the Hot Spring Palace to say goodbye to Pu Yaka before leaving." (To be continued)