The challenge of attacking India by land has always been logistical. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Although most of the Tusi in northern Myanmar are now subject to the Ming Dynasty and have obtained the status of vassals of the Ming Dynasty, they are equivalent to semi-independent small countries, and they are no longer under the rule of the Gongbang Dynasty. However, northern Myanmar is mostly mountainous, and Yunnan is also a mountainous place bordering with it, although there is a Yunnan Jiaotong Railway connecting Kunming in Yunnan Province and Haiphong Port in Jiaozhou Province, but there is no inch of railway from the west of Kunming, and it is nearly 900 kilometers of mountain road to Xinjie (later Bamo) at the junction of northern Myanmar and Yunnan - the border between Ming and Burma in this era is different from that of later generations, and most of the Kachin State of Myanmar in later generations includes the Jiangxinpo area, the Khamdi area, the Hukang region and the Myitkyina (Myitkyina of later generations) area, All of them are under the jurisdiction of Yunnan Province of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming court also set up a western Yunnan Mansion in the above-mentioned areas, and the administrative office is in Xinjie. The border between Daming and Myanmar on the map is close to New Street. The reason why it is the border line on the map is because Zhu Jishi didn't look at the border line or anything when he accepted the submission of Tusi in northern Myanmar.

The vast area, which includes the upper reaches of the Irrawaddy River and the Myahang Plateau (Shan State Plateau), was all under the control of the Ming vassals, and even Mei Miao, 50 kilometers east of Mandalay, the capital of the Kingdom of Burma, was now under the combined control of the Yang, Luo, Zhang, and Duan Tusi of the Ming Dynasty. These four Tusi all claimed to be descendants of the remnants of the former Ming Zhaozong (Yongli) Emperor, and soon after the Ming Dynasty recovered Yunnan, they sent people to Yingtian to claim their vassals, and they all received the title of earl and some weapons and ammunition. Zhu Jishi also pointed out that (1) (book) read (novel) YBDU shows that these four families married each other, formed a whole, and worked hard together on the Miaoxiang Plateau. After nearly 20 years of development. These four toasts have basically controlled the entire Myoka Plateau. The title was also promoted to the marquis, known as the "Four Marquis of Miaoxiang". Now Zhu Jishi doesn't need to dispatch the army of the Ming Dynasty to take Mandalay, he only needs to give a decree to the "Four Marquis of Miaoxiang", and at most one month, the capital of the Gongbang Dynasty will change hands.

However, taking Mandalay does not mean that you can go straight to Imphal, because there are still 580 kilometres to go from Mandalay to Imphal. Although the terrain was mostly flat, there were no railways available, so the logistics of the army were problematic - there were no trucks powered by internal combustion engines. Only horse-drawn vehicles can be used to carry logistical supplies. And the people and the horses themselves also need to consume a lot of supplies. And the 580-kilometer logistics and transportation line will take almost a month to walk, and it will take two months to go back and forth! I'm afraid that more than half of the supplies will be consumed on the way. And this is only the logistics line from Mandalay to Imphal, if you count Kunming to Imphal in Yunnan, it is 17,800 kilometers away! If only a few tens of thousands of lightly armed (without heavy artillery) troops were dispatched, it might be possible to maintain logistical supplies with the support of the four marquis of Yunxi and Miaoxiang, at least food could be raised locally, and only weapons and ammunition needed to be transported. However, if the number of troops sent is increased to hundreds of thousands, it may not be easy to raise food on the spot, and the supply of ammunition will also become a nightmare for the logistics department of the Ming army.

The British deployed another 50,000 heavy troops in the fortress of Imphal. After many years of painstaking operation, I am afraid that it is not something that can be captured by lightly armed troops of tens of thousands of people.

"Has my father ever heard of the kingdom of Assam?" Zhu Guoxiong, however, is confident in seizing Imphal. smiled and asked Zhu Jishidao.

"I've heard that it's a small state conquered by the British in the early years, and the Imphal fortress isn't there."

Zhu Guoxiong said with a smile: "Does my father know that this person from the Assamese Kingdom is actually my descendant of Huaxia?" ”

Zhu Jishi was stunned, "Won't it?" ”

"It is true that the appearance of this Assam man is not like that of India, but of the people of China. According to their domestic records, they moved from the Central Plains to the Assam region around the time of the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty. At the earliest, it was called Donghui Kingdom, which was recorded in Tang Seng's "Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty". It is estimated that they are either the princes of Zhou Tianzi or the descendants of Chengtang. It is also one of the summers, but it has been sunk for a long time. ”

Zhu Guoxiong is mostly talking nonsense, Donghui Kingdom exists, and the founding time of the People's Republic of China is indeed similar to that of the Western Zhou Dynasty. But it is unlikely that Zhou Tianzi sealed it, after all, the Assam region is too far away from the Central Plains. This Donghui Kingdom Dingtian can have a little to do with the ancient Shu kingdom - but the ancient Shu country has been canonized by Zhou Tianzi.

"Was it sealed by the Zhou Dynasty?" Zhu Jishi nodded, "This is possible, Zhou Tianzi's method of dividing the princes is similar to me, and the method of Xia Jun and the people is implemented." It's a pity that it was misunderstood by later dynasties and failed to take its essence to expand the territory of our Chinese nation. Fortunately, I practiced this method again and established the Wuhua Zhuxia system. ”

This is indeed good, the princes and disciples were sealed outside the core territory of Chinese civilization to establish a country, in history, except for Ji Fa, that is, Zhu Jishi, who did this...... In fact, the basic plate of Chinese civilization was laid by these vassal states of Zhou Tianzi's great feudals. It is a pity that all dynasties and dynasties since the Qin Dynasty only saw the shortcomings of dividing the feudal princes and kings that were easy to cause infighting, but forgot the role of "Xia Jun Yimin" in the process of expansion. Even if there were several feudals, they all sealed the vassal states in the Central Plains to cause chaos, and few dynasties were willing to let the kings go to the wilderness to endure hardship.

It wasn't until Zhu Jishi restored the Ming Dynasty that he re-offered this trick and came up with the expansion system of Wuhua Zhuxia. In the early years, there was a big debate in the Ming Dynasty on this policy of "dividing the princes and kings", and opponents cited the "Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms" and the "Rebellion of the Eight Kings" as two examples. However, the supporters took out the golden signboard of the Zhou Dynasty and shook it -- packaging Zhu Jishi's Wuhua Zhuxia into the ancient system left by Zhou Tianzi, and the opposition immediately disappeared into invisibility, and in the eyes of ordinary Chinese Confucian scholars, it is always good to hook up with the Zhou Dynasty.

"But Zhou Tianzi's country is too long, and his people shouldn't have much Chinese blood, right?" Zhu Jishi was a little skeptical.

Zhu Guoxiong smiled slightly, twisting his beard that had just grown up, "Actually, what's the matter if the Chinese blood is weak?" As long as the royal family and ministers of the Assam Kingdom want to follow my Daming. ”

Zhu Jishi snorted: "You have always been in charge of India's affairs, is there a royal family of Assam who has come over and wants us to pay for and shoot to help restore the country?" You can just look at it, but don't give them too much preferential treatment because they claim to be descendants of China. As for the post of commander-in-chief of the Southern Army, I will take it personally for the time being, and I will hand it over to you when you take Imphal. ”

Hengzhi is a small country, Zhu Jishi doesn't think that he can rely on them to take down the Imphal fortress, and what about taking Imphal? There are more than 800 kilometers from Imphal to Kolkata, and there is a very wide Jamuna River in between.

Zhu Guoxiong said: "Father, the sons think that this Assamese kingdom is very usable, and they should be regarded as a member of Zhuxia and greatly supported, so that the Assamese people can be regarded as Han people, and let them build Donghui Kingdom in northeast India." With their help, we will be able to cross the Naga Hills with a small number of elite troops, go around behind the Imphal fortress, and cut off the communication between Imphal and Bengal. In this way, tens of thousands of British and Indian troops will be lost, and the Imphal fortress will be self-defeating. And Imphal has vested, and Northeast India will inevitably be in chaos. ”

I don't know if it will be chaotic, but if those Assamese people are really reliable, the Imphal fortress may be able to be defeated. It's just that a large part of the northeast of India is handed over to this Assamese kingdom, isn't it too generous? In this battle, tens of thousands of Ming troops must be dispatched to fight hard for several months, right?

"Xiong'er, is this Assam royal family reliable?" Zhu Jishi pondered and asked, "Now that they are dead, do they still have the strength to help us get Imphal?" In addition, Imphal and Assam are the key points that threaten India from the land, so is it really proper for the Assamese royal family to control them? I vaguely remember that there was a battle of Luchuan in the Yingzong Dynasty, and it has anything to do with this Assam royal family? ”

Zhu Guoxiong stood behind Zhu Jishi and said with a smile: "Although the Kingdom of Assam has been in ruins for many years, its monarchs and vassals are all trying to recover, and now they have contacted their sons and daughters through the Indian Confederation Congress Party. She also sent the mother of the future king of the kingdom of Assam. ”

"The future mother of kings?" Zhu Jishi was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Then who is the father of the future king?" (To be continued......)