Myanmar, eyebrow seedlings. Pen, fun, and pavilion www.biquge.info is not right, it should be the Kingdom of Dali, Meimiao Mansion. Because of the difficulty of spelling water in history, the name of the Kingdom of Myanmar was abolished forever by the Ming Emperor Zhu Jishi in the spring of the 29th year of Guangfu! The land that originally belonged to the Kingdom of Burma (including the Miaoxiang Plateau but excluding the western Yunnan Province) will all belong to the newly established Dali Kingdom, with Zhu Guowei, the son of Zhu Jishi, as the king. The land of Lower Burma will be divided into three, of which the lower reaches of the Irrawaddy River (Yangon) will belong to the Kingdom of Dali; Tanah Salin (located on the Kra Isthmus on the border with Siam) would become a principality subordinate to the Ming Dynasty, with another son of Zhu Jishi to serve as Grand Duke; The Kingdom of Arakan (later Rakhine State) would also become a Grand Duchy, and the Grand Duke would come from the Zheng dynasty of Siam as a reward for Siam's strong support of the war - originally the Kingdom of Siam hoped to get Tanah Sarin, but the Ming Crown Prince Zhu Guoxiong was worried that Siam would become bigger, so he paid for the Grand Duchy of Arakan, which did not border Siam.

Although the Grand Duchy of Arakan did not share a border with Siam and was not as wealthy as Tanah Salim, the Siamese king Zheng Long (historically Rama V) was very satisfied. On the day that Zhu Guoxiong, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, led the headquarters of the Southwest Front Army to Hong Kong, he had already commanded his Siamese Guards Corps as the vanguard of the 7th Army of the 6th Army of the Ming Dynasty, and crossed the Ta Nin Thanong Mountain, which was already under the control of the Kingdom of Siam, the gateway to Mawlamyine, the eastern important town of British Burma.

At the same time, the king of Dali, Zhu Guowei, an 18-year-old student of the Ming Royal 6th Army Military Academy, was also escorted by Lieutenant General Liu Yongfu, chief of the general staff of the 6th Army of Dali, and the 54th Mountain Division of the Ming Army, arrived at Meimiaofu City, which was already under the jurisdiction of the Dali Kingdom.

Although it is only 5o kilometers away from Mandalay, the royal city of Myanmar, this city of Meimiao is low and dilapidated. The only imposing mansion in the city is the palace of King Mindong, the king of the Gongbang Dynasty. Now the flag of the sun and moon and the swastika flag of the Dali Kingdom have been raised here - not in the sense of the Nazis, but in the symbol of Buddhism. Myanmar is a Buddhist country, and the ancient country of Dali is a combination of Confucianism and Buddhism, Zhu Guowei was influenced by his mother Concubine Zheng, and also believed in Buddhism since childhood, and now he is a king who naturally worships Buddha in Dali, so even the national flag has chosen the Buddhist swastika of Buddhism. In addition, Confucianism is also the national culture of the newly established Dali State.

According to Zhu Guoxiong, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty who formulated the policy of governing the kingdom of Dali, the Dali Kingdom will implement the national policy of "governing the country with Confucianism, governing the heart with Buddhism, and interpreting Confucianism". By the way, the "simultaneous use of Confucianism" was actually not Zhu Guoxiongming's, it was a policy made by Zhu Jishi, but it was not used for Wuhua and Japan, Korea, and Ryukyu, which were completely integrated into China, and of course it could not be used for the Taiping Kingdom and the Western Qing Dynasty. Rather, it was dedicated to the "Zhuxia Kingdoms" such as Siam, Dali, Arakan, Tanah Salin, Donghui, Jida, and the Philippines, which had not yet entered China to a very high degree, and the Ming Empire practiced attacking cities with guns and cannons in order to relieve Confucianism and attack the heart.

In the small city of Meimiaofu, there is only one decent street, and at this time the streets are marching with large groups of troops, all of whom are men and horses of the "Miaoxiang Four Marquis", wearing green military uniforms that are more conducive to jungle warfare, carrying old-fashioned Jason-style rifles, and mules and horses pulling 75mm caliber mountain guns, rumbling through the streets, grinding out two deep ditches on the ground. From officers to soldiers, they all walked profusely, but they did not stop at all. The dark green procession stretched from one end of the city to the other, as if there was no end.

The direction of this army was Mandalay, 5o kilometers away, where the historical Yongli monarch was imprisoned - and now the cheap descendants of the Yongli Emperor are going to use cannons and bayonets to avenge the former Ming Zhaozong Emperor.

The young king of Dali, who was also dressed in military uniform at this time, stood on a high ground on the left side of the road outside the city. Holding a telescope and looking to the west, he was accompanied by Lieutenant General Liu Yongfu and a staff officer carrying a picture bag -- all of them were uncles in their thirties, and they were the elites of the officer training system after the restoration of the Ming Dynasty after more than 10 years of rigorous training and 10 years of military service, and of course they were very reliable professional officers.

At this time, there were also rumors passing by from time to time, and the staff officers reported loudly, and the staff officers wrote and drew on the map to mark the timely information.

Before Zhu Guoxiong left for Hong Kong, he issued an order to "destroy Burma" in Nanjing, without the slightest delay. Before Zhu Guowei and Liu Yongfu arrived at Meimiao, the 3oooo militia commanded by the four marquis of Miaoxiang formed the first army of the 6th Army of the Dali Kingdom, and most of them were ready for battle except for a few troops left behind in Meimiao. Moreover, in the previous years, the four marquis of Miaoxiang had been stockpiling military rations and ammunition under their control, which was now enough to support a big war. Therefore, Zhu Guowei and Liu Yongfu did not hesitate after arriving, and immediately drove the army to Mandalay, which was heavily guarded by the Burmese king's ** team, and also telegraphed the main force of the 18th Mountain Army in Yunxi Province on the northern line, asking them to march along the west bank of the Irrawaddy River as soon as possible, and if possible, they would also divide their troops to outflank the road west of Ava City and cut off the road for the Awa defenders to flee west to Imphal.

A staff officer received the latest information and reported loudly to Zhu Guowei and Liu Yongfu: "Your Excellency, Commander, the vanguard has been in contact with the Burmese army...... Now the vanguard has taken Aniscan and is waiting for the arrival of the army! ”

The young Zhu Guowei, who didn't even have a few beards on his mouth, couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and looked back at Liu Yongfu, "General Liu, you won the first battle!" Looks like we'll be able to spend the night at Mandalay Palace in Ava City tomorrow night! ”

Liu Yongfu wiped the sweat from his forehead, shook his head with a smile, "Your Highness, Ava City is not so easy to fight, it is the capital of the Gongbang Dynasty, and it is also the capital of the so-called Indochina Federation, which is not only guarded by the Burmese army, but also guarded by the exiled Annam army...... The combat effectiveness of those Annan troops is not weak, and they have a deep blood feud with us. Maybe there will be a bitter battle, and the army of Dali may not be able to defeat it, so let's wait for the 54th Mountain Division to go up. ”

The 54th Mountain Division is a division under the 18th Mountain Army, stationed in Yunnan for a long time, proficient in mountain warfare and jungle warfare, Liu Yongfu himself was the commander of the 18th Mountain Army before serving as the chief of the general staff of the 6th Army in Dali. For his old troops, Liu Yongfu is still very sure, as long as he does not encounter more than one and a half times the number of serious British troops, the 18th Mountain Army in the entire Burma can go sideways!

"Then give Luo Hou (Miaoxiang Four Marquis, Guoyi Hou Luo Ange) an order, and let him get as close as possible to Ava City to occupy the offensive position?"

Liu Yongfu frowned slightly, he was very helpless about the fingers of this king who had not even graduated from a military school. This is probably an adverse reaction of Jujuan after he showed his power in North America, right? This younger brother of King Juan also seems to think that he has the same military talent as his brother.

"Alright, just do as the king commands." Liu Yongfu still didn't dare to go against the king's wishes, so after thinking about it, he decided to do it.

"If you don't let Guo Yihou try to fight, maybe King Mindong is already a frightened bird, just waiting to slip away." Zhu Guowei then said, "King Mindong has been attacked on three sides, and it is impossible to go south to Yangon, it is more than 63o kilometers from Ava to Yangon, and it will not be able to go for 2o days, and Zheng Long's Siamese Guards may be able to hit the city of Yangon in 1o days." Now Mindong's only way to retreat is to flee west, but if you don't hurry up, I'm afraid it will cut off the back road for the 18th Army! So it is likely that the Burmese are ready to flee, and if we attack at all, they will be killed, and Awa will be able to take it lightly. ”

There is some truth in Zhu Guowei's analysis. Liu Yongfu thought to himself that now that Zheng Long had led his army over the Thani Ta Ong Mountain, he would soon occupy Mawlamyine, and then attack Rangoon to cut off the Burmese army's way to the south by sea. And the 18th Army should also be down the river and begin to threaten the west of Ava. In this case, it is indeed possible that King Mindong and the tin robe of Ava would flee without a fight. However, the use of soldiers to fight a war should always be based on calmness, and it is better to use less risky and radical strategies, and the military science of this king of Dali is obviously a little presumptuous. r1152