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Wu Dunsheng wanted to use Mawlamyine City to drag down the Xia Siamese coalition army, but he once again planned to calculate. Speaking of which, Mawlamyine Castle faces the river on three sides, and is the easiest place to defend and difficult to attack in the eyes of classical military scientists, but after artillery ships became the mainstream of naval warfare, Mawlamyine Castle, which lacked long-range artillery cover, became an out-and-out dead place.

Fortunately, when the Nu River flowed into the Bay of Bengal, it carried a large amount of sediment upstream, and at the same time formed a large number of shoals at the mouth of the sea while impacting out of Birujun Island, which was not suitable for the large ships of the 11th Fleet of the Xia Army's naval division to sail into the shelling, so the task of bombarding the city wall of Mawlamyine fell on the small harbor ships of the southern Burmese town guard and the Junker warship of the southern Burmese Tusi.

"It's, it's spectacular." The sight of the flames spewed from the warship smashing into the thin walls of Mawlamyine caused a burst of earth to collapse, leaving the Siamese who had already set up camp outside the city jaw-dropping. "The Chinese are really rich, how can the cannons on this ship keep firing, this, how much does it cost."

"Is it just money? No, you look closely at the cannons on those ships. Is it that now, the barrels of the cannons are much thicker than our cannons? That's right, these firing cannons are considered heavy artillery in Siam, and they are definitely much more powerful than the cannons we brought. A low-ranking nobleman with the title of Pa Zhao explained to his ignorant companion. Moreover, there were five or six cannons on each ship here, so the number of cannons on these twenty or thirty ships alone was equal to the number of cannons in the whole of Siam combined, and they could be fought farther and more powerful. ”

"Huaxia's strength is really worthy of its name." Siam had quite a few Chinese immigrants, so it was quite normal for the nobility to speak Chinese. "Fortunately, they are not Siam's enemies, otherwise, we really wouldn't even be able to sleep."

"Yes, the Chinese are strong, but they are not willing to shed blood for the Siamese." Another nobleman with the title of Luan sighed. "Therefore, the city of Mawlamyine will eventually be captured by the Siamese themselves."

A few little nobles on the side asked puzzledly, "My lord, what's going on?" ”

The nobleman named Luan Songye replied: "Except for these gunboats on the river, all the Chinese soldiers and horses have gone north. ”

The little nobleman said happily: "It's okay if the Huaxia soldiers and horses are gone, Mawlamyine is ours, and the entire Shangdana sarin is also ours." ”

Luan Songye sighed faintly and explained, "There is nothing difficult if it is just to capture the city of Mawlamyine, after all, the food in the city is limited, and the continuous siege will eventually lead to victory, but don't forget that the local masters are not only the Burmese, but also the Mon. These Mon people are of the same mind as us when they oppose the rule of the Burmese, if they really want Siam to seize the area of Upper Tanah Sarin, then they will become the new enemies of Siam, and only Huaxia can suppress them, so that the Siamese have shed blood, and whether they can get the fruit depends on Huaxia's face??????"

While some Siamese nobles were lamenting the future of their country, the Xia and southern Burmese armies, who had evacuated from the Mawlamyine region, were divided into two routes, respectively at Bago, the ancient capital of Burma, and Da Guang Teng, an important town in Lower Burma.6

The Xia army, which had won the battle again, decided to go north along the Xitang River valley to threaten the old capital of the Taunghu Dynasty, and on the other hand, to march west from Daguang to the lower reaches of the Irrawaddy River, waiting for an opportunity to seize another important town, Bosheng, and join forces with the Arakan army.

The Eastern Route Army, which was dominated by the Shence Army and the Southern Burmese Army, quickly marched northward and successively captured Boyaji, Daiwu, Bindaza, Lianglibin and other places, which caused a great shock to the Ava royal court, forcing the Xia army in the direction of Yunnan to still take advantage of the weakness, and hurriedly dispatched more than 100,000 defense troops from the northern line to the south to rescue the hinterland.

At the same time that the Xia army on the east road played a triumphant song, the action of the ninth division of the Longxiang army on the west road was also very smooth, all the way to capture Yangdong, Banderau, Inma, Jianggong and other places, except for a very small number of Burmese nobles who were still loyal to the Taungoo Dynasty made a negligible resistance, most of the rest of the Burmese lords along the way fled when they heard the news, and even a considerable number of people who were interested in defecting to the Xia army and became an extremely important guide of the Xia army in the Lower Burma region.

Even the monasteries in various places that had been vigorously enshrined by the Taungoo Dynasty in the past issued Buddhist decrees to restrain the people from resisting the Xia army, and in this regard, the Chinese side, which was originally determined to cut off the Burma, naturally gave high courtesy, and announced that they would not take any action against the temples while also announcing that they would continue to recognize the land rights of the temples, which was in sharp contrast to the domestic policy of prohibiting the monasteries from owning land.

"My lord, the Xiyi Merchant House in Shalian has asked to resume business." While the two armies were singing triumphant songs, others who were willing to add icing on the cake also popped up. "They are willing to supply our army with four hundred barrels of gunpowder and no less than twenty tons of rice free of charge."

"Lord Xia, what do you mean?" In order to conquer Burma, the Chinese court specially set up two sets of institutions with overlapping functions and powers, the Burma Metropolitan Protectorate and the Lower Burma Metropolitan Protectorate, so that foreign-related trade can be handled by either the Burmese Metropolitan Protector or the Lower Burma Metropolitan Protector. "I don't accept these foreign requests."

"It is said that these foreign rats sold arms and ordnance to the Burmese army at a low price before, and now they want to lose their sincerity to our DPRK, which is very hateful." Xia Weimin, the protector of Burma, said half-truthfully. "It's just that the imperial court doesn't have a statute prohibiting their trade for the time being, so even if they're lucky."

"yes, then let them get back to business." The Burmese Metropolitan Protector Sangjiean, who was nominally in charge of the war, nodded. "500 barrels of gunpowder and 20 tons of rice are also a great benefit to our army??????"

After receiving the orders of the two lords, the official who delivered the message walked out, and came back with a strange face after a long time: "Two lords, Xiyi petitions to turn the land of Shalian into a free port, just like the example of mud. ”

"Freeport? What is the case? Xia Weimin frowned. It's really an inch, sue them, don't allow it! ”

"Slow!" Sang Jiemin smiled at his colleagues. "Lord Xia, at this time, the war in Burma has not yet ended, but I am afraid that there will be a big war, so we should prevent foreign races from causing trouble, so let's go and tell Yangyi, now there is only a transition, and when we talk about free port, we will wait for the treaty between this dynasty and Burma to be negotiated, and we will discuss it later."

Looking at the little official who led the order, Xia Weimin couldn't help but remind: "Master Sang, I miss Yangyi, I'm afraid that I will ?????? in the future."

Sang Jiemin interrupted: "The official didn't explicitly approve of these Yangyi, but just said that they would discuss it in the future, as for the outcome of the future discussion, do you have to satisfy these Yangyi?" ”

Xia Weimin said: "Master Sang, this is a deception, how can I do something that makes Yangyi criticize, it's inappropriate." ”

"Lord Xia, why bother talking about faith with these Yangyi." Sang Jiemin replied very sternly. "My lord wants to come to be an official in China, and I don't know all kinds of bad deeds of Yangyi, right?"

Xia Weimin was a little stunned: "Do you have a lot of bad deeds in Yangyi?" Then why did the imperial court still exchange trade with it? ”

"There are countless bad deeds of Yangyi, if you have the opportunity to ask the Nanyang merchants in the future, you will naturally know, this official will not say much, but my lord should remember one thing, these people who eat the weak and the strong should not be regarded as people, in other words, they are beasts, and they must be dealt with in the same way as beasts." Sang Jiemin said matter-of-factly. "It is necessary not only to lure them to their advantage, but also to prevent them from backlashing."

Xia Weimin was silent for a long time, then he breathed a sigh of relief, and responded weakly: "Foreign affairs are so complicated, the lower officials can't deal with it, and I'm afraid that in the future, I will have to bother the Metropolitan Protector to deal with these trivial matters." ”

Sang Jiemin smiled dumbly: "Lord Xia pushed it quickly, I'm afraid that there will be some troubles in the Duhu Mansion in the future." ”

"It's all about sharing worries for the court, who does more, who does less, what is there to nag about." Xia Weimin is also a smart person, although he does not plan to get involved in foreign affairs, he also wants to take this opportunity to clarify his rights and responsibilities with the Metropolitan Protectorate of Myanmar. "But then again, what's going on with the big guys in the DPRK and China, I don't have to worry about the dirty relationship between the two divisions."

"What the imperial court thinks, the official doesn't know, but after a detailed discussion, there is not much real overlap between your two divisions, the capital protectorate is in charge of civil affairs and colonization management, and the metropolitan protectorate is in charge of internal and external vassals, but it can also be done to do well water without river water." Sang Jiemin squinted his eyes and looked at Xia Weimin, he was naturally clear about what the other party was planning. "If the Metropolitan Protectorate entrusts the affairs of foreign merchants to the Metropolitan Protectorate, the Metropolitan Protectorate will intervene in the commercial affairs, which is not good. How about the Lordship and the official go to the court together and merge the two governors' yamen into one? ”

"This is a solution, but the court may not agree." The Governor of the Metropolitan Protectorate still has some power, but the powers and responsibilities of the Governor of the Metropolitan Protectorate have been encroached upon by the Metropolitan Protector, so it is unlikely that Wuchang will agree to the merger of the two divisions for the sake of checks and balances. "Why don't you exchange the affairs of the internal domain?"

"Swap?" Sang Kaimin snorted. "Lord Xia, isn't it too early for us to discuss this topic now, after all, Burma has not yet yielded, and the Lower Burma Protectorate has not yet been established."

Sang Jiemin was sarcastic that Xia Weimin stretched out his hand too early, but Xia Weimin was silent about it: "That's right, after all, Mawlamyine hasn't fallen yet, and the Burmese army in the north still has the strength to fight, and now it's really early to say this, but Master Sang, let's talk about it, when the treaty with Myanmar is officially signed, and the Lower Burma Protectorate is also established, let's discuss this matter again." ”

Sang Jiemin, who was drinking tea, was almost choked by the tea leaves, so he had to clear his throat and respond: "There is no problem with this official, but I am afraid that the court will not agree." To tell the truth, if the court knew that you and I were discussing the rights and responsibilities of our subordinates in private, we would have to treat both of us for the crime of trespassing, my lord, laughing. ”

Xia Weimin replied inscrutablely: "Yes, it's a joke, it's a joke??????"