The lion fights the rabbit, and will do his best. From the Central Plains to Liaodong, the Ming army launched an all-round attack, but the focus was still on Shandong. As long as the Jingshi is the important place that the Manchu Qing have to defend at present, they can force the Qing army to carry out a strategic decisive battle, so as to completely establish the victory in the north. As for Liaodong, the retreat of the Manchus only meant the lingering of the separatist forces in one place. With a corner of the enemy, the bandit group will collapse and perish.

Of course, if we look at the problem from Zhu Yongxing's vision and height, only by completely defeating the Manchus and recovering Liaodong can it be regarded as the final victory. Starting from this purpose, it does not have to be limited to any battlefield, as long as the banner of the Ming Dynasty has not been planted, the battle can be carried out.

And taking advantage of the weakness of Liaodong to recover a larger territory and obtain a more solid foundation, from the perspective of the shape of the entire national war, it is also a good move. Because this is different from ordinary national wars, there can be room for negotiation and truce. This is an invincible war, and it is a fight to the death that will never stop until one side completely surrenders or destroys it.

Hundreds of thousands of troops fought in the Central Plains and in the black soil of Liaodong, and the rise of the Ming army in Yunnan Province did not stop, and caused drastic changes in the Burmese royal family.

After the Ming army led by Pingshuo Hou He Jiuyi broke through the Burma Pass, it originally wanted to put pressure on Burma, wait and see what happens, and make the Burmese side submit without a fight, and send out the Yongli monarchs. But things didn't turn out the way he thought they would.

First of all, the Burmese side, which gathered tens of thousands of troops in Manmo, prepared to counterattack and seize the pass; The second is a few Tusi close to the Yunnan-Burma border, such as the Long, Dao, Zuo, etc., the desire to seize the land is extremely strong, and at the request of the imperial court, a coalition army was organized for He Jiuyi to drive, in order to make up for the lack of Ming troops on the Yunnan-Burma border. Seeing that the Ming army broke through the Burma Pass. Several Tusi tried their best to ask for war, and wanted to go deep into the Burmese border to plunder wealth and land. Even the Mengshan Khat people heard the news and said that they would send 3,000 elite soldiers into Burma to participate in the war to avenge the oppression of the Burmese people back then.

The coalition army composed of these native soldiers was no longer a ragtag army with pike darts and bamboo bows, and Zhu Yongxing bought and sold arms and provided instructors for training. He earned money from the toasts and an army of musket-like bandits. Although it lacks heavy weapons such as artillery, such a force full of desire to loot is obviously a nightmare for a weak country near a small country.

The effect of this is obvious, the Ming army stationed in Annam, the Mehe River and other places is not large, but the coalition army composed of these Tusi has already seized a large area of land in the small country of Nanzhang, and cooperated with the Ming army to effectively deter the Zheng clan in Annam.

In the face of the Turkish coalition and the counterattack of the Burmese. He Jiuyi could only attack with all his might. Thus, a fierce but not tragic battle began, and the result can be imagined. The flintlock pistol defeated the arquebus, the bullets and artillery bombardment crushed the war elephants, and the Burmese were defeated again, being chased for dozens of miles and leaving countless corpses.

More than 20,000 native soldiers refused to give up, and the Tusi worked hard to supervise and kill. It was not until the occupation of Manmo (now the Bhamo region of Burma) that it stopped for a while. At this time, it can be regarded as the restoration of the old place where the pacification division was placed in the north of Mengmi in the thirteenth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty. Other words. From the point of view of historical origins, such an occupation can be called a reconquista.

It was originally a military action of shock and demonstration, but it seems to have a tendency to become bigger and bigger. He Jiuyi knew that in the case of the national war, the material and manpower support he received would be very limited, and he was worried that it would be self-defeating and would harm the lives of Yongli monarchs and ministers. Of course. For the new monarch Zhu Yongxing, it seems to be more beneficial to him that Yongli is finished, but this cannot be put on the surface.

In view of this situation, He Jiuyi hurriedly went to the court and stated the current situation. Please advise on how to deal with it.

The imperial court quickly sent an envoy, and Zheng Zhaoren, who had stayed in Burma for a long time and knew the situation in Myanmar very well, was now the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of State Security. Such a high-ranking official will undoubtedly take on all the responsibilities, and He Jiuyi's originally somewhat apprehensive heart suddenly relaxed.

"Banzai estimates that Burma's military strength is weak, but this is obviously beyond Banzai's expectations." Zheng Zhaoren, as an envoy, first explained Zhu Yongxing's small mistake to He Jiuyi, that is to say, the responsibility for the loss of control of this operation will not be borne by He Jiuyi, and the blame can only be blamed on the Burmese people for being too careless.

In fact, after the reunification of Burma and the establishment of the Taungoo Dynasty, Burma was exhausted by repeated wars with the powerful Tai kingdom of Ayutthaya (Ayutthaya Kingdom) and two major battles with the Ming army during the Wanli period. Even the former capital city of Bago was occupied by the Akha in 1599 and forced to move the capital to Ava. In other words, the Taungoo Kingdom, as the central power, had declined, and the Shan feudal lords in northern Burma had always been unsubmissive, thinking of restoring the old Ava Kingdom. There are also the Mon people, who do not forget the old country of Arakan, and are very dissatisfied with the Burmese Mang clan as king.

Under such circumstances, it is unlikely that Burma will be able to withstand the Ming army, which is moving closer to modernization. Zhu Yongxing was not wrong to make such a judgment, but it was a bit unexpected that the Ming army could achieve such great results. However, he is not the kind of person who blames others, or is not responsible, foreign wars, fighting well is good, although it is not in line with the original intention, but he will not blame He Jiuyi for this.

"Some officials built a holy spirit to follow the seven captures of Meng and withdraw from the occupied Burmese territory to feel his heart." Zheng Zhaoren's face floated with contempt and disdain, "The saint said: Although Meng Shu is a foreign race, he is my Chinese people, and he can feel his heart with grace and righteousness. Myanmar is an enemy country, so how can it retreat without a fight and be discouraged by itself? The situation is also my Ming territory, the Burmese took advantage of the situation to occupy it, and now they have recovered the lost land, and the name is justified, how can they give it lightly? ”

"Long live the Holy Wisdom." He Jiuyi hurriedly arched his hand to the north and said: "The Burmese people bully the weak and fear the hard, and they are cunning and abnormal, and they cannot be subdued unless they are deterred by military might. As for righteousness, I am afraid that it does not apply at this time. ”

"What Pingshuo Hou said is reasonable." Zheng Zhaoren smiled slightly, and pointed on the map spread out on the table, "In addition to Manmo, there are also Mengyang, Mubang, Mengmi and other toasts who have also submitted to my Daming, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is my Daming." Banzai once said that 'whoever occupies owns it', so even if you grab more territory, it can be said that you have regained lost territory. ”

"The Holy One is going to use troops against Burma?" He Jiuyi was a little surprised.

"Then it depends on the attitude of the Burmese people." Zheng Zhaoren pursed the corners of his mouth slightly, as if he was sneering, "In fact, we don't need our army to increase our troops again, as long as we can successfully win over the Shan, then northern Myanmar will be in chaos." Well, does Master Hou know about the fact that he made the total Gao Guochun famous in the Wanli year? ”

He Jiuyi nodded, he really knew about this, the Ming Dynasty led 500 people to break through tens of thousands of Burmese troops in one fell swoop, and destroyed six Burmese army camps one after another. Zheng Zhaoren's mention of this matter also means that in the war against Burma, there is no need to worry too much and do his best. (To be continued......)