Chapter 409: The Great War of Extermination (Part II)
Qiao Gunai, in Yang Meng's eyes, is just a small person at the bottom, standing in line is his main task, standing on the right side to get promoted and make a fortune, standing on the wrong side and dying in the family.
Sandwiched between Yang Meng and the King of Burma, Qiao Gunai has only one choice, and it is undoubtedly right to choose Yang Meng now, as for the future, it depends on interests, the relationship between countries, there are no likes and dislikes, just interests, if the interests are enough, you can betray the allies, and if the interests are not enough, there is only unyielding.
With Yang Meng's help, more and more barge fleets began to join the ranks of population migration in Lower Burma, which was also said in the past by the Burmese king, only because these barge fleets were the basis for supporting the Burmese king's ambitions.
These fleets brought enough food to support an army of 100,000 for a year to the king of Burma, and Qiao Gunai's leasing of these barges was also of great benefit to the king of Burma, and the population of Burma was not transported to 10,000, there were always thousands of strong men, what are these people, these people are farmers who grow grain, miners who mine, and soldiers who fight.
The Burmese king may not have realized the importance of population before, but now the whole country of Burma is united, if not single-minded, it has to force itself to be united with the country, and the invasion of the Siamese is nothing to the Burmese people, but it can slaughter the people of Myanmar and burn the royal city of Burma, which is the horn of endless death.
For the Siamese people, the Burmese people have never been afraid, the previous Burma-Thai wars, most of the Burmese bullying Siam, this big reversal, many people can't accept it, many Burmese high-level can't accept it, slaughter the people, the Burmese high-level can still accept, but the slaughter of the nobles, the burning of monasteries, the burning of the royal city, is very difficult to accept.
The King of Siam was assassinated. This war was a battle of revenge for Siam. But revenge only aggravates hatred. A war driven by hatred is an irrational war, and what the Siamese did in Burma can be regarded as a good deed compared to what the Burmese did in Siam, after all, the Siamese still let go of the Burmese who fled.
The Burmese army's counterattack on Siam was not like this, but it was only a force of 30,000. Only two teams were divided, one attacking the rear of the palace and the other behind the palace, and when they reached a certain distance, the forward troops would turn around and wipe out all the Siamese villages together with the troops behind the palace.
Although the Burmese army did not attack quickly, the slaughter was clean, except for a few Siamese who fled into the mountains and forests, there were almost no living Siamese people in the places where the Burmese army transited.
Killing and plundering inch by inch. Let the Burmese army also slowly grow, although the Burmese king ordered. Slaughter all Siamese people, but in Siam, there are also ethnic groups of the same origin as Burma, join the army, and help the Burmese army attack Siam, this is the only way for these people to live.
Not only the sturdy men need to join the war, but also the elderly, children, and women must participate in the war, killing enough people to have a chance to join the migration camp.
There is also the credit of Yang Meng, 30,000 Burmese troops, compared to the whole of Siam, is still too little, such a policy is slowly implemented, will allow the attacking Burmese army to continue to expand in size.
Nowadays, people of Burmese nationality can join the army, and as the war continues to expand, people of the Thai nationality will also become a member of the Burmese army.
For the leading Burmese army generals, war merit and wealth are the goals they pursue, once this policy is implemented, the Burmese army generals taste the sweetness, they will naturally compromise, what Burmese, Tai, sometimes, hatred is difficult to match war achievements, wealth.
The addition of Qiao Gunai has undoubtedly accelerated such a pace, and it has become the voice of the Burmese soldiers and the refugees in Burma.
Killing, plundering, although most of the benefits are for the army, but the slightest leakage of the army is enough for these refugees to settle in Upper Burma.
30,000, 50,000, 100,000, 200,000 people, the Burmese army is also slowly changing, from a participant in the massacre to a recipient of wealth, such a change took only a month.
The refugees from Burma, who had planned to leave with a handful of money, were also sucked into Siam by an easy way to make money, killing a few Siamese people who had no resistance, just waiting for food and silver, such a livelihood was too easy.
Chiang Mai, Lampang, and Tak have been lost one after another, in addition to the ruins all over the ground, the Burmese army has left a road dozens of meters wide, and countless people are busy on this road, and Qiao Gu Nai, who sits on the Salween River, is a second-way dealer who sits on the ground.
No matter whose property it is, Qiao Gunai can reach out, cross the river to take a cut, and grab it when he sees good things, not only Siam is chaotic, but the rear of the Burmese army is also quite chaotic, and Qiao Gunai is just the initiator.
A large amount of wealth was transported back, and the high-ranking people of Myanmar also moved their minds, Qiao Gunai was on the west bank of the Salween River, and the Burmese nobles, on the east bank of the Salween River, one east and one west, the two sides tacitly began to distribute the war wealth.
Cash and silver, all Yang Meng's, this is the Burmese king's payment for the purchase of grain, a bribe of a few thousand taels of silver, gold and silver become the same thing, low-priced grain unconsciously becomes high-priced grain.
The thousands of ploughing cattle that Qiao Gunai had sent before were sent back intact, and a large amount of grain plundered by the Burmese army was also packed by Yang Meng on the spot, bought and sold, and sold to the king of Burma like cramps.
Chiang Mai, Lampang, Tak, is just the beginning, the next stop of the Burmese army, is the famous Siamese city of Phitsanulok, and after Phitsanulok, is the entire Chao Phraya River Plain, here is the treasury and granary, 30,000 Burmese army high-level, has long set their sights on the Chao Phraya River Plain, this rich land, as long as the city of Phitsanulok is captured, there is basically a slow valley left in the difficult place, burning the slow valley, is also one of the goals of the Burmese king.
While killing and plundering, even if the army and the people are more than 200,000 people, the Burmese army still eats and drinks without worry, and the mountains, forests and rivers are no longer a natural moat for 200,000 people.
The previous Burmese and Thai wars have never been so cruel, and the massacres were carried out on a large scale, so that the new King of Siam, Rama IV, did not get any news from the Burmese army at all, and the Siamese high-level only knew that the Burmese army had invaded their territory, and they could not detect the massacre and plundering of the Burmese army.
After more than 100,000 people besieged Phitsanulok. The rear of the Burmese army is empty. It was the Siamese who got the opportunity. Got the opportunity to understand the situation of the war, and almost no one survived, which made Rama IV and the top brass of Siam regret it!
But it was too late to regret it, the 50,000-strong army was almost completely wiped out, only a few high-level people were left to break out of the encirclement, and the battle of revenge almost exhausted the elite soldiers of Siam, and it took time to form a new army.
Battle of Phitsanulok. There are still Yang Meng's hands and feet inside, and the solid white city wall is no match for a large amount of fire. Medicine. Although nearly 10,000 people were killed and wounded, the generals of the Burmese army did not care, because the siege of the city was carried away by wealth, and the casualties of the Burmese army were only a few hundred.
After digging a tunnel, there will be an extra gap in the white city wall, and a large number of people will pour into the city of Phitsanulok, the fortified city of Siam, Phitsanulok. In the case of stubborn defense, it only lasted less than three days. This is undoubtedly a pioneering move for the Tatmadaw of the Burmese army.
More than 100,000 people poured into Phitsanulok, most of the ordinary people of Phitsanulok have experienced war, as long as they don't resist, they have a way to live, but this time is different, the Burmese army is here for revenge.
Three days to capture Phitsanulok, the Burmese army took half a month to leave, when the Burmese army left, the army of Minfu was full of 200,000, Phitsanulok disappeared, and 200,000 Minfu began a huge transfer.
The Burmese army pointed south, the king of Siam and the high-level people, they all knew what it meant, Phitsanulok was gone, completely gone.
Another mobilization for war began to sound in Siam, but few people responded, the assassination of the King of Siam, the annihilation of the Siamese revenge army, this blow was enough, and the officials of the King of Siam, the inhumane massacre of the Burmese army, most of the Siamese people did not believe it.
Siam has been fighting with Burma for hundreds of years, and they have never heard of such a thing, and most of the Siamese people think that the king of Siam is not willing to fail and wants to make a comeback!
Sometimes, the people are so easy to fool, the truth is a lie, a lie is the truth, the Burmese army is advancing step by step, and the Siamese army has only recruited less than 30,000, and the Burmese army can even capture Phitsanulok, in the face of these 30,000 people, Siam can only choose to defend.
In order to transfer wealth and food, 150,000 people were mobilized in western Yunnan, but these manpower was still insufficient, there was no river that could go straight to the Salween River, and there was a serious shortage of manpower for transshipment.
"Third master, a bumper harvest! The two thousand five hundred loads of gold and silver have been escorted to Dali by the new army, and the five hundred loads of jade ore are already on the way.
There are countless kinds of wood, but it is difficult to transfer, and we have built several warehouses in Myanmar, which are already full.
The other accounts, which have not yet been liquidated by the stewards, are only preliminary gains. ”
Xu Ziwei, who was full of joy, came over to report the good news, but Yang Meng glanced at him lightly, can you say that?
"Tell the king of Burma and let him help us transport the wood, now he has a lot of people on his side, and he is idle, they gave the wood, and he can't leave it alone! Our grain was delivered to the docks.
If you don't agree, the price of food will increase! If you want to store things in Myanmar, you will think of them and store them over there, and they will be counted as ours or theirs in the future?
And these accounts, don't be too clear, they are all in the food income, don't mark these are robbed, those are Qiao Gunai's tribute, we are just doing serious business, in your account book, there is a certain day and a certain month, where and where to rob the gold and silver, is this a account book?
We are serious businessmen, and this account book can't be done like a mountain king, damn! At the Salween River wharf, robbed three ships of gold and silver, which bastard made the account, did he give Lao Tzu eye medicine? Give him a few lashes and let him know what to do with this account!
Zhiqing, you will also inform you, who will dare to keep accounts like this in the future, Lao Tzu can't spare him, what the hell? I don't know how to change the way, can these things stay in the account books?
Let Yang Fuze deal with it over there, but all the account books with such a record will be redone and changed to anything, don't steal and rob it, is Lao Tzu so bad?
Even if there is, it can't be written for Lao Tzu! ”
The things of the Yang family must not stay in Burma, this war, Myanmar will hone a strong army, and the Burmese king will be poor as pants later, and it is not worth fighting with the Burmese army for some property, but giving up these things is not Yang Meng's character, and blackmailing the Burmese king has become a necessary means.
As for the account books, it was discovered by Wei Fuzi, once chatting with Yang Meng, Wei Fuzi took the account book and laughed at Yang Meng, Yang Meng was also angry when he saw it, the stewards at the bottom were too real, and what things were written in the account books, the account books of the Yang family were stored there every year, and the old accounts of more than ten years could be checked clearly.
"Also, the Siamese side is likely to ask the court for help and mediation during this time, maybe the court will really agree, you have to prepare early.
The movement of England should also be investigated, Siam's first object of help is England, so that the Burmese king is on guard, this Burmese battle, at most, it will hit the Slow Valley, and the Burmese army burned the royal city of Siam, and it is time to retreat.
The next battle situation will be complicated, and we must also be prepared to send troops. We're here to fight, business is just a side hustle, don't let the New Army get too involved in it. ”
The battle between Burma and Thailand cannot last for a long time, and the next battle is difficult to predict, Yang Meng must also be ready to fight, as for making money, although it is important, this is really not the right thing. (To be continued......)