711 Dingxi
Otto? In a letter to the Philippine Overseer, Mr. Braun conveyed his goodwill and informed the peace-praying Overseer that the Ming would spend the next fifty years fighting the Mohists in the northwest in order to regain Mongol territory.
The news excited Sabiniano for a long time, until he could not wait for a ship from New Spain across the Pacific Ocean to the Far East.
Although the sea is vast, there are not as many navigable passages as one might think. The most familiar route to the Far East is from Africa through the Indian Ocean and across the Strait of Malacca into the South Sea. However, on this route, the ports on the east and west coasts of Africa were under the control of the Portuguese, and the newly rising maritime countries such as Britain and France actively laid out Indian ports...... Unfortunately, these countries were all enemies of the Spaniards.
If the Spanish fleet did not want to be hunted down by "pirates" along the way, it was necessary to open a new route. The route was across the Pacific Ocean, from Mexico to Asia.
There are no enemy pirates or navies on this route, so it is relatively safe. However, the disadvantages are also significant, there are not enough supply ports. This means that the volume of cargo carried by the fleet will be limited, and it will be easy to lose news after the fleet leaves the port.
This was the case now, and Sabiniano had no idea whether it was a problem on the part of New Spain that did not send a fleet, or if the fleet had suffered an accident during the voyage.
If it's an accident, is it because of weather or hydrology? Or is there a new pirate force in the east?
The Spanish fleet had to pass through the waters of Japan and Taiwan, both of which could be plundered.
"It's impossible not to escape even a ship." Sabiniano was full of uneasiness: "Even if the Ming government privateers our fleet, it is impossible to blockade the entire ocean. ”
The sea is so vast that there are no walls, and it is indeed difficult to do it perfectly.
It's just that Sabiniano underestimated the Ming Empire's preparation for the scale of the war.
The Ming Dynasty was based in Japan, Taiwan, and Australia to widely distribute reconnaissance ships. Day and night search for the location of the Spanish fleet. Even all the fishermen's fishing boats were told to report to the nearest Maritime Inspection Division if they found a Tessie boat. Once verified, the fishermen were able to receive one percent of the loot.
A share of the Spanish sea-going vessels laden with gold and silver was enough to make the fishermen no longer have to fish.
And this qiē, the Spaniards are completely unaware. Still sailing on a steady course is like a big fish thrown into a fishing net.
"You are pirates! You deserve to be hanged! ”
Sabiniano could not hear the cries of the captured captains, which could only linger in the tunnels of some mine.
The Ming Dynasty and Spain are already at war.
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"In this war, the Ming Dynasty will dispatch 100,000 land troops and four fleets to land in Luzon, completely making Xiyi pay the price of slaughtering the Chinese people." Zhu Cihong sat on the dragon chair in the Imperial Palace, wearing a crown. Dressed in the dragon robe of the sun and the moon, His Majesty is a tall and mighty Han general, and the one standing in the middle is the vassal kings of the countries.
On the New Year's Day of the seventh year of Longjing, King Nalai of Siam, King Li Hui of Korea, Mori Tsunahiro of Japan, and the kings of Mongolia and France all came to Beijing for pilgrimage. Among them, Li Hui of the Korean State is involuntarily; The Mongolian vassals were willing to come to the Ming Dynasty to have fun because they had indeed tasted the sweetness; Maori Tsunahiro wants to see the strength of the Ming Dynasty with his own eyes, and also lays confidence for the upcoming battle of the fall.
The king of Siam was because of acquaintance. Before the Ming Emperor issued an edict to Siam and Chenla. He asked the king to go to Beijing to discuss the conquest of Burma. As a result, there was a lack of interest between the two countries, and Siam was quite sleek. did not directly refuse, deducing that the new king was on the throne and the country was unstable, and asked for a grace period.
As for King Zhenla, who spoke quite politely, he had already been captured by the Southwest Group Army led by Luo Yukun.
From the sixth year of Longjing, the water and land Zhenla were unified again. However, this time, Shui Chenla (Cambodia) was subsumed into Laos-Lu Chenla-Xuanwei Division, which was a territory under the Ming Dynasty. In this way, Siam was completely surrounded by Laos and faced the Ming army. The king of Siam could only secretly arrange an heir and come to Beijing with the Ming army. Hajj Face.
"You may think I'm exaggerating." Zhu Cihong's voice was cold: "You can calculate it yourself." The three armies of the Southwest Group Army will be transferred to participate in the war, and in addition, the border guards and inspection departments of Fujian and Guangdong provinces will respond to the situation, and the number of people who will actually participate in the war will far exceed 100,000! Xiyi is in a catastrophe this time, and you don't have to worry that the Ming national strength will be damaged by this battle. ”
After listening to the whispered translation of the general matter, which of the kings did not have palpitations? In addition to the Maori Gangguang. In his opinion, it was a waste to mobilize troops to fight the Southern Barbarians. If there are 100,000 people, it is enough to fall the curtain successfully. It's a pity that he, as a foreign vassal, can't express his opinion in this sacred place, and Honglu Temple refuses to convey the holy hearing, so he can only continue to endure.
"I won't relax in other directions." Zhu Cihong's eyes fell on the Mongolian vassal kings and the French kings, and soon fell on the king of Thailand, who had been clasping his hands together, and said: "The west is still the top priority of the Ming Dynasty. And I can say with certainty that at the end of the seventh year of Longjing, there will be no more Burma, a rebellious country. ”
After listening to the translation, the King of Siam's heart sank.
The three main armies of the Ming army in the southwest must all be transferred, so who will be handed over to the attack on Burma? By Siam himself?
Even if the King of Siam did not know that in another time and space, Burma would end his Ayutthaya dynasty, he always knew the gap between the two countries now.
After all, Myanmar is still stronger than Siam.
It's just that King Nalai doesn't know that Daming still has a group of people who have not yet been publicly established.
Zhang Xianzhong's Xiying.
In the six years of Longjing, Jinyiwei's greatest achievement in the southwest was the successful assassination of Zhang Xianzhong, and the rebellion against Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi.
This major incident occurred in October of the sixth year of Longjing, and has not yet been officially disclosed to the public. The established propaganda tone is that Zhang Xianzhong contracted the disease and died, and then created two "great victories" of the Dian army, and Shun Lì recruited Li Dingguo and others.
Xiying has been active in Yunnan and Burma for nearly ten years, and is not only familiar with the terrain, but many of them have even intermarried with the locals and given birth to children. And Li Dingguo, one of the four kings, has the prestige of "two famous kings, the world shakes" in the original historical time and space, which is enough to be reused.
The world only thinks that Gu Junen and Liu Zongmin are unwilling to send troops to Myanmar in order to raise thieves for self-respect, but they don't know the horror of the deep mountains and old forests. Even when the Western Battalion first entered Burma, the non-combat attrition was very heavy. And Zhu Cihong was able to acquiesce in Xiying's rejuvenation in Burma, and he took a fancy to Li Dingguo, who was very famous and able to fight.
In contrast, Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi are just an addition.
And Li Dingguo was able to be loyal to Emperor Yongli and continue the national honor when almost the whole country was lost, which shows that it is not impossible to persuade him to abandon the dark and turn to the light.
Now these people are the real main force attacking Burma.
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"Now that Zhao An is an official, he will no longer be a thief!" Li Dingguo held the official uniform and seal of the Ming Dynasty, and was still a little sad when he thought of Zhang Xianzhong.
He is a native of Shaanxi, and was accepted as a righteous son by Zhang Xianzhong since he was a child, and has lived for most of his life under the name of "Zhang Dingguo", and has no feelings for the surname "Li". He really had doubts about Zhang Xianzhong's "death", but the other three kings were conclusive, and Zhang Xianzhong's body had been buried before he rushed back to the camp, and he couldn't ask for an autopsy.
Sun Kewang is the breakthrough opened by Jinyiwei, but the price code is unexpectedly low: 500 acres of fertile land in Hetao, the past is not to blame, the father and son are exempted from capital crimes other than the ten heinous felonies, and a civil lord will die old.
After listening to Li Dingguo's words, Sun Kewang said: "This is also the destiny of heaven, as long as there is a place to settle down, who always thinks about rebellion." ”
Li Dingguo sighed and returned to his residence with heavy steps.
Three months later, the training officers at all levels were in place, and the Onishi Imperial Camp officially became history, and it was reorganized into the Burma Expeditionary Force, with the first commander being Li Dingguo and the deputy commander Ai Nengqi. However, Sun Kewang and Liu Wenxiu boarded the carriage to return to their hometown in northern Shaanxi, changed their names and surnames, and became local kind squires.
At this moment, Li Dingguo seemed to understand something, but it was too late after all.
In March of the 7th year of Longjing, the Burmese Expeditionary Force set out from the northeast to attack the capital city of Ava (Mandalay).
A month later, Siam sent 20,000 troops and 3,000 elephant soldiers to attack Burma from the southwest.
Li Dingguo led his army to occupy the entire princely state of Burma, culminating in the Rakhine Mountains.
On the other side of the Rakhine Mountains is the now thriving Mughal Empire.
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"Lao Tzu is dizzy! At the beginning, Lao Tzu was sent to Yunnan to ask for the sacrifice thief! Now the thief has become a general! Lao Tzu was inexplicably transferred away! Luo Yukun led three armies, and they did not all board the ship from Jiaozhi.
In fact, only one division boarded the ship from Cochin to Luzon, and the other troops walked around the bay and went south to destroy the Sultan of Manraka and completely control the Strait of Malacca.
There will never be Malaysia and Singapore again.
"When we finish fighting Luzon, we will definitely go back to the southwest." Zhu Jiajun persuaded: "How can Your Majesty allow the remnants of the Western Thieves to occupy the side of the granary of the world? ”
Luo Yukun was a little angry.
Chen Chong said on the side: "Whether we go back to the southwest or not, as Ming generals, we shouldn't complain, and we should listen to where we should go to fight." ”
Luo Yukun just raised his descending qi and scolded: "Where did I complain!" You eggless dead eunuch will put on Lao Tzu's head! ”
Chen Chong has been used to being scolded by him for more than ten years, and he is not angry, so he put on an unprovoked appearance and said: "Okay, good, you didn't complain, you just complained!" ”
"Right!" After Luo Yukun finished speaking, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and quickly shook his head and said, "Lao Tzu didn't complain either!" What do you say about Xiao Mo's poem? He thought about it sideways, didn't think about it, and waved his hand resolutely: "Anyway, it's tired and tired, bitter and bitter, after all, our loyalty has never been reduced by half a point!" ”
"That's great." Chen Chong said with a sharp voice. (To be continued......)