Chapter 403: Stalemate
Whether it is to support the King of Burma or to support Qiao Gunai, these Yang Meng are willing to do it, but supporting the people of Annan is what Yang Meng is extremely unwilling to do, ungrateful and ungrateful, this is Annan's consistent performance.
To support Xishan's rebellion, in fact, 20,000 or 30,000 people of ordnance are enough, Yang Meng opened his mouth to be 100,000, in addition to dragging down the footsteps of France, the most important thing is to increase the ambition of Xishan's remnants.
In the past few hundred years, whether it is the Ming and Qing dynasties or later generations, they have not helped Annan, but Annan people have turned their faces when they get benefits, and this is the case every time, such a tradition, Yang Meng does not want him to carry forward in Annan, 100,000 brown beisi, enough to support the ambition of the Xishan Dynasty, and the ambition will naturally be greater.
Annam is France's inevitable Asian colony, and the French army can't defeat 100,000 Xishan rebels, so Yang Meng left France with only one choice, to support the Ruan Dynasty to the death, and let the Ruan Dynasty and the Xishan rebels fight to the death.
In this way, although the matter of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway will be delayed for at least more than a year, the number of people who died in Annan during this time will be countless, although the support for the Xishan rebels is temporarily set, but Yang Meng also has a standard in his heart, and the men in Annan will die at least eighty percent or more, even if there is no French ambition.
Yang Meng will also be in the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, so that Annan's school-age men will die in large numbers, and only Annan, who is old and weak and women, will be better controlled.
The stalemate in Annan is inevitable, although it is inconsistent with Yang Meng's previous plan, but the situation is already chaotic, and it is not easy to see the future of the Southeast Peninsula at a glance.
The retreat of England was something Yang Meng had never imagined. I thought that England would take the opportunity to join forces with Siam to destroy Burma. Unexpectedly, thousands of floating corpses scared the British army away.
English, French, English, French. The order of dealing with these two countries cannot be changed, England can only be subdued, and Yunnan needs cooperation with France, which is the standard for Yang Meng to design the situation in the southeast peninsula.
Everything he did was for this purpose, for the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, which connected Yunnan to the second outlet to the sea.
"Third master, the Burmese army blocked the retreating Siamese army on the west bank of the Salween River, and the Siamese army only ran away a few thousand people. More than 10,000 people became floating corpses on the Salween River.
Qiao Gu was appointed as an auxiliary general, and looking at the strength of the king of Burma, he wanted to go deep into the territory of Siam! ”
The Burma-Thai war is the mainstream of the southeast peninsula, and Annam is just a small game, and it is Yang Meng's goal to defeat England in the main game, and the expanded Burma-Thailand war is also a good thing for Yang Meng, and England will not watch Burma occupy Siam.
"Hmmm! Let people encourage the Burmese king to deal with Siam with more cruel means, and as for Qiao Gunai, he has thousands of people under him. When he entered Siam, he was also cannon fodder, so he took the initiative to ask for help. Sweep through Burma!
It's just that the royal city of Burma has been destroyed, and the king of Burma will not return to Yangon in the short term, so Qiao Gunai will move all the population of Lower Burma to Upper Burma, and search and kill Burmese rebels along the way to continue to pollute the water source and block the road for the British to send troops from Lower Burma.
Let the king of Burma pay attention to the India-Burma border, don't be attacked by the British army, now Siam has no elite, 350,000 ordinary soldiers, you can cross Siam, there is no need to send the whole army, the elite strength of the Burmese army is strong, or stay on the mainland to guard against the British army. ”
The Burmese and Thai war, Yang Meng is happy to watch, the king of Burma now belongs to the group of poor pants, the war is about wealth, he wants to support the king of Burma, and he also wants to see cash and silver, now Myanmar is not to mention pants, Pidu Siam has stripped off a layer, and if he wants to continue the bloody fight, the king of Burma lacks wealth the most.
The Burmese army's counterattack on Siam is a good opportunity to grab money, the more the Burmese army grabs, the more Yang Meng earns, and there are countless guns waiting to be sold in the Yang family's warehouse!
The fall of Siam, this is obviously the end that England does not want to see, Siam can be said to be the only indigenous ally on the southeast peninsula that can join forces with England, whether it is the English native legion, or the Indian legion, there is little experience in jungle warfare.
In the southeast peninsula war, the epidemic for the English legion, more terrible than the bullet in front of the bullet, want to attack Burma in a short time, counting on the English army is hopeless, arming the Siamese, two ways at the same time, attacking Burma, is the best choice for the British.
Siam can't give up, Burma must be contained, the British want to stay out of the matter, obviously some impossible, the Siamese army function to contain the Burmese army, and the real main offensive force is still the British army on the India-Burma border, at that time, it is time for him to take action.
"Third master, there are still a lot of goods in Burma, is it for us when Qiao Gunai gets it? Or did he keep it for himself? ”
"Hmph...... Isn't this your chance to get rich? Those things are promised to Qiao Gunai, after all, the development and growth of the Lisu people also need wealth, as for many less, it depends on Qiao Gunai's sincerity, there are not many things in Myanmar, and the third master can't look down on it.
As for Qiao Gunai's sincerity, it depends on the filial piety he gives you, don't dry up and fish, after all, Qiao Gunai is still his own person, and the filial piety you get, we will divide it into four or six, you four and I six, so it is reasonable and legal. ”
"Shengming is just the third master!"
"Hmmm! It is not unconditional to give the benefits to Qiao Gunai, let him take the opportunity to occupy the jade pit in the upper reaches of the Irrawaddy River, the old man likes this, what to do next, you know? ”
"Clear! Got it! ”
The population of Myanmar migrated is definitely a rich livelihood, promised to Qiao Gunai, one is to develop the strength of the Lisu people, and the other is Yang Meng's own selfishness, wealth This thing, no matter how much is not too much, although the jade in Myanmar is not very valuable now, but it is still very valuable in later generations, saving a huge amount of rough stones, for Yang Meng, this is the heritage of the family.
And Xu Ziwei is undoubtedly the best person to do this, and it is better to let the villain do it for a living.
"Mountain monkey, it's almost time to change the scene, the India-Myanmar border must not let down its vigilance, and inform the Du Jianhu who will take off, he should also be on guard at all times."
The three tigers of the Du family can be regarded as having withstood the test, but this third tiger has a criminal record, and the business of making a name for himself does not have a chance for them now.
"Third master, if England really marches from the India-Burma border, do we want to join the war as soon as possible?"
The situation on the South-Eastern Peninsula. It's already a stalemate. Want to break the deadlock. Whether it is Burma, Vietnam, Thailand or France, they do not have this ability, and those who have this ability are the third master sitting in front of them, and the other is England.
"What's the hurry? Burma is not our territory, it is not much of a big deal for us, and the war in the southeast peninsula is mainly a war against aggression in the local situation. This matter can only be described in four words in the future, and it is not time to cry yet, what are we anxious about?
The war on the India-Myanmar border is an internal affair of Myanmar, although we are from the suzerain, but the king of Burma has not asked for help, what are you anxious about? Now meddling is inevitably accused of a certain black hand, waiting for the king of Burma to cry and beg, let's push and hinder in order to show us. The Celestial Empire's shelf.
The British, as long as they don't go into our territory. We can't fight against others, and as for small-scale training, it's okay! ”
Although the stalemate in the Southeast Peninsula was created by Yang Meng, it was only England that broke the game, not Yang Meng, and the center of gravity of bringing down England was not on the Southeast Peninsula.
"I know it!"
Xu Ziwei can be regarded as the deputy marshal of Mengla, and he has plans in his heart for many things, but these plans can only be in the chess game of the third master, beyond the chess game of the third master, that is, a fatal plan, and he wants his own life.
"In the past two days, I will leave Mengla for a month or two, and the overall situation will be handed over to you to control, and maintaining the chaos in the southeast peninsula is the general policy."
Calculating the time, Yang Meng is almost time to return to Guangzhou, the general trend of the Southeast Peninsula is a stalemate, and it is impossible for the English side to prepare properly without a few months.
Today's Lower Burma is not a place where soldiers are used, and once the army breaks out of the epidemic, it will be impossible to find a grave for crying.
On the first day of the Burmese army's invasion of Siam, Yang Meng took Wei Zhiqing and Solang Baima and also stepped on the barge fleet parked on the bank of the Red River, and took the sea route through Annam, which was the path of Yang Meng's trip to Guangzhou.
Jairus, who has already formed an army, under the leadership of Yu Biao, has become Yang Meng's bodyguard, and a thousand Jairus and barge artillery teams equipped with Dresey can definitely ensure Yang Meng's safety.
It took three days to go down the river, and when he arrived at Haiphong in Annam, he got on the battleship led by Patrick, and the five battleships set sail and began Yang Meng's second sea journey.
There is also a reason why Yang Meng dared to sit on Patrick's five battleships, and the reason is very simple, that is, these five battleships are all equipped with steam power.
This is also a secret weapon, since the construction of the iron-hulled power ship, Patrick's five sea ships have also joined the ranks of refits.
The installation of steam power on a sail battleship is definitely a dangerous attempt, and once the coal in the steam engine ignites the battleship, it can only end in tragedy.
The sails determined the way of naval warfare, and steam power changed this mode of warfare, once against the British and French warships, the steam engines on these five warships were the secret weapon.
Starting from Haiphong, all the way through the Qiongzhou Strait, looking at the huge Hainan Island, Yang Meng also had ambitions in his heart, but this time was not very appropriate.
The two islands of Hainan and Taiwan are also in Yang Meng's opinion, but this time has to be postponed.
Now not only is the Southeast Peninsula a stalemate, but what about the Qing Dynasty?
Although small civil unrest emerged in various places, the foundation of the Qing Dynasty's rule was still intact, although the foundation was somewhat dilapidated, but it was not yet time to collapse.
The current Qing Dynasty is not much different from Annan, once an external force intervenes, anyone can also crisscross the vast territory of the Qing Dynasty, what Yang Meng has to do now is to defeat these external forces one by one, so that the Qing Dynasty will collapse from the inside, not under the squeeze of external forces, collapse!
Using these means on Annan, Yang Meng is also looking for his own loopholes, the Qing Dynasty is too big, it is easy to sweep the Qing Dynasty, the Yang family now has this strength, the key problem is how to rebuild the collapsed empire.
The interests of the Yang family and the interests of some people are-for-tat, and if the Yang family wants to follow its own path, it must remove these obstacles, which cannot be compromised, and these two roads go against each other, and there is no point of transfer of interests.
Although the Yang family is the largest landlord in the Qing Dynasty, the interests of the Yang family and the landlords are different, the land of the Yang family is only for supporters, while the land of the landlords is to make money.
The landlord is not terrible, what is terrible is the class supported by the landlords, a class with scholars as the main force, and when it comes to life and death, there is never a lack of short-lived wisdom.
Either eliminate this class, or engage in an endless civil war with this class in the future, Yang Meng chose forbearance, that is, chose the former.
Now Yang Meng also has a game-breaking chess piece, that is, the three-point teaching, as long as the deadlock of the Qing Dynasty is broken, it will be time for the Yang family to dominate.
From Haiphong to Guangzhou, now is the time for smooth sailing, except for a few trips on the ship two days ago, the rest of the time, Yang Meng stayed in the cabin, planning his future situation.
It took only seven days to set off from Haiphong to Guangzhou, and ten days from Yunnan to Guangzhou, which was unimaginable. (To be continued......)