If a country wants to be strong, expansion and plunder are the only ways to develop? In this regard, Zhu Yongxing did not want to think too much, in the face of benevolence, righteousness and morality, the pacification of foreign countries, and the four seas, he naturally had to put the interests of the country in the first place.

Myanmar is a country that must be conquered. Not only because of his attitude towards Yongli Junchen and the blackmail of Zhu Yongxing, but also because it is a land passage to India. It was a big piece of fat, and Zhu Yongxing didn't want to give it all to the British, he had to try to pick this so-called "the brightest jewel in the queen's crown".

Myanmar was not aware of Zhu Yongxing's imminent exposure of aggressive and expansive colonialist minions, but rejoiced because of Zhu Yongxing's temporary bow. But as the Ming army became stronger and stronger, the king of Burma also realized that it was better not to go too far, although the Yongli monarch did not have that ability, but if the Ming army was provoked, Burma would not be able to resist it anyway.

Zheng Zhaoren, accompanied by the Burmese officials, stopped to look at the place that was surrounded by bamboo like a broken village, and the grass houses and bamboo houses inside were the palaces! It's really-

"My lord, don't talk after you go in, otherwise my king will blame you, and the lower officials can't afford it!" The Burmese official reminded in a low voice again.

"Save it, it won't make it difficult for you." Zheng Zhaoren smiled and patted the Burmese official on the shoulder, took two steps back, and followed behind him, dressed as a Burmese, and no one could see his identity.

It has been a few months since he came to Ava as ambassador, and with Zheng Zhaoren's years of business cultivation and Zhu Yongxing's financial support, he has gotten along well with many Burmese officials. After receiving a gift from Nanming and getting rid of his vassal status, the king of Burma was also quite polite to Zheng Zhaoren. Although Zheng Zhaoren was still not allowed to meet and contact Yongli monarchs, Zheng Zhaoren's regular procurement of grain, meat and vegetables, clothing, bedding and other items were allowed to be sent to the "palace", which greatly improved the lives of Yongli monarchs and ministers and their entourage.

Zheng Zhaoren was not impatient and continued to work in Ava City. On the one hand, he continued to explain to the Burmese king and his ministers that it was critical to resist the Qing Dynasty, and that the finances were tight, and they could not support the Yongli monarchs and their retinue in Burma for a long time; While observing the relations between all parties in Myanmar and keeping them in mind, he also made good friends with Burmese officials in a targeted manner, and maintained secret contact with Yunnan Province.

Things finally took a turn for the better a few days ago, when Yunnan Province sent a four-foot-high mirror that touched the heart of the Queen of Burma. The pillow wind blew, and the Burmese king finally relented. It was agreed to send Burmese officials to register and select people in the "palace", and then hand over some people that the Burmese side considered irrelevant to Nanming. On the premise of not revealing his identity and not talking to the Yongli monarchs, Zheng Zhaoren can go to the "palace" to inspect and observe the registration of Burmese officials.

In the eyes of the King of Burma. Sending some Ming people away is equivalent to weakening the wings of Yongli, and it will be better to control zhì in the future. And this also shows goodwill to the Ming State, and can continue to get the "tribute" of the Ming State. Yes, the king of Burma said this to some of the tribal leaders in the country, and invited them to see the gifts sent by the Ming Kingdom. Look. Even the Heavenly Empire has bowed its head to me to "pay tribute", and I have a lot of ability. You still don't give me the truth.

The gate guarded by the Burmese soldiers. Zheng Zhaoren and others entered the "palace" of Zhuzhai. There are also guards in the "Imperial Palace", which should be the Imperial Forest Army or Jinyi Guards who come with them, but they are unarmed, and holding a wooden stick is a good weapon. Seeing the Burmese officers approaching under the escort of the Burmese soldiers, they all automatically and consciously moved out of the way.

Hehe, look at the spirit of these people. Even the people of Yunnan Province are inferior. This defense is useless. Zheng Zhaoren was slandered in his heart, and his face was silent.

"Heaven's Gate, Heaven's Gate. Open the gates of heaven. ”

"Big, big, small, small!"

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A burst of shouting and drinking came from the grass hut next to it, it turned out that this was a casino opened by Suining Bo Puying, eunuch Yang Guoming and others, and the people inside were gambling. At first, Emperor Yongli was furious when he heard this, and ordered the brocade guards to go to demolish the casino, but the ministers didn't care about the emperor's decree and reopened the casino in another place, and the noise was the same. Yongli had no choice but to let it go.

Zheng Zhaoren noticed that the Burmese official secretly glanced at him, and couldn't help but feel a little hot, and secretly cursed in his heart: These bastards are embarrassed and thrown abroad. His Royal Highness Min is leading the army and the people to fight desperately with the Qing army, these guys are good, like walking corpses, stealing peace, making fun in suffering, and have no intention of going to the national disaster together. Bah, it's really strange that these guys are running the country and are undefeated.

I saw a lot of short-dressed Ming Dynasty officials along the road, although they also disregarded the national body, but Zheng Zhaoren was already a little numb, and he didn't bother to take another look.

The Burmese officials came to the front of more than a dozen thatched houses, which was the "palace" of Yongli, where lived the queen and the queen mother, as well as two concubines and some maids and eunuchs. The Burmese official stopped and looked back at Zheng Zhaoren, Zheng Zhaoren nodded knowingly, stretched out his hand, and stood outside, and the Burmese official went in to report first.

Zheng Zhaoren's eyes froze, and several Ming Dynasty officials walked in front of him, although the crown and robe were old but very neat, the leader was a three-lock long beard, with a strict complexion, and a strong step in the walk, quite a bit of might.

Before these officials came to the "palace", they met the Burmese officials who had withdrawn after reporting their reports, and the powerful officials led by them stepped forward to inquire, and the Burmese officials were very respectful and conveyed back and forth by the interpreter.

Qian Guogong, Mu Tianbo. Zheng Zhaoren narrowed his eyes slightly, those who were reluctant to steal their lives were not enough to worry about, and these loyal ministers were obstacles to His Highness Min.

The sound of the piano and songs suddenly came from the grass room next to the "Imperial Palace", Mu Tianbo's face changed, and he gritted his teeth with hatred. This is the home of the imperial prince Weigong, among whom is the Cantonese female actor Li Yingxiang, Wang Weigong often orders her to sing and entertain. Although he hated Wang Weigong for walking the dead and had no thoughts of losing the country and worrying about the king, Mu Tianbo still endured it and talked to the Burmese officials.

"My king is afraid that there will be a shortage of money and food, so he will treat you slowly, and specially ordered the officials to register and verify it, so that they can be supplied on time and in quantity, so as not to run out of your daily needs." The Burmese official said politely, but he concealed something, and did not mention the matter of sending people back to China.

"Er Xuanwei Si was originally sealed by me in China. Now that my monarch and minister have arrived, it is the heavenly kingdom. Your king should answer here, it is the reason of your state, how can you trap my monarch and ministers here......" Mu Tianbo's expression was very unhappy, the prince died suddenly, and the plan he painstakingly planned to protect the prince to break through and return to Yunnan was in vain, and Yongli was cowardly and difficult to support, which made him feel a loss of hope and a melancholy mood.

Mu Guogong is serious. How can my king be imprisoned, it is true that your army has killed the place, and the Burmese people hate it to the marrow, and our country cannot protect it. The Burmese official said with a smiling face: "My country is a small country, and we lack money and things, but we have supported you for nearly three years. ”

"Although my monarch and ministers are poor today, King Lianger does not dare to be rude. It's just a big deal for my monarch to die with the mandate of heaven, but after the death of my monarch and minister, I have the two feudal clans of Jin and Gong to settle accounts with King Er. Mu Tianbo snorted coldly after speaking. No longer speaks, sitting in the bamboo city, indulging in the benefits of the tongue, it is useless, but it is just an opportunity to vent.

The Burmese officer smiled slightly. He was not angry, but arched his hand. Take people and go on their own. Also Jin and Gong Erfan. When the family has changed. It seems that the blockade news is correct, and Yongli Junchen doesn't know the details outside, otherwise don't make trouble.

Zheng Zhaoren glanced at Mu Tianbo deeply, and quietly followed the Burmese official. Seeing is believing, hearing is false. Although he had already bought off a few Burmese soldiers and Burmese with a lot of money, he was able to obtain the movement in the "palace". But this time I saw it with my own eyes. But it is more real, Zheng Zhaoren kept secretly thinking about it in his heart, rethinking the possibility of implementing various plans in the future.

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"In the Ming and Qing wars, a decisive naval superiority was the basis for hope for success. If we can maintain naval superiority on a regular basis. This will allow the enemy to switch to a difficult defensive position, sabotage and curb his desire to attack. With the guò navy, we can not only put our forces and material resources into the battlefield endlessly, but also use the fleet in a mobile way to choose the terrain and time to fight in our favor......"

Zhu Yongxing had such high expectations and evaluations of the navy, and at this time, these words were echoing in Duan Zhiying's ears. The swell rocked, but as the captain of the ship, he had adapted to the turbulence of the sea, standing firmly in the bow of the ship, holding a telescope and continuing to look into the distance.

The surprise attack on the White Pigeon Gate Water Village was being carried out, and after the battle plan was refined and supplemented, the entire South China Sea Fleet was divided into three detachments, and Duan Zhiying and his "Haibo" were honored to become part of the assault fleet. The assault detachment consisted of 26 warships with superior speed and artillery, including three British warships, all of which flew the Dutch flag and were commanded by Yang Yandi.

Because Zheng Chenggong was fighting the Dutch in Taiwan, it was more credible in the name of Dutch reinforcements. Anyway, now the assault fleet, headed by three British warships, has already passed through the Qiongzhou Strait, turned north beyond the sight distance of the land on the shore, and went straight to the White Pigeon Gate Water Village.

In the field of vision of the telescope, Yang Yandi's flagship has rushed to the front of the fleet, and has been active in Gao, Lei, Lianzhou and nearby waters for a long time, and he is more familiar with the sea conditions and lines here than the British.

I don't know how the British dealt with the Qing army's sentry ships, anyway, the beacon on the shore did not send an alarm signal. Probably in the eyes of the Qing army, the Dutch, the French, the British, etc., are all a virtue, and they can't distinguish a specific country.

Duan Zhiying put down the binoculars, and the deck behind him was also lively, wearing paper hats and messy faces of the Ming soldiers came out of the cabin one after another and went to the deck to breathe. Although the costume is deflated enough, from a distance, not many Qing troops have really seen the Xiyi people, but it is difficult to distinguish that these strange-looking Xiyi people are actually pretending to be the Ming army.

Even if the second detachment had two French warships at the head, it was estimated that it would not be able to mix, Duan Zhiying shook his head with a wry smile. Because there were more than 80 ships, there were too many "Dutch" people, and the Qing army was not fools, and it was obviously a bit whimsical to ask them to be fooled a second time.

However, that should be four or five hours later. Until then - isn't it an opportunity for the assault detachment to make a big splash? Or is it to die at the bottom of the sea after a fierce and brutal sea battle? Duan Zhiying suddenly laughed, almost every ship had a Britlet as a façade, and now this British was making comical gestures, as if to prove that he was stronger than a Ming soldier.

"Captain, this Englishman is really interesting." Lieutenant Li Wangshan walked in, as an alumnus who also graduated from the Naval Department of Jiangwutang, he had a close relationship with Duan Zhiying, and he admired the senior's rise so quickly.

"Don't underestimate him, maybe he will become our advisor in the future!" Duan Zhiying had already heard the rumor that Zhu Yongxing seemed to be going to hire Xiyi as a naval adviser, so he indirectly reminded the junior brother, "The British are very good at seamanship, especially in the ocean. And their level of naval warfare was also very high, and the Spanish Armada was defeated by them back then. ”

There is a special course on foreign navies in the lecture hall to broaden the horizons of these officers, and the naval battle that was related to the direction of world history nearly 100 years ago is also one of the teaching materials.

"That's what the captain said." Li Wangshan nodded again and again, and said, "There is a new map in the martial arts hall, and the United Kingdom is thousands of miles away from here." His Royal Highness once looked at the map and sighed with emotion: The exchanges between the two countries are always mutual, but it is a pity that the British, French, Dutch, and Spaniards can come to Mingguo, and there are no ships in Mingguo that can sail to Europe. ”

Duan Zhiying was silent for a long time, looked up at the boundless sea, and said in a low voice: "Then let us work hard to realize Your Highness's wish as soon as possible, so that the Xiyi people in Europe can also see the mighty warships of our Ming Dynasty." ”

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Finally, I still can't mess around! Although Chen Shangchuan, the commander of the second detachment, had expected it, he still felt a little lost and dissatisfied. Now, he was leading a detachment of his fleet to attack the Qing army's Qiongzhoukou (now Haikou Port), venting his frustration and dissatisfaction with the guò cannonballs.

There were not many Qing ships at the mouth of Qiongzhou, and the fleet commanded by Chen Shangchuan had a clear advantage and firmly blocked the coastline and port. The Qing warships could not rush out, and soon lost the strength to fight back in the fire confrontation, and the artillery batteries on the shore were also dumbfounded one by one.

More than a dozen light ships armed with only two guns rushed out with Chen Shangchuan's banner, rushed into the harbor, and opened fire at a very close distance from the enemy ships, sending one enemy ship after another to the bottom of the sea.

Although it is tempting to capture the enemy ship, time is precious, and the goal of this operation is the White Pigeon Gate Water Village, as long as the enemy ship is sunk and it is difficult to cross the strait to call the police.

There was no suspense in the battle, Chen Shangchuan's telescope turned to the north of the strait, and at the end of the field of vision there was no straight rising beacon smoke. Maybe it was too far away to see, maybe the beacon tower was abandoned by the coastal relocation, or maybe it was decisively seen through by the Qing army's sentry ships, and there was no fish that slipped through the net. He was not sure, but it was always a good choice to act according to the plan so that the assault detachment would have the support of the rear force.

…………… (To be continued......)