Compared with the Siamese army, the British army took Magway with very few losses, but the English officers who took Magway did not show too much excitement, and many blonde and blue-eyed generals showed a worried look in their eyes.

The combat strength of the Burmese army is somewhat beyond imagination, most of the British casualties were when the Burmese army attacked the gunboats, the most elite Indian Sikh brigade was wiped out, and the Bengali cavalry lost less than half, because it was a night battle, the Indian army did not retreat, but after this battle, most of the Indian soldiers showed a look of fear in their eyes.

In the capture of Magway, the British army only suffered more than 1,000 casualties, but in a blocking battle, more than 8,000 people were killed and wounded, plus more than 4,000 people lost before, the British army arrived in Burma, only fought two battles, and the loss of personnel was the same as the winning battle 20 years ago.

It is impossible to retreat, but it is okay to rest and recuperate in Magway, but it is okay to report the situation in Burma to the government, whether it is the Siamese army or the British army, they are a little tired from fighting Magway, and this rest is also reasonable.

Unlike the Indian soldiers with fearful faces, the soldiers of the Siamese army are surprisingly high, and these natives in the eyes of England have made many English officers find something wrong.

Such brave colonial soldiers, even in India, the British army has not seen much, but in Burma, they saw hundreds of thousands of Burmese soldiers who were still eyeing the Burmese soldiers when they retreated, and they also saw the Siamese soldiers who were still fighting after more than half of the casualties, and the empire had to reassess the bloody nature of the East Asian nation, which was what most of the senior British officers thought.

Both the Burmese army and the Siamese army were somewhat beyond what the English officers had previously known. Intelligence from a few months ago showed. Whether it's Myanmar or Siam. There were only 50,000 or 60,000 troops with average equipment and low combat effectiveness, but since the main force of the British army withdrew from Lower Burma, the situation in the two countries seems to be slowly changing.

War is not something that most people pay attention to, and many things can only be slowly discovered after the war, and the last Burma-Thailand war, because of the position. England did not come to the rescue of Siam, which had repeatedly asked for help, so in this cooperation, the high-level leaders of the two countries took the initiative to avoid this sensitive topic.

The English government is most concerned about the situation in Europe, Asia is not the place they are most concerned about, in the eyes of the top level of the English government, Burma and Siam, that is, uncultivated colonies, conflicts within the colonies. When it is not about its own interests, England does not pay too much attention. At most, it was just a search for some intelligence after the war.

The King of Siam was burned, which was also a shame in the eyes of the Siamese people, so the details of the Burmese massacre in Siam were not clear to the British side, and the war of extermination between the two countries was nothing more than a normal conflict in the eyes of the British.

Hit Magway, the British officers first found something wrong, found a few high-ranking officers in Siam to ask, the true picture of the matter surfaced, this troubled water, as if the trip was extremely inappropriate, in the face of such a situation, the British generals decisively stopped the pace of war.

The before and after of this war was sorted out in detail by the officers of the British army, and first came to the hands of the Indian governor, who couldn't help but curse the king of Siam when he saw it, this is a quagmire, and this war is not at the right time.

The British army cooperated with Siam, and it was very likely that the door to peace talks would be cut off, and it was the ideal of the Indian governor to capture Burma in World War I, but now this situation seems unlikely.

This matter is too big for the Viceroy of India to call the shots, and sending the original copy of the intelligence directly back to the homeland is how the Viceroy of India handles it.

The real situation is in front of the top management of England, and this matter is difficult to do!

The choice in front of England suddenly became two, one was to sign a contract with Burma to maintain the original territory between Britain and Burma, but the participation of the Siamese army made the possibility of peace talks very low.

The second option is to continue to increase troops and destroy the country of Burma together with the Siamese army, but the losses of the war will also be very large, and it is impossible for the British army to be transferred to Burma in large numbers.

When Britain also has a third option, that is, to withdraw from Burma, but this choice is also very good, once such a decision is made, the people will question the government, withdraw the army, unless absolutely necessary, the British government will not make such a choice.

After some discussion, the result was also very simple, while the peace talks, while recruiting troops in India, new recruits to replace the original Indian Legion, the original Indian Legion, and a large part of the English Army stationed in India to reinforce Burma.

Once the peace talks fail, Siam will continue to increase its troops, this is a common war between the two countries, and England will not do this wrong.

The politicians of England are scratching their heads, and Yang Meng is also scratching his head, after the capture of Magway, the losses of the English army are not small, this Yang Meng is clear, but the losses are all Indian soldiers, which in Yang Meng's opinion will never affect the spirit of England.

But what Yang Meng thought was impossible became possible under the interference of the English officers, and the Yang family's intelligence agent hiding in the Siamese army spread the news.

After analyzing and comparing, Yang Meng easily found something that was feared by the English people.

"! Why is this thing so unsmooth, first lost 9,000 men and horses, and now it has encountered a stalemate, and it is difficult to deal with an old king like England! ”

looked at the intelligence and came up with his own analysis, Yang Meng was also very angry, the Burmese army was overdone, but this was something that Yang Meng couldn't control, and he could only look at the situation.

"Master, don't worry, the ship will naturally go straight to the bridge, the Anglo-Thai alliance has reached Magway, even if the British want to retreat, the King of Siam will not retreat.

Either destroy Burma, or watch Siam be destroyed by Burma, now Burma has the strength to destroy Siam, and there is actually only one choice for England, that is, to continue the war. ”

People will not always see the situation clearly, and the same person will not always see the situation clearly, as a novice. Solang Baima from the perspective of Myanmar and Siam. gave Yang Meng an analysis of the situation. This is undoubtedly a good inspiration for Yang Meng.

"Ah! Baima, you are right on the point, the British means are nothing more than peace talks and war, with the participation of the Siamese, peace talks are afraid that they will not be able to continue, they really have only one choice, that is, to destroy Burma.

Inform Qiao Gunai that he will sabotage the peace talks between Britain and Myanmar no matter what. If he really can't do it, he will attack and kill the British peace negotiation team, because he has the right to fight, and his political interests will not be affected too much. ”

Qiao Gunai, whether in the eyes of the King of Burma or Yang Meng, is just a small person, but Yang Meng relied on this little person to pry the chess game of the Southeast Peninsula and have this inconspicuous chess piece. A lot of things are much easier.

The British army died down. Undoubtedly, it gave the Burmese king a chance, a chance to reorganize the new army, and the continuous wars did cultivate a group of soldiers worthy of a war for the Burmese king, and the number of this group is now 200,000.

Reorganize the Burmese army, concentrate firearms, although the number is still a little insufficient, but the caravan of the Yang family in Yunnan is a magical caravan, whether it is food or munitions, it is how much or how much, for their own status, and also for the survival of Myanmar, the king of Burma also gave up this time, an order is 100,000 brown besil, 300 artillery, the wealth plundered from Bangkok was sent to the Yang family, a large number of jade rough stones were also sent to the Yang family, stretching on both sides of the Irrawaddy River, the primeval forest is becoming scarce and sparse, Countless mahogany and teak trees were carried by a large group of people along the mountain road to Mengla, and a wide troop transportation channel also appeared between Mandalay and Mengla with the footsteps of hundreds of thousands of people.

"Give as much as you want! Give them another 20% discount! ”

This is Yang Meng's reply, the transaction with the East India Company, Yang Meng saved too many brown besses, and countless old-fashioned artillery, exchanging these things for gold and silver, Yang Meng has long had a plan, Burma is one, Annam is one, Siam is also one, in fact, these things are not prepared for them, Yang Meng wants to sell these things to India the most.

But today's Burma has slowly turned into a huge muddy pond, and the only choice in front of the British army is the only one, and Yang Meng will not watch Burma be wiped out by the British army, and supporting Burma has become Yang Meng's only choice.

The British army on the front line is also carrying the Siamese army, secretly preparing for peace talks, and the British army is ready, but the Burmese side has always refused to negotiate, and the envoys sent sporadically have undoubtedly disappeared in the Irrawaddy River Valley, and in the face of such a scene, the British army is not easy to make some superfluous actions.

The news went back and forth at sea, but it didn't take much time, and after a month's rest, the English peace talks team also arrived in Magway.

After a serious negotiation, the news that the British army wanted peace talks reached the ears of the Burmese king.

For the peace talks, some Burmese nobles are supportive, they are the group of people who understand the situation best, but no matter when, the people in the court who understand are the minority, and the current situation is that everyone is the main battle faction, and the peace talks are a symbol of weakness.

In fact, the biggest obstacle to the peace talks is still Siam, what the officials of the court do, what they do is to play intrigues, they turn a blind eye to the killing of others, but once the butcher's knife has a tendency to fall on their heads, they will fight back desperately.

What the Siamese did, what the Burmese did, most of the ministers under the Burmese king are well aware, Burma and Siam are now mortal enemies, and any peace talks are not enough to restrain the revenge of both sides, now that the peace talks are over, it is inevitable that Siam will not open his mouth, once Siam recovers its strength, the war will continue.

Qiao Gunai, the red man next to the King of Burma, is also a main battle, Qiao Gunai is a god of the Burmese court, and most of the Burmese courtiers are convinced of his grasp of the situation.

After a peace talk, Burma will die at the hands of Siam, but it is more effective than any words, it is related to his own status and life, and the king of Burma also knows what to do.

Qiao Gunai is right, Siam and Burma are now mortal enemies, Siam is pro-Anglo, and Britain also supports Siam, once the situation is stable, Siam will be able to get more uh good guns and good guns from the hands of England, and at that time, will Myanmar still be Siam's opponent?

This question, not only the Burmese king can figure it out, but most of the Burmese courtiers can also figure it out, not to mention what Siam did in Burma, just the Burmese army killed those people in Siam, the two countries will never be able to live in peace, Siam will take revenge once it has the opportunity, what is the matter of revenge, who does not know?

In order to express his determination to reject the peace talks, the king of Burma, under the instigation of Qiao Gunai, unloaded more than a dozen peace talks representatives from England into a pile and carried them to the front line in Magway in bamboo baskets.

The British government dispatched 60,000 troops stationed in India to form an expeditionary force of more than 80,000 people with the British army on the front line, and more than 10,000 native English soldiers also joined the expeditionary force. (To be continued......)