Thirty miles southeast of Burma.

More than a dozen high-arched tombs are silently arranged in a well-organized garden, the mausoleum of the Burmese kings and the focus of the royal struggle.

The Burmese mausoleum guards here are draped in white clothes and hats, and the inside is a common Burmese rattan armor. Today, all the mausoleum troops who were originally on duty around the mausoleum were gathered, and the commander of this army, Ah Duo, squinted his eyes and kept looking at the rolling clouds in the sky, and after half a burnt incense, a soldier trotted over, whispered a few words in Ah Duo's ear and then stood back in the queue.

Ah Duo's eyebrows were tightened, and he looked at the crowded Ling Jun in front of him and shouted: "We have been guarding the spirit of the ancestor for three or four years here, who has ever been home?" ”

The mausoleum soldiers lowered their heads, their eyes were complex and silent, as the mausoleum army, the regulation is ten years for a class, and they can only stay in the cemetery in these ten years, not to mention going home, even if they go out and take a step, it is the crime of strangulation.

"The good time of the brethren is wasted here, and who will not accept it?" The corners of Ah Duo's mouth twitched cruelly, he knew the weakness of the Ling army, as long as he threw out this condition, these people would swear allegiance to themselves and become a bargaining chip for their promotion.

Still no one speaks, this is the ancestral system, and no one dares to disagree.

"Ben will tell you that Ben will be the first to disagree." Ah Duo drew his Burmese knife, and the semi-arc blade shone in the sunlight.

The Ling soldiers were stunned, they all raised their heads to look at their superiors, and a partial general had already stood up, pointing at Ah Duo and saying: "Bold, as a general of the Ling army, you dare to disobey the ancestral ......"

Laugh at...... Before the general could finish speaking, a cold light had already crossed the general's throat, and a bloody arrow shot at Ah Duo's face.

Ah Duo did not shy away, stretched out his tongue and licked the warm blood at the corner of his lips, and raised the Burmese knife high: "Is there anyone else who is not convinced?" ”

"We're not convinced!" Dozens of bold Burmese soldiers shouted in the queue that they could not support their parents or take care of their wives and children after a good time of ten years.

"Okay, here's our chance." Ah Duo said: "Last night, the envoy of the king of Burma told the general that if our Ling army can enter the Burma capital to help the king of Burma put down the rebellion, then the general can become the general of the city army and reward three thousand taels of silver. ”

The mausoleum soldiers were buzzing and discussing, the king of Burma had little to do with them, and they were most concerned about whether the chaos would affect their families. And the king of Burma means to reward Aduo, which has nothing to do with everyone.

"Shut up! Listen to Ben finish his sentence. Ah Duo shouted: "Early this morning, the prince's envoy also came, and he told the general that if the Ling army is willing to help the prince get rid of the rebel king, the general will not only be promoted to the general of Burma, and be rewarded with five thousand taels of silver, and the brothers who follow the general will each receive a reward of ten taels of silver, and there is no need to guard the spirits of the previous kings, because you will all be transferred to the city defense army." ”

"At that time, each of you can buy two acres of land outside the city, you can see your family often, and those who have no wives and children can also get married and have children, and after three years, your term of service will be lifted, and you can go home, and you don't need to be forcibly conscripted again......"

"People say, what are we going to do? Would you like to follow the king of Burma or would you like to follow the prince? ”

"Follow the prince and punish the rebel king... Follow the prince and punish the rebel king..."

Ah Duo laughed fiercely and shouted with his Burmese sword: "Brothers, take up arms and enter the Burmese capital with Ben General." ”

On the ninth day of November in the first year of the new year, the prince of Burma Wang Mangbai led the troops to make a rebellion, and attacked the palace that night and fought with the king's army for a long time and night, and finally completely broke the palace, and the king of Burma announced his abdication, and Chan let the king be located in Wang Mangbai.

Seven days had passed when Zhu Jun received this news, and soon, another sensational news followed, Wang Mangbai hurriedly ascended the throne and immediately killed the king of Burma, and then searched for the heirs of the royal family and the courtiers who had been loyal to the king of Burma in the city.

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Zhu Jun smiled after learning the news, he had been waiting for this day for a long time, but he didn't expect Wang Mangbai to dig his own grave so soon.

"Yang Aiqing."

"The minister is here!" Yang Side went out of class.

"I order you to quickly dispatch the grain, grass and ordnance for a period of one month."

"Obey."

"Mu Aiqing."

"The minister is here!" Mu Tianbo is out of class.

"I order you to quickly draft a good document to please the thief, and I must write that the rebel thief king Mangbai killed his brother and usurped the rebellion, and the king of Burma, Wang Mangda, is benevolent and generous, righteous and wise, and everyone in Myanmar feels his kindness. Myanmar is a subordinate country of our Ming Dynasty, and my Ming Dynasty will never tolerate and nurture adultery, and will send the king to ask for it. ”

"Obey the order!"

"Zhou Aiqing."

"The minister is here!"

"I ordered you to go north with the Zhenfu Division to send Jinyi Wei north to spread rumors, and the specific content of the rumors will bother you."

"Where the responsibility lies, Weichen is ashamed to be the word tired." Zhou Mubai said.

"Beizhen Fusi commands the envoy."

"The minister is here."

"Let your newspaper master give me a word, and all the newspapers must count the sins of Wang Mangbai, so that my subjects will be united."

"Also, you divide the four ways to explore the horse and go north to search for the main force of Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, let him lead the army to blare in northern Burma, and be sure to drag down a part of the thief army."

"Yes."

"Commander Mu Jianming of the Shenji Battalion, Commander Zhang Youde of the Shenyong Battalion, Commander Zhou Changsheng of the Mountain Battalion, and Commander Liu Er of the Water Division."

"The end will be." The four commanders stood up one after another and lined up.

"I ordered you to step up your training, and in a month, you will march together by land and water, and follow my relatives to fight against rebellion."

"The last will obey." The four of them drank together.

"Ladies and gentlemen." Zhu Jun glanced at the people in the court and shouted: "The survival of the Ming Dynasty is all contributed to this battle, and it can only be won, and it must not be defeated." ”

"We obey the heavens, and we are willing to fight for the emperor against the traitors and correct the state of Burma." The ministers agreed in a hurry.

Four days later, a brilliant essay appeared in major cities in Burma, and then, news came from northern Myanmar that the army of Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, complied with the thief's letter, and the army had not yet started, and the important town in northern Myanmar surrendered to Arnold Kaecheng.

When the news came, Zhu Jun breathed a sigh of relief, he was not afraid of Wang Mangbai, he was afraid that the whole of Myanmar would be his enemy, although Wang Mangbai succeeded in usurping the throne this time, and wantonly hunted down dissidents, even if the guards around the country did not cling to Zhu Jun, I am afraid they would not support him. What's more, some city guards were originally supporters of the King of Burma, they were afraid of Wang Mangbai's revenge, and it was natural for them to fall to Zhu Jun's side, and the other city guards were probably all on a wait-and-see attitude except for some of Wang Mangbai's dead friends, after all, although Zhu Jun was an outsider, he was also the emperor of the Heavenly Empire, and the reason for crusading against Wang Mangbai was also legitimate.

Zhu Jun estimated that Wang Mangbai's troops in the royal capital of Burma were about 20,000, and although he was only 4,000, he had elite weapons and a much higher quality.

A few days later, the edict of the 'new king' Wang Mangbai came from the Burmese capital, announcing that Burma was officially separated from the subordinate status of the Ming Dynasty, and ordering all the military horses of Burma to conquer the 'remnants' of the Ming Dynasty.

The attitude of the generals and guards in various parts of Burma, who received the edict of the thief and the edict of the new king almost at the same time, is very interesting, neither came forward to support the crusade against the usurper, nor did anyone make any gesture of sending troops to recruit Zhu Jun. In fact, these old fritters are very transparent about the current situation, on the one hand, they are the new king who is plotting to usurp the throne, on the other hand, they are the kings of the Celestial Dynasty who sent troops to rebel, on the other hand, they are Burmese, and on the other hand, they are outsiders after all. This kind of thing is still good for no one to help, everyone is watching the fire from the other side, your king Mangbai has won, then you are the new king of Burma, let's go to congratulate your new king on the throne. If you win the Ming Dynasty, then you are the king of the Celestial Empire, let's carry a few baskets of eggs to the army, and neither end will be offended.

(During the Yongle period, there was an incident in Annam (now Vietnam) where the minister killed the king and usurped the throne, the Yongle Emperor was furious when he learned about it, condemned the usurping minister, and sent someone to escort the younger brother of the king of Annam into Annam, the usurping minister was very obedient at first, but after the prince of Annam entered the country, he sent someone to assassinate the prince, and Yongle sent an army to conquer and destroy the kingdom of Annam, because the monarch of Annam had no heirs at that time, and under the strong request of the ministers of Annam, the southern country of Ping'an was changed to a county. Later, during the Wanli period, troops were sent to Korea to fight against the Japanese invaders, indicating that the upper kingdom had the right to send troops when the subject state was threatened or in chaos. ）