Chapter 98: Strategizing

Xiao Chen is not only a romantic talent, but also the prince of the former dynasty, if you want to say that she is worthy of the eldest princess of Burma, she is also worthy of it.

The problem is that I only covet your beauty, but I don't want to marry you as a wife.

If it was Murong Danqiu...... I'm willing.

Duanmu Nanqiao is also OK.

Moreover, it's not up to you Liu Ruyun to have the final say in this matter.

Now it's a feudal society, and this kind of free love is not allowed.

Ordinary women need the orders of their parents, the words of the matchmaker, you are a princess, can you marry whoever you want?

Besides, I'm still a eunuch in theory, will your father marry you to a eunuch?

"I know you don't believe me, you don't believe me!" Liu Ruyun suddenly lost her temper again, "I said that if I marry you, I must marry you, and no one can stop me." ”

"I don't believe you, I don't believe in your father, I don't believe in that prince Jiba!" Xiao Chen said loudly.

"What, it's Prince Seba!" Liu Ruyun originally had a straight face, but she was amused by Xiao Chen.

"I don't care what kind of Barsa he has, anyway, it's Wang Ba!" Xiao Chen said.

If you say you're unlucky, you're unlucky with this bastard!

"Hehe, you know?" Liu Ruyun covered her mouth and smiled.

"Know what?" Xiao Chen was stunned.

"If you don't know that he always wanted me, then why should you be jealous of him?" Liu Ruyun misunderstood, because Xiao Chen really didn't know.

What else is going on?

This special bastard not only wants my life, but also covets my woman!

Prince Seba has always coveted Liu Ruyun's beauty, Liu Ruyun personally went to Myanmar to propose marriage when he was sixteen years old, but Liu Ruyun didn't like that rude and rude guy.

Resolutely refused.

would rather be Li Wanjiang's noble son than his princess.

Li Wanjiang is at least a hero, but Prince Seba is a jackal with wolf ambitions!

His purpose in marrying Liu Ruyun is to covet her beauty, but he also wants to control and even annex the entire Burmese country!

Liu Ruyun's ambition is not small.

The purpose of marrying Li Wanjiang is to use her beauty to confuse him, and even control him, and make a mess of his Da Zhou from top to bottom, so that she can find an opportunity to get into trouble.

Who would have thought that the sky would not obey people's wishes, and they really didn't expect that the brave Li Wanjiang would be an incompetent man!

From the day she entered the palace to the present, Li Wanjiang has not touched her...... On the contrary, he was taken advantage of by Xiao Chen, a stinky boy!

But in the past few years in the palace, she has also noticed that the Great Zhou is actually quite chaotic, with constant partisan disputes, father and son separation, empty treasury, frequent famines, continuous wars, and poor livelihood......

The eagles of the East China Sea and the wolves are looking at the wolves, and the various departments in the north are eyeing the tigers, and there are various resistance organizations such as the Tianxuanhui to cause chaos.

The Western Regions are also not stable, and Murong Heng, the Duke of Zhenxi, has 100,000 soldiers, but he is an old minister of the previous dynasty, and Li Wanjiang has never fully trusted him......

Under such circumstances, if Burma and Siam jointly raise troops to attack the southern border, Li Wanjiang will naturally have a very difficult time coping with it.

But Liu Ruyun feels that the time is not yet ripe, and Myanmar should not be the first to attack.

It is better to wait for the others to rebel first, and then they will send troops in the name of King Qin, then it will be justified, and there will be room for advance and retreat, and they can also maximize their own interests.

However, the king of Burma was coerced and lured by the prince Saiba, and he had to hurry up to raise troops, which made Liu Ruyun very angry.

sent a letter to explain the interests and disadvantages to the king of Burma, persuading him not to act rashly for the time being, but the king of Burma hesitated, and continued to transfer troops to southern Xinjiang under the urging of Prince Saiba.

At this time, Li Wanjiang offered to let her go home to save her family......

Liu Ruyun is both a concubine and a hostage in the Great Zhou, as long as she is in the hands of Li Wanjiang, the king of Burma and those Burmese generals who are loyal to her will be jealous, and now Li Wanjiang will send her back directly, isn't this equivalent to letting the tiger return to the mountain?

Li Wanjiang is not so stupid.

The reason why he did this was to deliberately let Burma and Siam take the initiative to launch an attack on the Great Zhou, so that he could justifiably send troops to quell the rebellion.

Because he can't take the initiative to send troops, what about the fact that there are so many small vassal states around the four borders that are vassals to the Great Zhou, if he attacks Burma without any reason, wouldn't those vassal countries be in danger for everyone? It will definitely unite to deal with Da Zhou

In other words, Li Wanjiang has already thought deeply about this and has planned a strategy.

Although the Great Zhou has all kinds of problems now, the military is still strong.

Especially Li Wanyun, the king of Zhongcheng, with an army of 100,000, all of whom are brave and good at fighting, have fought for many years and have hardly lost a battle.

Burma and Siam, although they claim to have an army of 500,000, are not necessarily his opponents.

Li Wanjiang's move is probably due to two considerations.

One is to demonstrate, so that those people with bad intentions can see the strength of the Great Zhou Xiong soldiers, so that they are afraid and dare not act rashly.

Second, for the sake of money, the Great Zhou Dynasty has been in turmoil for many years, most of the fields are barren, and natural disasters have been encountered continuously, which can be described as scarred and waiting to be rebuilt.

However, there has never been any war in Burma, and for more than ten years, the wind and rain have been smooth, almost every year there is a bumper harvest, and there is too much food to eat.

Despite the fact that the Burmese king did not have any great talents, he was well versed in the way of economy, not only encouraging the cultivation of farmland, but also vigorously supporting the development of other industries, especially the extremely developed commerce.

He purchased all kinds of porcelain, silk and other goods from the resource-rich Dazhou at low prices, transported them to the southern ports, and sold them to the other side of the ocean by sea, earning a huge price difference from them, and for this alone, tens of millions of silver were received every year!

I heard that the royal palace of the Burmese king was built of gold bricks......

The rich are all oiled, but they still cry poverty with Da Zhou every year, asking for all kinds of relief?

This is also the main purpose of Li Wanjiang's decision to use troops against Burma.

What he lacks most now is money.

So why is Li Wanyun unwilling to fight this battle?

But he also has his own considerations.

First of all, the war will definitely be devastating and affecting the people, especially in southern Xinjiang, which has only been stable for a few years, and the people have just lived a good life for a few days, who is particularly willing to fight?

Secondly, this battle is actually not easy to fight, because of the huge disparity in the strength of the two sides, it will definitely be difficult to fight.

Second, the terrain in the northern part of Myanmar is complicated, with many bumpy roads, mountains and rivers, and it is extremely difficult for the army to march.

And the most awesome thing in Da Zhou is the cavalry, but in the mountainous and forest terrain, the cavalry can't give full play to its advantages at all, and it can't be used.

Then there is the logistical supply.

An army of 100,000, how much grain and grass do you need to feed people and horses every day?

These grains and grasses need to be transported from southern Xinjiang, which requires at least 300,000 people, as well as countless chariots and horses, and the amount of grain and grass they consume every day is also astronomical!

He also had to send troops to guard the grain routes along the road to make them clear, which would lead to the thinning of his troops.

Someone asked, doesn't Myanmar have food? Don't you just grab them?

Then you think about the problem too simply, people are not stupid, even if it is burned, they will not leave you one, okay!