None of the enemies of the world are fools, neither are the Portuguese, nor are the Dutch, and certainly not the Britons.

These three world-class pirates and colonial robbers are not only not fools, but also ferocious vipers.

Their fleets were severely lost, and although the Dutch sent a priest to deal with them, not only did they fail in the end, but even the priest did not return.

The seven ships sent out by the Portuguese were all destroyed, and none of them returned, and it seems that the losses were heaviest.

Although two of the Dutch ships were released, the Admiral, which represented their honor, and all the officers were seized by the enemy, and the other two largest merchant ships were also arrested, as if the losses were even greater.

The Britons went deep into the barren land, expecting to be able to go around behind the enemy and make a surprise attack, but they were attacked by heavy artillery fire, two ships were severely damaged, and more than thirty people were killed.

It's going to be a big deal.

The Portuguese East India Company, the Dutch East India Company, and the British East India Company found themselves at a loss, and of course they had to put aside their intrigue for a while, and then wolf bèi for a while.

Shakang, also known as Dagon, was originally a small fishing village with an unknown name.

But after the Portuguese came, they directly occupied Shakang, and then changed their minds.

The Portuguese took advantage of this, first of all, the Dutch were jealous, so they also came to establish an East India Company.

In the seventh year of the Apocalypse (1627), Britain had its own new warship, and of course it began to tremble, so it also went to Shakang to get a British East India Company.

As time went by, small fishing villages began to flourish, and then three small castles appeared, then a large city was built, and then three ports appeared.

Originally, the three robbers were usually enemies of life and death, and the Portuguese and Britons had just fought in Goa, India, and the blood on their hands had not yet dried up.

But this time, he actually met an opponent at the same time, and they all suffered a big defeat, is it tolerable?

The mysterious Ming Kingdom in the East has such a strong combat power and a powerful army and navy, which the Portuguese, Dutch, and Britons did not expect.

Since it is impossible to win alone, it is necessary to unite and unite with the outside world.

However, the headquarters of the Dutch were in Batavia, and they could not be made in time for a while.

The headquarters of the Portuguese, originally in Batavia, was later robbed by the damned Dutch, and now in Borneo, it will also take time to mediate.

The Britons were even worse, they just came out to grab territory and did not form a powerful fleet.

Because of this, after receiving the news of the fiasco at the front, the three families first asked the priest of the Sakang Catholic Cathedral to come forward to buy time for the next action.

In this way, Prince Xiong asked Burgude, Meng Fan, Xu Fengxian and others to "debate and steal the division", and then buried themselves in the development of the water division for four months, the Portuguese, Dutch, and Britons in Shakang all sent people back to ask for help.

At the same time, the three families each supported a batch of artillery for Talong, a total of 28 guns, and then swore a promise: "As long as Talong can recover the two cities of Magway and Bagan, Portugal, Holland and Britain will not sit idly by, and will definitely send troops to drive out the Ming army." ”

Unexpectedly, Ta Long didn't have time to resist at all, and the whole army was annihilated.

As soon as he lost his name, Shakang, Bagu, and Bosheng could no longer hold on, and the situation was really at the most dangerous moment.

But there was a turning point, because reinforcements were not far away.

When Prince Xiong received the good news from Yang Hu and Zhong Guozhu, he was happy to learn that Ta Long had died and that the remnants of the Donghu Kingdom had been eradicated.

But after only being happy for less than five days, that is, on the ninth day of the first month of the tenth year of Chongzhen, Prince Xiong met a person he didn't want to see.

Wen Jie, one of the last people Xiong Chu wants to see.

Of course, Wen Jie didn't dare to come over alone, but the reason why he dared to come over this time was because the guards came alone.

This person is a deacon eunuch of Jinyiwei, and of course it can also be said that he is a minister who came to deliver the decree.

Prince Xiong will definitely not accept the order, he can not rebel, but he will definitely not accept the order.

Since Prince Xiong will not accept the order, no one in the Xiong family army will accept the order.

In fact, the eunuch didn't pass on the edict, he just came over to say a word, a sentence brought over by Emperor Zhu Youzhen of Chongzhen: "Since you can recover Burma and beat the Portuguese, Dutch, and British, then you must fight to the end." There are no people in the descendants of the Zhu family who give up halfway, and I don't think you will either. ”

Xiong Chu asked with a cold face, "Why did he let you come over and say such a sentence at all costs?"

The eunuch bowed down and said: "Son, those three Western slaves said that our Ming Kingdom was here in Burma, and innocently violated their legitimate rights and interests, and even declared war on our Ming Kingdom at the same time. ”

"Originally, the emperor didn't know what was going on here, so he sent his humble post to Yunnan to understand the situation, and then he knew that the prince was showing his strength here. ”

"The emperor said that the prince was able to use the reputation of the Ming court army to recover the lost territory, and I was very relieved. The emperor also said that since the descendants of the Ming Dynasty have done it, there is no one who is timid and afraid. ”

Xiong Chu sneered: "I am just a timid and afraid person, he forced me to have no place to stand, and now I can be found by you when I hide here, do I owe you anything?"

The eunuch smiled: "Where the prince said, this is all a private matter of the royal family, and I dare not say more." ”

Xiong Chu nodded: "Okay, you go back and tell him, since I want to find a way to gain a foothold here, there is definitely no way out, of course I have to fight." But there is a shortage of people here, a shortage of our own people. ”

"Now that there are waves of natural disasters in the mainland, if there are disaster victims, send me some, lest they rebel without food. I don't have anything else here, but I can feed people with mountains and water. ”

After sending the eunuch away, Prince Xiong knew that the situation was strict.

"There is no need to be in a hurry, things may not be out of control. Hou Mingde has his own opinion: "The emperor adopts the strategy of driving the tiger and devouring the wolf, hoping that we will fight to the death with the Portuguese, Dutch, and Britons here." ”

"We won, the emperor's face is bright, and it can also boost the people's hearts and strengthen everyone's confidence in resisting foreign aggression. We lost, and the best lord was also killed, and the emperor was reassured. ”

"Although we are relatively passive, the life of the enemy is not easy either. After all, this is our territory, and the Portuguese, Dutch, and Britons will not be able to concentrate their strength in a short time. ”

"My opinion is that Zhong Guozhu's sailors, Yang Hu's Xiaocai battalion, and Acuorize's Dangkou battalion should immediately go south, and simply directly recover Bosheng in the west, Shakang in the middle, and Bagu in the east, and push the battle line to the sea. ”

Xiong Chu also knew that there was no way out, rather than letting the enemy go up the river and directly attack his hinterland, which was not conducive to stabilizing the internal order.

Especially since the rebellion has just been suppressed, hundreds of thousands of monks have not yet been cleaned up, and the people's hearts have not yet stabilized.

The third phase of the campaign was forced to advance, which was also something that could not be helped.

Now there was no time to waste, so the bear prince immediately gave the order to march to the southern coast.

Things are far more developed than Xiong Chu and Hou Mingde expected.

It turned out that after the Britons snatched back a batch of tea from India, they immediately became a treasure, and only members of the royal family and princely ministers were eligible to buy it.

And it is not sold by catties, but by the balance as a medicinal herb, which is simply more valuable than jewelry and gold. Drinking tea, for a time, became a symbol of the identity of the whole of Britain.

King Charles I of Britain, almost after his first contact with Oriental tea, fell into a daze and could not leave tea for a moment.

To this end, Chali I issued a special decree appointing Captain Weddell as commander, and set sail from London on April 14 last year with six warships and twelve merchant ships.

On November 7 last year, Captain Weddell's fleet had arrived in Goa, India, mainly to negotiate with the Governor of Goa to go to Macao, the kingdom of Daming, to conduct trade, and to obtain the possibility of obtaining large quantities of tea.

At this time, the Governor of British Goa received urgent news from the Merchant House of the Bangladesh Special Administrative Region that the British warship had been ambushed by the enemy and suffered heavy losses.

Immediately afterwards, the British Shakang East India Company also sent back the news that "an understanding has been reached with the Portuguese and the Dutch to jointly fight against the Ming army in Burma, which despises them, and the Portuguese in Macao have declared war on the Ming Kingdom." However, our East India Company has only four warships, and now we have lost two, so we are really unable to fight, and we have asked for urgent reinforcements from the mainland. ”

Originally, according to the original plan, Captain Weddell's fleet was supposed to first establish trading houses in Bertcar, Cochin and Aceh, and then go to Macao to open a trade channel with the Ming Kingdom.

However, what a great honor it was for Captain Weddell to be summoned by His Majesty the King not long ago, and to give him a military flag to declare war on behalf of the British Empire.

Now there are people who despise the majesty of the "great" British Empire, and they are simply plucked by the mouth of a tiger, and they are impatient.

Captain Weddell, enraged and eager for meritorious service, led his fleet to set off without the slightest thought, in order to restore the glory of the British Empire.

This time, instead of flying the St. George's trade flag, Captain Weddell hoisted the British king's flag high, which was not a commercial trade fleet, but an expeditionary force.

Xiong Chu and Hou Mingde did not know what actions the enemy had taken, and Zhong Guozhu, Yang Hu, and Ah Cuori, who had received the battle order to rush south, did not know what the enemy wanted to do, let alone what preparations the enemy had.

King Talon and his guards were all killed, indicating the complete destruction of the Donghu Kingdom.

The three-way army set out from the periphery of the city of Beimiu, advancing by land and water along the way, without encountering any organized large-scale resistance and no decent battles.

The whole process was desperately rushing, but it was just a simple collection of some defeated soldiers, and there were more than 2,000 people in three unknown monks, so it only took nine days to reach the beach.

Zhong Guozhu's sailors occupied the port of Kunbei in Bosheng City, Yang Hu's Xiaocai battalion had besieged Shakang City, and Acuorize's Dangkou camp had besieged Bago City.

Considering that Yang Hu's cavalry battalion and Acuorize's Dangkou battalion did not have siege artillery, Zhong Guozhu left seven warships to defend the Kunbei port of Bosheng City, and he led twenty of the strongest warships to set off, ready to reinforce the two siege armies.

Zhong Guozhu's idea was of course correct, but what happened next made him unforgettable for the rest of his life.

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