Over the past few hundred years, the Shan State, the Mu State, the Mon State, the Pak Ku State, the Thiula and the Arakan have become independent, and the entire territory of Myanmar is full of countries of different sizes, with dozens at its peak.

The barbarian land does not know the shame of honesty, and does not know what the concept of the prince is, almost a tribe in Myanmar can proclaim itself king, and then start to conquer each other.

After the rise of the Donghu tribe, they immediately annexed the heyday of the Digura kingdom and began a new round of great annexation, and the bloody war began again. After the fall of the Ava Kingdom, a so-called Taungoo Kingdom was born.

The Burmese king Mang Yingli initially unified Burma, and then sat in the well and watched the sky, fluttering. Unexpectedly, he didn't know that the sky was high and the earth was thick, and he waved his army north to invade the Ming Empire, but he was hit on the head and hurt his muscles and bones.

At this time, the small southwestern coastal state, the so-called Arakan Kingdom, took the opportunity to lead Portuguese mercenaries and unite with the slave owners in the territory to send troops to capture Baigu, and the Burmese king Mang Yingli was taken prisoner.

The remnants of the Taungoo Kingdom retreated all the way to the north, occupying the "granary" area centered on Ava to recuperate, and retaining half of the rivers and mountains of Upper Burma.

With the reign of the Burmese king Tarong, the remnants of the Taungoo Kingdom revived, and launched bloody revenge against those tribes who had fallen into the ground, killing the world upside down.

The small tribes were annexed one by one, and as a result, the kingdom of Arakan on the southwest coast and the kingdom of Divula on the southern coast were left to fight to the death.

The kingdoms of Arakane and Diwula were able to save their lives, of course, for a reason.

The Arakanese kingdom on the southwest coast has a relatively long history, and there have been three ups and downs, and the so-called king Naramigara has also wandered to Bengal.

Later, with the help of the army of King Goul of Bengal, Naramigara was able to return home to avenge his return and rebuild the kingdom of Arakan in Muhan.

After this incident, Naramigara knew the power of foreigners, so he colluded with the Portuguese colonial army and spent a lot of money to form a Portuguese mercenary army of 800 people.

The Arakanese don't know how to do anything, they can sail by boat, and the Arakan sailors around Chittagong are world-famous.

After the cession of Sittwe Island, the Portuguese colonial forces assisted the Kingdom of Arakan in building a powerful navy, all equipped with Portuguese ships and artillery.

Not to be outdone, the Kingdom of Digura on the southern coast happened to encounter the Dutch colonial army, the "sea coachman", who had no place to stand, so at the cost of ceding Shakang (now Dagon and Yangon), the Dutch colonial army established the "East India Company" here.

Shakang was originally occupied by the Portuguese colonial army, and the Dutch colonial army had the support of the local Turkish Diwula Kingdom, and immediately beat the Portuguese colonial army, and Shakang changed the owner.

After the kingdom of Divula sold its land, it was natural that they would be rewarded accordingly.

This reward consisted of two things: the Dutch colonial army sold twenty-seven ships, and at the same time collected a thousand defeated Portuguese colonial troops to form foreign mercenaries.

Originally, the Arakan Kingdom united with the Diwula Kingdom to prepare to go north to attack the Donghu Kingdom, and then the two families divided the world equally.

At this time, the military division and ten thousand troops went south in three ways, and the most thorough undeclared war certainly had the effect of taking them by surprise and attacking them unprepared.

The Huolian Mountain Department swept like a hurricane, causing the entire Myanmar to change drastically.

The northern part of Upper Burma had fallen within three months, giving the king of Tarongmien, who was entrenched in the city of Ava, a breath that made him creep.

This aura rarely appears, and once it does, it is absolutely not good, because it is the aura of death.

Huo Lianshan finally said: "Master, the scout battalion sent local Tu soldiers to bring back the news that Talung of the Donghu Kingdom sent messengers to unite Pingming of the Arakan Kingdom and the Mon Queen Fei Li of the Diwula Kingdom respectively, and then form an alliance with the small seaside city of Muhang in the southwest. ”

"If it's just these three families joining forces to deal with us, the problem is not too strict. But what is worse now is that the Dutch East India Company of Shakang, the Portuguese fleet of Sittwe, and the British (British) East India Company of the Bengal Special Administration Zone, these three fleets also participate in the Alliance. ”

The source also said that the British (British) fleet seemed to be more powerful than the Dutch fleet and the Portuguese fleet, and that their command ship was said to be called the Prince, a fast-sailing warship with three decks. Four masts were installed on the ships, on which sails were hung. ”

"This battleship of the British (British) fleet, the Prince, armed with sixty-four guns, fired from both sides of the portholes. Usually it is closed and invisible, but when it encounters the enemy, the porthole can be opened as soon as the cannon can be fired, and the range exceeds five miles. ”

This is the latest, and most urgent, change in the hostile situation, and it came somewhat unexpectedly.

At the beginning, the result of the negotiation between Xiong Chu and Wan Lian was not to collide head-on with the Netherlands and Portugal for the time being, and to find an opportunity to clean them up after burying their heads in development for a period of time.

But now it's not that I'm looking for someone else, but someone else is secretly engaging in conspiracy and tricks, and I'm about to come over to deal with me.

In fact, it is also very easy to understand that war is a joint action of both sides of the enemy, and it will never be carried out according to a unilateral plan because of the whims of one side.

In the first stage of the Xiong Family's army's lightning raid operation, because the enemy was unprepared, although he was able to catch the enemy by surprise, the enemy was definitely not a fool and would not be caught on his hands.

In this case, it is completely understandable that the counterattack measures taken by the enemy who are not willing to be defeated belong to a very normal situation.

The change is surprising, not because the three rivals in southern Burma have joined forces, but because the British (British), Dutch, and Portuguese colonial armies have directly intervened.

Xiong Chu, Wan Lian, and Zhang Yuxiu have every reason to believe that the participation of the fleets of the three colonial armies in the war is almost certain, and that the Portuguese mercenaries are also likely to participate in the war.

In other words, from now on, the Xiongjia Army must be fully prepared to "fight against the multinational forces," including ideological, equipping, and tactical preparations.

Zhang Yuxiu, the governor of Nankan Province, said with a wry smile: "My lord, it seems that you have to be prepared to die and the net will be broken." After all, we have mobilized the people to come out, and we have not yet received the benefits we deserve. If you want to go back now, that's not realistic. ”

"Things haven't gotten out of control yet, so there's no need for Mr. Zhang to be too pessimistic. Wan Lian waved his hand: "Even if any British (British) fleet participates, it can't swarm up." After all, the Irrawaddy River and the Chindun River are not the sea, and too powerful ships may not be able to come over. ”

"When it comes to head-to-head encounters on land, we don't necessarily have to be afraid of them. It is said that the firearms of Portugal, the Netherlands, and Britain (England) are powerful, but our firearms are also being continuously improved. If we really want to fight, maybe we can also promote the development of our firearms. ”

"However, since the enemy has fully united and is ready to deal with us together, this still needs to attract sufficient attention. Therefore, we must get a good grasp of the implementation of the military expansion plan just mentioned, and then seize the strategic points in various localities and prepare for all-round defensive operations. ”

Xiong Chu nodded and said: "From a military point of view, the position of the middle route army of the military division is the most important, and the next step is to pacify the country of Siam and the country of Zhenla." From a civil point of view, Governor Zhang Yuxiu has the heaviest burden, on the one hand, he must go all out to Nankan Province, and at the same time, he must also prepare for the establishment of Lancang Province. ”

"On the Burmese side, the enemy's counterattack measures are also very sharp, and it is urgent for us to urgently expand the army. Now the territory is getting bigger and bigger, and even the most basic defense force is not enough. ”

"Fortunately, more than 50,000 captives in Nankan and Manmo have been reformed for three months, and all the generals have been eliminated. A reserve of twenty-six thousand men was selected from among them, which can now come in handy. ”

"Since the three of us are of the same opinion, I have decided to form an invincible battalion, with Nalibray as the commander, and draw four hundred of our veterans, and three thousand six hundred supplementary soldiers. Their task was to cut off the Chindun River and occupy Minsin, Sidang and Imphal on the west bank, forming the western defence of our Namkan province. ”

"Set up an elephant battalion, let Burgud be the commander, give him all the captured war elephants 480 heads, and replenish 2,500 Yunnan horses, with a total strength of 3,000 men, and occupy Banmao and Angbin. On the one hand, it threatens the city of Ava to the south, and on the other hand, it serves as a backup for the invincible battalion. ”

"I have ordered Huo Lianshan to extract the Kokang clan from the captives, a total of 4,800 people, to form a Kokang battalion, let Wei Shiori be the commander, and deploy it on the front line of Nankan, Lashio, Menghan, Dangyang, Mengya, and Nanlan. ”

"The reorganized unit of 12,000 captives is not yet known to be combative. We have just taken this opportunity to launch a campaign to expand the defense zone and test the basic combat effectiveness of the new troops. ”

"If the new troops can pass this test, they will be able to take on the task of local defense in the future, replacing our main forces as sharp knife units in the second phase of the operation, and preparing to deal with a more complex situation. ”

"The remaining 14,000 reservists are all very good water guys, and are now waiting for a commander to come over and form our first water division. This commander is called Zhong Guozhu, and he turned out to be a general of the Dongting Lake Water Division. ”

Wan Lian nodded and agreed with Xiong Chu's battle deployment, because this was the only measure that could be taken at present, that is, to cut off the Irrawaddy River and the Chindun River as much as possible, so as not to let the enemy go up the river and interfere with his rear.

In line with this, the armies of the eastern and central routes must now take a defensive position, and the central armies also need to be ready to dispatch troops at any time to prepare for the counterattack of the enemy by the western armies.

Several people finally determined the basic principle for dealing with the local Turks: In the course of future operations, the targets of attack should be focused and the strategy of division and disintegration should be implemented as much as possible.

Wan Lian stayed in Manmo City for three days, because he needed to rush back to deal with the more than 90,000 captives on his side, and try to dig out a group of soldiers from them to expand several reserve forces.

Now that the time has come for the sword to go sideways, Wan Lian feels that there is no need to get something dignified step by step.

What countermeasures will be taken by the military advisor Wan Lian, Xiong Chu has never cared. Even if he wanted to care about it now, he didn't have the time, let alone energy, because his main concern was not on the ground, but in the water.

The most powerful place for the enemy of the future is in the water.

If you don't defeat your opponent in what they do best, you'll never have peace in the future.

This is a killer's understanding of a complex situation, and there is no reason to talk about it.

So Wan Lian left with his front foot, and Xiong Chu had already arrived in the riverside dock, and he didn't come out for half a month.

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