"What exactly does Lao Qiao mean?"
When I left Menneng with the imperial edict in mind and headed all the way to the border line where Yangrong was stationed, the driver asked me this sincerely.
I explained: "Sure enough, these ethnic minorities in Wa State, Shan State and even Myanmar are actually the root of the disaster laid by the British colonial period."
"Back then, the British army used their fleet to open the door to Myanmar, but they only ruled central Myanmar, giving the northern and other peripheral areas complete autonomy. They followed the path of 'differentiated management.' As long as they were willing to pay taxes, the British army would not go It doesn’t matter which one is king and which one is hegemony.”
"During the Qing Dynasty, Kokang was an area ruled by local chieftains. The local people only knew the chieftains but not the imperial court. Later, after Kokang became independent, it joined Myanmar and became an independent area under the British colony. Only then did it develop the spirit of kingship and hegemony. Habit."
"In the early days, Kokang was the territory of chieftain surnamed Yang. It wasn't until the big brother Peng came to this land at the age of 16 to start his legendary life. With the turning of the gears of fate, he moved to the center of power, and then the world of King Kokang came into being."
"In 1989, the leader of the Kokang King, Peng, announced a ban on drugs in Kokang. He followed the footsteps of absolute political correctness, which made the Myanmar government hate it, but it was still unable to regain the lost ground."
"In 2009, Myanmar finally freed up its hands and launched wars to regain lost territory on the pretext of confiscating contraband. In such a difficult environment, Bai Socheng stabbed the boss Peng in the back and let the boss I'm going overseas."
"From a strategic point of view, the Burmese army achieved an absolute victory in this civil strife in Myanmar."
"But judging from the actual results, the Burmese army did not take any advantage."
"King Kokang has left, but there are still four major families in Kokang. Bai, Wei, and Er Liu have completely taken over the rule of King Kokang."
"Further back, in order to regain Kokang, the boss Peng entered Kachin State to ask for reinforcements and lived in the military academy in Kachin State. But last winter, the Burmese army bombarded Kachin State and completely wiped out several surrounding ethnic minorities. It was a real fire.”
"Right now, the two sides are in a stalemate, and our Wa State has made this trouble again."
When Zhencheng drove past the 729 Military District, he turned around and asked: "Boss, I'm asking Lao Qiao..."
"What Lao Qiao means is that we won't break up with Master Bao?"
"Simply find a group of people pretending to be the Kokang Army to catch the Burmese Army off guard. By then, whether the Burmese Army and the Kokang Army are in a heated fight, or the two sides continue to be in a white-hot stalemate, Mr. Bao will not dare to send troops."
Zhencheng finally understood: "He is afraid that the Burmese army will take advantage of the Wa State."
"It's just worry."
I continued to explain: "The Wa State is different from the Kokang. The Wa State has an army of 30,000 people on the bright side, and it also claims to have a reserve force of 60,000 people. I estimate that these 60,000 reserve forces include local armed forces from all regions. After all, the entire Wa State only has a population of 700,000, and it is divided into north and south."
"But even these 30,000 people will still give the Myanmar government a headache."
"Who doesn't understand the meaning of death and coldness of lips and teeth?"
"This is not how to cut down the feudal vassal. Otherwise, how could Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, and Geng Jingzhong unite together?"
After thinking sincerely for a long time, I finally decided not to ask any more questions and reminded him: "Boss, we are here."
When the Land Rover parked at the edge of a big mountain, I didn't see any traces of military garrison in front of me at all. But after I opened the door and stepped out of the car, in the surrounding mountains and forests on both sides, people hiding behind the bunkers appeared. Greenskins!
"do not move!"
"Don't move!!"
The mountains and plains are full of people!
At that time, I saw a touch of green moving slowly in the forest. The military uniform he wore was completely different from the others, and he was slowly walking down the mountain.
It's Brea.
This kid seemed to be still angry with me. He was already standing next to me, still raising his head and looking elsewhere: "Is something wrong?" he asked in a non-close way.
"Isn't it over?"
"How long has it been?"
"Didn't I just let someone knock you out?"
Zhencheng took the opportunity to come over and said: "Brother, the boss has been very kind to the people in our village. He gave us a building in Meneng as a place to live, and he also plans to build a school for us..."
Only then did I remember that Burea had gone to the village to recruit people, and they were already very familiar with each other.
Bujea looked at me and asked, "Really?"
"Erbai." I said a joke in order to buffer the relationship.
Pfft.
Burea finally laughed. His smile made me feel that this kid had actually lost his temper a long time ago. He just couldn't open his mouth because of his face.
When Burea has grown up, he is no longer the young man who follows me around the park and mixes with women, and he has begun to care about face.
"Not only that, the boss also arranged things for the elderly in the village to make money. Now you can't even imagine the life in our village, where every meal has meat."
This is really not a lie. Since they followed me, the people in the village began to live more and more like individuals.
Burea lowered his dark face and laughed. After a while, he raised his head and looked at me and asked, "Why are you here?"
"Come and deliver the message to Lao Qiao."
After speaking, I looked at the surrounding mountains: "Don't you even have a headquarters?"
"How about we go inside and talk?"
Burea turned around and shouted up the mountain with his hands together: "Return to your position!"
As soon as I went down, the greenskin soldiers all over the mountains and plains hid again, but this time, I was able to find them along the track, but when outsiders came, I was still confused.
"Walk."
Brea walked towards my Land Rover...
"Where are you going?"
"Where is the first camp? How about a room for you to enter?"
This big circle was made for me, and after going around and around, it actually led me back to Lao Qiao's drug manufacturing base.
However, there were not many people in the village at this time, and all decent weapons were gone. There was almost only one company left behind, including the commander-in-chief Yang Rong.
When I arrived at the courtyard where I had lived before and sat at the stone table with Yang Rong and Burea, I opened my mouth and told Lao Qiao's plan.
Yang Rong never spoke from the beginning until he finished listening. Burea was still so innocent and kept praying to Yang Rong: "Let me go this time. I have never left Meng since I was a child." It can!"
He actually thought he was going out to play!
Finally, Yang Rong spoke: "Let's stay here first."
I looked up at the sky and thought what he said was a bit strange.
It's only noon, what do you mean by staying first?
"I can't live here. You two brothers should study it. Meng Neng has a lot of things going on right now. Recently, a young master from the Bai family showed up and caused trouble. I can't leave him for even a minute."
"If it weren't for the inconvenience of contact in this poor place, I wouldn't even drive here in person."
Yang Rong looked over expressionlessly and repeated: "I said stay here first."
Burea turned his head in confusion and asked: "What's wrong?" (End of Chapter)
