"Oh, is it?"
Although Zhu Youxiao no longer personally manages the internal affairs of the court these days, he is not blind.
Through his own intelligence network, Zhu Youxiao did not know everything about the outside world, but he also knew a lot.
But sometimes, Zhu Youxiao would pretend to be blind and pretend not to know.
After all, when dealing with people, even when you are an emperor, sometimes it is necessary to hide your ignorance and stay clumsy.
Because only in this way can you paralyze others, causing others to look down upon you, gradually revealing your true nature and clues, and even lowering your IQ.
In addition, Zhu Youxiao's sometimes doing this also means that he acquiesces in this approach.
Now that he heard Bi Ziyan's report that Burma had raided the border and captured the county magistrate Xiao Juqian, Zhu Youxiao also pretended to be surprised and asked.
"I have just received the telegram. No matter how you say it, Xiao Juqian is the official of the Ming Dynasty, guarding the place on behalf of the emperor. Burma invaded the border without any reason and captured the official. Its ambition is obvious. I think it should be discussed by the Privy Council. This matter will be used to decide whether to send troops to Myanmar to punish it, or to directly destroy the country and educate it to prevent such an incident from happening again."
Bi Ziyan replied.
"allow!"
Zhu Youxiao replied accordingly.
"According to the order!"
Bi Ziyan was secretly happy. He knew that he had guessed His Majesty's thoughts correctly again. He had already coveted Myanmar's jade resources for a long time.
Bi Ziyan was not worried about whether the Ming Dynasty could conquer Burma. He was worried about how to distribute Burma's jade resources in the future. How much should the royal family take and how much should be left to the country? War coupons.
Bi Ziyan had to get busy. As the person in charge of internal affairs, although he did not have the power to directly launch a war, he could first instigate Chongwen Temple and other Ming Dynasty official media to build momentum. There is a feeling of disgust and even hatred towards Myanmar.
It even continued to report on Myanmar’s occupation of Ming Dynasty Mengong and Mu State decades ago.
Naturally, the response from the people was huge, and everyone clamored that the court should immediately wave the iron fist of justice against Myanmar.
However, according to Zhu Youxiao's knowledge, since the ninth year of the Apocalypse, the Toungoo Dynasty of Myanmar has given up its strategy of external expansion and focused on economic development since the new king came to the throne, so it no longer disturbed the Ming Dynasty's border.
Now, those causing trouble on the Ming-Myanmar border are actually chieftains and soldiers from the Ming side.
After all, the Ming Dynasty is now more powerful than the Wanli period. How can it be passively bullied all the time instead of actively bullying others, especially the chieftains in the southwest border who are not completely controlled by the central court. They were purchased from the central court of the Ming Dynasty and eliminated. After getting down the musket, the equipment level can still be greatly improved, and there is a feud with Myanmar, so it will naturally take the initiative to bully Myanmar.
What's more, Myanmar's jade resources are indeed very tempting.
These chieftains also hoped to mine more jade and sell it to the Han people in the prosperous areas of the Ming Dynasty in exchange for more wealth.
Zhu Youxiao also doesn't have a good impression of Myanmar. It is impossible for him to allow the forces on his side not to fight back after Myanmar stops actively expanding.
In addition, Zhu Youxiao remembered that after Emperor Yongli of the Southern Ming Dynasty fled to Burma in history, Burma sent Emperor Yongli back because Burma was afraid of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
In Zhu Youxiao's view, since this is the case, it is better to annex Burma now while the country is strong and everyone likes to expand.
At that time, even if the Ming Emperor needs to flee into Myanmar, he will no longer have to worry about being extradited back. It will only be equivalent to another strategic shift, still within the country, but with more strategic depth.
Of course, for Zhu Youxiao, this is also the way to deal with the southwestern troops.
These southwestern chieftain soldiers such as Miao soldiers, wolf soldiers, and white pole soldiers are good at fighting. In fact, their military discipline is not very good.
Therefore, now that Zhu Youxiao has various types of imperial troops, he will no longer use them to fight.
However, it would undoubtedly be a waste to keep these brave soldiers in the southwest and not allow them to fight and earn money. In addition, it would also affect the process of the imperial court's reform of the country.
And if these various types of southwest soldiers who are good at fighting in mountains and jungles are allowed to attack Burma, these southwest soldiers can naturally be consumed by the Burmese soldiers, and at the same time, the purpose of Ming Dynasty's annexation of Southeast Asia can be achieved through the southwest soldiers.
In fact, to attack a country like Myanmar that belongs to a tropical rainforest area, troops from places like Yunnan and Guangxi are more suitable. Troops from the north are likely to get sick easily.
The Privy Council quickly discussed a specific strategy for the conquest of Burma, and recommended veteran Qin Liangyu to take charge.
Because Qin Liangyu has a high prestige in the southwest.
The chieftains from all over the southwest were all afraid of Qin Liangyu, which made it easier to unify their command.
Qin Liangyu was familiar with fighting in the southwest, and she seemed to have already expected that the highly successful Emperor Tianqi would conquer Burma. When she was ordered to inspect the southwest border defense, she specially investigated Yongchang and Longchuan, places close to the border with Myanmar.
Therefore, when Qin Liangyu was appointed by Zhu Youxiao as the General of Dingxi and the Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, he specifically stated that there were five difficulties in conquering Burma, namely: difficulty in getting horses, difficulty in getting food, difficulty in marching, difficulty in transportation, and difficulty in adapting.
Therefore, Qin Liangyu suggested that the court first mobilize a large number of horses to the southwest. The horses were naturally not used to fight on horseback, but to carry food on their backs and march in mountainous areas. Having horses to carry food on their backs could save a lot of physical strength. When food was scarce, horses could be killed to satisfy hunger.
"The imperial court now occupies the horse breeding areas of Mobei, Monan and Qinghai. In addition, it has also bred many good horses over the years, so it can transfer enough horses there!"
Bi Ziyan said to Zhu Youxiao because of Qin Liangyu's suggestion.
However, Qin Liangyu also suggested that the court should change its tactics of large-scale marches in the past, and instead adopt a large-scale penetration method. Instead of dealing with the Burmese soldiers in the outer mountains, they should go straight into Awa to avoid prolonging the war too long. The longer it is delayed, the more detrimental it will be to Ming Dynasty.
Because according to the investigation of Emperor Qin Liangyu, it was found that the miasma in Myanmar started in the fourth month of the lunar calendar and was at its peak in July, August, September, and March. Therefore, the time to send troops can only be after September, and it is best to end in March.
Zhu Youxiao agreed to all Qin Liangyu's suggestions and asked the Ming navy stationed in Zhenghe Port to harass Myanmar from the sea. Myanmar mistakenly thought that the Ming Dynasty was attacking both land and water.
September 24th.
Qin Liangyu brought 6,000 carefully selected 10,000 white pole soldiers, 5,000 wolf soldiers and 5,000 Miao soldiers, as well as a total of 6,000 native soldiers of other ethnic groups, and the Guards mountain spy battalion transferred from the capital. More than 3,600 people, totaling nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses, officially set off from Yongchang to Myanmar.
The mountain spy battalion of the Guards is an elite specially trained by Zhu Youxiao and Jiao Lian in the mountainous area. The entire army uses new firing rifles and various types of individual self-defense weapons. The individual soldiers have strong combat capabilities and are specially used in difficult situations. Special operations under the conditions, before this, they had been transferred to fight against the Rakshasa soldiers in the north, and during the Western Expedition, they also fought against the Western Region soldiers who had surrendered to Lin Dan Khan.
Now this time, Zhu Youxiao sent them to the southwest, naturally to let them practice their ability to fight in tropical areas.
Qin Liangyu's original plan was to have "one main and two auxiliary", with the troops divided into three groups, but she knew that the troops he led this time were mainly southwestern native soldiers, that is, chieftain soldiers. The composition was complicated, and the confidentiality of the information was definitely not as good as before. The Guards was a traditional method before the Ming Dynasty that mobilized troops from all sides to command operations. So, in order to prevent Myanmar from knowing her purpose, she temporarily changed her plan before setting off, turning the three routes into two routes, north and south. The main force of the South Road was more than 10,000 people, and she personally led it. The North Road was led by Qin Bangping, and their destination was Ava, the capital of Myanmar.
Because Myanmar does not have a standing army, only the more than 10,000 royal guards in Ava, and the soldiers and horses from other places are the same as the Ming Dynasty’s military force in the southwest. They are chieftain soldiers from all over the country. These chieftain soldiers are the same as mercenaries. Whoever pays them military pay, they Just listen to whoever it is.
Therefore, as long as Ava is captured, Myanmar will be destroyed.
Naturally, it didn't take long for Myanmar to learn about the Ming Dynasty's march towards him, and they made preparations in advance. However, the king of Myanmar, King Talong, was angry. The Ming army commander temporarily changed the marching strategy, causing his troop deployment to follow suit. Layout error.
This arrangement error will naturally cause a lot of trouble if you want to rearrange it.
"The coach of the Ming Army is a difficult person to deal with! We must be more careful!"
King Thalong therefore had to admit that the commander of the Ming army was very cunning, and he spoke accordingly.
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