Mai Yaqian, who followed cautiously, looked over with Yong Jiya's gaze and couldn't help but feel surprised.
"Yunnan?"
"Yes, it's Yunnan." Yong Jiya confirmed Mai Yaqian's question.
Just like Annan’s persistent fantasy about Guangxi, Myanmar also has the same attitude toward Yunnan.
After the Taungoo dynasty, which was known as the strongest in Myanmar, unified Myanmar, it showed its covetous intention towards Yunnan.
In October of the tenth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, the then king Mangyingli, under the persuasion of the traitor Yue Feng, sent hundreds of thousands of soldiers and elephants to attack Yunnan.
The war in Burma was launched suddenly, so the Ming Dynasty was caught off guard. During this period, we saw Myanmar's great victory. Nuomeng, the leader of Che, Siwei, the leader of Mengyang, Hanfeng, the leader of Mubang, Sizhong, the leader of Mengmi, Sihua, the leader of Manmo, Meng Gen, Babai, etc. also all Troops were sent to support the main force of the invading army in Mang Yingli. The size of the Toungoo dynasty's army even exceeded that of his father Mang Yinglong's era, reaching an unprecedented strength.
However, although the Ming Dynasty's national power during the Wanli period was much weaker, it was not easy to mess with.
In the eleventh year of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty sent Liu Wei as a guerrilla in Tengyue and Deng Zilong as a general in Yongchang. They also assembled more than 100,000 troops to attack the Burmese army.
In February of the same year, Deng Zilong fought with the Burmese army in Panzhishu and defeated the Burmese army.
In April of the same year, the Ming army attacked with victory and wiped out more than 10,000 invading Burmese troops, achieving a comprehensive victory. Subsequently, Liu Wei, Deng Zilong and other generals led their troops from Longchuan and Mengmi and attacked the former Burmese capital Awa City. They defeated the entire Burmese army and then withdrew.
In the twelfth year of Wanli, Mang Yingli, who was defeated by the Ming army, personally led the army to attack the Xuanwei Division and Mubang Xuanwei Division established by the Ming Dynasty in the local chieftains.
While Mangyingli was attacking Mubang Xuanwei Si Mengmi, the deputy envoy of the Ming Dynasty Li Cai gathered troops in Tengchong and sent people to rescue Mengyang, Manmo and other places. He fought with the Burmese army at Zhelang and defeated Mangyingli. In the elephant formation, more than five thousand people were captured alive.
But Meng Mi's soldiers were defeated, and Mangyingli's army besieged Wu Zhang. General Gao Guochun of the Ming Dynasty led 500 people to the rescue. He actually defeated tens of thousands of Burmese troops in one fell swoop and destroyed six camps of the Burmese army one after another. At this point, the Burmese army returned in defeat, and Mang Yingli's second Burmese-China war ended in failure.
Burma's failure in this massive war against the Ming Dynasty resulted in the loss of a large area of territory in the northern part of the Toungoo Dynasty, and also laid the foundation for the decline of the Toungoo Dynasty.
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"I kneel down and beg the king to think again. Back then, the Toungoo dynasty attacked Yunnan with an army, which caused heavy losses in military strength and gradually declined. I should be cautious!" Mai Yaqian, who was shocked in his heart, hurriedly knelt in front of Yong Jiya. He came down and persuaded.
Yunnan is a coveted land for Myanmar, but it is also Myanmar’s nightmare.
Even the powerful Toungoo dynasty was completely defeated in Yunnan, let alone the newly stabilized Gongbang dynasty?
Now that it is rare for Myanmar to be unified again, Mai Yaqian really does not want Yong Jiya to touch Yunnan.
After all, compared to Myanmar, the Qing Empire was too huge.
Even though the Qing Empire is currently experiencing civil strife, its power is not something that Myanmar can contend with.
"I understand what you mean. But Gu is not Mang Yingli, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty at this time is not the Ming Dynasty at that time." Yong Jiya said nonchalantly.
"The Manchu and Qing dynasties were raging at war and had too much time to take care of themselves. Even when Annan's troops entered Guangxi, they were indifferent, let alone Yunnan. What could they do? With such a God-given opportunity, even if I have a victorious army, I would not dare to attack Yunnan. , then we will never be able to own Yunnan."
At this time, I saw Yong Jiya getting more and more excited as he talked.
"Moreover, Yunnan is only the first step. As long as we can gain a foothold in Yunnan, we can then look to Sichuan and Guizhou. It may even be inevitable for us to imitate the Manchu and Qing Tatars and take over China."
"Take control of the Central Plains?"
When he heard this, Mai Yaqian couldn't help but take a breath, and his heart suddenly became excited.
Thinking of the infinite possibilities in the future, Mai Yaqian even felt that his brain was completely exhausted.
Indeed, who would have thought that after the turmoil of the Ming Dynasty, the Manchu and Qing Tatars, who had only about 200,000 troops outside the Pass, could actually take over the Central Plains?
If the Manchus and Tatars can do it, why can’t I, Myanmar?
Just like in the late Ming Dynasty, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties are still in constant war and chaos.
It is true that the invasion of Burma would naturally attract the attention of the Manchu Empire. However, compared with the prosperous land in the south of the Yangtze River occupied by the bandit suppression army, the poor and remote Yunnan seems to be insufficient.
Judging from the information obtained, the Qing Empire's anti-bandit and suppression forces were very powerful, even as strong as those in Myanmar. In order to put down the rebels occupying the wealthy land as quickly as possible, the Manchu Qing Dynasty will definitely do its best to deal with the bandit suppressing army.
By then, Yunnan, which has no intention of sticking to it, will indeed be an opportunity for Myanmar.
Thinking of this, Mai Yaqian couldn't help but admire Yong Jiya's strategic vision and courage.
"Then Siam, we are going to miss this good opportunity." Mai Yaqian couldn't help feeling a little regretful.
After all, Myanmar has been at war with Siam for hundreds of years. If there is a good opportunity, the Myanmar people would like to destroy Siam immediately.
"Don't be so short-sighted. Once Yunnan is owned by us and developed with Yunnan's resources, will it be difficult to capture Siam?" Yong Jiya comforted.
"Indeed, I didn't think carefully." Mai Yaqian replied smoothly.
"In a while, I will ask someone to prepare an imperial decree for Luang Prabang①, asking him to send 2,000 troops to our Burma. When the time comes, you will send them up to help me watch over the 2,000 people." Yong Jiya said to him. Ma Yaqian ordered.
"I obey, Your Majesty." Mai Yaqian knelt down again and replied.
"What happened today cannot come out of your mouth, do you understand?" Yong Jiya warned.
"I understand, I will never dare to obey the king's orders." Mai Ya said humbly.
"Get up and get busy!" Yong Jiya said.
"I obey the order and leave." After saying that, Mai Ya bowed out respectfully.
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October of the 22nd year of Qianlong
Yongjiya personally led hundreds of thousands of troops across the Yunnan border to launch a war against the Manchus on the pretext of a border chieftain dispute.
Wherever the Burmese army went, they burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil.
In front of Yong Jiya's huge army, Yunnan lost several cities in succession, and war broke out.
The Qing-Burma War officially began.
Note ①: The Kingdom of Luang Prabang is part of the Kingdom of Lancang. Lancang Kingdom, also known as Nanzhang Kingdom.
In the thirty-fourth year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, the last king of Nanzhang, King Suriyawangsa, died. Since there was no successor, the battle for the throne of Lancang Kingdom also began.
By then, the prosperous Lancang Kingdom was divided into four small kingdoms: Champasak, Luang Prabang, Xieng Khouang, and Vientiane. After the decomposition of Nanzhang, it quickly declined, and the Kingdom of Luang Prabang also became a vassal state of Myanmar.
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