March of the second year of Tianzhi (the 23rd year of Qianlong reign)
Siam, inside the city of Ayutthaya
At this moment, Samurai Lun was sitting on the throne, smiling knowingly.
The spies have the latest information. Their old rival in Siam (Burma) is now fighting fiercely with the Manchu army in Yunnan.
Ever since Siam ordered the deployment of more than 30,000 elites to the expedition to Annan, Samurai Lun's mood has been tense. He was afraid that Yong Jiya would take this opportunity to attack Siam after knowing about it.
Now that this news has arrived, Samurai Lun's worried heart can finally relax.
Since the founding of Siam, it has never looked at each other with Myanmar, and Myanmar is eager to annex Siam, so the two sides have been fighting back and forth for more than two hundred years. Even though Myanmar now has a new owner, Yong Ji Ya of Gong Bang still has not given up his intention to annex Siam.
Originally, both sides were unable to help themselves, but now Burma has turned its target to the Manchus to provoke the more powerful Manchus. How could Samurai Lun be unhappy? He is even thinking about whether to send troops to Burma while Burma is at war with the Qing Dynasty to let Burma understand the "danger" of Siam.
However, when he thought that Myanmar did not seem to be an easy place, Samurai Lun gave up.
"Siam has not received any benefits from the Manchus. There is really no need to waste energy to help the Manchus disperse Burma's forces. Moreover, if Burma can lose both sides with the Manchus, this will be the most beneficial thing for Siam. " Samurai Lun thought.
Rather than sending troops to attack Burma, Samurai Lun was more willing to focus on Annan.
After all, Siam now occupies nearly half of Annan's land. If we work harder, it is not impossible to destroy Annan.
Therefore, as long as Burma does not mess with Siam at this time, Samurai Lun is not willing to mess with Burma. It is also a good thing that both sides can maintain a tacit understanding of each getting what they need and continue to live in peace.
As for the fact that Myanmar will strengthen its strength after taking over Yunnan and then pose a threat to Siam, Samurai Lun is not worried at all.
The Manchu Empire was so huge that it was invincible to Siam.
Since Siam can't defeat it, then Myanmar can?
Therefore, in Samurai Lun's view, Burma's decision to conquer the Qing Empire was purely due to lack of support.
"Yong Ji Ya just thought that if he unified Myanmar, he would be invincible." Thinking of this, Samurai Lun couldn't help but laugh at Yong Ji Ya who was far away in Yunnan.
Of course, ridicule is ridicule, but this does not affect the strong hope in Samurai Lun's heart that Yong Jiya had better take all the elites who unified Burma to fight against the Manchus.
It is true that if Myanmar really defeated the Qing Empire, it could indeed increase its strength, but Myanmar must also have such strength. If it were Siam, it would not foolishly compete with the Manchus for national power.
Compared with the powerful Manchu Empire, Annan seems to be the most correct choice for Siam.
Siam first took Annan as a small target, and after occupying it, it went to annex Chenla (Cambodia), followed by several surrounding vassal states, such as Champasak, Vientiane, and Luang Prabang. By then, Myanmar will no longer be afraid.
After Siam unified the surrounding countries in the southeast, it would not be difficult for Siam, which had been promoted to a powerful empire, to compete with the Manchus.
Of course, Samurai Lun has a good idea. However, something happened recently that hindered Siam's small goal.
Commander-in-Chief Maroguo, who originally had everything going smoothly in Annan, suddenly sent an urgent letter asking for help not long ago.
The letter stated: After the Siamese army captured half of the Annan territory, it encountered desperate resistance from the Annan army, and the army was repeatedly blocked. According to the latest news, Annan has completely surrendered to the Yi Dynasty.
Now under the attack of the Yi Dynasty and Annan armies, the Siamese army has suffered a lot of casualties. Therefore, if no reinforcements are sent from the royal capital, the Annan territory that the Siamese army captured before may not be able to be saved.
When he first received Maloguo's letter asking for help, Samurai Lun still had a lot of doubts. However, as the news from the supervisor came, Samurai Lun finally knew that Maloguo was not lying, and the situation was even more serious.
But Maro Guo should be blamed for this, and Samurai Lun didn't think it should be the case. After all, even he didn't expect Annan to be so "weak" that he would surrender to those Manchu "rebels".
You know, if the Yi army had not attacked them first, Siam would not have been able to go. Therefore, the Annan people should hate Yijun even more. However, Annan did not compromise with Siam but chose to surrender to those "rebels".
Siam obviously sent troops to disperse Annan's forces, causing Annan's forces to lose to the invading Yi army. But in the end, Siam, which can be said to have directly helped the Yi Dynasty, not only received no gratitude from the Yi Dynasty, but was caught off guard by them with the Annamites who had just surrendered, causing heavy casualties to the Siamese army.
Thinking of this, Samurai Lun was so angry that he even coughed up a lot of blood in his excitement.
What made Samurai Lun even more angry.
Yi Chao sent someone to pass the message.
If Siam dares to despise the majesty of the Celestial Empire, the Celestial Empire will punish him. Let Samurai Lun wash his neck in the city of King Ayutthaya and wait for the heavenly soldiers to chop him off.
After hearing this, Samurai Lun didn't know how many things he smashed, and even chopped down a lot of slaves, and then he calmed down a lot of his anger.
Later, he even complained a little about the ministers in the city who had persuaded him to let go of the Yi Dynasty envoy.
According to his wishes, the heads of those "anti-thief" messengers who dared to come to the capital to show off their power should be chopped off and then sent back to Guangzhou. So that Zhang Rui knows that Siam is not someone he, a Manchu "rebel", can despise.
Originally under pressure from Burma, Samurai Lun hesitated to send troops to support Marogo. Now that he knew Burma's whereabouts, Samurai Lun directly ordered the third prince Wenlin to lead 30,000 troops to support Malogo.
Many ministers in the city always felt that something was wrong with Samurai Lun's dispatch of troops to support this time, and they also held objections. But seeing the blood-red eyes of Samurai Lun in anger, he wisely remained silent.
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Annan
Quang Nam Province
During the Han Dynasty, this place was called Linyi. Later, the local county magistrate was killed by the Champa people and became an occupied territory; later, Champa was defeated by Annan, and then Guangnan Province was established.
Guangnan is a central-south coastal area with mountains and lush forests. When Champa was mostly a wilderness, it was transformed by hundreds of years of immigration from Annan, and now it is quite prosperous.
However, with the invasion of Siam, the local people were either dying or escaping. At this time, it looked desolate and desolate.
"General, there's a letter from the capital..." A voice came to the melancholy Maroguo's ears.
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