Ruan Youliao's small thoughts are really not worth mentioning in front of Gao Jingshi. He just hopes that Gao Jingshi will be as happy as many officials in the Ming Dynasty. As soon as he heard that the daughter and son of Nanzhang King came to ask for help, he immediately got carried away and devoted himself to this project. Go to the great achievements of "rising and falling".
But obviously, Gao Pragmatic is not that kind of person.
A bird in the hand is worse than a hundred birds in the forest. He was still two bites away from swallowing Annan. How could he follow his good example and help the people of Nanzhang restore their country now?
The pair of siblings who came there were the children of King Nanzhang, and they were not his noble and pragmatic children. Could the old man do this?
However, the "White Elephant King Bo Yinmu" mentioned by Ruan Youliao aroused Gao Pragmatic's great attention.
White Elephant King Boyin was not very familiar with this term, Gao Xiangjing, but he was very familiar with this person's other name: Mang Yinglong.
This king was the third king of the Taungoo dynasty of Myanmar. During his reign, he established Myanmar's hegemony in the Indochina Peninsula - except for the Malay Peninsula and Annan within the sphere of influence of the Portuguese, the entire southeastern peninsula was under his control. Under the power of lust. In the history of later generations, he, Anawrahta and Yongjiya were called the "Three Great Emperors of Myanmar".
This man not only unified Myanmar, but also destroyed the Ava dynasty of Myanmar, which was unable to defeat even the powerful Mongolian and Yuan cavalry in its early days. He then moved eastward and took control of Lannathai, Ayutthaya, Lancang and other places.
But what Gao Pragmatic hated the most was his coveting of Yunnan. This person spent many years and sent troops northward four times to cut off Ming Dynasty's "outer vassals" in Yunnan one by one. However, Ming Dynasty, on the one hand, because local officials "do more things than less things", and on the other hand, was busy with internal reforms and never responded to Ming Dynasty. Dragon has enough attention.
In the seventh year of Wanli, Mang Yinglong went north for the fourth time to exterminate Meng Yang, a foreign vassal of the Ming Dynasty. Gao pragmatic mentioned this matter to Guo Pu, but Guo Pu did not realize that Mang Yinglong's strength had reached its peak, so he only sent him He treated his actions as a fight between chieftains from foreign vassals, and asked Yunnan Governor Rao Renkan to send an envoy to declare to Mang Yinglong. As a result, Mang Yinglong was too lazy to respond at this time.
It was precisely because of this incident that Gao Pragmatic found a way to send Liu Wei to Yunnan in advance.
In other words, Gao Pragmatic had already begun preparing to deal with the historical "Ming-Myanmar War" last year.
In the Ming-Burma War in history, the Ming Dynasty had always been in an advantage before the outbreak of the "Three Great Conquests of Wanli". Especially after Liu Wei and Deng Zilong arrived in Yunnan, they launched a large-scale campaign against Burma and defeated Mangyingli. "We won a decisive victory through the bloodshed and majesty of the distant camp."
However, the forces of Mang Yingli were not completely wiped out. Liu Qing clearly realized that "although the territory has been cleared, the Mang chieftains are still rampant. If they are not exterminated urgently, the disaster will eventually spread." Therefore, we should take advantage of the victory to attack. "After the victory is over, we will make other plans to change the soil and set up rivers. After the peace is over, it is better to build gates and forts, set up generals and flags and drums to control the key points, and set up various administrative offices to act as horns. Accompany them to farm the fields." The strategy is to make enough food, and wealth can make you rich, and the security will be strong; you can also train the indigenous people to make enough soldiers, and their strength can make them strong, and the border will be almost free of danger. ... The security of southern Yunnan will be guaranteed forever. .
However, in history, Liu Wei, like his father Liu Xian, had no civil servants who could speak for him in the court, and his plans were not taken seriously by the court at all. The court not only failed to provide support, but instead killed Liu in the fifteenth year of Wanli Tune away.
As soon as Liu Wei was transferred, the situation in the southwest immediately deteriorated. In the sixteenth year of Wanli, as soon as Liu Wei left, Burma immediately raised troops and captured Mengmi Xuanfu Division.
Then Burma waited for the Ming Dynasty to respond. As a result, in the 18th year of Wanli, there was no response from the Ming Dynasty. So Burma could not hold back and sent troops to attack Meng Gong and Meng Guang. Then, the Ming Dynasty originally transferred Deng Zilong back to Yunnan to prepare for a counterattack, but it didn't take long before the three major Wanli expeditions broke out, and the two sides fell into a tug-of-war.
Until the thirty-fourth year of Wanli, because the three major conquests had emptied the national treasury and internal funds, Emperor Wanli continued to have a cold war with his courtiers, and no longer had the energy to take care of several foreign vassals in Yunnan, which had been in power for nearly two hundred years. The areas that were content to be the outer vassals of the Ming Dynasty were all occupied by Myanmar. In particular, the loss of Mengyang and Mubang, the two great Xuanweisi, caused the Ming Dynasty to lose its prestige in the southwest.
This battle between Ming and Burma, which lasted for decades, was described in later generations as "consecutive battles and losing thousands of miles of territory." Gao Pragmatic sighed with emotion every time he read this.
Although this battle was mainly fought with Mang Yingli in the later period, if we really want to count it, we should start from the era of Mang Yinglong. Although Gao Pragmatic knew about the Ming-Myanmar War at that time, his eyes were mainly limited to Yunnan and Myanmar, but he ignored the situation in Southeast Asia. Now he is in Annan, and suddenly the princess and prince of Nanzhang Kingdom come to ask for help. Suddenly It was as if a new way of thinking had opened up.
Why can I, Ming Dynasty, only fight you on the front line in Yunnan?
He couldn't help but think that Mang Yinglong seemed to have died this year, and then Mang Yingli began to plan the remaining foreign vassals in Yunnan. It seemed that he should start a large-scale invasion of the north in the year after tomorrow.
So, if I pacify Annan within this year, can I contact the Yunnan side and launch a two-pronged attack in advance to defeat or even destroy Myanmar, this powerful southwestern enemy?
Well, this idea should be feasible. After all, whether it is Ayutthaya or Laos and other places, they are very dissatisfied with the rule of the Burmese. If I remember correctly, in the later period of Mang Yingli's rule in history, because of the war with the Ming Dynasty, After the strength declined a lot, these places rebelled and became independent.
So, if I send troops from Annan to the west in the name of "continuing the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty", and cooperate with Liu Wei to send troops from Yunnan to the south, and attack Burma from both directions, wouldn't Mang Yinglong and Mang Yingli and his son be in trouble? ?
In particular, this year should happen to be the year that Mang Yinglong died of illness. Mang Yingli will face such a situation as soon as he succeeds to the throne. His prestige will definitely not be as good as that of his father, Mang Yinglong. If he suffers another big defeat or two by then, Maybe this Toungoo dynasty, which seems to be the dominant power in the south, will collapse suddenly!
Of course, this matter is not without its troubles, and there are even more troubles.
First of all, the pace of pacifying Annan must be accelerated. Otherwise, if the situation in Annan is uncertain, how could it be possible to send troops thousands of miles westward, all the way through Laos and Ayutthaya to Myanmar? Not only must we defeat them quickly, but we must also find a way to send as many Annan soldiers as possible when the time comes, leaving the direct line of servant guards and the semi-line of Cen Huang chieftain wolf soldiers to play magpie nest dove occupation - of course, the servants Some of the escort regiment and wolf soldiers must also be sent out, otherwise the Annan people may not be willing to obey. This is a matter of details of the political game, and we will discuss it later.
The second step is to convince the court. This may be easy, or it may be as difficult as climbing to the sky. It is impossible to say now. But there are some preliminary tasks that must be done now, such as publicizing the Burmese threat to the upper echelons of the imperial court, and finding ways to make the imperial court feel that this battle is not a loss - at least not too much. Waiting for all these, we have to start thinking of ways to do it. Otherwise, if he suddenly says that he wants to attack Annan, not to mention that the cautious cabinet will not agree, I am afraid that Zhu Yijun will be confused: in a barbaric land like Myanmar, attack him. Why, you have too much money and no place to spend it?
The last step is to cultivate the leading party in advance - well, the leading party has now taken the initiative to bring a pair of siblings, but this is not enough. Laos alone does not mean much. This country is a country of mountains and forests. Although the area in Indochina seems to be reasonable, , but with a limited population and poor economic strength, I’m afraid it won’t be able to help much.
The more important thing is to go to Ayutthaya to find the leading party.
Ayutthaya is the Thailand of later generations. That place is simply the kingdom of rice. Before being overtaken by India in 2016, it was the world's largest rice exporter. If we can find a leading party in Ayutthaya, we will not only enter the The roads will become smoother, and a stable and sufficient supply of food and wages will be obtained - oh, let's not mention the money and wages, at least the food for the army will be guaranteed.
However, the trouble now is that not only does Gao Pragmatic know little about Laos, but he is also equally ignorant about Ayutthaya. Apart from knowing that the place is rich in rice, he has basically zero understanding of the rest.
This is definitely not possible, not to mention that Gao Pragmatic cannot pass this test. Even if he dares to fight, he will not be able to convince Zhu Yijun and the cabinet!
Gao pragmatic pondered, and asked the three Annan surrendered generals: "I heard that in addition to Laos, Ayutthaya is now also under the control of the White Elephant King? Now there is Biajue in Laos who insists on resisting, but I don't know Are there people in Ayutthaya who resist the tyranny of the White Elephant King?"
The three of them shook their heads, and Mo Yulin said: "There must be some, but at present, there shouldn't be anyone worth mentioning. It's just a small fight, swirling around and disappearing."
Gao Pragmatic frowned slightly and asked: "Did Myanmar directly occupy Ayutthaya, or support a puppet king?"
"Support the Puppet King." The three said at the same time.
"So, who is this puppet king now? Is it possible that he has any dissatisfaction with Myanmar?" Gao pragmatically continued to ask.
This time all three of them hesitated, but Ruan Juan finally spoke and said: "The current King of Siam is called Maha Tamaraja. This man has average courage. When the Burmese army arrived, he surrendered on his own initiative. Well, it shows that he is not a heroic figure."
Gao Jingshi frowned slightly, but Ruan Juan continued: "However, his son seems to be somewhat capable."
"Oh? What's this person's name?"
Ruan Juan said: "I forgot the name of his son for a moment, but his nickname is quite famous. It's called 'Panarai', which means 'Black Prince'. This man is now the 'Maha' of Siam." ·Ubara', the deputy king of Siam, is only...well, he should be about twenty-five years old."
Gao Pragmatic's eyes lit up.
Twenty-five years old, this is a timid age...
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