Cambodia, the capital of Phnom Penh, the Grand Palace of Siam Bay.
This royal palace is located in the east of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, facing the Four Arms Bay formed by the intersection of the Mekong River, Tonle Sap River, and Pasha River. It is a typical Khmer-style building. This royal palace was built in Phnom Penh after the Cambodian King Penghea Yat moved the capital to Phnom Penh in the ninth year of Xuande. Since then, this palace has become a symbol of Phnom Penh and the center of power that rules Cambodia. It has a history of about 150 years.
Like the Burmese palaces in Taungoo and Bago, the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh is also a wooden building, but almost all the buildings are painted with gold paint or gold foil. From a distance, the whole building looks golden, which is quite impressive. It has southern Xinjiang characteristics.
In comparison, it seems that only the original Annan Palace does not have this style, and is more similar to the architecture of the Ming Dynasty - of course, overall it is nothing more than a "miniature version" of the Forbidden City.
The Cambodian royal family has a long history. It is said that if the maternal line is included, it even surpasses Japan, which is known as the "Eternal Line". And even if only the father line is included, it has a history of hundreds of years. At least in this regard, it can beat the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty. .
But that doesn't have any special significance, because the strength of the Phnom Penh Dynasty is very poor. This can also be seen from the area of the Grand Palace in Si Arm Bay - this palace known as the Grand Palace is actually not as good as the pragmatic suburbs of Beijing. Jian Xin Zhai’s other courtyard is larger, only slightly larger than the Baiyu Building complex in Jian Xin Zhai’s Gao Xinzhai residential area.
Of course, the White Jade Tower itself is a replica of a French palace, which is hard to say.
The current king of the Phnom Penh Dynasty is Gita I. He has been on the throne for nearly ten years and is about ten years older than Zhu Yijun. He is considered a monarch in his prime.
Most monarchs in their prime are more ambitious, and Gita I was no exception. However, although he has ambitions, these ambitions are not big at all. He just hopes to regain the northwest territories that the Angkor Dynasty lost more than 150 years ago, and "revival Angkor", mixed with the name of a Cambodian holy king. .
Unfortunately, the Phnom Penh Dynasty was so weak that it missed several opportunities.
When Myanmar's Golden Tower and White Elephant King suppressed Siam, the Phnom Penh Dynasty thought of taking the opportunity to regain the lost territory. Unfortunately, Mang Yinglong was too overbearing. He didn't care at all about the so-called "troops to assist" proposed by the Phnom Penh Dynasty. He thought that he It is entirely possible to defeat Siam and create hegemony by oneself.
Mang Yinglong did it, Siam surrendered to him, and the Phnom Penh dynasty could only continue to stay in Phnom Penh and wait for the opportunity.
During this period, there was even the unfortunate incident of the invasion of the Nanzhang Kingdom (Laos). Fortunately, they won the battle inexplicably. Finally, they earned some face in the land of southern Xinjiang, and they were not continued for a while. Beaten.
Of course, this is thanks to Mang Yinglong and Mang Yingli father and son. If they hadn't beaten Siam and Nanzhang at every turn, how could there have been more than ten years of peace in the Phnom Penh Dynasty?
In addition, we must also thank the three small countries of Huaying, Champa, and Nanpan for blocking the southward path of the Annamites. Otherwise, it would be difficult for the Phnom Penh Dynasty's northeastern border to be settled.
Unfortunately, these conditions for peace are now almost non-existent.
The once arrogant White Elephant King of Jinlou was easily defeated by the Ming Dynasty. Siam, Nanzhang, and Annan all changed their owners. Huaying, Champa, and Nanpan were also easily taken over by Annan. The Phnom Penh Dynasty looked around, except for To the south is the sea, and the east, west, north, and west are all surrounded by Ming people.
Akito, to be precise, that strange organization called Jinghua.
The poorly informed Phnom Penh Dynasty only knew that Jinghua was a "trading company" at first, so they didn't care at all. Later, I discovered that this trading company seemed a bit huge. Not only did it have a huge horse and infantry army of at least tens of thousands of people, but it even had a navy that was so large that it was said that a thousand sails could cover the sea.
Moreover, in addition to doing business, this "trading company" also "operates" other industries, such as... controlling the royal family.
From the Annan royal family at the beginning, to the Bago royal family, the Siamese royal family, and the Nanzhang royal family after the war of Yunnan and Burma, almost all the royal families in southern Xinjiang are controlled by Beijing's "commercial companies", and even the surviving Dongfang royal family The royal family must actually live by the influence of Beijing.
Although Jita I could not be called a saint, he knew that his situation was very bad in this situation - no matter who was "Jinghua Trading Company" or "Jinghua Group", it was time to take action against him.
How can you allow others to snore on the side of the couch?
I don't know if Gita I has heard this sentence before, but he still understands the truth.
So when the Siamese rebels began to contact the local garrison of the Phnom Penh dynasty, King Gita I personally intervened, not only providing "vigorous" assistance, but also privately expressing his willingness to lead an army to respond after the opponent raised troops.
Fortunately, General Kampong Chhnang was more awake than he was. He changed this sentence slightly and said, "Once your army achieves initial success, the Kingdom of Cambodia will directly send troops to fight jointly with your army." He emphasized one "Your army achieved initial success."
Facts have proved that this sentence was not emphasized wrongly, because without this sentence, Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin might have directly fought with the Cambodian army at that time - the rebels in eastern Siam did not achieve any "initial success" at all, and were dropped from the sky. Liu Xin was annihilated in his lair in one fell swoop.
Regarding this situation, Gita I broke into a cold sweat after learning the news.
He knew the strength of the rebels in eastern Siam. There were at least 20,000 to 30,000 troops. When they were guarding Angkor and other places, they could even threaten Cambodia, so that the Cambodians only dared to guard the border cautiously and did not dare to look west at all.
However, such an army, which they thought was powerful enough, was annihilated by a little-known female general of the Ming Army. The so-called rebellion finally became a topic of conversation among passers-by.
Jita I was shocked and angry. He had never doubted that the Ming army was powerful, but the Ming army was a bit too weird. The former deputy commander of Annan was a female general, and the one who suppressed the rebellion this time was actually a female general. A female general?
Does your Ming Dynasty only have female generals, or do you simply look down on the countries in southern Xinjiang and think that you only need female generals to take care of them?
Um?
However, it didn't matter whether Gita I was frightened or angry at this time, because his mood quickly turned into panic.
Vice-capital Huang Zhiting, who was based in Siam and was privately called "Mulan of Southern Xinjiang" by various countries in the south, unexpectedly quickly discovered the connection between Cambodia and the rebels in eastern Siam, and "sent a message on behalf of King Tamaraja". Write to Your Majesty and ask for clarification."
Of course, King Gita I denied it and insisted that this was a trick by the Siamese rebels in order to alienate "the friendly relations between Siam and Cambodia" and "make Siam tired of using troops, so that they can take advantage of it." .
If there is no evidence, this "reason" does make sense. Unfortunately, Huang Zhiting holds the letter of communication between the two parties, and obviously does not recognize Gita I's nonsense, so she does not reply, but directly sends an army of 6,000 to the east. Soon, Arrive at Angkor.
The Siam-Cambodia war seems to be imminent and has to be launched.
King Gita I was horrified. While desperately mobilizing troops and supplies to the northwest front, he sent envoys to Dingnan City one after another to "explain the rift."
As far as Gita I is concerned, now he can only delay for a while, after all, he will definitely not be able to defeat him.
The Siamese, who have suppressed Cambodia for more than a hundred years, are not the enemies of the Ming Dynasty, let alone Cambodia? Even if he is dreaming now, his best dream is just like the previous fight against Nanzhang, where he accidentally wins the battle and inexplicably kills or captures the enemy general. Then the enemy assesses the situation and feels that there is no point in attacking him in Cambodia, so he withdraws his troops and returns. towards.
As for surrendering to the Ming Dynasty and paying tribute, King Jita I will not refuse it at all - anyway, surrendering to the Ming Dynasty and paying tribute is the proper meaning of the question, and according to hundreds of years of experience, surrendering to the Ming Dynasty will not lose money, and even Most likely there is still money to be made, so under the current situation, naturally one cannot resist for the sake of a little face.
So Gita I went to the Temple of the Emerald Buddha - the Buddhist temple in the Grand Palace - every day to worship the Buddha with devotion, hoping to move the Buddha and help him and Cambodia survive this disaster.
Perhaps the sincerity of King Gita I was so moved that the Ming army, with its extremely powerful military, suddenly and inexplicably went on the defensive.
Emperor Jita I was ecstatic, but he was also afraid that the Ming army was deceitful, so he strictly ordered the front line not to relax their vigilance in the slightest while frantically sending spies to find out information about the Ming army.
Information about the Ming army was easier to get than he thought - the spies sent back the news in unison, saying that all the Ming army on the front line were now being paid double pay, and the reason was that Deputy Chief Huang was preparing for production, and the reason for the double pay was To accumulate virtue for the children who are about to come to this world.
Aha, is there such a good thing?
King Gita I was overjoyed when he heard the news. It's no joke for women to have children these days. If you don't do it right, your life may be lost. Even if she is the "Southern Xinjiang Hua Mulan", her health is extremely good, and there is no danger in giving birth to a child, but during the period of her giving birth, including the recuperation period after giving birth, it is impossible for the Ming army to launch a large-scale military Have you taken action?
Jita I calculated with his fingers that he would have at least another half year of preparation time.
Besides, preparing for war is preparation for war. Apart from preparing for war, he can also do other things, such as finding a way to go directly to Yanjing to pay tribute, begging the emperor to forgive him for his previous "little mistake", issuing an edict for Huang Zhiting to withdraw his troops, etc.
As for the Emperor of the Celestial Dynasty, there are many of them, and they have always been too lazy to care about such trivial matters in southern Xinjiang. Most of the time, they try to persuade them to make peace.
If it were Siam in the past, the emperor's persuasion for peace might not necessarily be useful. After all, Siam did not think that the Ming Dynasty would hit him. However, it is different now. Tanma Luocha may not take the Ming Emperor seriously, but it is impossible for Huang Zhiting not to take the Ming Emperor seriously - she herself is still an official of the Ming Dynasty!
There was only one trouble before Gita I: How could his people get to Yanjing?
Surrounded on three sides by Siam, Nanzhang and Annan, the land route is definitely impassable, so the only option is to take the sea route. However, the sea route is also Jinghua's domain. The Folangji people who were rampant in Nanyang in the past few years have disappeared recently for some unknown reason. It seems that it is not easy to take this sea route.
However, it is easy to leave, but it is not easy to leave. Gita I no longer has the power to choose, or even the time to choose.
After spending all his efforts, he finally collected several fast ships capable of sailing on the open sea, and immediately sent the envoys aboard, with a large number of various tributes prepared on board.
Unfortunately, he didn't know that Jinghua had only suffered a tragic victory in the Dawei Kok naval battle. During this period, the fleet was sent back for repairs. On the way, by chance, he happened to run into the pitifully small Cambodian mission fleet, and then... …
Then they were captured by the way - they didn't even fire their cannons, they just surrounded them, and the mission fleet directly raised the white flag.
It is impossible not to surrender. Their four small ships together are equivalent to the size of Jinghua's Lang San. And Jinghua's entire fleet at this time has more than 30 large ships. Why fight? This is not how you send yourself to death.
Moreover, the envoy himself was a landlubber and did not understand the conditions of the sea at all. He was very timid at sea. When he saw the size of the Jinghua fleet, he could not even stand. He was asked to sacrifice his life for the king... No play at all.
Gao Jing is also extremely lucky. Originally, he was afraid of being blamed by Huang Zhiting after the tragic victory at Daweijiao, but he didn't know that Huang Zhiting was influenced by Gao Pragmatism and had always attached great importance to the Portuguese Navy and regarded it as a formidable enemy. Although he was a little unwilling to accept such a victory, he did not blame Gao Jing. Instead, he cheered up and comforted him. By the way, he asked him to recall the battle carefully and write a detailed report to Gao Jing pragmatically.
So on the way back to Daming to repair the ship, Gao Jing kept revising and rewriting the report, fearing that it was not detailed enough and would delay the master's important event. As a result, before the report was written, I actually got a share of the credit for nothing and learned the most detailed first-hand intelligence in Cambodia.
The better news is that Liu Xin, the real commander of the army entrusted by Huang Zhiting to fight against Cambodia, is now in the Gao Jing fleet!
Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin's plan is actually not complicated at all. It is just a simple attack on the east - perhaps it should be called a west attack on the east.
The Ming army (guard force) at Angkor was just a virtual army. Although the number was not mixed, it was indeed an army of 6,000, but only more than 1,000 of them were veterans, and the rest were all new recruits. The only purpose of placing this garrison at Angkor was to attract the attention of Cambodia and let them gather all their manpower, material and financial resources towards the northwest border. Liu Xin took a smooth sailing ship from Gao Jing's fleet to Annan and led the Golden Port garrison as the main force. The Annan Army took advantage of the opportunity from eastern Cambodia and went straight to Phnom Penh!
Of course, at the agreed time, the garrison of Angkor in the west will also move into action, bluffing and pretending to be about to launch a war, firmly attracting the main force of the Cambodian army to the northwest border, unable to make any adjustments.
But now, not only can the previous plan be implemented smoothly, Liu Xin has even learned more detailed information about Cambodia. The outcome of this battle has basically been decided before it even starts.
Four days later, Liu Xin disembarked at Jingang, and King Gita I's envoy was also escorted down at the same time and imprisoned in Jingang, waiting for Gao Pragmatic's decision.
The next day, Liu Xin, holding a high-pragmatic token (delivered by Huang Zhiting), assembled troops in Jingang and selected troops.
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