Manmo's chieftain's name is Sizhe, and his wife's name is Hansong. They have been living in the cracks between the Ming court and Toungoo for many years.
In the first year of Wanli, Sizhe discovered that the Ming court's strategy had shrunk and it could no longer maintain the land of three announcements and six comforts. In particular, the Yunnan authorities turned a blind eye to Yue Feng's murder of Duo Shining, the invasion of Longchuan and the conquest of western Yunnan, which greatly stimulated Sizhe.
After careful consideration, he and his father-in-law, Hanba, the chieftain of Mubang, and Yue Feng of Longchuan formed an alliance with Mang Yinglong, removed the golden red plaque from the imperial court, and raised the rebel flag. Five years before Wanli, these families cooperated with Taungu to gradually invade the chieftain territory outside the gate of Yunnan, and pushed their power near the border of the Ming Dynasty.
Mang Yinglong's gathering of troops to attack Meng Yang this time was also a helpless move. Last year, he led his troops to invade, but Si was robbed of the food road, and his entire army was almost annihilated. Later, he was rescued by Yue Feng with two thousand elite soldiers, otherwise the hero of the generation would have died in Mengyang.
Although the Toungoo Dynasty established a grammar, the domestic system of prefectures and counties was not mature, and the main body of the country was still built mainly on the alliances of major chieftains. The defeat of Mang Yinglong in Mengyang led to the reduction of his prestige. Coupled with the years of military violence, there were signs of instability in the country, especially in the newly occupied territories of Laos and Siam, where large and small uprisings occurred one after another.
Therefore, Mang Yinglong must take down Meng Yang cleanly and restore his prestige as the leader of a country. In the seventh year of Wanli in the original time and space, he completely captured Meng Yang, imprisoned Si Ge and starved to death, thereby stabilizing his political power.
However, in this time and space, due to Zhu Yijun's intrusion, a butterfly effect occurred. Motivated by the Yunnan governor's message, Mang Yinglong gathered troops in advance to attack Meng Yang, and happened to meet Liu Xian's army in Man Mo.
After the two sides discovered each other, Mang Yinglong hurriedly invited his adviser Yue Feng and gathered the chiefs to discuss how to deal with the enemy.
Yue Feng is a native of Fuzhou, Jiangxi Province. He went to Longchuan with his father to do business and later settled in Longchuan. At first, it was the record office of Longchuan chieftain Duo Shining. Duo Shining had a weak character and all the power was delegated to him. Yue Feng was extremely ambitious and poisoned Duo Shining in the sixth year of Longqing. Taking advantage of the conflict between Hanba and Duo Shining in Mubang, he borrowed five thousand troops from Hanba to raid Longchuan and captured Duo Shining. A family of more than 600 people was slaughtered and occupied Longchuan. They were named the leaders of Longchuan by the Toungu Dynasty.
Because Yue Feng did it neatly, outsiders did not know the details of the Longchuan coup at first, except for a few people such as Mang Yinglong and Hanba. Later, due to the slow speed of information transmission at the time and the deliberate suppression by the governor of Yunnan, the court was never aware that Longchuan had changed its owner. Before Wang Ning was defeated and killed by Zhu Yijun, Yue Feng's sins were heard in heaven - this shows that even Wang Ning and others' death is not enough to atone for their sins.
Because Yue Feng had studied in Han Dynasty and was very smart, he became the most important aide to King Mang Yinglong of Toungoo after joining Taungu. At this time, he also led five thousand Longchuan soldiers and followed Mang Yinglong to attack Meng Yang.
After Mang Yinglong gathered the generals, he told the scouts the size of the Ming army they were investigating, and asked everyone about the army's whereabouts.
Hanba was the chieftain of Mu State and was one of the best forces in southwestern Yunnan. After Yue Feng killed Duo Shining, he took Mubang Hanba, Menglian Chieftain Daoshen and Mangyinglong's eldest son Mangyingli many times to Tengchong, Yongchang, Dali, Menghua, Shuning and other places to earn money. The pots are full.
Years of victory have made Hanba's contempt for the Ming army deeply rooted in his bones. When Mang Yinglong asked about it, he replied in Burmese: "Ni Ye Fei Ye Ni Mea (Your Majesty, Your Majesty), the Han people have nothing to fear! When I led troops to attack them before, I never encountered a single warrior. Nang Wu I can testify that Wu Jixun of Menglin Village was the bravest Han Chinese we encountered, and he was killed by the Nangwu Formation! And what did the Han court do? They are weaklings who don’t even dare to take revenge!"
The Nangwu mentioned by Hanba was the eldest son of Yue Feng, who once led troops to attack Meng Lin. Wu Jixun, then the commander of the Chu Xiong Guard, died in the battle. However, Wang Ning, the governor of Yunnan who "controlled it with tranquility", did not raise troops to retaliate, and because A Yu, the chieftain of Dengzhou, was married to Yue Feng, Wang Ning actually transferred a letter to A Yu after losing his land, trying to appease Yue Feng - if he could Successfully, Longchuan, which had been replaced by chieftains, was still under the rule of the imperial court in Wang Ning's strange mind.
The fact that Wu Jixun was killed by Nang Wu was the Yue Feng tribe's greatest military exploit, and it was also the main reason why he was deeply trusted by Mang Yinglong and Mang Yingli.
Although Yue Feng was very happy when Hanba mentioned this matter, he saluted and said to Mang Yinglong:
"Wu Jixun is truly the first warrior of the Han people! The Nangwu siege took only a month to break. Wu Jixun fought to the last man without reinforcements, and was finally killed by Wu'er. Menglin's soldiers only had a few hundred soldiers, while Nangwu only had six soldiers. Thousands! Although the Han people are weak, the Ming Dynasty is a big country and there are soldiers and generals who dare to fight. At this time, large numbers of soldiers are coming forward, which is a situation that has not been seen in a hundred years. Your Majesty cannot ignore it. "
These words are true in Mang Yinglong’s heart. In the sixth year of Jiajing, Meng Yang and Mu Bang joined forces to attack and destroy the Ava Kingdom. The founder of the Toungoo Dynasty, Prince Mang Ruiti of Ava, was eleven years old at the time. His parents were killed, and only his sister survived.
Mang Yinglong is the son of Mang Ruiti's wet nurse. The two were childhood playmates. Mang Yinglong married Mang Ruiti's sister and gradually gained power. After successfully stealing Taungu, Mang Yinglong conquered east and west, plundering neighboring countries and expanding Taungu's territory, which united the hearts of Taungu. But the former fierce man was now over sixty years old. After the failure of the attack on Meng Yang last year, he became more conservative and cautious in using troops. Yue Feng knew his temper well, and his advice was exactly what he had in mind.
Mang Yinglong recalled that he and Mang Ruiti followed the envoys of the Ava Kingdom to the governor's office in Yunnan to cry out, hoping that the Ming court would support the restoration of Ava. The power is enough to destroy Mu Bang and Meng Yang.
However, such a wealthy and powerful country did not give justice to Ava at that time. In the eighth year of Jiajing, the imperial court cut off a part of the Manmo land and gave it to Meng Yang; it also gave the Mannai land to Mubang, and then the two groups of bandits gave up part of the Ava country, Mangrui Ti. The country can be restored. Using abandoned land to settle territorial disputes among states shows how vast and fertile the land is!
In the eyes of Mang Yinglong, Man Mo and Man Nai were almost sacred places. There were many precious wells there, but the Ming court abandoned them like worn-out shoes!
Because of these memories, although Mang Yinglong kept testing the bottom line of the imperial court in these years, his main force did not act as a monster in Yunnan itself. The direction of his attack was still limited to the Ming court's control area. His eldest son, Mang Yingli, After attacking southern Yunnan, Mang Yinglong was in a cold sweat.
The encounter with the Ming army at this time was completely beyond Mang Yinglong's expectations. When he attacked Meng Yang last year, he ordered Yue Feng to pretend to attack Jingdong to distract the Ming army, but he completely fired empty cannons - fortunately he had a hand, otherwise Yue Feng might not be able to rescue him. But Mingting, who had no regard for life or death last year, sent troops out of nowhere this year. Mang Yingli couldn't figure out why?
Could it be that his insults to the governor's envoy had damaged the emperor's face? Mang Yinglong couldn't help but think so. Then I can apologize! When he listened to Yue Feng's suggestion, the first reaction in his heart was this thought.
After gathering his composure, Mang Yinglong took over Yue Feng's words and said: "What Yue Feng said is true. Lucchuan was such a powerful country in the past, but it was wiped out by the Ming court. It's been more than a hundred years! China sent troops again to conquer Taungyu. Is it regarded as the old Luchuan?"
This was said softly, and all the generals under his command looked at each other in confusion, not knowing how to answer this. Hanba curled his lips, his disdain evident in his words.
After hearing this, Yue Feng bowed and said: "Your Majesty, you don't have to be so worried. I see that the Han court has been restrained for many years, and it is just to save face and let us pay tribute. Yunnan soldiers have not been sent out for many years, and the soldiers will be early. There is no desire to fight. The reason why we are sending troops forcefully at this time is probably because we are not angry with the king for humiliating the envoys - why not send envoys to inquire and find out their true and false intentions by the way?"
After Hanba heard this, he couldn't bear his anger and shouted: "You are a Han slave! You want to surrender before you see the battle, you are a real Han slave!"
When Yue Feng heard his insult, a cold light flashed in his eyes and then disappeared. He bowed his head and said to Mang Yinglong: "If the leader of the country cannot make a decision, why not call Diego to ask. I heard that he has compatriots living in the Ming Dynasty, and he may know something about the Ming Dynasty."
Diego Gonzalez Diogo, formerly known as Alfonso, was a Portuguese who followed the footsteps of Portuguese pirates from India into Myanmar and took over the Portuguese mercenaries of the Toungoo Dynasty.
During the Mang Ruiti period, the Portuguese had already occupied Malacca and organized adventures into Southeast Asia. Diego Suarez de Melo was the leader of the first Portuguese mercenary group of the Toungoo Dynasty in Myanmar, and he had repeatedly made military exploits. Later, he was executed in public for seducing the wife of Minister Toungoo.
Because his predecessor Diego had made many military exploits in Myanmar, the Burmese people were face-blind to Westerners. Although Alfonso repeatedly corrected him, he was still renamed Diego by society. Later, he had no choice but to accept his fate and completely changed his name to Diego Gonzalez. ·Diogo, anyway, the mother's and father's surnames are not lost, and his name is not important in front of gold and gems.
After being called over by Mang Yinglong, Diego heard that the Chinese army was launching a massive attack on Burma. Now that the two armies had met, he was so frightened that a cold wind ran down his back.
He quickly bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I have a fellow countryman named Eduardo who lives in Ma Pavilion in the Ming Dynasty. I was eight...well, I met him in Managa seven years ago. He said Ma He was under the rule of Guangdong Province and introduced me to the Ming Dynasty - the strength of the Ming Dynasty is beyond our reach! I heard from him that the Ming army was good at using firearms and their level was similar to ours in Portugal."
Hearing what he said, Mang Yinglong took a deep breath, and all the generals under his command also turned pale. Although the number of Portuguese mercenaries was only three hundred, their combat power far exceeded that of Mang Yinglong's elite. Their musketeers were the main force when Mang Yinglong bullied Siam and other countries.
If the Ming army had half the strength of the Portuguese soldiers, the tens of thousands of Ming troops would not be able to withstand the chieftain coalition led by Mang Yinglong. Just as Mang Yinglong was about to agree with Yue Feng's proposal to send an envoy, Han Ba questioned from the side: "If the Ming Dynasty is really as powerful as you said, he didn't even see him defeat us once when we attacked Yunnan!"
Mang Yinglong listened to Hanba's words and looked at Yue Feng again. Yue Feng bowed and played: "The Ming Dynasty is huge, and Yunnan is a borderland. How can it be compared with the Forbidden Army? You cannot simply think that the Yunnan soldiers cannot fight, and conclude that the Forbidden Army cannot fight. The capital of the Ming Dynasty is thousands of miles away from here. Who knows? Are there any Imperial Guards among this group of troops, and what is the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Guards?"
The large country of Toungoo had cut off tribute from the Ming Dynasty for many years, and there was really no information about the Ming Dynasty's forbidden army. Although the other chieftains paid tribute constantly, the furthest they had only been to Kunming, and they didn't know what the Ming Dynasty was doing, so they couldn't make any suggestions at this time. Mang Yinglong thought about it and finally made up his mind: "Send an envoy to see what's true. It's not surrender, so why not?"
Han Ba wanted to say more, but Mang Yinglong looked solemn and glanced at him. Although Hanba was not angry, he could only remain silent.
Since he had adopted Yue Feng's suggestion, Mang Yinglong asked Yue Feng who could be sent as an envoy. Yue Feng thought that his eldest son Nangwu had been Burmese a long time ago and had the same tattoos as him, so he could no longer look Han Chinese, so he suggested that Nangwu could speak Chinese and be smart, so he would certainly fulfill his mission.
