Zhu Youxiao knew that Burma was not easy to destroy.Although Burmese jadeite is indeed tempting.However, due to the special circumstances of climate and geography, it was difficult for the Central Plains Dynasty to annex here in history.You must know that until the Ming Dynasty, the Central Plains Dynasty's rule over the southwest was almost still a fetter rule, and it was not until recent decades that because of the Yang Yinglong Rebellion and the Extravagant Rebellion, there began to be a large-scale land change in the southwest.What's more, the environment and climate of Myanmar are even more special.Therefore, whether it is the three major wars that are going on at the same time, such as the conquest of the West, the conquest of India, and the conquest of Burma, Zhu Youxiao is most concerned and worried about the conquest of Burma.In the west, the Mongol army led by Lin Dan Khan pulled hatred in front.Therefore, the ethnic groups in the west were not disgusted by the arrival of the Ming Dynasty.Even now, the logistical pressure on the expedition to the west is not great.Because when Lu Xiangsheng learned that Lin Dan Khan had become more and more powerful like a snowball after recruiting many forces in the west, and it was even enough to carry out a large-scale counterattack against the western army, he suggested that the emperor allow him to slow down the pace of the western expedition, and instead changed to a strategy of conquering the western region supplemented by military conquest and focusing on the reclamation of tuntian.Zhu Youxiao also agreed with Lu Xiangsheng's strategy.Now Zhou Yuji and Lu Xiangsheng are building large-scale tuntian fields in Yarkand, Turpan and other areas, that is, today's Xinjiang.They only maintained a mobile corps of 20,000 troops, ready to respond to the rebels who rebelled against Lin Dan Khan, and then reaped the benefits of the fishermen.Because there are many oases in many places in Xinjiang, it is very suitable for reclamation.When Lu Xiangsheng turned the 100,000-strong army and the tens of thousands of remnants of Turpan and Yarkand into the main force of Tuntian, the grain produced could not only hoard grain to feed the army but also feed the people.As a result, the logistical pressure on the expedition to the west is very small.As for the conquest of India, because the geography of India is not as complicated as that of Burma, and the political system of the Mughal Empire is in fact a federal state composed of various states, which is not highly organized, and in addition, the main combat missions are the Japanese army and the Korean army, so Zhu Youxiao is not worried about the result of the conquest of India.But for the conquest of Burma, Zhu Youxiao is still worried that it will return in vain, and even really become like the battle of Qing and Burma in history, which is meaningless except for the consumption of national strength.For this reason, Zhu Youxiao also convened the ministers of the Political Council and the Privy Council many times overnight for the purpose of the conquest of Burma."
Even if we don't know whether Mubang has been besieged now, we have to transfer more troops from other places first, it is not easy to destroy Burma, we can't just hope that Yiguo Gong alone can completely destroy Burma, we have to use the power of the whole country!
Then the Sichuan soldiers, Zhejiang soldiers, Huguang soldiers, and Guizhou soldiers were transferred to form a special army of 20,000 or 30,000 to conquer Burma, and Yang Zhan was transferred back to serve as the governor of Ava, and asked him to lead this army directly to Ava to support the army led by the Yiguo Gongsuo!
”Zhu Youxiao said this to the ministers of the political hall and the ministers of the Privy Council in the Qinzheng Hall at this time."
If you want to recruit and transfer, you can only recruit and transfer familiar and local Han battalion soldiers like Shi Yan Tusi, otherwise, it will cause a rebellion in the southwest Tusi, and they will definitely not be willing to be transferred a large number of local soldiers by the imperial court, but these familiar and Han battalion soldiers will be withdrawn, which will cause a decrease in the number of troops loyal to the imperial court in the southwest region, in this case, it will make some ambitious southwest Tusi take the opportunity to make trouble."
Zhu Xieyuan said at this time."
In this case, the pressure on money and food will be greater, in order to supply the troops who are now conquering Burma, the imperial court has used tens of millions of yuan worth of silver coins worth of money and grain, if another army is transferred over, it will cost so much."
Bi Ziyan said."
Even if you run out of money, you will have to destroy Burma!
The conquest of Burma is not an economic battle, but a political battle, and it will affect the prestige of the central court in the southwest in the future, as well as the feasibility of changing the land and returning to the southwest in the future. ”Zhu Youxiao said."
Your Majesty, it's better to expand the scope of the transfer and send the naturalized Sauron soldiers from the north to the south!"
Sun Chuanting said."
Although the Sauron soldiers are good at fighting, can they fit into that part of Burma?"
Fu Zonglong asked at this time."
It's not better if it's not suitable, the conquest of Burma is to consume these alien soldiers, and if these Sauron soldiers are not consumed, it is not conducive to a more thorough sinicization in the north!"
Sun Chuanting replied."
Exactly!
Transferring the Sauron soldiers is still the same sentence, strategically it is to reduce the number of Sauron soldiers, but praise the Sauron soldiers who have performed bravely!
When the time comes, Chongwen Temple and others will praise some individual heroes!
”Zhu Youxiao replied."
Yes!"
Therefore, unlike Qianlong in history, Zhu Youxiao was not conceited from the beginning to think that he could completely destroy Burma with nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses led by Qin Liangyu, but made full use of his advantage of the Ming Empire's large number of soldiers and generals, constantly transferred troops to the southwest, and used the tactics of adding firewood to constantly send troops to Burma, hoping to completely destroy Burma.After Yang Zhan, a Sichuan general, was transferred back to Beijing, he was ordered to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses requisitioned from various places to the southwest.Among the 20,000 soldiers and horses, there are 7,000 Sauron cavalry, all of whom are skilled in archery, and they have made great contributions to the Manchu Qing Dynasty in history, and in this life, they are working hard for the Ming Dynasty.Here in Myanmar.Qin Bangping's troops, who were besieged in Mubang, repelled several attacks by Burmese soldiers.As a result, Burma had to abandon the assault and besiege instead.King Ta Long also had to admit that although the troops he mobilized could rely on their familiarity with the geographical environment to complete the tactics of a big detour and a big intersperse, because they were poorly equipped and independent, they had the intention of preserving their strength, so they did not dare to fight as hard as the Ming army that wanted to hold Mubang and ensure the retreat.However, at this time, King Ta Long also knew the news that Qin Liangyu led his troops to aid Mubang, so he had to send tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from the more than 200,000 Burmese troops besieging Mubang, and the Burmese soldiers who came out of the mountains and forests to follow Qin Liangyu tried to encircle Qin Liangyu's troops.Qin Liangyu knew that the Burmese soldiers would surround her separately, but she had to save Ava.She now only hopes that the Ming Army's Marine Corps marching in the south can quickly move north to reverse the tide of the war, or that the central court can learn the news that she and Qin Bangping have been besieged as soon as possible, and send additional reinforcements, and then completely defeat Burma, otherwise, even if the Ming Dynasty occupies Awa, it can only be regarded as a nominal destruction of Burma, and will have to sit back and watch as there are still a large number of Burmese native soldiers scattered in other parts of Burma.And because of this, after Qin Liangyu learned from the scouts about the division of troops in Burma, he simply stopped leaving, but chose a piece of terrain conducive to defense, directly camped to prepare for defense, and ordered all armies to go to the mountains and forests to find food, such as hunting, digging cellars in villages, etc.Fortunately for Qin Liangyu, many Burmese people did not have time to withdraw a large amount of grain because of the fast march of the Ming army, and when the fortified wall was cleared, they really had a lot of cellars, and now they have all been dug up by Qin Liangyu's officers and soldiers.After learning that Qin Liangyu was well prepared, King Talong was quite disappointed: "This commander of the Ming army is really a difficult person to deal with!"
Our next situation has not improved, now we must either annihilate this Qin Liangyu, or annihilate the Qin Bangping of Mu Bang, otherwise if it drags on like this, when the Ming army reinforcements arrive, we will definitely be defeated!
Pass the order down, and then change the siege to a strong attack, either conquer Mubang, or capture Qin Liangyu alive!
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