At the same time, a fierce offensive and defensive battle was also going on in the city of Ava, Myanmar, in the southwest region of the Ming Dynasty.

Sun Kewang, the king of Dian, first established the foundation of his rule in Mubang and established large-scale farming, and then directly captured the city of Xibo in the fifth year of Shaowu.

This city is only four hundred miles away from the capital of the Toungoo Dynasty in Myanmar. You can reach Awa City by going directly south along the Aba River.

This was unacceptable to the Taungoo dynasty.

Immediately, Sun Kewang was farming in Mubang and sending troops to Xibo City to constantly harass Ava City.

At this time, the Toungoo Dynasty was in decline, and King Mangda was in power. Facing the experienced Yunnan Army, it initially had a good location and could barely cope with it.

But Sun Kewang came to harass him every two days, which was a huge financial burden for the Toungoo dynasty.

After all, they were just a conglomeration of feudal lords. They could not farm fields and directly tax the people like Sun Kewang. Frequent wars made the feudal lords of Myanmar's various kings miserable.

After several years of testing and weakening, Sun Kewang made one go and led 30,000 Chinese and Burmese troops, riding hundreds of warships, to directly surround the city of Ava.

The more than 100,000 nobles and civilians in the city, including the Burmese king Mangda (who extradited Yongli in history), all became the turtles among the nobles.

However, Ava City is the capital of the Toungoo Dynasty after all. After hundreds of years of management by the Ava Dynasty and the Toungoo Dynasty, it has long become a strong city.

This is also the reason why Sun Kewang failed to capture Ava City as soon as possible.

"Your Majesty, a group of red barbarians are asking for a meeting, saying they can solve our problem of attacking the city."

Sun Kewang looked at the city wall.

"Oh? Bring him here."

As early as the 16th century, the Portuguese occupied Feilian, just like Macau, and then in 1627, the Dutch and British East India Companies also set up branches in Myanmar.

Although the Taungoo dynasty regained Feilian, these Westerners came back and established footholds and branches.

Now facing a decisive battle related to the future of the entire Myanmar, they also want to get involved and gain future benefits.

Sun Kewang has dark skin, like an old farmer, but his eyes are bright, exuding unprecedented ambition.

Soon, the Portuguese came: "Dear King of Dian, our company can provide you with cannons, which are second only to the red cannons and are powerful enough to allow you to attack the city of Ava."

"What do you need-"

"Trade!" The Portuguese breathed a sigh of relief and could communicate: "As long as you unify Myanmar, you can do business with us and set up a port. This is our simplest request."

"At that time, you will be like the Ming Dynasty, charging huge tariffs, flooding your treasury, and no longer worrying about money."

"If you don't have enough money to spend, we can even lend you a loan..."

Sun Kewang closed his eyes.

Time passed little by little, and I don’t know how long it took. The Portuguese felt impatient. At this time, they finally waited for a reply:

"Can--"

"Boom——"

Suddenly, the cannons on the artillery array roared deafeningly. Some cannon muzzles were already aimed at the city of Ava down the hillside, and huge iron balls flew in one after another.

The Burmese people were shocked. They had never seen such a formation.

The lightning-fast iron lump flew over the heads of a group of people, getting lower and lower. "Bang!" A head suddenly exploded! The head, which was covered in bones and flesh, suddenly tilted back, and its neck snapped.

The iron ball deflected and continued to fly into the crowd. "Bang!" There was another terrifying impact sound. Another soldier's chest was hit so hard that his ribs made a faint cracking sound, and his body fell backwards.

The gunfire rumbled on the battlefield. For the Burmese army, this was a huge tragedy!

The once impenetrable city of Ava began to appear cracks, and as the sound of cannons intensified, more and more cracks appeared.

Mangda couldn't believe his eyes: "Is this witchcraft?!"

"Impossible, Buddha protects me, and it is absolutely impossible to ask those wise people -"

On top of the city, a large number of Burmese soldiers had lost their willpower and could only kneel helplessly on the ground, put down their weapons and surrender, chanting Amitabha and kowtowing incessantly.

In the blink of an eye, the Yunnan army captured the once impenetrable city of Ava.

The army filed in.

Sun Kewang followed the army into the city. This city built of rammed earth and bluestone was full of temptations for him before, but now it is boring.

This is not a feeling after victory, but a fear of artillery.

The once fortified city was no longer vulnerable to artillery.

So how can he feel at ease living in this city?

The moment he entered the city, he had already made up his mind to rebuild a strong city.

After appeasing the people, Sun Kewang didn't have time to rest when he saw the busy figure of the Portuguese. His eyes were rolling around, full of desire.

"Your Highness, this city has been damaged. If you need to rebuild it, as long as you use the treasury as a guarantee, I will definitely convince the company to lend you a loan..."

"No need." Sun Kewang was annoyed. How could the majestic kingdom be like borrowing money from a private person? What kind of behavior is this?

After driving away this Western barbarian, Sun Kewang sat on the throne, filled with emotions in his heart.

Subsequently, he held a grand enthronement ceremony and changed the name of Toungoo's country to Dian, so it was called Dian Kingdom to show that he would not forget the old country.

Following the example of the Ming Dynasty, a cabinet, six ministries, provinces, prefectures, and counties were established, and the Ancestral Temple was built to worship ancestors.

As for the year name, it is called "Hongwu", that is, this year (1656) is the first year of Hongwu.
Chapter completed!