The Wei Dynasty returned to the palace with the oracle bone inscriptions given to him by Liu Mengyun, who was destined to go down in history. When he left the capital, Zhu Yijun still needed a cane to move. When he returned, the emperor's leg injury had fully recovered, except for
There is a scar left on the outside of the calf, which is no different from ordinary people.
Zhu Yijun once murmured whether it would be difficult for him to get rid of the fate of Emperor Wanli's leg disease, and he had prepared himself mentally to be a "lame emperor", and even found it quite interesting.
But history has obviously changed. The establishment of the medical school has turned his leg injury into a minor injury that can be easily treated. Because of the advancement of medicine, he has escaped the misery of relying on opium to relieve pain as an adult in the original time and space.
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Returning to Beijing with the Wei Dynasty was Lubu Feijie, who had traveled thousands of miles. Liu Xian defeated the Burmese army in Mengyang in November.
In June of the fifth year of Wanli, the new army going south ended the Battle of Huangjiangdong and then marched into Yunnan with two thousand wolf soldiers. In early October, the army finished its preparations. Liu Xian and Deng Zilong led the army of Guizhou Duke Mu Changzuo and governor Chen Wensui
With the cooperation of 50,000 Yunnan soldiers, troops were sent to attack Burma.
At this time, the king of Myanmar was Mang Yinglong, who was originally the brother-in-law of king Mang Ruiti. His original name was Xinye Tu. He was brave, good at fighting and resourceful. He followed Mang Ruiti in east and west expeditions and made countless achievements.
After Mang Ruiti was assassinated by a guard in the 29th year of Jiajing, the Toungoo dynasty split. Mang Yinglong led the troops to pacify the independent kings, and unified Myanmar for the second time with his talent and strategy, and in the following more than 20 years,
, conquered the east and west, oppressed other countries, and achieved the historical title of one of the "Three Great Emperors of Myanmar".
What Liu Xian and the Yunnan coalition faced was actually a territory beyond the Bagan dynasty, extending to Manipur in the west, Lincheng (now Vientiane, Laos) in the east, Jingmai (now Chiang Mai, Thailand), and the China-Myanmar border area in the north.
, covering an area of nearly one million square kilometers, was the most prosperous Toungoo dynasty in history.
During the Longqing period, the Toungoo Dynasty first attacked Siam and then annihilated Vientiane (Laos). It abolished the Lao Xuanwei Department of the Ming Dynasty and established the second son of Mang Yinglong as the king of Laos. Its momentum reached its peak.
Mang Yinglong was very successful in the military, and his ability to dominate Southeast Asia was inseparable from his superb governance ability. First of all, in politics, he united all ethnic groups in Myanmar and divided the power of the Privy Council equally among the Shan.
The generals of Meng and Burma were all respected by all ethnic groups.
In terms of economy, Mang Yinglong formulated a unified measurement and currency system, vigorously developed agriculture in the Irrawaddy River Delta, and developed handicrafts such as textiles, smelting, and glass manufacturing, making the country strong.
In terms of culture, Mang Yinglong introduced music, dance, drama, sculpture and other cultural arts to Siam from prisoners of war. In order to revitalize Buddhism, the Tooth Relic was ushered in from Ceylon in the third year of Wanli.
In terms of legislation, in addition to ordering the compilation of the "Famous Code" and "Nine Collections of Codes", Mang Yinglong also compiled the cases he personally judged into the "White Elephant King Judgment Book", which served as the basis for officials across the country to hear cases.
In terms of transportation, due to the needs of the war, Mang Yinglong ordered the construction of two main trunk lines from Baigu (now Bago) to Taungoo and to Pyay, which laid the foundation for the development of domestic transportation in Myanmar.
After Liu Xian arrived in Yunnan, he was not in a hurry to fight. He first met with border soldiers, businessmen and officials, and comprehensively reviewed the Jinyiwei's investigation reports in the past year. Only then did he fully understand the situation of the Toungoo Dynasty.
Such a big country with a population of tens of millions could not be destroyed in a single battle. Liu Xian and Deng Zilong followed the advice of Luo Rufang, the Yunnan Jinteng farming envoy, and met with Chief Meng Yang first to think about him, to show him military power and to strengthen his anti-Burmese intention.
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Mang Yinglong suffered a defeat at the hands of Meng Yang last year. The army was out of ten, so how could he not take revenge. In the fifth year of Wanli, Mang Yinglong's youngest son Mingda Xi commanded an army of fifty thousand, claiming to be two hundred thousand, and attacked Meng Yang.
How can Meng support a small country to resist a big country? It was lucky to win last year, but because of Mang Yinglong's negligence, now the Burmese army is holding on to the food road and is fighting steadily. If you think about it, it can only survive.
Because Wang Ningyi missed the opportunity to fight in the fourth year of Wanli, Si Geben was extremely disappointed with the court, and once said that he would no longer be dispatched by the golden letter and red card. However, when he saw a drill of the New Army and an artillery salvo, he immediately fell to the ground and was willing to serve as Marshal Liu.
Liu Xian saw that he was convinced, so he asked him to contact the other chieftains in the Three Proclaims and Six Wewes to inform the imperial court of his intention to conquer Burma.
After securing the peripheral areas, Liu Xian also needed the support of the Yunnan local tyrant Qian Guogong and the governor Chen Wensui.
Chen Wensui, who succeeded Wang Ning, did not know that the emperor wanted to attack Burma, and in view of the serious situation on the Ming-Burma border, he proposed ten strategies including "appeal to the barbarians, appease the three propaganda, set up generals, and build city walls" to deal with Taungoo.
Aggressive offensive posture.
After the memorial was reported to the court, Zhang Juzheng did not dare to mention the reason that "the land cannot be cultivated, the people cannot be used, and the money and resources are wasted on useless things and the innocent people are ruined"[Note], and fully supported Chen Wensui's administration.
Chen Wensui got the approval of the imperial court and preached three declarations and six comforts, hoping to reiterate the imperial teaching. However, the major chieftains who had been coerced or surrendered by the Toungoo dynasty had no intention of responding. Only the eight hundred people who were invaded by Toungoo were unable to survive.
Xuanweisi and Chief Menggong sent envoys to contact him.
Seeing that the situation was so serious, Chen Wensui got busy at home and discussed with the Duke of Guizhou. Both of them were ready for the situation to deteriorate. So, before Zhu Yijun decided to conquer Burma, the two of them had already mobilized.
The soldiers dispatched generals, built castles on the border, and placed soldiers and generals - just in time to prepare for the arrival of Liu Xian's army.
When Liu Xian led the new army to arrive, both Chen Wensui and Mu Changzuo were overjoyed. Mu Changzuo only took over as the Duke of Guizhou in the fifth year of Longqing. In these years, he was extremely depressed by being suppressed by several governors of Yunnan and felt that his martial arts had no use.
The arrival of Chen Wensui and the court's proactive attitude in preparing for war finally cheered him up.
As a result, both internal and external people had the same desire, and Liu Xian and Deng Zilong swore to go on an expedition. The reason for the expedition had already been found - King Mang Yinglong of Myanmar did not listen to the emperor's instructions and was rude to the great country; he attacked the Three Gorges without any will.
Xuan, disposing of the court's Xuan comfort envoys at will, has revealed his intention to rebel. Therefore, the court was furious and sent down the heavenly troops - if you don't surrender and surrender, you will all be burned!
Any big country that conquers a small country must be able to stand up politically and in public opinion. Therefore, Zhu Yijun previously ordered Chen Wensui to issue a document in the name of the imperial court to condemn Burma, ordering it not to attack Mengyang again and threaten the land of Jinteng. The words were very rude——
This is the way of the Great Kingdom of China. If you don't listen and I will beat you, it will be regarded as a disgrace.
Mang Yinglong was not picky about the words of condemnation. The national power was there. Although he was proclaimed emperor, he was still a king mentally. He never expected that the central court could speak nicely to a southwestern barbarian like him.
Even so, Mang Yinglong was still furious after the envoy read out the imperial edict. Due to the lag in intelligence between the central court and the Yunnan region for many years, the king's name in the court documents turned out to be Mang Rui, and no one in the Ming court knew it.
Mang Yinglong had succeeded Mang Ruiti to the throne in the 30th year of Jiajing. - In the Jinyiwei intelligence received by Zhu Yijun last year, it was also written that the name of the king of Myanmar was Mang Ruiti.
This contempt and neglect from the heart of a big country made Mang Yinglong lose his coolness. In anger, he almost killed Chen Wensui's envoy - fortunately he did not kill the envoy, otherwise Yunnan and the Ming court would still be here today.
You may not know that the current king of Myanmar is named Mang Yinglong.
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Angry, Mang Yinglong raised an army and gathered another 100,000 Burmese troops, plus 50,000 in the hands of his youngest son Ming Daxi, known as 500,000, in order to destroy Meng Yang - two days earlier than the time when Mang Yinglong completely defeated Meng Yang in the original time and space.
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Due to the hot weather, it was slow to gather troops. By the time the army gathered, the weather had just entered the dry season. At this time, Liu Xian had completed the preparation of the army. With the cooperation of Mu Changzuo and Chen Wensui, he also gathered the army and prepared to set off from Longchuan.
, destroying the city and building strongholds all the way, and the military peak is directed at Awa. After taking Awa, you can enter Myanmar's most fertile land - the Irrawaddy River Delta. When the time comes, you will not have to worry about Mang Yinglong not fighting a decisive battle with our army.
However, in an era without satellites and reconnaissance aircraft, war was actually a gathering of countless accidents. The coaches of both sides encountered unexpected situations in their respective calculations - no one expected that the other side had already gathered its troops.
As a result, the scouts sent by the two armies actually met in Manmo (today's Manchang). Because the Ming army's individual combat equipment and capabilities were extremely strong, the scouts did not suffer any losses and even captured several of the Burmese soldiers' tongues.
Under the first trial, Liu Xian almost knelt down and thanked the sky. The morale of the new army who crossed mountains and ridges in the hotter tropical rain forest was also greatly boosted!