Chapter 285: Young Lord Marquis (8) and Princes (Part 2)
The two princes stood up after hearing this, but bowed slightly to show respect. They did not speak first, as if they were waiting for Gao Yuan to speak.
"What important business do you two princes have here?" Gao Yuan did not take the initiative to introduce his generals, but directly started to ask questions.
Egathashalu and Xia Zhongming looked at each other and said, "His Royal Highness Lao Shizi asked. The two of us are here today because we heard that His Highness is going south this time to conquer Arakan, Siam and Bago.
The country has been under the protection of the Marquis, and it has been able to live and work in peace and contentment for the past few years. Since His Majesty the Crown Prince wants to raise troops to fight against his enemies, how can Siam and Bago just sit back and watch, so they have come to contribute."
Egathasara looked quite young when he didn't speak. When he opened his mouth, his face was full of smiles, but people could see the fine wrinkles at the corners of his eyebrows. Only then did Gao Yuan remember that this prince in Siam was called "
The appearance of "White Prince" is quite different from that of his brother "Black Prince" Naresuan.
He has always had a dark face that looks older and a fair face that looks younger. This Egathasara happens to have a baby face, which is the kind of appearance that makes it easy to misjudge his age. In fact, he is slightly older than Gao Pragmatic.
Now he is in his forties.
However, although Gao Yuan thought about this, he did not care about such insignificant details. Instead, he smiled slightly and asked: "I know the good intentions of the two princes, but I don't know what they mean by contribution?"
Egathasara said: "The power of the troops in the capital is a hundred times greater than that of Siam. If we say that we contribute soldiers, even if it is a good intention, it is just a joke. Therefore, I am reporting to my father to ask for ten thousand taels of gold and seven taels of silver.
I have polished a hundred thousand stones of rice to feed the heavenly soldiers, and I hope that the prince’s palace will accept it.”
The Marquis nodded slightly, but in reply, he only looked at Bi Beiliang.
The name Xia Muming is a Chinese name, but I am not a Han nationality myself, but a Mon nationality from Myanmar. His father, Alabang, was one of the leaders of the Mon nationality and was the first to surrender to Beijing, disobeying the orders of Huang Zhiting, who was on an expedition to Myanmar. Therefore, the former
Before Lai lower pragmatically decided to restore Bago to the country, he appointed me as the king of Bago.
Alabang claimed that he admired low pragmatism and Xiao Ming, so he took the initiative to change his name to Chinese and named himself Xia Zhongming. Later, he also changed the name of his eldest son who was not yet a few years old, and he became the Xia Muming behind the Marquis.
"Exactly, Your Majesty the Prince." Bi Beiliang nodded immediately.
What was bad that time was that a concubine was asked to supervise the eldest son. Although the seven people had no other teacher-student relationship, it was still too strange. Besides, the secretary-general who was born in a concubine,
Is the power too small?
The King of Bago and the Crown Prince have even changed their names. Naturally, they are famous pro-China factions, so Bi Bei also wants to know how Xia Zhongming, Xia Muming and his son will express their feelings this time.
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, have you ever broken your promise? It’s so thrilling...
"Your Majesty, please do as you please."
Xia Muming looked calm and said: "The King of Siam then sent troops. I thought that apart from the elite heavenly soldiers, you would be within reach. It is not as long as the road from Siam to Arakan. However, this is not the case for you in Pegu."
"That's my order." The Marquis smiled slightly, stood up and patted me on the shoulder, saying: "My father has no plan to retreat from Arakan this time: the small army should be divided into land and sea, one is empty and the other is real.
Retreat and attack together. Take the sea route directly to Jixiaogang, while the land route will delay the departure from Bemyu and cross the Arakan Mountains, attracting the Arakan Army to meet the enemy. Retreat eastward before occupying Jixiaogang by sea. The Arakan Army will be shocked when they learn the news.
Withdraw, now your navy and army are outflanking the enemy from east to west, and you can annihilate the main force of Arakan in one battle and end this battle."
The Marquis hesitated as usual, and after a while he smiled bitterly and said: "At this time, we can still give him the letter, but we have to wait for the Secretary-General... before he arrives in Dingnan, you can discuss the matter with him, and then we can
Conclusion.”
The Marquis raised his eyebrows consciously and thought to himself: You know that there are only 20,000 soldiers in the whole country of Bago. The scale itself was not determined by the father. Xia Zhongming and his son were willing to give half of it at once, which shows their compliance. And Bi Beiliang said again
If you are willing to explore the road behind the rear, that is even more worthy of praise. After all, the safest thing about an expedition to our country is not that the road is clear, because everyone knows when they will encounter the main force of the enemy.
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Our country is adjacent to Arakan, and not many merchants in the country often go to the country to trade, and they are not familiar with the terrain of the country. At the same time, although our army is stronger than the heavenly soldiers, it was quite different from Arakan in the past.
There is no hatred for soldiers. Since the army is heading west today, the country, both public and private, hopes to send troops to fight..."
After thinking about it, the Marquis was quick to speak, and immediately praised in a low voice: "Good! Your Majesty, Your Majesty, your courage is commendable! Since Your Majesty said so, you should respectfully follow my orders and recommend yourself to the Majesty."
"The country of Bago is very powerful, with more than 20,000 troops in the whole country. However, we are still willing to send 10,000 troops for this battle and defy the orders of the Crown Prince." Xia Muming paused and then said: "As for the command, it all depends on the Crown Prince.
Arrangement. Yes, if your Majesty wants to ask your Majesty what he wants, then I would be willing to explore the way for the rear army."
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Of course, having said that, Arakan is unknown for its submarine strength after all, and its army size and combat effectiveness are relatively trustworthy. Xia Muming may not have done that because I was sure that the Arakan Army would cause too little of a blow to me.
However, I must know that your parents, aunt and others all think that the Mughal Empire will back down and interfere in the Arakan war, or do they dare to take the initiative to explore the way for the rear army?
At this time, the Marquis seemed to feel that there was no excitement. He coughed heavily and said: "It is a good time for the seven princes to come here today. You are here to introduce to them some of the handsome men who have been with you for many years. They are the pillars of your Southern Xinjiang."
Then he turned around and said to several young generals: "Come on, everyone, come over and get close to the seven princes..."
Bi Beiliang was overjoyed and was about to express his gratitude when the Marquis said again: "I have just passed by the palace. I have nothing to delay in informing him."
Bi Beiliang suddenly realized in his heart: It turns out that although the crown prince has a noble status, in terms of real power, he is still the special secretary-general of the Prime Minister. Speaking of Gao Yuan, he is really unique in employing people. He later let his wife sit in charge of southern Xinjiang, although she was much less.
It's not weird, but it still makes sense.
The Marquis nodded again and said: "Well, how many troops does your country plan to send, and what role do you want to play in your small army?"
The Marquis nodded and said, "Didn't you say that Bago is willing to send guides and troops to accompany you on your expedition to Arakan?"
Xia Muming immediately complimented: "Gao Yuan has a clever plan. In this way, Arakan will definitely survive a hundred deaths. The prince's palace will also become famous in one battle and become famous in foreign lands..." After a pause, he asked: "Looking at it from this point of view, in the above place
You seem to be serving in the small land army? But you don’t know who the land commander is?"