On the seventh day after the battle between the three marquis and Mang Yinglong at Bagu Mountain, Chen Mu received the news that the king of Siam had requested to send troops into Burma to attack Mang Yinglong with the Ming Dynasty in the ancient city of Bai.

Deng Zilong and Lin Manjue led more than 6,000 troops to the north, one was to supervise the battle, and the other was to provide support to Meng Lao and others in the fight against Mang Yinglong at the right time.

Chen Mu and Bai Yuanjie didn't go, they were busy planning three announcements and six comforts, this is a group of madmen who firmly believe that war is inevitable and there will never be peace.

Once he has a direction, even Liu Xian will not have the idea of 'hiding merit and fame'.

As for Chen Mu himself, it is enough to do a good job as a trafficker, a warmonger.

"Siam has joined, and a large number of troops have advanced to Bago Mountain, and the momentum has been achieved." Bai Yuanjie held a bamboo whip in his hand and pointed to Yutu and said: "As long as Mang Yinglong takes a step back to the east and recaptures Ava, our department can contact Yu Shuai and Liu Shuai to the north of the army. ”

Bai Yuanjie's ambition is not small, soft mountain, that is about to go out of Myanmar, adjacent to Bangladesh.

Obviously, after this battle, the territory of the Myanmar Military and Civilian Propaganda Department will be much smaller.

"It is the right time to attack its belly and back by means of Arakan." Bai Yuanjie was firm in his words, and said: "The general trend is me, Arakan had the idea of sending an envoy to come before, but he was blocked back by Bai in Yangon, and he was on the verge of war, but now Chen Shuai can see it." ”

Hearing the name Akagan, Chen Mu laughed.

Arakan was a small country in the past, and it was also the first place where the Portuguese settled in Indochina, their country had a mixed Portuguese and Argentine army and navy, which cultivated a pirate culture for decades, attacking merchant ships in the east and plundering the Malacca area; To the west, it competed with the Mughal Empire for the upper reaches of the Bay of Bengal.

Generally speaking, this is a country related to the interests of the Portuguese in Southeast Asia, and Chen Mu's careful eyes are a large pirate stronghold, and his subordinates are peers.

"I don't want to borrow the way from them, send them a message, let them send troops to Soft Mountain, cut off Mang Yinglong's retreat, the wall is down and everyone pushes it, what does my brother think?" Chen Mu said that he felt that his words were not very good, and said: "Everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high." ”

Bai Yuanjie was noncommittal, he knew that Chen Mu didn't want to continue to participate in this war, and there was only one reason that could make him feel this kind of emotion - he had already got what he wanted, Bai Gucheng.

"I'll do this, send troops first and then pay tribute."

Bai Yuanjie nodded, the general trend of the imperial court is here, it is difficult for Arakan to refuse to send troops, not to mention that Mang Yinglong is also an enemy of Arakan , now is the time for the Ming Dynasty to formulate the rules, a big victory in Bai Gucheng is enough to kill chickens and monkeys, and it is difficult for any small country in the Ming influence circle not to act with the eyes of Daming.

Even if he didn't obey, it was great that Bai Yuanjie led his troops to Soft Mountain, and turned around to let Sandao Lin Daoqian and Javanese Lin Afeng go out of Malacca, and it was easy to clean up Alakan.

"It's Annan and Sanxuan Liuwei, I've waited for so long and haven't seen your movements, what are you thinking." Bai Yuanjie smiled, there were no outsiders in the palace, he raised his arm and touched Chen Mu lightly, and said, "Wait to see what you can do." ”

Chen Mu smiled: "What, you want to help me ventilate the imperial court?" ”

This time, in response to the three Xuan and six comforts, the attack on Mang Yinglong shocked the three Xuan and six comforts and several local officials who founded the country alone, and the action was called the three-eyed gun on the sea, but in fact, in the war report transmitted to the imperial court, the three departments were not divided according to Liu Xian, Yu Dayou, and Chen Mu, but Yunnan, Guangdong, and Nanyang.

Liu Xian and Yu Dayou have to hand in one copy together, Chen Mu has to hand in one copy himself, and the other one is Bai Yuanjie of the Guangdong Metropolitan Division as the main official.

"Actually, Nanyang is very chaotic now, and I can't figure it out, a general law of all nations, it seems that the governance of all countries is similar, but in fact, I am also looking for a direction, I don't know what kind of road is the best."

The ornaments of the Baigu Palace have been divided into three parts, all of which have been shipped to the Forbidden City, and the valuable and symbolic ones will be sent to the Forbidden City; another batch of valuables was sold in Guangzhou Mansion and North and South Beijing; Others were given as rewards to those who had meritorious service.

At this time, the palace has become another military yamen, in addition to the table and other ordinary utensils, all the decorations have military significance, such as sand tables, maps.

Chen Mu pulled the hanging scroll of the map, put down the whole map of Nanyang, and said: "We have overseas fortresses such as Junfuwei and Linlai, vassal states with comprehensive control such as Luzon, and tributary states such as Sulu, Ryukyu, and Borneo that provide military service and trade; There are also autonomous pirate lands such as Java and Mishima, which are like Spain's overseas strategy, and there are also trading posts such as Malacca, Aceh, and Annam, which were taken over from Portugal, and were divided into three places for the four wars. ”

"I have an idea for Annan, but I haven't thought about it yet, there is only one point, Burma Baigu is 500 miles away, and Annam Shenglong is 200 miles away, and the Ming Dynasty wants to absolutely control it, like Luzon, and divide the county and govern it." Chen Mu moved to circle two pieces of land in the Indochina Peninsula that the Nanyang Military Government could reach out to touch, and said: "At least the two guard flag armies will be stationed in the domestic rotation, and the ports will be stationed in the Liuding Liujia fleet." ”

Bai Yuanjie looked at the circle that Chen Mu had scribbled on the map, and it was obvious that he was eyeing the grain here, but even if he understood this, he still wondered about Chen Mu's words, and said: "It's as easy as Luzon, Annan has Wu Gongji, and Burma has a fierce spoon, but why should the garrison flag army be rotated, won't it increase the risk of rebellion?" ”

The guards have been in the army for generations since the time of Emperor Taizu, and there are very few troops in Yongzhen, and they are rotated and dispatched from the country, and there will be many troubles, and no matter which one goes wrong in the middle, it will cause chaos.

"The garrison is a good way, and the main reason for transferring it is to train the troops, and the training officers of each guard must be served by the graduates of the North and South Lecture Martial Arts Hall, with two terms of the flag army, and after four or six years, they will directly serve as a general officer of the first level of the commander of the same knowledge; First of all, the garrison must be comfortable here, the military food and armaments of the Nanyang Army are much better than those of the guards in the country, not to mention the fifty acres of military land set aside here, and the output is also higher than that of most of the guards in the country; And don't let them plow, how to plow will be said later. ”

"First, to deter the locality, and secondly, to let them train, go back in two or three years, double the combat power, and in the event of a war in the country, they are not afraid of others; Third, the rotation of troops can also reduce the suspicion of some officials in the country and do things better. ”

"Now there are only these two places, and two guards can be trained in two years; But now the Nanyang Military Government has just begun to go to sea, we are just following the old path of our predecessors, and have not walked out of our own new path, there will be more land in the future, if there are seventeen or eighteen, two years can command all the guards under the command of a province to rotate and practice, this is the follow-up of the reform of the guards in my heart. ”

"The flag army they sent, must be full, otherwise the commander and the same will be guilty, anyway, I have three or four commanders in any of the Ming guards, for example, this year, the Wanquan Dusi and Jizhen Banner Army will be transferred, and each guard will draw a thousand households, and when they go back, the combat power of the entire Dusi will not be the same as in the past, and the Nanyang Military Government will meet more powerful enemy countries in the future, and there will also be more soldiers who can recruit and fight habitually."

"Look at that small country, Portugal, thousands of miles away from the land, but it can dominate the nations...... This is a good time, as long as you seize the opportunity and do not let go, small countries can be strong; If you can't seize the opportunity, the great powers will also weaken; All people at sea are our peers, strengthening ourselves and crushing others. ”

"In the eleventh year of Zhuang Gong, his rise was also vigorous, and his death was also sudden, that's what he said!"