344 The King's Choice (I)
To tell the truth, at the beginning, Xiao Ruxun didn't expect that Myanmar would dare to take the initiative, because the discerning people knew at a glance that the Ming Dynasty went south to Nanyang to conquer Myanmar, and it was clear that he wanted to give Myanmar a little color to see, let them know the consequences of angering the Ming Dynasty, and by the way, see if they can take advantage of it and destroy Myanmar, even if they can't be destroyed, can Myanmar, which was destroyed by the Ming Dynasty, still ride on their heads as a prestige?
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Myanmar, which was originally arrogant and unsupportable, was instantly isolated by the international community and became an international outcast, everyone has moved closer to Daming, this gives some money and that gives some materials, although it is not much, but it is a symbolic meaning, symbolizing that everyone is on the side of Daming's father, standing resolutely, and never the first rat at both ends - Daming Dad, you help us clean up the bear child of Myanmar, as long as you give us a blue sky and a bright day, we are still Dad's good children.
Xiao Ruxun, on behalf of Daming's father, took over the filial piety of his filial sons, and said that he would definitely clean up the bear child in Myanmar, or simply destroy it, and let everyone who wants to be a bear child be careful.
With Xiao Ruxun's hint, the surrounding small countries jumped even happier, the people sent by Mang Yingli to collect taxes were either killed or driven back, and the best one was also sent out of the country as a gift, not a penny or a grain of rice was taken away, and it was not one, but dozens of families together with a premeditated and planned resistance, and they were so anxious that they didn't know who to crusade against.
Finally, a gentleman's agreement was signed with the southern tribes, and the army from the north was transferred back, but the food and money from the west could not be obtained, and he had no choice but to follow the old rules and ask his own people to donate generously, and after defeating the enemy, he paid back tenfold.
Mang Yinglong had done this kind of thing three times, and each time he did what he said he did, and Mang Yingli had done it once before, and he did what he said, and now it was the second time, and his own people believed in him, so they promised him, took out their own money and food, tightened their belts, and waited for the army to return triumphantly with gold, silver, treasure, and honor, and be repaid ten times as much as them.
Xiao Ruxun thought that they would stick to the important place, fortify the walls and clear the wilderness, and not give him and the Siamese coalition army good fruits to eat, so that in this way, fighting in such terrain, the Ming army and the Siamese army will really fall into difficulties, Xiao Ruxun is also a little worried about this, because he really doesn't know the local terrain, but he didn't expect that this problem has not been solved, so there is no need to solve it, because the problem does not exist.
They took the initiative to kill themselves.
Or with 300,000 soldiers and horses, how many soldiers and horses are there in total? About 100,000 soldiers, 100,000 miscellaneous soldiers, counting those who can be mobilized, barely 300,000, all here? Impossible, when the rear is unstable, it is impossible for Mang Yingli to hand over all the soldiers and horses to his son, and he will definitely leave some men and horses for emergency, so whether it is a soldier or a miscellaneous soldier, it will not be all handed over to Min Qide.
There are too many, the rear is unstable, and there are fewer comes, that is, the meat buns and dogs have gone and there is no return, and their initiative to attack must not be to test the strength of the Ming army and the Siamese army, in that case, it is not necessary to claim 300,000, and they hurriedly sent troops before the coalition army launched an offensive, and they must have the idea of winning the battle to save the momentum and relieving the crisis, and the Ming army spies sent to describe the lineup of the Burmese army as vast and unsightly - these spies are all professional spies and know what it means to call a 100,000-strong army of people.
To sum up, Xiao Ruxun felt that the Burmese army must have brought enough troops to engage the Ming army and the Siamese army, and the strategic purpose must be to thwart at least part of the Ming army and the Siamese army, and save the crisis for Myanmar in public opinion, so as not to fall into a more isolated and helpless situation.
Xiao Ruxun still didn't know much about Mang Yingli and Min Qide, and didn't know what kind of mood they were in when they came, but the other things he expected were correct, such as the approximate number of soldiers in the Burmese army.
The subsequent news made Xiao Ruxun gradually begin to doubt his own judgment, and he felt that the Burmese might not be just here to save public opinion.
On 3 August, a battle report was sent back to Ayutthaya, saying that a part of the Burmese army had broken through to the border and conquered the border town of Mae Sot, and on 4 August, another battle report came that the Burmese army had been attacking Ban Bang Shan non-stop and had already routed some of the defenders, and that Baan Bang Shan was in a hurry.
On 5 August, the battle reported that Ban Bang Shan had fallen.
On 7 August, there was a battle report that Tak had fallen.
On August 8, the battle report said that the Burmese army of 100,000 went all the way to the east without stopping, and routed the attacks of many small troops along the way, which was unstoppable, and set fire to the place where it went, killing countless people, and the people of Siam were miserable, and fled to the south one after another.
Xiao Ruxun looked at the map, looked all the way to the east where the Burmese army was marching, and saw a more obvious mark.
"Your Majesty, where is this?"
Xiao Ruxun pointed to a marker on the map.
"Here, this is Phitsanulok Mansion, where Xiao Wang was born and raised, and it is a very wealthy place."
Xiao Ruxun nodded and said: "That's right, the goal of the Burmese army is here, and the Burmese army probably wants to occupy here, destroy the king's hometown, suppress the king's prestige and confidence, and strengthen their own military morale, and they probably also have the idea of seizing grain and grass." ”
"What?!"
King Nari Xuan carefully looked at the map, and was very surprised to find that the route of the Burmese army was indeed going straight east to Phitsanulok Province, which was his hometown, which was the place where his supporters and prestige were highest......
"Dongwu State is isolated by all countries, all countries are orthodox in the Ming Dynasty, refusing to provide more grain, grass and money to Dongwu State, its country is full of beacons, there are many rebels, reckless Yingli is poor and does not think about production, has already lost the family base, where can there be money and food that can support hundreds of thousands of troops to fight for a long time? I don't expect them to have much money and food, and the reason why they are so urgent to attack must be to get food and grass, and by the way, to undermine our confidence.
Phitsanulok Mansion is also the king's hometown, it must be rich, while getting the money and food of the rich land for his own use, while suppressing the king's prestige, trapping the king in an unkind and unrighteous situation, so that the king has to urgently send troops and horses to contend with it, directly with the king's main force to fight, to wait for work, and wait for the king to lead the army to gallop over, its army has already been rested, morale is strong, and the king is tired, the victory or defeat of the war is clear, these people's calculations are really loud! ”