Time passed day by day, but Qin Shuhuai was not in a hurry at all.

First, he had to wait for the rebellion in the Ava region to continue to ferment, and second, he had to wait for Li Dingguo's troops to be ready before attacking Burma.

Ten days later, Nelson and his men were finally about to withdraw from Mangaraga.

On the occasion of parting, Zhang Xiao went to the dock on behalf of Qin Shuhuai to see Nelson and his party, and also presented him with a delicate jade wrench, saying that Qin Shuhuai gave it to him.

After Nelson received the wrench, he was very surprised, and repeatedly said that if he had the opportunity to return to the Far East, he must go to Daming to meet the great Qin general.

After Nelson left, Qin Shuhuai lived in the Governor's Palace, where he spent his days drinking and experiencing the folk customs of South Asia.

Soon, Chongzhen's seven years passed.

On January 12 of the eighth year of Chongzhen, Li Dingguo finally sent someone to send news that he had crossed the Lao Xuanwei Division and entered the territory of Siam.

As expected, Siam not only did not refuse the Ming army, but provided a large number of supplies, and even the King of Siam expressed his willingness to send a part of his troops to help the Ming attack Dong U.

Siam and Burma are feuds, it is well known. The two countries have fought countless times in history, and the most recent blood feud was more than ten years ago, when the Burmese king Mang Yinglong beat Siam so that his parents didn't know him, completely making Siam a vassal to Burma, and also captured a large number of people.

Although Siam also rebelled later, it was only a passive strategic defense and was powerless to take revenge.

Now that the Ming army is intervening, Siam is naturally happy to see it.

Moreover, they did not have the capital to resist the entry of the Ming army, and of course they had to sell their personal favors.

I have to say that with a strong empire as the backing, many things will be simpler - otherwise why was Ban Chao in the Western Han Dynasty able to conquer the 36 countries of the Western Regions with only 36 horsemen?

Because behind him is a strong man who no one dares to mess with.

At the same time, news came from Dong U (Burma) that all weapons had been secretly sent by the British to the Ava region, and that a large number of Shan people had secretly formed a secret society and were ready to riot at any time.

At the same time, Talon, who had long regarded the relocation of the capital to Ava as one of the supreme strategies of the empire, still did not stop the plan to move the capital. In the second half of the seventh year of Chongzhen, he ordered people to survey the terrain on a large scale in Ava, and at the end of the year, he demarcated the scope of the palace and implemented the preparatory work for moving the capital.

This undoubtedly turned the rumor into reality, and countless Shan people became more and more indignant after receiving the news, and strengthened their determination to resist.

The time is ripe.

On January 16 of the eighth year of Chongzhen, Qin Shuhuai led the expeditionary fleet to pull anchor and set sail, and went straight to Daguang, a port that is still inconspicuous at the moment in the south of Dongwu.

Daguang is the Yangon of later generations, where the capital of Myanmar is located. But now he is only a small port, far less important than the port of Bosheng further south.

However, Daguang is only 200 miles away from the current capital of Dongwu, Bago, and the distance from Bosheng Port is at least twice as long, so for Qin Shuhuai, who is determined to eliminate the Talung regime, he must choose to land in Daguang.

Considering the need to attack Burma, Qin Shuhuai only released 3,000 soldiers and horses in Manchuria. Judging from the current situation, there should be no other powerful country in the Far East who dares to fight the idea of the Ming Dynasty, and the local people's impression of the Ming Dynasty is excellent, after all, they had a happy time with the Ming Dynasty before, and now they are back in the arms of the Ming Dynasty, and it is naturally impossible to have any rebellion, so it is more than enough for 3,000 people to maintain law and order and the operation of Manraka.

After passing through the Manraga Strait, the fleet drove unhurriedly for about seven days and arrived at the Andaman Sea at the mouth of the Irrawaddy River, the largest river in Burma.

In the case of poor information, it is only now that this fleet has aroused the alarm of the Dongwu Dynasty.

But it didn't work, who could stop such a huge fleet?

To reach Daguang, the Ming fleet needed to enter the Irrawaddy River from the mouth of the sea, and then sail along the river for about 40 miles before it could arrive.

The river is relatively narrow, narrower than the Strait of Malacca, but the minimum width is about 4 li, and the depth is large enough for a large fleet to pass through.

When entering the Irrawaddy River from the mouth of the sea, the Dongwu people finally sent an envoy to ask why the Ming fleet had entered the Irrawaddy River.

This question made the pioneer officer Zheng Zhihu happy on the spot.

He said, "Your Honor, if I say that we are going in to do business with you, do you believe it?"

The envoy shook his head with a frown, and said in stiff Chinese, "This...... We can't believe it. ”

Zheng Zhihu laughed, "I don't believe it either." ”

As he spoke, he respectfully took out a holy decree and said, "Your honor, my Emperor Ming has a decree, kneel down and accept the decree." ”

The envoy sneered and said, "Your country's holy decree is only useful to your subjects, and I, as an envoy of Dongwu, can convey the emperor's meaning on your behalf, but I will not kneel down to greet you." ”

Zheng Zhihu touched his chin and said meaningfully, "So you think that now my Ming Dynasty is just an ornament? At the beginning, you were called a minister and a tribute to us, and my Ming Dynasty also treated you well, why have you invaded our country and captured my people all these years?"

The envoy said without humility or arrogance, "I don't understand what the general is saying. The existing land in my cave was bought by the soldiers with their blood, and besides, those lands were originally ours, but they were robbed by the Propaganda Division set up by you. As for capturing your people or something, it's even more funny! The people have long legs there, and they can go wherever they want, and if they are willing to come to my cave, why don't we accept them?"

Zheng Zhihu, as a member of the fierce general, had a bad temper, and when he heard him say this, he was angry.

He scolded, "Damn, when did the territory of the Yunnan Xuanwei Division become yours? So many people were captured and enslaved by you, and you said they were voluntary?"

The envoy said, "Since the general thinks that we are robbing hard, then it is better to rob hard! I advise the general, don't try to provoke the great King of Talon, don't try to provoke the great Dongwu country! If your fleet dares to enter the Irrawaddy River, it will usher in the wrath of the 800,000 Dongwu army!"

Zheng Zhihu laughed angrily, "You little Dongwu dare to claim to have an army of 800,000?"

Dongwu has a population of only 3 million, which Qin Shuhuai had already told everyone at the pre-war mobilization meeting, but if Qin Shuhuai said it, of course, no one would doubt it.

The envoy got up, "There is a saying in your country, the Tao is different, and you don't conspire with each other, so you advise the general to do it himself." Please also ask the general to advise your invincible Duke An Guo to behave for himself, the Dongwu people are not Jurchens!"

Seeing that the messenger was leaving, Zheng Zhihu said angrily, "Stop, you haven't fucking knelt down to welcome the holy decree!"

After saying that, he said to the left and right, "Come, this messenger is afraid that his legs and feet are not good, and it is inconvenient to kneel, so you can cure him!"

The left and right were already furious, and immediately rushed over and kicked the messenger down, and then grabbed the foot and pressed the arm, and made him kneel on the ground.

Zheng Zhihu had a literate person beside him, so he read the holy decree on his behalf.

The content of the holy decree is naturally to rebuke Dongwu for its bad deeds of constantly harassing the border of the Ming Dynasty for decades and even encroaching on a large area of the Ming Dynasty.

The last of the holy decree was more like an ultimatum, that is, after the king of Dongwu received the decree, he immediately led a hundred officials to come over and ask Qin Shuhuai, the minister of the Qin Mission, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, not only to apologize for the guilt and immediately withdraw the troops and people from the occupied Ming territory.

If he does not arrive at King Long within ten days, the Ming Dynasty will immediately launch an attack to "show the power of Huang Huang Tianwei".

The envoy of the cave was even more furious when he heard the decree.

Since Hongwu, the Burmese have never yielded to the Ming Dynasty, let alone the Ming Dynasty, and no country has been able to bring them to their knees.

In their opinion, the land seized from the Ming Dynasty was bought by them with blood, and the so-called "tribute" is a joke.

Zheng Zhihu didn't want to embarrass a mere envoy, so after reading the holy decree, he ordered someone to release him on the spot, and then asked him to take the holy decree back.

But he didn't want this messenger to be an iron bone, so he threw the holy decree on the spot and kicked it twice with his foot.

It's suddenly lively!

Originally, for the sake of the two armies not slashing the envoys, Zheng Zhihu and these old coarse people were not easy to beat even if they really wanted to beat the envoys, but now it's okay, this thing dares to insult the holy decree, that is, to openly insult the Ming Emperor!

Why is this still worth it?