East Factory Governor

Chapter 806 The Backbone Cave Messenger

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

First of all, he has to wait for the rebellious sentiment in the Ava area to continue to ferment, and secondly, he has 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 Manga.

On the occasion of parting, Zhang Xiao went to the pier to send Nelson and his party off on behalf of Qin Shuhuai, and also presented him with an exquisite emerald finger ring, saying that Qin Shuhuai gave it to him.

After Nelson received the finger puller, he was very surprised. He repeatedly said that if he had the opportunity to go back to the Far East, he must go to Daming to pay homage to the great General Qin.

After Nelson left, Qin Shuhuai lived in the Governor's Mansion, spending his free time every day planting flowers, drinking, and experiencing the folk customs of South Asia. He was happy.

Soon, Chongzhen's seven years passed again.

On January [-]th of the eighth year of Chongzhen, Li Dingguo finally sent someone to send news that he had crossed the Xuanweisi of Laos and entered the territory of Siam.

As expected, instead of rejecting the Ming army, Siam provided a large amount of supplies, and even the king of Siam expressed his willingness to send some troops to help Ming attack Dongwu.

It is well known that Siam and Burma are feuds.These two countries have fought countless times in history. The latest blood feud was more than ten years ago. At that time, the Burmese king Mang Yinglong beat Siam until his parents didn't know him. A large number of people were taken captive.

Although Siam also resisted afterwards, it was only a passive strategic defense after all, unable to revenge at all.

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

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

It has to be said that with a powerful empire as the backing, many things will become easier-otherwise, why was Banchao able to conquer 36 countries in the Western Regions with only 36 cavalry in the Western Han Dynasty?
Because behind him is a strong man who no one dares to mess with.

At the same time, news also came from Dongwu (Myanmar) that all the weapons had been secretly sent to the Awa region by the British, and a large number of Shan people formed secret associations and were ready to riot at any time.

At the same time, Thalon, who had long regarded moving the capital to Ava as one of the supreme strategies of the empire, still did not stop his plan to move the capital.In the second half of the seventh year of Chongzhen, he ordered people to conduct a large-scale survey of the terrain in Ava. By the end of the year, he had delineated the scope of the imperial palace and implemented the preliminary preparations for moving the capital.

This undoubtedly turned the rumors into reality. After receiving the news, countless Shan people were filled with righteous indignation and strengthened their determination to resist.

The time has come.

On January [-]th of the eighth year of Chongzhen, Qin Shuhuai led an expeditionary fleet to pull anchor and set sail, heading straight for Daguang, a port that is still relatively inconspicuous in the south of Dongwu.

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

But Daguang is only two hundred miles away from Dongwu's current capital, Bago, and Pasheng Port is at least twice as far away from there. For Qin Shuhuai, who is determined to eliminate the Talong regime, he must choose Daguang to land.

Considering the need to attack Burma, Qin Shuhuai only sent 3000 more troops to Manchuria.Judging from the current situation, there should be no other powerful country in the Far East that dares to attack Daming, and the local people have a very good impression of Daming. After all, they had a happy time with Daming before, and now they are back in Daming's embrace. Naturally, there is no possibility of any rebellion, so [-] people are more than enough to maintain law and order and the operation of Manlajia.

After the fleet passed the Managa Strait, it drove for about seven days without any haste, and arrived in the Andaman Sea, the outlet of the Irrawaddy River, the largest river in Myanmar.

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

But it's useless. Who can stop such a huge fleet?
To reach Daguang, the Ming Fleet had to enter the Irrawaddy River from the mouth of the sea, and then sail along the river for about 40 miles before arriving.

This river is relatively narrow, narrower than the Strait of Malacca, but the minimum width is about 4 miles, and the depth is enough for large fleets to pass through.

When entering the Irrawaddy River from the mouth of the sea, the Dongwu people finally sent envoys to ask the reason why the Ming army fleet entered the Irrawaddy River.

This question amused Zheng Zhihu, the pioneer officer, on the spot.

Said, "Your envoy, would you believe me if I said that we drove in to do business with you?"

The messenger shook his head frowning and said in blunt Chinese, "This... we can't believe it."

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

As he said that, he took out an imperial decree respectfully and said, "Your envoy, I have a decree from the Emperor Ming, please kneel down to receive the decree."

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

Zheng Zhihu rubbed his chin, and said meaningfully, "So you think I, Daming, is just a display now? Back then, you told us that we were ministers and paid tribute, and I, Daming, treated you well. Why have you all these years Invade our land and capture my people?"

The envoy said neither humble nor overbearing, "I don't understand what the general is saying. The land I have now was bought with the blood of the soldiers. Besides, those lands were originally ours, but they were set up by you as a propaganda department." Just snatch it away. As for capturing your people, it’s even more ridiculous! The people have long legs, and they can go wherever they want. If they want to come to Dongwu, why don’t Dongwu accept them?”

As a titan, Zheng Zhihu had a bad temper, so he got angry when he said that.

He cursed, "Damn it, when did you own the territory of Xuanweisi in Yunnan? So many people were taken into slavery by you, you said they did it voluntarily?"

The envoy said, "Since the general thinks we are robbing by force, let's do it! I advise the general, don't try to provoke the great King Talong, don't try to provoke the great Dongwu country! If your fleet dares to enter the Irrawaddy River, What will be ushered in will be the wrath of the 80 Dongwu army!"

Zheng Zhihu laughed angrily, "How dare you, little Dongwu, claim to have an army of 80?"

Dongwu only has a population of 300 million. Qin Shuhuai had already told everyone about this at the pre-war mobilization meeting, but of course no one would doubt what Qin Shuhuai said.

The emissary stood up, "There is a saying in your country that if you disagree with each other, you should not conspire with each other. I advise the general to take care of himself. I also ask the general to advise your mighty Lord Anguo to take care of himself. Dongwu people are not Jurchens!"

Seeing that the envoy was about to leave, Zheng Zhihu said angrily, "Stop, you fucking kneel down to receive the imperial decree!"

After finishing speaking, he said to the left and right, "Come on, this messenger is afraid that his legs and feet are not good enough to kneel down, so please treat him!"

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

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

The content of the imperial decree is naturally to reprimand Dongwu for its despicable deeds of continuously harassing the border of Ming Dynasty and even occupying a large area of ​​Ming Dynasty for decades.

The end of the imperial decree was more like an ultimatum, that is, after receiving the decree, King Dongwu immediately led all the officials to come to plead guilty to the imperial envoy and Duke Anguo of the Ming Dynasty, Qin Shuhuai.

If King Talong does not arrive within ten days, the Master of Daming will launch an attack immediately, "to demonstrate the might of the sky".

The Dongwu envoy became even more furious after hearing the imperial decree.

Since Hongwu, the Burmese have never surrendered to Daming, let alone Daming, no country has ever made them surrender.

In their view, the land they seized from Ming Dynasty was bought with their blood, and the so-called "paying tribute" is even more of a joke. The dignified Dongwu is now so powerful, and recently they have all started asking neighboring countries for annual tribute. Will you pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty?

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

But he didn't expect that the envoy was holding the iron bone, so he threw the imperial decree on the ground on the spot, and kicked him twice with his foot.

Now it's lively!
Originally, for the sake of not beheading the envoy when the two armies were fighting, Zheng Zhihu and these rough people would not be good at beating the envoy even if they really wanted to, but now it’s okay, this guy dares to insult the imperial decree, that is to openly insult the Ming emperor!
How is this worth it?

(End of this chapter)