I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 617 The traitorous King of Burma

Sagaing City.

The envoy of the King of Burma came down from the city wall with a basket hanging, and cried to He Xiangming who had just crossed the river: "General of the Celestial Dynasty, my king is willing to surrender. As long as the Celestial Army spares Burma, my king is willing to repay all losses."

He Xiangming sneered: "Are you willing to repay all losses? Very good, then let your king come out of the city in person and discuss the terms in person."

The envoy was reluctant to speak, so he had no choice but to go back and report.

Emperor Suadibo, the king of Burma, fell into silence. After a while, he said: "If I go out of the city again to ask for an audience, I will say that as long as I don't have to leave the city and they can retreat, then... even north of Xingu, I won't hesitate to cede everything." . Moreover, as long as those Celestial generals in the outer city are willing to withdraw their troops, I can privately give them a sum of gold and silver. These officials and generals of Celestial China have always loved gold, silver, wealth and silk the most, so you have to have a good relationship with them."

All north of Xingu should be ceded?

Although the strategy of ceding land and begging for mercy had been finalized long ago, ceding such a large area of ​​land at once, even all the way to Xingu, almost ceded all the favorable passes to China.

From now on, Myanmar will open its door to China completely.

In other words, it is equivalent to the Northern Song Dynasty many years ago, which directly used the Baigou River as the boundary, which caused the Northern Song Dynasty to consume a large number of troops to defend Tokyo. Because there was no danger to defend, it successfully created the Song Dynasty's problem of excessive military strength.

The envoy went out of the city again and said to He Xiangming: "My king is really sincere in surrendering to the emperor of China. Even the north of Xingu City can be ceded to China. In addition to this, as long as my king can meet the other conditions, You can agree to it. And my king also promised that as long as the general is willing to withdraw his troops, he will give the general an additional reward of gold and silver."

He Xiangming was almost speechless. In order to surrender and survive, the Burmese king even ceded territory and sued for peace, and even wanted to buy himself off.

When he thought of offering money to bribe, He Xiangming quickly whispered to Wei Min, the staff officer next to him: "Remember to testify for me! This is not me asking for a bribe, it's the Burmese king who is so eggless that he even wants to bribe him with money. we."

Wei Min also didn't know what to say: "The king of a small country is not a state affairs! However, we can stabilize the opponent for the time being. Our heavy artillery needs to find big ships to cross the river, and we also need to build siege equipment. All of this will take time. , In addition, the battle status of other armies also needs to be ascertained."

He Xiangming smiled and said, "That's exactly what I meant."

The two agreed, and then turned back to the envoy of King Namian and said: "The north of Xingu City was originally the territory of our Ming Dynasty, how can we cede it? As for Xingu City, it has been taken by our Ming Dynasty. How can we I want you to cede it."

When the Han man from the Gui family, who acted as a temporary translator, relayed He Xiangming's meaning, the envoy of the King of Namean suddenly felt his heart skip a beat and was about to speak again.

He heard He Xiangming say again: "However, if you want to talk, it's not impossible, but you have to show some sincerity. Xingu City has been taken down by our Ming army. Even the current Sagaing City is not worth mentioning to our army." It’s like something in a bag. If you really want to talk, then cede the city of Ava as well, and also pay me, Ming China, for the cost of launching this army.”

The city of Ava was to be cut off. This was obviously He Xiangming's deliberate move.

The envoy realized that the matter was a bit serious, but he did not dare to refuse, so he had to go back to the city to ask the King of Burma for instructions.

Emperor Suadibo was also shocked, but despite being shocked, he was carefully considering the feasibility.

Zhan Duomang seemed to be aware of it, and spoke at the right time: "Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty is obviously trying to open its mouth. The cession of Ava City must not be ceded. This is the capital of my Burmese king, but peace talks must be negotiated. It is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to stay here for a long time. As long as we can show enough sincerity, maybe we can redeem Ava?" Redeeming the city of Ava opened up the mind of Emperor Suadi Bo.

Indeed, if Ava City is directly ceded, then he will most likely not have to continue to be the king of Burma. But similarly, ceding the city of Ava is beyond the reach of China.

Since there is not much benefit, then simply take a step back and use more gold and silver to redeem King Ava's city.

Anyway, as long as we can return to Ava City and exchange for the withdrawal of the Chinese army, we can directly loot no matter how much money we have!

It's just extortionate taxes. This is what his late father was doing. Those Mon people and Shan (Dai) people are all cheap people. He, the Burmese king, takes money from these untouchables. These untouchables also Dare to resist.

The envoy received the instructions from the King of Burma and went out to negotiate again the next day. In the end, they negotiated back and forth for a long time and finally settled on the price.

The ancient city of Xingu was confirmed to be ceded to China, and the south of the ancient city of Xingu was returned to Myanmar. However, as the capital of Myanmar, Myanmar must spend money to redeem the city of Awa. The price is tentatively set at 300,000 taels of silver. It can be replaced by any equivalent. In addition, it must be paid The Chinese army, including He Xiangming, paid an additional 100,000 taels in bribes.

This adds up to 400,000 taels of silver. The Burmese army only brought about 50,000 taels of silver with the army this time. It was all money used by noble landowners and the Burmese king to motivate elite troops to fight.

This silver was used as a deposit and was advanced to the Ming army outside the city. The Ming army's requirement was that at least the bribe money must be paid off first, and a "down payment" of 300,000 taels of redemption silver must also be given.

Burmese King Suo Di Bo Di and Zhan Duo Mang were not only not angry because He Xiangming asked for money from the lion, but they were secretly relieved.

Because the Ming army became more and more greedy, it proved that the Chinese emperor might really just send troops to teach Burma a lesson and recover some of the chieftains annexed by Burma.

After all, destroying their Toungoo dynasty would indeed not do much good for China.

After the conditions were negotiated, the Ming army outside the city began to blatantly build siege equipment and find large ships to transport red cannons.

In the city of Sagaing, the Burmese King Sadhipat directly ordered the army to search for gold and silver in the entire city. As long as everything was valuable, all must be looted.

Although the defeated Burmese army in the city had just been defeated by the Ming army, they could only defeat the Ming army. It would be easy to bully the aristocrats, temple monks, etc. in the city.

For a time, the entire Sagaing City was filled with smoke and smoke as the Burmese army retreated into the city.

In the name of the Burmese King, these Burmese soldiers took the opportunity to plunder the rich and powerful people in the city. They were crushed and massacred by the Ming army outside the city. The anger of the rich and powerful in the city was completely attributable to the rich and powerful in the city. Even if they were not powerful enough, they went to Robbing Burmese people who had some wealth.

In just two days, the wailing of people and the cries of women could be heard everywhere in the city. Many Burmese soldiers were jealous that the raiding troops could take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune, so they also pretended to go and plunder.

What started out as robbery quickly evolved into rape and murder.

By the time the Burmese King Suadibo discovered it, it was already too late. The soldiers' looting was out of control because too many wealthy families had been robbed. Even the temples built in the city had become the targets of looting and looting.

(End of this chapter)