Chapter 81 Phuket
Myanmar's intelligence is basically the story of Mang Rui's body, Mang Yinglong's brother-in-law sweeping across the world to conquer the world.
In this story, Mang Yinglong is much more terrifying than his wife and uncle Mang Rui. He is wise, ruthless, decisive, limited by the environment and has not experienced excellent war education. Therefore, he always defeated the war, but he becomes braver and the more he loses, the more he loses, the more he becomes.
The battlefield wild education on the battlefield that followed his wife and uncle Mang Ruiti for more than 20 years gave him sufficient capital to compete for hegemony.
After sweeping Myanmar, Mang Rui's body became addicted to red wine and Western food, alienated Buddhism, and was eventually killed, and various Myanmar divisions also fell apart. After his death, Mang Yinglong once again attacked various places and reunified Myanmar.
That was a natural king.
Because of this, the Myanmar Xuanwei Office, which is about the size of Bozhou, has become the master of the southwest of the country that has arrived in the west and reached the Siam in the east, and unified the upper and lower Myanmar and is eager to challenge the Ming Dynasty of its suzerain.
After this information from Portugal, Chen Mu's threat to Mang Yinglong was much smaller.
Even if he defeated Meng Yang and joined the three Xuan and six comforts, he would not have the talent to invade the Ming Dynasty.
It’s not that this country does not have the ability, but that the entire territory of Myanmar is a very strong country, and it’s not too much to even call it one overlord, but that Chen Mu simply believes that Mang Yinglong does not have this talent.
Because of the latest information, Mang Yinglong defeated the war again in the north.
He was cut off from the food route by Meng Yangtusi Sigu, my god!
Anyone who is familiar with the popular military script of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that is both entertaining and popular, will find it difficult to cut off the food route. As for leading a large army and being cut off by small soldiers, it is even more incredible.
Yang Yinglong, who was involved in the food deadline, has not helped Meng Yang. Although he is in a strong momentum and the Bozhou Army is indeed very strong, in fact, he and Chen Mu are the same type of generals. They both rely on soldiers to fight, and their personal ability to use troops is limited.
Sigu cut off the food route with his own strength. Needless to say, even if he gained the advantage of cutting off food, Sigu's military strength was too small and could not be encircled. The Ming army could not rush to support, and he and Yang Yinglong alone could not surround the 200,000 army.
The two sides fought several times and had a victory or defeat. Seeing the Ming army of Tengchong guards dispatched, Mang Yinglong returned to his army to withdraw, and set up a formation in the Rakshasa Nvshan area of Upper Burma, confronting the Ming army.
This information is quite disheartening. If the Ming army in Yunnan could enter Mengyang earlier, there would be no need for three armies. With the opportunity of the Myanmar army's food cuts, it would be possible to eliminate future troubles forever.
But this is not bad, and it is not bad for Chen Mu.
The Ming army, which stopped in Malacca and transported military equipment and supplies, set sail in October and sailed to their next destination, Phuket, controlled by the Ayutthaya Dynasty.
Half a month before the army set off, Shiqi led a thousand flag troops and a thousand baggage troops under his command to Phuket under the guidance of the Portuguese captain, built a port terminal, and stationed food, grass and arms to serve the needs of the war.
The Dacheng Dynasty is no longer the obedient tribute country that paid more than a hundred tributes to the Ming Dynasty, and at most six times a year.
Six years ago, Mang Yinglong captured Ayutthaya City, executed the king, and then plundered the country and then took his subjects back to Baigu. Only more than 10,000 people were left in Ayutthaya City, and established another puppet Mahatanmaraja to indirectly rule the country.
The Ming Dynasty had no power to use on this land, but Chen Mu had the Portuguese.
Sixty-two years ago, the Portuguese signed the first treaty with the Siam State, stipulating that the Portuguese could live, do business and preach in Ayutthaya City, Tanah Sharin, Moji, Peking University, Liukun and other places.
Since then, the Portuguese entered Siam, which has become a paradise for generations of adventurers. They have not influenced the decisions of the country. Even now many Portuguese are employed by Mang Yinglong, but they have enough intelligence.
Phuket, just like the beautiful islands that were everywhere along the coast of this era, only a few hundred natives lived on the island, and even the Great City Dynasty did not control it for decades.
For the Ming army, as a springboard to attack Yangon, this is the most suitable island to occupy.
"The news is inevitable. I know that the Portuguese overseas are not a monolithic. They are employed by Mang Yinglong, and there are always people who want to be loyal, just like Lao Ping entrusted you, and they are struggling for me."
The water village is being built on the remote shore of the island, and the forests in the farther away are working hard to cut down the trees. Bulk fires are lit on the beach, and iron pots are being used to heat the flag army's dinner.
Chen Mu changed into a soaked dress in the beach swimming, walked in front of Lao Pingtuo with a thin armor, wearing a thin bracelet, and Du Song pressed his waist knife with two close servants holding long guns, leading the horse and following along, leaving a row of hoof marks on the thin white sand beach at the high tide.
"I'm not afraid that Mang Yinglong will know. I'll tell him that I'm here. What I want to tell you is another thing."
Chen Mu walked forward, his steps paused, as if he was organizing language, and then continued to move forward, as if he had failed to organize language.
After repeating this twice, he finally stopped and turned to Pinto and said, "How much does it cost to hire a Portuguese mercenary to do my job for me?"
Pingto suspected that he had heard it wrong, and he frowned and pressed his eyes on the bridge of his nose, "General?"
"I mean, if I wanted to hire a Portuguese mercenary of 1,400 men, how much does it cost?"
Hire Portuguese army!
Pinto never thought that Chen Mu would hire the Portuguese army. What a joke. Chen Mu is such a unique personality, and he was not employed by Chen Mu for a day or two, so he had a full understanding of this.
Not to mention hiring Portuguese, even allowing Portuguese to enter Guangzhou Prefecture is a dream. Now he wants to hire a Portuguese army openly and make the number standard?
Wait, one thousand four hundred?
Isn’t this the number of Digomero mercenaries under Mang Yinglong’s command?
"General, do you want to?"
Chen Mu narrowed his eyes and smiled, spread his hands and said, "After all, those people are the same country as you. I think they are too talented to die at our hands. It's better to convince them to turn against each other. I will provide them with a job. What do you think?"
I think?
Pingtuo didn't know what he should say at this moment. He suddenly understood why Chen Mu's talkativeness had to organize a long time to speak. Even if he couldn't say such shameless words easily!
"General, I am afraid I can't do this mission. First of all, I am not familiar with Digomero. Even if I know him, I cannot speak out such a request to him."
"Then it's hard to say. Do you really want my flag army to kill them all? Or will they surrender again when they are defeated? Anyway, they will not fight for Mang Yinglong until the last moment, just as they did not fight for Dajila, Babaidian Xuanweishi, or for Siam until the last moment."
The smile on Chen Mu's face gradually subsided and said, "You must let them know that if they fight me, when they lose, I will not accept their surrender."
"If we turn against each other before the war begins, nothing will change. They are still in Myanmar. In addition to paying taxes, the houses and fields will remain the same. I will not take away their wives in Myanmar. If I don't want to fight for me in the future, I will let them go to Goa."
Chapter completed!