"Long live!"

"Long live my emperor!"

"Long live the Ming Dynasty!"

On July 13, 1618, Zhu Youdong's ship, escorted by the fleet led by Li Guozhu, sailed into the Gulf of Siam and landed at Bangkok Port. Suddenly, the morale of tens of thousands of Ming army officers and soldiers suddenly exploded, and the entire coast was full of people.

The warm shouts of "Long Live the Mountain" were so loud that the Siamese soldiers who were huddled in Bangkok at this time couldn't help but poke their heads out from the parapet and look toward the coast one after another.

"I will pay my respects to the Emperor."

"Hahaha, sirs, please rise. Thank you for your hard work."

"It is the duty of all ministers to serve the Emperor."

After the collective greetings between the monarch and his ministers ended, Zhu Youdong walked to Luo Xiong and patted him heavily on the shoulder: "Well done. On my way here, I happened to encounter the communication ship here and turned back. Wow, a thousand lonely troops,

Fight an enemy that is fifty times your own strength and hold it back for three days. Hahaha, it won't be long before your name appears in the six major newspapers. You will be famous this time."

"Hehe." Luo Xiong stupidly touched the back of his head and said, "Your Majesty, I almost died for my country..."

"I know." Zhu Youdong's tone also became lower: "Have the remains of the fallen soldiers been recovered?"

"All of them have been recovered. They were cremated a few days ago. I will send their ashes back to their hometowns one by one."

"Okay, this is how this matter should be handled. When the time comes, I will personally write letters of thanks to the families of these soldiers."

After doing all this, Zhu Youdong, surrounded by a crowd of courtiers, entered the army's temporary tent outside Bangkok.

After sitting on the main seat, Zhu Youdong nodded to Zhao Shujiao: "Commander Zhao, how is the battle situation now? Come and tell me?"

"Yes. Your Majesty, now, the Siamese remnant army of about 60,000 people is huddled in Bangkok City. Our army of more than 70,000 people and 50,000 Mon troops are stationed under the city. In order to guard against the main enemy force in the city, we launch an assault

One point, thus causing one point to be broken and the whole line to be broken. Therefore, I gave up the defense line east of Bangkok and focused on defending the west and north sides. As for the south, Li Shuai's fleet is stationed, and the thieves chief can do nothing."

"Have you ever attacked the city?"

"Well, speaking of this. Your Majesty, when I was letting the King of Siam's troops enter the city, the King of Siam sent an envoy. He said that he already knew that the Emperor was on his way here, so he asked me to wait for the time being.

Don't attack the city. When the emperor comes, he will tie himself up before the emperor."

"Huh?" Zhu Youdong couldn't help but twist the beard that had just grown on his chin: "Then you listened to the other party and didn't attack the city?"

"I am a minister of the emperor, not the King of Siam, so of course I will not fall for this delaying strategy. After it was confirmed that the King of Siam had entered the city, I also organized a large-scale offensive. However, the opponent's defenders were tenacious and had sufficient firepower.

.So I couldn’t get in.”

"Okay, I understand. If so, then send an envoy to the city and tell Naraja Buddha that I have arrived. Haha, no need, he has already arrived."

Arriving at Luocha Stupa was very simple. He just brought two followers, drove a four-wheeled carriage, and came directly with a white flag. Zhu Youdong, who sensed that the opponent was getting closer and closer, certainly would not lose his momentum.

He quickly issued an order: open the camp door wide and let the other party in.

Finally, after traveling through time for eighteen years, Zhu Youdong finally met his peers and competitors.

"The bold thief chief, why don't you kneel down when you see my emperor!"

"Shuai Zhao, forget it."

Waving his hand, Zhu Youdong looked at Luocha Pagoda attentively.

After the two time travelers looked at each other for a while, Luo Jia Buddha spoke first: "His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I hope to talk to you alone. Of course, if you are worried about your safety, you can tie me up first."

When the accompanying translator translated these words into Chinese, he was naturally scolded by the officials of the Ming Dynasty in the big tent. But Zhu Youdong smiled and said nothing.

King versus king, one versus one. Logically speaking, in order not to lose momentum, as in the many white texts at the starting point before the time travel, one should wave his hand and say: What are you tying up? Am I still afraid that you won’t succeed? Then very soon

It is refreshing to have a private conversation between the two parties.

But after Zhu Youdong observed the other party carefully for a while, he felt that his whole body was muscular and full of strength.

Although he has been protected by Cheng Zongyou, he has been taught by famous teachers in martial arts. But as a supervisor or emperor, he is very busy all day long. Martial arts training basically consists of three days of fishing and two days of drying nets——

His current personal combat power is just better than Zhan Wuzha.

Therefore, demeanor and momentum are not important. The key is to obey your heart.

After making up his mind, Zhu Youdong said to the translator: "Tell your king that I am willing to talk to him alone. However, for my safety, I will not only tie him up, but also put him in a cage!"

At Luocha Buddha Temple, Man Gui and Huang Degong were tied up with a smile, and Shi Shiran approached an iron cage. Zhu Youdong was already blushing: "Ahem, Fang Zhenghua, Luo Xiong."

"My servant is here."

"After everyone goes out later, the two of you will lead the servants and a group of soldiers to be on duty fifty meters outside the big tent. Anyone who dares to approach fifty meters inside the big tent, no matter who they are, will be killed without mercy!"

"My servant (minister) obeys the order."

After everyone exited and Zhu Youdong went out to check in person, he re-entered the big tent, brought the seat to a place about five meters away from the cage, sat down, and then spoke in English: "shall we begin?"

"Huh, your English is much better than Tokugawa Yoshinao. Sure enough, the Chinese accent is much more standard than the Japanese."

"Praise after award, I have worn them here for eighteen years and almost lost them all. I recently found a Jesuit who can speak English to replenish them on the way here."

"Joke aside, those two generals of yours have tied me up uncomfortably. Let's finish talking earlier and I will be freed earlier. Now, let me introduce myself to Luo Jia Pagoda. Before time travel, I was an agricultural student and an amateur Muay Thai master.

"

"Well, Zhu Youdong, he was a doctor before time travel. Ah, a master of Muay Thai, it seems that my caution is right."

"Haha, that's right, but it's not necessary. The general trend is like this. I took the initiative to step out for the sake of the people of this country no longer suffering from the war. When I got here, I didn't think about leaving alive. Why should I assassinate you and then let

Your soldiers slaughtered the city to vent their anger?"

"It makes sense. But I still think it's more comfortable to talk like this."

"That's right. If you and I were in the same place, I would treat you the same way."

"Yes." Nodding, Zhu Youdong stared into the eyes of Luo Jia Pagoda and said, "Tell me, what is your last wish?"

"First, be kind to my family. Second, be kind to my people. Third, be kind to my body. The rest..." Luo Jia Pagoda lowered his head, was silent for a while, then raised his head, squeezed

Smiled: "No more."

After pondering for a while, Zhu Youdong said: "First, after you die, I will cede Siam to support your family. Well, you are the royal family of Ayutthaya, so then give Ayutthaya to

Your son."

"no."

"Then what do you want?"

"Please don't get me wrong, I don't think you are too stingy. On the contrary, Ayutthaya is close to Bangkok and is located on the main transportation route between the mainland and the coast of Siam. It has a prosperous population and a developed economy. Such a blessed land was given to the royal family who lost the country...

...It is definitely not a good thing for them. So, if you are really not prepared to kill my family, please seal Udon Thani House to them. It is a mountainous basin and it is not easy to get out.

But it’s still very comfortable to live a small life behind closed doors.”

"Of course I don't know as well as you about the situation in the various palaces in Siam. Well, I will go down and find someone to find out about it afterwards. If it is indeed what you said, then I will grant Udon Thani Palace to your son."

"Thank you."

"Then let me talk about the second point. The country of Siam has only been more than thirty years since Naresuan was restored. So after you die, I will divide this country. It is said that you have divided Siam into fifty parts.

Multiple prefectures (75 prefectures in the 21st century). I will leave a few prefectures for the Tai people. Others, some will be given to the Mon people and some to the Lao people."

“What about the Bamar people?”

"Haha, for such a war-savvy nation, I can't even defend myself in time. How can I make them stronger?"

"That's true." After silently nodding, Luo Jia Buddha said: "You can't allocate more than 40 mansions to the Mon clan, Lao clan, right? Is it possible that you still want to directly govern Siam?"

"It's too far." Zhu Youdong shook his head: "The Hengduan Mountains are difficult to cross. So I'm not interested in direct administration for the time being. If we enfeoff, I will make my relatives king here."

"Hmph, aren't you afraid that our Tai tribe will have another hero in the future and kill all your relatives?"

Zhu Youdong shrugged indifferently to the provocation of Luocha Buddha Tu: "If I let my troops stationed here for more than three years, and they still can't stabilize the situation and win the hearts of the people, then just kill them."

"Yes." Nodding, Luo Jia Pagoda smiled: "That's right, Siam is divided into so many parts, and my descendants are still there. The people will naturally compare each other. If the new occupiers don't treat the people well, I'm afraid

His rule simply cannot last."

"So, I actually fulfilled your second request in some way. As for your third request, don't worry, no matter what, you also cooperated with my personal expedition and didn't let me go into the deep mountains and forests myself. So.

, as long as your family can afford the money, you can build as big a tomb as you want. And I can also write an inscription for you personally. Don’t worry, it will definitely be all good words. You need to know that when the winner praises the opponent’s bravery and strength, it actually means

You are putting gold on your face."

After seeing Luocha Pagoda nodding to confirm, Zhu Youdong stood up, and his expression suddenly turned serious: "However, it is said that you Siamese robbed the civilians of our Qiongzhou Prefecture during the occupation of Hainan Island. Hum, on this battle formation, you kill

I, if I kill you, there is nothing to say. But if you rob civilians, there is nothing to say!"

"...When I was dealing with Chenla and Annan, I did not pay too much attention to military discipline. After the soldiers won the battle, they still need to vent appropriately. But before attacking Hainan Island, I still asked them not to invade the civilians of the Ming Dynasty.

However... I didn't manage things strictly in the past, and I suddenly issued a few orders. This is indeed something I didn't do well."

"So, I agree to all the three demands you just made. But I will execute all the officers and soldiers who robbed my Ming people. Do you have any objections?"

"……No."
Chapter completed!