Chapter 499: The first step in spreading civilization
Let’s see how the person in Guangzhou plans to deal with the people involved in the cursed water crisis.
But no matter what, these people will not end up in a good place.
Zhu Hongyu is a member of a side clan. He wants to join the larger clan with a small branch and inherit the Ming Dynasty's legal tradition.
On certain matters, he must express his attitude.
For example, in the face of those Burmese people who dared to launch the water curse and trample the majesty of the Ming Dynasty into the mud and swamps, Zhu Hongyu would never show the slightest bit of tolerance.
Li Dingguo is still sure of this!
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King Mangbai of Burma was lying on the back of a fast horse. His face was pale, his mouth was chapped, his hair was messy, his clothes were disheveled, and he looked extremely miserable.
The whites of a pair of eyes were covered with dense bloodshot eyes.
His eyes were red, filled with pain and fear!
The sudden surprise attack last night almost scared him to the point of peeing.
Now his mind is very confused. When he closes his eyes, he seems to be able to see the rumble of horse hooves, charging out of the dark night, like the devil-like Ming army...
There is blood everywhere and killing everywhere!
The fortified city of Ava was swept down by the Ming army. The defenders of Ava City and the royal palace guards had almost no resistance at all, and were trampled into bloody mud by the sudden horse hooves.
If the guards around him had not been properly protected, they would have escorted him out of Ava City through the tunnel as soon as the chaos broke out in the city, and fled all the way south.
At this time, he is probably a prisoner of war of the Ming army!
He even became a dead soul killed by the Ming army!
However, although Mangbai escaped, most of his family and ministers were left behind in Ava City because he was too anxious...
Became a prisoner of war of the Ming army!
His old face as the king of Myanmar has been completely disgraced!
He lost his capital twice and fled in embarrassment.
Now, he is still qualified to be the ruler of Upper and Lower Burma. Is he still qualified to continue sitting on the throne of the King of Burma?!
If he hadn't killed all his brothers when he launched a coup, he would be the only one in Myanmar with the legal authority to inherit the throne.
I'm afraid he has been knocked off the throne a long time ago, right?
At this time, Mang Bai's heart was full of regret, and he began to regret that he should not have done the difficult thing of activating the cursed water.
If he had not been obsessed with evil spirits, launched the cursed water disaster, and handed over Emperor Yongli, who was hiding in Burma, to Wu Sangui, he probably wouldn't have happened now!
The Ming army will have nothing to do and will come to Myanmar every now and then to retaliate.
It's just a pity that there is no such thing as regret medicine in this world.
No matter how much Mang Bai regrets now, he can't reverse what has happened.
All Mangbai can do now is to continue to escape, hoping that he can reorganize his troops in Lower Burma, and then prepare for the Northern Expedition to regain Ava.
Mang Bai and his party continued to move south. As the fleeing people continued to merge in, the size of the originally small team continued to expand.
By the time he arrived at Pyinmana, an important town in Lower Myanmar, the size of the fleeing team reached an astonishing number of tens of thousands.
After the Burmese king Mangbai entered Pyinmana, in the name of his Burmese king, he issued decrees to all the people under his rule.
They were ordered to mobilize elite soldiers and horses to Pinmana to escort them, and claimed that they would make a northern expedition to recover Ava.
Of course, the main purpose is to mobilize troops to protect the troops.
As for the Northern Expedition to recover Ava, that's just talk.
Mang Bai, who had already been beaten by the Ming army and was frightened, did not dare to take the initiative to send troops to seek death.
The so-called recovery of Ava was just a plan to wait until the Ming army had plundered enough and retreated, and then send people back to take over.
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On this day, Mangbai, who had arrived in Binmana for a while and settled down smoothly, was drinking and having fun under the service of several beauties.
Now that Myanmar's country is in decline, the Ming army has entered the country and wantonly attacked cities and villages in Myanmar and looted places.
But he, the king of Myanmar, is completely powerless about this!
I can only use wine and sex to numb myself, well, commonly known as lying down.
Mang Bai, who was psychologically affected by the Ming army, even had the idea of moving the capital to Pyinmana.
Ava was obviously unable to defend itself under the Ming army's attack!
Now Myanmar's defense line in the north is leaking like a sieve.
It is definitely inappropriate for a city that has been attacked and looted twice in just a few years to continue to be the capital of the country!
Moving the capital may be the best choice before Myanmar!
As for Binmana, it was Mangbai's first choice because of its geographical location that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.
While Mang Bai was enjoying the beauty's service, an eunuch came outside and asked to see him, saying he had something important to report.
Mangbai, who was about to shoot out Rulong, felt very unhappy, but because he was worried about the war in the north, he still spoke.
"Come in!"
Not long after, a young eunuch trotted into the hall, knelt on the ground with a thud, and spoke.
"Your Majesty, I have something important to report!"
"Urgent!"
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Outside the temporary palace of the Burmese King in Pyinmana, a group of Dutch people with red hair and white faces, tall noses and deep eyes, who looked like imps, were waiting for the summons of the Burmese King Mangbai.
They came on behalf of the Dutch East India Company to discuss with Burma an alliance to resist Ming Dynasty!
The Dutch East Indies were defeated at Batavia and had no choice but to withdraw east of Malacca.
After assessing the Ming Dynasty's strong military strength and considering the huge benefits contained in East-West trade.
The Dutch East India Offensive pinched their noses and recognized the fact that they had lost the entire east of Malacca!
And signed a treaty with the Ming Dynasty to open a certain number of ports and routes to the other party's fleet.
In order to ensure that East-West trade, the biggest profit point of the Dutch East India Company, can continue.
However, this does not mean that the Dutch East India Company really surrendered to the Ming Dynasty!
They were thinking all the time about defeating the Ming Dynasty and regaining their interests and territory east of Malacca.
However, because the route to the northern coast of China was blocked by the Ming Dynasty, it was not open to the Netherlands.
The Dutch's plan to contact the Qing court from north to south to attack the Ming Dynasty was stillborn before it could be implemented.
However, the Dutch are still not ready to give up.
After taking a look around, they found Burma, which was very difficult to deal with, and could even be said to have a life-and-death feud with Ming Dynasty.
As representatives of Western civilization in the East, it is time for the Dutch to represent advanced Western civilization and come to Myanmar to spread the glory of God.
Well, the first step in the spread of civilization is to teach the Burmese people how to use firearms and master the war tactics of the firearms era...
Therefore, the Dutch East India Company sent several retired officers and a company executive as envoys to Burma to come to Pyinmana to seek an audience with King Mangbai of Burma.
Richard, who had served as a major in the Dutch Army before retiring, had a faint look of worry on his face and asked Johnson, the company executive next to him.
"Dear Mr. Johnson, will Wang Mangbai of Myanmar really receive us?"
His hair was combed and shiny, and he grinned at Johnson, who looked like a human and a dog, and spoke very confidently.
"That's natural!"
"In order to gain an audience with the respected King of Burma, I gave thirty gold coins to his attendants."