At the end of the day, the Daming Empire didn't only fight for itself. All of the Daming Empire's vassal states in Southeast Asia benefited, and the one that benefited the most was, without a doubt, the Siamese Empire. Burma, their mortal enemy, was finally coming to an end. How could the Siamese Empire not be happy? In recent decades, the Burmese Empire was destroyed by the Burmese Empire once. It wasn't easy for the Siamese Empire to recover. How could the Siamese Empire not hate the Burmese Empire?
The Burmese Empire had been developing very fast in the past decades, so their ambitions were growing rapidly. When Mang Yinglong was in power, they were a little restrained, but after Mang Yingli ascended to the throne, they didn't restrain themselves at all. They started wars everywhere and caused trouble everywhere. Although they expanded the Burmese Empire to the largest size in history, they also made countless enemies. Finally, after defeating all the rookies in the surrounding areas, they set their sights on the north.
The Daming Empire was so vast that it was unimaginable.
When the Burmese Empire first started to prosper, under the leadership of Mang Yinglong, they fought with the neighboring countries. The Daming Empire didn't care about them at all, and they didn't want to go out of Yunnan to deal with this small tribe. However, after the Burmese Empire developed, the military and fighting power of the Burmese Empire changed dramatically. The vanguard of the Burmese Empire went straight to Yunnan, and they destroyed several strongholds of the Burmese Empire at the border of Yunnan. They burned, killed, and looted, which made the Yunnan government pay more attention to them.
However, in the eyes of the Daming Empire, dealing with the Burmese Empire was just like fighting with rookies. It wasn't until the Burmese Empire destroyed most of the Burmese Empire's tribes and began to set their sights on the richer Han cities that the Daming Empire finally realized that they weren't facing a simple opponent, but an enemy country that had strategies, tactics, weapons, and organization.
It was no longer a fight between rookies, but a war between empires.
As a result, the Daming Empire mobilized the border armies in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guangxi, and other places to launch a counterattack against the invading Burmese army. They started a cruel tug-of-war with the Burmese army in the dangerous mountains and rivers on the border of Yunnan. However, this kind of terrain made it impossible for the Ming Army, who was good at joint operations with large armies, to display their skills. Instead, the Burmese army, who was good at fighting in the mountains and small scale raids, had a big advantage. A few border towns were plundered, and a few officials were dismissed. The Ming Empire began to officially fight against this opponent. According to the transliteration of the country's name, they named it Eastern Bull.
In this way, at least in the eyes of the smart people, the Burmese Empire's army was definitely not weak. It was even as brave and powerful as a bull, which was very difficult to deal with.
The Daming Empire, who was backed by a big empire, was already like this. The surrounding countries, which lacked strategic depth, also suffered. The rise of the Eastern Dynasty was a history of blood and tears for the surrounding countries, especially Siam. Within a hundred years, it was destroyed by Burma several times, or its capital was taken down by Burma. It lost face, money, and people. Of course, it wasn't that they didn't fight back. Naresuan was the king they were most proud of. Under his leadership, the Siam people once fought a small wave.
However, this was not enough to finally destroy this country. In history, the Daming Empire also couldn't do anything to this bull-like country. It exhausted the manpower and material resources of Yunnan. Although they won on the battlefield, they didn't have the strength to recover the lost land. They could only retreat to the logistics support area. The level of transportation in Yunnan was really too poor. The efficiency of materials arriving at the frontline was shockingly low. They couldn't fight at all.
Later, the Daming Empire's main worry was in the north, so he didn't pay much attention to the south. The Burmese people were also hurt by the Daming. Although they saw the Daming retreat, they didn't dare to invade the Daming Empire again. In the end, after the Daming Empire, Burma didn't dare to invade again. It wasn't until the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty that Burma became strong again, and the Qing Dynasty and Burma War broke out again. This time, the Qing army lost a lot of face. The so-called perfect martial arts of the Qianlong Emperor were also exaggerated.
At this moment, the Dongyu Dynasty was in its heyday. It hadn't been hurt by the Daming. Deng Zilong hurt Mang Yinglong, but Mang Yinglong died. Mang Yinglong didn't even think about the fear of being beaten. He stubbornly mobilized the main force to fight against the Daming Empire. He threatened to teach the Han people a lesson and let them know how brave he was.
He didn't know that the Daming had decided to get rid of him completely and sent the general who defeated Japan to fight against him. He also didn't know that the Siamese had already sharpened their knives and planned to join forces with the Daming to get rid of the Burmese people completely.
The moment he received the letter of credence from the Daming Empire, Naresuan had such an idea in his mind. Three years ago, when the Burmese people were defeated by the Daming, he just took back his country from the Burmese people and established a new country. He was actively developing armaments to protect himself. For the time being, he didn't have the strength to fight back against the Burmese people. He was worried day and night that the Burmese people would use the whole country to fight against him again. He didn't have an absolute chance of winning.
The news that the Daming Empire had decided to fight against the Burmese people was like a shot of adrenaline, making King Naresuan ecstatic.
Even if no courtiers suggested that the Siamese people should send troops to attack the Burmese people with the Daming, he had decided to do so.
Because he knew that the general sent by the Daming this time was Xiao Ruxun, the famous naval general who defeated Japan in Korea. Most of the troops going south this time were the elite troops of the Daming who had fought against Japan. This time, the elite troops went south again, and they must have a hundred percent chance of destroying the Burmese country. If they didn't send troops to help the Daming now, how could they share the benefits?
How many benefits would there be if the Daming destroyed the Burmese people? How could they not get a share of the benefits? And with the generosity of the Daming, it was estimated that two cups of soup or even a bowl of meat was possible. This was undoubtedly very important for the Siamese country, which had just calmed down and had many things to do.
Therefore, he asked several Chinese courtiers about the etiquette of welcoming the Ming Dynasty Army, the taste of the Ming Dynasty Army, and how Siamese should prepare the food that the Ming Dynasty Army liked. After arranging these things, he arranged the most powerful army under his command, including the mercenaries of the French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Japanese, as well as his own main force, about twenty to thirty thousand people, to prepare for battle.
It was also interesting. Because the number and quality of the domestic troops were insufficient, King Naresuan ingeniously created several foreign mercenaries.
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