Yuan Huang was speaking the truth. He was on a ship, and the other ship was a guard ship. The two warships traveled south from Tianjin Wei Harbor. When they reached the Southern Seas, there were times when they needed to dock at the shore to replenish their supplies. Once they docked, the expressions of the people from the small countries who couldn't understand would change drastically when they saw that it was a Great Ming ship with Great Ming soldiers on board. They would immediately run away in a panic, not knowing what to do.
Due to the language barrier, Yuan Huang even thought that these people were afraid that he would attack them, which was why they were in such a state. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Just as he was about to explain, he saw groups of people dressed differently from the surrounding commoners appear. They spoke in fluent Mandarin and shouted something like, "Welcome, Heavenly Soldiers. May I know what business you have here?"
The soldiers on the ship were just as confused as Yuan Huang. After stating their purpose for coming here, these people, who were probably officials, immediately shouted something to the people around them. Then, someone organized a large group of people to bring them food and drinks. Yuan Huang was stunned for a moment, then asked the soldiers to quickly pay up. Who would have thought that when the shining silver and heavy copper coins were handed over, these people would refuse the silver with a serious expression on their faces.
"Heavenly Soldiers are here to help us get rid of those ferocious barbarians. This is what we should do. Please don't refuse. Take all of it as a token of our sincerity."
This happened three times along the way. Yuan Huang's fleet had not spent any money since they entered Nanyang. They were living a comfortable life. All of them were fat and strong. The more than 200 guards he brought with him could directly go into battle.
This made Xiao Ruxun laugh. While laughing, he also deeply felt what the word Daming meant to the small countries in this region, what the Daming's existence meant in this era and this region, and what the energy and pride of the ancestors of China contained.
30,000 troops going to Nanyang had such prestige. The surrounding small countries scrambled to curry favor with Daming and supported Daming's crusade against Myanmar. Myanmar suddenly became a public enemy. The neighboring countries all turned against each other. Smoke rose from all over the country. Those who had been oppressed and did not dare to resist heard that Daming was going to send troops to crusade against Myanmar. One by one, they raised the flag of rebellion. The mildest attitude was a non-violent non-cooperation movement. They refused to provide military funds and food to Mang Yingli.
Mang Yingli, who had fought in the east and west for decades, was unparalleled in his military strength and invincible in his surroundings. He never dreamed that just two words and 30,000 troops could bring him so much trouble with more than 100,000 elite troops. The war had not yet started, and the two armies had not yet confronted each other, but the whole world, including some of his own subordinates, thought that he had lost. The Dongyu Dynasty, which had been built by three generations of painstaking efforts, could not hold on any longer and could not escape the fate of being destroyed.
The most terrible thing was not to face a strong enemy, but to be pushed by everyone when the wall was down. Now Mang Yingli deeply felt the pain of being isolated by the world.
Every time he mobilized his troops, a large number of people followed. Whether they were his relatives or not, people of other races also sent troops to follow him because of his reputation and bravery. Whoever was not convinced would be beaten. In the end, no one dared to be disobedient. In this huge country, there had never been such an ambitious person. Mang Yingli was full of heroic spirit. He immediately turned his eyes to the giant in the north.
The legend of the giant had been around for a long time, so long that Mang Yingli disdained it. He mobilized his troops to the north, successively conquered more than 10 states in the Daming, and occupied a large piece of the Daming territory. He was even more satisfied and charged towards the interior of the Daming. Later, he finally met the regular troops of the Ming Army. They fought a few times, and both sides had victories and defeats. Even when the lone troops that penetrated deep were defeated, the Ming Army was unable to pursue them. He saw that if he could fight, he would fight. If he could not, he would retreat. The Ming Army could not do anything to him.
Over time, he became more and more arrogant. The little bit of caution at the beginning no longer existed. He constantly led his troops to provoke the Daming Dynasty. He thought that the Daming Dynasty did not have the ability to launch a counterattack against him. However, he did not expect that a few years ago, a soul from 500 years in the future possessed the body of a general at the northwest border of the Daming Dynasty. His sudden appearance changed the historical trajectory of the Daming Dynasty. He flapped his wings and brought the unpredictable future to everyone.
He would end the fate of the Dongxu Dynasty ahead of time.
What Mang Yingli didn't know was that the generals and soldiers under his command didn't know either. This arrogant war maniac and his war group were only thinking about war, war, and war. They never thought about peaceful development. Countless historical examples told us that only a country and a people that knew how to develop could have a glorious history. What a war maniac brought would only be a short-lived war empire.
Chinese people knew how to fight wars, but the most glorious thing about Chinese people was not their achievements in fighting wars, but the survival of their civilization.
Mang Yingli looked around blankly. He saw that his country, which had been peaceful yesterday, was now filled with the smoke of war. The army, which had been insufferably arrogant yesterday, was now anxious today, and the general, who had promised to fight his way to Beijing yesterday, claimed to be ill and refused to come out. Mang Yingli's ambition seemed to be frozen in an instant.
His heart was cold, and so was his back. Mang Yingli, who had just signed a gentleman's agreement with many states in the south, organized his army without stopping. He raced against time to prepare war supplies. When his main force withdrew from the north, he could lead his army to the border of Thailand and Burma and prepare for a war that would determine his fate and the fate of his country and nation.
However, the more he prepared, the more disappointed he became. His previous mode of war was to prepare for war, collect food and money, prepare well, attack, win, plunder, reward the heroes, and prepare for the next war.
With such a process, a special maintenance system was formed. He never cared about the fact that all the men in his tribe were sent to fight for the war. He didn't care about who would farm the land and who would provide the food. His money and food were all snatched from others, not from his own business. Therefore, he didn't have the awareness of building infrastructure. He was different from Na Ruixuan. Na Ruixuan knew how to use the power of the Chinese to build infrastructure. Therefore, Siam's rule was much more stable than Mang Yingli's.
However, a pure military government like Mang Yingli was maintained entirely by the military force and personal prestige, not by rules and systems. Once there was an emergency, personal prestige would be damaged, and the military force would not be able to continue. What kind of situation would they face?
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