Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 850 Victory
The morning sun was slightly dew, and the hoarfrost covered the grass, like a snowflake, which made people shiver uncontrollably.

The Junggar Basin in October has a temperature that is enough to kill people.

The mist is gradually rising, as if trying to cover up yesterday's bloody storm.

Suddenly, the sound of horseshoes came from a distance, and a black shadow slowly approached.
"Who is it?" The patrolling sentry was startled, and quickly scolded.

Although the Mongols have already retreated, they can't help but have a bright future!

"Brother, one of our own."

Ye Bushou led the horse and came slowly.

Under the reflection of the torch, a tired body was revealed.

He wore a felt hat tightly wrapped around his head, his upper body was covered with a light sheepskin coat, and his armor was placed on the horse's back.

The high-top wooden boots are thick, so they can easily step on the stirrups.

Taking a closer look, the eyebrows and eyes are covered with hoarfrost, presumably due to the heat of breathing, and the opened mouth speaks in dialect:

"The amount is from Shaanxi, from Yan'an Prefecture."

"Which army?"

"The Seventh Regiment, the Jia camp will not accept at night, Zhao Dezhu."

"Who is your battalion?"

"Jia Daihua."

"What's the name of the guerrilla general Zhang?"

"His surname is Shi, and his name is Shi Nai."

Seeing his fluent answers, the sentry was relieved and let it gradually approach.

"Why are you coming back now?"

"Caught a big fish, busy till now."

Yebushou hurriedly said: "The troops are still behind."

"Go and lead the way."

Soon, Jia Daihua and his party appeared outside the military camp, and they lined up to enter one after another.

The first step they took back to the barracks was to wolf down the hot porridge to warm their bodies.

As soon as Jia Daihua started, he saw dozens of generals, big and small, such as Guerrilla and General Tianshan, coming in a hurry.

"Jia Daihua, where is Oqier Tuhan?"

Li Dingguo's eyes were red, his eyes were wide open, and there was even a little sweat on his forehead.

"General Cavalry, this is Oziltu Khan."

Jia Daihua did not panic at all, saluted respectfully, then took a few steps back, and brought out the heavily protected Eqiertu Khan.

The old Oziltu Khan was a little nervous at this time. He couldn't understand what the group of people were saying, and he felt that he was a fish on the chopping board and was being slaughtered.

Simply, he was unambiguous, just stood like this, raised his head, and looked at him at the same level.

Li Dingguo asked the captured E-Mongol nobles, "Is he Eqiertu Khan?"

After getting an affirmative answer, he was overjoyed and looked at Oqiertuhan and laughed loudly: "Old Khan, you can run fast enough."

"General Li is more capable than me. I am old and I can only admit defeat." Oqiertuhan sighed: "I just want to let my family go."

"The issue of remuneration depends on your performance."

After staying in the Western Regions for several years, Li Dingguo's Mongolian language is much better than Jia Daihua's, and he can talk to Eqier Tuhan fluently:

"There are still many people in the Heshuo Special Department, waiting for your persuasion."

Oziltu Khan sighed more and more deeply. He understood that this was selling his department for glory, but in this situation, what else could he do?
"I hope the general will keep his promise." Looking up, Oziertuhan's eyes were bright.

"Don't worry, the Holy Son of Ming Dynasty will treat you well with his benevolence in governing the country. Presumably, the mansion has already started to be built in the capital, waiting for your visit."

Li Dingguo asked someone to send him down, and then looked at Jia Daihua: "Yes, this time we caught Oqiertu Khan, which saved us a lot of effort, tell me, how did you do it. "

Jia Daihua forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, and began to talk in detail.

"That's right, judging the situation and being cautious, but bold and careful, not afraid of life and death, leading troops like you to fight is a natural talent."

Patting his shoulder, Li Dingguo looked at this young and shameless Yingzheng with admiration, and praised:

"In this Northwest War, the expansion of the country is still secondary. The most important thing is to cultivate leaders of the country like you. It is really a blessing for the court."

After a few words, Li Dingguo turned and left regardless of his thoughts.

The Heshuo Special Department has a vast territory, occupying the central and southern part of northern Xinjiang, especially Urumqi, where its khan tent is located, where many Han people and herdsmen gathered, and it is already the center of northern Xinjiang.

Not to mention, there are dozens of Heshuo special departments, large and small, and Taiji are everywhere, which is very complicated.

This is a test for Li Dingguo.

Jia Daihua left excitedly and returned to his own military tent.

The news that he captured Ozier Tuhan along the way has spread, and many people are full of praise and envy.

Jia Daihua knew in his heart that this time a baron was stable, and if he performed better next time, it was very possible to be promoted to a viscount.

With only 300 people capturing the Oirat leader, Ozir Tuhan, this is something worthy of special mention. If it is not limited by age and seniority, even the earl is very likely.

Oziltu Khan's surplus profit is enough for him to eat for several years.

"Dai Hua, you've done a good job." Brother-in-law Shi Nai ran over excitedly: "I knew you were capable, but I didn't expect it to be so great."

"Okay, good, keep it up."

Shi Nai slapped his shoulders, and suddenly hugged his shoulders tightly, yelling in a low voice: "You're dying, kid? I don't want my sister to be a widow—"

Jia Daihua was speechless and could only smile: "Don't worry, this is the last time."

Holding the warrant of Oqiertu Khan, the Ming army followed the wind and began to preach everywhere, demanding the tribe to surrender.

In fact, the role of Oziertu Khan is not that great. After all, the Heshuote tribe is an alliance-type tribe. Although it is very compact, the prestige of Oziertu Khan is not enough to make it succumb.

But that battle directly broke the courage of the Mongolian nobles. Under the ladder built by the Great Khan, they all chose to borrow the slope to descend the donkey, and chose to surrender.

It can even be said to be on the lookout.

But this disappointed the Russians.

Originally thought it was a battle of equal strength and consumption of each other, but unexpectedly it was a big defeat.

The situation on the grassland instantly turned upside down.

Tomsk.

After the fall of the city, it was almost reduced to flat land, and was later taken back by the Russians and reopened.

In this way, there are more than 2000 cavalry and infantry in Tomsk, which can be described as strong, which shocked the Junggar and Heshuo Te, and they had to start business under the taboo.

At this time, the Governor Zoyushka was sitting on a chair with a face full of disbelief: "The Mongols are too weak, and they usually look brave. If they can keep the perseverance to fight Tomsk, how can the Ming army come?" It's their opponent."

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but put his hands on his forehead and sighed.

Just, Mingren.After defeating the Junggar Department and the Heshuo Special Department, now that the situation has changed drastically, it is time to think about how to communicate with the Ming people.

"Share Dulbert?"

Zoyushka narrowed his eyes, and suddenly had an idea in his mind.

The Durbert Department is the only remaining one, located in the lower reaches of the Yenisei River, and is the key to hindering Russia from going east to south.

And Duerbert's department, Heshuo Qitaiji, couldn't help but cursed:

"Old boy, my thousands of cavalry have been delayed in this way—"

For Duerbert's troops, the reinforcements supporting Heshuo's special department did not know the loss. How can He Shuoqi not be angered by paying for it now.

But things have come to this point, for Duerbert's department, what they need to face now will be a life-or-death decision.

Surrender, or escape.

As for taking refuge in the Raksha people, this was something He Shuoqi had never thought about.

After all, compared with Ming Dynasty, the Raksha people's strength is not worth mentioning, and even the Duerbote Department can fight against it.

As for fleeing, this is following the example of the Turghut tribe, migrating westward to the lower reaches of the Volga River, and living nomadicly near the Black Sea. This is also a choice!
However, long-distance raids are extremely risky.

"How to do it?"

At the same time, in the southwestern region of Ming Dynasty—Myanmar, Ava City, a tragic offensive and defensive battle was also going on.

Sun Kewang, king of Dian, first established a ruling foundation in Mubang, farmed on a large scale, and then took Xibo City directly in the fifth year of Shaowu.

This city is only [-] miles away from the capital of the Taungoo Dynasty in Burma. If you go directly south along the Aba River, you can reach the city of Awa.

This is unacceptable for the Taungoo Dynasty.

Immediately afterwards, while farming in Mubang, Sun Kewang sent troops to Xibo City, constantly harassing Ava City.

At this time, the Toungoo Dynasty was in a period of decline, and King Mangda was in power. Facing the experienced Yunnan army, he had a favorable geographical position at first and was able to barely deal with it.

But Sun Kewang came to harass him every day and every day. For the Toungoo Dynasty, the financial burden was huge.

After all, they are just a union of feudal lords, and they can't farm the land like Sun Kewang, directly collect taxes from the people, and frequent wars make the feudal lords of the Burmese kings miserable.

After a few years of testing and weakening, Sun Kewang went all out and led a [-] Chinese and Burmese army, riding hundreds of warships, and directly surrounded the city of Ava.

Hundreds of thousands of nobles and civilians in the city, including the Burmese king Mangda (who extradited Yongli in history), all became soft-shelled turtles.

However, Awa City is the capital of the Toungoo Dynasty after all. After hundreds of years of operation by the Awa Dynasty and the Toungoo Dynasty, it has long become a strong city.

This is also the reason why Sun Kewang failed to win Ava City as soon as possible.

"My lord, a group of red barbarians begged to see us, saying that they could solve our problem of attacking the city."

Sun Kewang looked at the city wall.

"Oh? Bring him here."

As early as the sixteenth century, the Portuguese occupied Feilian just like Macau, and then in 1627, the Dutch and British East India companies also set up branches in Burma.

Although the Taungoo Dynasty regained Fei Lian, these Westerners made a comeback and established footholds and branch companies.

Now facing a decisive battle that concerns the future of Myanmar as a whole, they also want to get involved and gain future benefits.

Sun Kewang's skin is dark, like an old farmer, but his eyes are piercing, exuding unprecedented ambition.

Soon, the Portuguese came: "Dear King of Dian, our company can provide you with cannons, which are second only to the red cannons. They are powerful enough to allow you to break through the city of Ava."

"What do you need—"

"Trade!" The Portuguese heaved a sigh of relief, as long as they can communicate, "As long as you unify Myanmar, you can do business with us and set up a port. This is our simplest request."

"At that time, you will be like the Ming Dynasty, collecting huge tariffs, filling your treasury, and no longer worrying about money."

"If you don't have enough money to spend, we can even give you a loan..."

Sun Kewang closed his eyes.

Time passed by a little bit, and I don't know how long it took, the Portuguese felt impatient, and finally waited for a reply at this time:

"Can--"

"Boom—"

Suddenly, the roar of the cannons on the artillery array was deafening, and some of the muzzles of the cannons were aimed at the city of Ava under the hillside, and huge iron balls flew into it one after another.

The Burmese were stunned, they had never seen such a formation.

The flying iron lump flew over the heads of a group of people, the height became lower and lower, "Bang!" A head exploded immediately!The head with bloody bones was jerked backwards, and the neck snapped.

The iron ball continued to fly into the crowd, "Bang!" There was another terrifying impact, and another soldier's chest was hit so that his ribs cracked faintly, and his body fell backwards.

The sound of artillery on the battlefield is rumbling. For the Burmese army, this is a huge tragedy!

The once indestructible city of Ava began to have cracks, and as the sound of the guns intensified, more and more cracks appeared.

Mang Da couldn't believe his eyes: "Is this witchcraft?!"

"Impossible, the Buddha blessed me, and it is absolutely impossible to tell those enlightened people—"

On the top of the city, a large number of Burmese soldiers had lost their willpower, and could only kneel helplessly on the ground, put down their weapons and surrender, chanting Amitabha and kowtowing endlessly.

In a blink of an eye, the Yunnan army broke through the once impenetrable city of Ava.

The army filed in.

Sun Kewang entered the city with the army. This city built of rammed earth and bluestone was full of temptations for him before, but now it is boring.

This is not a feeling after victory, but a fear of artillery.

No matter how strong the city was, it is already vulnerable to artillery.

So how can he feel at ease when he lives in this city?

The moment he entered the city, he had already made up his mind to rebuild a strong city.

After appeasing the people, Sun Kewang saw the busy figure of the Portuguese before he had time to rest. His eyes were rolling around, full of longing.

"Your Highness, this city has suffered damage. If you need to rebuild it, as long as you use the treasury as a guarantee, I will definitely persuade the company to give you a loan..."

"No need." Sun Kewang was annoyed. How could a dignified kingdom borrow money like a private person? How decent is this?

After expelling this Xiyi, Sun Kewang sat on the throne with a lot of emotion in his heart.

Afterwards, he held a grand enthronement ceremony, and changed the name of the Toungoo country to Dian, so it was called the Dian country to show that he would not forget the old country.

Following the Ming Dynasty, set up a cabinet, six ministries, provinces, prefectures, and counties, and build Taimiao to worship ancestors.

As for the year name, it is called "Hongwu", that is, this year (1656) is the first year of Hongwu.

Fleeing from Yunnan for several years, he finally established his own foundation.

(End of this chapter)