The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 421: People in the Jianghu have no choice
Tong still started from Toungoo City and embarked on the road of rebellion.

The only difference is that compared to the historical situation where he took the initiative to take advantage of the favorable situation and created a situation where the mantis stalks the cicada while the oriole is behind, in this time and space, he was really tricked.

Because although he had the desire to occupy Toungoo City and become a relatively independent lord in Lower Burma, he never really thought of usurping the throne.

The main reason was that the danger was too great. Tong Suan was a very far-sighted Thai. He knew clearly that even if Mo Zibu only had half of the country, or even only Guangdong and half of Fujian, this was not something a country like Siam could resist.

But many times, man proposes, God disposes. He didn't want to be the one carrying the flag, but a large number of old nobles in Siam whose ecological niches were squeezed out by the Chinese who moved south kept coming to rely on him.

There are more and more people, their influence is growing, and their demands are becoming stronger and stronger.

He had no choice, like a wooden boat pushed by the turbulent river, and had to rush towards the desperate destination.

Tong knew very well that the destination might not be the vast ocean, but a waterfall that plunged three thousand feet.

But he had no choice. As for what he had done over the years, if it were exposed and he did not follow the crowd, he would only die a few days later.

More importantly, Tong, who had been squeezed out by Mo Zibu all the way, really couldn't bow down in front of Mo Zibu.

"Speed up, we must reach Thonburi the day after tomorrow!" Tong was very decisive. Since he made the decision, he would go all out.

Tong did not mobilize the Siamese army in Lower Burma. Although he was Chao Phraya, it was impossible for him to make these 30,000 troops obey him completely. Once the news leaked out, it would be disastrous.

So, Tong asked his younger brother Chu Zhi to stay in Toungoo to cover for him, while he personally selected two thousand elite soldiers whom he could fully trust, and together with his trusted general and nephew Anutravi, they sneaked back to Thonburi from Toungoo at night.

All this had been arranged long ago. Once Tong left, Chu Zhi would cooperate with the Burmese King Meng Yun. The two of them would split into two groups and attack a group of Chinese vassals appointed by Mo Zibu in Lower Burma.

This was no problem, because the Siamese army in Toungoo had long been extremely dissatisfied with some Chinese vassals in Lower Burma who disobeyed Toungoo's orders.

Especially since the Chinese came earlier than them and occupied most of the good places. As long as they defeated these Chinese vassals, those good places would be theirs.

It was estimated that with the Chinese vassals in Lower Burma caught off guard, the British providing arms, and the Burmese responding at the lowest level, Lower Burma should be able to be pacified quickly.

By that time, he should have seized power in Siam, and then immediately cooperated with the British to capture the Greater Tanah Ratan area and eliminate the forces in Siam that were loyal to Taksin.

As for what happens next, it will be the turn of the British. If their navy can defeat the Dayu navy, Siam will choose to become a vassal state completely dependent on Britain.

If not, there will be no future. If England cannot defeat Dayu, no one can defeat Dayu.

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In Thonburi City, despite the persuasion of many ministers, even Queen Wu Xuan came to persuade him, but Taksin was still like a possessed man.

Under the auspices of a senior monk at Wat Indrama, Taksin was ordained, put on the golden monk robe he usually wore, and under the protection of Phraya Mahadev and five hundred guards, went to Wat Indrama to temporarily become a monk.

In the royal city, Taksin appointed Taksin Mincheng, Phraya Phichai, Phraya San and others to form a regency team to handle state affairs and negotiate with the rioters outside.

He himself was chanting scriptures and praying in the Indrama Temple, waiting for good news.

If Mo Zibu knew about Zheng Xin's confusing operation, he would definitely think that Zheng Xin was crazy, or that it was completely fake.

But this is what happened in history. Zheng Xin was like a possessed person, and he sent himself into the abyss despite his absolute advantage.

In this time and space, Zheng Xin even has more reason to do so, because he feels that he has Mo Zibu, his son-in-law, to back him up, and no one dares to do anything to him.

But Zheng Mincheng soon felt something was wrong because when Zheng Xin really shaved his head and went to Indrama Temple.

The biggest local opposition, Wenna, immediately led his family's private soldiers from his fiefdom. At the same time, Phraya Korat, who belonged to the same family as Thong, led 8,000 troops from the city of Korat in the east to Thonburi without authorization.

On the second day, Phraya Korat chose to lead his troops to station in Lime Village north of Thonburi City. Although he did not join the rebellion immediately, he certainly did not go to war with the rebels.

Zheng Mincheng was so anxious that sweat broke out on his head. He was good at internal affairs and economic construction. When Mo Zibu was in charge of the military affairs of their faction, he helped with logistics.

Wang Runzhi was even weaker. He was not good at either civil or military affairs, but he was good at networking and dealing with people.

The two men discussed for a long time in a tense atmosphere, and finally decided to find Phraya Phichai, who had certain military command capabilities, to discuss in the royal city.

But when they arrived at the royal city, Zheng Mincheng and Wang Runzhi found that the royal city had been blocked by Phrayasan's guards, and they could not get in at all.

"Oh no! This is a long-planned usurpation. The king is in danger. Prime Minister, please quickly gather people to rescue the king." Wang Runzhi growled with a pale face.

Zheng Mincheng had his own thoughts, "Phrayasan actually rebelled. It seems someone must have promised him a huge benefit. Maybe Chao Phraya Chakri was behind it.

The guards are almost all their people. Indrama Temple is too far away, and it is definitely too late to rescue them now.

But there are still a large number of Chinese people in the city, and there are also Chinese people among the guards of the royal city.

My brother, I want to raise the banner of His Majesty and say that the Great Yu Heavenly Army is approaching. I want to encourage the Chinese in the city to rescue the Queen and Prince Shui and retreat to Phraya Chanthaburi first. He is an old general of His Majesty and can be trusted."

Wang Runzhi was stunned for a moment, almost consciously believing that Zheng Mincheng's words were unreliable. Among the hundreds of thousands of people in Thonburi, there were 60,000 to 70,000 Chinese, all armed with swords and 1,000 to 2,000 muskets. Some of the royal guards were also Chinese. If they really launched an uprising, they might not be unable to rescue the king.

Could it be that Wang Runzhi felt a chill on his back? He was an old acquaintance of Mo Zibu, so he naturally knew about Mo Zibu's arrangements for Nanyang.

Now that Siam has such a large territory in Southeast Asia, and the king is the father-in-law of His Majesty, Dayu often has to consider the interests of Siam first in Southeast Asia and cannot act freely.

Even the country of Siam, if the Emperor of Yingtian Prefecture saw it, would be much better if it were split into seven or eight parts than if it existed as it does now.

Wang Runzhi even wondered that since the Emperor didn't care about Tong and others causing so much trouble, he might be thinking that he was raising a tiger.

Grass!
Wang Runzhi shuddered all over, this was a repeat of the old story of Duke Zheng defeating Duke Duan in Yan.

Wang Runzhi was frightened when he thought he had discovered Mo Zibu's intention. He didn't even dare to look at Zheng Mincheng's face and immediately nodded in agreement.

Zheng Mincheng was actually a little nervous. He knew that from the perspective of interests, the existence of Zheng Siam was indeed not beneficial to the current Greater China.

But he didn't know what Mo Zibu was thinking, because the two of them had never discussed this issue at all.

And what if, what if Phrayasan was too stupid and really killed King Taksin, that would be a lot of fun.

However, Zheng Mincheng gritted his teeth and decided that since the words had been spoken, he should not worry about it anymore.

Therefore, Zheng Mincheng and Wang Runzhi notified each other separately, and without being sure whether Phrayasan had rebelled or not, they quickly defined Phrayasan as such.

With their efforts, the Chinese in the city were excited. They organized volunteers and notified the children serving in the soldiers in the royal city. Then they went to the royal city to rescue Queen Wu Xuan and Prince Zheng Miao (A Shui).

By the way, the Chaoshan people are actually quite capable of fighting, but there is a huge problem, which is that they love doing business too much.

This has led to the Chaoshan people using almost all of their intelligence, talent, and hard work in this area.

Zheng Xin conquered such a big country as Siam, but not even one-tenth of the Chaoshan people were willing to join the army. All of them took advantage of their privileges to travel around and do business.

If Zheng Xin was a Hakka or a Cantonese who was relatively less interested in business, it is not that these two ethnic groups were better at fighting than the Chaoshan people, but they would definitely have a greater desire to join the army and become military generals than the Chaoshan people.

The disadvantages of this characteristic of the Chaoshan people were clearly revealed at this moment. Among the 60,000 to 70,000 Chaoshan people, only 3,000 to 4,000 barely qualified young men were selected.

This resulted in the progress of the attack on the royal city being far slower than expected. It took more than an hour to capture one of the city gates.

When Phraya San saw this, he thought his intention had been exposed, so he simply opened the city gate and let the rioters outside in.

Phraya Korat of the Wenna and Chakri families who were stationed outside the city also immediately led their troops into the city. They had regular troops in their hands. Although the regular army of Siam was just so-so, its combat effectiveness was still much stronger than that of the militia, and its equipment was much better.

The chaos continued until five o'clock in the afternoon, when Zheng Mincheng and others barely managed to rescue Queen Wu Xuan, Prince Zheng Miao, and Zheng Xin's thirteen sons and seven daughters, and then they retreated while fighting.

Fortunately, the Chinese were mostly engaged in trade in Siam, and they had a large number of merchant ships at the docks in Thonburi.

Of the 60,000 to 70,000 Chinese, 30,000 to 40,000 rushed out of the city, and most of them immediately boarded merchant ships and ran to the seaside along the Chao Phraya River (Mekong Phraya River).

On February 27, Zheng Mincheng and others shook off their pursuers and fled to the Gulf of Siam in a panic. They then met Luo Fangbai, the Jiaqing Governor and Jiaqing Admiral who came from Jiaqing Province with seven warships.

It turned out that after Mo Zibu received the news, although he could not dispatch the army immediately, he immediately ordered Luo Fangbai and Wu Shiying to begin mobilization.

These two men, one was the governor of Xingtang Province and the other was the governor and admiral of Jiaqing Province (Borneo), did not have many troops under their command, but they still had a lot of garrison troops spread across Southeast Asia. Therefore, they quickly mobilized thousands of people, led by Luo Fangbai himself, to come to the rescue.

At the estuary of Beilan Harbor, Luo Fangbai, after listening to Zheng Mincheng's description of the situation, immediately said, "My guess is that Chao Phraya Chakri and others are behind this. The situation is unclear at the moment, and I only have a few thousand men, so I really can't go too deep.

Why don't we retreat to Chanthaburi together, settle the Queen and the princes first, and then make a decision after His Majesty has called up the Imperial Guards and the elite troops of the Imperial Camp to march south."

Luo Fangbai is such a smart person. If Zheng Mincheng can figure it out, how could he not figure it out?

Therefore, the navy of Jiaqing Province protected Queen Wu Xuan and Crown Prince Zheng Miao and retreated to Chanthaburi controlled by Khun A Phrayabudi, and then took the children of Queen Wu Xuan and Zheng Xin to the Xingtang River Immortal Palace for resettlement.

On February 28th, Tong finally arrived at Thonburi City. Seeing the traces of burning everywhere and the collapsed city walls in several places, his mood sank to the lowest point.

He grabbed Wenna and Phraya Korat and asked, "How many Chinese were killed or wounded in the city? Who ordered the looting? Where is the king now?"

Phraya Korat was frightened by Tang Botong's appearance and said nervously, "Once the rioters led by Naiwu and others entered the city, they could not be controlled. Most of the Chinese in the city were robbed, and at least a thousand people died.

The king is at Indrama Temple, and Phraya San is leading people to persuade Phraya Mahadev, who is guarding the king. I believe they will succeed soon.

"Success! Success! I succeeded!" Tong, feeling that he was in even greater trouble, felt dizzy and swore at Wenna and his nephew Phaya Korat.
"I have repeatedly reminded you that you must control your subordinates when entering the city. If you can avoid killing Chinese people, don't kill them. If you don't have the ability to do so, don't rush into the city.

None of you fucking listened, and now I'm going to be killed by you sooner or later!"

(End of this chapter)