Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1235
In the political hall of Wenyuan Pavilion, several elders gathered together, Wang Yanduan sat in the middle, waved his hands slowly and said: "The East China Sea Division sent seven gunboats to the south to support them, but they still failed to defeat the two barbarians at sea. From the sea, it is difficult for us to end this war in a short time."

Chen Bangyan said: "Jian Guo means that in addition to dispatching naval divisions, he also intends to dispatch land divisions to fight?"

Wang Yan nodded, "The enemy army has approached Chenla, and they want to fight all the way to Champa, and drive our dynasty out of Nanyang. Champa and our dynasty have been operating for several years, and they deliver a large amount of rice to our dynasty every year. The city is occupied by the enemy, the Three Kingdoms of Guangnan will be unstable, and the price of rice in the Ming Dynasty will soar. Now that the Chenla Kingdom has invited you to be a vassal, then our dynasty will send troops to keep the enemy out of Chenla, and then gather the Three Kingdoms of Guangnan and Champa , and the Guangdong army, defeated the enemy, and then went straight to Malacca by land."

Having said that, Wang Yan stopped, and he glanced at everyone again, seeing that everyone was focused on him, he continued: "The Netherlands and Spain came from the sea and wanted to drive the barbarians out of Nanyang. It is necessary to strangle the throat area of ​​Malacca. As long as Malacca is taken, the Dutch in Java and the Spaniards in Sulu will not be afraid! And as long as Malacca is taken, my warship of Ming Dynasty can traverse the entire Western Ocean, and the three treasures eunuch The Tianzhu, Tianfang, East Africa and other places that I have visited are included in my Ming's trade territory, and the Western Yi are expelled from the Western Ocean!"

The court that day made Wang Yan feel oppressed from all directions. Hearing what Wang Yan said, several people seemed to want to restore the influence of the Ming Dynasty on the West, re-enter the West, and establish a Ming Dynasty-based, Nanyang , India, the Middle East, and East Africa supplemented by a trade system, and expelled Xiyi from this system to curb the rise of Xiyi.

In fact, this is to restore the situation of the world before the great voyage to the West, but the first step to achieve this is to win Malacca.

The following elders discussed for a while, and Chen Bangyan clasped his fists again and said: "The intention of supervising the country, this war is not only to win Malacca and drive Xiyi out of Nanyang, but also to compete with Xiyi for the control of Xiyang. It's going to be a long time."

Chinese civilization is not a very aggressive civilization. It should even be said that it is a very peaceful civilization. For China, the less wars, the better, and the shorter the duration, the better.

With the current strength of the Ming Dynasty, if it wants to develop west of Malacca and drive Xiyi out of the Western Ocean, it may take at least three to forty years.

"That's right!" Wang Yan looked at Chen Bangyan and nodded, "The current situation in the world is that the western barbarians are rising rapidly, and we must deal with it in advance. The Netherlands and Spain are so troublesome now. If we wait for other western barbarians to surround us, then It was too late. I thought that I, Ming, must have a long-term goal, which is to go to the Western Ocean again and drive the Western Yi out of our power, and for this goal, even if we fight for a hundred years, we must continue to fight."

Su Guansheng nodded slightly, "Everyone, with the lessons of Meng Yuan, we should be vigilant and prepare early. We can't wait until we are at the door of our house and have enemies on all sides before reacting. Wasn't the Southern Song Dynasty trapped to death in the south of the Yangtze River? I agree with Jian Guo’s opinion, first conquer Malacca, then wipe out the Western Barbarians in Nanyang, and finally compete with the Western Barbarians for the Western Seas!”

Su Guansheng was in the hall that day, seeing the rise of these Western Yi, he felt that they were very similar to Meng Yuan, even more terrifying than Meng Yuan.

Because the Mongols did not have much culture, although they conquered many countries, they did not turn these countries into Mongolia. On the contrary, the Mongols who went there eventually became people from those countries and were integrated by other people's cultures.

Apart from destroying the country everywhere like the Mongols, these Western barbarians have their own culture and ideas, which is a bit scary.

Not only did they destroy other people's civilization, but they also instilled their things into others, not just conquering by force, but also conquering ideologically, making people feel that they are superior and represent civilization.

Su Guansheng is also concerned about the recent controversy over the "round earth theory". Although there are loud voices of resistance, after Su Guansheng has a detailed understanding of Bai Yingli's rhetoric, he has concluded in all likelihood that what Xiyi said is probably true .

This made Su Guansheng feel a little fear in his heart, he couldn't let this kind of opponent get close to Daming, he had to contain them before they became stronger.

Wang Fuzhi also nodded, his thoughts were basically the same as Su Guansheng's, "I also agree, I have to go to the West again, even if I fight for 100 years, I still have to fight!"

Both Su Guansheng and Wang Fuzhi agreed that the others had some doubts about going on for such a long war, but it was only an exaggeration to say that it would last for 100 years or decades. status only.

Wang Yan saw that several people nodded slightly and did not raise other opinions, so he said, "Then let's talk about the first step now, how to take down Malacca!"

Chen Bangyan stood up, "Jianguo, the current situation in Nanyang, the Three Kingdoms of Guangnan and Chenla are on the side of Ming Dynasty, the southern countries of Malacca and Sulu are on the side of the barbarians, and Siam in the middle is now surrendering to the Netherlands. Xu took advantage of the opportunity to fish in troubled waters. The plan of the Fifth Army Commander’s Mansion was to ignore Dong Yu who was fishing in troubled waters, stabilize him, and then gather a large army to go all the way south and capture Malacca. The two barbarians concentrated less than 2 troops. Daming dispatched a town of troops, plus the soldiers and horses of the vassal states, can gather 6 to [-] people, and can directly push the two barbarians into the sea."

Naval battles require warships, and sailors need to be trained. The Ming Dynasty may not be able to gather many troops for a while, but land warfare is different. There are nearly 30 elite soldiers who have just finished the Northern Expedition. The shrimp soldiers and crab generals who fought against small countries in Southeast Asia are still easy to capture. .

According to Chen Bangyan's words, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies did not formulate any plan, just relying on the Ming army's elite to push forward, but this is how a big country fights. Who made the Ming Dynasty have more soldiers, more money, and thicker thighs.

Wang Yan nodded, "Okay! Let's do it this way. They are all familiar with fighting in the mountains and forests. Let Li Dingguo be the main general, and Chen Youlong and Liu Wenxiu be the deputy generals. They will be dispatched to Guangnan Three Kingdoms and Champa. Soldiers, reinforce Chenla as soon as possible. In addition, the Ministry of Industry needs to build more gunboats for the navy, and at least [-] gunboats must be built and delivered to the navy every year. Also in shipbuilding, don’t rest on your laurels. The Ministry of Industry has to find a way To replicate the treasure ship, we need to improve shipbuilding technology.”

Several cabinet ministers immediately stood up and saluted, "We will obey the order of the supervisor!"

This is tantamount to finalizing the Nanyang strategy, first take down Malacca, cut off the connection between the Dutch and the East India Company along the coast of Ceylon and India, and then rely on the national strength of the Ming Dynasty to speed up the construction of warships. In less than a year, The balance of power on the South Seas will change dramatically, and the Ming army's navy will be able to clear Xiyi's strongholds on the South Seas islands one by one.

After Nanyang's strategy was finalized, Wang Yan immediately asked again, "Chen Qing, what's happening in the Kingdom of Jin recently?"

Chen Bangyan stood up, cupped his hands and said: "Reporting to the supervisor, according to the detailed information, Jin Guo is currently doing three major things. The first is to reinforce important passes such as Tongguan. March westward and attack Yarkand!"

Wang Yan frowned when he heard this. The incident in Nanyang diverted some of the energy of the Ming Dynasty. It seems that the Kingdom of Jin has already made preparations for the attack of the Ming army.

Although Wang Yan was going to go back to the west to restore the glory of the eunuch of the Three Treasures, and was going to compete with the Xiyi at sea again, it didn't mean that he had forgotten the Kingdom of Jin.

The Kingdom of Jin belonged to a young country. This kind of country is often vigorous and full of vitality. If it is not destroyed as soon as possible, it will definitely become a serious problem for the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Yan pondered for a moment, and then said: "Jing Guo will run the Western Regions to the west. As Gu expected, it is now September, and the weather is getting colder. It is difficult for us to send troops to stop it. Attack Yaerqiang. Our army is resting, and there are fewer soldiers in the north and more soldiers in the south. It is not suitable for fighting in winter, but we can't watch Jin Guo grow like this."

Wang Yan paused, pursed his lips and pondered for a moment, and then said, "The Kingdom of Jin has mountains and rivers in danger, and it is difficult to attack from the front. I think that in addition to deploying soldiers in the front, we should outflank it from the two wings. King Liping has built a After conquering two cities, he can be ordered to increase encroachment on Qinghai and attack Jin from the right side of the Long. After the fall of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, the Mongolian tribes on the grasslands were in a leaderless state. , threatening the Hetao, making the Kingdom of Jin be besieged on three sides!"

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