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Chapter 504 Phuket
The information on Burma is basically the story of the brother-in-law, Mang Ruiti and Mang Yinglong, sweeping all directions and conquering the world.

And Mang Yinglong, in this story, is much more terrifying than his brother-in-law Mangrui. He is wise, ruthless, decisive, limited by the environment, and has not experienced excellent war education, so he always loses battles, but the more frustrated he becomes Be brave, lose more and more fiercely.

Following his wife and uncle Mang Ruiti for more than [-] years of wild education on the battlefield, he has sufficient capital to fight for hegemony.

After the Mangrui style swept through Myanmar, he indulged in red wine and Western food and alienated Buddhism, and was eventually killed, and the various ministries of Myanmar fell apart.After his death, Mang Yinglong attacked various places again and reunified Burma.

That's a born king.

Because of this, the Burmese Xuanweisi, which is about the same size as Bozhou, has become the lord of the southwest who now reaches Arakan in the west and Siam in the east, unifying Upper Burma and Lower Burma, and is eager to challenge the Ming Dynasty with its suzerain.

After this intelligence from Portugal, Chen Mu felt much less of a threat to Mang Yinglong.

Even if he breaks through Meng Yang and combines three propaganda and six comforts, he still doesn't have the talent to invade Daming eastward.

It's not that this country is incapable, the whole of Myanmar is a very powerful country, and it's not too much to call it a hegemon, but Chen Mu simply thinks that Mang Yinglong doesn't have this talent.

Because of the latest information, Mang Yinglong lost another battle in the north.

He was cut off by Mengyang Tusi Sigu, my God!

Anyone who is familiar with "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which is a popular military storybook that entertains and educates, will hardly be cut off from food supply. As for leading an army to be cut off from food supply by small soldiers, it is even more incredible.

Yang Yinglong, who entered Mengyang in the matter of cutting off food, has not yet helped. Although he has a lot of momentum, and the Bozhou Army is indeed very powerful, but in fact he and Chen Mu are the same type of generals. They both rely on soldiers to fight and use them personally The formation ability is limited.

Sigu cut off the grain road with his own power, and there is no need to say more about the following things. Even if he gained the advantage of cutting off grain, Sigu's army is too small to block back and forth and cannot besieged. Wan Dajun.

The two sides fought a few rounds, each winning and losing. Seeing that the Ming army of Tengchongwei was mobilizing, Mang Yinglong retreated back and set up an army in the Raksha Nvshan area of ​​Upper Burma to confront the Ming army.

This information is quite frustrating. If the Yunnan Ming army could enter Mengyang earlier, there would be no need for the three-way army at all, and the Burma army would be able to avoid future troubles forever if the Burmese army ran out of food.

But this is not bad, not too bad for Chen Mu.

The Ming army, which stopped in Malacca for preparations and transported military supplies, set sail in October and sailed to their next destination, Phuket, which was controlled by the Ayutthaya Dynasty.

As early as half a month before the army set off, Shi Qi led a thousand flag troops and a thousand soldiers under his command, sailed to Phuket under the guidance of the Portuguese captain, built a port wharf, and stationed food, grass and military equipment for the needs of the war. .

The Ayutthaya Dynasty is no longer the obedient tributary country that paid tribute to Daming more than a hundred times, at most six times a year.

Six years ago, Mang Yinglong broke through the city of Ayutthaya, executed the king, plundered his country, and took away his subjects to return Baigu, leaving only more than ten thousand people in the city of Ayutthaya. , rule the country indirectly.

The Ming Dynasty has no prestige in this land, but Chen Mu still has Portuguese.

62 years ago, the Portuguese signed the first treaty with Siam, stipulating that the Portuguese could live, do business and preach in places such as Ayutthaya, Tanasarim, Moji, Pattani, and Liukhun.

Since then, the Portuguese entered Siam, and it has been a paradise for generations of adventurers. They can't influence the decision-making of this country. Even today, many Portuguese are employed under Mang Yinglong's command, but they have enough information.

Phuket, just like the beautiful islands that can be seen everywhere along the coast in this era, only a few hundred natives live on the island, and even the Ayutthaya Dynasty has been unable to control it for decades.

For the Ming army, as a springboard to attack Yangon, this is the most suitable small island to occupy.

"It's inevitable that news leaks out. I know that overseas Portuguese are not monolithic. They are employed by Mang Yinglong. There must always be someone who is loyal, just like you old Pinto, working hard for me."

The water village in the distance on the shore of the island is being built, and the soldiers in the forest farther away are cutting down trees hard, and piles of bonfires are lit on the beach, and iron pots are set up to heat the dinner of the flag army.

Chen Mu changed the clothes soaked by swimming in the sea, put on a thin shirt with loose hair, and walked in front of the old Pinto, with Juniper holding a waist knife and two servants holding long blunderbuss leading the horses following each step. The next shoe mark.

"I'm not afraid that Mang Yinglong will know. I still want to tell him that I'm here. What I want to tell you is another matter."

Chen Mu walked forward, his footsteps paused, as if he was organizing his words, and then he continued to walk forward, as if he had failed to organize his words.

After going back and forth like this twice, he finally stopped and turned to Pinto and said, "How much does it cost to hire a Portuguese mercenary to do things for me?"

Pinto suspected that he heard it wrong, he frowned and pressed the eyes on the bridge of his nose, "General?"

"I mean, if I want to hire a Portuguese mercenary army of 400 men, how much?"

Hire Portuguese troops!
Pinto never thought that Chen Mu would hire the Portuguese army, what a joke, Chen Mu has such an independent personality, and he is not employed by Chen Mu for a day or two, and he has a full understanding of this.

Not to mention hiring Portuguese, even allowing Portuguese to enter the Guangzhou government is a dream, and now they want to hire a Portuguese army, and the number is standard?

Wait, fourteen hundred?
Isn't this exactly the number of Digomero's mercenary group under Mang Yinglong's command?
"General, what do you want?"

Chen Mu squinted his eyes and smiled, spread his hands and said: "Those people are in the same country as you after all, I think they are too inferior to die at our hands, it is better for you to persuade them to defect, I will provide them with a job, you What do you think?"

I think?
Pinto didn't know what to say at this moment, he suddenly understood why Chen Mu was so talkative, and it took him a long time to organize the language, even he couldn't easily say such cheeky words!

"General, with all due respect, I'm afraid I won't be able to accomplish this mission. First of all, I'm not familiar with Digomero. Even if I do, I can't ask him such a request."

"Then it's hard to say. Do I really want my banner army to kill them all? Or are they going to surrender when they are defeated? Anyway, they won't fight to the last moment for Mang Yinglong, just like they didn't fight for Daji La, Babaidian Xuanweisi, it's not the same as fighting for Siam until the last moment."

The smile on Chen Mu's face gradually subsided, and he said, "You have to let them know that if they fight against me, I won't accept their surrender if they lose."

"If they defect before the war starts, nothing will change. They are still in Burma. Apart from paying taxes, their houses and fields will remain the same. I will not take away their wives in Burma. If they do not want to fight for me in the future, I will They will also be released to Goa."

"You don't have to, but you can ask them for me."

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)