Rule the Ming Dynasty Alone

To the east of the Indian Ocean, Baigu Country.

At the end of the 13th century AD, after the demise of the Bagan dynasty in Myanmar, the Myanmar region entered a period of great division. During this period, the Baigu Kingdom rose in the south, centered on the Baigu region, and formed a confrontation with the Ava Dynasty in the north.

From 1386 to 1425, there were constant conflicts between the Baigu Kingdom and the Ava Dynasty, which was known as the "Forty Years' War" in history.

Baigu Kingdom is adjacent to the Indian Ocean and has a strong Buddhist cultural foundation. Economic and cultural interactions with India and other countries have allowed Baigu Kingdom to evolve into a maritime kingdom.

Motama Bay can effectively escape the ravages of ocean storms, so it has become a natural port.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the dock of Baigu Kingdom looked extremely peaceful, but this tranquility was like the tranquility before the storm, with an ominous premonition.

Dozens of warships of the Ming Navy slowly sailed into this triangular bay. The muzzles of the ships' guns were pointing blackly at the dock, as if foreshadowing the coming disaster.

"what is that?"

"That seems to be the flag of the Ming Dynasty?"

"Why did the Ming fleet come to us?"

…

As the battleship approached, the officers on the dock began to panic. They ran and shouted, trying to escape from what was about to become a battlefield.

Although it is not a secret that the Baigu Kingdom publicly resisted the Ming Dynasty's construction of the Ming-Burma Highway, in their deep-rooted knowledge, even if the Ming Dynasty wanted to retaliate, it would only come from Yunnan.

But it has been proven from ancient times to the present that the Central Plains dynasty cannot touch their territory in Myanmar at all. Even the Yuan Dynasty, which was stronger than that of the past, was beaten back by them, so the Ming Dynasty had nothing to fear.

Who would have thought that the Ming Dynasty's army did not come from Yunnan like before, but instead circled from the South Ocean into the Indian Ocean and killed them directly from the Indian Ocean into their hinterland.

The sudden appearance of the Ming Dynasty fleet in the Indian Ocean not only caught them off guard, but also gave them an unprecedented fear.

If the Central Plains dynasty gave up the land attack and chose to travel across the ocean to conquer them, would they really not destroy the country?

"Your Majesty is right! Only by beating them hurt will they know that the suzerainty can't just talk about it, but must respect it from the heart!" Wang Zhi held a telescope and saw the panic of the dock officer, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly. murmured to himself.

Since the Baigu Kingdom came out to openly obstruct the Ming Dynasty's construction of the Ming-Burma Highway, they soon gave up the traditional policy of conquering by land and instead marched by sea.

It's just that there are a lot of things that need to be prepared before the war, and there are many factors that need to be considered. It was only recently that he was able to lead the fleet to come.

Of course, this is actually his first battle as the Governor of the Indian Ocean, so he can only win this battle and cannot fail.

"put!"

Wang Qingqing was a young man with a pale face and no beard. He turned around and saw his godfather put down his binoculars and coughed, and immediately gave the order without expression.

Anyone who dares to make his godfather unhappy will go to hell, so destroy them all!

Boom!

As the order was issued, the forts of each fleet entered a state of war. The dark gun barrels spurted out tongues of flame, and countless shells rose into the sky, and then slammed into the very enthusiastic dock.

There was no message, no persuasion to surrender, but a direct attack on Baishi Harbor with thunderous force. This was indeed in line with Wang Zhi's style of doing things.

Baigu Seaport is the most important seaport of Baigu Kingdom and an important source of tax revenue for Baigu Kingdom. There are not only officials but also garrison troops here.

Then, the war seemed to come without warning, catching the garrison off guard.

If the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty led the fleet, they might stay here for a while, but who knew that it was the big devil Wang Zhi who led the fleet this time?

puff!

Shells fell all over the sky, and a businessman standing there stupidly was smashed to pieces.

"Run, run away!"

"Is this the anger of the Ming Dynasty?"

"Oh my god, do they want to kill everyone in our Baigu Kingdom?"

…

The shells poured down like raindrops, instantly smashing the pier with holes everywhere, and causing fires in the nearby warehouses, while the officials and the people chose to flee in all directions.

Everyone is afraid of the unknown. Now the Ming fleet opened fire directly and showed such terrifying combat power. The soldiers and civilians of the Baigu Kingdom who had not experienced the baptism of real war were already frightened.

puff!

A lead bullet hit an official's head. The head was like an egg hitting a stone. There was a muffled sound and tomato juice splashed everywhere.

Moo!

An elephant was originally helping to carry goods at the dock, but when he saw a cannonball almost hitting his head, he ran away recklessly when the splash of mud hit his eyes.

Chaos and escape have become the main theme of this newly bustling pier.

"Prisoners will only become a burden, kill them!" Lin Cheng was already on standby. Seeing the chaos at Baigu Pier, he immediately led his troops to prepare for landing.

After experiencing various disappointments and Wang Zhi's kindness to him, he has fully accepted Wang Zhi's ideas.

This time they came to the Indian Ocean to play the role of pioneers of the Ming Dynasty. Since he is a pioneer, his hands are destined to be full of blood, and he can even kill everyone for China.

Since the Baigu Kingdom dares to block Ming Dynasty and prevent Ming Dynasty from connecting with the Indian Ocean, it will naturally solve it. It is not a problem to defeat Ming Dynasty with its strength, but the best way is to kill them all so that they can be defeated once and for all.

In particular, he believed in Wang Zhi's theory. The reason why Annan and Burma were gained and lost was ultimately because the past rulers sent by the imperial court were too benevolent.

Benevolent government is shit, only blood can make people truly surrender.

Lin Cheng, the commander-in-chief of the Indian Ocean, thought so, so he also planned to do this in an effort to kill more Baigu people, especially the men here.

"kill!"

Under the cover of artillery fire, several large formations of Ming troops rushed onto the dock. They were armed with various weapons and with cruel smiles on their faces, and then they attacked the Baigu garrison who dared to resist.

Huaxia is a dynasty that pays great attention to battle formations. Not only does it have various arms, but it also uses continuous training to allow each arm to cooperate with each other to achieve the goal of the strongest combat effectiveness.

puff!

A group of Japanese samurai held katana swords. Facing the Baigu soldiers who were backward in weapons, they attacked head-on. They pulled out their sharp samurai swords and removed all the limbs of the opponent.

ah……

The soldiers of the Baigu Kingdom seemed to resist bravely, but their weapons and equipment lagged far behind the Ming army, so they quickly fell into a bitter battle and were killed one after another.

call out! call out! call out!

A group of soldiers in Indochina costumes were holding bows and arrows, but their bows and arrows were all smeared with poison, and they shot hard at the unarmored Baigu soldiers.

puff! puff! puff!

The Baigu garrison here only has nearly a thousand people. They were already in chaos, but now they are like a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered, falling to the ground after being hit by arrows.

Many of them did not die of excessive bleeding. The moment they were hit by the arrow, their lips turned black, and then their whole bodies quickly lost their life.

"I'll give you a ride, remember not to be an enemy of Ming Dynasty in the next life!"

The leading man was somewhat similar to Wang Zhi. Facing Bai Gubing, who fell to the ground and was struggling happily after being hit by an arrow, he stepped forward and stabbed the Xuefeng knife fiercely into the opponent's chest.

It is worth mentioning that Wang Zhi also raised a private army after receiving special permission from Zhu Youtang.

While he was in charge of the Indo-China Peninsula, he took in several godsons. He also played a role in the last raid on Kyushu Island, and then he took in some Japanese samurai from Kyushu Island.

The private armies he took under his command came from different countries or regions, but they had two distinct characteristics: one was loyalty, the other was cruelty.

"kill!"

At the other end of the warehouse where the fire was burning, a group of ancient white soldiers suddenly came out.

boom! boom! boom!

The Ming army armed with flintlock guns was actually the real main force. Facing more than a hundred Baigu soldiers who came to kill them, they immediately and decisively pulled the trigger.

Lead bullets flew out one after another, making bloody holes before they even got close.

Some of the remaining Baigu soldiers saw that the situation was not right and even wanted to surrender, but as soldiers under Wang Zhi, sympathizing with the enemy would only bring scolding.

puff!

With the fall of the last Baigu soldier, the war came to an end.

The battle was extremely brutal, or it could be said that Wang Zhi's army slaughtered them ferociously. The dock was full of fallen corpses and flowing blood.

Although the soldiers of the Baigu Kingdom were brave and fearless, they could not withstand the torrent of steel from the Ming Dynasty, not to mention that this time they were led by the feared Wang Zhi and Wang Jiajun.

A ray of sunset filled the entire battlefield, but it could not cover up the blood and tragedy here.

It's just that the sadness belongs to Bai Guguo's side, but the joy of victory comes to Wang Zhi.

There were a lot of supplies piled up at the port, especially poultry and fresh fruits and vegetables, which not only supplemented the fresh food of the Ming army, but also provided a feast for all the soldiers present.

However, this war was just the beginning. After resting at the dock for a night, Wang Zhi personally led the army to kill the royal city of Baigu Kingdom the next day.

Baigu Kingdom, Royal City.

After learning that the Ming Dynasty army came from the Indian Ocean and captured their most important Motama Port in one fell swoop, it immediately caused panic in the entire royal city.

In the early days, they did not take the Ming Dynasty seriously. That was because it was very difficult for the Ming army to come from Yunnan, and they were even bitten to death by poisonous insects before the army arrived.

It's just that this time the Ming Dynasty did not follow common sense and actually came from the Indian Ocean, catching them off guard and putting their royal city in trouble.

"I thought that the Central Plains Dynasty was a state of etiquette and was well versed in the ways of Buddhism. Unexpectedly, the tyrant of the Ming Dynasty is now in power. Bai Gu did not agree to the construction of the Ming-Burma Highway and came to conquer. The Central Plains Dynasty's strength has been exhausted!" Baigu King Bodhidharma Xiti summoned the important ministers of Baigu Kingdom and accused him angrily.

The current Baigu King Bodhidharma Siti was originally an eminent Buddhist monk of the Mon ethnic group. Later, he was selected as the successor by the devout Queen Xinxiufu, returned to secular life, and married the queen's daughter.

After the death of Queen Xinxiufu in the eighth year of Chenghua, the throne naturally fell to this son-in-law.

Because of his faith, the ancient king Bodhidharma Siddhi was committed to revitalizing Buddhism. He once sent eminent monks and envoys to Ceylon and North India to seek Dharma. His rule was known for his generosity and benevolence.

Although he is now over eighty years old, he looks very good, but when it comes to managing the country, he is more obsessed with studying the profound Buddhist Dharma.

Now that Ming's army was about to approach the city, he had to pay attention to it, and at the same time he needed to come up with a plan to deal with Ming's army.

"What should we do now?"

"Of course we will fight to the death with the Ming army!"

"Once defeated, do you know the consequences?"

…

Similar to the situation in China, whenever there is an invasion by a foreign enemy, there will always be war factions and peace factions within the country.

Needless to say, the main war faction just wanted to confront the Ming army head-on. As for the Peace Faction, they not only consider the current war situation, but also focus on the overall situation.

The Baigu Kingdom and the Ava Kingdom have been fighting for forty years. The restoration of peace does not mean that the war is over. Once the Baigu Kingdom's vitality and strength are severely damaged, then the Ava Kingdom will definitely raise troops and then unify Myanmar.

That's why, even if they had the confidence to defeat the Ming Dynasty's army, they still chose to "put the overall situation first", which was simply a replica of the Southern Song Dynasty.

General Yemangan is a proper leader of the warring faction, and has made great achievements in resisting the Ava Dynasty in the north, so what he says here is quite weighty: "According to the spies' report, there were only 10,000 Ming troops coming from the sea this time. , why do we need to look forward and backward?”

"Those who are unjust will have little help. Today, the Ming Dynasty is an unjust teacher, so let's fight!" The ancient king Bodhidharma Siddhi had already felt that his life was about to end, and he expressed his stance without fear of life or death.

As King Bai Gu made his position clear, the officials of the Zhuhe Sect could not say anything else.

Although King Baigu succeeded to the throne as his son-in-law and was too obsessed with Buddhism, he still won the hearts of the people over the years. Since he agreed to go to war, there was no need to obstruct it.

In fact, the most important thing is that negotiating peace is quite difficult, not to mention that they need to cross the border of Ava to negotiate peace with Yunnan, and the Ming army may not give them time.

The ancient king Bodhidharma Siddhi is an old man with white beard and hair, but his eyes are sharp.

Due to his lifelong practice of Buddhism, although he is now wearing the traditional costume of a Burmese king, he still looks like an enlightened monk.

King Bodhidharma Siddhi coughed a few times, and then said to the top general of the ancient Bai Kingdom: "Yemangan, we can currently assemble an army of 20,000 people and 800 war elephants. Do you have confidence?"

As soon as these words came out, all the important ministers present turned to look at Yemangan.

"The army of 20,000 is already twice their number. Eight hundred war elephants are enough to crush the Ming army. At the end of this battle, the Ming army will be wiped out!" Yemangan saw the king hand over all the troops to him, Immediately confident and authentic.

The ancient king Bodhidharma was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Okay, then I will prepare a celebration banquet and wait for your good news in the palace!"

In view of Yemangan's strong self-confidence, the officials of the peace faction also appeared very optimistic.

In fact, they were not afraid of the Ming army coming across the ocean. The reason why they proposed peace was mainly because they were worried that the battle would damage their vitality, but they were not worried about being unable to win.

The battle started soon. Yemangan took advantage of his superiority in strength and started fighting in the open space in front of the royal city.

Burma is still sultry in August, but now the sun is blazing, the weeds in the open space look sickly, and a few sparrows that were looking for food suddenly fly into the distance.

Moo...

The Baigu army followed Myanmar's traditional tactics. They relied on war elephants to attack and cause chaos to the opponent's military formation, and then relied on archers and infantry to cover up the enemy.

Each war elephant has undergone strict training. The war elephant soldiers rushed over with the elephant. In order to prevent being shot by the enemy, the war elephant soldiers hid in the bunker on the back of the war elephant.

The most dazzling one is a white elephant, more than 2 meters tall, like the king of the elephant group. Burmese people have worshiped white elephants since ancient times and believe that "white elephants appear in prosperous times".

Now that this auspicious white elephant is placed in this group of 800 war elephants, it will undoubtedly boost morale.

Originally, an elephant was nothing, even a very rare white elephant, but eight hundred war elephants formed a war elephant array and charged towards the Ming army, and even the earth was shaking.

Smoke and dust billowed into the sky, and birds in the forest fled in all directions.

idiot!

When the Japanese samurai at the vanguard saw this scene, his legs were trembling, and he cursed the quintessence of the nation.

run!

The miscellaneous soldiers in Nanyang were frightened by the elephants. They knew that if they didn't run away, they would be trampled to pieces by such huge elephants in the next moment.

Lin Cheng saw this scene. He had heard that Mongolia's cavalry was powerful before, but seeing Myanmar's war elephant army with his own eyes, he still couldn't help but feel frightened. Is there any chance of winning this war? (End of chapter)