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Chapter 461 Shushen Poison Road

The Burmese King finally ran away, left behind large chariots and small vehicles, and fled into the jungle with some princes and ministers, making it impossible for the Ming army's cavalry to chase after them.

However, the Ming cavalry still gained a lot of rewards, and dozens of cars were taken back to gold, silver and treasures.

But this is not important. What is important is that the Battle of Anti-Myanmar achieved a successful victory, and the Burmese, who suffered heavy losses, had no ability to counterattack for more than ten years, or even decades.

Because, after this battle, the Ming Dynasty and Siam had formed a cross-strike in the entire strategic situation.

Awa and Bagan are like pliers, pinching between Upper Myanmar and China and Myanmar. The two countries work together to suppress them. How can they sit and watch the Burmese people recover their strength?

It can be foreseen that the continuous attack and encroachment on Myanmar will be the main strategy in the future. Siam will also have a certain advantage for Myanmar, which has greatly lost its strength.

On the Ming side, the main force to use force against Myanmar in the future will be the local coalition forces of various units. The Ming army is mainly artillery, which plays a role in fire suppression and cooperation.

In other words, after the Battle of Myanmar, the deployment of the Ming army would undergo major changes, and all the new policies speculated by local officials from various families would be made public.

On the second day after the Ming army captured Awa City, at the Burmese Royal Palace, Governor Wang Sanshan summoned local officials from various families and held a banquet to entertain him.

What you eat and drink is not important, and the local officials are not at all concerned about this. Now it is time to share the spoils, everyone wants to make more money.

Before the meeting began, the map on the wall attracted everyone's attention. It can be seen that with Awa City as the boundary, the location of Myanmar is circled with more than a dozen pieces, and even the names are marked on it.

Meng Yang, Meng Mi, Mubang and other toys who were once attached to Myanmar all reduced their territory, which is also a punishment.

If they hadn't seen the opportunity quickly and provided help to the Ming army, their territory would have been gone and they would have been divided up by other local officials.

Wang Sanshan smiled and asked his staff to take out documents and distribute them to local officials. He said, "You have made great contributions to the great victory in attacking Myanmar. It has always been the purpose of the court. Rewarding and punishment is of course appropriate to do so."

After pausing, he continued, "Before sending troops, the court made a promise, and now it should be fulfilled. But you must not be familiar with the newly occupied land, so you can take a look at these documents first."

All local officials hurriedly opened the document. If someone doesn’t know Chinese characters, I’m sorry, if you don’t meet the criteria, just wait for the last drink of the soup!

Not to mention, there are such local officials. Pushi is just an example. He stares at the document and secretly looks at others, and he really can't help but asks for advice.

In the end, Sha Yuan, who was related to him, waved with a wry smile and whispered to explain the contents in the document to Platts.

The document contains the territory introduction, land, population and other situations of more than a dozen newly established Xuanfu envoys. Although they have experienced the looting of war and the data will be different, it is a rare material for reference.

Unexpectedly, the Ming Dynasty attached so much importance to the War of Anti-Myanmar, and the intelligence was collected and sorted out in such detail.

Several local officials were amazed and secretly looked at Wang Sanshan who was calm and drinking tea, and then hurriedly read the documents.

According to the number of grain produced by each chieftain, more than a dozen Xuanfu envoys had their own arrangements, and no one could say anything. However, there were five more positions for Xuanfu envoys, and I don’t know how they were arranged.

In addition, it is conditional to obtain the official position of the Xuanfu Envoy and the divided jurisdiction. The population and number of local soldiers within the jurisdiction must meet the prescribed standards.

At the same time, the imperial court must form a coalition force in the occupied areas, and each chieftain must send troops to receive training from Ming army officers.

After training, new weapons and equipment will be distributed, the same as the Ming army. However, there is one thing that is strictly prohibited from bringing new weapons and equipment into Yunnan Province.

When the chieftains were nodding, or showed doubts on their faces and looked at each other, Wang Sanshan slowly spoke: "The coalition forces are tentatively set at 30,000, and the command power is controlled by the committees elected by each company. In the future, they will resist the attack of the Burmese people or continue to expand their territory. The committee will discuss and decide and report to the court for approval."

"If there is any war, the court will dispatch regular troops to assist and cooperate. The occupied land will also be decided by the committee to decide how to divide it, and the court will only be responsible for mediation."

"As for the extra few propaganda envoys--" Wang Sanshan waved his hand and the staff opened a large map.

What is presented to everyone is the map of western Myanmar, which clearly marks the Indian region.

"Shu Shi Po Poison Road--" The aide reached out and drew on the map, emphasizing it heavily.

Shu's Son Poison Road, also known as the Southern Silk Road, is the ancient name of India.

The starting point of this passage is in Chengdu, divided into multiple branches, then gather in Dali, Yunnan, and then travels to Myanmar and India through Baoshan, and connects to the eastern coast of the Mediterranean.

In fact, the fastest route from Myanmar to India is to take a water route down the Irrawaddy River, exit the Bay of Bengal and then sail to India.

But this is a trade route and is not suitable for a large army to go to war. Moreover, it is not a matter of overnight success to make the entire Myanmar surrender.

The battle against Myanmar will occupy northern Myanmar, which has the land path to reopen the Shushi Poison Road and lead to India.

You should know that in history, due to the replacement of the Burmese dynasty, the poisonous path of Shu was intermittent and very unstable.

What the emperor wanted was a stable control of the trade route and continuous broadening and strengthening until it became a war road for a large army to enter India.

Although it is not easy, with wide Qindun River barriers and primitive jungles known as Wild Man Mountain, there are always more ways than difficulties.

What the emperor had to do was to plan for a long time. The reason why the primitive jungle was mainly due to the undeveloped result. Let's take it slowly and don't believe it anymore. Cutting down trees and can't cut out a path.

What's more, Wild Man Mountain also has the most famous jade field in the world, so it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a treasure mountain.

Of course, opening the access to the Indian road is not to die in the Wild Man Mountain, but to have predecessors step out.

The specific route is to go to Dali, take Yongchang Road, pass Yangbi, Yongping, Baoshan, Tengchong, and then cross Yingjiang, pass Manmo, cross Qindun River, pass Naga Mountain, and go directly to Impal or Hilma, India.

The extra quota of Xuanfu envoys was to reward the chieftains who developed the road with the Ming army and built villages on the road to the Tongyin.

This is the first reward. When the army launches into India, these pacific and pacification envoys will receive vast land as rewards.

Gongzhang, Jiesha, Menglun, Homalin, Menggong, these are five place names, and they are on the road from Manmo to India.

This is also the jurisdiction of the five Propaganda and Fu envoys, and it is still temporary and there is no need to pay taxes. The policies are quite preferential. It depends on whether the local officials have the vision and courage and are willing to make a long-term investment.
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