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Text 867 [Win the world's largest jadeite producing area]

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    Meng Mi.

    Here is a powder keg. The southwestern border rebellion in the Ming Dynasty was more or less related to Meng Mi. It was the largest jadeite production base at this time.

    Just to give you an example, Emperor Wanli sent mine supervisors and tax envoys across the country, and the chieftain of the Southwest did not escape this encounter.  At that time, the eunuch Yang Rong guarded Yunnan and opened a new emerald mine in Mengmi. Because of the uneven distribution of spoils, a rebellion was directly triggered, and then the miners revolted again.  Chieftain Meng Mi wiped the eunuch's ass and beheaded thousands of people, but he still couldn't calm down.

    The Wanli court decided to send troops to quell the chaos, but they were short of food and money, so they had to give up in the end.  From then on, the chieftains saw Daming's weakness and completely ignored the imperial court. Even chieftain Meng Mi, who wiped the eunuch's buttocks, turned against him.

    At this moment, thousands of miners are standing here and there.

    Si Kuang, chieftain of Meng Mi, put on armor and began to lecture: "The Han people are about to be killed. You also know that the Han people are the most cruel and unreasonable. Now we will organize you into an army. Those who make great achievements will no longer be miners, and those who make small achievements will no longer be miners.  If you can be a foreman, as long as you stay there for a month, the King of Burma will send reinforcements. As long as you stay there for three to five months, the Han people will retreat in summer!"

    One piece of crude weapon after another was distributed to the miners.  There are also some miners who did not receive weapons and continued to use mining tools.

    Many of these miners were robbed slaves, and some were even Han Chinese from Yunnan.

    Although they were exploited by chieftain Meng Mi, they have not yet reached the point of rebellion.  On the contrary, the brutality of Han officials has always been engraved in the genes of the miners, and has become a nursery rhyme handed down from generation to generation.

    The southwestern chieftain's rebellion, half of the blame, should be carried by local officials and eunuchs, and many times they were forced to rebel.

    "If you kill a bandit, you have to live!"

    Sikuang took the lead in yelling a few words, and thousands of miners followed suit.

    Behind Sikuang, there were still more than 2,000 chieftain soldiers standing.  Among them, 800 people are fully armed and armored, which can be called elite.

    Sure enough, the mine owner is still rich.

    Guarding the world's largest emerald base in the 17th century, Chieftain Mengmi has plenty of silver to equip the army.

    However, Sikuang is destined not to wait for reinforcements from Myanmar, because Bhamo, further north, is the real strategic location in northern Myanmar.  King Myanmar's reinforcements are destined to go to Bhamo first.

    More than 200 inspection and anti-smuggling ships were temporarily used as a fleet to transport luggage.  Hundreds of merchant ships conscripted by the people, carrying more than 10,000 inspectors, headed for Chieftain Mengmi's residence in a mighty manner.

    Si Kuang stood at the head of the city, looking at the densely packed ships, he was suddenly shocked and angry.

    I am a little chieftain, do I need so many soldiers to fight?  You have so many soldiers, why don't you start from Tengyue and go directly to the strategic Bhamo?  As long as Bhamo is defeated, the capital of Myanmar can be taken directly down the river!

    It's very simple, there are more troops attacking Bhamo, and they are attacking from both sides of the Dajinsha River and the Daying River.

    "Father, do you want to surrender?" Sihong was already frightened.

    Sikuang said: "You can't surrender. Once you surrender, the emerald mine will be gone. The emperor of Han must send eunuchs to take all our mines."

    After breaking away from Daming, and occupying the mines for only a few decades, Si's chieftain is used to living a rich life, and would rather die in battle than live a life without mines.  How merciful the King of Burma is, he sent some money every year and sent it away. When the Han people came, they would rob the mines.

    Sihong said: "But we can't beat it."

    Si Kuang said: "It's enough to defend the city, as long as you guard it for a month or two, the Burmese king's army will definitely come to rescue."

    Sihongdi said: "There are so many soldiers here to fight. I am afraid that there are more enemy troops on the Bhamo side. The reinforcements of King Myanmar"

    "Don't talk nonsense, defend the city with peace of mind!" Si Kuang scolded.

    Outside the city, the inspectors were already setting up camp, and Dang Sirong, the guide, said: "Master General, there can be at most two or three thousand soldiers in the Mengmi fortress, and if we bring all the miners to defend the city, the strength is only seven or eight thousand.  The artillery of the Celestial Dynasty should be aimed at the southern city wall, which has collapsed before, so it is definitely not as strong as the other sides."

    The teacher Pan Kai smiled and praised: "If you can capture this stronghold, you will be credited with it."

    Si Kuang and Sirong used to be a family.

    ? Their respective grandfathers are named Siren and Sizhong respectively.

    The brothers fought for the throne, Siren won, and Sizhong voted for Myanmar.

    There are also ethical love stories mixed in, Sizhong led the Burmese army to kill, and Siren fled with his mother.  On the way, Siren begged to marry his sister-in-law, Sizhong's wife, but his mother firmly refused.  The mother ran away with her sister-in-law, but Siren actually led the elephant soldiers to chase and kill her, trying to snatch her sister-in-law away from her mother.  Because he didn't get it, Siren also defected to Myanmar in a rage.

    Siren is more popular; Pan Kai once again reiterated the military order: "Don't kill people indiscriminately, take more prisoners, and use them all as miners!"

    Jadeite, which began to emerge in the mid-Ming Dynasty, has been fired at a higher price in recent years. Emperor Zhao likes jadeite.  And Mengmi is the largest producer of jadeite, it is definitely enough to make money here, every miner is a treasure.

    The inspector on this road took down Meng Mi, and after a day's rest, he will set off again.

    The next marching route is to return to the original road by boat first, enter the tributary bend road to the southwest, then abandon the boat and cross the mountains to the west. After leaving the mountain, it is the upper reaches of the Yinrawaddy River.

    As long as the inspectors arrive there, even if they stand still, they will be able to cut off the Bhamo Burmese army's retreat.  If you go north along the river bank, you can cooperate with the two friendly forces to form a three-sided attack on Bhamo.

    Bhamo and its surrounding strongholds were the core battlefield of the Qing-Myanmar War, where the Qing and Burmese armies fought for several years.

    If Huang Yao's army and the Burmese army were in a stalemate, the inspectors who had wiped out Meng Mi would directly take the back road to besiege, blocking the food road and starving the Burmese army to death.

    Pan Kai led the inspectors and marched in the mountains for more than a month. More than 300 soldiers fell ill due to acclimatization.

    Then, on the banks of the Yinrawaddy River, he saw a grain transport ship of the Datong Army.

    "Did Governor Huang win the battle?" Pan Kai stopped the grain ship and asked.

    The captain smiled and said: "A few days ago, Captain Huang's army went south."

    Pan Kai was speechless for a moment, he thought that he would be able to make a great contribution by outflanking the enemy's rear.  But I never thought that my battle was only fought for three days, and the rest of the time was spent on the march, and I didn't even eat a mouthful of hot dog shit in the end.
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