bayedsolid Chapter 351 Blooming on both sides
Chapter 351 Blooming on both sides
"I know this."
"Therefore, I intend to order the conscription of 300,000 new soldiers, who will be deployed to the battlefield later."
"As for the officials you mentioned, the Prime Minister has never stopped training them. Don't worry about that."
"And I have a group of ready-made officials at my disposal."
Ning Quan stroked his beard with a smile.
"Ready-made officials?"
Li Jing asked in confusion.
"Yes, they are ready-made officials, and they are definitely first-class talents. You will know when the time comes."
"Now, your mission is to take over Siam in the shortest possible time."
"I will obey your orders!"
Li Jing became solemn upon hearing this and clasped his fists.
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The next day, Li Jing ordered his troops to set out.
An army of 150,000 marched into Siam, and Ning Quan accompanied them.
In order to take over Siam as soon as possible, Li Jing planned to attack the capital of Siam directly and destroy the Siamese dynasty in one fell swoop.
Of course, there will inevitably be resistance along the way, but it will not have any impact on the army at all.
The journey was smooth and in just twenty days Li Jing led his army to Bangkok, the capital of Siam.
Bangkok's city walls are tall, the gates are tightly closed, and densely packed soldiers are on high alert on the walls.
Upon learning of the Daqian army's invasion, Siam actively mobilized troops and made preparations.
At this moment, nearly 100,000 defenders gathered in the city, and various strong fortifications were built inside the city.
But it's all in vain.
Faced with modern artillery fire, ordinary people are completely powerless to resist.
Ning Quan stood in front of the city, looking at the towering city, and said in a cold voice: "Pass the order, fire!"
Boom boom boom——
One mortar after another began firing, and huge shells whizzed down on the city wall, exploded, and instantly knocked down a section of the wall.
"Ah~~~"
The soldiers were also blown to pieces by the explosion, screaming and wailing everywhere.
For a moment, blood and flesh flew all over the city wall.
The shelling lasted for fifteen minutes before it finally stopped.
At this time, the walls of Bangkok had collapsed, corpses were scattered all over the ground, broken limbs were everywhere, and even the air was filled with a strong and pungent smell of blood.
"Send the order to attack."
Looking at the devastated Bangkok, Ning Quan showed no mercy and ordered an attack.
"Kill~~"
Li Jing led an army of more than 100,000 to charge into the city like a tiger pouncing on a sheep.
For a moment, the sky was filled with shouts of killing, blood was splattered everywhere, and corpses were scattered all over the ground.
The entire battle lasted less than two hours before Bangkok fell.
The King of Siam committed suicide, and other royal family members and ministers either surrendered or fled.
However, Ning Quan did not stop the action. He left 20,000 troops to guard Bangkok, and the remaining soldiers were divided into two groups to occupy the entire Siam.
At the same time, 30,000 former Minnan surrendered soldiers also participated in this battle.
Led by Zhang Fei, they set out from southern Fujian on warships and landed in Chonburi Province to join the battle.
On the other side, Zhou Yu also actively cooperated with the action.
He personally led his army from Kuala Lumpur all the way north into southern Siam.
In just a few days, the Daqian army completely occupied Siam.
Subsequently, Ning Quan appointed Zhou Yu as the Grand Commander of Nanyang, with full responsibility for the affairs of Ryukyu, South Asia and Indochina.
Afterwards, Ning Quan led his troops westward and entered the Khmer Kingdom.
The Khmer of this era was not a complete country, but was composed of several small countries.
Both the national strength and military strength were very weak, and it was far from being a match for Daqian.
Therefore, Ning Quan was able to advance with great speed and occupied Cambodia in just one month.
At this time, Ning Quan received a report from Yue Fei.
The Mughal Empire had already taken action.
Mughal Empire Marshal Aragon led an army of 400,000 and arrived at the border area, preparing to invade the Pyu Kingdom.
"Humph, I can't help myself. This is good. After all, 400,000 soldiers are still meat."
Ning Quan snorted coldly and gave the order.
"Send a message to Yue Fei. I will be here soon with my army. Before that, tell him to lure the enemy as deep as possible. I intend to annihilate this 400,000-man army."
"Also, send a message to the Prime Minister to immediately send in reinforcements and new soldiers."
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Daqian Palace
In the Qinzheng Hall, Zhuge Liang, Liu Bowen and others were discussing matters.
Since Ning Quan ascended the throne, he has basically not been in charge of anything.
He doesn't have time to manage it. What is there to manage when people are not in the capital?
Therefore, all court affairs were handed over to Zhuge Liang, Liu Bowen, Zhangsun Wuji and others.
Of course, Ning Quan felt more at ease leaving it to Zhuge Liang and others.
Because they have enough ability.
"Your Majesty, this is a big move."
Liu Bowen chuckled.
"Yes, seeing that we are now at war on all sides, Your Majesty seems to be getting impatient." Zhuge Liang nodded.
"Yes, but it's better this way. If we can pacify Southeast Asia, Central and South China, and even the Mughal sea borders sooner, our Daqian will no longer have to worry." Changsun Wuji echoed.
"Yes, that's the truth." Zhuge Liang nodded in agreement.
"In that case, let's do the support work." Liu Bowen said with a faint smile.
"Yes!" Everyone nodded in agreement.
Then, everyone began to discuss matters related to reinforcements and backup officials.
In order to effectively control Indochina and even the Mughal Empire, it is crucial to have sufficiently strong military forces and officials.
Only with sufficient soldiers to deter and suppress can officials govern effectively.
Only then can the occupied land be turned into one's real territory sooner.
The people of the occupied territories will become the people of Daqian.
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Day two.
The imperial court's Secretariat ordered the recruitment of 500,000 new soldiers nationwide and the selection and training of 50,000 officials in preparation for strengthening the official system in Southeast Asia, Indochina and the Mughal Empire.
This is the second time that the Secretariat has issued such an edict this year.
Three months ago, the imperial court had recruited 300,000 new soldiers and selected 10,000 officials.
Now, these new recruits and officials are on their way to Annan.
Faced with the new order from the court, the people of Daqian naturally responded and signed up enthusiastically.
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Beiting, Changhe City.
Man Chong and Bai Qi stood on the city wall and looked into the distance.
Since the capital was moved to Ningquan, Man Chong has been in charge of the three northwestern counties and presided over the overall situation.
Bai Qi arrived with his army just half a month ago and took over the entire defense of the northwest.
The opponent that Bai Qi was going to face was the coalition forces of the Arabs and Persia.
Under England's instigation, Persia and the Arabs finally couldn't hold back and decided to take action against Daqian.
The two countries each dispatched an army of 300,000, and a total of 600,000 troops were marching towards Daqian.
At present, the joint forces of the two countries are less than three hundred miles away from the Daqian border.
"General Bai Qi, are those surrendered soldiers from the Great Qi still useful?" Man Chong asked.
At present, in the entire northwest, apart from the 100,000 Khitan cavalry brought by Bai Qi, there are less than 40,000 garrison troops in various places.
Compared with the Arab-Persian coalition forces, the difference in military strength was huge.
Although His Majesty transferred 200,000 former Da Qi surrendered soldiers, Man Chong was very skeptical about the combat effectiveness of these surrendered soldiers.
These surrendered soldiers were new recruits who were temporarily recruited when the Great Qi was about to perish, and they had not received any training at all.