Zhu Haitao has been paying attention to the conflict between Myanmar and Thailand.

By mid-November 1785, both sides were exhausted. Rama I's 150,000 troops had been beaten to only 70,000 to 80,000 troops, and Meng Yun's army was also greatly injured.

Zhu Haitao wanted this effect. After both countries suffered losses, it was time to go down the mountain to pick peaches.

On November 20, 1785, the first and second divisions of the Ming army had reached their own attack positions.

"This is the best time for us to unify the entire Indochina Peninsula in one fell swoop. If we do not take action, the British will take action. According to our secret channel reports, the British have deployed fifteen divisions of troops within the Alashan Kingdom west of Myanmar, and are always ready to invade Myanmar." Li Jifa said at the imperial meeting.

"In other words, we must prepare for the actions of the British?" Zhu Haitao asked.

"Yes, the British are likely to launch an attack on Myanmar. On the one hand, Myanmar has been eyeing several kingdoms in Northeast India over the years, threatening the security of the British-occupied Bangladesh region. On the other hand, the UK also wants to threaten our country's Yunnan region by occupying Myanmar." Li Jifa said.

"Okay, the focus this time is to guard against possible British attacks and capture these two countries at the same time." Zhu Haitao said firmly.

"Well, Your Majesty, please rest assured that the two countries of Myanmar and Thailand will definitely become our own treasure!" Li Jifa made a guarantee to Zhu Haitao.

Because the area of ​​the Ming Dynasty expanded, relying solely on Feige's delivery of letters to convey messages was too low, so Zhu Haitao used the wired telegraph technology that had been secretly developed long ago to use this military transmission.

The first time humans invented the wired telegraph was when American S. F. B. Morse (Morse), after careful research, finally achieved the success of installing a wire telegraph machine in the laboratory in 1835. In 1937, Morse set up a 518-meter-long wire in the conference room of New York University, and obtained the successful notification experiment. The telegraph machine was born. The opening ceremony was held on March 24, 1844, and Morse sent the world's first telegraph in the conference hall.

In 858, the submarine cable connecting Europe and the United States across the Atlantic Ocean was successfully laid. In 1866, the second submarine cable was laid, and since then the submarine cable became a regular communication tool in communication. In 1875, Batter of France invented multiple telegrams, which could transmit 8 telegrams with one wire. In 1915, Gambel of the United States and Wagner of Germany invented filters, so that dozens of telegrams could be transmitted with one wire, thus creating the idea of ​​carrier telegrams that could send messages at the same time.

However, in Zhu Haitao's era, people had just begun to study electricity and magnetism, but they had not yet studied their essence clearly. Zhu Haitao was not an expert in this field, but he recruited all European experts to the Ming Dynasty, and used the knowledge he knew to inspire them, and organized their strength to deal with related topics. After several years of development, wired telegraph finally entered the practical stage.

Zhu Haitao worked hard for the industrial construction of the Ming Dynasty. For this reason, he established the Industrial Committee of the Ming Dynasty and formed a royal consortium to conduct research and inject funds for the industrial construction of the Ming Dynasty and the development of various industries, and to provide plans for the future development of the industry. Therefore, the various sciences and industries of the Ming Dynasty developed very quickly, and after advanced policy design, they had a strong driving effect on these.

By laying wired telegraph lines to the Yunnan border, the Annan border and the Malay Peninsula, the order was quickly passed.

The commander of the First Army, Tieniu, immediately received the order, led his soldiers to break through the Ming-Myanmar border and began to regain some of the territory in the Yunnan border area occupied by Myanmar.

The Myanmar army on the border is mostly local chieftain soldiers, and these soldiers are equipped with weapons such as swords, guns, bows and arrows, and are not opponents of the firearms used by the Ming army at all.

Therefore, it took a short time to clear out these people. The Ming army quickly entered Myanmar and captured Myitkyina on November 25, and began to sweep the entire northern Myanmar region.

Under the leadership of Jin Hu, the Second Army began to attack the southern part of Thailand from the south, advancing along the coastlines of the Gulf of Thailand and the Bay of Bengal, winning streaks. By the end of November, they had already headed north to Daguaba and Wanlun.

The Ming army in Annan directly headed towards the hinterland of Thailand. One division followed Vientiane across the Mekong River and headed towards Khon Kyung, an important city in northeastern Thailand. The other division started from Mengman, Yunnan, crossed the border of Myanmar, and headed straight to Chiang Mai.

The remaining two divisions were deployed in Cambodia and began to march towards Bangkok, preparing to conquer Thailand's capital in one fell swoop.

Meng Yun had already led his troops back to Myanmar at this time, and retreated the remaining troops to the vicinity of Mandalay. Rama I also led the remaining troops to the vicinity of Chiang Mai.

Both sides received news of the Ming army's massive invasion almost at the same time, and were extremely shocked by the news.

"Oh no, these hateful Ming dogs actually attack us at this time. I must tear them to pieces!" Meng Yun said viciously.

"I passed my order, everyone was ready to carry the food for ten days, and all the troops immediately followed me north to fight the Ming Gouzi!" Meng Yun immediately issued a strict order.

Rama I also issued an order as soon as possible to counterattack the Ming Dynasty's invasion.

"These Ming dogs are so cunning! They actually launched a surprise attack while both of us were injured!" Rama I shouted in the military base in Chiang Mai.

"His Majesty the King, what should we do?" said his general.

"Retreat! Hurry out of Chiang Mai, let's go back to Bangkok! And we need to cease the war with Myanmar!" Rama I said in horror.

Just as Meng Yun and Rama I were all working hard to deal with the Ming Dynasty, the British in Bangladesh were also panicked.

They never expected that the Ming Dynasty could attack Myanmar and Thailand at such a speed, and quickly seized a large area of ​​land.

After receiving this news, Hastings, the commander-in-chief of the British Army to India, mobilized the troops stationed in Bangladesh overnight to prevent the Ming army from attacking Bangladesh through northern Myanmar. At the same time, the Duke of Macartney, the British Governor-General of India, also immediately held a meeting to discuss the impact of this matter on Britain.

"We must be prepared. Since its establishment, the Ming Empire has destroyed countless countries. We must be prepared!" said Duke Macartney, the British Governor to India.
Chapter completed!