If you want to choose the most powerful of all the monarchs in the history of Burma, the Mang Yinglong of the Dongwu Dynasty is definitely the most powerful.
Mang Yinglong was born in 1516 AD, is the founding monarch of the Burmese Dongwu Dynasty Mang Rui Ti brother-in-law, born in the local Hao clan, grew up with Mang Rui Ti brothers and sisters, the same age as Mang Rui Ti, in 1531 AD Mang Rui Ti ascended the throne as the king with family power, became one of the fragmented Burma dynasties at that time, because the capital was set in the southern Burmese city of Dong Gu and named, he as Mang Rui Ti's brother-in-law and confidant of the southern conquest of the Northern War, because of his outstanding military ability, made a lot of military achievements, and won the trust and trust of Mang Rui Ti.
In 1550, while hunting outside, Mang Rui was accidentally ambushed by the enemy dynasty Awa Dynasty and died, because he had not yet designated an heir to the throne and had no son, so his brother-in-law Mang Yinglong succeeded to the throne with great prestige and outstanding military achievements, becoming the second king of the Donggu Dynasty of Burma.
Mang Yinglong, the second king of the Toungoo Dynasty of Burma
Then came Mang Yinglong's performance time, he spent more than twenty years to incorporate most of the Indochina Peninsula into burma territory, creating the largest country and dynasty in southeast Asia's historical territory.
When Mang Yinglong succeeded to the throne, Burma was still fragmented, and the stronger separatist dynasties in the territory were the Bago Dynasty, the Awa Dynasty, the Arakan Dynasty, etc., and he set a unified strategy of "first weak and then strong, from south to north".
Mang Yinglong spent two years to wipe out the weak and small separatist forces such as Mu Bang, Meng Yang, and Meng Mi. Subsequently, Mang Yinglong spent another three years to destroy the Awa Dynasty, complete the conquest of central and southern Burma, and avenge the founding king Mang Ruiti. In 1557, Mang Yinglong commanded 300,000 troops and destroyed the Bago Dynasty, leaving only the surviving Arakan Dynasty in a quiet corner. In 1560, on the tenth anniversary of Mang Yinglong's accession to the throne, the Arakan Dynasty, which had no ability to fight back, surrendered to the Dongwu Dynasty, and Mang Yinglong completed the second great unification in burma history and was a great and powerful monarch.
Mang Yinglong completed the second great unification in the history of Burma
Of course, Mang Yinglong's ambitions were far more than small Burma, when the Burmese Toungoo Dynasty was left by the Indian Mughal Dynasty, which had just been established in 1526 AD, mang Yinglong focused all his energy on the Indochina Peninsula and had friendly exchanges with the Indian Mughal Dynasty in South Asia to avoid the Indian Mughal Dynasty from taking advantage of the opportunity to invade Burma. In addition, the Burmese Donggu Dynasty borders the southwest of the Chinese Ming Dynasty, and the Chinese Ming Dynasty is the heavenly kingdom, and Mang Yinglong also knows that the current Burmese Donggu Dynasty should not clash with the Chinese Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, if the Burmese Toungoo Dynasty wants to expand on land, only the Southern Indochina Peninsula is in the south, he is familiar with military and history, he knows that the Indochina Peninsula has never been unified in history, he thinks it is time to unify, and he believes that the person who unifies the Indochina Peninsula is himself.
However, at that time, the countries on the Indochina Peninsula were not weak, the Ayutthaya dynasty in Thailand and the Later Lê Dynasty in Vietnam were stronger, the Laotian Nanzhao dynasty was weaker, and Cambodia was a declining Phnom Penh dynasty, according to the geographical location, Mang Yinglong must first conquer the bordering Thailand and Laos.
The Lao Dynasty was the weakest, and Mang Yinglong destroyed it in 1564, and Laos became the territory of the Burmese Donggu Dynasty. In 1572, Mang Yinglong commanded a million troops, and after great hardships, finally destroyed the Ayutthaya Dynasty in Thailand, and most of the Indochina Peninsula was already the territory of the Burmese Donggu Dynasty.
Most of the Indochina Peninsula was the territory of the Burmese Toungoo Dynasty
Subsequently, Mang Yinglong attacked the Cambodian Phnom Penh Dynasty, which had occupied half of the territory in 1575 AD, at this time, the Vietnamese Later Lê Dynasty, which could compete with the Burmese Donggu Dynasty, feared the success of the Burmese Donggu Dynasty's plot to unify the Indochina Peninsula, and had to send troops to jointly resist the Burmese Donggu Dynasty with the Cambodian Phnom Penh Dynasty.
At this time, the Burmese Donggu Dynasty, its national strength has been used to the limit, territorial expansion has also reached the limit, conquered most of the Indochina Peninsula, the territory area of more than 1.6 million square kilometers, is the largest territory in southeast Asia, the most powerful country and dynasty, Mang Yinglong is absolutely worthy of the most powerful monarch in burma's history.
However, Mang Yinglong expanded year after year, can be said to be a crazy poor warrior, the national strength of the Burmese Donggu Dynasty can no longer support this huge military expenditure and rule the vast Indochina Peninsula, he himself was also overworked, the recurrence of old wounds and other reasons, and finally died in 1581 AD, at the age of 65, reigned for 31 years, until his death, he did not destroy the Cambodian Phnom Penh Dynasty backed by the Vietnamese Later Lê Dynasty.
Mang Yinglong was 65 years old and reigned for 31 years
After Mang Yinglong's death, he was succeeded by his eldest son Mang Yingli, but Mang Yingli was far less talented than his father and could not rule this huge country, so the Dongwu Dynasty soon declined, and the countries destroyed by it were restored.
The most powerful monarch in the history of Burma - the second king of the Dongwu Dynasty, Mang Yinglong, because of his prominent Wenzhi martial arts, honored as "Mang Yinglong Emperor", is one of the only three emperors in the history of Myanmar, the other two are the Bagan Dynasty Anuradha Emperor and the Gongpung Dynasty Yongzhiya Emperor, which shows how powerful the Burmese people are.
Anuradha the Great, Mangyinglong the Great, and Yongzhiya the Great