According to some historians in Asia, during the Imjin War (When Japan under Toyotomi Hideyoshi invaded the Kingdom of Joseon), supposedly the Kingdom of Ayutthaya (Modern-Day Thailand), made a proposal to the Ming Chinese. They offered to dispatch a naval force to sail and attack Japan directly, therefore joining the war.
Even if this was an actual proposal made by the Siamese, historians' debate what was their motivations to joining the war. Some say it was out of loyalty to the Chinese due to the tribute system in place, while others have argued that it was economically, as the Siamese got wind of Hideyoshi’s threats to the Philippines and the Ryukyu Kingdom via various routes and could've potentially threatened Siamese trading ships or South China Sea-based Chinese Merchants.
Although from what I'm reading, some Ming Chinese and Korea did support the idea of using Siamese troops, the Chinese declined the proposal, and it went nowhere.
What if the Chinese did accept the offer made by the Siamese, and they began to mobilize a fleet to ferry troops to invade Japan while the Japanese were invading Korea, in an effort to divert them away from the peninsula?
Now realistically-speaking, would've this even been possible? And if you believe so, how successful would it even have been, if even at all? Or would the Siamese meet a similar fate to the Mongols, and not make it much far? Or was this plan entirely crazy (To be fair, IMO I would agree)
Even if this was an actual proposal made by the Siamese, historians' debate what was their motivations to joining the war. Some say it was out of loyalty to the Chinese due to the tribute system in place, while others have argued that it was economically, as the Siamese got wind of Hideyoshi’s threats to the Philippines and the Ryukyu Kingdom via various routes and could've potentially threatened Siamese trading ships or South China Sea-based Chinese Merchants.
Although from what I'm reading, some Ming Chinese and Korea did support the idea of using Siamese troops, the Chinese declined the proposal, and it went nowhere.
What if the Chinese did accept the offer made by the Siamese, and they began to mobilize a fleet to ferry troops to invade Japan while the Japanese were invading Korea, in an effort to divert them away from the peninsula?
Now realistically-speaking, would've this even been possible? And if you believe so, how successful would it even have been, if even at all? Or would the Siamese meet a similar fate to the Mongols, and not make it much far? Or was this plan entirely crazy (To be fair, IMO I would agree)