Brother Zhu Youxiao

In September, when the Little Western War started again, it was not Lu Xiangsheng and Shah Jahan who were most nervous at the moment, but the Toungoo Dynasty in the southwest of Ming Dynasty.

Speaking of the Toungoo Dynasty, in fact its rise was mainly due to the indulgence during the Jiajing period.

As the main detainment object of the three propagandas and six comforts, the Myanmar region has always been an area that the Ming Dynasty paid special attention to.

Due to the many local chieftains, the difficult roads and the tough folk customs, Zhu Yuanzhang set up the Yunnan Chengxuan Political Envoy in Yunnan after the Ming army quelled the Dali Duan family and the Mongolian Yuan Liang kings in Yunnan during the Hongwu period.

Not only that, Zhu Yuanzhang also set up three Xuanfu divisions in Southwest China except Yunnan, including Nandian, Ganya, and Luchuan Pingmian, and six divisions in Mubang, Mengyang, Myanmar, Babaidadian, Cheli, and Laos. Xuanwei Division.

In the reign of Yongle, Daming established three propaganda divisions, Diwula, Daguci, and Dimasa.

The officials of these Xuanweisi are actually local chieftains, and the hereditary system of father and son is implemented. The internal rule is highly autonomous. " and "tribute".

In addition, in some wars, the local army also had to be dispatched by the Ming court or the capital of Yunnan.

During the reign of Xuande, because of Zhu Zhanji's indifference, the Luchuan Dynasty grew stronger and annexed the surrounding chieftains, but was soon ordered by Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen to order Wang Ji to conquer three times. At the same time, Wang Ji also created the Central Plains Dynasty. "Three Conquests to Luchuan" campaign.

In this battle, the Ming army fought as far as Assam in later generations, and erected stones beside the Ayeyarwady River as a boundary, swearing: "If the stone is rotten and the river is dry, I will cross it.

However, with the collapse of Jiajing, the Ming Dynasty’s system of letters and gold letters and red cards in Burma collapsed, and with the invasion of northern Mongolia and pirates along the coast, the Ming Dynasty gradually relaxed its management and management of the southwest frontier.

The result of this series is that the original chieftain of Damingdong, Mangrui, became king and established himself as a political power.

In the 30 years that the Ming Dynasty ignored it, Mang Ruiti and his brother-in-law Mang Yinglong almost annexed all the chieftains in Myanmar, occupied Siam, and then began to be enemies of the Ming Dynasty.

Facing the intrusion of the Toungoo Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was unable to parry for a while, so that the Toungoo Dynasty once attacked the Tengchong, Shidian, and Fengqing areas in Yunnan, threatening Yongchang Mansion, and the Ming Dynasty had to send heavy troops from Sichuan, Guizhou and other places , Set up Yaoguan and Tengyong two camps.

Although the Ming army performed brilliantly on some battlefields in the follow-up Ming-Burmese War, due to the Battle of Ningxia and the Korean War broke out one after another during the three major campaigns of Wanli, the Ming army could only focus on the north and despise the south. The red card system was destroyed, and the six consolations of three announcements and six consolations were completely lost.

In order to prevent Toungoo from making a comeback after the war, the Ming army set up 24 villages in the second fort of Baguan in the west of Yunnan to defend against invasion.

However, the Ming Dynasty overestimated Toungoo, because the half-century-long Ming-Myanmar War not only left the people of Yunnan as dead as bones, but also brought Toungoo's economy, military, and politics close to collapse.

The hegemony of the Indochina Peninsula that the Taungoo Dynasty had finally achieved was weakened, and Siam was able to restore its country.

Subsequent Toungoo launched five consecutive wars of aggression against Siam, all of which failed, and as the Ming-Myanmar War intensified, the Siamese army also began to accept the Ming Dynasty's edict to counterattack.

Not only that, the Mon people of the Baigu Dynasty in southern Myanmar also rose up to rebel against the rule of Mangyingli, and the feudal lords of Ava, Toungoo, Pyay, Liangyuan and other places also declared their independence.

Internal contradictions put the rule of the Toungoo Dynasty in crisis. Coupled with the establishment of 24 villages in Yunnan's Baguan and Two Forts, the Toungoo Dynasty could only be busy with quelling civil strife, and was completely unable to invade Yunnan.

Myanmar was not reunified until Anabilon succeeded to the throne, and this Anabilung also passed away three years ago, and Maung Ki, who is known as King Talong, is currently in power in Toungoo.

After Maung Ki succeeded to the throne, he gave up the war of external expansion that cost people and money, devoted himself to the recovery and development of the domestic economy, and distributed land to landless farmers, so he was very popular with the people of Taungoo.

At this moment, he only wanted to restore Toungoo's economy, but he didn't want the Ming army to fight over like this.

Sitting in his seat, Maung Ki looked gloomy at the spies who had just returned from Longchuan and other places.

"So, Daming is really planning to attack me, Toungoo?"

"Yes……"

In Dongyu's palace, the spy lowered his head, ignoring the faces of the officials around him, and said in a deep voice:

"Emperor Daming's imperial decree has come down, saying that I, Dongyu, did not respect the king. Since I invaded Daming more than 50 years ago, I have killed a large number of innocent border people in the past [-] years."

"Afterwards, they said that my king has not gone to the capital of Daming to plead guilty to the emperor and the people of Daming for so many years. The crime is heinous and he wants to destroy our country!"

Disrespecting the king is a heinous crime?After so many years, why did the king not go to Daming capital to plead guilty to the emperor and the people?

Dongyu's officials looked astonished, and couldn't help twitching. Daming made such a good excuse, but they couldn't refute it!
First of all, let's not talk about the matter of going to Beijing to plead guilty. The bloodshed caused by Toungoo on the Yunnan border alone is appalling.

Among them, the most infuriating thing is the event that the Burmese army "separated into the bandits" in the 11th year of Wanli.

Tens of thousands of Burmese troops knocked on the pass, disabled several provinces in Yunnan, and ravaged hundreds of thousands of people. In the end, when the Burmese army retreated, they left behind a piece of bones.

The people on the border of Yunnan are still gnashing their teeth at this hatred, so much so that every household is reckless in transporting rations for the officers and soldiers.

Due to the rugged mountain roads on the Yunnan plateau, the rushing river, and the poor traffic conditions, the five counties of Dali, Heqing, Menghua, Yao'an, and Chuxiong were almost extinct, and Yunnan was wasted since then until the Great Western Army entered Yunnan 50 years later. Sun Kewang resettled the refugees fleeing in Sichuan, and Yunnan regained its vitality.

Therefore, when it was known that the imperial court and Toungoo had ceased fighting, the people in Yunnan, regardless of the "Han Shao", mocked Daming and said: "The government cherishes a piece of paper and loses two thousand miles of land."

Such ridicule is humiliating in Taiping years, but if it is used to promote war, the effect is no less than that of future generations facing the Japanese invasion.

Hong Chengchou shrewdly took advantage of the hatred of the Han Shao border people in Yunnan for Toungoo, so he was able to launch the war at such an appropriate time.

But for Maung Ki, when he learned that Da Ming was going to send troops to Toungoo, his first reaction was...

"Insanity!"

Maung-ki blurted out, and that was the only thought on his mind.

Maung Ki admitted that Daming had a vast territory and a large population, and its strength was indeed greater than that of Toungoo.

But Daming blatantly declared that he wanted to destroy Toungyu. This is not arrogance.

"Da Ming is arrogant, could it be that I, Toungyu, can't be squeezed out of mud!" Maung Ki said angrily.

Although Maung Ki admits that Toung Woo's strength is not as good as Da Ming's, it doesn't mean he is afraid of Da Ming.

You know, although the population of Toungoo is not as large as that of Daming, it still has a population of more than 30 million, with [-] soldiers!
Coupled with the geographical advantages and the road problems in Yunnan, he doesn't believe that Daming can still mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops to attack him in Toungoo?
And even if Da Ming really has hundreds of thousands of troops coming, he may not be able to win if he has mountains and forests in Dongyu!

At this moment, it is impossible to negotiate a peace with Da Ming, and Maung Ki does not want to be so wimpy to negotiate a peace before the war.

After all, Toungoo has just completed the reunification, and he is now in a period of prosperity. In addition, he has dominated the Indochina Peninsula for many years, so Toungoo's monarchs and ministers still value their dignity very much.

"Send more spies to closely investigate Da Ming's actions, and mobilize the army to go north to deploy defenses. Once Da Ming really dares to attack my Dongyu, I will definitely hit them head-on and let them all be buried in my Dongyu territory!"

"At the same time, tell the leaders of the various places about the news that Ming Dynasty threatened to attack and destroy our country together, and let them gather their troops to make a fool of themselves!"

"Yes!"

Following Maung Ki's order, Toungoo's troops seemed to be integrated.

Hundreds of troops rushed to Miaodang from all over Dongyu, but Hong Chengchou was not in a hurry at all. He seemed to want to wait for the troops of Dongyu to gather before finishing the battle!
Until the beginning of October, Dang Maungji gathered 12 soldiers and horses to garrison Miaodang, and each gathered [-] troops in Mengyang, Menggong, and Mubang, and [-] troops in Exingu, Dibao, and Jingding. After that, Hong Chengchou finally heard something.

Hong Chengchou mobilized a total of 39 battalions of the Western Army and the Southern Army, with a total of nearly 12 soldiers and horses in Yunnan.

When he saw that Maung Ji's layout was basically completed, he chose to transfer Long Zaitian to Menglian and Cheli to command the local third battalion of more than 9000 soldiers.

Next, he ordered Wu Bikui to command more than 9000 soldiers and horses in the third battalion of Mengding, and then ordered Ma Xianglin to command [-] soldiers and horses in the third battalion of Nandian. Finally, he personally led Qin Gongming, Qin Yiming, Mu Yi, Mu Qiyuan and other giants , Commanding the [-] battalions and [-] soldiers and horses in the Longchuan area.

The four-step layout is aimed at Jingding, Mubang, Menggong and Miaodang respectively.

Facing the nearly 22 troops of the Toungoo Dynasty, although Hong Chengchou had less than 12 troops, he seemed to be able to do a job with ease.

"Woooooo-"

On October [-]th, with the sound of horns at Tianma Pass in Longchuan Prefecture, [-] soldiers and horses filled the narrow and long valley in Tianma Pass, and the team stretched for more than ten miles.

As the Tianma closed, Hong Chengchou was dressed in the robes of a supervisor. Behind him stood Qin Gongming and Qin Yiming transferred from Sichuan, as well as his cronies Mu Qiyuan and Mu Yi.

In front of them were [-] arrogant soldiers from the Western Army and the Southern Army.

"Talong, chieftain of Dongwu, does not respect the king, and Talong himself is a heinous sin!"

"This time! Long live, the King of Qi has ordered that the Western Army and the Southern Army join forces to leave the pass, with the intention of attacking Dongwu and returning Yunnan to peace."

"I hope... all the generals will work together to live up to the expectations of Long Live and King Qi!"

Hong Chengchou stood at the gate of the city tower and lectured the thirty generals who closed the gate. When the lecture was over, the trumpeter next to him also began to blow the horn.

"woo woo woo woo--"

"Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng!"

[-] soldiers shouted together from near to far, the momentum startled the mountains, and the birds and beasts ran.

"Let's go!" Hong Chengchou drew his sword and ordered, and the Tianma Pass was instantly opened.

No matter what the reason for Daming's recapture of Liuwei was, when the soldiers of the western and southern armies who had been silent for a long time saw the opening of Tianma Pass, they were already prepared and began to walk outside Tianma Pass.

Walking in the long corridor, you can see military merit notices posted up everywhere.

[Behead one level of Southwestern Yi, reward ten taels of silver]

The reward of ten taels of silver made the soldiers of the Southern Army and the Western Army a little disappointed, but they soon cheered up.

Because they knew very well that there were 22 heads waiting for them in that bright place outside the pass.

If all the 22 heads are cut off, each person in the army will be able to share more than a dozen taels of silver. After the 22 heads, there will be some other southern captives who are responsible for guarding the city.

If they are dealt with together, everyone in the army can get 30 taels of silver.

In war, apart from belief, there is nothing that stimulates people more than white silver.

With a king of Qi like Zhu Youjian present, the generals and soldiers of the Ming army from the top to the bottom all have the awareness of expanding their territory.

For the generals, expanding the territory is always the yearning of the leading generals, but for the soldiers, the generous reward silver is the most direct way to improve their family life, not the military salary of only 15 taels a year .

On October 11th of the 11th year of Tianqi, with Hong Chengchou as the commander in chief, more than [-] troops from the Dudu's Mansion of the Western Army and the Dudu's Mansion of the Southern Army were divided into four groups and entered the enemy's territory.

The war between Da Ming and Toungoo officially broke out. Da Ming wanted to wash away the humiliation caused by Toungoo to Da Ming, while Toungoo wanted to maintain his rule in the Indochina Peninsula.

Since Maung Ki distributed land to farmers in Toungoo since the ninth year of Tianqi, many soldiers and horses in the army were soldiers who had received the favor of the imperial court's land just like the Ming army.

Therefore, after the outbreak of the war, Molo Pass, guarding the only passage between Toungoo and Damen Maguan, immediately became an important military location.

Since he learned that the Ming army was gathering to attack Toungoo, Maung Ki deployed troops to guard Moluo City, with a total of more than [-] troops.

Although Moluo City was not big, it was stuck in the middle of the Longchuan River valley. The only place facing the battlefield was the valley less than [-] paces wide.

If it is an ordinary army, or the army and firearms of the Wanli period, even if a hundred thousand Ming troops attack, the ten thousand Burmese troops in Moluo City can withstand seventeen or eight days, but...

"put!"

"Boom bang bang-"

On October [-], when two thousand Yanshan five-jin guns appeared on the river valley in front of Moluo City, the Burmese army guarding the city immediately experienced what despair is.

Two thousand Yanshan five-pound cannons were pulled into position, and almost every five minutes, the defenders in the city were baptized by two thousand stone bullets.

For a city that is no more than [-] paces wide, no more than [-] paces deep, and covers an area of ​​over [-] mu, such dense stone bombs wiped out Moluo City almost at the moment of the battle.

A stone bomb smashed into the dwelling, pierced the roof of the dwelling, hit the wall, and cracked the entire wall of the dwelling.

This kind of bombardment stunned the defenders in Moluo City. Within an hour of the start of the battle, the entire Moluo City suffered 24 rounds of shelling, and a total of [-] stone bullets turned Moluo City into ruins.

The Burmese army in charge of defending the city almost collapsed, crying for their parents and mothers, running around, and at the same time sending out sentry cavalry for help to Miaodang, [-] miles behind.

A large number of Toungoo defenders hid in the watchtower, except here, the entire Moluo city was no longer safe.

They hid in the archery towers, or squatted in the corridors of the city gates and at the base of the city walls.

They looked at Moluo City, which was constantly trembling under the shelling, and everyone's eyes were dull and terrified.

It's not that they haven't seen such things as cannons. Even four years before the apocalypse, because Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands often fought, they suffered a lot from artillery.

For this reason, Toungoo also purchased a large number of cannons, and even Moluo City had [-] bronze cannons to defend the city.

However, such artillery fired only one round, and the Ming army responded with dense stone bullets, completely scrapping under a pile of stone bullets.

The firepower of the Ming army was too powerful, like the wrath of the gods.

How many Burmese soldiers can only watch the artisans and people in the city bleeding under the stone bullets, and what's more, they were shot in the head, and their heads were directly beaten to pieces.

Looking at this scene and feeling the suffocating sound of the Ming army's artillery, the morale and fighting will of the [-] Burmese troops completely collapsed only a quarter of an hour after the start of the battle.

They originally placed their hopes on the solid Moluo City, but when they felt the vibration of Moluo City constantly during the shelling, they only had suffocating despair in their hearts.

"put!"

"Boom bang bang-"

The muffled sound of cannons continued to echo in the dry river valley, and Moluo City, which was almost full of troops, had been reduced to ruins by stone bullets.

The thick city wall relied heavily on by the Burmese army could not withstand the indiscriminate bombardment of two thousand artillery pieces, and kept shaking off gravel.

If this continues, Moluo City, which is known as the gate of Toungoo, will not be able to hold on for a day, and the city wall will collapse.

"Buddha bless... Buddha bless..."

The Burmese army hiding in the arrow tower kept praying, they prayed for the sentry cavalry to arrive at Miaodang soon, and they also prayed that Moluo City could last longer.

It was useless to hold Buddha's feet temporarily. When three hours passed, all the houses in the city collapsed. Except for the corridors, archery towers, and the roots of the city walls, there were no living people in Moluo City.

Before the [-] defenders came into contact with the Ming army, nearly a thousand were killed or injured, and all the craftsmen in charge of building the defense equipment were killed.

The cruelty of the war was fully revealed at this moment, but when the Ming army continued to shell, Hong Chengchou raised his hand:

"Stop shelling and prepare to break open the city gate!"

"Beep--"

Following Hong Chengchou's order, more than [-] Tang riders carried gunpowder packs on their horses and rushed towards the gate of Moluo City.

They hardly have any burden, because at this moment the tower responsible for controlling the Moluo city gate has been beaten into ruins and collapsed.

Although the Burmese army put down the Qianjin gate at the first time of the war, it was impossible for them to use the "fire dragon mouth" of the tower to release the fire oil and attack the Ming army in the tunnel.

Perhaps it was too frightening. The Tangqi of the Ming army hardly saw any Burmese army counterattack from the broken city wall, so that they easily crossed the stone bridge of Moluo City and unloaded the bags of gunpowder behind them.

They began to dig the ground under the Qianjin Gate with picks and hoes. In the process, Hong Chengchou ordered the artillery positions to shell the east and west sides of Moluo City in order to cover them, avoiding the city gate as much as possible.

The sound of "rumbling" guns covered the sound of construction at the gate of the city. When the two thousand cannons were fired in ten batches, a gap was dug under the gate for one person crawling.

A soldier stuffed more than thirty bags of gunpowder weighing nearly a thousand catties between the thousand catty gate and the city gate, and then connected them with live wires and detonators.

When he got out of the gap, the others had already mounted their horses, and he also took out a water bag filled with kerosene from his waist, poured the kerosene down, and ignited the kerosene.

The kerosene and match rope were ignited, and when he saw this, he immediately got on his horse and galloped along with more than thirty riders.

"Boom!!"

Accompanied by a loud bang, the gates and city gates of Moluo City were blasted open. The Burmese army hiding in the archery tower and the base of the city wall only felt a wave of air coming, and was blown dizzy the next second.

The opening of the city gate and the Qianjin gate also means that the road to Toungoo has been completely opened by the Ming army.

"rush!"

"Beep--"

Mu Yi, who was in the vanguard, pulled out the long knife at his waist and pointed it at Moluo City. As the whistle sounded, ten thousand Ming troops began to rush towards the blasted city gate.

"Defend the city!"

"Prepare to defend the city!"

General Dongyu, who was guarding the city, heard the shouts of the Ming army, and immediately commanded the Burmese army, which had already been frightened into a frightened bird, to repair the city gates and defend the attack of the Ming army.

However, when [-] Ming troops armed with rifles rushed to the city gate, the hundreds of Burmese troops trying to resist them were instantly overwhelmed, and the guards who were still ordering people to search for mechanisms in the ruins of the gate tower had no time to react. The Ming army rushed to the top of the city and killed him on the road.

"Bang bang bang-"

The Burmese army, which suffered heavy casualties under the bombardment, couldn't stand it at all, especially when the Ming army began to line up guns on the horse road, all the Burmese troops who dared to walk out of the arrow tower were shot to death.

"Persist and never retreat! Think about my king, think about the fields my king gave to your family!"

Lying in the ruins of the gate tower, when the guard glanced at the female wall, he saw tens of thousands of Ming troops coming from afar.

He began to try to remind the Burmese soldiers of his family and his land, but a few words could not stop the crushing of weapons and equipment.

Facing the Ming army in triple armor, holding a gourd hammer and rifles, Burmese soldiers with only a thin layer of armor were no match at all.

Even if they fought hand to hand, it would be fine for them to slash at the Ming army, but the Ming army's hammer could make them almost faint.

The scale of the war began to lean towards the Ming army, and Moluo City, which was heavily relied on by Toungoo King Maung-ki, basically fell within three hours after the war broke out...

"Jinglue! Dongwu defender Mang Yingfa led the army to escape from Moluo City. Mr. Mu, please give me a briefing on whether to chase after him or not!"

When the balance on the battlefield completely fell to the Ming army, Mang Yingfa, the guard of Moluo City of the Burmese Army, led a large number of Burmese troops to escape from Moluo City and fled towards Miaodang.

Tang Qi found Hong Chengchou who had not yet entered Moluo City with the information. Qin Gongming frowned and said:
"Dongwu's soldiers and horses were killed, and the corpses were left along the Longchuan River. I'm afraid that the wonderful Talong will know that Moluo City is broken in a short time. If he pursues and suppresses him now, he may be ambushed."

Qin Gongming's worry was not unreasonable, but facing his words, Hong Chengchou just stroked his beard and said lightly:
"Dongwu lacks war horses, and Miaodang is more than two hundred miles away from here. Talong wants to rush to help, but he can't do it."

"Yunnan soldiers and civilians have suffered for a long time in Dongwu, and today they can avenge the invasion of Dongwu and slaughter hundreds of thousands of our border people."

After finishing speaking, Hong Chengchou waved his hands and grabbed his sleeves, and said decisively:

"Order Tangqi of the three armies to chase down Dongwu's defeated army, leaving no one behind..."

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