Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 496
"Fixed shot reloading, [-] quarters and [-] minutes in the direction, three rounds of test shooting, fifteen rounds of fixed shooting, let go!"

"Boom bang bang-"

On the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, there was a happy event in the harem of King Qi Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty. This event sprung up from the capital to the provinces of the Ming Dynasty. But at the same time, the encirclement and suppression campaign in the southwest finally started.

When Maung Ki gathered 36 soldiers from various countries to confront Hong Chengchou in Miaodang, Huang Fei led more than [-] soldiers from the navy to ride the waves and march towards Chittagong and Tandwe in Arakan, Miaomiya in Toungoo, Shanlian launched the raid.

The 36 soldiers, to put it bluntly, are the entire force of the five countries in the Myanmar region, and half of them act as civilian husbands to make up for it.

In an area with a population of only 600 million, when 36 men are drawn out at once, this will lead to an incomparably empty rear.

Hong Chengchou and Huang Fei seized the time when all the Burmese troops were gathered at the front line and launched a surprise attack. The four port cities with only a few thousand defenders had almost no resistance. In just a quarter of an hour, they were attacked by thousands of artillery pieces. Blow down the city wall.

"Beep--"

The ear-piercing sound of the wooden whistle and the sound of the charging horn sounded, and [-] soldiers with rifles, under the cover of [-] sword players, began to land on the pier and attacked the city.

For street fighting, the soldiers of the Ming army have already been very proficient, because when the rifles were issued, they were also issued with the "Array Map" drawn by Zhu Youjian.

In the book "Qi Wang Lane Array", the style of play given is that a small flag or a team of soldiers and horses move along a street. One team of 12 people is divided into four teams, each team occupies a building, and moves along the building. advance on both sides.

Before marching, the team is leaving cover in the secondary direction, and the secondary team is organizing the assault group in the main direction. Each group should establish an effective defense after each passing building, and wait for the friendly forces to reach a roughly parallel position nearby.

This type of method is mainly used when it is necessary to search all buildings on the target street. It is more useful if the target street area is not large, or when the task has no special speed requirements.

This set of tactics basically applies the street fighting tactics of World War I, and the same tactics, coupled with the equipment in the mid-nineteenth century, finally lead to...

Without any suspense, the four major port cities were completely breached at dusk.

Huang Fei did not order to rest, and the Ming army began to attack Qinshan Kingdom, Toungoo City, and Handawady City in the east overnight.

At the same time, at dawn of the same day, with the sound of firecrackers from the bell and drum towers in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army east of the Dajinsha River (Irrawaddy River) began to launch a full-scale general offensive.

"put!"

"Bang bang bang (crack bang bang)—"

On the first day of the first lunar month in the 12th year of the Apocalypse, when the people of the Ming Dynasty were celebrating the New Year lively, [-] Ming troops arrived at the east of the Dajinsha River and began to make rafts and cross the river.

Seeing this scene, the Burmese army stationed on the river by boat approached the Ming army one after another, and pulled the trigger of their matchlock guns.

Like the Burmese army, the riflemen of the Ming army also pulled the triggers one after another, and the two sides began to shoot each other on the Dajinsha River and on the bank.

In the mutual shooting of matchlock guns and flintlock guns, matchlock guns are often less affected by the weather, and the Dajinsha River in the early morning of this morning happened to be boiling with water vapor, so the firing rate of the Ming army's flintlock guns inevitably declined.

But even so, only a few thousand Burmese troops want to shoot at [-] Ming troops, which is simply moths to the flame.

In the counterattack of the pioneer [-] riflemen shooting along the river, hundreds of Burmese soldiers were hit by lead bullets and fell into the water one after another. After splashing a few times, the river was stained red.

"Boom boom-"

At the critical moment, the artillery of the Ming army began to show its power. Under the command of Mu Yi, some of the [-] pioneers made rafts, some counterattacked with guns, and the rest of the gunners began to bombard continuously.

A thousand Yanshan five-jin artillery continuously fired shotguns at the Burmese army on the river, and the flying shots swept across the river like a shower. For a while, they tried to injure the Burmese soldiers of the Ming army with guns, and countless people fell into the water.

Seeing the Ming army's artillery fire, the Burmese army on the river side fled in a hurry, which made Maung Ki, who was standing at the head of Miaodang city overlooking the river battlefield, very angry.

"Si Nibei, let the navy retreat back, and you bring [-] soldiers and horses to deploy on the river bank, and I will let the Ming army fight their blood!"

"As ordered!"

Thousands of Burmese troops on Jiang'an were killed and injured in an instant, and in just a short moment, more than a thousand people were killed or injured. The strength of the Ming army almost scared the generals of Toungoo into stupidity.

It's not that they haven't heard from their parents about the fight between the Burmese army and the Ming army, but according to their parents, although the Ming army is strong, but the number is small, they will always be defeated by them.

But now?The [-] Ming troops stationed in the east of the river were about to cross the river in an instant, while their navy suffered thousands of casualties in just a short while.

This is still under the condition that the Ming army did not cross the river. If the Ming army crossed the river, they would have been wiped out just now.

Si Nibei was one of the generals under Maung Ki, so Maung Ki chose to send him to build fortifications on the river beach outside Myat Dang City.

However, although Si Nibei complied, but seeing the firepower of the Ming army, his expression was very ugly at the moment.

The Ming army's equipment is very elite. He just used binoculars to look at the Ming army's musketeers, and then discovered a fact.

That is, a skilled musketeer of the Burmese army can only shoot three times a minute, while the Ming army can shoot four to six times a minute.

Such a powerful firepower is far from being able to resist the Burmese army, which is still using bows and arrows as a long-range attack method. The number of matchlock guns in the Burmese army is too scarce. If there are more numbers, it may be necessary to fight.

"The river beach is obviously unstoppable..."

At this moment, Si Nibei gritted his teeth and left Miaodang City. Before the battle started, he already felt that he would fail. Those who didn't know thought he was bought by the Ming army...

But even though he knew he couldn't keep it, he still had to keep it.

In his view, the only advantage of the Burmese army is to fight on the ground, and there is no need to worry about soldiers, food and supplies.

On the contrary, the Ming army delayed for too long. As long as the Burmese army lasted until February and March, when the weather became hot and humid, the Ming army would naturally retreat due to illness.

Thinking of this, Si Mibei, who had taken over [-] soldiers and horses on Jiang'an, also began to order the digging of trenches, the arrangement of repelling horses, horn walls, kerosene and a large number of rockets.

Under Snebe's order, the Burmese army began to continuously build fortifications on the river beach, which satisfied Maung Ki, who was looking at the battlefield with binoculars.

At this moment, he still doesn't know that his rear has been raided, and he is still deliberately building a defense line for the Great Jinsha River.

In an hour, the Ming army had already made thousands of rafts, and Hong Chengchou, who was in charge of the Chinese army, also brought 3 Chinese soldiers to the east bank of the Great Jinsha River to meet Mu Yi.

"Dongwu has used all the strength of the country to resist our heavenly army, but such an army cannot be reused..."

Putting down the telescope in his hand, Hong Chengchou evaluated the Burmese army on the river beach defense line, and won the approval of a large number of Ming army generals.

The Burmese army said that of the 36 troops gathered, there were only about 26 soldiers, and the remaining [-] were civilian warriors wearing rattan or wooden armor and holding simple spears.

For the Ming army, it was easier to deal with them than to deal with the chieftain's rebellion.

"How many rafts are there?"

Hong Chengchou was dressed in an official uniform and a cloak, which was a typical Ming Dynasty civil servant's attire.

"Back to Jinglue, about [-] people can send more than [-] people across the river."

Mu Yi bowed to report back, and Hong Chengchou stroked his beard when he heard the words, and said, "Captain Huang should have already begun to recover my lost coastal land in Luchuan."

"Since there are enough rafts, please ask Mu Zongbing to lead the front army to board first."

"The last general takes the order!" Mu Yi was very excited when he realized that he could lead the army first.

Although he, Mu Yi, is not talented, he also wants to fight in the south and earn an earl.

"Beep!"

With the sound of the whistle, the military orders of the Chinese army began to be issued, and at the same time, the soldiers of the Ming army also began to reduce their burden.

The north is different from the south. Although the protection of cloth face armor is good, it is not suitable in the hot and humid south. However, most of the more than [-] soldiers and horses of the Ming army fighting in the southwest this time were wearing full armor and pierced armor.

What the vanguard needs to reduce their burden is actually bows and arrows and rations.

If these things are subtracted, the whole person can lose more than ten catties.

"Beep--"

The whistle sounded again, but after the whistle sounded this time, the Ming army began the feat of crossing the river with a large force.

The Ming army sent more than 3000 people from the east bank to the west bank with more than 6000 rafts, using one army as a boat.

The Ming army's crossing position was in the northeast corner of Miaodang, so when the river rushed down, as long as the boat was tilted, the boat would be rushed to the river beach of Miaodang.

"Beep--"

"Archer!"

On the bank of the river beach, Si Nibei led the [-] Burmese troops who built simple fortifications to prepare for the Ming army to cross the river.

On the river, they have little ability to resist, but on the shore, they can take advantage of the unstable position of the Ming army to attack repeatedly.

Being unable to defend and how many enemies can be killed are two different things. What Snebe wants is to kill and injure the Ming army as much as possible.

Therefore, when a large number of rafts of the Ming army began to rush to the west bank, he immediately blew the wooden whistle, and the archers and musketeers on the river beach were on alert for a while.

After 3000 Burmese army archers ignited their rockets, they were always ready to draw their bows and shoot arrows, while more than [-] matchlock soldiers were nervously holding their matchlock guns.

Beside them, there are more than 1 knives players and more than 1 Minyong in wooden armor and rattan armor.

"alert!"

Lying on the raft, the Ming army could not use rifles, because they had wrapped them in oiled paper to prevent water from entering.

Time passed little by little, and when the raft of the Ming army approached fifty paces from the river beach, Si Nibei decisively blew the wooden whistle.

"Beep-"

"Clap clap clap..."

The white smoke of the matchlock gun was lingering, and not only the lead bullets broke through the white smoke, but also thousands of arrows pierced through the air.

Dressed in armor, the Ming army was not afraid of arrows at all, only afraid of lead bullets, so the whole person was basically lying on the raft.

The buckshot of the matchlock gun did not hit a few Ming soldiers. Although most of the Ming soldiers were shot into "hedgehogs", they were not seriously injured.

The first knife player jumped into the water, landed first, and formed an formation on the river bank.

The following Ming army landed on the beach with rifles wrapped in oiled paper on their backs, hid behind the sword player, began to quickly tear off the oiled paper, and poured the fixed gunpowder into the barrel.

"put!"

"Clap clap-"

Relying on the geographical advantage, the Burmese army caused some damage to the Ming army's sword players at the beginning of the Ming army's landing. There were Ming army sword players who fell down, but someone soon made up for it.

The power of the arquebus gun was not enough to penetrate the shield at a distance of forty steps, and penetrate the triple armor again. Therefore, most of the soldiers who were shot only fainted for a short time and were quickly awakened. Only a few were injured. To the flesh.

In just a few minutes, thousands of Ming soldiers landed on the shore, and the rafts were almost connected in one piece on the river.

With the arrival of the brigade of the Ming army, the formation of riflemen was also organized.

The sword players withdrew one after another, and a line of 2000 people in front and three rows of guns began to march.

"Beep...beep beep——"

As if the sound of the wooden whistle of one-two-one gave everyone a sense of rhythm, the riflemen who lined up their guns began to attack the Burmese army with their guns.

Due to the short time and the fact that the sand on the river beach is prone to collapse, there are not many traps in front of the Ming army, only a simple wall of sheep's horns and rows of repelling horses.

"put!"

"Clap clap-"

A rain of bullets that was denser than the scattered matchlock guns of the Burmese army hit. For a while, the sand on the river beach was splashed, and many archers fell down with bullets.

The Burmese army does not have triple armor to wear, and they are often killed when they are shot. Therefore, with only one round of guns, those Burmese troops who tried to take the lead were constantly killed.

Hundreds fell head over heels, and the number keeps growing.

"Like soldiers!"

Watching the continuous casualties on his side and the continuous login of the Ming army, Snebe began to dispatch elephant soldiers in a panic.

The elephant soldiers composed of 150 war elephants got up and walked out of the trenches, but unlike the local tyrant war elephants that put armor on the war elephants like the Mughals, the Burmese army's war elephants only have iron armor on the front.

When they got up and rushed towards the Ming army, the Ming army also moved out the old tiger crouching cannon again.

"put!"

"Boom bang bang-"

Without full firearm scare training, the war elephants of the Burmese army began to trample their own trenches in disorder after being frightened by the three or two stone bullets fired by the tiger squat gun.

Some war elephants fell into their own traps in a panic and were stabbed by wooden thorns, dripping with blood...

"Beep!"

"Clap clap-"

The line infantry of the Ming army was marching forward triumphantly, but Snebe's position was already full of casualties.

The evil results of using a large number of civilian bravery appeared at this moment. When the armored soldiers kept falling one by one, Minyong, who had only simple protection around him, began to waver when he left.

On such a battlefield, Snebe couldn't command [-] troops without chaos, and couldn't watch the battlefield from the perspective of God, so some civilians on the battlefield began to flee to the rear.

If a point lacks defense, it is easy to break through, and Mu Yi has also found a gap with the [-] cavalry crossing the river at this moment.

"Flee with me!"

Wearing heavy armor, Mu Yi was not afraid of the Burmese army's attack at all, and led [-] cavalrymen to a gap where they fled.

They jumped into the trenches, shot back and forth along the trenches, chopped down the Burmese army, and the Burmese army was killed and collapsed for a while. The brigade of Minyong retreated with the soldiers. Maung Ki and others built a river beach position for more than a month. , They were all lost in less than a quarter of an hour.

Looking at this scene, Maung Ki's blood surged and his scalp was numb.

"Tell Snebb..."

"My king! It's not good! My king!"

Before Maung Ki's order was issued, a general came running from the end of the road, holding an urgent military report in his hand, and sent it to Maung Ki.

"Yesterday afternoon, the Ming army came from the sea, and Chittagong and Tandwe in Arakan, and Miao Miya and Than Lien in our country were captured one after another."

"This is an urgent delivery to the city of Dumodi (Tungoo). The Ming army on the sea has already reached Bangdi and Cargi, and it is less than 130 miles away from the city of Dumodi, the capital of the king!"

"What did you say?!"

When the general read out the urgent military situation, some generals and chieftain nobles questioned in disbelief.

Not only them, but also Maung Ki was stunned for a long time, and finally came back to his senses, staring at the general and questioning:

"How did it fall so quickly? Isn't there more than 3 troops in the south?"

"They were all wiped out!" The general wanted to cry, but how did he know that the Ming army would fight so fast?

"The people below said that the Ming army used a new type of firearm, which can fire a bullet in the blink of an eye. We are no match at all. The Ming army in the south and west has at least tens of thousands of people. Arakan has already fallen."

"Arakan, the [-] troops of Qinshan, Qindun, and Little Brahmins in Mengyang are all retreating. I am afraid that Mengyang will soon be occupied by the Ming army!"

One day and one night, just one day and one night, the country of Arakan with a population of several 10 was completely fallen?

The rapidity of the Ming army made Maung Ki wonder if those warlord chieftains in Arakan were idiots?
Even if there is no city blocking it, if the Ming army is allowed to march, the Ming army will not be able to completely occupy Arakan in one day and one night. Why did it fall so quickly?
Also, does a firearm that fires a bullet in the blink of an eye really exist?Could it be the product of these guys' nonsense in order to shirk responsibility?

Thinking of this, Maung Ki stared at the general who delivered the message again, suspecting that what he said was a lie.

The general was startled, and immediately replied:
"My lord, what should we do now?"

"Tell Ping Dali to let him and Dumodi support Dumodi City!" Maung Kee has no good way now, he can't give up his tricks.

Miaodang's geographical location is very good, equivalent to Hangu Pass in Qin State and Tongguan Pass in Han and Tang Dynasties.

Once such a place is abandoned, there will be a flat plain behind. With the advantage of the Ming army's cavalry, abandoning the defense is like throwing the vast plain to the Ming army.

With the strength of the mountains, how can it be possible to supply three 10,000+ troops?

Therefore, Maung Ki could only choose to abandon Meng Nai and Chiang Mai, and stick to Toungoo City, which is the capital of the king.

"Boom bang bang-"

The military order had just been issued, and before Maung Ki came to his senses, the Burmese army's second line of defense outside Miaodang City began to display its power, and the few artillery began to show their power on the battlefield, and the Ming army was caught off guard.

After all, it took more than a month to build the fortifications outside the city. The river beach was only the first line of defense, and the moat with stone walls was the second line of defense.

Maung Ki arranged more than 200 cannons here. These cannons were snatched from Spain and Portugal during the Wanli period, or bought with the British and Dutch.

In short, these are one of the few artillery pieces of the Burmese army, and they have indeed helped the Burmese army have a chance to breathe.

The Burmese army on the first line of defense retreated while the Ming army was being shelled, poured into the stone bridge of Miaodang City, and came to the stone wall defense line behind the moat.

Si Nibei came to the head of Miaodang city in a panic, and knelt down when he saw Maung Ki:
"My king, the last general is incompetent..."

At this moment Si Nibei still doesn't know about the attack in the rear, and he thinks that he will be condemned for losing the wonderful defense line on the river beach.

"It's not your fault, it's just that Daming people are too cunning."

Maung Ki was indeed very angry at Si Nibei's stupidity of losing the river beach in [-] minutes, but he also knew that the Ming army was indeed very strong, and they were not sure about this battle. It is a tactic that Toungoo has never faced since he started his career.

Land and sea attack...

Maung Ki was very helpless in this situation of the north-south attack. He knew clearly that the Ming army's invasion would not unite the entire Burma region, but would only split the Burma region. Therefore, if they wanted to fight guerrillas, they could only go to the mountains to fight.

To put it bluntly, although the Ming Dynasty has withdrawn from the Myanmar region for nearly 40 years, the Ming Dynasty has ruled for 200 years with three propagandas and six comforts.

The letter talisman and gold character red card system of the Ming Dynasty are still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Although the Burmese region is small, there are hundreds of ethnic groups.

According to Maung Ki's inference, once the [-] troops in Arakan in the north retreated, the chieftains in Mengyang and other places would mobilize the corresponding Ming army, and the Ming army could recover Mengyang without any effort.

As for Meng Nai and Chiang Mai in the south, if there is no accident, the Ming army will not be delayed.

There are only more than 400 million Burmese who will really join Taungoo in resisting Ming Dynasty.

Maung Ki's judgment was not wrong. When they were still in a stalemate with Hong Chengchou in Miaodang, Chieftain Mengyang in the north had already written a letter of surrender to Ma Xianglin, and this letter was also sent to Ma Xianglin's army through Tang Qi. In the hands of Hong Chengchou.

Not only that, Huang Fei's pigeons also brought good news, which made Hong Chengchou, who had just landed on the river beach, very proud.

"Jinglue, Dongwu has already lost tens of thousands of lands, why don't we take advantage of this moment to attack?"

In the temporary military tent, Qin Yiming bowed to Hong Chengchou, Qin Gongming and Mu Yi also looked at Hong Chengchou, but Hong Chengchou smiled and put away the letter sent by Huang Fei:

"Courtesy first, soldiers later, send a few rout soldiers and tell King Long that if he is willing to surrender, I, Da Ming, can give him preferential treatment."

"Jinglue, I'm afraid that King Long won't surrender, right? He still has three 10,000+ troops..." Mu Yi hesitated to speak, but Hong Chengchou laughed:

"I know he won't surrender, but if he doesn't, how can he provoke him to fight me to the death on the Dajinsha River?"

"Don't worry, let someone send it away, and send Tang Qi to tell Wu Zongbing and Long Zongbing that Meng Nai and Chiang Mai's Dongwu soldiers and horses will definitely withdraw to Dongyu City, so that they are ready to receive Meng Nai and Chiang Mai , don’t benefit Siam in the south.”

"If Siam dares to fight for land, don't ask, just wipe them all out!"

　The meeting was a bit late, and it is estimated that the second update will be around seven or eight o'clock.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)