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Chapter 603: North-South attack

That night, the Ming army abandoned the camp outside Pyai City, loaded military supplies and equipment on boats, and marched north in the dark.

The city of Pyai was built on the riverside, very close to it. Such a big movement on the river would naturally be noticed by the defenders quickly.

"Boom boom boom!"

The cannons at the top of Pyai City fired wildly at the river in the dark, but it was not known whether they hit or not.

At dawn the next day, the Ming army fled with all their men and boats, leaving only a large empty camp.

He, Xiang Ming Gong, was not a fool. He was naturally aware of the Ming army's big move last night.

However, he did not dare to send troops directly. He only sent a small force, all of which were forced Burmese militiamen.

A few miles out of the city, I found that the besieged camp outside the city was indeed empty.

At this time, he was a little confused, so he sent another group of troops out of the city, and they were regular troops in the city. They explored north and south for more than ten miles, and finally found traces of the large Ming army.

The Chinese army actually ran north!

No, he didn't run away, but went straight north. Could it be that the Chinese army planned to go deep into the city of Ava alone?

Aren't they afraid of being surrounded and annihilated?

It seems that they are really not afraid. The city of Ava is still busy gathering troops. It is estimated that it will be difficult to mobilize enough troops to go south in less than two months.

Moreover, the entire Upper Myanmar faces threats from the Chinese army in the north, coupled with rebels in Chiang Mai and Lampang in the east, the Siamese and Vientiane people are also ready to move.

He punished Ming Gong but did not dare to ignore it. He could only leave a few thousand militiamen to defend the city. He led less than 5,000 regular troops, and nearly 30,000 militiamen, chasing after the Ming army.

Upstream of Pyamu is a city called Deyemu, which is completely unprepared for the arrival of the Ming army.

Although the Burmese officials here are also recruiting Burmese people as soldiers, no one thinks that the Ming army can reach here. After all, there is a strategic town of Pyai City in front of them, and even Wang Shu Ta Ming Gong has already First lead the troops to station in Pyaimai City.

Even if it is delayed, it can be delayed until the Chinese withdraw their troops, right?

Lin Jin came to the city with 3,000 regular soldiers and more than 20,000 Mongolian troops. All the Burmese officials in the city were stunned. Everyone thought that Pyay City had been breached.

Even the city of Pya is destroyed, so how can this city still be defended?

As a result, these Burmese local officials did not wait for the Ming army to attack the city, so they abandoned the city and fled north with their belongings.

The officials had all run away, and the militiamen who had been temporarily recruited were naturally unable to hold on. The Ming army set up artillery just for a test round. They didn't even drive the Burmese people to fill in the moat, and the city gate was "bombed" open. .

The Burmese militiamen in the city scrambled to flee, but the Mongolian soldiers, seeing the situation, all raised their knives and roared with red necks: "Kill all the Burmese!"

"Kill!"

"Kill them all!"

"..."

More than 20,000 miscellaneous troops rushed into the city of Deyemu and burned, killed and looted wantonly. Lin Jin watched the whole process with cold eyes and did not send anyone to dissuade them.

Anyway, those who were killed were all Burmese, and since they came across the sea, their military rations had to be replenished locally. Someone had to help with these dirty things of robbing food, otherwise wouldn’t it be ruining the power of Ming Dynasty China?

The Mon people were allowed to burn, kill, and loot in the city of Deyemu for several days. Almost all the Burmese in the city were killed, and a lot of food and goods were plundered.

Half of the wealth was dedicated to the heavenly soldiers, and the food was used as rations for the heavenly soldiers to send out troops.

Lin Jin continued to lead his troops northward. After hearing the news in the nearby Mede City along the river, the local officials also greased their feet and abandoned the city and ran away. The Burmese people in the city fled north to prevent being massacred by the Mongols.

These Burmese refugees who fled north also spread the false military information that the Chinese army was coming from the south and that the entire Lower Burma, including Pyay City, had been occupied by the Chinese army.

This caused countless Burmese officials to abandon the city and flee in fear in the Burmese city in the north. Even Pyay City could not hold it, and these small city-states certainly could not hold it either.

Lin Jin just led the army and marched northward, taking over the Burmese cities and plundering all the food and grass in them. Many Meng people joined them on the way.

Even if you are not a soldier, you still have to help the army fight as a civilian husband.

Lin Jin's troops just moved more and more, and in the blink of an eye, they quickly expanded from the 3000 who had just arrived to more than . The actual combat effectiveness is hard to say, but at least it is quite bluffing.

The army went all the way north and successively captured Magui, Minwu, Segu, Ren'anqiang... and fought until they reached the gates of Bagan before finally encountering resistance. This was once the capital of the Bagan dynasty. Although it has long ceased to be the capital, it is still a major city in Central Myanmar.

Moreover, over in Ava City, the King of Burma has also sent thousands of reinforcements here, and has recruited tens of thousands of troops, who are rushing to Bagan City.

The Governor of Bagan also believed that the city of Pyay was occupied by the Chinese army, so he adopted the same strategy as Wang Shu Ta Ming Gong, holding on to the city and waiting for reinforcements from the Burmese king.

Chen Chaohong said: "There are tens of thousands of Burmese troops in the north, and our scouting horses in the south also discovered the pursuers of Pyay City, and there are more than 30,000 people. Now we have more than 20,000 people, and we have to face almost 100,000 Burmese people in front and behind. A double attack."

Lin Jin said: "It's just a hundred thousand temporarily recruited civilians, what kind of fighting power can they say? Moreover, who said they are attacking us from both sides, why can't we take the initiative to eat one of them first?"

Chen Chaohong asked: "Which one should I eat first?"

Lin Jin smiled and said: "Since Nanfang bites so hard, let's send them on their way first!"

Chen Chaohong nodded: "I think it's okay."

The three thousand Ming Dynasty troops abandoned most of their baggage, and even the more than 20,000 Mongolian troops were thrown under the city of Bagan to continue the siege.

Immediately, he advanced lightly and rushed southward.

"What? The Chinese army turned around and came to kill us?"

When he received the news, he was very surprised. The Ming army actually dared to turn around and attack his pursuers. Aren't they afraid that Bagan's reinforcements would come out of the city and attack them from both front and back?

Unfortunately, he didn't have much time to think carefully, so he could only order the entire army to return to yesterday's camp point.

His 30,000-strong army to suppress Ming Gong seemed to be ten times as powerful as the Ming army, but nine-tenths of them were civilians with no discipline at all and relied entirely on the encouragement of the private armies of local nobles.

Slowly marching along the river is okay, but whether it is a rapid march to pursue or a hasty retreat, it can directly lead to a complete rout of the entire army.

"The Han soldiers are coming to kill! The Han soldiers are coming to kill!"

Just as he was slowly retreating with his army, the Ming army's forward troops had already caught up.

There are more than a thousand forward troops, all cavalry.

But they are not professional cavalry, of which less than one third are professional cavalry. And they were all sentry horses, and the remaining two-thirds were Burmese war horses captured along the way.

They are all southwest ponies. These Southeast Asian countries seem to prefer to use elephant soldiers. However, the war horses are a bit shorter and wall charging is difficult, but they are better at adapting to mountainous terrain.

These war horses even have a special name in Taiwan, called mountain horses.

Although the riding skills of more than a thousand novice cavalry are extremely poor, no matter how bad they are, they are still better than the Burmese militiamen who only have two legs to run.

He pursued along the river bank. There was an official road laid by the Burmese government. It had not been maintained for some years, but it could barely allow the cavalry to run.

"The whole army retreats to the rice fields. The cavalry can't charge there, so we line up here to meet the enemy!"

He Zha Ming Gong issued a military order, and the army of more than 30,000 Burmese people instantly became chaotic.

"Dismount and line up!"

The Ming army cavalry also issued military orders.

More than a thousand people dismounted, lifted their flintlock guns on their backs, and began to check the chambers and load ammunition.

In order to leave behind the Burmese pursuit troops in the south, the first ones to pursue were the Fire Gun soldiers.

None of the artillery battalions in the rear were brought, only some light mortars.

(End of this chapter)