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Chapter 613 Prelude to the decisive battle

Emperor Suadibo, the king of Burma, finally sent troops.

Although Xingu was lost, Madea was gone, and Malay City was still besieged, there was Ava City behind it and there was no way to retreat.

The new king of Myanmar has only been on the throne for less than a year and lacks authority, so he must remain tough externally.

Otherwise, under the repeated defeats, not only the Chinese army, the Mon people, and the Siamese army, but also the governors of various places would have different ideas.

The gathering of troops in Ava City has not yet ended, but King Qin's army of more than 160,000 has already been gathered, which is more than double the number of Chinese troops detected in the north.

One hundred and sixty thousand versus eighty thousand, the advantage is mine!

The king of Burma, Emperor Suadibo, directly led the expedition and took Zhanduomang as his general, leaving only the young prince Sekangrui Dong to sit in the middle of the city of Ava.

"Boom boom boom!"

The Ming army's artillery continued to fire, and more than ten shells hit the wall of the Malay City.

However, the city wall made of earth and rocks was already full of cracks and pits. The Burmese soldiers on the wall no longer dared to show their heads at all. The few earth cannons they had were all destroyed by the concentrated fire of the Ming army's artillery (forts).

As a city surrounding the King's City of Ava, Malay City's city defense can no longer be said to be weak. It is not even much stronger than the ordinary coastal counties of the Ming Dynasty.

In the entire Myanmar region, it was not until the neighboring Manipur led the army several times and approached the outskirts of Ava for dozens of miles that the king of Myanmar, Suadi Bodhi, finally realized the seriousness of the problem and began to build fortifications on the royal city and nearby cities.

As for now, if there is money to strengthen the city defense, of course it will be to overhaul Buddhist temples and pagodas.

This can be regarded as an old tradition in Myanmar. No matter which ethnic group, Mon, Burmese or Dai, dominates Myanmar, they will basically use the whole country to repair Buddhist temples and pagodas.

Moreover, the richer the urban area, the more Buddhist temples and monks there are.

He Xiangming held a telescope in his hand and looked at the degree of damage to the city wall from a distance: "Are all cities in Myanmar so crude and ugly?"

Gong Liyan, the leader of the Gui family's Han army, said: "What the general doesn't know is that these Burmese people are different from the Han people in China. Even if they change dynasties here, they often only capture a few important cities, and then other cities will directly change their flags. Change the flag. Siege warfare is basically very difficult to implement here. It can even be said that it is extremely difficult for the noble landowners in many towns."

He Xiangming lamented: "For such a small and weak country, your Majesty and the imperial court still pay so much attention to it."

Wei Min said: "You have to use a knife to kill a chicken. What's more, the imperial court's expedition to Burma aims to completely destroy the Toungoo dynasty. Naturally, we should be cautious."

"Boom boom boom!"

There was another round of artillery fire.

More than ten artillery shells hit the wall of Malay City, and a section of the wall covered with cracks and dents finally failed to withstand it.

"Boom!"

With a dull loud noise, an entire section of the wall collapsed. The huge impact of the collapse even destroyed the unstable structure of other walls.

Several sections of the city wall tilted and sank. The Burmese soldiers on the city wall who had no time to react all fell off the city wall. Even those who reacted could only barely grab the broken wall stacks with their hands to prevent themselves from falling from the city wall several meters high.

"Brothers, kill the Burmese! The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"

"Kill the Burmese! The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"

"..."

Gong Liyan, the leader of the Gui family's Han army, and both of them greeted Su, raising their arms and shouting.

The Han rebels, whether affiliated with the Gui family or not, were all howling at this moment, taking the lead in charging into Malay City from the slope of the collapsed city wall. The movements of the chieftain soldiers were not slow at all. They all rushed into the Malay City excitedly. They wanted to go in and rob the property. If they rushed too slowly, they would all be robbed by the Han people of the Gui family.

Like the partial division of the Ming Army on the South Route, the West Route Army led by He Xiangming also had such an unwritten rule, that is, after the city was broken, the chieftain soldiers and Han rebels who accompanied the army were allowed to burn, kill and loot.

After all, these 80,000 troops always have to eat food, and those northern Burmese chieftains who accompany the army to help in the war have to give them some benefits to support them.

Moreover, there are still too many Burmese here, and they must be killed hard. Otherwise, when the Ming army withdraws from Central Burma and Lower Burma later, these Dai and Meng people may not be able to suppress the original Burmese people.

He Xiangming, as always, just ordered the regular army and patrol troops to guard the periphery, and only allowed the Gui family Han army and the chieftain alliance to burn, kill and loot in the city.

After the entire city was emptied, they were ordered to stop, all the food was confiscated, and half of the looted goods had to be divided, and the rest could be given to the Gui family Han troops and the chieftains.

He Xiangming's Western Route Army marched along. Although they didn't use many knives, the Burmese people massacred by the chieftain soldiers almost reduced the number of Burmese people in northwest Myanmar by one-third. The rest either had no time to fight. , or it's a remote place.

It took only two days for the Malay City to be captured. The Burmese king, Emperor Suadibo, personally marched into Sagaing City.

There are more than 20,000 elite Burmese soldiers (professional soldiers).

There are also private armies of nobles mobilized by governors from various places, as well as peasant and rural warriors recruited from them, with the number of troops exceeding 160,000.

Zhan Duomang stood on the wall of Sagaing City and was watching with the telescope given by King Burma. This was given to the late king by the British before. Unfortunately, the late king of Myanmar was only interested in the novelty gadgets in the hands of the British, but was not very interested in firecrackers and cannons.

In fact, even the current King of Burma, Emperor Suadipat, has not yet realized that the firearms gap between Burma and China is as big as a natural chasm.

In this guy's eyes, elephant soldiers are still invincible on the battlefield. As long as there are enough, they can trample all enemy troops to death.

"Your Majesty, Malay City is gone. I don't recognize the flag on it, but it is definitely not the flag of our Toungoo Dynasty." Zhan Duomang said.

Emperor Suo Di Bo was a little surprised: "It's so fast? What are the officials in Malay City doing? It's only been a few days. Are they dead or surrendered?"

Zhan Duomang said: "Whether he died or surrendered, this Malay City has been captured by the Chinese army. It turned out that they stationed in Malay City to resist the Chinese army's attack, then crossed the river to raid Xingu, cutting off the Chinese army's retreat. It is no longer possible to implement the plan.”

From the Irrawaddy River to Xingu in the north, they surrounded the Ming army from the north and south.

This tactic has also been used in history. It was just that the Toungoo Dynasty tried to suppress the Han army of the Gui family, but it was actually useless. The Han army of the Gui family even easily sent troops to bypass Xingu and cross the river to attack Meidu City.

Emperor Suadipa thought for a while and said: "Since the original plan doesn't work, then we can directly cross the river and march. We have an army of 400, another elites and more than war elephants, which is enough to defeat the tens of thousands of Chinese troops on the opposite side. Even if They have to defend the city, and as long as we can delay it for a few months, these Chinese people can't stand the hot and humid climate in Myanmar."

The next day, the Ming army lookout at the Malay City tower suddenly blew the trumpet to warn.

Military hot-air balloons placed along the river quickly began to take off for exploration.

This was one of the few times that the Western Route Army used hot air balloons to observe the enemy's situation after they entered Myanmar. Because most of the time they surrendered directly, there was no need for hot air balloons at all.

He Xiangming personally climbed up and looked with a telescope: "We have been in Myanmar for so long, and these Burmese people have finally given some reaction. I am afraid there will be a lot of Burmese troops on the other side of the river bank!"

Wei Min on the side said: "This is not surprising. If the Burmese don't move their troops, we will besiege their royal capital."

On the other side of the Ayeyarwaddy River, there are all the flags and troops of the Burmese army. It is completely impossible to distinguish the militia and the regular army. Only the more than 400 war elephants are too big, but they can be distinguished.

A large number of boats for crossing the river were ready, because there were so many troops that even the Ming army's hot air balloons could not distinguish the enemy's main attack direction.

　I go to work the day after tomorrow, ahhhhh!

　　

　

(End of this chapter)