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Chapter 616 The Burmese Army was defeated

The king of Burma, Emperor Suadibo, was wearing heavy armor (looking like a fake) and was supervising the battle with a telescope on the top of Sagaing City: "How could it be like this? How could it be like this?"

How confident he was before the decisive battle, but now he felt so cold.

This is an army of nearly 200,000 people!

It's not 400 pigs, but there are also more than of his elites and more than war elephants. These are the foundation of his rule as the king of Burma, and they are all staked in this decisive battle across the river.

As a result, the 400 elites and elephant troops who had high hopes were directly attacked by the Ming army and were instantly defeated before they could reach the other side of the river.

At the current Jiangan Ferry, the Ming army, the chieftain armies in northern Burma, and the Gui family Han rebels are successively rushing to cross and kill.

The defeated Burmese army can be seen everywhere, as well as the Ming Dynasty troops who wantonly rush to kill and drive away the Burmese army camps and formations as if they are in a deserted land.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The Ming army's artillery soldiers who quickly crossed the river fired a volley of muskets at the chaotic Burmese army's retreat.

"Light it on fire and throw it!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The grenadiers who crossed the river with the gunmen also threw the grenade hammers they carried around their waists at the densest areas of the Burmese army.

In this way, the huge destructive power of the grenade hammer and the Ming army's flintlock guns continued to fire at the Burmese army's retreating troops. The Ming army's artillery across the river also fired from time to time to support.

The already chaotic formation of the Burmese army could no longer be maintained. Countless Burmese troops broke up and fled towards Sagaing City.

Even the Burmese nobles gave up their struggle completely, gathered their private troops in a hurry, and fled back to Sagaing City.

Some Burmese nobles who were somewhat loyal to the Taungoo dynasty tried to regroup, but after hard work they found it was completely useless, so they joined the fleeing army.

"The whole army is pursuing us!"

The Ming army crossing the river at the rear saw that the Burmese army had been completely defeated and quickly ordered the troops to pursue it.

The total strength of the Ming army that has crossed the river so far, including the chieftains of various ethnic groups and the Han troops of the Gui family, is at most more than 10,000, and more troops are rushing to cross.

An army of more than 10,000 people dared to pursue an army of hundreds of thousands on the river bank.

Fortunately, the hundreds of thousands of Burmese troops had been divided into several groups by Burmese King Suadibo Emperor in advance, and were stationed in batches on the river bank, so as to confuse the Ming army and cover the main elite to cross the river from the north bank for the decisive battle. .

Now, the Ming army was certainly not deceived, but the Burmese army suffered the consequences first.

To set up camps along the river bank in this way, not only does the army need to have strong discipline, but at least it cannot be all unorganized civilians and warriors.

With such a charge by the Ming army, the Burmese army at the ferry in front was defeated, which directly led to the continuous defeat of the Burmese army one after another.

Tens of thousands of Burmese troops fled in the direction of Sagaing City, and tens of thousands of defeated troops fled in all directions. No matter where they fled, they didn't know anyway.

They just want to escape from this hell-like battlefield immediately. It doesn't matter where they go after that. It's best to escape all the way back to their hometown and become peaceful people.

The infantry of the Ming army were still pursuing them, but the mountain cavalry who crossed the river from the north bank pursued them to the moat first.

These cavalrymen were equipped with muskets. They just rode on their horses and pointed their muskets at the defeated Burmese troops who were swarming towards the city bridge.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

These mountain dragoons don't even need to deliberately aim, because there are too many broken Burmese troops on the city bridge.

If you take a rough aim and shoot, you can always take away one or two Burmese soldiers.

Many of the Burmese soldiers saw the Ming army's cavalry catching up and beating them with fire blunderbuss. Many of the soldiers were desperate and jumped directly into the moat.

When more defeated soldiers saw that the city protective bridge was full of people, they became furious and raised their butcher knives towards the friendly troops.

For a time, the moat of Sagaing City and the surrounding moats became chaotic. The sound of gunfire from the Ming army's cavalry was mixed with the screams and cries of the Burmese army's retreating troops... and there were many more, regardless of whether they jumped down by themselves or were pushed down by someone.

The entire moat was like a dumpling, and the river was full of Burmese soldiers struggling desperately.

Many of them don't seem to know how to swim yet, and even if they can, it's useless, because anyone who has ever drowned knows that when a person who can't swim drowns, he will desperately grab everything he can.

On the city wall, Emperor Suadibo, the king of Burma, originally wanted to gather his defeated troops into the city and then hold on to the city. But it was soon discovered that the Ming army infantry was pursuing too fast, and the Burmese army's rout on the moat outside the city was already in chaos: "No, hurry up, close the city gate quickly, don't worry about the rout outside the city!"

"Shoot the arrow, shoot the arrow!"

Urgent orders were given, and the arrows fired were not directed at the Ming army pursuing them outside the city, but at the defeated Burmese troops who were crazily squeezing into the city.

A large number of arrows were shot down quickly, and many archers did not even need explicit orders from their superiors to shoot at friendly forces outside the city. Many Burmese soldiers were hit by arrows and fell into the water on the spot. When more Burmese soldiers saw the top of the city and began to fire arrows, they were so frightened that they ran outside in a hurry and stopped pushing towards the bridge.

The Burmese army at the city gate took the opportunity to close the city gate, while the Ming army infantry outside the city had just arrived with the chieftain and Han soldiers.

Seeing that the gate of Sagaing had been closed, the Ming army officer leading the team no longer forced the city to be breached, but quickly turned around and attacked the defeated Burmese troops who had no time to escape into the city.

The way forward was cut off, and the Ming army infantry from the rear had already caught up. The defeated Burmese soldiers blocking the outside of the city did not think about resisting desperately, but most of them chose to kneel down and beg for surrender.

A small number of them fled in all directions, and then the chieftains and Han coalition forces spontaneously went to hunt them down without any orders from the Ming army.

I don’t know how long the fight lasted, but the chaotic battlefield finally calmed down.

Of the nearly 200,000 Burmese troops, less than one-tenth succeeded in escaping into the city, and the Ming army captured less than one-tenth of the defeated Burmese troops.

Eight-tenths of the remaining people were either killed in battle or drowned in rivers or moats, and many more fled to unknown places.

But it is no longer important. In Sagaing City, the Burmese army currently has less than one-tenth of its strength, while the Ming army has almost no casualties. This was the Ming army's 80,000-strong coalition. They faced less than 20,000 Burmese troops in Sagaing City, and they were all defeated. All the elite Burmese troops were wiped out, and none of the elephant soldiers they relied on fled into the city.

Emperor Suadibo, the king of Burma, just stood on the city tower, looking at the Ming army outside the city who were collecting prisoners, cleaning the battlefield, and setting up camp. He was speechless for a long time.

One day ago, he was still full of confidence and came with nearly 200,000 troops to block the 80,000 Chinese troops heading south.

Now, the 200,000-strong army has been wiped out in one battle, leaving only 20,000 defeated troops trapped in the isolated city.

Although there is the King of Ava City to the south, there is almost no defense force in the King's City. It is barely possible to defend the King's City, and it is impossible to provide them with any support.

Zhan Duomang stepped forward slowly, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the situation has been decided now. It's time to send envoys to ask for surrender!"

Emperor Suadi was speechless for a long time.

Zhan Duomang continued: "Our army was defeated in this battle and our elite troops were exhausted. If we do not send envoys to surrender in time, even if the Chinese army agrees to withdraw, our Toungoo dynasty will no longer be able to suppress rebellions in various places. By then, I, Toungoo, will The dynasty is really going to be destroyed."

Emperor Suadibo was silent for another moment, and then said: "Please surrender at this time, I am afraid that the Chinese army will not agree easily."

Zhan Duomang gritted his teeth and said: "As long as we can invite the Chinese army away and continue our Dongxu Kingdom, your Majesty will just suffer a little infamy, so what's the problem?"

These words were enough to give Emperor Suadipa the chance to step up.

Emperor Sadhipod nodded slightly, and then calmed down: "You are right, as long as the Chinese army is willing to withdraw from Myanmar, there is nothing wrong with ceding territory and seeking peace."

To be able to say such words, it is obvious that Emperor Suadibo has been completely frightened. China is too powerful and their army is too powerful.

No one, whether it was Emperor Suadibo or the Burmese nobles and generals in the city, had ever seen such a fight.

Cannons and muskets all seemed to be free of charge, and there were also explosive shells that exploded as if by witchcraft.

This single explosive shell had a huge impact on the Burmese army who were still in the era of primitive matchlocks and earthen artillery.

(End of this chapter)