Wanli 1592

Chapter 370 Daming returns to Nanyang
As night fell, countless torches lit up on the battlefield, reflecting each other and illuminating the dark ground. The tents that had not been taken away by the Burmese army and were not damaged became the trophies of the Ming army, allowing the Ming army who had not had time to set up camp to have a good time. Without a place to stay, the piles of grain gave the Ming army the best comfort.

Speaking of which, Zhao Hu's cavalry assault failed to burn all the Burmese army's food, but was rescued by the miscellaneous soldiers who followed, and then took them away one after another. There was no one to clean them up. There were even bags of food left in the tents and a lot of meat left in the warehouse. All these things belonged to the Ming army.

After the war, it is customary to reward the soldiers, especially after a big victory. The Siamese coalition forces of the Ming Dynasty defeated the Burmese army with inferior forces, and killed the Burmese prince to win a complete victory. It is really unreasonable not to celebrate , Xiao Ruxun directly ordered the Huotou army not to be stingy with food, and to cook delicious food for the army. Narexuan also took out enough food to reward his soldiers, and even more delicious food for Xiao Ruxun.

The Siamese who have witnessed the extremely powerful fighting power of the Ming army have a sense of awe towards the Ming army. Not only the soldiers below, but also Narexuan. They feel a little cautious. When talking with the Ming army generals Without the confidence he had before, Lin Yuanshan, who was following him, was full of longing when he saw Xiao Ruxun, and thought he was gay for some reason.

The Japanese, Spaniards and French who dared to come forward to talk before disappeared, and hid in unknown places, not even daring to go forward. It seems that they were really terrified in this battle, especially when the Ming army appeared in the end , Three strikes, five divisions and two attacks from the front quickly collapsed the Burmese army, and the Burmese prince was killed on the spot by Xiao Ruxun.

Although it was a bit of a sudden attack and it didn't feel like a head-on confrontation with the Burmese army, no one dared to say it. The Ming army that killed the Burmese corpses was just when the killing intent was full. With blood, no one knows if they will draw their knives and chop people if they disagree.

A letter written by a Spanish spy to the Philippine Governor's Palace described the war in this way.

"When we were about to lose, the Chinese suddenly appeared. They didn't know when they sent people to sneak attack the enemy's barracks and set fire to it, causing absolute chaos. However, the enemy did not collapse at this time. We still At a disadvantage, but then, to my disbelief, the Chinese artillery collapsed the enemy who had always been superior.

Their artillery seems to be too many to count, and the shells seem to be free of money. I looked up and saw countless shells passing over my head and falling into the enemy's army formation, and then set off a violent explosion. The blast caused a violent explosion, and the enemy's corpse was blown so hard that it was impossible to tell where it was. Blood even floated to my face and mouth from a distance. That kind of scene made me wonder if I saw Satan. Advent.

Then, the Chinese army appeared. They approached step by step with a strange army formation that they had never seen before, and they did not retreat at all. Some soldiers used shields to protect the attackers, so that the enemy's weapons could not harm these Chinese soldiers. The enemy could not resist and kept retreating, and there seemed to be more serious problems in their rear. I don't know how many soldiers the Chinese used to sneak attack their barracks.

But I can guarantee that the number of the Chinese army is far inferior to ours and the enemy, but they used such a number of soldiers to completely defeat the enemy. The Chinese commander is a very courageous soldier. With a gun, he rushed into the enemy's core position with his guards, and killed the enemy's commander-in-chief with one shot. The enemy was completely defeated in this way.

All this happened so fast that I didn't even have time to react. By the time I regained my senses, we had already won this victory. One hundred thousand enemies had lost miserably in this way. Their corpses filled this land, and they Chinese people are civilized, polite, and respectful of others, but they are also cruel, bloodthirsty, brave and fearless, and use the enemy's head to count their own victories.

May the merciful Lord protect me from making enemies of these terrible people. 』

The Ming army responded to the expectations and doubts of all the surrounding small countries with a hearty victory, proving once again that the army of the celestial kingdom is invincible. The reputation left by Zheng He was fully inherited by Xiao Ruxun and pushed to a higher level. In the following years, Xiao Ruxun was able to influence the politics and economy of the entire Southeast Asian region in Myanmar, which is similar to the Western Regions Protectorate of the Western Han Dynasty government.

Ming once again confirmed its unshakable suzerainty in Southeast Asia, and the strategy of returning to Nanyang was realized. Countries still within the tributary system were planning to pay tribute to Ming, while countries that had left the tributary system were anxious after hearing about this. Under the circumstances, they are also planning to re-establish a tributary relationship with Daming, and strive to become a country without conquest, so as not to be caught and killed by Daming as a model.

The prestige of the Ming army spread throughout Southeast Asia, and even spread back to Europe soon after.

The battle of Phitsanulok was over, but time was still moving forward. Xiao Ruxun had just won the battle, and began to think about how to feed the soldiers well.

He got his idea on more than a dozen elephants who were killed by artillery and crossbows of the Ming army. The ivory of these elephants was sawed off by the Ming army and dedicated to their respected coach Xiao Ruxun. Xiao Ruxun accepted it with a smile and did not refuse. , and then looked at the huge body of the elephant and started thinking about it.

There is no doubt that an elephant is a mountain of meat, but judging by normal logic, the meat of an elephant must be very rough and unpalatable, otherwise there would not be so many poachers who only want ivory instead of elephant meat, or even elephant meat It's hard to say whether it's delicious or not, so Xiao Ruxun decided to ask the locals.

"Your Majesty, is this elephant meat edible?"

Xiao Ruxun pulled Narisuan who was standing aside and began to study whether elephant meat was good or not. Narexuan was stunned for a moment and then replied: "Admiral, some of us have eaten elephant meat before, and they said that elephant meat is not as good as ordinary meat." Eat it, but it’s not poisonous, it can be eaten, and it can also satisfy your hunger, why, does the admiral want to give these elephant meat to the soldiers?”

Xiao Ruxun nodded: "The soldiers were extremely tired after the battle, but I don't have much meat and oil for them to eat, so I wondered if I could use these elephant meat instead. It just so happened that I also had some horses that died in battle, Dongwu people Some horses were also captured here, and they were killed to cook broth for the soldiers. As for the elephant meat, it is probably very rough, so let’s roast it to see if it can be eaten.”

Seeing Xiao Ruxun's expression of exploring how to eat elephant meat, Narexuan's mood was very complicated.

(End of this chapter)