Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1116 The Great War Begins
After the "False Demon Book Case", the capital staged an offensive and defensive war, and Burma, far in the southwestern border, also staged a... No, it was a series of offensive and defensive wars. The political conspiracy in the country is even more ups and downs.

On the third day of April, Liu Ting's troops were stationed [-] miles south of Mubang City and smashed the main force of Mangyingli, which had retreated from Mengding and went south. He threw away his helmet and armor and fled in embarrassment.

The Ming army beheaded more than [-] people, and Liu Ting personally beheaded the Burmese king Shu Mangzhuo. The Burmese army trampled on each other and lost more than [-] people in the chaos. In addition, more than [-] people were captured.As for the part that was lost due to the collapse of the army, the Ming army was unable to count, but according to Liu Ting's report, it is estimated that it is likely to be much greater than the sum of the previous three losses.

Based on this calculation, the Ministry of War believes that the Burmese army lost at least 3 people in this battle, which is enough to be called a beautiful victory. Even if it is not as shocking and decisive as the Battle of Monan, we must also know that Monan The actual main force of the battle was the Tumed cavalry. Although the Ming army had such shining points as "bayonet breaking through the formation", they were still fighting in the final analysis.

The battle of Mubang was different. Although it was an ambush, it was a battle in which the Ming army attacked completely, and the weak attacked the strong and won the battle.This battle completely broke the myth that Myanmar has been invincible among the southwestern foreign vassals for decades, greatly boosted the morale of the army and civilians in Yunnan, and deterred some vassal states and internal chieftains who were unpredictable and vacillating. Even more than the battle itself.

Since the war has not yet ended, the imperial court did not immediately increase the ranks of meritorious generals such as Liu Ting. Including Deng Zilong, who had been the main force in Yongchang and Shunning for more than a month, the frontier generals in Yunnan have received so far. They are all just "verbal awards" from the Ministry of War. The only thing worth mentioning is that the court's second payment for the Yunnan War is already on its way, and the amount is as high as 35 taels of silver. As far as the Yunnan Frontier Army is concerned, it is really worth celebrating with lights and festoons.

However, the First Battle of Mubang wiped out all the gunpowder and landmines under Liu Ting's command, so that he did not dare to pursue in depth immediately. Instead, he only advanced south to Xibo City and stopped temporarily, turning around to get through. Lines of communication with the interior of Yunnan to avoid logistical interruptions.

After Deng Zilong cleaned up the rear and led his army south to Xibo City, Liu Ting gave up Xibo City to Deng Zilong's troops, and led his army westward to Anzhengguo City.

Anzhengguo City is just north of Awa City, the last important town in northern Myanmar, and Xibo City is northeast of Awa City. The two cities are in the hands of Liu Ting and Deng Zilong, which means that the Ming army has taken the initiative in the war. They can launch a pincer attack to attack Ava. At present, the main reason why they stand still is the logistics problem.

From Yunnan to Toungoo, in terms of terrain, there is first the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, then the mountains and forests of northern Myanmar, and then the Shan State Plateau. There is no good road at all. It is difficult to maintain a forward army on this terrain.

In particular, the logistical pressure faced by the Ming army and the Burmese army is different: the Burmese army has very few firearms, and only one Portuguese mercenary has [-] muskets and eight cannons, while the Burmese army’s own degree of firearms is almost negligible ——This is also an important reason why they have never been able to break through Deng Zilong's defense.

In terms of food and grass, in addition to their own supplies and their own logistical supplies, the Burmese army also asked the vassal states in northern Burma who had taken refuge in them earlier to provide them.Roughly one-third was provided by the vassal states, and two-thirds were supplied by Myanmar itself, and its logistics "transfer center" was Ava City, an important town in northern Myanmar.

If Myanmar lost a bunch of vassal states, but because they themselves retreated to Ava City, the logistical pressure would be very small-the location of Ava City is roughly in Mandalay, the second largest city in Myanmar in later generations.This place was regarded as "Central Myanmar" in later generations of Myanmar. At this time, the places in northern Myanmar were still foreign domains under the control of Yunnan, so Awa was northern Myanmar.

Under the ebb and flow, the logistical pressure at this time was transferred to the Ming army.

Where did the logistics of the Ming army start from?Dali City.

From Dali to Anzhengguo City and Xibo City, the straight-line distance is more than [-] miles, and it is in the plateau mountainous area, so there is no straight line to go. Does it matter how much logistical pressure it is?
According to the predictions of Liu Ting and Deng Zilong, it will take two months at the earliest to launch the next wave of attack on Ava City, and if the rear is not stable or the transportation is not good, then the expected battle of Ava may be delayed until autumn of.

As a landlord in Myanmar, it is clear that Mang Yingli only rested for one day in Ava City, leaving 3 people and Ava City's own troops to guard the northern border. He continued to go south non-stop, preparing to rescue Toungoo .

Taungoo City is the capital of Burma, and its defenses are actually pretty good. Although Mangyingli is warned every day, saying that if there is no rescue, it will fall, but in fact, it is just a deliberate attempt by the dignitaries in the city to get the King of Burma back. In fact, the situation in Toungoo City is not very critical.

Because Huang Zhiting's troops were limited, he did not intimidate Toungoo City too much.

Not counting the sailors on the fleet, Huang Zhiting had a total of 2 land combat forces.Relying on these [-] people, she not only took over the old lands of the Bagu Dynasty such as Bagu, Daguang, and Pasheng, but also raised a servant army of the Mon people in a very short period of time.

But the servant army is not something that can be used immediately after being recruited. Those who are recruited and used are called cannon fodder.Huang Zhiting didn't intend to use this Meng army as complete cannon fodder, because she had few troops at hand. If this Meng army can only be used as cannon fodder, then what's the use of her gathering it?Just like the Mongols, just grab the people and go to the top, right?
Huang Zhiting asked the Meng army to have a certain combat effectiveness. Even if they couldn't beat the Burmese army one-on-one, at least they had to be able to fight two-on-one.So she just sent about [-] elite soldiers along the Xidang River to Biaoguan, pretending to attack Toungoo City at any time, but the remaining [-] main forces concentrated in Bagu City, and at the same time let the Gao family's family start the attack. Train the Mon army.

Most of the members of the Gao family in Huang Zhiting's army had participated in the formation and training of the two major security forces in Annan.

This army of the Mon people has used simple Chinese as the command of battle since its establishment, and for the selection of the officers of the Mon nationality in this army, the first thing is the degree of mastery of the Chinese language.

In other words, even if you are a surviving aristocrat of the original Bago Dynasty, if you don't understand Chinese, you can't be an officer in the Meng army.Fortunately, in this era, Chinese is similar to the lingua franca of East Asia to a certain extent. Even if ordinary people don't know it, nobles and high-ranking officials usually have some.

Perhaps it is because the Meng people have been "bitter and reckless for a long time." The formation of the Meng army was extremely fast, and nearly 5 people gathered in less than a month. Considering that the total population of the Meng people may only be in the early 100 million at this time, this ratio It can be said to be amazing.

However, out of control, Huang Zhiting organized only 3 of them into a regular army, calling it the "Bagu Garrison" in a highly pragmatic style.She threw the remaining 2 people to the "Vice King of Bagu" Abrabang, and asked him to use the 2 people to form a second-line army to be responsible for the local security of the "Bagu New Dynasty", which God knows it counts.

For something like the army, it is not enough to have people, it must also have weapons and equipment, which is very troublesome.

Huang Zhiting actually considered the issue of buying the local armed forces before leaving Annan, and brought some of them with her, but after arriving in Myanmar, the situation developed too fast, and that part was definitely not enough for an army of 3000. In fact, it could manage [-] people at most.

The remaining supplies are not without, but they are prepared for the battle damage of our own army, and it is impossible to take them to the newly formed "Bagu Garrison Army"—moreover, this army has just been formed, and no one can guarantee its loyalty now How far can the speed go, how can the best weapons and equipment be given to them?
Fortunately, when the old land of Bagu was taken down, they took control of several Burmese munitions warehouses. Fortunately, Burma has been militarized these years. There are not many other things in these warehouses, but the spears are enough. At least it is barely avoided. The embarrassment of going into battle.

But that's all. Myanmar has been patronizing wars for these years, and its economic level is not as good as that of Yunnan. It is simply unrealistic to expect them to store a large amount of armor in the rear while launching a war. Bagu, Daguang, The total number of armor found in the warehouses of Pasheng and other places is less than 100 sets, and even the officers are not evenly divided. In the end, only those with more than a hundred officers can be issued a set of armor—this is Huang Zhiting’s childhood. It took more than [-] sets out of the fleet's inventory to get them together.

Huang Zhiting was only in charge of the organization and equipment, and the training was originally handed over to the members of the Gao family, but it was discovered within a few days that it was not working.

Because even the members of the Gao family were in the two major garrison forces in Annan, because of their high pragmatism and emphasis on firearms, their tactical training was almost always carried out around the formation of guns, and they even paid attention to the "combination of infantry and artillery".But now it was suddenly replaced by a spear force. As a result, apart from the formation training, it was still effective, and tactical training was almost difficult to carry out.

Huang Zhiting had no choice but to intervene in person.

Fortunately, the soldiers of the Huang family wolf are very good at training the spear troops, and if this matter is entrusted to them, at least they can "sharpen their guns in front of the battle, and let it go when they are unhappy."

However, compared with Annan's two major garrison systems, the wolf soldiers have a very different style.If the style of the garrison relies on strict discipline and formation to win, then the wolf soldiers rely on personal combat effectiveness and morale to win.

Whether it is a platoon formation or a bayonet formation, the requirements for discipline and mentality are extremely high. To be able to withstand the opponent's almost "ridden face" attack and to fight back meticulously and neatly, so the characteristic of the garrison is stability. Hold on, and then think about attacking.

The wolf soldiers seldom fight this kind of defensive counterattack. Their habit is only two words: attack!

Originally, Huang Zhiting was also very worried about whether the Bagu garrison would be capable of such tactics, but after inspecting it several times, she realized that she might have been over-concerned, because these Mon people seemed to really want the Burmese to die.

Although they live in the coastal plains of southern Myanmar, they cannot be compared with the wolf soldiers in terms of physical fitness, but the murderous aura displayed during the drill is no worse than that of the wolf soldiers, so that Huang Zhiting heard her officers teach the Bagu guards a lesson When recruiting soldiers, the most frequently used sentence was: "You have to imagine that this spear is aimed at a Burmese!"

Every time this sentence was said, the other party's spirit became visibly excited, even so excited that it twisted, and the strength of a spear pierced out even the wolf soldier instructors grinned happily when they saw it.

This kind of training lasted for another [-] days. Mang Yingli finally returned to Toungoo City. After only three days of training, the Burmese army began to go south.

Mangyingli suffered heavy losses in this Northern Expedition, losing more than 5 troops, and this only counted the Burmese army, not counting the chieftains in northern Burma who originally belonged to him.

At the time, the Burmese army claimed to have 20 soldiers, but in fact the Burmese army alone was in the early 11s, probably more than 12, and less than [-].No one knows the strength of the chieftains, just like the Cen and Huang clans in the early years, they may usually be [-] to [-], but if necessary, they may be able to pull out [-]. It can almost be said that the whole people are soldiers.

But no matter how much water the 20 army has, in short, his loss is obvious. The more than 2 Burmese troops have lost at least [-]%, and only [-] to [-] Burmese troops have fled back, plus Yue Feng and others. The large and small chieftains also brought about [-] people, barely enough to make up an army of [-] to [-].

However, he could not bring all these 9 to 5 people to the south, so he left another [-] in Awa City, so that the actual force brought back to Toungoo City from northern Myanmar was only more than [-].

However, Toungoo City itself also has an army, and there are more than 1 troops left behind.When Mangyingli set off from Ava City to the south, he had already ordered to concentrate troops from all over the country. Bagan City, Linhan City, Xuanlichataluo City, Pyay City and other important Burmese towns sent troops to support them, so now Toungoo City not only "" Resurrection with full blood", gathered an army of [-], and Mang Yingli brought out [-] at a time.

Although Mang Yingli was militaristic and had just been defeated in northern Burma, he had fought with his father Mang Yinglong for decades, and he knew that it was not too late to settle such matters in the rear.

Both he and his father Mang Yinglong strongly promoted the "assimilation of the Mon people". Now that the old land of Pegu is lost and the Mon people are out of control, the oppressive force of this forced assimilation has disappeared.It can be said that with every day of delay, his prestige will drop even more. What's worse is that this decline in prestige will be accompanied by the rise of the resistance consciousness of the Mon people, and it will become more difficult to continue assimilating them in the future.

After all, the assimilation of the Mon people by the Burmese relies on force and coercion, rather than relying on culture like the assimilation of the Han people. Once this kind of force proves to be a paper tiger, the failure has already been scheduled in advance.

Besides, the loss of the rear also means that one's own strength has been weakened, and the longer the loss, the more severe this weakening will be.

So Mangyingli couldn't even wait for the last reinforcements from Bagan to arrive, so he went south with an army of 15, known to the outside world as [-], and came to Bagu with the momentum of a tiger descending the mountain.

Huang Zhiting sent 5000 people stationed at Biaoguan to hear the news, and without a word, they retreated south according to the previous order, and the target was also Bagu.

The Battle of Pego, which determined the direction of the war in southern Myanmar and even the entire Myanmar, finally kicked off.
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