Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1118 Battle of Bagu (Part [-])
The military meeting convened by Huang Zhiting lasted for two full hours. According to the habit of the "Gao Family Army", two sets of combat plans were discussed, and a total of seven variables that might arise under the two sets of plans were demonstrated in detail. The variables have been arranged in advance, and everyone at the meeting is clear about their tasks.

It was the first time for Huang Zhiting to hold such a military meeting. At this time, she felt more and more that although Gao Yushi was not good at specific tactical command, he was indeed the best commander, because today's military meeting cannot be said to be him. A preview of the "staff system" that I mentioned to myself before.

Gao Yushi told her about such an idea, but she hadn't had time to implement it herself. Now it is the first time that she has put Gao Yushi's idea into practice.

The only regret is that this "staff department" still lacks some components mentioned by high pragmatism, such as personnel who are in charge of military supply and logistics, etc. Otherwise, the plan formulated will be more rigorous and impeccable, and all variables will be eliminated. Predetermined.

But after the meeting ended, Huang Zhiting suddenly felt a little dazed again. She thought of a situation that sounded ridiculous: If the staff really reached that level, why should they be in command?
After having this idea, she couldn't help thinking: Could it be that Gao Lang felt too tired after commanding several battles, so he specially came up with the "staff department" system to reduce his workload?
But at this time, after all, the Burmese army was suppressing the border, she didn't have time to think about it, and soon went to arrange the work before leaving the city.

The wolf soldiers can go whenever they are called, and Huang Bao's arrangement is enough, and she doesn't need to come forward in person.Gao Sijin and Ruan Song can also arrange their own headquarters, Huang Zhiting doesn't need to intervene.

Another thing she did was to call "His Royal Highness Abrabang" over and tell him the battle plan of the "Great Tomorrow Soldier".

But before Huang Zhiting started to talk about the serious matter, Abrabang excitedly talked about another thing: he was going to give himself a surname, and it was a Chinese surname!

Huang Zhiting didn't pay much attention at first, thinking that Abrabang just changed her surname to Han to show her awe of Daming. Who knew that Abrabang explained to Huang Zhiting very solemnly, and Huang Zhiting realized that Abrabang The crown name is very important!

Before Huang Zhiting listened to the translation by the general translator or the Mon people who knew Chinese calling themselves, her biggest feeling was "why is everyone in Myanmar surnamed Wu?" After Abrabang explained, she realized that this is a big deal. misunderstanding.

It turns out that the names of the Burmese people are neither the "surname + first name" of the Ming style, nor the "name + surname" of the Franji style. People here actually have names but no surnames!

In Myanmar, regardless of whether it is Burmese or Mon, they usually just add an article before their names to show the difference between men and women, seniority, and inferiority.Sometimes the article can also be omitted for self-effacing or kindness.

According to Abrabang, just looking at the names of Burmese people can give a rough idea of ​​their gender, age and social status.

For example, the article "Mao" is added before the name of a young man, which means "young man, younger brother"; "Guo" is added to a man of the same generation or young man, which means "big brother, brother"; People with status should be called "Wu", which means "uncle, uncle".

Therefore, "Wu" is not a Burmese surname, but an article used by Burmese people to respect men.And the people who can appear in front of Huang Zhiting naturally have high status, so when the interpreter makes introductions, he always calls him "Wu XX".But Abrabang is a bit different. The first time he met Huang Zhiting, he used Chinese instead of an interpreter, so he just called himself "Abrabang", which caused Huang Zhiting to misunderstand.

Abrabang also said that, like men, the titles of Burmese women also change with age, but there are only two titles added before their names: young women add "Ma"; elders or people with status add "Du" . "Ma" and "Du" mean "girl, sister" and "aunt, aunt, aunt" respectively.Regardless of whether they are married or not, older or respectable women can be called "Du" respectfully.

Only then did Huang Zhiting know why Abrabang just said "to crown the surname" instead of "to change the surname".

However, she welcomed Abrabang's approach and immediately expressed her support.Abrabang said that he has decided to crown the Chinese surname as "Xia" and change the Chinese name to "Mu Ming".

The name "Muming" is easy to understand. Huang Zhiting knew his intentions as soon as she heard it, just like the name of her hometown Siming Mansion, so there is no need to explain.

But Huang Zhiting still couldn't help asking why her surname was Xia. Who knew that Abrabang—no, Xia Muming now—had an extremely miraculous explanation, which even made Huang Zhiting a little dumbfounded.

Xia Muming said: "Among a hundred surnames, the one before Xia is 'Gao'. How dare I live before 'Gao'? It is Xia."

Dumbfounded, Huang Zhiting came back to her senses and admired this guy. He, a vassal, could think of such a thing.

But when Huang Zhiting told Xia Muming that he was going to take [-] "Great Tomorrow Soldiers" out of the city to look for fighters and hand over Bagu City to the Bagu Guards to guard, Xia Muming's face paled instantly.

Fortunately, Huang Zhiting didn't intend to scare him, instead she told him that she had left [-] muskets, and with this month's overtime work to rebuild the towers according to the principle of a bastion, it was enough to ensure the defense of Bago City.

In addition, Huang Zhiting also knew that these vassals had the same characteristics as recruits on the battlefield. They were more afraid of cannons than guns, so she told him that she had left [-] cannons for Gao Silian, and asked him to fight according to Gao Silian's wishes. That's good, the Burmese army can't get in.

Sure enough, as soon as he heard that there were still twenty cannons, Xia Muming's face turned red quickly, and he patted his chest to promise that he would be able to mobilize the whole city's Mon people, and he would contribute money and strength to hold back the Burmese army. Attention makes its due contribution and so on.

By the time she has appeased the Bagu deputy king, the [-] army has already been mobilized.Huang Zhiting took advantage of the fact that the Burmese army had just passed Biao Pass today, and would not be there in two days, so she set off early. On the one hand, she headed towards the mouth of the Xidang River, and on the other hand, she also sent people to spread the news to let the Burmese army know that the main force of the Ming army had already arrived. Withdrew.

By the afternoon of the next day, the main force of the Burmese army had arrived at Daiwu, and it was only one day before they could reach Bagu City. Overjoyed.

The majestic White Elephant King of the Golden Tower, of course, is a hundred times more domineering than Huang Zhiting, so he ordered to go straight to Xidang without saying a word.He really complied with Gao Silian's conjecture, and planned to use the main force of the Ming army without a fortified city to save the face he lost in northern Burma.

But with this order, although no one in the Burmese army dared to talk in front of King Jinlou White Elephant, it was unexpected that the Portuguese military adviser quit.

The military adviser, Simon Reddy, strongly opposed Mang Yingli's plan.He said that according to the information he had received before, the other party had an extremely large fleet, and the governor of Malacca in Portugal even sent a letter to express that even he had to "temporarily succumb to this powerful fleet." fleet".

The Governor of Malacca also mentioned that according to the size of the opponent's fleet and the number of side-string guns, the opponent has at least [-] artillery pieces. Even according to the current European habits, the number of long and heavy artillery pieces will not be less than [-].

In a word, this kind of firepower is invincible when it is used to support land warfare in the coastal waters. Now chasing to the mouth of the Xidang River is completely courting death.

He asked Mang Yingli bluntly: "Will your Majesty's army be able to withstand the bombardment of more than [-] long and heavy artillery pieces, and still not collapse when it cannot fight back at all? If not, I will never agree to chase to the mouth of the Xidang River The Portuguese mercenaries will never participate in a battle that is doomed to failure-I must be responsible to my boys, although they are here to fight for rewards, they are definitely not here to die."

Speaking of which, the last time Mang Yingli was able to escape from Liu Ting's pursuit, it was thanks to the Portuguese mercenaries' three-wheeled platoon of guns in the rear.After all, even a fierce man like Liu Ting would not dare to test the power of the Frang machine gun with his own flesh and blood.Besides, his subordinates were already "driving sheep" all over the mountains and plains at that time, and he couldn't gather the musketeers to fight against the Fulang robot, so he had no choice but to run away recklessly.

Because of this relationship, Mang Yingli still pays more attention to the Portuguese now, temporarily withdrew his order, and asked Captain Reddy how he thinks he should fight next.

Captain Reddy, like most of the Portuguese mercenaries at this time, had very little experience in fighting European armies, but more experience in fighting various old-fashioned armies. He took it for granted: "Of course we are going to attack the city. After all, we have artillery."

The Portuguese lost seven cannons in northern Burma, but now they can make up nearly twenty. This is Captain Reddy's confidence in attacking the city.

However, he didn't just hope for a hard attack. In fact, according to his experience, the Mon people are nothing to worry about. The army formed by these backward aborigines is very likely to surrender when they hear a round of cannons. Yes—this kind of thing happened countless times during the colonial expansion of the Kingdom of Portugal, and he believed that it would continue to happen countless times in the future.

Mang Yingli was persuaded.In fact, he wanted to attack the main force of the Ming army first because of face considerations. In fact, he also felt that it might be better to take Bago first. If you want to find a place to make up for it, who do these Mon people who don’t look for Bagu look for?Who made them dare to resist!

So the main force of the Burmese army was not confused by the news that the Ming army was withdrawing eastward, and continued to go south to Bagu.

In the afternoon of the next day, the Burmese army arrived outside Bago City.

However, when they saw Bago City, Mang Yingli was taken aback for a moment, while Captain Reddy immediately cursed in Portuguese regardless of his identity.

"Damn Italians, they actually help people build bastions in the aborigines! His Majesty Philip II should send troops to completely conquer the whole of Italy, and step on it hard!" After venting, he added in a low voice: "Uh, Except the Vatican."

"What's going on here?" Mang Yingli was stunned for a while, then asked with a frown: "The Meng people didn't train their army well, but they repaired these sharp corners on the city wall. Did they eat too much and panicked? What's the matter?" usefulness?"

Captain Reddy looked at the temporarily built Bago City that looked like a big bastion with a livid face, frowned and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, as your military advisor, I think it is my duty to remind you that the other party probably has firearms too. , and... the firepower will not be weak."

Now it was Mang Yingli's turn to yell: "Are the Ming people crazy? They gave these lowly Meng people their precious firearms?" But after he finished cursing, he also began to worry. The Meng people had firearms. The battle... I'm afraid it won't be as easy as I imagined.

But the worry was only for a moment, and the brutality in Mang Yingli's blood soon regained the upper hand. He sneered and said: "The Meng people are just a group of chickens and sheep. My father, the king, defeated them with 15 troops in the battle of Nangyou." The main force of the Meng people is [-], and today I have an army of [-], and the Meng people are only a mob of [-], so what if I have firearms?"

Captain Reddy is very disdainful of the "native kingdom"'s habit of claiming as many troops as possible. In his opinion, 15 is just [-]. This is a large army wherever you put it, but you have to say that you There are [-], which is simply inexplicable-does it make you stronger if you say more about your strength?

Besides, you claim to have so many troops, wouldn't it be even more embarrassing if you were defeated?
However, Captain Reddy didn't show this kind of snort. He just coldly suggested to send someone to test the attack first, to see the opponent's firepower density and tacit cooperation, so as to facilitate the next tactical deployment.

Obviously, Portuguese mercenaries would never do this kind of thing. After Captain Reddy finished speaking, he arranged for his subordinates to prepare for detailed observation and evaluation.

Surprisingly, Mang Yingli was not only used to this, but also very happy. He immediately arranged for three thousand Burmese troops to prepare for a tentative attack.

In fact, in Mang Yingli's mind, soldiers with low death points are nothing at all. Although the Portuguese mercenaries have strong combat effectiveness, their numbers are too small, and they cannot be easily lost.

Seeing the [-] Burmese soldiers pressing forward with crude shields, Gao Silian was already standing behind the temporary sandbag bunkers piled up on the tower.The binoculars in his hand were still monocular, but it was better than nothing.

Looking through the binoculars, Gao Silian gave an order: "Decree: The enemy is not allowed to shoot when they enter the first shooting area, and they are also not allowed to shoot when they enter the second shooting area. They must wait until they enter the third shooting area before they are allowed to shoot. In addition, once you start shooting, you don’t have to wait for orders anymore, just shoot with maximum firepower, and be sure to smash them in one wave! Once they collapse and escape, the second shooting area and the first shooting area will immediately fire with full force...I want them to have a good memory !"
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