Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1120 Attack on Toungoo
When Gao Silian was thinking about when Huang Zhiting's main force would fight back, Mang Yingli was also not idle.

Although Mang Yingli is headstrong and conceited, it does not mean that he has no military knowledge.At any rate, he was a man who fought with his father Mang Yinglong for 30 to [-] years. Even if he was a pig, he was still an experienced pig, so he also considered the possibility of Huang Zhiting's troops coming to steal the camp.

After arranging the outposts and rangers in an orderly manner, the Burmese army's detection range has expanded to at least ten miles outside Bago City, which Mang Yingli thinks is enough.

Fighting in a place like Myanmar is not like fighting in the Mongolian grasslands. It is purely a dream to expect the scouting range of horses to reach tens or even hundreds of miles. First, the terrain does not allow it, and second, there is a lack of horses suitable for long-distance running.In addition, he also knew that the main force of Huang Zhiting's army was mainly infantry, so there was no need to spread the scouts so far away - can your main force of the infantry fly over to sneak attack?
Ten miles is enough for an early warning.

But what Mang Yingli did not expect was that although the cavalry ratio of Huang Zhiting's troops was also very low, her cavalry did not lack good horses - one of Jinghua's starting businesses was reselling Mongolian war horses. In addition to Han Naji's An Da, and even the Mongol King Jiang III, how could he be short of horses?
Although there are less than five hundred cavalry under Huang Zhiting's command, everyone is equipped with a special war horse of right-wing Mongolia - Baicha iron hoof horse.

Different from the group of Ujimqin horses that Han Naji once gave to Gao Yushi, which are more versatile but whose overall style is biased towards speed and endurance, Baicha iron hoof horses are originally produced in Baichagou, which is located in Langyin, a branch of the southern foot of Daxinganling Mountains. In mountainous areas, the altitude is as high as 1600-1800 meters. It is a kind of war horse that is good at running in complex terrain.

This Baichagou is composed of countless ravines of different depths and criss-crossing. The ditch is more than [-] miles long. The ditch is surrounded by hills, full of rocks, hard rocks, and rugged roads. It is very close to the main battlefield of the last Monan War. .After countless years of evolution, the Baicha horses here have become good at walking on mountain roads, with quick steps and hard hooves. Even without horseshoes, they can also walk on mountain stone roads, so they are called "Baicha iron hoof horses".

At the same time, the overall habits of Mongolian horses are all there: they are resistant to intense heat in summer and severe cold in winter. From more than 40 degrees above zero to forty degrees below zero, Mongolian horses don't take it seriously.So there is no doubt that this batch of horses is highly pragmatic and specially prepared for the complex terrain and hot climate of the Indochina Peninsula.

By the way, not long ago, Jinghua finally bought a batch of Arabian horses smuggled from thousands of miles in Malacca, and according to the high-practical requirements of "regardless of price, as long as the horses are not gelded", it ended up costing 10,000+ taels of silver to buy two There are hundreds of horses, including stallions and mares.

Since the Ottoman Turks and the Arabs both prohibited the outflow of Arabian war horses, the average price of these horses was as high as nearly 500 taels each, which was absolutely sky-high. Otherwise, there is no price at all.

In addition, the Mongolian right-wing Qinghai Tumed Department got a batch of Kazakh horses under the care of Gao Wushi. Now Gao Wushi has begun to let Jinghua breed new horses to see if he can produce a Donhe horse of the Ming Dynasty. Come—or Ili horses are also fine. In short, the cavalry in the future will last for two to three hundred years. It is impossible to fight the Russian Cossacks without good horses.

Although Mongolian horses are also good horses, they are short in stature after all. It’s not a problem if they are used by Mongolians who are skilled in riding. If they are used by Han Chinese cavalry, it is generally difficult to reach that level, so if you need them in the future To engage in wall cavalry, it is still necessary to have a good horse that is moderate in size and takes into account the "durability" attribute of Mongolian horses.

Relying on the superiority of their horses, Huang Zhiting's sentry cavalry knew everything about the tentative offensive and defensive battle that broke out just now. After Mang Yingli decided to set up camp and send out sentries, they quietly withdrew and headed for the army.

That night, Huang Zhiting got the news, confirming that Gao Silian was not bragging, and that he was indeed capable of defending Bagu City.

Then she called the generals to a meeting again, and this time, she gave the order directly without asking for opinions.

"The whole army set off immediately after the meeting, along the Xidang River to the north, and went straight to the city of Toungoo!"

Huang Zhiting looked at the sluggish generals of the land division, and said coldly: "Commander Gao has sent many fleets to investigate the water conditions of the Sidang River, although the lower reaches of the Sidang River cannot go like the Lang Son. Even our armed transport ships are not good enough, but there are still some civilian ships that come with us that can navigate a section of the river.

Ladies and gentlemen, this waterway cannot reach Taungoo City directly, but we can sail to the vicinity of Biaoguan, so that we can save about [-]% of the road, and it is not easy to be discovered by the Burmese military outposts—if they have them. "

After she finished speaking, everyone couldn't recover for a while, Ruan Song couldn't help but asked first: "Dutong, don't we want to defeat the gangster headquarters first, and help Gao Silian out of the siege?"

Huang Zhiting said indifferently: "By defeating Dongyu City, the siege of Bagu will be solved naturally. I don't believe that Mang Yingli can sit back and watch Dongyu City fall into my hands for a long time."

Ruan Song wanted to ask more questions, but Gao Sijin preempted him this time: "Could it be true that it is true that they all captured Dongyu City and forced Mang Yingli to return to the teacher?"

Huang Zhiting said: "If you have any guesses, you might as well continue."

Gao Sijin didn't expect to be spotted right away, and couldn't help but smile awkwardly, but continued: "...Yes, I thought that this move by the general government might be a multi-purpose plan, or a multi-purpose plan."

He only paused this time, and then continued: "Attacking Dongyu can be false or real, but if it is real, it is going to hit the east and hit the west - the sound is strong and solid is the east, and the attack on Dongyu is the west.

Ruoxu means besieging Wei to save Zhao, and diverting the tiger away from the mountain—they pretended to attack Dongyu.And since the reckless bandit withdrew from the siege, he could be regarded as raising Hulishan, as long as he was in a hurry to return to his teacher, Dongyu, he would run quickly on the way back to his teacher, so Dutong could find an opportunity to ambush him on the way and catch him by surprise.At this time, he lost his strong camp and was attacked by surprise again. His defeat was obvious, and Dutong had a chance to wipe him out in one fell swoop! "

Huang Zhiting finally showed a smile, nodded and said: "Yes, yes, it seems that your boss's years of teaching have not been in vain." But she paused, and said: "However, you may have missed one point: as long as you are reckless If Yingli dared to withdraw, Gao Silian would dare to follow quietly."

Gao Sijin's expression became serious, and he frowned and said: "But according to the previous plan, Gao Silian should only leave the city after ensuring that my department is nearby, and Dutong's plan just now was already an unplanned temporary change. At that time, the battlefield will be at least a hundred miles north of Bago City, and it is impossible for him to know the exact location of our troops..."

Huang Zhiting said indifferently: "No matter how perfect the plan is, there will be no changes. Since Gao Silian dares to defend Bagu with [-] recruits, I think he must be brave enough. As long as the situation permits, he will dare to follow... If he It’s really here, this battle must be a great achievement.”

Gao Sijin understood after a little thought, if Gao Silian came along under such circumstances, then once the main force of the headquarters succeeded in a sneak attack, Gao Silian could just take the opportunity to cast a net to capture and annihilate all the remnants of the defeated soldiers.Because although the headquarters is elite, its strength is not enough. Even if it defeats the enemy with the help of strategy, it will be difficult to expand the results. As long as Gao Silian comes at that time, he must be the last one to catch the net.

Thinking of this, Gao Sijin couldn't help being jealous, secretly thinking that Gao Silian was really lucky this time, first he jumped from a colonial envoy to a commander of an army, and then he led the battle of defending the city of Bagu. , I'm afraid the boss will change his name and add the word Wang next to it.

Gao Silian is going to add the word "Wang" next to it. If I don't type better, then won't I wake up early and catch a late episode?When he opened up Huaying, he was only a first-class staff officer, and I was already a division commander, how could I fall behind him!
Thinking of this, Gao Sijin immediately got up and clasped his fists: "Dutong, our troops please fight as the vanguard! Whether it is to attack Dongyu or ambush the reckless bandits, our troops are sure to fight the first battle well. Sijin dares to issue a military order!"

When Gao Sijin said this, Huang Bao beside him became anxious, stood up quickly, and said: "Dutong, when it comes to forming a formation and shooting, the little one is willing to bow down, but if it is about this kind of charge, the little one dare not be humble— ——I, the Guangxi wolf soldiers, have never been afraid of anyone when it comes to overcoming difficulties!"

Since they both called for the fight, Ruan Song couldn't keep silent, so he had to stand up and prepare to speak.

Who knew that Huang Zhiting waved her hand: "There is no need to argue, everyone has their own conclusions."

She paused for a while and said: "If it is true to take Toungoo, the Second Division of Jingang has the most artillery, and it should be the main force. If it is an ambush, the wolf soldiers will charge the most fiercely, and they will be the backbone. At this time, the second division can be deployed in advance. Block the most likely direction for the reckless thieves to escape, take advantage of your most solid defense line, and stop the reckless thieves. As for the Ruan command post, it will be the central army of the capital—— Commander Ruan, the safety of the capital is at stake. give it to you."

When these words came out, everyone had to obey.As for the arrangement of the wolf soldiers and the garrison, only the quantity is used. Whether it is Gao Sijin or Huang Bao, there is nothing to say.

In the end, she obviously used the Ruan Song Department as a second-line army and a reserve team, but she used a very nice saying, which is "the Chinese army" and "the safety of the capital will be left to you." ——This sounds like direct lineage treatment.

What's more, Ruan Song's tribe was originally from Annan's army, in other words, he was defeated by the wolf soldiers and Gao's army. Even he himself didn't have the confidence to compete with these two armies. What is there to say?Can't thank you enough.

So now the three main generals were persuaded together, and they all expressed their resolute obedience to the command of the capital.

At this time, it was finally Gao Jing's turn to speak, but no one could take his job anyway, so he stood up mainly to explain the scheduling arrangements for the boat.

Although the water surface of the lower reaches of the Sitang River going north to Toungoo is wide enough, but the water depth is not very deep, so big boats are not allowed to go there, only smaller boats can go there.But the trouble is that there are many large ships and few small ships in this expedition, so now it is "resources are tight" and it is necessary to "squeeze".

But everyone did the math. Although the boat was a little slow going against the river (the wind direction was not right at this time), it only took two days to reach the vicinity of Biaoguan.

Things were properly arranged, Huang Zhiting decisively announced the departure, and a group of more than 20 small sea-going ships temporarily turned into inland riverboats, carrying the main force of the expeditionary force northward.

At the beginning of the journey, it was peaceful, but after arriving at a place called "Liang Libin", finally a Burmese army sentry found the fleet on the shore.Not long after, smoke rose from Biaoguan not far away.

Gao Sijin originally thought that Huang Dutong might ignore Biaoguan directly this time, disembark on the other side of the Xidang River, and then go straight to Dongyu City in the north.Unexpectedly, Huang Zhiting decided to take down Biaoguan, but she also asked Gao Sijin to "don't fight too fast".

Gao Sijin arranged the battle in a daze. None of the No. [-] heavy guns of the second division were used, and only fifty No. [-] guns were deployed to fight.

Who knew that this Biao Pass was just a small pass in Myanmar, far inferior to those built by the Ming Dynasty in western Yunnan and southern Yunnan. Fifty No. In addition to the holes made by the solid shells, there were also large cracks visible to the naked eye on the city wall itself.

Huang Zhiting was so anxious that she stopped temporarily, called Gao Sijin over and reprimanded her: "Tell you to fight slowly! If this continues for one or two rounds, the city wall will collapse!"

Gao Sijin explained embarrassingly: "Dutong, in order to reduce the logistical pressure on our expedition, we only brought the No. [-] and No. [-] guns..."

Huang Zhiting interrupted: "Then reduce the number and slow down the salvo speed! In short, no matter how you act, you must let the other party send someone to warn in time, and let them know that although we have artillery, the firepower is not strong, understand? "

Of course, Gao Sijin could only explain clearly, and then hurried over and hurriedly withdrew the thirty cannons, and the remaining twenty cannons were also given strict instructions—they were only allowed to fire at most within one stick of incense. One shot, one more shot, a fine of five taels of silver!

Then, Gao Sijin, who was eager to learn, ran back to find Huang Dutong, beating around the bush to find out why he fought like this.

Huang Zhiting said angrily: "I think you are too eager to fight, and you can't even see it? If you put up the No. [-] cannon as soon as you go up, it's just such a small breakthrough, and the city wall will collapse after a round of salvo. The people inside might be dead, who will tell Mang Yingli that we are coming to fight Dongyu City?"

Gao Sijin hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but asked: "Then can't we just take Dongyu City? Anyway, after taking Dongyu City, Mang Yingli will know the news sooner or later, and then we will fight the same way." ?”

Huang Zhiting shook her head and said: "Biaoguan is close to Dongyu City and far away from the main force of the mang thieves. If we fight too hard, the mang thieves may be late to get the news, but Dongyu city will know soon, so what will happen? ?Tungoo City will immediately make full deployments to strengthen the city's defenses, which may make the next siege more difficult.

But if our firepower is relatively limited, Toungoo City may relax its vigilance. While sending messengers to contact the reckless thieves, it may not be too concerned about strengthening the city defenses. will be easier. "

"Oh...so that's the case, I understand the humble job." Gao Sijin understood now, and accepted the order sincerely.
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