East Factory Governor

Chapter 808 Akhmutan
Akhmedan is a unique military-civilian system in the history of Myanmar.The so-called Akhmedan was actually a serf who directly served the king.

Everything of these serfs was owned by the king, and they often existed in the form of villages, and they were usually involved in farming, producing ordnance, and military training.

The difference from Ming’s farming system is that these serfs are under strict control. Each of them must have a tattoo on their forehead to symbolize that they are members of the Akhmedan organization. These people must be Akhmedan for life, except for this Because of their status, they can't even be slaves to ordinary wealthy families.

Once a member of Ahmedan defected or retreated from battle, not only his family would be punished, but even the entire village would be severely punished.

They are like worker bees, they have no other way out except to work for and defend the queen bee.

And once they defected, they would have nothing to hide because of the tattoos on their foreheads—you must know that those who dare to take in members of Ahmedan will also commit serious crimes.

So they had no choice. When the king asked them to open fire on the Ming army and show the Ming army the determination of Dongwu to resist, they had to be cannon fodder.

And they also succeeded as cannon fodder.

The Ming army sank or seriously injured all these more than 30 warships with little effort.

The sea was littered with broken planks, dead bodies, and tunguns struggling in the cold water.

Qin Shuhuai made an order that many people could not understand, that is to let the boat save people.

The reason why he did this was of course not out of pity. After so many battles, Qin Shuhuai already understood what the end of being kind to the enemy would be.

The reason why he did this was to use these people to advertise, so as to facilitate future psychological warfare and see if he could shake the morale of the Ahmedan organization.

From Qin Shuhuai's logic, the Ahmedan organization was a serf organization under the threat of the king. If they shouted the slogan of overthrowing the king and emancipating the serfs, would these people be moved?

Do you want to give you freedom?Let you stop working for the king for free?Do you want to cancel the tattoo and return your human dignity?
Well, Qin Shuhuai doesn't know whether the system that has been in place for hundreds of years will collapse or be shaken because of him, but he always feels that he is giving these poor people a chance anyway, if they insist on doing it for him The master died, if he wanted to feel happy even though the master oppressed them so cruelly, then he couldn't do anything about it.

There will always be someone who likes to be a licking dog, no matter in which time and space.

The Ming army quickly carried out the rescue, and it took half an hour to save the Donghei people who fell into the water.

Of course, the Dongwu people who were rescued were all tied hands and feet and gathered together.

The fleet continued to move forward, destroying several forts at the entrance of the Ayeyarwady River by the way, and then marched towards Daguang unimpeded as if entering no one's land.

Forty miles is very short for a waterway, and the fleet arrived at Daguang Port before [-]:[-] that afternoon.

At this time, King Long must have sent reinforcements to Daguang, but it is impossible to know the exact number.

Qin Shuhuai remembered very clearly that during Thalom's era, the total population of Burma was about 300 million, but the main source of the empire's military power was still in the Akhmedan organization.

Except for the Akhmedan organization, ordinary Dongwu businessmen, wealthy people, and their relatives from the powerful class are all not soldiers.If there is a large-scale war, it is very likely that another kind of serf, that is, the serf "Atai" of the rich and powerful will also join the army, but this kind of soldier has little combat effectiveness because they usually don't train much.

Judging from the data of his King Long period, there were only about 10 young and middle-aged men in the Akhmutan organization in Dongwu at that time, and this was the elite lineage in the hands of King Long.

In other words, Qin Shuhuai estimated that King Long's elite should not exceed [-], which already included the Forbidden Army—the Forbidden Army is just a high-ranking Akhmutan.

Facing the attack of the Ming army, he, King Long, would deploy defenses in the north to prevent the Ming army from attacking Yunnan and other places, and at the same time deploy defenses in the south. It is easy to imagine that the Ming army would send another large army through Siam.

Therefore, the troops that King Long can deploy in Daguang are actually very limited.

In Qin Shuhuai's hands, in addition to the 3000 people stationed in Manlajia, there are [-] elites.

After the fleet arrived at Daguang Port, it made some adjustments and began shelling at about four o'clock.

It was still the old rule that the battleship's Hongyi cannons fired first, and other small and medium-sized ships wandered around the periphery to guard.

Daguang Port was still a big port at this time, and the port was only equipped with more than [-] forts, a total of [-] to [-] coastal defense guns.But the problem is that these [-] or [-] coastal defense guns are all Akhmedan's homemade guns, and their range can't be compared with the Hongyi cannons, so they can only be beaten.

In fact, it is not difficult to imagine that in the east at that time, if there was no Qin Shuhuai, even the relatively strongest Ming Dynasty would only have a dozen red barbarian cannons, all of which were arranged on the most important Ningjin defense line, so other small countries Naturally, it is even more impossible to mass-produce this latest cannon.

Of course, it cannot be said that there is no Dongwu at all, because the British arrived at Dongwu very early, and they also sold some new cannons to Dongwu before, but this kind of cannon is very expensive, and there is no place to repair it when it breaks, so Dongwu Wu only purchased a very small amount, and most of them were equipped near the capital.

All in all, this was another artillery battle in which the Ming army opened fire and Dongwugan stood and was beaten.

The [-] or [-] coastal defense guns, which were ineffective, were completely misfired after only resisting for half an hour under the frenzied attack of the [-] or [-] battleships of the Ming army.

After clearing the coastal defense guns, the battleships of the Ming army approached the shore further, and then bombarded the land.

The layout of Daguang Port is a common port layout in the age of great navigation.Close to the shore, there are a large number of wharves, storage yards, and supporting buildings such as pergolas for resting and eating, wine shops, etc. These buildings are generally distributed less than two miles from the shore, so that the crew can quickly unload and rest.

And further in, about three or four miles from the shore, there is a city - Daguang City.

There are garrisons in the city, administrative agencies to maintain the operation of the wharf, and the highest chief executive here—in Dongwu, this official position is called Wen Miao.In addition, there are also a large number of restaurants, inns, brothels, etc. in the city. Compared with those on the wharf, the grade is naturally higher.

And these places are almost all within the range of the Hongyi Cannon.

When all the coastal defense guns were destroyed by the Ming army fleet, there were no more black soldiers in the visible area.

The Dongwu soldiers are not stupid, and they can't reach the Ming army fleet on land. Isn't it just looking for a fight at this time?
The Ming army also had no intention of completely destroying Daguang Port, so they did not bombard the port facilities on the shore. Instead, they immediately let all kinds of military ships dock and swaggered to send the army to land.

In addition to the necessary sailors and gunners, about 7000 people from the army landed in just half an hour and were ready to go.

Qin Shuhuai did not underestimate Dongwu's fighting power. After all, from a historical point of view, Dongwu is now in a period of prosperity, and this battle may not be easy.So he also disembarked and landed with the army, preparing to take part in the battle himself.

After the army landed, the first thing to occupy was Daguang City.

However, the Ming army did not set off in a hurry, but waited on the shore for a while.

About a quarter of an hour later, I finally saw more than a dozen men dressed as Dongwu Shan coming from somewhere. They rushed over, and when they saw the soldiers of the Ming army, they said that they wanted to see Mr. Qin, the Duke of An.

(End of this chapter)