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  Chapter 867 Chapter 863【Captain of Transport Team】

  The day after the Datong Army left Pyay City, Mang Tai had already discovered it.

  He first sent a small group of troops to attack tentatively, and found that the south and north of the city were all empty camps.

  Even so, Mang Tai did not dare to pursue immediately, fearing that the Datong Army would trick him out of the city. This guy was extremely cautious, and sent a fast boat to inquire about the news. He didn't dare to be sure that the enemy had really left until the Datong Army traveled northward for dozens of miles.

   Regarding this situation, Mang Tai was both happy and angry.

   What is gratifying is that the Datong army did not capture Pyay, but dared to go deep into the north alone, and sooner or later they would be surrounded and wiped out by the Burmese army.

   What made him angry was that the Datong Army treated him like air, and they were not afraid of him chasing after him at all!

   Mangtai left 10,000 refugees to defend the city, and led an army of tens of thousands to pursue.

  Although he was angry, he didn't dare to chase too fast.

  One is that there are only more than 3,000 main players, and the remaining tens of thousands are all scum, and marching too fast will collapse the team. The second is to be cautious, fearing that the Datong army will kill the carbine.

  Every time he came to a city that had been occupied by the Datong Army, Mangtai would go forward to defend the city, and then send spies to inquire about the news, and then continue to chase after confirming that the Datong Army had gone far. At the same time, he hurriedly wrote the victory report, and regained another city by himself.

  Finally, Datong soldiers approached the city of Bagan and camped several miles outside the city.

  This news made Mangtai completely let go of his vigilance. He led his army out from the city of Shaobu in the south, and marched slowly to fight a battle in Bagan City. At that time, his troops will be in the south, and the King of Burma's reinforcements will be in the north. Together with the army in Bagan City, they will be able to completely wipe out this arrogant enemy army!

  Outside Bagan City, the Datong Military Camp is still there.

  More than 1,000 supply ships and more than 8,000 Mon sailors were stationed on the riverside next to the big camp. In the barracks, there are still 3,000 regular troops, 5,000 inspectors, and more than 10,000 Mon servants.

  The defenders in the city dare not come out, and are still waiting for reinforcements.

  The artillery of the Datong Army continued to bombard the city wall every day, and seemed to plan to storm the city. It didn't look like the main force had left.

   "The enemy is coming, run!"

  A small group of Burmese cavalry collided head-on with the dragoons who were exploring the road, and fled away after a long distance.

  Yang Zhan was a little helpless when he heard the news: "The enemy general is not a fool, he was careful all the way, and he can be called a good general in China."

   "Abandon the luggage and speed up the march!" Ding Jiasheng ordered immediately.

  Thousands of dragoons chased them out first.

  The Datong dragoons in the southwest region, to be precise, belong to the mountain cavalry.

  The riders are all southwest pony, good at climbing mountains and mountains. Equipped with a tiger squatting cannon, it is convenient to move quickly and fire between paddy fields and mountains. All crew members have flintlock guns, no bayonets, only waist knives and lances. Instead of cotton armor, he only wore a layer of light chain mail, and a rattan helmet that shaded the sun, rain, and arrows.

  In the south, Mangtai seemed a little flustered when he received the news. The Datong Army actually shot back. Isn't he afraid of being chased by the defenders of Bagan City?

  Or, how dare you divide your troops to attack your tens of thousands of troops?

   "The whole army retreats to the camp!"

  The so-called camp is the temporary camp they set up last night. Some wooden fences were inserted to make the walls of the village, and a small amount of trenches were dug, which could barely be regarded as fortifications.

  Mang Tai didn't dare to march back to the nearest city in a hurry, as the same sentence said, running too fast would disperse the troops.

  The main force of the Burmese army is tens of thousands of standing troops. When the army is expanded during the war, the local nobles also recruit farmers. Local aristocrats have their own private soldiers, recruiting peasants within their jurisdiction can guarantee the combat effectiveness of the peasant army.

   But the Datong army killed it too fast, and the local nobles ran away with their private soldiers. Many did not flee to the north, but avoided the front of the army and fled to the east to gather in Bagu and Toungoo.

  Lacking local nobles to lead troops, it is difficult for Mang Tai to effectively command the peasant army.

   "The enemy is coming, the enemy is coming!"

   Before the Burmese army returned to the place where they camped last night, the Datong dragoons had already caught up.

  Thanks to King Talong, who had died of illness, an official road was laid along the river, otherwise the river bank would be full of rice fields, and the cavalry would really not be able to run.

  This place belongs to the middle and upper reaches of the Ayeyarwady River, and rice is harvested two or three times a year.

  It is clearly winter, but the seedlings are knee-deep.

   Mang Tai hastily deployed his army, leading the main force himself, forming an formation near the official road. More than a dozen local nobles led tens of thousands of peasant troops, stepping on the rice fields and spreading them on both sides.

  In order to pursue quickly, the Datong cavalry did not bring tiger squatting guns.

   "Abandon the horse, line up!"

  The cavalry general is called Qin Fuguo, who is the grandnephew of Qin Liangyu.

   More than 4,000 dragoons were instantly transformed into musket infantry. They hang their cavalry guns on their horses, and only carry flintlock guns and waist knives, standing in formation on the ridges of fields.

  The tens of thousands of Burmese peasant army had no organization at all, and they had to form formations in the rice fields. There is a mess everywhere, and it is not as good as the military training of middle school students.

  Switched to a flat and open terrain, the Datong cavalry would definitely rush up, and the whole army would collapse after three or two impacts.

   Mang Sigu excitedly said: "Father, the enemy only has a few thousand cavalry, and they should be the vanguard. Cavalry is useless in this terrain, but our army has tens of thousands of people. We should quickly encircle and wipe them out!"

   "If you can't wipe it all out, it depends on how much you can keep," Mang Tai said to the herald, "Raise the flag, blow the trumpet, and the right wing outflanks!"

  The local aristocratic generals acted immediately after receiving the order, and led a small number of private soldiers to move forward slowly. However, the peasant army under their command could not quickly learn about the military order, so they could only subconsciously follow suit.

   Crooked, messy.

  Qin Fuguo almost laughed out loud when he saw it: "The whole army got on their horses and retreated two miles."

  More than 4,000 soldiers ran back to the official road from the ridge of the field, got on their horses and fled. They all ran away, the Burmese army was still dawdling, and the outflanking troops were already in a mess.

  In this situation, Mangtai was a little confused.

  He had an army of tens of thousands, but he didn't dare to pursue him. If he pursued him, he would inevitably become more chaotic. If he didn't pay attention, the whole army would be defeated.

   "All ministries gather and slowly retreat to the camp last night!" Mang Tai ordered helplessly.

  Seeing that the Burmese army had gathered half, Qin Fuguo immediately sent an order: "The rear team becomes the front team, catch up and dismount!"

   "Too much deception!"

   Mangtai was so angry that he didn't dare to gather the army anymore, and ordered the troops to be deployed again.

   It hasn’t been closed yet, and the formation is about to be expanded, and the tens of thousands of peasant troops are becoming more and more chaotic.

   Lost!

Mang Tai called his son: "Prepare to lead the main force to retreat, this battle cannot be fought. The enemy cavalry is stalling for time. When the main force of the enemy army arrives, we will definitely be wiped out. Except for the luggage on board, we will abandon everything else and flee back at full speed. Shaobu City, garrison the city and wait for the actions of the friendly forces in the north."

   "Don't you want so much food?" Mang Sigu was a little reluctant.

   "It is important to keep the troops." Mang Tai said.

  The Burmese ship docked in Prome has been snatched by the Datong Army. Mangtai could only collect small boats along the way. How much baggage could a few hundred small boats carry? The luggage of tens of thousands of people was carried by livestock and manpower.

   "Outflank the enemy!"

  Mang Tai continued to give orders to the miscellaneous soldiers, and at the same time made the main force prepare to flee.

  As long as the main force can escape smoothly, tens of thousands of civilians will die. And most of them will not die, they will definitely be defeated and run around, and many of them will definitely be able to escape back to their hometown.

   Seeing that the Burmese army was expanding again, Qin Fuguo ordered to retreat again. He believed that if this happened a few more times, the Burmese army itself would be disorganized and dispersed.

   "The whole army pursues!" Mang Tai raised the command flag and blew the charge horn.

   Those local nobles rushed forward with their private soldiers, and tens of thousands of civilians also rushed forward. I can't even rush, and the paddy fields are full of water, moving forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

  The rice fields were too difficult to walk. More and more Burmese troops rushed to the official roads and ridges, blocking the passages that could move quickly.

   "Go!"

   Mangtai felt that the time had come, and quickly ordered the main force to retreat.

  Qin Fuguo was riding on horseback, and when he saw this, he was furious: "Fuck it, the enemy general has no conscience, and even left the army to run away! Kill me!"

   Tens of thousands of Burmese troops crowded the official roads, blocking the ridges of the fields, and rice fields can be seen everywhere.

  They rushed towards the Datong army with their weapons raised, and the Datong army also dismounted and stepped on the rice fields to march forward.

   "Raise the gun!"

   "Bang bang bang bang!"

  Three strikes of the firecracker, a puff of gunpowder smoke dissipated, and the enemy in front of him had already collapsed.

  Countless Burmese refugees ran to the official road one after another, trying to escape along the official road, completely blocking the official road. And the Burmese army farther away was still wading over in a mess, and some couldn't understand the situation here.

   "Come back, get on your horse!" Qin Fuguo shouted.

  The bugle sounded, and the Datong army in the rice fields retreated to the official road one after another.

  The official road is very narrow and can only accommodate three horses in parallel, but if you want to gallop a horse, you can have at most two horses in parallel.

  Qin Fuguo rushed to the front on horseback, slashing and killing the rout soldiers blocking the official road. But there is too much traffic ahead, and they will not be able to rush through for a while. The more they slash and kill, the more corpses will be on the official road, and the cavalry will not be able to rush at all.

  The Datong cavalry in the rear squatted on the official road, quickly reloaded, and fired at the rice fields on both sides in turn.

   At this time, more and more Burmese troops found that their main general had already run away with the main force. The local aristocrats were the first to react, calling the private soldiers to turn around and flee, and the nearby militia immediately followed suit.

  The rice fields in the four fields are full of routs, and the Datong army can't chase them.

  After hacking and killing all the way, those defeated soldiers on the official road finally knew how to jump into the rice field to escape.

   "Fuck me!"

  When the routs on the official road cleared up, Qin Fuguo finally discovered that there were still countless supplies blocking the road ahead, and even a few artillery blocks there.

  The luggage of tens of thousands of troops was lying on the official road, and it would be **** if the cavalry could pass.

  Qin Fuguo roared angrily: "Get off your horse and enter the field, capture the prisoners, and transport the luggage!"

   There is no way to chase after them. When these luggage are removed, the main force of the enemy army may have fled back to the city. We can only capture the prisoners as much as possible, seize the luggage and go back to the mission.

   This battle was fought nonsense enough. Although the enemy army was defeated, all the main forces fled.

   Fortunately, the supplies were seized!

  When Ding Jiasheng and Yang Zhan led the main force of the Datong Army to chase after them, facing this situation, they also couldn't laugh or cry.

  Thanks to the enemy general, who came hundreds of miles away, turned around and left after delivering the supplies, and did not stay to hear thank you.

  No matter what, the Chinese army, which is alone and deep, will not worry about the food problem for the time being.

  (end of this chapter)