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  Chapter 868 864【Siam and Eight Hundred Division】

  In ancient China, when marching and fighting, if the food was transported purely by land, the army could bring 5-10 days of food with it, and the projection distance of the troops was about 500 kilometers. If the enemy is strong and clears the field, the projection distance will be greatly shortened, because there will be no food to grab along the way.

   At this time, a logistics supply system is needed. If there are vehicles, boats and other tools to transport grain, a large station will be set up about 60 miles away. If it is purely transported by manpower, a small station should be set up about 10 miles away, and the peasants will carry it in batches, so as to ensure the speed of grain transportation.

   Transporting food is so troublesome, and the enemy cities encountered along the way must be taken down one by one.

  Because the army can pass around the city, the food transport team behind cannot. Once the army is far away, the enemy will come out of the city, cut off our army's food roads, and even burn down our army's rear food stations.

  However, don’t take the situation of ancient China and apply it to other countries in the same period!

  Taking the European Middle Ages as an example, only 10% of military rations were provided by logistics, and the remaining 90% were provided by soldiers themselves, merchant trade and local robbery.

   It was not until the 30 Years War that the logistics system was gradually improved. For example, the military warehouse system in France was established during the Richelieu period. Even with the garrison system, the logistical principle of the Louis XIV era was still: only supplies that could not be obtained abroad were transported from within the country.

  More than a hundred years ago, when the Taungoo Dynasty fought the Battle of Pyay, the military rations were all delivered directly to the front line by ships provided by the Mon people.

  At that time, there was the army of the Ava Dynasty in the north, and the waterway in the south was completely blocked by Arakan warships. Therefore, the army of the Toungoo Dynasty had no food at all, but they were still able to besiege the city for more than five months until they finally won the war.

  This time, if the Datong Army on the South Road is halved and then halved again, there is no need for supplies along the way, and only the grain transport ships accompanying the army will be enough.

   Mang Tai's tens of thousands of pursuers had only one or two months' food when they were stationed in Pyay City. This guy traveled northward, collected food and grass during the march, and ordered officials from all over the country to send it quickly. The tens of thousands of troops were actually tens of thousands of civilians, and they brought their own food with the help of ships and livestock. There was no so-called logistics transportation team at all.

   When Mangtai brought more than 3,000 main forces and returned to Shaobu City for defense, good news came from the east.

The local aristocratic troops assembled in Mawlamyine, Bago, Daguang (Yangon) and other places went north from the narrow plain in the east, and then turned west to block the back road of the Datong army. At this time, thousands of people had arrived in Kyaukpa East . There are more troops on the way, all of them can come and join Mang Tai. The troops in the Toungoo area received orders to go to the capital early, and they were rushing from the north to reinforce Bagan City.

  Once all the ministries successfully arrive, the army equal to two-thirds of Myanmar will encircle the troops of Ding Jiasheng and Yang Zhan.

  Whether it's whether it's a solitary army going deep, or whether the center is blooming, Ding Jiasheng and Yang Zhan have done too much this time. The aggressive and crazy way of marching straight into the heart of Myanmar is like poking a hornet's nest. The Burmese army can't even care about the northern border.

  Huang Yao and Liu Xinyu's North Army only had to face one-third of the Burmese army, and the rest of the Burmese army came to fight Ding Jiasheng and Yang Zhan.

  Ding Jiasheng and Yang Zhan can't fight casually, because they have too few civilians, and their logistics are all on the grain transport ship, so they can only move along the Irrawaddy River.

   Just as they were about to be surrounded, fighting broke out on the other roads.

  Arakan, the little overlord of the sea in the Bay of Bengal, as a loyal subsidiary force of Myanmar, brought more than 40 large and small warships and more than 2,000 soldiers, and even came to support by sea.

  They collided with the Datong Navy guarding there near the mouth of the Irrawaddy River.

   Datong Navy greeted warmly, and a "salute" was a greeting.

  The naval commander in Arakan looked at the ships of the Datong Navy and immediately issued a very rude order. They didn't even say hello, and didn't fire a few "salutes", they just went back the same way, went back where they came from, and didn't get involved in the war between China and Burma.

   On the other side of Siam, King Narai led 500 Datong troops and more than 30,000 Siamese soldiers, and went straight to the coastal city of Langa in the southeastern part of Myanmar.

  Siam and Myanmar are enemies.

   This more than a hundred years ago, never stopped the war. I will surround your capital for a while, and you will surround my capital for a while. Even if there is no Datong Army, there will be a war in ten years. The Siamese army will go straight to Bagan (the city that Ding Jiasheng is going to fight now).

  What is Langashu, what is Tuwa, and it is impossible to tell whose homeland it is. Anyway, as long as it is occupied by the other party, it is said to be one's own lost land.

  Due to the rapid advance of the Datong Army, the Burmese army stationed in Langa has quickly assembled to the north.

  The Siamese army took Leng Zi**, and the Burmese army was caught off guard. In just five days, Langashu was captured by King Narai, and then continued to attack the coastal city of Dawei.

  Tawei also quickly fell, and the Siamese army pointed directly at Mawlamyine.

   Further north of Mawlamyine is Maduba, the old capital of the Mon people. The Mon nobles in the city were all forced to move to Bagu, but the villages were still dominated by the Mon people.

   "Your Highness, please restrain the military discipline and don't plunder the Meng people!"

The speaker was Meng Rui, a missionary officer of the 500th Datong Army who was borrowed by Siam. He said: "According to the information provided by Xizuo, the Mon people do not accept the rule of the Burmese. The Mon people in the villages of Mawlamyine and Maduba Many, if they plunder, it will arouse the resistance of the Mon people. It is better to use Bayeux to spread the message, saying that we are here to help the Mon people, help them overthrow the Burmese rule, and help them in Madu Bafuguo."

  More than a hundred years ago, both Myanmar and Siam wrote on Bayeux, and the Bayeux script was invented by the Mon people.

   Now using Bayeux to send a message to the Mon people, the content is to help them restore the country, and it will definitely win the favor of the Mon people. The Mon nobles will bring their own dry food and recruit soldiers to accompany them.

   King Narai hesitated and said: "But decades ago, when Siam captured Moulmein, they robbed the local Mon people. Would they really believe it?"

  Meng Rui said: "In order to restore the country, they are willing to believe."

Adviser Yang Dongkui said: "Your Highness can promise that as long as the two cities of Langkashu and Dawei in Siam, Moulmein and Madupa in the north, all will be handed over to the Mon people to rule. Our army will restrain the military discipline and not rob the Mon people. , and captured Mawlamyine with all their strength. Then, handed over Mawlamyine to the Mon people. The Mon people were still grateful for the city? And the north of Mawlamyine is the old capital of the Mon people, Maduba. In order to recover the old capital, they also Why don't you respond?"

  King Narai was a little unhappy about this. His original plan was to take the opportunity to annex Mawlamyine and Maduba.

  Yang Dongkui persuaded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, accept it as soon as you see it. Don't make the Heavenly Dynasty unhappy. If you take down Langgashu and Dawei, you have already regained your homeland. Who else in Siam will not accept you?"

   King Nalai thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, give Maolamian to the Meng people!"

  Mawlamyine's defenders, there are only a thousand people left at this time.

  The 30,000 Siamese army took two days to conquer. Then they plundered and looted the city, and then handed it over to the nobles of the Meng people after the looting was over.

  The Meng people got an empty city riddled with holes, and they had no right to dislike it, so they accepted it happily. This situation quickly spread to surrounding villages and towns, and a large number of Mon landlords and farmers came to help the Siamese army fight.

  Because further north is the old capital of the Mon dynasty!

Meng Rui, a missionary officer, summoned the Mon landlords alone, and promised: "The Toungoo Kingdom established by the Burmese is disrespectful to the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty. As long as the Mon people cooperate in the battle, they will be allowed to return to the country in the future. The capital is Maduba. You can also set up your capital in Pegu, and you will have your own country in the future.”

  Maduba and Bagu are both the old capitals of the Mon people!

  The Mon landlords were overjoyed, and they did not know where to find a nobleman, who was said to be a descendant of the royal family of the Baigu (Bagu) Dynasty, and directly declared the founding of the country in Mawlamyine, which had been robbed.

  Next, the Siamese and Mon forces jointly captured Maduba, and the Siamese army ransacked the city again.

  The coalition forces quickly marched towards Bagu, where a large number of Mon nobles lived in the city.

  When the two armies arrived at the city, the nobles of the Mon people in the city took the opportunity to riot, and the inside and the outside joined forces to capture Bagu City.

   Close cooperation, announced the end.

  First, the Siamese army ransacked Bago, which aroused strong dissatisfaction among the Mon people. Then the internal contradictions of the Mon people intensified. The Mon landlords from the southern countryside could not urinate in the same pot as the Mon nobles in Bagu.

  Especially the Mon landlords have elected a king, and the nobles have also introduced royal descendants.

  The 500 Datong Army acted as a middleman, forcibly suppressing internal conflicts, and urged the three parties to rush to the Northern Expedition, and they could plunder Burmese cities at will along the way.

  At the same time, the Mon people announced the official restoration of the country and the capital in Bagu, and issued a Baye statement in the name of the king, calling on all the Mon people in Myanmar to rebel.

  These guys went north all the way, and because the Burmese army was transferred to surround Ding Jiasheng and Yang Zhan, they didn't encounter any decent resistance along the way. Half a month later, it was already approaching Taungoo City, the old capital of the Taungoo Dynasty!

  The Burmese army who went to encircle the Datong army was very frightened when they received the news, and they all returned to defense before going too far.

  The coalition forces of Siam and Mon were blocked outside the city of Toungoo. The city is too strong and heavily guarded, so it won't be able to take it down for a while.

  Eastern Front.

  King Nalai sent an envoy, accompanied by several Datong troops, to order the eight hundred divisions to dispatch troops quickly.

  The seat of the eight hundred divisions is Jingmai (Chiang Mai), and the leader is called Zhao Lengzhai.

  He is the consolation envoy of Eight Hundred Dadian conferred by Ming Dynasty, the leader of Jingmai conferred by Siam, and the local nobleman conferred by Burma. So, when China, Burma, and Siam are at war, which side should he help?

   "China is strong, we cannot disobey the emperor's order."

  “China is too far away, and the Burmese are too close to offend the Burmese.”

   "But Siam is closer. If we don't fight for Siam, we will be punished."

   "What if the Burmese win?"

   "The Burmese can't win, but this time China and Siam joined forces to attack the Burmese."

   "Don't wait any longer and see who wins."

   "..."

   Poor and naughty Yabaisi immediately recruited troops and collected food and grass.

  They first told the Chinese and Siamese envoys that they would send troops to help, but it took time to deploy troops and collect food. He also secretly sent envoys to Awa, the capital of Myanmar, saying that he was recruiting troops and would soon send troops to help Myanmar.

  After the 800 Division completes the gathering of troops, the situation should be clear, and whichever side has the upper hand will fall to whichever side.

  (end of this chapter)