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  Chapter 873 869 [Toast defected]

   "Brother, the Han army is out of camp!" Ganma chieftain Tunafa rushed over.

  Meng Gong chieftain Tona Meng said: "I know, I just received an order from the Burmese to let us chieftains defend the northern camp."

  Meng Gong belongs to the middle chieftain of Mengyang, and there are many small chieftains, such as Ganma, Meng Huan, and Meng Gao, who live in the territory of Meng Gong chieftain.

  The army under Tuo Nameng's command can be understood as the coalition of chieftains, and the most scumbag chieftain only sent two or three hundred troops.

  As soon as Tonafa heard the name "Burmese", he knew that Tonameng planned to play backstab: "Brother, when will you do it?"

"It can't be too early, and it can't be too late." Tuo Nameng inherited the rich experience of jumping and rebounding from his ancestors. "If you start too early, we will be seriously injured. If you start too late, it is easy to be blamed by the Han generals after the war. Even if you don't blame, You can’t make a mistake either. Go tell the leaders of the various divisions and let them see my flag, and I will raise the white flag and attack the Burmese army together.”

   "Okay, I'll go right away." Tonafa turned around and left.

  The geographical location of this group of chieftains is very embarrassing, relatively far from the Yunnan border. However, the dynasty formed by the Burmese could attack them directly from the narrow and long plain in the south.

  If they are unyielding to Ming Dynasty, they will be wiped out by Myanmar before they get reinforcements from Ming Dynasty. But they won't be loyal to Burma either, because Daming doesn't even need to send troops by itself, and can easily deal with it by sending Mengyang Chieftain directly. Therefore, they have always jumped back and forth repeatedly, which has become a common occurrence.

  The chief general of the Burmese army was arrested, of course he knew that these chieftains were unreliable. But he really couldn't do anything, because the main force in northern Myanmar was all piled up on Bhamo's side, and he didn't have enough troops, so he could only rely on these chieftains.

  Suddenly arrested and called the two sons, and told them: "If something bad happens, immediately flee on horseback. Don't flee south along the river, but flee to the southwest, and then you can escape back to Ava."

  The Datong Army dispatched troops too quickly, and the route was precise.

  A block in the direction of Bhamo cut off the connection between Mengyang's northern and southern Burmese troops. Chen Bing in Jiajiu also cut off the Burmese army in the north of Mengyang and the chieftain in the west. Whether it's gathering troops or collecting food, the Burmese army has become very troublesome. Now that they have made a surprise attack on Mengyang City, there is basically no suspense in the battle situation.

  The reason why the Datong Army went so smoothly was not only its strength, but also the advantageous terrain left by Da Ming.

  The Ming Dynasty set up three declarations and six comforts, and the three declarations all belong to Yunnan, and the six comforts are places like Laos and Myanmar. The land of the three declarations can control the surrounding area, whether it is mountains or rivers, the Chinese army has the potential to dominate. In a word, it is very difficult for you to hit me in this kind of broken terrain, but it is easy for me to hit you.

  It's like the army led by Huang Yao, if you don't make a move, you will be fine, and if you make a move, you will grab two throats.

   "Don't leave the camp, those who disobey the order will be cut off, and defend the camp with all your strength!" If you are caught suddenly, you dare not go out to fight in the camp, and there is still a slight hope of victory in defending the camp.

  This camp is located at the foot of the mountain, and there is a small river flowing down the mountain. Usually there is only one beacon tower, but now it has been expanded into a camp, and many deep trenches have been dug around it.

   "Boom boom boom!"

  Myanmar's artillery was the first to fire from the mountainside.

   But the number is not large, only a few cannons, and they fire before they enter the range.

  Well, it may also be a test gun.

  The Burmese king Thalong, who lived and recuperated for 20 years, during which time the Burmese army didn’t fight much, and even if they fought, it was a small fight, mainly to quell the Mon rebellion in the south. Now the faint king only knows how to enjoy himself for several years, and the decline of the army is even more serious.

   "Boom!"

   There was a loud noise from the middle of the mountain, and a Burmese army artillery was directly blasted by the test gun.

  Dozens of artillery from the Datong Army were drawn out, which made the Burmese army guarding the village tremble. On various battlefields in Myanmar alone, the Datong Army dispatched a total of more than 280 artillery pieces, not including the cavalry's use of tiger squat guns.

  If the European monarchs and generals know about it, I am afraid that they will all go crazy. So many artillery pieces are enough for them to fight the war.

  The artillery bombarded.

  Myanmar artillery, aimed at Chinese artillery.

  Chinese artillery aimed at the camp of the Burmese army.

   "Brother, hurry up, the artillery of the Celestial Dynasty is really powerful!" Tuo Nafa came to suggest.

   Tuo Nameng said: "You just step back, the Chinese artillery is bombarding the walls of the village."

  Tuo Nafa said: "I'm afraid that our wall will collapse first. What if the army of the imperial dynasty attacks us first? It will be too late to turn against us!"

   Tuo Nameng felt it made sense, gritted his teeth and said, "Then do it in advance!"

  The two sides were still firing artillery, and the camp where the chieftain army was located suddenly shouted and killed, and launched an attack on the Burmese army without warning.

   "I knew it, I knew it, those damned Shan people are unreliable!"

   Caught and roared for a while, drew his sword and shouted: "Kill the Shan people first, and break out from the south!"

  The Chinese and Burmese troops have not yet joined the battle, but the Burmese army and the chieftain have already fought.

  There are hot air balloons floating in the sky, and the sentry can see clearly with binoculars. The enemy army was not acting, but a real infighting, and immediately waved the signal flag frantically.

  Huang Yao got the signal and smiled immediately: "The Chinese army stay here to prevent the enemy from coming out of the city, and the rest of the troops attack the fort immediately!"

  Datong cavalry quickly circled to the north and south sides of the enemy camp, preparing to intercept and kill the enemies who broke out.

  The infantry was deployed according to the position and rushed towards the nearest wall. During the charge, the Burmese army artillery on the mountainside was still firing shells sporadically, killing and wounding dozens of Datong troops one after another.

   The melee pawns rushing to the front carried something similar to a bamboo raft, but longer and narrower than the bamboo raft. The temporary trenches dug by the enemy were not wide, and the bamboo rafts would not lag for much time at all.

   "Bang bang bang bang!"

   "Shhhhhhh!"

  The musketeers and archers of the Burmese army hid behind the wall and started firing.

  Due to the short distance, there was only one meeting, and the Datong Army lost hundreds of casualties. However, most of them were injured, and there were only more than 20 soldiers killed on the spot.

   It was just this one time, when the Datong soldiers rushed outside the wall, the Burmese troops defending the wall fled one after another.

  They had never fought much before, and usually bullied the chieftains and common people of the Dai nationality. The passage to the south was cut off, and the hometown in the north fell again, and even their family members were still alive or dead. Now that the Datong army is charging ahead, and the chieftain soldiers are stabbing behind, how can there be any will to fight?

  The front wall of the village was breached, and the Burmese army inside collapsed completely, and more and more soldiers fled to the mountains.

   "Father, there is no way to break through the siege in the south, there are a lot of Han cavalry!"

   "Flee to the mountains!"

  The chief general of the Burmese army, father and son, with more than twenty followers, unexpectedly left the army and ran away.

   "Catch and catch!"

  Tuo Nameng ignored those Burmese rout soldiers, and led only more than 20 cavalrymen, chasing towards the father and son.

When Huang Yao led the Chinese army into the enemy camp, Tuo Nameng had already caught him, and led all the chieftains to kowtow to plead guilty: "Please forgive me, the general of the Celestial Dynasty. There is really no way for us to surrender to the Burmese. We are fed up with the Burmese." Today, I finally waited for the general, and the general is the Bodhisattva Buddha who saves the suffering. From now on, we will be loyal to the imperial court from generation to generation. If the Burmese fight again, we will die to be loyal to the imperial court!"

  Huang Yao didn't mention the faults of these chieftains at all, and lifted Tuo Na Meng up with his own hands, and encouraged him with a friendly face: "The general is loyal, wise and brave when he rises up in battle. I will report to His Majesty the Emperor, and please reward the general for his meritorious service!"

   "Thank you, General!" All the chieftains were overjoyed.

  Of course they should be rewarded for their merits. Loyal people like Tuo Nameng are too aggrieved to live in Menggong. They should go to the south to be a chieftain.

  After the end of the war, in the Lower Burma area, the Mon people were supported to establish a country. Also in the Central Myanmar region, it supported the Dai people to establish a country. As for the big chieftains in northern Myanmar, they were all thrown into the two new countries as nobles, and they were the chieftains with real power who owned territories.

  In this way, the northern chieftains can be dealt with without bloodshed, and all their territories can be annexed. It can also add sand to the two small countries in the south, so that Central Burma and Lower Burma will continue to fight each other.

   What, you don't want to leave?

   This is beyond your control!

  Taking the land of Meng Gong as an example, Tuo Na Meng had to go to the south. The rest of the small chieftains, if they support land reform and the policy of dividing land, can stay and become mayors.

  Well, Meng Gong is the second only place in the production of jadeite after Meng Mi.

  The day after the enemy camp was crushed, the army surrounded Jiajiu City again.

  There are only a few hundred defenders in the city, and the rest of the defenders are all young and strong in the city.

  A chieftain cavalry rushed to the bottom of the city and threw out the captured head: "Quickly open the city and surrender, but you will not die. Once you break the city, kill them all!"

  After the cavalry left, the defenders hung up the baskets and picked up the heads of the captured ones to identify them.

   After discussing for about half an hour, the defenders finally reached a consensus, opened the city gate, and surrendered on their knees.

  Huang Yao ordered: "Men and women are detained separately, and children are taken by women!"

   Capital crimes can be avoided, but living crimes cannot be escaped.

  Men are of course sent to the mines to mine jadeite, but women can be sent to the north where there are more men than women.

  Huang Yao led his army to the south and went straight to Bhamo.

   The one who attacked here was also an inspector. Leaving Tiebiguan is the boundary of Manmu. Chieftain Manmu was so frightened that he surrendered immediately, and soon arrived at the confluence of Dajinsha River and Daying River (Ganli Village).

  Because the Datong inspector dispatched troops too quickly, the Burmese army did not react, and the siege of Ganli Village was broken within two days. The Burmese army did not even dare to defend Xinjie, and retreated directly to Laoguantun to gather together.

  Laoguantun is the later Kaungton of Burma.

  As long as you win here, you can take a boat across the mountains and go straight to Ava, the capital of Myanmar.

  Historically, the Qing army fought against Burma for several years, and the strategic goal was to take Laoguantun. In the end, tens of thousands of people were mobilized, and a 3,000-jin cannon was specially cast, with 80 mountain-splitting cannons (long-barreled cannons), a large number of nine-section cannons (detachable light cannons), and many sky cannons (mortar cannons). Going hand in hand, he also sent a partial teacher to follow Mupang around the back.

  The walls of Laoguantun village in Myanmar are all made of wooden fences, which cannot withstand shelling at all, and the number of troops is seriously insufficient.

   This should have been a suspenseless battle.

   But in real fighting, the whole process was so difficult to vomit, it was so weird to the limit.

  First of all, the Qing army prepared for a full year, and they didn't know why they prepared, but they chose to send troops in the hot and humid rainy season.

  How do you do intelligence work?

   This is not just coming to Myanmar, but has been playing for several years, and it is too nonsense not to avoid the rainy season.

  The main force of the Qing army was on the marching road, and a large number of soldiers, livestock and war horses fell ill and died. After finally reaching Jiajiu City, the Burmese army here had already received the news and ran away early.

  The heavy rain poured down, the river surged, and the flow was so fast that the Qing army could only stop advancing.

   Finally survived the rainy season, 50 days have passed the scheduled deadline for joint attack.

  The ghostly appearance of the main force of the Qing army is even worse on the side of the division. During the rainy season, they have to cross mountains and ridges, which not only caused a large number of non-combat attrition, but also made it impossible to transport food and grass. When these guys arrived at their destination, only half of the ships had been built by the troops that set out to build the ships earlier, and the Deputy Imperial Envoy who was in charge of the shipbuilding had already died of malaria.

  A surprise attack that had been planned for a year turned into a head-on battle in a daze.

   This is the situation, and the navy of the Qing army went to make a surprise attack. The guerrillas of the navy were ambushed halfway, and were shot dead by the Burmese army hiding on the shore.

   Moreover, the navy didn't even know the situation of the nearby river, and when they rushed to the battlefield, they ran aground...

Tian Chen, the head of the inspection division who successfully captured Bhamo, said: "Commander, according to Xizuo and merchants, after the Dajinsha River passed through Bhamo, the flow rate suddenly slowed down when it encountered a sharp bay. The rivers around Laoguantun have A large amount of sediment has accumulated, and our army is not familiar with the situation, so we should not rashly go there by boat."

   "How are you going to fight?" Huang Yao asked.

   Tian Chen said: "Don't rush to attack by boat, and march carefully along the shore. From here to Laoguantun, there are mostly low hills, just be prepared for enemy ambushes."

   "You are right, you can't take risks." Huang Yao agreed with this suggestion.

  Why do you say that Laoguantun is difficult to fight? There are sandbars everywhere in the nearby river, and the underwater is also heavily silted up, and the navigable channel is very narrow. If it is not an old helmsman who has been running the ship for many years, it may run aground when it comes over, and it will be a living target for the Burmese navy.

  (end of this chapter)