Chapter 1090 1181 Burmese City Wall

Chapter 1090 1181 Burmese City Wall

"Marshal, Wang Shike has brought his men ashore. The Burmese army did not fight back, which shows that their morale is low. Should we order him to lead his troops to seize Pegu City?

I think at this time, even if the city knows the news, it will be too late to react."

Yu Dayou's right-hand man Wang Zhao looked at the orderly formation of the Ming army on the shore at this time, and whispered in Yu Dayou's ear to remind him.

"No hurry."

Yu Dayou waved his hand and smiled: "Now our army is strong and powerful, and its strength crushes the enemy.

It's just that the soldiers are tired and exhausted after sailing far away, and they need time to rest and adapt.

Now sending troops to Pegu can certainly take the city by surprise, but our casualties will not be small.

It's better to stabilize the port and rest for two days before attacking the city.

If the Burmese defenders dare to attack after seeing my momentum, I will send people to attack Pegu City.

But they fled after seeing our momentum. What does this mean?

Hehe, the Burmese army in the city is probably asking for help from all directions at this time.

But the main force of the Burmese army is now in the direction of Yunnan, so it is impossible for them to rush back in a short time.

I expect that the cities around that received the news will not only not dare to come to help, but will also choose to defend the city to the death, so as not to lose the city and be punished by Mang Yinglong.

In this case, why should our army rush to attack the city. ’

Yu Dayou judged based on the performance of the Burmese army in the port that the troops left in the south should not be elite, so their combat effectiveness is not strong.

If he still uses sneak attacks against such an opponent, although it can achieve miraculous effects, it may not be a good thing for him.

After all, the Ming army is rushing across the sea, and there is no backup at all.

These people who came are almost all the troops of the Ming army.

Even if troops are urgently withdrawn from Jiugang and Luzon, not to mention the delay in the middle, the troops will not be insufficient.

As for withdrawing troops from the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention the numerous preparations before the expedition, even if the Ming Dynasty forcibly requisitions ships from Yuegang and other places, it is afraid that not many people can be sent.

Therefore, what Yu Dayou needs to consider now is how to reduce casualties as much as possible, make steady progress, promote the disorganization of the Burmese army in the north, and help Li Chengliang achieve success.

As long as Li Chengliang can hold back the main force of the Burmese army, great things can be accomplished.

When Wang Zhao heard Li Chengliang say this, he naturally knew that it was a decision made by the general after careful consideration, and decisively chose to shut up.

Yu Dayou has more battlefield experience than them. The Ming Dynasty has a vast territory in the north and south, but there are not many generals in the Ming army who have experienced the war between the north and the south. The only one who can stand out is the general he follows.

Although Qi Jiguang also performed well in the battle against Mongolia in the north, the people around Yu Dayou naturally support Yu Dayou in their hearts.

Only when Yu Dayou continues to be promoted, they will have the opportunity to improve.

Therefore, even some generals in the army who have fought side by side with Qi Jiguang will only say good things about Yu Dayou and praise his military talents, and will never mention Qi Jiguang again.

This is also the reason for the formation of military factions.

Only when the superiors move up can the people below follow suit.

At this time, the Burmese army camp next to Pegu Port was occupied by Wang Shike's troops.

Because the terrain here is slightly higher, Wang Shike chose this place as Yu Dayou's tent. Standing on the top of the slope, you can vaguely see Pegu City in the distance.

At this time, the Ming army has completely controlled the port and its vicinity, and the camp is also set up in an orderly manner.

Regardless of how this battle goes, this place has been chosen by them as the most important base of the Ming army in southern Myanmar.

After all, going up the river mouth, you can go directly to Toungoo City, the heart of the Toungoo Dynasty. Here, the army can be stationed and can move freely.

At this time, the originally prosperous Pegu City no longer has the hustle and bustle of the past. There are very few pedestrians on the street, and they are all in a hurry to travel.

On the street, the Burmese soldiers began to check every household, and any young and strong people found in their prime would be forcibly conscripted.

Although the soldiers defending the city found it a bit unbelievable, they could not help but believe it when they saw so many coolies running from the port direction and heard the cannon sounds vaguely before.

In addition, the sharp-eyed porter said that he saw Chinese characters on the rushing warships, which might be Ming warships, which further confirmed the news of the enemy attack.

So, the captain of the soldier team sent someone to report the news of the port to the upper level and closed the south gate of Pegu City.

However, after the port garrison escaped, the gate was temporarily opened to let them in.

Now, not only the information of the coolies in the port, but also the general situation brought back by the Burmese army.

According to the defeated soldiers, there were countless Ming warships, and thousands of Ming soldiers had landed.

They had to retreat after all-out resistance, and Pegu Port had been lost.

Now the main force of the Ming army is still landing continuously, and it is estimated that there are at least tens of thousands of people.

The response of the generals defending Pegu City was consistent with Yu Dayou's guess. In fact, all generals would make the same choice in the face of such a situation. On the one hand, they would prepare to defend the city, and on the other hand, they would send letters of request for help to the surrounding cities, especially Toungoo City, to report the situation in Pegu City.

If Yu Dayou really organized troops to attack Pegu City as soon as the Ming army landed, I'm afraid the commander here would not even have time to send letters of request for help.

Toungoo City knew the news of the loss of Pegu City, and it was these defeated soldiers who were chased to Toungoo City by the Ming army.

The only things needed to defend the city were naturally young and strong people and food.

The commander immediately sent people to start recruiting young and strong people from all over the city to prepare for the defense of the city. Didn't I say that the Ming army had tens of thousands of people attacking, and how could the more than 2,000 defenders in the city resist it?

In addition, troops were sent to occupy several granaries in the city as supplies for the army to defend the city, and the merchants were not allowed to transport the food inside.

Although many of these businessmen have connections in Toungoo City, at this time, naturally no one would blame him for this little food.

Moreover, even if he was angry, he would not care anymore. Defending Bago City was the most important thing, otherwise King Burma would not be able to spare him when he came back.

As for the people in the city, after the coolies fled into the city, the news had spread and was unstoppable.

So the current scene emerged. The city was in a state of depression, with only soldiers going door to door on the streets to arrest young men.

As for preparing supplies to defend the city, there is no time to prepare at this time.

We can only demolish the houses near the city wall when the Ming army attacks the city, and use those masonry and wood to resist the Ming army's attack.

"Bang bang."

Two heavy collision sounds were heard, and Yu Dayou's ship docked steadily at the Bago Port pier.

The officers and soldiers under the ship caught the cables thrown from the ship and quickly tied them up. Another soldier carried the springboard and quickly set it up. At this time, Yu Dayou, Wang Zhao and other generals were already standing on the deck waiting.

After the gangplank was set up, Yu Dayou took the lead and stepped onto the gangplank. In a few steps, he rushed off the boat and stood on the dock.

"Commander."

Wang Shike and several of his men greeted Yu Dayou ashore at the pier. Originally, Yu Dayou was supposed to land again later in the afternoon.

However, seeing that the Burmese army did not resist fiercely, the Ming army's landing was surprisingly smooth, so they naturally landed early.

"Commander, the general has sent people to build a large tent on the hillside. The commander can stay in it and rest later."

Wang Shike said again.

"Have scouts been sent out?"

Yu Dayou asked.

“Several groups of people have been sent out, and there should be news soon.

However, based on the general's observation, there seemed to be no movement from the Bago City side, and no reinforcements were coming to the port. "

Wang Shike continued.

There is actually some chaos on the dock now. Since no enemy was found, Wang Shike asked his men to land as soon as possible.

This suddenly caused confusion among the ships. Some ships that were supposed to be waiting at the back to unload people saw that there were vacancies and rushed to the front.

However, this chaos was only temporary. Most of the officers and soldiers were able to quickly find their organizations and return to the team after landing ashore. Baihu received Wang Shike's order and could carry out the mission with their soldiers and horses.

Only a handful of officers and soldiers couldn't find their commanders because they landed early, so they could only wait there at a loss.

“They should be preparing to defend the city and won’t send anyone here in the short term.

However, send more scouts. I think the city should send people over to check and catch them. I want to know the news in the city. "

Yu Dayou ordered.

Grabbing tongues and engaging in intelligence warfare. Although this tactic was not systematically summarized in ancient times, those who led the troops knew the importance of information, so they often used every method they could think of to obtain the enemy's intelligence.

The phrase "know yourself and the enemy" actually embodies the essence of intelligence warfare.

"I will make arrangements now, General Mo."

Wang Shike agreed.

Catching the other party's scouts is actually simple to say, it is to hide some people near the port where it is easy to observe the situation of the port, wait for the other party to get close to get information, suddenly burst out, and catch them.

Yu Dayou led his men directly up the hillside and looked at the busy Ming army all around. Several military formations had been set up in the distance, facing the direction of Bago City.

Although I had a premonition that the Burmese army would not dare to take the initiative to attack, they still needed to be prepared.

Looking back at the dock, a large group of soldiers were struggling to drag a long, thick black iron rod from a Dafu boat docked at the dock.

In later generations, his name was Hongyi Cannon, and now he is called Mighty General Cannon.

Six of these heavy cannons will be removed from the warship and used as a weapon for the Ming army to attack Bago City and Toungoo City.

The Fran cannon can hit people, but the siege power is obviously not enough. This kind of heavy artillery is needed to destroy the enemy's wall.

He stretched out his hand to explore, and the soldier behind him quickly handed over the telescope.

With the telescope in hand, Yu Dayou opened the barrel and observed Bago City in the distance.

It's a little further away, but you can still roughly see it.

This location is really good. It is considered a high ground nearby and you can see far away.

"They have closed the city gate and are indeed preparing to defend the city."

Yu Dayou raised the corner of his mouth, revealing a smile full of wisdom.

The city gate has been closed and can be seen clearly through a telescope, and the figures running on the city wall can also be seen clearly.

Although it was not clear what they were doing, thinking about it, it was clear that they must be carrying equipment to defend the city.

"Eh"

Suddenly, when Yu Dayou was observing the walls of Bago City, he couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

"Commander, what's wrong?"

Wang Zhao asked from the side.

"The Burmese city wall seems to be similar to my courtyard wall."

Yu Dayou didn't show off, and said directly, "I just don't know if the walls of Toungu City are also built like this, otherwise the so-called royal capital can be breached in one battle."

"Let me see."

When Wang Zhao heard what Yu Dayou said, his interest greatly increased and he hurriedly reached out his hand.

The telescope had just been introduced to the Ming Dynasty, and the number was too small, so Wang Zhao actually did not have the telescope in his hands.

That is to say, when Yu Dayou came ashore and handed over the fleet to his command, he would give this treasure to him.

This time, it was a big battle, so Yu Dayou had to take his telescope with him.

It was a pity that last time in Luzon, they were planning to buy a batch of telescopes from the Spaniards. They had agreed at the beginning, but the Spaniards regretted the deal and refused to sell it.

Yu Dayou put down the telescope and handed it directly to Wang Zhao.

Wang Zhao took it and raised it impatiently, looking towards the direction of Pegu City.

The city wall in sight was indeed very low as the Marshal said.

Although the distance was far, Wang Zhao could still roughly judge the height of the city wall by looking at the length of the busy figures on the city wall.

"The city wall is about two people high, but the battlements are nearly one person high, which looks very strange. There are no shooting holes on the battlements. Oh, I understand, they use the battlements to hide their bodies."

Wang Zhao analyzed while observing the Burmese city wall through the telescope.

Indeed, the Burmese city wall in front of him was completely different from the city of Daming, but the battlements were much higher.

Soldiers can stand upright behind the parapets, observe from the side, shoot arrows or do other things.

But there seems to be no way to deal with the enemy in front of them.

After all, if you stick your head out from the parapets of the city wall, you will definitely be a target.

"It seems that there is no need to prepare too many ladders. Simple wooden ladders can climb up the city wall."

Yu Dayou also said with a smile.

Such a low city wall undoubtedly makes it much easier for the Ming army to attack the city, and it doesn't take much effort to capture such a city.

It seems to be similar to the city walls of some small counties in the Ming Dynasty.

It can only prevent theft, but not prevent enemy attacks, and even the ability to prevent thieves is very limited.

This kind of city wall is reluctant to stop mountain bandits, let alone the siege of the regular army.

The city walls of the Ming Dynasty are generally built according to the degree of risk. There are no wars in the inland areas, so the city walls are also low.

In coastal areas and some places close to mountains, because of the Japanese pirates and bandits in the early years, the city walls are built higher.

Even in some county towns, there is no city wall, just a low earth wall, similar to the manor of a wealthy family.

"General, Myanmar is really the overlord of this area. No one should have attacked here, so it is built like this."

Wang Zhao laughed, "That's good, it saves us a lot of trouble."

The situation is just as Wang Zhao said. It's good that Myanmar doesn't attack the surrounding countries. Who dares to scratch the tiger's beard?

So in recent years, no one has thought about improving the defense function of those cities in Myanmar. Raising the city wall is a luxury.

That is, the newly built Toungoo City, because it is the capital of the dynasty, the city wall is slightly higher. It is also built with reference to the Kunming city wall, and the interior of the city is also designed according to the layout of Kunming.

For the Burmese, the big city they can see is Kunming.

Of course, Kunming is actually a big city in the Ming Dynasty, but because it is in the southwest border, it is still a lot worse than Jiangnan and other important towns.

All this also destined the Ming army to attack cities and capture strongholds smoothly.

Li Chengliang had a more miserable journey. Although there were no tall city walls to conquer, he was really helpless in the face of the complex terrain in northern Myanmar.