Chapter 1115 1206 reveals the news
"Bang bang bang."
A rapid knock on the door sounded in the quiet courtyard and spread far away.
"who?"
An old voice came from the room, it was Li Chengliang's voice.
"Dad, it's me, Ru Zhang."
Hearing the questions in the room, Li Ruzhang said hurriedly outside the door.
"What's the matter? I'm still not resting at this late hour. I have to go up to the city wall to watch tomorrow morning."
Li Chengliang said in the room.
"Dad, there is news from outside the city that there is something unusual in the Burmese army camp."
Li Ruzhang knew that it would be bad to wake his father up at this time, but he had nothing to do. If he didn't report the news in time and delay important events, even Li Chengliang's son couldn't afford it.
"Wait, I'll be right out."
Li Chengliang, who was lying on the bed, pushed the woman in his arms away and sat up.
The woman didn't dare to make a sound at this time. She could only curl up in a corner of the bed and pull the quilt cover to wrap herself up.
Li Chengliang had already gotten out of bed, put on a shirt and went to open the door.
"Squeak."
The door of the house opened. Li Chengliang looked at his son behind the door and asked: 'What happened? What happened to the Burmese army camp? ’
"Dad, just now the scouts outside the city came with news that the Burmese army's middle and rear camp did not rest quietly as usual tonight, but people were shouting and horses neighed, and they didn't know what was going on.
So, they felt something was wrong and passed the news on. "
Li Ruzhang bent down slightly and said.
"No rest?"
Li Chengliang narrowed his eyes when he heard this and remained silent.
Nowadays, the Ming army and the Burmese army are fighting in turns during the day.
The Burmese army will have at least three waves of troops participating in the siege throughout the morning and afternoon. Even the troops who take turns to rest will definitely not have the energy to stay up late at night.
It should be noted that keeping quiet in the military camp at night is a big deal. The patrol officer even has the right to kill noisy soldiers first and then report them, in order to ensure silence in the military camp.
"Are there any sergeants fighting?"
Li Chengliang suddenly asked.
"No, it doesn't look like Ying Xiao."
Li Ruzhang naturally knew the reason for his father's question. When he first heard that the Burmese army camp was noisy, he also suspected that someone was suffering from hysteria, so he asked more questions.
Camp roaring, also known as "camp roaring" or "camp bombing", refers to an abnormal action in which all officers and soldiers gather blindly and urgently without receiving any instructions when the army stays in camp at night.
This phenomenon usually occurs at night and is therefore also known as "night terrors".
The main causes of camp roar include long-term mental stress, tense military camp life and sudden stimulation.
In ancient military camps, soldiers were in a state of high tension and depression for a long time. Once they encountered unexpected stimuli, such as a high-pitched horse neighing or a frightened scream, it could trigger a hysterical reaction in the entire group, leading to cannibalism.
In addition, the bullying of soldiers by officers, the bullying of new recruits by veterans, and the factional struggles in military camps are also important factors leading to camp roars.
Famous Yingxiao events in history include those recorded in the Eastern Han Dynasty's war against the Western Qiang, the strict sanctions imposed during the Taiping Rebellion, and the breakout incident in the Huaihai Campaign during the Liberation War.
Especially in the Battle of Huaihai, also known as the Battle of Xubeng, when the victory or defeat of Sun Yuanliang's troops was about to be decided, Sun Yuanliang led the 16th Corps to break out from Chenguanzhuang and ran outside to see that there were more than 400 people left.
Later, based on the reconstruction of witnesses, we learned that Sun's troops were basically unscathed when they broke through the encirclement. They retreated to Xiao County to camp, and were attacked by a small group of People's Liberation Army troops at night.
After running wildly all night, Sun's troops thought they were far away from the battlefield. Tens of thousands of people fell down and fell asleep almost at the same time, without even sending out sentries.
The officers and soldiers of Sun's Corps suddenly relaxed after being surrounded for many days and were suddenly attacked. Their nerves suddenly collapsed. The whole army screamed and even killed each other. The army of tens of thousands collapsed.
What can be verified is that this was the last large-scale "camp roar" involving tens of thousands of people in the world's military history.
These incidents not only demonstrated the destructive power of the camp roar, but also revealed the complex background and reasons for its occurrence.
The military camp is an authentic place of killing. Traditional Chinese military regulations include the so-called "Seventeen Prohibitions and Fifty-four Kills." Soldiers live their lives in fear. You can imagine the mental depression that comes with it over the years.
In addition, the traditional army has a strict hierarchy and closed management. It can only be led by abusive officers and ignorant soldiers. They usually rely on military discipline to suppress them.
Before the war, everyone's life and death were uncertain. They didn't know whether they would come back alive tomorrow. Everyone was on the verge of mental collapse.
At this time, as long as there is a slight disturbance, it may be just the scream of a soldier having a nightmare, it can detonate the hysterical and crazy atmosphere in the camp, and the soldiers will completely get rid of the shackles of military discipline.
Moreover, people in this era generally suffer from night blindness and cannot see clearly at night, so they often treat their comrades as enemies when attacking in the dark.
There were also people who took advantage of the situation to avenge their grievances, hunting down officers, enemies, and unknown comrades, leaving only corpses on the ground the next day.
According to superstition, bombing a camp is an ominous omen, indicating that the army is facing disaster.
When a camp bombing occurs, troops generally go on the defensive and cancel all offensive plans in order to avoid disaster.
Once encountering Ying Xiao, no matter how powerful the general is, he will have a headache and be unable to do anything.
This is also the main reason why the military camp has strict military discipline and must maintain silence at night.
The Burmese army and the Ming army have been fighting on the wall of Baoshan recently, and their mental state has been tense and depressed. There is a possibility of a camp roar.
However, since his son said that he did not find any cases of cannibalism in the Burmese army camp, it was not Ying Xiao, but there was only one possibility left, and that was that Mang Yinglong couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to run away.
However, escaping at night seemed to be the most passive way in Li Chengliang's eyes.
Again, the night blindness commonly suffered by people in this era makes generals generally not choose to act at night.
If it were Li Chengliang, based on what he has observed in the past few days, if he were sitting in Mang Yinglong's position, he would choose to mobilize the elite of the battalion to withdraw early when sending the Burmese army to participate in the process.
It was broad daylight at that time, so as long as the front camp was sealed off, there wouldn't be much trouble.
It should be noted that in the current situation, losses are certain, but as long as they are controllable.
Abandoning unnecessary soldiers and horses and letting them clear the rear for the retreat of the army, the general would not care about their life or death.
"Ru Zhang, summon the generals in the city to come to the meeting hall to speak. Don't disturb the military camps. It's not time to start fighting yet."
Li Chengliang took two long breaths before giving instructions calmly.
He knew that the victory of the Ming-Myanmar War had come to a close, but at this time, he could not be careless, thinking that the layout was perfect and he would be invincible, but he did things rudely.
For the same reason, the Ming army was actually not good at night fighting, especially the melee of large units.
Generally speaking, the so-called troops that are good at night fighting are often small groups of troops that sneak attack mixed enemy troops with a clear direction of attack. In fact, everyone has poor night vision, but the sneak attack troops only attack in one direction. Nature is all enemies.
In this way, he rushes all the way and directly penetrates the opponent's military camp.
And once you encounter a fight, send the signal to retreat and never stop fighting.
Because he was not good at night fighting, Li Chengliang would naturally not send the Ming army to pursue the Burmese army at night.
Li Ruzhang has already said before that there was nothing abnormal in the front camp of the Burmese army.
Obviously, those were the troops abandoned by Mang Yinglong.
When the Ming army set out from Baoshan City, it was unwise to attack the heavily defended front camp first.
"Dad, won't you send troops out of the city?"
Li Ruzhang asked a little disappointed when he heard his father's words.
After receiving the news, I thought my father would immediately send troops to attack the Burmese army and hold them back.
But judging by his father's words, it seems that he doesn't plan to send troops now.
"No rush."
Li Chengliang just said lightly.
After saying that, Li Chengliang turned around and went into the house to change clothes. Although the soldiers could sleep, the generals could not and had to plan tomorrow's battle plan.
Even if the Burmese army retreats, it will take at least a whole day to reach the Lujiang Pier with so many troops.
For the Ming army cavalry, only half a day was enough.
Setting off early tomorrow morning, the cavalry will be able to arrive at the dock around noon. A forceful attack will destroy the docks and ships there, allowing most of the Burmese army to stay on the east bank of the Lujiang River.
Unless, Mang Yinglong's retreat was also based on a standard march. The army would set up camp after marching for dozens of miles and retreat step by step.
In that case, Li Chengliang did not rule out that he would send people to guard the Lujiang Pier first, wait for the opportunity to cross the river and seize the city, and directly surround the Burmese army between Baoshan and Lujiang.
Li Chengliang would never have calculated that his son's sneak attack on Mubang was revealed. Although Mang Yinglong saw through their siege plan, he misjudged the source of the Ming army and thought that the main force of the Ming army in the south did not attack Dongyu City. It was coming for him.
The Ming armies from the north and the south planned to surround them in the high mountains of northern Myanmar and trap them to death.
With this idea in mind, when the Ming army came across the sea, they were naturally well prepared. Mang Yinglong did not have the confidence to withstand the Ming army's offensive and chose to take the farthest Mengmi route back to Myanmar.
From Mang Yinglong's point of view, if it really didn't work, he could just hand over a humble letter of surrender to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He wouldn't kill them all.
Yes, from the emperor's point of view, he naturally looked down upon Mang Yinglong's head, and would not have much interest in Myanmar. This was limited by the communication range of this era.
The territory of the Ming Dynasty is already very huge. Unless power is really delegated to the so-called frontier officials, it will be very difficult to govern the country well.
Continuing to expand territory is sometimes not a good thing.
However, Mang Yinglong did not consider that this matter would dominate the souls of later generations, and his perspective was not what people of this era had.
Later generations are accustomed to looking at problems from God's perspective.
If Myanmar can be integrated into the Ming Dynasty, it will undoubtedly be a huge expansion, extending China's tentacles directly from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean.
If Central America can be obtained from the Spanish, China will have access to the Atlantic Ocean and complete its global layout.
Of course, although this looks delicious, it is only in the future.
At the moment, Wei Guangde can only think about competing with the Spanish for America. The Ming Dynasty's imperial system has decided that it will be difficult for him to take that step.
"Get up and help me change."
Li Ruzhang went down to deliver the order, and Li Chengliang returned to the room and shouted to the woman on the bed.
The woman quickly got out of bed and began to change Li Chengliang's clothes.
Half an hour later, Li Chengliang, dressed neatly, appeared in the meeting hall. At this time, all the Ming army officials at the deputy general level in Baoshan City had arrived.
"Ru Zhang, tell me the news outside the city."
Li Chengliang sat on his handsome seat and gave instructions.
Everyone actually had some speculation about being suddenly called here.
They are not fools. Although the strength of the Ming army in the city seems to be less than that of soldiers and horses than outside the city, the combat power of the armies is not compared like this.
The record of the weak defeating the strong in history reminds them all the time, and such achievements also make them flock to it.
However, it seems that they are too embarrassed to say this because the Ming Dynasty defeated the Burmese army with the weak.
But in the city, Li Chengliang, Mu Changzuo, and Luo Rufang were all silent about going out to fight. They naturally knew that there must be other plans from above.
Soon, Li Ruzhang repeated the information outside the city, and the generals immediately started talking.
No one is stupid, even if they are stupid, they actually guessed the movements of the Burmese army outside the city at this time. They probably realized that the walls of Baoshan City were tall and strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, so they chose to retreat.
This is an opportunity.
On the battlefield, it is difficult to kill someone face to face, but it is very easy to chop someone in the back.
If the enemy wants to escape, then let him escape, and we can just chase and kill him, and we can still achieve good results.
Seeing that the generals were all excited, Li Chengliang coughed twice.
Hearing Li Chengliang's cough, the generals in the hall, regardless of whether they were happy or not, immediately stopped talking and looked at the handsome man in the room, looking at the middle-aged man.
"Most of the people here don't know some of the battle reports. Only a few people in the city know about it."
Li Chengliang said, raising a hand and shaking it.
The generals below were stunned when they heard this. They knew that this was some important information that the commander was going to say, and they didn't even know it.
However, from the corner of their eyes, everyone still saw Mu Changzuo, the current Duke of Guizhou and the chief military officer of Yunnan, sitting next to him with a proud look on his face. On the other side, Luo Rufang, the censor, was also sitting there with an indifferent look on his face.
"A few days ago, our Ming army set out from Mengding Mansion to invade Mubang."
Li Chengliang had received the battle report from Meng Ding a few days ago. After Li Rusong led his troops to the west, he sent someone to deliver the news to Baoshan City.
However, because there were no telegraphs or mobile phones, Li Chengliang did not know where Li Rusong's troops had fought and what results they had achieved.
Just when everyone was astonished, Li Chengliang continued: "More than half a month ago, our Ming Nanhai Navy had landed in Bago, a large coastal city in southern Myanmar, and was attacking the royal capital of Myanmar."
Li Chengliang was even less aware of the record of the Nanhai Navy. He didn't even know whether the Nanhai Navy had gone to war with Myanmar.
After all, it was the sea, and Li Chengliang's understanding of the sea was no better than that of other civil servants, even though he knew that across the Liaodong Sea was Shandong.
The sea, in the eyes of people other than sailors, is synonymous with mystery and danger.
"You should know, Commander-in-Chief of the Nanhai Navy, Admiral Yu Dayou."
When Yu Dayou's name was mentioned, everyone here knew it, even several Guangxi and Guizhou ministers and deputy generals looked happy.
Yu Dayou had served as a guard general in Guizhou at the beginning, and later he also held the title of chief military officer of Guangxi, so they were naturally familiar with him.
"They are attacking cities and towns in Myanmar and they are overwhelmingly powerful."
Li Chengliang did not care about the battlefield situation and first blew away the Nanhai Navy. As for the purpose,
"Don't feel bad because someone took away the credit for conquering the royal capital of Myanmar. Let me tell you, they were able to accomplish this feat only because of you and me."