Chapter 1147 1238 Mang Yinglong's decision

Chapter 1147 1238 Mang Yinglong's decision

Knowing that Mang Yinglong would soon arrive in Ava City, Li Rusong was so excited that he couldn't sleep.

When he was observing Ava City on the mountain before, he also observed the environment around the city. It should be said that the surrounding terrain is not conducive to ambushes.

Yes, although Ava City has mountains in the east and west, and valleys in the north and south, the terrain is flat. It is said that the ambush troops can carry out a large-scale ambush on the left and right sides.

Unfortunately, this valley is too wide. How can an ambush be carried out in a valley of more than ten miles?

Moreover, there is the Jinsha River flowing to the west of Ava City.

Finally, according to the information obtained by reconnaissance, Mang Yinglong still has tens of thousands of troops around him, stretching for several miles. How big is the encirclement?

Can their tens of thousands of people complete such a large-scale encirclement?

Of course not.

Li Rusong's mind is still clear, and he was not overwhelmed by victory.

At this time, in the palace of Ava City, a group of Ming army generals stood at the bottom, Li Rusong sat on the chair that used to be the king of Myanmar, and his brother Li Rubai stood next to him.

Below them, a dozen Ming army scouts half-knelt to report the information they had discovered.

However, what Li Rusong asked about at this time was the terrain along the way for dozens of miles.

For scouts, they can be uneducated, but they must know a lot of words.

Even if they don't know words, they have a good memory and strong observation skills.

Therefore, although they hurried from Ava City to Ruibo, and most of them traveled at night, the surrounding terrain was still imprinted in their minds.

At this time, Zhang Tou, the team leader of the scout team, was reporting the terrain along the way in detail bit by bit, and from time to time he could ask his men behind him to check for omissions.

After asking Li Rusong questions that interested him, he said: "You have worked hard, go down and rest first, the reward is outside, you can take it back directly."

Li Rusong inherited Li Chengliang's habit. Although he was greedy for money, he kept his promise to his soldiers.

At the beginning, he promised the scout team that they would give generous rewards if they completed the task, and he certainly would not refuse the promise.

Outside the palace, there was already a personal soldier holding a plate with 100 Ming silver treasures on it.

One hundred taels of silver was what these dozen scouts exchanged their lives for.

For such an extremely unfamiliar area, it can be said that every step is extremely risky. For some people, they are unwilling to accept such a task.

Therefore, Li Rusong directly said that there must be brave men under a heavy reward, and the silver was thrown.

Only if they are willing, they will do it.

As for issuing orders as a superior, not to mention whether these people will find a place to hide after leaving the city, working without effort, that is called delaying important things.

For warriors, people die for money and birds die for food. This is their style of doing things.

Although they all understand that money is something that you have to earn and spend with a life.

But there are always people who are willing to gamble their lives to earn this silver.

The team of scouts led by Zhang Tou just became an example of Li Rusong buying horse bones with a thousand gold.

In the future, as long as they continue to spend silver to send dangerous jobs, the desperate people under their command will inevitably flock to them.

Who can be unmoved when seeing their comrades making a lot of money? They will only snatch the opportunity to be rewarded for their meritorious service next time.

"It seems that there is no chance to set an ambush and capture Mang Yinglong alive."

Li Rusong sighed and said.

"Brother, we can only defend the city and prevent Mang Yinglong from bypassing the city. Dad should be not far away with the pursuers.

As long as we delay for two or three days, we should be able to attack them from the front and back and destroy the main force of the Burmese army in one battle."

Li Rubai said at this time.

"Yes, we can only use force, but unfortunately we don't have an insider. If that guy named Guess surrenders, we can close the door and fight the dog, first trick Mang Yinglong into the city and capture him alive."

Li Rusong was not very interested in other Burmese troops. He was only interested in capturing the enemy chief.

If he succeeded, his name would spread throughout the Ming Dynasty, and His Majesty the Emperor would also see his name.

They did not capture any important Burmese generals in Ava City, and it would be difficult to fool them.

Naturally, the trick of luring the enemy into a trap is of course difficult to implement.

"At the north gate, put back the flags of the Burmese army."

Li Rusong suddenly ordered the general in charge of the north gate.

"Yes."

The general of the Ming army in charge of defending the north gate immediately stepped out and saluted.

"Major General, what if the bandit Mang sends someone to contact us?"

The general immediately asked again.

"Let them into the city and capture them. Anyway, they can't leave Ava City."

Li Rusong immediately said, "Arrange some people to hide outside the city, and then attack them from both sides. Don't let anyone go."

It's difficult to deceive the Burmese army, so try to expose the news that Ava City was captured by the Ming army as late as possible.

Again, when Mang Yinglong is not far from Ava City, he will know the news of Ava City's fall. At that time, even if he wants to change the way to escape, he can't.

Behind them, there must be Ming troops chasing closely, and they don't have time to find another way.

Because the Ming army was deployed to intercept Ava City from the north and south at the beginning, the messenger sent by Mangchai did not spread the news that Ava City was attacked by the Ming army. Otherwise, Ruibo City would definitely take big actions to strengthen the defense of the south gate.

Even Zhangtou's team of scouts would encounter the scouts sent by Ruibo City during the reconnaissance.

It was because Ava City had been responsible for sending people to communicate with nearby towns from time to time that Ruibo City did not send people to the south for investigation. They only sent scouts to the east and north to guard against the Ming army's sneak attack.

Of course, this also constituted a place that could confuse Mang Yinglong, that is, Ava City was still safe.

Under the premise that Ava City had not been threatened by the Ming army, it would still be safe for them to continue to go south.

In fact, this was exactly the case. Just over two hours ago, in the hall of the City Lord's Mansion in the center of Ruibo City, Mang Yinglong, his son Mang Yingli and other Burmese princes and ministers met with officials from Ruibo City to learn about the situation from them.

It is known that in the recent period, in addition to the news that Mengguang, Mubang and other places were occupied by the Ming army, the surrounding cities were still under the control of the Burmese army.

"Does Mangchai send people to contact you regularly?"

Mang Yinglong asked.

"Yes, my king. Ava City didn't send people to contact us regularly, but someone came to deliver the news from time to time.

Lord Mang asked them to send people to investigate the enemy situation in the north and east, and report to him in time if they found any.

And he will contact us as soon as possible if he finds the enemy."

The leader of Ruibo City immediately replied respectfully.

Although he looked respectful and obedient to Mang Yinglong at this time, he was actually cursing in his heart.

It's fine if he lost the battle this time, but he ran to his Ruibo City.

Before coming in just now, he had sent people to contact some of the middle and lower levels of the Burmese army and knew that the Ming army was chasing behind.

Just kidding, the King of Burma is here, it is absolutely impossible for the Ming army not to catch him.

If Mang Yinglong was killed or captured by the Ming army earlier, Ruibo City would have survived this crisis safely.

As for the anger of the Ming country, it should be calmed down after Mang Yinglong was killed and his relatives were captured by the Ming army.

It would be fine if Myanmar chose a new king to show loyalty to the Ming Dynasty.

However, he didn't dare to express it, and he had to appear more submissive than usual.

Mang Yinglong should still be in shock, and he would be more sensitive than ever.

If he didn't agree with him, he might be killed.

"Arrange the food for the soldiers, let everyone have a good rest, and we will set off for Ava City tomorrow.

When we get there, we should plan the next direction of action."

At this time, through previous exchanges, Mang Yinglong already knew the news that the Ming army had captured Toungoo City.

It was meaningless to continue to rush back to the south. Now he needed to gain a foothold in Ava City, not only to let the exhausted soldiers rest and buffer, but he also needed to think about what to do next.

To the south of Ava City is central Myanmar, where there are mountains in northern Myanmar, and transportation is very convenient. Whether it continues to move south or to the east or west, it is very convenient.

Now, Mang Yinglong had to consider how to regroup his troops and fight back to Toungoo City.

Fortunately, he got good news in Ruibo City, that is, Ava City was still in his hands, and according to the enemy situation that Mangchai had found out, the Ming army in the south did not advance northward in large numbers, but instead attacked cities and plundered land in southern Myanmar.

This means that although northern Myanmar is no longer safe, there are still many places in central Myanmar in his hands, and he still has the opportunity to gather troops to fight back against the invasion of the Ming Kingdom.

The sumptuous meal was soon served. Along the way, not only Mang Yinglong had not had a good meal for several days, but his generals were actually the same, not to mention his soldiers.

If he had not forced each unit to take turns to cover the rear, and the army had tried to destroy roads and bridges after marching to delay the pursuit of the Ming army, it would have been difficult for them to run to Ruibo City.

Before, they were caught by the Ming army in Yingjiang. If they had not abandoned tens of thousands of troops in time, they would not dare to think whether they could escape back to Myanmar alive.

Later, they were also chased by the Ming army in Manmo, Jiangtoucheng and other places.

It can be said that in the days when they escaped from the Ming Kingdom, the Ming army was really chasing them very urgently, and they did not give them a chance to breathe.

It was not until they passed Taigongcheng that the speed of the Ming army's pursuit slowed down, but according to the report of the rear-end troops, the Ming army was only half a day away from them.

They were trying to survive, so the soldiers could still run away while starving.

At that time, Mang Yinglong actually guessed that the Ming army should be limited by the lack of food and supplies, so they could not catch up.

"Xingu City was conquered by the Ming army two or three days ago. It is estimated that the Ming army will arrive at Ruibo City the day after tomorrow at the latest."

After Mang Yinglong finished speaking, he looked at a group of officials and generals in Ruibo City and continued, "You must recruit young and strong men overnight to go up to the city wall to resist the attack of the Ming army.

I will rush to Ava City as soon as possible to recruit more people from various cities in the central region, and then send troops to support you."

Mang Yinglong was not very clear about how Li Chengliang's troops attacked the city quickly. He originally thought that Lujiang City should be able to stop the Ming army's pursuit, not to mention other cities.

But he didn't expect that the Ming army broke the city in one battle and continued to pursue him.

And the following cities did not seem to be able to stop the Ming army's offensive for even one day, and they were soon captured.

And their value was just to delay a day and a half in the fighting.

Mang Yinglong never thought that Li Chengliang would distribute the various troops in sequence according to the Liaodong style of fighting.

He Mang Yinglong ordered the various units of the Burmese army to take turns to cover the rear, but in fact the Ming army's pursuers were also taking turns to rush forward.

When one part of the army participated in the attack on a certain place, the Ming army behind them would not directly participate in the battle, but would directly pass them and continue to pursue.

Therefore, Mang Yinglong thought that the Ming army would stop to capture those Burmese cities. In fact, it did not affect anything at all. As long as the city gates were taken down in one battle, the Ming army would control most of the city.

By this time, the Ming army behind them had also arrived.

They would not delay here for even half a day, but would leave directly, because behind them, there were still various Ming army units coming in a continuous stream.

One night passed quickly, and at dawn, Ruibo City was still noisy.

Yes, last night, the officers and soldiers in Ruibo City went out to capture strong men from house to house to defend the city.

Not only in the city, but also in the rural areas outside the city, many people were sent out to capture young and strong men to join the army.

At the same time, the surrounding people should also be forcibly brought into the city and all available supplies should be taken away.

Jiancheng Qingye, the Burmese version of Jiancheng Qingye is happening.

This was proposed by a Burmese official last night. He said that when the Ming Dynasty fought, it would clear the fields and not give the enemy any resources it could use if the war was unfavorable.

Early in the morning, the south gate of Ruibo City was opened, and teams of Burmese troops filed out and continued to march southward.

The destination this time was Ava City, which would also be their resting place.

This time, Mang Yinglong had someone pass on the message that the army would rest and replenish in Ava City and would not continue to move south.

As for whether the Ming army would continue to pursue, Mang Yinglong no longer dared to retreat.

If Ava City was lost, the Ming army continued to move south and could sweep across central Myanmar, which would be almost equivalent to giving away all the remaining territory.

Since there was no way to retreat, naturally, they could only go all out.

Moreover, the city wall of Ava City did not need to be as low as the Burmese cities along the way. Not to mention that the city wall was relatively small.

Ava City was once the capital of the king. The city wall was tall and could resist the attack of the Ming army. It was the best defensive area.

In fact, if the army was not demoralized at that time and most of the army was surrounded and annihilated by the Ming army on the edge of Yingjiang, Nanyaguan would have been the best place for resistance.

But at that time, no one in the remaining Burmese army was willing to stay at Nanyaguan, and they almost collapsed and passed through the city directly.

In that situation, Mang Yinglong really didn't dare to force anyone to lead the troops to defend.

The soldiers all ran to the front, leaving only some generals, and there was no way to defend Nanyaguan.

Then they retreated all the way to here.

Mang Yinglong left Ruibo City with a crowd of people in front and behind, looked back at the city wall of Ruibo City, and sighed.

Although the attack on Ming failed this time, Mang Yinglong thought he had learned a lot of experience, such as the construction of this city wall.

The walls of those cities in Myanmar are generally not high, because everyone is brave and fierce, and is used to fighting outside the city, and there are very few cases of defending the city.

Moreover, Myanmar is too powerful and there is no threat around, so this problem has been ignored before.

Ruibo City should not be able to stop the Ming army, so we can only look at Ava City.

Mang Yinglong was still thinking, which did not affect him at all as he led his troops hurriedly south.