Chapter 1152 1243 Firepower is king

Chapter 1152 1243 Firepower is king

Below the city of Ava, more than ten fast horses came from a distance. After reaching the city wall, one of them turned over and dismounted, and ran quickly to the city wall.

At this moment, a hanging basket was lowered on the city wall, and the man got in without hesitation.

As the hanging basket slowly rose, after reaching the city wall, the man got out of the hanging basket and climbed into the city wall.

"Major General, the Burmese army ran away, they all ran away."

The man was half-kneeling in front of Li Rusong and Li Rubai at this time, reporting the situation he had just reconnaissanceed outside the city.

"There was no trace of a Burmese soldier in the surrounding area of ​​more than ten miles. According to the traces on the ground, they all ran north."

"Haha."

Hearing the report from the scout, Li Rubai laughed wantonly.

Li Rusong also had a smile on his face at this time, and said to the Burmese king Mang Yinglong, who was tied up and escorted by two personal soldiers next to him: "See, your soldiers are all collapsed."

After Li Rusong finished speaking, he saw that Mang Yinglong's face had already turned pale, and he couldn't help but feel proud.

Later, the faces of several Burmese princes and ministers captured in this attack were no different from Mang Yinglong, all of them looked depressed.

"Brother, should we send troops to pursue them? Now is the time to beat the drowning dog."

Li Rubai, who was standing beside him, interrupted at this time and sprinkled salt on their wounds again.

Li Rusong turned his head to look at his second brother, then looked back at Mang Yinglong and smiled: "What do you think? Your son doesn't even want you, a laborer, and ran away with his men, haha."

Before being surrounded by the Ming army, Mang Yinglong asked his personal soldiers to protect Mang Yingli while he attracted Li Rusong's attention, creating an opportunity for them to escape.

In Mang Yinglong's opinion, if he was trapped in the enemy camp, his son should run away and regroup and lead troops to attack the city to rescue.

However, after hearing the Ming army scouts report that the Burmese army had retreated across the board, Mang Yinglong actually guessed the truth to some extent.

His son's prestige was not enough to revitalize the Burmese army. In fact, the Burmese army was now out of control.

As for the other chieftains and leaders, they are probably making their own plans at this moment, and maybe they will choose to surrender to the Ming army in the next second.

It has to be admitted that Myanmar is already doomed.

Even when he knew that the Ming army occupied Toungoo City, Mang Yinglong was not as desperate as he is now.

"Send 20,000 troops to pursue the Burmese army."

When Mang Yinglong was still sad, Li Rusong had already issued an order.

As Li Rubai said, now is the time to hit the dog when it is down.

Soon, the Ming army waiting inside the city wall received the order, the north gate was opened, and the Ming army marched out of the city and rushed to the north.

In front of Qi Jimei, after the Burmese prisoners of war in the Ming army camp shouted, there was no movement on the opposite side.

However, in Qi Jimei's view, the Burmese army on the opposite side seemed to be gathering more and more.

Yes, the last soldier was blocked by the Ming army, but the people behind them didn't know yet and were running back.

Coming here and finding that the road ahead was blocked, they are gathering more and more.

Finally, a chieftain leader surpassed countless Burmese troops and arrived here.

However, he was also dumbfounded when he saw the Ming army waiting in front.

Quietly, the Ming army around Qi Jimei had changed from one army formation to two.

Another guerrilla leader of the Ming army had arrived and went down the road to set up an army formation in the field, close to the main army formation of the Ming army.

In front of the Ming army formation, a row of black gun muzzles were facing them. The bodies killed by the Ming army in front and the wailing wounded, the remaining Burmese army really did not have the courage to rush forward.

The Ming army's army formation was completely set up at this time, with a row of tiger squat cannons in front, a Portuguese cannon in the back, and three rows of bird gunners waiting in line behind.

If the Burmese army launched an attack at this time, there was no need to think about how many people would die on the way to the charge before engaging in hand-to-hand combat with the Ming army.

Soon, more chieftains and generals arrived, and these people quickly gathered together to discuss.

The battlefield was very quiet, except for the occasional groaning.

Those who wailed before were either dead or had no strength left and could only groan slightly.

In addition, there were Burmese calls from the Ming army, asking them to surrender.

The current situation was a bit chaotic, and the chieftains didn't know what to do.

But they knew that there were two paths before them.

Either surrender or fight to the death, fight their way out, find a fork in the road and run into the mountains, and then find a route back to their respective territories.

Qi Jimei was not in a hurry at this time. The longer the time dragged on, the more Ming troops arrived, and the more troops he could command.

Soon, a participant arrived at the battlefield with thousands of people from his headquarters.

"Yue Feng, take people to set up the battle array on the right."

Qi Jimei immediately ordered.

"Yes, sir."

Lieutenant General Yue Feng immediately clasped his fists and directly commanded his soldiers to start setting up the battle array on the open space on the right side of the road.

The training effect over the past year was very significant. In a short period of time, the front row had already put the artillery and bird gunners in place, followed by the sword and shield soldiers and spearmen, and the Ming army formation was laid out layer by layer.

If the Ming army only laid out the military formation in the center of the road at the beginning, the two sides seemed a little thin. With the arrival of the three troops under his command, the Ming army quickly completed the layout of the three military formations in front of the formation, relying on each other and taking care of each other, and the combat power has been greatly improved.

Even if more Burmese troops came to attack at this time, Qi Jimei was not afraid at all.

Cannons and bird guns had already played a huge role in the battle against the Burmese army. If there were a large number of war elephants in front of the Burmese army at this time, he might have to worry.

But now, they are all Burmese infantry, so he has nothing to fear.

It is obvious that the Burmese army should have suffered a big defeat in Ava City, so the Burmese army's rear team fled back in a hurry.

At this time, as long as they can withstand the Burmese offensive, it is not a dream to attack from the front and back.

The two sides began to stalemate, and it depends on whether the Burmese army can withstand the current pressure.

In the Burmese army, more and more chieftains and generals fled to the back. They also understood the current situation and they had no way to escape.

"Kill them"

"Surrender, the king has been captured."

A fierce debate broke out in the group of generals.

People like fence-sitters are always used to avoiding risks. Now they have reached a dead end. Choosing to surrender when there is no way out is a good way to save their lives.

Among the generals of the Burmese army, there are also some brave and aggressive ones who are used to solving problems with fists and will not give up until the Yellow River is crossed.

"There is no need to fight. The king has been captured. Why should we fight?

After all, the Ming people still want us to rule Myanmar. When it's over, everyone will do what they want."

The two groups tried to persuade each other that there was no need to continue to increase casualties at this critical moment.

Finally, someone pulled a few belligerent generals aside and whispered.

"Since we have already lost, there is no need to continue to let our men die in vain. The Ming people have a good saying: If you keep the green mountains, you will not be afraid of firewood. When the Ming army retreats, we will regroup and avenge today's hatred."

"You mean a false surrender?"

"What else? The Ming people still rely on us to control Myanmar. The king has fallen into the enemy camp. If we surrender, there may be a chance to rescue them.

If we really die here, the king will lose his role and the Ming people will definitely kill him."

No matter what An De's intentions are, someone finally calmed down a few militants and stopped shouting for war and killing.

Indeed, if they look at the Ming Dynasty with the old eyes, they are unwilling to take over this remote place.

In the eyes of the Ming Dynasty scholars, Yunnan is already a poor and remote place, and Myanmar is even worse.

Even if Myanmar has gem mines and produces various gems, it is just like that.

As long as they pay tribute to these good things to the Ming court every year, there is really no need to waste energy to rule here.

Moreover, there is another benefit.

Let the locals rule, and there will be no major civil unrest.

When the Ming Dynasty ruled Annan, it couldn't stay there for a long time, and had to withdraw its troops.

Therefore, Myanmar still has to be handed over to the Burmese.

Find a defeated subordinate to continue to be the king of Myanmar, so that he will have awe of the Ming Dynasty, and it can also reduce many incidents in the southwest.

However, they understand it this way, but they don't know that there is an alien in the Ming Dynasty court, and he has a different way of thinking from the literati of this era.

It's not that he is smarter than other officials, but because he knows the development of the times and has a deeper understanding of land and mineral resources in the future.

Not to mention the benefits of geographical location to China, directly owning a port and an outlet in the East Indian Ocean.

In Wei Guangde's view, it is worth it even if it takes a hundred years.

Only in this way can China have the four seas fleets in the southeast, northwest, and northeast, a true four seas fleet.

Naturally, Siberia will not be left to the Russians, but will continue to accept the rule of the Ming Dynasty in the name of Nurgan Dusi.

The North Sea is a huge sea area from the waters near Sakhalin Island to the Bering Strait and the Arctic Ocean. It can even control Alaska through the Bering Strait and then enter North America.

After all, the Ming Dynasty may not be able to find a route to America for a long time.

It is very risky for the Ming Dynasty to expand by sea.

It is better to learn from Tsarist Russia and reach America by land.

Of course, everything will be possible only after Zhang Juzheng's reform is completed and the Ming Dynasty's finances and taxes are abundant.

Without money, everything can only be a fantasy.

However, the financial consumption of Myanmar must be earned back from Myanmar's gemstone mines and gold, silver and copper mines. This is a tacit understanding that Wei Guangde and Tan Lun have reached in private.

When the Ming army completes the occupation of Myanmar, Wei Guangde will throw it to the Ming court.

In the name of recovering military expenses, continue to station troops in Myanmar.

After all, the Annan case is too tragic for the Ming Dynasty, and even Zhang Juzheng may not support the Ming army to be stationed in Myanmar for a long time.

These were Wei Guangde's arrangements. The Li family knew some of them, but others didn't.

The judgments made by the Burmese generals and chieftains with old eyes were destined to fail.

When the Burmese prince Mang Yingli finally fled here in a panic, most of the chieftains and generals had reached an agreement, that is, to surrender to the Ming army in exchange for the life of the Burmese king Mang Yinglong.

In return, the Burmese royal family would pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty for generations.

In this regard, Mang Yingli, who was already confused because of his father's capture, quickly chose to accept it.

"General, there is movement on the other side."

In the tense confrontation, the Burmese side finally made a move. A selected representative walked out of the Burmese army with a few people and walked towards the Ming army.

Qi Jimei turned around and said to the personal soldiers behind him: "Send a quick report to the commander, saying that the Burmese army may surrender, and ask him to come to the front as soon as possible."

Qi Jimei then issued an order not to fire, and watched what the Burmese envoy had to say.

More than ten steps away from the Ming army, the Burmese envoy stood still and began to talk.

Qi Jimei frowned slightly, he knew that the other party was speaking Burmese, or Burmese official language.

But in this case, is it necessary to do so?

"I don't want to hear what he said, you shout to him, ask the other side to send someone who can speak Ming language."

Qi Jimei didn't want to play the lute to a cow, so he spoke directly to several captives.

Now, they are the translators of the Ming army.

Qi Jimei has heard that many Burmese high-level officials actually know a few words of Chinese, otherwise they would not be able to talk to the Ming envoy.

Not to mention, before this, the various Burmese departments had to submit memorials to Yunnan every year to report their respective situations.

"Ming general, I think it's all misunderstanding. We are willing to lay down our arms and negotiate."

After translating Chinese, the Burmese official who was speaking Burmese just now immediately switched to Chinese and spoke to the Ming army.

"No peace, lay down your arms, save your life, refuse, die."

Qi Jimei squeezed his horse's belly slightly, and the warhorse under his crotch slowly moved forward. He passed through a passage and arrived in front of the Ming army and answered loudly.

Hundreds of thousands of Burmese people have entered the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and they are still talking about misunderstandings.

If it were a civil official here, they might be very polite to welcome people in to show the magnanimity of a great country, but there are only military generals here.

The nearest civil official of the Ming Dynasty is Luo Rufang, but he is at least hundreds of miles away from here.

"This"

The other side was speechless when they heard the Ming general's tough statement.

"If you can't make the decision, go back and ask those who can make the decision to come and talk. We promise not to use force against them."

Qi Jimei said disdainfully.

No matter what the final result of the negotiation is, he will not give these people a good face.

He was so good at running that they were exhausted chasing him all the way. It was impossible to say that they didn't have some resentment in their hearts.

As for whether the negotiations would break down because of his one or two words and the war would start again.

Then let's fight. Anyway, we have been fighting until now, so it doesn't matter if we fight again.

In this expedition to Myanmar, everyone from generals to soldiers of the Ming army actually felt that the power of firearms was indeed extraordinary.

As long as the enemy is given enough firepower in front of the battle, the enemy will collapse directly without even close combat.

Firepower is king, which has taken root in the hearts of the southwest Ming army in this era.

At this time, Li Chengliang had just come out of Ruibo City.

Only seven or eight miles out of the city, he was met by the messenger sent by Qi Jimei to deliver the message.

"What did you say? We encountered the Burmese army only thirty miles away from Ruibo City, and the two sides are still in confrontation."

Li Chengliang was scared. The first thing he did when he heard the news was that he was worried that the Burmese army would set an ambush in the valley and ambush the pursuing Ming army.

If Qi Jimei was a little careless, the Ming army would be surrounded and it would be a disaster.

The key point is that the front army was attacked and suffered heavy losses, which would inevitably affect the morale of the Ming army. His beloved son was still in the front Ava City waiting for help, so how could he not worry. (End of this chapter)