When Gao Silian launched the battle out of the city, Mangyingli, who was marching all the way north, had already arrived at Biao Pass.
Fifty years ago, Biaoguan was the main pass used by the then relatively weak Toungu Dynasty to defend against the Bago Dynasty in the south.
But the main thing is that because the Toungoo dynasty was not strong at that time, the Biao Pass was not that majestic. Fortunately, this pass made of rocks was still strong, and it still played a big role in protecting the dynasty.
effect.
However, all this has become history. The pass now appears in front of Mang Yingli as a pile of ruins. Not to mention that the city tower has long since disappeared, and even a complete wall can no longer be seen.
The ruins are broken, the rubble is messy, and not far from the ruins is a pile of corpses.
The burning of corpses was naturally done by the Ming army. The purpose was not to humiliate the dead or frighten the enemy, but simply to avoid the plague. After all, fighting in Myanmar is different from Mongolia and Liaodong in autumn and winter. The temperature here is too high, and a large number of corpses cannot be burned.
Dealing with situations where the plague is prone to spread.
But this large pile of remains obviously irritated the arrogant White Elephant King of Jinlou. Everyone could see the king's suppressed anger. No one dared to say more at this time. The large group of nobles and generals
Everyone was silent, even a special person like Captain Reddy, who was unwilling to open his mouth and cause trouble in Mang Yingli.
However, perhaps because of the repeated blows Mang Yingli had suffered recently, he rarely got angry this time, or in other words, he suppressed his temper. After looking at him with a livid face for a while, he just said coldly:
"March through the night."
This can be fatal.
The Burmese army came on a forced march. Mang Yingli and a group of royal family members, nobles, and generals also had elephants as mounts. The lower-level officers and ordinary soldiers were in dire straits, and had to follow them on two legs. Starting from the south.
From the beginning until they returned north, the straw sandals they carried were worn out, and they had no time to make new ones, so they could only march barefoot.
Forget it if you go barefoot. After all, this is the southern Myanmar plain (belonging to the Irrawaddy Delta), but the biggest problem with marching at night is that mosquitoes are unavoidable.
If the development level of Myanmar is compared to the Ming Dynasty, it is even worse than that of Yunnan and Guangxi. Although they also have traditional mosquito repellent and insect repellent medicine, it is impossible to distribute it to ordinary soldiers. Therefore, once they march at night, it can be seen that these few
The soldiers had to feed countless mosquitoes along the way.
The mosquitoes in Myanmar are no less poisonous than those in Guangxi and Annan. They are all giant mosquitoes as big as a child's palm. One bite will turn into a big bag. It is so itchy that it can make people scratch their skin, and the blood is thick.
However, under Myanmar's strict hierarchical system, once the noble generals at the top did not dare to persuade Mang Yingli, the soldiers at the bottom had no room to speak and could only be forced to obey orders. The entire army looked sad and resentful.
Mang Yingli didn't care about this. His golden building on top of the white elephant was specially constructed. There were many kinds of secret medicine hidden in the exquisite and complicated carvings. Mosquitoes, snakes and scorpions would not get close to it and would just go around it if they were far away.
As for the hard work of the soldiers walking at night, this was not something he, the White Elephant King, wanted to consider. He just wanted to get to Aodun, a small town thirty miles south of Toungoo City, before tomorrow morning.
According to Mang Yingli's idea, since the Ming army was launching a large-scale attack on Toungu City, it stands to reason that its scouting horses could be deployed for at most ten or twenty miles. He rushed to Odun first, rested for a morning, and set off after lunch at noon.
, just in time to catch up with a big battle in the afternoon to relieve the siege of Taungu City - if the battle goes well, Taungu City may send troops out of the city to attack the Ming army inside and outside, which would be even better! In this case, a big battle will
Isn’t victory within easy reach?
So with the support of this idea, the main force of the 60,000-strong Burmese army could only keep going all night and march north. Although many soldiers were extremely tired, they were bitten by mosquitoes and couldn't feel sleepy at all.
Work hard to move forward, while at the same time using up a lot of your remaining energy.
Perhaps it was because the Burmese army was exhausted from the previous rapid march, or perhaps the mosquitoes in early summer were too vicious. In short, the march speed this night did not meet Mang Yingli's expectations. Although he lost his temper twice and even ordered
The officers used whips to hit the soldiers who walked slowly, but the final effect was not very obvious.
In the darkest period before dawn, the Burmese army barely entered the Odun territory, but the small town of Odun was still more than ten miles away from them.
Mang Yingli once again forcibly ordered the soldiers to gather their last energy and rush to Odun before sleeping. At this time, the sky finally began to get a little brighter, and the soldiers may have seen the small town in the distance in the last darkness of the night.
, finally got a little more excited, and tried their best to reach Otun as soon as possible, and then have a good sleep - at this time, they were too tired to even bother to eat breakfast.
After walking for a while, rolling hills began to appear on the roadside. The hills in these plain areas were not high, and there were only some short trees on the hills. However, after sleeping for several hours in the White Elephant Golden Tower, Mangyingli was more awake than ordinary people.
Some, suddenly realized that something was wrong with the surrounding situation.
At this time, the second-ranking figure in the Taungoo Dynasty of Myanmar, the eldest son and crown prince of Mangyingli, Mangji Lao, also worriedly asked the elephant slave to lead his white elephant over. Jinlou, who had just approached Mangyingli, reminded:
"Father, something is wrong here - the army passed through the woods, why didn't they disturb the birds? There might be an ambush here!"
Mang Yingli was reminded by the crown prince and suddenly woke up: No wonder I feel something is wrong, it turns out that there is no reason for the bird to fly away in fright!
He suddenly took a deep breath and shouted loudly, regardless of the mystery and dignity of the White Elephant King of Jinlou: "Urgent order! The whole army is on alert and forms a defensive formation!"
However, his roar also reminded the Ming army that had been ambushing on the side of the hill for a long time. Following Huang Zhiting's order and Huang Bao's roar, the Huang family's wolf soldiers, who were the main force in the attack, suddenly appeared on the hill.
Hilltop.
The equipment of the wolf soldiers is now more sophisticated than before. In addition to being equipped with the common armor of the Ming army (it is too hot to wear cotton armor in Southeast Asia), there is also a small wooden shield covered with steel that is firmly fixed on the left forearm. As for the weapons,
There is no change, it is still the steel-tipped bamboo spear specially made by the Wolf Soldier.
In fact, Gao Pragmatic originally planned to help the wolf soldiers replace the bamboo spears because of sufficient steel production, but Huang Zhiting and Cen Ling both said that it was not necessary because the bamboo spears were cheap and easy to use, and had some "internal gun" style.
and moves can be used, there is no need to switch to an iron spear. (Note: The so-called internal gun in the traditional martial arts circle generally refers to the marksmanship school founded by Yue Fei, that is, the kind of gun with a tough body that is common in later movies, not earlier.
Various pure hard gun bodies.)
The sudden appearance of the wolf soldiers, if it were normal times, the Burmese army would quickly form a formation in a certain panic. However, at this time, the Burmese army was already exhausted, and they were stunned for a while before hurriedly starting to find their own station.
At the position, the array speed is more than twice as slow as usual.
Mang Yingli was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead. He had no time to think about why the Ming army that was besieging the city would set up an ambush here. He just suddenly thought of the scene where he was ambushed by Liu Wei when he retreated to northern Myanmar.
Got ambushed again! How come the Ming army always manages to ambush!
In fact, this is a common problem among armies in areas where horses are lacking, that is, they subconsciously imagine that the opponent's horse detection range and ability are similar to their own, thus always being at a disadvantage in terms of battlefield intelligence. In the early years, the Mongolian army destroyed the Bagan Dynasty in Myanmar.
The Bagan dynasty also often suffered this loss. Of course, having said that, even if the Mongolian army of that period fought hard, the Bagan dynasty would definitely not be able to defeat it.
Mang Yingli was in a daze, and Mang Ji'ao immediately knew that something was wrong. He ignored his father's usual sternness and decisively snatched the tools for driving the elephant from the elephant slave's hands, and drove the elephant forward himself.
Yelling loudly at the officers and soldiers, struggling to maintain the chain of command.
But how can the wolf soldiers be stopped by this temporary defense line? Although Huang Bao is not as brave as his brother Huang Hu to win the wolf soldiers, he is equally fierce. He personally carries a steel-tipped bamboo spear that has been secretly made repeatedly and rushes forward.
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He also fought like a typical wolf soldier. He did not ride a horse, but led the charge on foot. The Burmese army in front of him was not a match for a warrior like him who had specialized in killing skills since he was a child. In addition, he was trapped and tired at this time.
He was tired, and his reaction was much slower than usual. Where was his general, he stabbed several people to death with a few shots, and the Burmese army's temporary defense line was suddenly in chaos.
"Hou Phimiao, stop that man!" Mangji Lao shouted at a Burmese army general with golden armor who had just arrived.
Countries in Southeast Asia that believe in Buddhism especially like gold. This kind of golden armor is almost standard among high-ranking generals. However, the armor cannot be made of pure gold, which is too soft. In fact, it is made of wrought copper with a color that is very similar to gold.
Countless pieces of small copper foil are produced, and then made into fish-scale armor. As for how to distinguish their identities, first of all, the armor styles will be slightly different, but more importantly, look at the helmets. One of the simplest ways to distinguish them is:
The higher the feathers on the top of the helmet, the higher the status of its owner.
The general who was summoned by Mangji Lao was not young at all. He looked to be in his fifties. In terms of strength, he certainly could not compare with a young and powerful general like Huang Bao. However, he had a huge impact on Huang Bao at the moment.
The advantage is... he rides a war elephant.
Even someone as strong as Liu Wei can only rely on his own natural divine power to use his bare hands to force the enemy away from the war elephant with a Uzhumuqin horse at his hip. But now Huang
Leopard is a pacer, so he obviously can't use that move.
Seeing the opponent rushing over with a special elephant spear more than ten feet long, Huang Bao didn't dare to force himself, so he suddenly got out of the way and subconsciously stabbed the elephant that had already rushed over half of its body.
However, this spear did not have the effect he imagined. Although from the feel, he felt that he had penetrated a lot, in fact, the elephant did not seem to even bleed.
Huang Bao quickly looked at it and realized that his spear had only penetrated two or three inches. It might have only broken through the elephant's skin, not even the flesh.
Yellow leopards and elephants have also been seen in Guangxi, but it seems that the elephants in Myanmar are not only larger, but also have thicker skins. This is not good news.
He knew that it would be difficult to capture this person, so he subconsciously glanced at the back of the Burmese army.
At this glance, the time was just right. Suddenly, there was a sound of artillery fire from behind the Burmese army, and at the same time, a large wave of rockets came. The lineup of the Burmese army, which was not neat at first, suddenly became more chaotic.
At this time, Mang Yingli had come to his senses. He saw an ambush on one side and behind him, and on the other side was the Xidang River. He simply shouted: "The whole army is moving forward and rush back to Toungyu City!"
Mang Ji'ao was shocked and was about to rush to persuade his father. Unexpectedly, the Beimiao Hou had abandoned Huang Bao and began to retreat according to orders, preparing to escape to Dongxu City.
When he passed by the white war elephant of Mang Ji Lao, he patted it with the pole of the elephant's spear, causing it to start to turn. At the same time, he loudly said to Mang Ji Lao: "Your Highness, the Ming army has been prepared for this battle. They are waiting for the hard work in this battle.
Our army has no chance of winning, so we should withdraw to Toungoo City first and then make further calculations!"
"No, the Ming army will definitely return..." Mang Ji'ao was about to retort, but Beimiao Hou lowered his voice and interrupted: "Your Highness, be careful, this is the king's decision!"
Mang Ji Lao was shocked.
What kind of person is his own father? How can he not be clear as a son? No one can question his decision-making as the White Elephant King of the Golden Tower, especially when the situation is unfavorable. Anyone who dares to question him is
Seeking death.
However, the problem is, Mang Ji Lao felt that since the Ming army set up an ambush so accurately, with both the powerful army coming out from the side and the ambush from behind, there was no reason why there would be no ambush in front!
Mang Ji Lao knew very well that there had been an undercurrent within the Toungoo Dynasty, and his father must not have any accidents. Therefore, knowing that he could not persuade him, he could only rush to Mang Yingli on a war elephant and said: "Father,
The Ming army has set up ambushes on my flanks and in the rear. I am afraid that they may also have ambushes in the front, so please order me to explore the way."
Mang Yingli was startled at first, then narrowed his eyes slightly to look at his eldest son, smiled, and said: "My son is very filial, so you go explore the way. But you have to remember, don't go in immediately when you get outside the city.
To enter the city, you must have the appearance of a crown prince, accompanying you on a golden tower and a white elephant, do you understand?"
"Yes, I understand." Of course Mang Ji'ao knew in his heart that his father was extremely suspicious. What he said just now seemed to remind him that as the crown prince, he had a valuable status, but in fact, he was afraid that he would enter Toungyu City first - now
His king is still outside the city, and there is an army of the Ming Dynasty outside the city. The key is that the situation is still unfavorable. If he doesn't let him, the Golden Tower White Elephant King, come in after he enters the city...
But Mang Ji Lao didn't have time to think so much. He hurriedly accepted the order and gathered tens of thousands of front troops at will to open the way.
Mang Yingli did not want to stay in such an ambush place. He hurriedly issued the order for the whole army to break out and started running away mode. He did not care that these sleepy and tired Burmese soldiers could not outrun the wolf soldiers and were killed.
Corpses littered the fields.
At this time, Huang Zhiting was not standing on the hill where the wolf soldiers rushed out, but was surrounded by a large group of Ruan Song's subordinates in the rear position - it turned out that the army that had just fired a round of artillery and several rounds of rockets was not the Gao family.
The garrison was headed by Ruan Song.
Ruan Song himself hurriedly rode back from the front, and reported loudly from a distance with a happy face: "Everyone expected that things were going as expected, and the reckless thieves broke out and headed for Dongxu City."
Huang Zhiting's face was extremely calm, but she was relieved in her heart, because she was actually betting. The bet was that if Mang Yingli was ambushed so close to Dongyu City, her first thought would be to escape into the city.
Escape back to your own nest.
However, Huang Zhiting, who wanted to win a big victory, was waiting for this scene!
Because what is ambushing in front at this moment is the Jinggang garrison with the strongest firepower among the expeditionary forces and has already formed a formation!
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