The Siamese people, who were ridiculed by the Emperor of Heaven as a bunch of rice-baskets, were not really all rice-baskets among them. At least the Emperor Naresuan in the original history did have two brushes.
He was betrayed by Ruan Huang, and he took 30,000 troops to Chiang Mai to fight against 30,000 Burmese troops, and actually won.
You must know that the Burmese army on the opposite side was originally placed in Chiang Mai to intimidate Siam. They are the elite of the Burmese army. When Mang Yingli went south from northern Burma to Taungoo, he was not willing to use this army. It can be seen that they
The heavy task, in turn, proves their strength.
Such a fresh and recharged army couldn't bear it after learning that Naresuan's "rebels" were moving north, so they took the initiative to attack south. As a result, the two sides met in Lampang, southeast of Chiang Mai, and the "Battle of Lampang" broke out.
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Lampang is close to the Wang River. The situation at that time was that the Burmese army had already crossed the river. Naresuan originally planned to attack the Burmese army halfway across the river but was a step too late. So the situation turned into a last-ditch battle for the Burmese army.
As we all know, a last-ditch battle is a decisive battle for the Burmese army in a desperate situation. At this time, the Burmese army will have a bonus effect on morale. When the strength of both sides is equal, the Burmese army has a very high chance of winning.
But an accident happened.
Naresuan first went up to attack, but the offensive was relatively weak, so he was despised by the Burmese army. They thought that Naresuan's troops were just a group of rabble recruited temporarily, so they decisively launched a counterattack.
Naresuan fought and retreated, and retreated for twenty miles, reaching a place called Mae Ta. The Burmese army was out of position due to pursuit. At this time, Naresuan suddenly shot an arrow himself, killing a general of the Burmese army.
, the morale of the Siamese army was greatly boosted.
At the same time, Naresuan's backhand was launched. Thousands of monk soldiers suddenly came out from the side, causing the Burmese army's already unformed formation to become even more chaotic. Naresuan did not hesitate to launch a counterattack, defeating them in one fell swoop.
It became the fastest forward force of the Burmese army.
At this time, the Burmese army commander realized that something was wrong and quickly ordered to switch from offense to defense. However, it was too late. Narixuan's direct guards, equipped with hoods and steel knives supported by the Ming Army (Annan), launched a full-scale attack and charged with
They broke down the circular formation just formed by the Burmese army and broke into the core of the Burmese army.
Naresuan himself followed without hesitation and took the elite main force he had accumulated in Phitsanulok to tear open the Burmese army's defense line from this breakthrough. The Burmese army was in chaos for a while.
In the chaos, the leader of the Burmese army was shot dead. The Burmese army, leaderless, fell into a bitter fight and then collapsed. Many people turned around and fled, while Naresuan led troops to pursue him.
The final result of this battle was that Naresuan's troops defeated the main force of the Burmese army in Chiang Mai at the cost of losing more than 2,400 people, and achieved a huge victory in which nearly 5,000 people were killed and more than 8,000 people were captured.
The remaining troops fled in all directions and were no longer able to pose a threat to Naresuan's troops and northern Siam.
Subsequently, while Naresuan reported the battle situation to Ayutthaya, he divided his troops to occupy the important area in northern Siam - the area of 800 Dadian Xuanweisi or Lanna.
In a report to his father, the King of Siam, Naresuan accused the Annan expeditionary force of betrayal, which almost put him in a desperate situation. At the same time, he asked his father to arrest Nguyen Huang, and said that he would appeal to the Ming Dynasty in protest.
King Tammaraj of Siam certainly did not have the ability to arrest Ruan Huang. Even because he was weak and could be bullied, how could he arrest him now that he had even lost the military power of the capital city?
At present, the command of the Royal Guards and the Forbidden Army (essentially the Forbidden Army) has been transferred to Nguyen Hoang, and he is constantly pretending to be powerful, contacting various parts of Siam, trying to control other local leaders or warlords except Naresuan.
Ruan Huang's power was not only to use the name of Tammarajara to give orders to various places, but he also borrowed various names such as "Great Ming Dynasty" and "Annan Dutong Division".
He even preached hard that the reason why Na Li Xuan won the battle of Nanbang relied on the sophisticated equipment provided to him by the Jinghua Group. And with this kind of sophisticated equipment, as long as everyone defected to Ming Dynasty, Annan, and Jinghua, they would all
There is a chance to get it.
However, Ruan Huang also knows that this alone is still somewhat insufficient. After all, his headquarters has too few troops. Even if he adds the troops brought from Nanzhang, it is not worth mentioning - not counting Na Li Xuan's troops.
The other armies of Siam alone now total more than 80,000.
The strength of these armies may not be very good, and they were all defeated by the Burmese army back then, but the number of 80,000 people at least sounds like a lot. If it were the opposite, it would be enough to drink a pot of it.
Therefore, while stabilizing the situation in Siam, he requested support from three aspects: First, of course, he directly sent people to contact Gao Pragmatic as quickly as possible and asked Gao Pragmatic to send troops for support.
Secondly, he also knew that Gao Pangshi was too far away and might not be able to relieve the emergency, so he also requested support from Annan. This request for help was nominally sent to the Annan Metropolitan Envoy, but in fact it was written to the advisers in Beijing. In addition, he
He also wrote two handwritten letters, one to Gao Jue of the Thang Long Garrison and one to Gao Mengnan, the commander-in-chief of the three towns in Guangnan, asking them to send troops for support as appropriate.
Again, he wrote to Huang Zhiting who was outside Taungu City. While reporting on the situation on his side, he tentatively asked Deputy Commander Huang if he could mobilize some troops to support him, or if he could not send troops directly, then send his troops to the northeast.
The direction of Lanna (Babai Dadian) is tilted, so Naresuan will not dare to go south at least in the short term.
Ruan Huang's military strength is only slightly less than that of Na Li Xuan, but he is not afraid of being defeated by Na Li Xuan. After all, he believes that he has direct relatives and 6,000 elite troops of the Thang Long Guards, so losing is inevitable.
As for losing, he was worried that once Naresuan went south, some local leaders and warlords in Siam would defect to him, and the overall direction of Siam would then be completely unpredictable.
Due to the terrain and distance, Huang Zhiting got the news two days earlier than in Annan. Ruan Huang sent this news which made her very embarrassed.
Huang Zhiting didn't have any objections to Ruan Huang's temporary change of plan, and even thought that he had done a good job, which was in line with Gao Pragmatic's evaluation of him: "This person can adapt to the wind, but he has a far-sighted strategy."
However, although this matter was done well, due to Na Li Xuan's victory, some bad signs began to appear, that is, the black prince might be forced to rebel.
In Gao Pragmatic's evaluation, Naresuan's ability, especially his military ability, was highly evaluated. In addition, Gao Pragmatic also mentioned that Naresuan was very ambitious.
Huang Zhiting has no doubt about the evaluation of being very ambitious, as evidenced by the fact that Naresuan immediately divided her forces to occupy Lanna after defeating the Burmese army. According to her thoughts, the best way to deal with such a person is to take advantage of him before he can
Kill early before you gain greater power.
But ideas are ideas, and things are still a little difficult to handle for the time being. Now that Toungoo City is besieged, it is not impossible for the Ming army to break in, but that would be equivalent to destroying the country. This will cause the Burmese people to hate the Ming Dynasty even more afterwards. However, the Ming Dynasty
There is no intention to annex Burma. This kind of hatred will do no good except cause trouble in the future, and will not help the Ming Dynasty to replenish blood from Burma.
Originally, it was also a way to directly eliminate Mang Yingli and then find another Burmese royal family to succeed him. For example, "uncle kings" such as Mang Meng were all candidates for consideration. If that didn't work, there was still Mang Yingli's son, but Gao Gao
Pragmatism has clearly rejected this suggestion.
Gao's pragmatic point of view is that Mang Yingli's prestige has been ruined after this battle, and his reputation in Myanmar is completely destroyed. Both the military and the people will regard him as a failed king. Especially when his father Mang Yingli
In front of Long's achievements, Mang Yingli behaved like a complete clown.
What does this mean? It means that Mang Yingli has lost the support of the Burmese people. His rule has become rootless. Whether it is the Ming Dynasty or Annan, he was naturally his enemy in the past, but he will be his creditor in the future - creditors will not
Let the debtor simply die because the creditor needs him to repay the debt.
Therefore, the power of Da Ming, Annan and other forces will be the last straw for Mang Yingli to survive in the future. Even if he has overwhelming hatred, he can only suppress it and be a dog for Da Ming, otherwise he will die without a burial place.
On the contrary, if Mang Meng and others are used to replace Mang Yingli, these people will not bear much notoriety during this war, and they even bear the title of "Mang Yinglong King's brother", so the Burmese may attack them
Have high hopes.
In this case, it is not necessarily impossible for the past events of Yue King Gou Jian to be replicated in Myanmar.
Therefore, Gao Pragmatic believes that the waste in Mangyingli can be completely reused, turning it from "hazardous waste" into "recyclables" and making full use of the waste heat.
But in this case, Toungoo City cannot be broken, because if it is broken, Mang Yingli, the "chief culprit", will definitely have to "escort the capital" as usual, and then most likely have to "pass the first nine sides." Then how can the following play out?
play?
If Toungoo City is not broken, and Mang Yingli cannot have other ideas, we can only surround it like this, and wait until a peace treaty is signed, and a series of operations such as limiting the strength of the Burmese army are completed before Huang Zhiting's group of people can be freed to do other things.
thing.
This is troublesome - Narixuan won't wait.
Huang Zhiting couldn't think of any good solution for a while, so the matter was delayed all night.
On the second day, about 10,000 people from the Northern Front Ming Army escorted the plenipotentiary envoy. Yunnan Governor Liu Shizeng arrived outside Toungu City. Since Liu Shizeng was Huang Zhiting's temporary boss, Huang Zhiting reported to him the recent military affairs and the situation in Toungu City.
Current situation.
After all, Liu Shizeng was also a backbone of the Chen Party. Naturally, he knew that Huang Zhiting had a special status, so he was extremely polite to her. After listening to the report, he took the initiative to ask about the defense force in Toungu City. The troops outside the city plus the 10,000 he had brought
After the army, can we deploy troops to put pressure on Naresuan?
Huang Zhiting said that there are not many veterans of the Burmese army in Toungoo City, with no more than ten thousand at most. However, this is the royal capital of Myanmar and the city has a sufficient population. Some new troops have been organized. The Burmese army in Toungoo City may have reached three
It's about 10,000, but the combat power is limited. It can be done to defend the city, but I definitely don't have the courage to go out of the city to fight in the field.
Liu Shizeng was a civil servant, and his understanding of military affairs was only average. After hearing this, he began to make calculations. However, a young general beside him said: "I heard that Huang Dutong's command had captured many Burmese soldiers before. I wonder how much they have surrendered now?
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Huang Zhiting didn't know this young general, but still replied: "We have surrendered most of them, about 34,000 people."
"Are many people aware of this matter?"
Huang Zhiting shook her head and said: "How do outsiders know? Of course there are not many."
The young general then said: "In that case, there is a plan for this humble position."
Huang Zhiting was quite surprised, and even Liu Shizeng was a little surprised. He glanced at the young general, but in the end did not speak, which was regarded as acquiescence that the young general could speak.
Huang Zhiting nodded and said, "Please give me some advice."
"I don't dare." Although the young general said this, his attitude was very calm. "I thought that Huang Dutong could write a letter to apologize to Na Lixuan for Ruan Huang's actions in the name of Deputy Dutong of Annan.
At the same time, as an ally, I invited Narixuan to lead his army to Taungoo City to participate in the joint operation, and you can also say that he was invited to come to discuss the aftermath of the Ruan Huang incident. I feel that... Narixuan is very likely to come."
Huang Zhiting frowned when she heard it at first, but then she realized that what the young general said before was all paving the way for the final invitation to Na Li Xuan to come to Taungoo.
"I probably understand what you mean." Huang Zhiting tilted her head slightly, "Let Na Lixuan come to Taungu, and then I will deal with him outside Taungu City, or on his way to Taungu..."
The young general smiled slightly and bowed slightly: "I have heard about the reputation of Huang Dutong for a long time, and today I saw that it is indeed well-deserved."
Huang Zhiting frowned slightly when she saw it. She always felt that the young general's words were a bit strange, but at least they didn't sound like bad words. She was too lazy to think about it for a moment, so she asked: "What if Na Lixuan comes out in full force, bringing with him
Come over with a 30,000-strong army... You also know that he has just defeated the 30,000-strong Burmese army and is in full swing. By then, I will besiege Taungoo City while also dealing with his 30,000-strong army in case something happens.
What kind of mistake ruined the important affairs of the imperial court, but how did it end?"
The young general raised his eyebrows: "Huang Dutong defeated the Burmese army's main force of 60,000 with an expeditionary force of 20,000. In recent years, only the Prime Minister of Liaodong High School has been able to reach this level of power. Could it be that Huang Dutong still cares about the power in the hands of Na Li Xuan?
Thirty thousand Siamese soldiers? You must know that he defeated the Burmese army in Chiang Mai this time because his personal guards equipped with Annan's sophisticated armor broke through the Burmese army's defense line in one fell swoop, and he took advantage of the situation to win.
Now Huang Dutong has not only the world-famous Guangxi Wolf Soldiers under his command, but also the elite Jingang Garrison of Annan. With such strength, why can't he kill Li Xuan?"
What the young general said was not unreasonable, but Huang Zhiting felt more and more strange after listening to it - why did this person always seem to be irritating the general?
Huang Zhiting's mind changed and she thought to herself: This person seems to be under Liu Wei. Could it be that Liu Wei is jealous of my military exploits? But this makes no sense. Although Liu Wei is also a general under Gaolang, I am not...I don't know how to do it.
There is competition with him in this area. It makes no sense for him to be jealous of my military achievements. There is no need at all.
She was suspicious, but Liu Shizeng didn't think much about it. Now Liu Zhongcheng also figured it out. This plan sounded feasible. The only question was how many people Na Lixuan would bring.
So Liu Shizeng finally said: "The headquarters does not think that Naresuan will bring all his 30,000 troops here. You think, after Naresuan defeated the Burmese army, he immediately divided his troops and occupied 800 Dadian, which shows that this person is greedy.
Taotie. Even if, as he just said, Huang Dutong invited him under various banners, and at the same time he refused to give up the reputation brought by personally attacking Taotie, the headquarters still believed that he would not
If he leaves 800 Dadians and ignores the overwhelming number of people coming, he will definitely leave some of his military strength to manage the 800 Dadians carefully to prevent Ruan Huang from taking advantage of the situation."
Before Huang Zhiting opened her mouth, the young general clasped his fists and said, "What Zhong Cheng said is absolutely true. In this way, Huang Dutong's chance of winning against Na Li Xuan will be even greater."
Huang Zhiting narrowed her eyes slightly, looked at the young general again, and suddenly smiled: "This is a brilliant plan, it is indeed extraordinary. I was rude just now. I haven't asked my name. What is your position under Liu Yourong now?"
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