Chapter 510: Moths to the Fire
"Boom—"
"Bang bang bang-"
Violent explosions and rows of gunfire came from Laoguantun, and I saw that the Fu Han army in the brigade was lined up with neat pillows, holding muskets in their hands, and shooting at the Burmese army on the opposite side, and the dense smoke almost covered the entire battlefield, and the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke was everywhere.
Compared with the current well-equipped and unified Fu Han army, the Burmese army is more or less nondescript, most of them are dressed in colorful clothes, half of them hold muskets in their hands, others hold swords and spears, and as for the artillery, there are only a few guns, which looks inconspicuous at all.
A Burmese army like this is naturally not enough in the eyes of the Fu Han army, but at this time, Ning Tieshan, who was in charge of commanding the army to fight, had a bit of solemnity in his expression, he glanced at the muskets in the hands of the Burmese soldiers a few times, and finally let out a sigh of emotion.
"Their muskets are much stronger than the bird guns in the hands of the Qing army, but they are still inferior to the muskets of our army."
Yang Yingyuan smiled slightly and said: "The muskets of the Burmese army are all from the Westerners, although they are mainly arquebuses, but there are also some flintlock muskets, and there are many Francophone people in the Burmese army!" ”
"Franco? Really? ”
Ning Tieshan was a little curious, when he was in Nanjing before, he had also come into contact with many Westerners, including some Franco-Rang people, they were all missionaries, but he didn't say that there were also their people in Burma.
Yang Yingyuan said with a smile: "In those Meng heroes in Myanmar, they have hired a lot of Francophone people, and it is said that they have all formed a Franco battalion, and their combat power is quite strong. ”
In fact, in this era, Southeast Asia has been frantically infiltrated by Western colonizers, at the end of the seventeenth century, the French and British had already established a stronghold in the southern port of Burma, Saleem, and the then already weakened Tungoo Dynasty had nothing to do about it, the central authority was declining, the local princes went their own way, and the Western colonists wantonly expanded their influence, whether it was the royal army or the local army, there were many foreign mercenaries.
Due to the humid climate of Myanmar, the soldiers here are not armoured, the rate of firearms in the army is very high, and because of the complex terrain of Myanmar, the artillery is not easy to transport, and the musket is better than the role of artillery, so the musket in the Burmese army is much stronger than the Qing army, but the artillery is better than nothing.
Ning Tieshan held a clairplane and looked at the battlefield in the distance, and said with a smile: "Myanmar's national strength is low, and it is not easy to get so many muskets, if you are at war with other countries here, if you encounter an army with heavy artillery and light muskets like the Qing army, you may be able to bargain a lot, but it is not enough to deal with my Fu Han army." ”
In fact, Ning Tieshan has not revealed one thing, that is, the updated flintlock pistol of the Fu Han Army has been developed, according to some news revealed, when this new flintlock pistol is put into service, the tactics of the Fu Han Army will change dramatically, so it has also received great attention from the emperor and the Privy Council.
Of course, it is naturally difficult to get these top-secret news to be told in public, Ning Tieshan gathered his mind, looked at the enemy formation that was gradually scattered, and quickly issued an order to prepare for the final general attack.
In any case, we must pull out the nail of Lao Guantun today.
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For Noyaji at this time, he can already feel the feeling of 'living like a year' in Chinese.
Laoguantun has two Burmese army camps, three fronts in front, plus an army of more than 20,000 people, which should have been like an iron wall, but in front of the Fu Han army, it was as fragile as a piece of paper, but it was pierced by the Fu Han army one after another, and the soldiers sent to the front line were either dead or fled, and they were almost slaughtered in front of the fire of the Fu Han army.
This is also a very normal thing, for the Fu Han army, the enemies they faced in the past were all the children of the Eight Banners who swore to protect the Qing Dynasty, these people have a very strong ability to withstand casualties, although they can't beat the Fu Han army, but while bearing the firepower of the Fu Han army, launching an attack is simply a very common operation.
However, for these slave-born Burmese soldiers, there is no such so-called integrity at all, and there is no reason to persist in fighting.
"Great, if you dare to run away again, I'll cut off your heads!"
Noyaji didn't have the money of the princes and ministers of the Qing Dynasty, so naturally he couldn't get enough heart-warming rewards, but he was used to talking with the scimitar in his hand, but when Noyaji threatened the soldiers, a trace of evil thought rose in the hearts of other people, that is, to kill Noyaji.
"Kill!"
Hearing the sound of fighting like a tsunami from the opposite side, Noyaji finally couldn't sit still, on the one hand, he sent his own guards to seize the contact with Manggulung, who came to help, and on the other hand, he personally led people to press behind the formation, and once he encountered a rout, he stepped forward to intercept it and make it return to the battlefield.
However, when the order for the general attack of the Fu Han army was issued, the grenadier battalion, as the pioneer of the road, stood at the front, they wore armor, ignited the grenades they carried with them, and threw them, with a series of explosions, the Burmese army fell in large pieces, they had never seen such weapons, but they could no longer hold on, and retreated towards the rear.
At this time, the soldiers of the Fu Han army put on their bayonets, they let out a roar, and launched a pursuit in the direction of the Burmese army, the scale of the charge of thousands of people made the Burmese army even more embarrassed to flee, and the Burmese army retreated from the front of the formation, and they didn't care about the Noyaji behind them, lost their armor and scattered to the ground.
"Bastard! Give me back! ”
Noyaji led the guards to slash and kill several of the routs, he looked at the rest of the routs with a distorted face, and shouted: "None of you are allowed to run, whoever dares to run I will kill whom!" ”
I have to say that the image of Noyaji covered in blood and holding a sharp blade in his hand frightened many people, and some of the defeated soldiers were originally afraid of Noyaji, but under such iron-blooded methods, they were shocked, and several people began to slowly retreat.
And at this time, the shouting and killing of the Fu Han army was getting closer and closer, and some of the rout soldiers who had just escaped didn't care about anything else, and frantically rushed towards the rear, but this time even Noyaji couldn't stop it, only to see that after a chaotic fight, Noyaji himself was a rout in his body several times, fell to the ground and was dying, and the guards around him were already dead on the spot.
Without the only factor of Noyaji, it would be difficult for the remaining Burmese army to put up an effective resistance, and they may have chosen to surrender, or they may have broken up in the rear, and they have completely become a scattered sand.
Under such circumstances, the Fu Han army successively defeated two large battalions in one go, and the seized food, gunpowder, firearms and other materials were almost countless, so that the officers of the Fu Han army who came up behind were overjoyed.
"Report, Chief of Staff, our army has captured the two large battalions of the old Guan Tun of the Burmese army, Noya Ji is dead in the army, and dozens of his generals have been taken by our army, and the captured Burmese army is at least more than 10,000 people...... This battle has been won by a lot! ”
An officer of the Fu Han Army bowed his hand to the court, and when his words just fell, there was a burst of cheers in the entire tent, and Ning Tieshan's face was also full of joy, with this battle as a foundation, no matter how much Burma jumped, there would be no other result.
Although Ning Tieshan was happy in his heart, he also understood what was the most important thing at the moment, and said in a loud voice: "Quickly send people to inform each regiment to start shrinking the battle line, know the remaining stubborn enemy troops, and then clean up the battlefield, prepare to surround the Mang Gulong Department that came to help, and completely defeat the main force of the Burmese army in one battle!" ”
"In addition, inform Cheng Dashuai that the battle of Xinjie and Laoguantun has been completely victorious, and they will arrive in Ava City in early June to carry out the battle of beheading."
"Yes, General."
As everyone was busy, the whole tent almost returned to its previous tense appearance, but it was still a little different from before, at least everyone had a smile on their faces, and they no longer had the slightest doubt about the outcome of the battle against Burma.
In the early morning of the next day, the Fu Han army completely ended the battle of Laoguantun, after relevant calculations, the battle killed more than 3,800 Burmese troops, captured more than 11,700 Burmese troops, and the remaining Burmese army was driven into the Jinsha River by the Fu Han army, but it was washed downstream with the river.
In addition, the Fu Han army also captured 80,000 stone of rice and rice, and these rice grains alone are enough for the current Burmese army to eat for more than two months, and the rest of the captured gunpowder and other materials can also reduce the heavy dependence on the logistics line.
The reason why such a victory was achieved was purely because the Fu Han army directly defeated the main force of the Burmese army in Laoguantun with almost lightning speed in this battle, and the main general of the Burmese army, Noyaji, was suddenly killed when he was crushing the troops, so that the remaining Burmese generals had no time to burn grain and grass.
After obtaining such a capture, Cheng Ming, the commander of the Burma Group Army, was also overjoyed, and directly ordered the whole army to surround Manggulong, and at this time, Manggulong did not expect that Nuoyaji was defeated in such a hurry, so that the army was directly attacked by the Fuhan army, and the whole army suffered heavy losses of more than 20,000 people, and led thousands of remnants of the army to flee in the direction of Ava.
In the case of two big victories in a row, Cheng Ming did not blindly move in the direction of Ava, but repaired in Xikan, after all, this time he obtained so many captures, but there is no need to worry about logistics problems, on the other hand, it is also to better stabilize the rear and avoid the idea that the Burmese army will fight the logistics line in the future.
In addition, Cheng Ming also has a very important thing, that is, to meet with the leaders of the Mon and Shan ethnic groups, and lay the foundation for the future pattern of Myanmar.
After all, no matter from what point of view, it is impossible for Ning Chu to eat the whole of Burma, in fact, this is not ideal, so Ning Yu had already prescribed a prescription for Cheng Ming before the war, that is, to use the contradiction between the Mon, Shan and Burmese people, to divide most of the fertile land in Myanmar as their own, and then go to other places to let the Mon, Shan and Burmese split into three small states, which belong to the new feudal state system of Ning Chu.
Therefore, after achieving this decisive victory, Cheng Ming did not march directly towards Ava, but began to wait for the visit of other Burmese tribes, and after they offered the price they could offer, the Fu Han army would go further and completely lay the current situation in Burma.
"Echoing Your Majesty, the situation in Burma is complicated, and the ministers should take the holy will as their mind, and use the strategy of encroachment and division to completely lay down the current situation in Burma, or make it no longer a plague for our Middle Earth......"
Under the light, Cheng Ming wrote hard, and a line of ink words the size of mosquitoes and flies appeared on the fold, writing until late at night, he stood up and shook his wrist, but he was staring at a flying moth, now Myanmar is densely covered with mosquitoes, so even if there is a potion, there are still moths into the Chinese army's tent.
The moth flew in the air for a moment, but it was rushing towards the light in the center, but it made Cheng Ming laugh dumbly, the moth to the fire is a self-defeating strategy, why is it so unwise?
However, he soon thought of today's Myanmar, maybe the current Myanmar is unlikely to have such courage, but if one or two warriors like moths come out, if they really target a behemoth like Da Chu, it is not impossible, maybe today's strategy is to allow these people to get a chance to stand out........
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The Australian newspaper, a small city located near Madaya in Upper Burma, used to be as calm as backwater, but under the undercurrent there was a formidable power, but today, this force has indeed begun to gradually let out its own roar.
"This is a great opportunity! Clansmen, we Shan finally have a chance to re-establish our Ava dynasty! We don't have to tolerate the Burmese riding on our heads anymore! ”
A tall, dark-skinned man looked at the dozens of clansmen in front of him, his expression was extremely excited, but the eyes of the others also began to flicker with flames.
Obviously, everyone knew the news of Ning Chu's attack on Burma, and also learned of the defeat of the Burmese army on the banks of the Jinsha River, which was naturally an unacceptable and painful fact for the Donghu Dynasty, but for the Shan and Mon people, it was enough to make people ecstatic.
The tall man is the current leader of the Shan tribe, Gong Li Yan, who has been working hard to overthrow the Tungoo King and restore the Ava Dynasty of the year, especially in this period of incomparable decline of the Tungoo Dynasty, which has made the palace Yan realize one thing, that is, the dream of the Shan people is finally coming true.
"I have united the Mon people in Lower Burma, and both sides will raise their troops on time after three days, and when the king of Donghu is eliminated, we Shan and Mon can divide Myanmar together and rebuild the Ava Dynasty!"