Chiang Rai, the most important military town in northern Thailand, is less than 40 kilometers north of Chiang Rai is the infamous Golden Triangle.

And now Chiang Rai Province, as well as a number of small Thai states further north, are under Burmese control.

It has been more than 2450 years since the Taungoo Dynasty of Burma conquered the area.

So even if the Thai people who live here are obviously of the same race as the Thai army that came to attack, they still ran away!

Many people even ran into the city of Chiang Rai to tell the Burmese, who for hundreds of years had become accustomed to living under Burmese rule!

"Boom! Rumble! The thunderous shelling sounded, but in Ye Kai's opinion, it was completely a sound, the Thais did not have systematically trained artillery, nor did they have serious siege artillery.

Today's bombardment is just some field guns, the caliber is also small, six pounds is counted, Ye Kai even saw a lot of three-pounder guns, and Europe has begun to popular firing guns, and there are still flintlock guns here.

However, although Ye Kai thought that it was just a sound, but others did not see it that way, Chiang Rai City was not very strong, and the eight-pounder cannon shells smashed into the city wall and flew around, looking quite ferocious, every time it hit, the Thais broke out into bursts of high-pitched cheers, and their morale was boosted.

Sitting on a richly decorated elephant with a gloomy face, he was dressed in gold armor, wearing a golden crown on his head, and holding a Thai broadsword in both hands, the style was a bit like the Chinese glaive, and the appearance was extremely stylish.

Ye Kai pursed his lips, the more he understood, the more he felt, what kind of goods are the troops in Southeast Asia?

It is no wonder that the Vietnamese have often flaunted their military might in the Indochina Peninsula in history, and their feelings are set off by the people around them!

If this Ishara Songtun is in China, his outfit is simply a firepower attractor, and he is the favorite target of Xue Rengui and Zhao Zilong!

The Quang Nam army assigned to the side of Ishara Songtun was the right army of the Quang Nam people, led by Nguyen Van Thanh, with about 2,000 people, and the remaining 3,000 Quang Nam left army was led by Le Van Yue, who followed Rama I.

"General Truang, General Nguyen, what should we do if the Burmese are cowering in the city and refuse to come out? Attack now? ”

After another half an hour of shelling, the Chiang Rai West Gate, which was facing the Thai army, had been smashed to pieces, but the Burmese still had no intention of going out of the city for a decisive battle, and could only see a lot of soldiers wearing Burmese armor, running around the city wall like ants.

General Tluang was the commander of the LTTE sent by the second king, Sura Sinhana, Luang was his title, and he was called Thongluang by Rama I.

Of the 12,000 people in Ishara Songtun's hands, 2,000 were the Quang Nam Army led by Nguyen Van Thanh, 5,000 were the Tiger Army led by Teluan, and the remaining 5,000 were Ishara Songtun's own people, so whether it was to attack or wait, it had to be discussed with these two people.

As soon as Ishara Songtun's words fell, his words were conveyed by the palace attendants to Truang and Nguyen Van Cheng, who were standing on either side of the elephant.

Ruan Wencheng nodded modestly, he is an outsider and a guest, whether he is fighting or waiting, he generally will not express his opinion.

Teluan was not polite, he bent down, "Prince Lela, we have just arrived here, the soldiers are tired, it is now dinner time, it is better to rest for the night, after eating and drinking, attack early tomorrow morning!" ”

Ishara Songtun picked up the binoculars and looked at it, and the city walls were busy like ants, all of them were Burmese people repairing the city walls.

He nodded, the effect of this shelling did not meet his expectations, although the Chiang Rai city wall was smashed with earth and rocks, but it did not knock down the city wall, and it was acceptable to rest for one night and attack tomorrow.

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The shouts gradually subsided, and Anna Chick, who climbed to a tree and held a telescope, snorted in discouragement.

"It's just a little bit, they all stormed the city wall, but they were still driven down, and Prince Lela's army failed again!"

For three days in a row, the Thai and Quang Nam armies took turns to storm the city of Chiang Rai, but each time it was almost a bit, even if it was to attack the city wall, and finally it would be driven down by the Burmese.

"Alas! It's a little bit worse! Izara, who was still sitting on the war elephant, sighed hatefully, frowning even more anxious!

I don't know what happened to my father's side, if a small Chiang Rai city can't be defeated, what will other people think of themselves? This is the first time he has led the army alone.

"Prince Lela, the Burmese will not be able to hold on soon, as long as we attack again tomorrow, the city of Chiang Rai will definitely be breached!"

General Teluan rode over on a short horse, except for North Vietnam, which was equipped with a certain amount of cavalry, the other kingdoms of Indochina did not have cavalry, and horses were only used for high-ranking officers to ride and give orders in the army.

"General! If we are about to storm the city of Chiang Rai, why wait until tomorrow? I propose to attack again, and if we want to rest, we will rest again in Chiang Rai City! ”

Isarathon shook his head and rejected Teluan's offer, time was precious to the eighteen-year-old prince!

"However, the soldiers are very tired, and the casualties just now are not small, they need to be repaired!" Teluan hesitated, but raised his objection.

"I know, but the Burmese are even more tired, go and tell the soldiers that if I can break through Chiang Rai today, I will seal 50,000 and 20 Pan!" With a wave of his hand, Isarathon rejected Teluan's objection.

Wan and Pan, are Thai titles, before the 1923 Social Revolution Thailand, in fact, played slavery, it has a strict knighthood system, from top to bottom for Chao Phraya (gold and silver), Phraya, Pai, Luan, Kun, Wan, Pan.

Kun and Kun above are nobles, and Wanhe Pan is equivalent to the Chinese Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, belonging to the people with titles, but not nobles, and below the climb are ordinary citizens, and then below are slaves.

For an ordinary Thai person, being able to become Wan Ho Phan is basically their ultimate goal, and if there is no ancestor who was a nobleman, it is very difficult to rise to the level of Kun.

Wan He Pan also happened to be the only title that the prince of Ishara Songtun could provide, and Kun and Kun above could only be canonized by his father Rama I and his uncle Sura Sinhana.

"Hooray! Long live the Prince! After Ishara Songtun's order was given, even though it was already evening, the Siamese army erupted in bursts of cheers!

Even the lowest 10,000 was worth a life, and after the cheers, the Siamese army rallied and began to reorganize the attack.