At the end of May of the fourth year of the revolution, the governor of Kunming, Yunnan Province was inside the yamen.

Dozens of senior generals dressed neatly in the uniforms of the Han Army stood in a row, and the generals on their shoulders were star-studded, but they looked quite extraordinary.

"Your Majesty has an edict, Burma has no way, practices violent government, and invades our territory, and deserves to be cut down. Today, Cheng Ming, the Duke of Shu, is the governor of Burma, and he is hereby edicted. ”

Ning Tieshan held the edict in his hand, his expression was a little dignified, and most of the other generals of the Fu Han Army also had this look, because they had been waiting for this day for too long.

On the border between Yunnan and Burma, five trained infantry divisions with a total strength of more than 53,000 people had been secretly assembled, and they quietly and officially kicked off the prelude to the battle of Burma under the leadership of Cheng Ming, commander of the Burma Group Army.

In fact, in the Ningchu Privy Council, the battle plan for the conquest of Burma had already been officially adopted, but because of the Northern Expedition, the battle for the conquest of Burma had been delayed, so that after the Northern Expedition was basically over, the plan for the conquest of Burma was immediately turned out, and the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, Commander Cheng Ming, who was familiar with the southwest operation.

Looking at everyone's looks, Cheng Ming sighed slightly in his heart, although it took a long time to wait, but the wait itself was not wasted, in this year's time, the five divisions that participated in the attack on Burma have all undergone relevant training in jungle warfare, and they also have a strong ability to adapt to the humid climate in the southwest.

In order to deal with the problems of epidemic miasma and other problems in Burma, Ning Yu also specially instructed the Privy Council to organize special training medical classes, that is, in the infantry divisions of the Burma expedition, each team selected one person to go to the medical class, and then received relevant medical training, especially such as "only drink boiled water" and "use lime to disinfect the camp" and other basic knowledge, so as to ensure that they can get a certain degree of protection in wartime.

In addition, the Military Intelligence Department and the Shadow Metropolitan have carried out military intelligence infiltration into Burma, so they have initially grasped the current military dynamics of the Taungoo Dynasty in Burma, and they have also grasped the military strength of the major Tusi, so for the current staff office under the Governorate of Burma, Burma has been like a person who has been stripped naked, and there are no strategic secrets.

Cheng Ming nodded lightly and looked at everyone: "As for the significance of the battle in Burma, you should all be able to understand that since our Great Chu recovered the southwest, Burma has been encroaching on our Great Chu land while our army has not actually controlled the border, even if the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent a warning, it has been deliberately ignored....... For various reasons, we endured it, but we won't endure it anymore, and we don't need to endure it anymore. ”

That's right, everyone is thinking in their hearts that the Northern Expedition has basically ended, and the Korean issue is about to be resolved, and then the strategic center of gravity will gradually shift from east to west, and the southwest issue will have a chance to be completely resolved!

"That's right, they should be taught a lesson!"

"Hmph, if you dare to pull teeth in the tiger's mouth, you must be ready to die!"

Ning Tieshan, Li Shihu, Yue Lingfeng and others also looked sneering, a so-called small state of Burma also dared to make up his mind on the head of the imposing Fu Han army, it was obvious that he was impatient.

Cheng Ming knocked on the table, glanced at Ning Tieshan, and said, "Okay, the specific plan for the operation in the back will be told by the chief of staff." ”

Ning Tieshan nodded, then picked up the command whip, pointed to the map of Myanmar on the map, and said: "The battle of Burma, by the five divisions under the Burma Governor's Office to form a front-line army, if the strength is not enough, two local divisions will be formed from Yunnan as a countermeasure, the relevant soldiers have been registered, and preliminary training has also been carried out, once there is a need, it can be mobilized in about five days." ”

When everyone heard this, their expressions suddenly turned grim, they can joke now, but once they officially enter the rhythm of war, they can no longer act recklessly, they must firmly abide by military regulations and military discipline, and they must not underestimate the enemy in the slightest.

In front of the Central Army Military Academy in Nanjing, there is a huge stone tablet with a line of words written on it, 'Any mistake in every detail will be borne by the lives of your comrades'.

For others, the cost of their mistakes may be as little as a loss of wealth or their own lives, but for an army, even the smallest mistake can cost an entire army.

While the officers were sitting in danger, Ning Tieshan continued: "This battle against Burma will be divided into two marches, one of which will be led by Cheng Ming, the governor of Dadu, from Wanding, with three divisions under his jurisdiction to attack Mubang Tusi, and the other road will be led by me, with two divisions, stationed at Tiebi Pass, and attack the Tusi of Mandusk. ”

"After the original plan is reached, the two routes will attack along Longchuan, Mengmi and Lawu respectively, and finally join forces under the Burmese capital Ava, and the capture of Ava will represent the basic end of the battle."

Everyone listened attentively, and asked questions from time to time, but they were all about some details of the war arrangement, and when everyone had confirmed their mission, the military meeting came to an end.

Cheng Ming looked at everyone with a serious expression, "Although Your Majesty is in Beijing, he attaches great importance to the battle of Burma, and I hope that you will do your best." ”

"Yes, long live Your Majesty, long live Da Chu!"

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On the first day of June, the rumbling of artillery rang out in the direction of Tengyue Province, Vinh Chang Province and Thuan Ninh Province on the border of Yunnan and Myanmar at the same time, especially the Tiebi Pass on the border of Tengyue Province, which became the key area for the outbreak of war.

As early as after the Fu Han army marched into Yunnan, Burma had tried to attack Tiebi Pass, but was garrisoned by the local Qing army chicken legs, and later after the Fu Han army took over the Tiebi Pass defense, Burmese Tusi also launched an attack on this place, but returned in vain under the Guancheng, but also lost a lot of lives. Let's look for books

As the governor of Burma, Cheng Ming, in order to better control the front-line war, he directly put the headquarters in Wanding, and Ning Tieshan came to Tiebi Pass, under the jurisdiction of two divisions, the goal is to capture Xinjie in Burma within three days, and try to eliminate the 30,000 Tusi soldiers located in Xinjie.

Originally, the weather in June was extremely hot, and Myanmar was relatively more humid and muggy, and there were many mosquitoes, so when Ning Tieshan and other high-level generals arrived at Tiebi Pass, their bodies had been smeared with anti-mosquito herbs, and some strange patterns were also smeared on their military uniforms.

"Chief of Staff Qiqi, we have found a hundred guides who are familiar with the local geographical environment in this march, and they will be dispersed to each battalion, at least ensure that each individual battalion has more than two guides, and they can basically understand Chinese, and then the medical soldiers of each company of our army have also learned some local Burmese dialect when they were training."

Staff officer Yang Yingyuan whispered on the side, he was originally from the local Tusi in Yunnan, so he also had a high reputation for the local people, and things like finding some guides couldn't be easier for him.

In fact, after the Fu Han army pacified the Tusi forces in Yunnan, it did not choose a blind hardline policy, and since insisting on the implementation of the reform of the land and returning to the stream, some of the Tusi families who were willing to cooperate were also introduced into the local government of Yunnan and the regular army of the Fu Han Army, so as to speed up the integration and achieve great results, among which Tusi staff officers like Yang Yingyuan are not uncommon.

Ning Tieshan smiled slightly, patted Yang Yingyuan's shoulder, and said softly: "Staff Officer Yang, I must be relieved, many things in the back also need Staff Officer Yang to work a lot, now that we have arrived at Tiebi Pass, please ask Staff Officer Yang to give us a brief introduction." ”

Everyone immediately laughed when they heard this, there may be people among them who know about the Iron Wall Pass, but more people really don't know the importance of this pass, which will naturally be a little unfavorable for the war.

Yang Yingyuan said softly: "Tiebi Pass is one of the eight passes in Tengyue, and it is also the key road to control and strangle the eastern criminals of Burma. Before the Ming Dynasty, Burma had sent troops to invade Dehong many times, Wanli 21 years is to lead the army known as 300,000 troops, war elephants hundreds, defeated the Barbarian Mo Tusi, and later for Yunnan governor Chen Yongbin to resist, and then Chen Lao in order to prevent Burma from committing again, then set up eight checkpoints in Yingjiang, Longchuan, Ruili three places, namely Kobe Pass, Wan Qian Pass, Boulder Pass, Tongbi Pass on the four passes, Tiebi Pass, Huju Pass, Hanma Pass, Tianma Pass under the four passes. ”

"Cut off the road of provocation, the end of the Burmese private soldiers, the natural danger of the world, the labor of the provincial millet transshipment, and the Yongli of the territory."

Ning Tieshan obviously has a lot of understanding of Tengyue Baguan, and sighed: "It's a pity that this kind of practice is somewhat limited to itself, if it is a long time ago, how many people still remember the 'Three Declarations and Six Comforts'?" ”

Three Xuan and Six Comfort, originally the Ming Dynasty to the southwest region and the Indochina Peninsula to implement the jurisdiction of the body, but also the extension of the Tusi system, such as Yunnan all over the Tusi, and the Great Ancient Thorn and other places of the chieftain "begging to set up officials", so the Ming court "to the Great Ancient Thorn, Demasa two places are wide, each set up the Propaganda Division", set up the Great Gu Lai Xuan Comfort Division, at the end of the same year set up the Di Wu Lai Xuan Comfort Division, Di Ma Sa Xuan Comfort Division, is regarded as the early practice of the Xuan Comfort Division.

When it came to the eleventh year of orthodoxy, the Ming court readjusted the southwest frontier, and officially set up the "Three Xuanfu Division", of which the three Xuandian Xuanfu Division, Ganya Xuanfu Division, and Longchuan Xuanfu Division, and the six Xuanfu Divisions refer to the Cheli Xuanfu Division, the Burmese Xuanfu Division, the Mubang Xuanwei Division, the Eight Hundred Dadian Xuanwei Division, the Mengyang Xuanfu Division, and the Laos Xuanfu Division, which basically included most of the Indochina Peninsula.

However, the good times did not last long, and after the decline of the Ming Dynasty's national strength, the control of the three Xuan and six comforts was naturally greatly reduced, and the Indochina Peninsula was originally very chaotic, among which the Ava Kingdom ruled by the Shan people and the Baigu Kingdom ruled by the Meng people had been fighting for forty years before the Three Xuan Six Comforts system.

In the process, a large number of refugees have emigrated to other countries, among which the Burmese mainly in Toungoo have gained the greatest benefits, because it is far from the war zone, has not been damaged by the war, and has become a refuge for the Burmese to escape the war and famine, so the population has continued to increase, and the national strength has also been increasing.

Later, after the rise of Donghu, through a series of operations, the Baigu Kingdom at that time was destroyed, and the central and southern parts of Myanmar were basically unified, and the rise of Myanmar in the late Ming Dynasty was difficult to take some effective measures, so that the then Donghu king Mang Ruiti led the Burmese army to Tengchong, Shidian and Fengqing areas in Yunnan, which caused a great threat to Yongchang Mansion, forcing the Ming court to transfer heavy troops from the interior and set up two large battalions of Yaoguan and Tengyong.

Later, Mang Yinglong succeeded to the throne, and through various means, he eliminated the Ava Dynasty, conquered various Shan states, and completed the second unification of Burma.

From the 35th year of Jiajing to the end of Wanli, about half a century in the middle, after the repeated contest between the Ming Dynasty and the Donghu Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty lost the original jurisdiction of Mubang, Mengyang, Mengmi, Laos, 800 Xuanfu Division, the original three Xuanfu Division, only one Xuanfu Division and three Xuanfu Divisions of Nandian, Ganya, and Longchuan remained.

It can be said that the Donghu Dynasty rose on the corpse of the Ming court, and the national strength of the Ming court at that time was weakening day by day, and there was no good way to do this process.

Everyone was not too unfamiliar with the history of 'Three Declarations and Six Consolations', so when they heard Ning Tieshan's proposal, they all seemed resentful.

Li Shihu sneered: "Kou can go, I can also go." Back then, King Donghu was able to occupy the 'three propaganda and six comforts' of the Ming Dynasty, and we can naturally take it back today. ”

Yang Yingyuan also sighed with emotion and said: "The Donghu of that year was in its heyday, and the Ming Dynasty was in a period of decline, so it was naturally difficult to keep, but Dachu is now a new dynasty, rising like the sun, and that Donghu is old and decaying, and it is vulnerable." ”

Ning Tieshan smiled and said, "Staff Officer Yang seems to know a lot about Donghu, please introduce it as well." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare to ......" Yang Yingyuan said a few words modestly, and then said: "At present, Donghu already has a feeling of the end of the dynasty, and the Shan and Mon people in its country are deeply dissatisfied with the Burmese, plus more and more Ahmudan have become private slaves, so the situation of the entire Donghu is very critical, and the odds of our current army are very large." ”

The so-called Ahmudan actually refers to the private serf organizations directly under the king of Donghu, such as the king directly controlled a large amount of land and distributed the land to various Ahmudan organizations, and the Ahmudan, as a feudal serf, was itself a system of integration of soldiers and peasants, so it was also the main source of the king's financial, manpower and military strength. Therefore, once Ahmudan became a private slave, it was similar to the collapse of the system of the guard, and directly represented the weakening of the power of King Donghu himself.

Ning Tieshan nodded, "This time the troops are not only a punishment for the invasion of the border of the princely states of Burma, but also a revenge for the three declarations and six consolations of the year, we need to destroy the country in a war and regain the homeland......"

Before Ning Tieshan's words fell, the artillery group in the direction of the Fu Han army launched an angry roar, and a group of Fu Han sergeants held muskets in their hands, carried bags on their backs, and carried bayonets on their waists, and launched an attack in the direction of Xinjie, which also represented the official start of the battle of Ning Chu's conquest of Burma.