Chapter 775: The King of Siam Surrenders
The main army of the Ming army attacked Taunggyi from the east gate, and it was not long before the 2,000 Ming troops who remained outside the other three city gates also entered the city from the guarded city gates, forcing the Siamese king and the Siamese army in the city to the center of the city from all sides.
In the center of Taunggyi, the King of Siam and a large number of Siamese soldiers were surrounded by the Ming army on all sides.
The King of Siam fought hard to escape here, and along the way, one of his boots fell off, and his half-drawn hair fell apart, which was really embarrassing.
The King of Siam felt that he was no longer a high king at the moment, even if he coveted the king's power and could have the mind to count a moment more, but at this moment, he only felt that it seemed to have no meaning.
The king of Siam looked at the sky and sighed, he did not obey the kingdom of Burma over the years, and fought against the king of Burma, the two countries tossed for decades, and no one could really subdue anyone, but today they were defeated under the attack of the Ming Dynasty.
He shouldn't have led the army into Burma to take advantage of the fire and loot for the sake of a momentary situation, otherwise he wouldn't have let the Ming army besiege here.
Now that he is facing a dead end, it is useless to regret it.
"Your Majesty, we have been surrounded by the Ming army on all sides, and the Ming army is gradually compressing the encirclement, Your Majesty!" A Siamese general ran back from the front in a panic and said to the King of Siam.
However, at this moment, the King of Siam still had his mind concerned about this, and he was much more desperate, so he became numb, anyway, the worst outcome seemed to be certain, no matter how much he struggled, would he be able to break through.
The King of Siam did not immediately express his position, but looked up to the sky and sighed.
Suddenly feeling a little dry in his mouth, the King of Siam asked the soldiers of the King's Guard beside him, "Is there any water, I am thirsty?" ”
The questioning soldier of the King's Guard immediately ran to the general of the King's Guard.
After a while, the general of the King's Guard arrived.
"Your Majesty, you are in a hurry to protect Your Majesty, and the water you are carrying has been spilled, but the last general has already sent someone to see if there is water in the surrounding houses, and you will definitely be able to find it for Your Majesty!" The general of the King's Guard said with a look of shame.
Now they are surrounded by the Ming army in the center of the city on all sides, although the encirclement is not large, but after all, it is in the city, and there are some Burmese people's houses in the encirclement, and it should not be difficult to find water to drink.
The King of Siam's mouth was slightly bitter, and suddenly he felt less thirsty again, and waved his hand weakly and said, "Forget it!" ”
Now he doesn't have the lofty appearance of being a king at all, and now he can only wait for the final ending.
Outside the encirclement.
Zhou Cao waved his hand, and someone immediately brought up more than a dozen high-ranking Siamese generals such as Tun Duoxi, who was captured outside the city.
"For the lives of your Siamese soldiers, Ben Shuai hopes that you will go in and persuade the King of Siam to come out and surrender, Ben Shuai will only give you half an hour, if the King of Siam does not come out to surrender, Ben Shuai will order the army to attack!" Zhou Cao glanced at Tun Duoxi and other Siamese generals and said.
To say that at this moment, if Zhou Cao is going to attack immediately, according to the morale of the Siamese soldiers in the encirclement, the Ming army can easily take the King of Siam, and even the Ming army will not have many casualties, but if you can not fight, you will naturally try not to fight, not to mention that bullets and other military materials are money and unnecessary waste, just the Siamese soldiers inside are good coolies, kill one less, and how much coolies can be done for the Ming Dynasty after the captives return to the Ming Dynasty.
Making the best use of things is king.
Among the Siamese generals, there were several people who spoke Chinese, and Tun Doshi was one of them.
After understanding Zhou Cao's words, Tun Duoxi and several other Siamese generals who knew Chinese immediately nodded, and other Siamese generals who did not know Chinese saw the actions of Tun Duoxi and others, and quickly nodded to show their understanding.
Immediately, Zhou Cao ordered Tun Duoxi and others to enter the encirclement.
Seeing the King of Siam, Tun Dohi and other Siamese generals knelt down in front of the King of Siam with a face of shame.
"Your Majesty, the last general and others can't rescue Your Majesty, and they have been taken prisoner of the Ming Army, and please punish Your Majesty!" Tondoshi spoke first.
Since then, the general trend has gone, and he has seen the strength of the Ming army with his own eyes, the king of Siam has long been desperate, and he doesn't have the strength to blame Tun Duoxi and the others anymore, and he also vaguely guessed that Tun Duoxi and others were deliberately put in by the Ming army, and their purpose does not need to be thought about.
"Say, the generals of the Ming army asked you to come, did they come to persuade me to go out and surrender?" The King of Siam brushed his messy half-silver hair with his hand and said without care.
"Your Majesty" Tun Duoxi and the others did not say it directly, but seeing their ashamed looks, they also knew.
The other Siamese generals around the King of Siam all looked at Tundoshi and the others with strange expressions.
Of course, it is impossible for anyone to come out at this time to accuse Tun Duoxi and others, after all, these generals are not all stupid, many people usually like to shoot the horses of the King of Siam, even the most upright Siamese generals, in the case of knowing that the general trend has gone, do not want to say more.
There was silence for a while.
After a while, Tun Duoxi spoke: "Your Majesty, the Ming army only gave Your Majesty half an hour, if it is within half an hour, if Your Majesty still can't decide, the Ming army will attack and kill yourself!" ”
Only half an hour? The king of Siam was stunned, did he only have half an hour of kingship?
"In that case, let's go and surrender to the Ming army!" The King of Siam said with a sad face.
Originally, the king of Siam still had the idea of being a king for a few more moments, but after this meeting, he also saw it. Now that he is so embarrassed, there is no king anymore, and it is not interesting to delay for a moment, since the Ming army has let Tun Duoxi and other generals come to persuade him to surrender, then he will follow the wish of the Ming army.
As for swearing not to surrender, ordering the soldiers to fight with the Ming army until the last moment, and finally dying with the heroic battle, this kind of thing, the King of Siam has never thought of it, it is indeed old, but he is also afraid of death, and it is naturally good not to die if he can not die. Moreover, the soldiers under his command were all good sons of Siam, and there was no need to force them to reckless for their lives.
Immediately, the king of Siam was helped by Tun Doshi and others to the edge of the encirclement.
Ten years of Zhongxing in the Ming Dynasty, August 30, not yet.
With the King of Siam, who led the army to take advantage of the fire to loot and kill Burma, was captured in Taunggyi City in Burma, and more than 100,000 Siamese soldiers captured on the same day, the southeast town of Taunggyi was a battle, and the elite army of Siam was completely annihilated by the Ming army.
In less than a month, the Ming army was like a horizontal push, successively annihilating the elite army of Burma and the elite army of Siam in Burma, which greatly promoted the progress of the Ming Southeast Asian strategy.