Knowing that the Burmese army was defeated and retreated, Zhou Cao did not order the Ming army to pursue.

After all, the Ming soldiers who crossed the river were just more than 2,000 people, although the Burmese army failed, but there were at least more than 30,000 people, and the position stationed on the south bank was the task of the Ming soldiers who crossed the bridge.

In this way, the Ming army ignored the defeat of Wu Wentai and other Burmese troops, and continued to cross the pontoon bridge in an orderly manner.

Although the width and buoyancy of the pontoon bridge can only be at most two cavalry at the same time, but the degree of the Ming army crossing the south bank with five people per breath is not slow, according to this estimate, at most three hours 80,000 Ming army iron cavalry can all cross the river, which is impossible if it is transported by boat, without a day and a night.

About two and a half hours later, U Win Tay and other Burmese troops returned to Mandalay in an extremely embarrassed defeated army. Not only did U Win Tai have a lot of burnt black and blood stains on his clothes, but so did a large number of returning Burmese soldiers.

It's so embarrassing, it's so miserable, even if the defeated army comes back, the Burmese have never seen anything like this.

The king of Burma watched Wu Wentai and the others return with this picture, and he didn't have to think about it to know that they were defeated, so angry that he couldn't come up in one breath, and almost didn't spurt out old blood, and his heart was so stuffed that he wanted to roar.

"What's going on?" The Burmese king asked angrily.

"Your Majesty, Wu Wentai is useless, the guns of the Ming army are too terrifying, and the soldiers have suffered heavy casualties, and they still can't stop the Ming army from crossing the river! I beg your Majesty's forgiveness! U Win Tai knelt down in front of the king of Burma and said.

Immediately, Wu Wentai also explained the entire battle to the Burmese king and other Burmese generals present, from the attack on the Ming army's pontoon bridge to the siege of the Ming army's small army on the south bank of the river.

Theoretically speaking, there was nothing wrong with Wu Wentai's strategy and command in the war, and the blame was only that the Ming army was too strong.

The Burmese king gritted his teeth.

Could it be that the Ming army is really as powerful as Wu Wentai said? Not only is the range of the musket more than twice as long as that of the European foreigners, and the firing interval is much faster than that of the foreigners' muskets, but also the artillery of the Ming army, which is really like a thousand cannons that can defeat Wu Wentai's 50,000 army with cannons alone?

The Burmese king's face was unpredictable, and the roots of his teeth were clenched.

Even if the Ming army is extremely powerful, it is still here to destroy the country! Could it be that he can still raise his hand to surrender and let him Burma be captured by the Ming Dynasty!

No! Even if he dies, he has to find a way to defeat the Ming army, and his great Burma can't be destroyed by the Ming army like this!

"Nonsense! Someone came, Wu Wentai's bewitching words confused the public, and the cholera army was heartfelt, so he was immediately imprisoned! The Burmese king suddenly pointed at U Win Thai and shouted angrily.

When even a few Burmese guards rushed out, they instantly restrained Wu Wentai, who was kneeling on the ground, and pulled him down.

Wu Wentai, who was restrained, was shocked, he didn't know what he was wrong.

"Your Majesty, why are you imprisoning me! Wu Wentai doesn't know! As he was dragged down, Wu Wentai shouted at the Burmese king in shock.

However, the Burmese king did not pay any attention to U Win Tai's shouts and instead sank into the water.

Even if Wu Wentai is excusable, he is also defeated and retreated, and how can he let Wu Wentai continue to spread the powerful remarks of the Ming army like this, otherwise what will happen to the morale of the army, what will happen to the morale, if the matter spreads all over the army, without the Ming army calling, the morale of hundreds of thousands of troops will fall to the bottom, and it is impossible to defeat the Ming army.

Therefore, Wu Wentai must be guilty and must be locked up!

The other Burmese generals saw the Burmese king's intentions, but none of them stood up to speak for U Win Tay, allowing U Win Thai to be dragged down by the soldiers.

"Your Majesty, now that the Ming army is crossing the Nandu River, I believe that it will not be long before the Ming army will be able to attack the city of Mandalay, may I ask Your Majesty, how to resist the Ming army?" A Burmese army general stood up and asked.

"The whole army is ready to attack! Fight to the death with the Ming army in Mandalay! The King of Burma said with a resolute expression.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" All the Burmese generals present listened to the order and immediately got up to make arrangements.

The Kingdom of Burma is the first powerful country in Southeast Asia, originally had 400,000 troops, 2,000 war elephants, in addition to 100,000 troops to guard various places, up to 300,000 troops, these 300,000 troops were originally brought by the king of Burma to conquer Siam, but the Ming army invaded, he could only give up the attack on Siam, directly withdrew the army to Burma, and went north to Mandalay.

Counting the failure of Wu Wentai to lead 50,000 troops to Nandu River to stop the Ming army, losing 13,000 soldiers and 300 war elephants, the current city of Mandalay, the Burmese king still has 287,000 troops and 1,700 war elephants.

Such a strength is actually very strong, not to mention Siam, even the Mughal Empire, with a population of 90 million, must be dealt with carefully.

However, they are now facing the Ming army, the powerful Ming army, not only the Burmese king palpitations and dare not be careless, but the other Burmese army generals are also palpitations and dare not be careless.

The Burmese army is doing its best to prepare for the approaching Ming army.

After three hours of crossing the river in the south, the 80,000 Ming troops had all crossed the river from the pontoon bridge.

"March to Mandalay!" Zhou Cao rode on horseback and ordered.

Immediately, the 80,000 Ming army cavalry left the bank of the Nandu River and galloped in the direction of Mandalay.

"Boom"

War horses galloped, five-clawed golden dragon flags fluttered, and 80,000 Ming troops appeared outside Mandalay City nearly an hour later with an incomparably compelling momentum.

At this time, the Burmese king had already led more than 280,000 Burmese troops and 1,700 war elephants to meet outside the city.

No, although Mandalay is a fortified city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but the Burmese army is nearly 300,000, and a Mandalay obviously cannot accommodate them all, and the Ming army's artillery is powerful, and it is easier to fall into a disadvantage if you defend the city, so it is better for the whole army to go out of the city to meet the battle and face to face the Ming army.

The Burmese king sat on the back of a war elephant, staring at the iron cavalry of the Ming army that had appeared in the distance.

The other Burmese generals also stared at the Ming army's iron cavalry approaching.

Although the Ming army has just appeared, there is still a distance of thousands of meters to really reach the city, but as the Ming army approaches step by step, it still brings great pressure to the Burmese king and the Burmese generals.

Soon, the 80,000 Ming army iron cavalry stopped 500 meters away from the Burmese army and confronted the Burmese army.

The decisive battle between the two sides is imminent!