Yan Wu's guards accepted these things, and said to them with a smile: "Then thank you for the kindness of Dao Qianhu and Dao Zhizhou." ”

After the three parties discussed the next few days, Dao Yubin and Dao Fengfu said goodbye and left. Although Yan Wu covered it up well, both of them could see that Yan Wu seemed to be thinking about something, and they didn't have much interest in talking to them, so they naturally couldn't be annoying, so they left as soon as the things that had to be discussed were discussed.

Yan Wu was indeed thinking about something. After entering the city, he learned from the captured Burmese soldiers that the Burmese Ava was fighting the Bago war established with the 'traitors' in the south, and the main force of Ava's army was fighting in the south, so there were not many soldiers in Jiangtou City, and the capital Ava was empty.

Yan Wu knew that Myanmar was now divided, and he had heard His Royal Highness King Min talk about it before. At the end of the Song Dynasty, there was a unified country of Bagan for the Burmese here, but after the Mongols destroyed Dali, they continued to attack Bagan in the south, and Bagan declined, and the Dai and Mon people in the territory took the opportunity to rise, and established two countries in Ava and Bago respectively, and fought against each other. Another part of the Burmese fled to the southeast (near the border between present-day Burma and Thailand) and established Dong Wu (Taungoo).

But he didn't know that now Ava and Bago were fighting. Zhu Yang didn't know, so the battle plan they formulated before was more cautious, requiring Yan Wu to restore order in the city after the capture of Taigong City, and to collect food and husbands, and wait for the main army to join the front army in Taigong City and go south to attack Ava City together.

After learning that the city of Ava was now empty, militarily speaking, he should have left only a small number of troops to garrison the city, and the army immediately went south to attack the city of Ava. During the capture of Taigong City, some of Ava's soldiers escaped, and most of them reported the news of the invasion of troops from the north to the Ava monarch Mingisva. Mingisvasius knew that Ava City was in danger and would definitely return to the army, and then Ava City would not be able to fight.

Of course, Yan Wu was afraid that it was the captives in the city who were talking nonsense, so he interrogated several captives one after another, and the results were almost the same.

In this way, Yan Wu was very entangled and didn't know what to do.

Yan Wu struggled all night, and it was difficult to make a final decision. He then called Dao Yubin and Dao Fengfu over and consulted with the two of them.

"Of course, I will immediately lead my troops south and attack Ava City!" Dao Yubin said without hesitation: "Ava City is empty, what a good opportunity this is, why not attack Ava City?" ”

Dao Fengeven also said: "General Yan, I have heard a saying of the Han people, you must not miss the opportunity and never come again, the current situation is like this, you should immediately send troops to attack Ava!" ”

"But your Highness's orders?" Yan Wu was still a little hesitant.

"I have also heard a common saying from your Han people, soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, and the situation of the Ava people now is different from what we have learned before, of course, it must be changed according to the current situation."

Yan Wu thought about it, the temptation of the solo commander to capture Ava City was too great, and finally slapped the table and said, "Then send troops to Ava immediately!" ”

"Leave 1,000 Han troops and 1,000 Meng Yang troops to garrison Ava City, and the rest of the 14,000 troops will set off south for Ava after lunch."

"Yes, General Yan." Dao Yubin and Dao Fengfu said happily.

Both of their tribes had fought against the Ava people before, and the two sides had a grudge, especially the Mengyang people, who had died countless times at the hands of the Awa people before, and had always wanted revenge.

And if they capture Ava City alone, most of the goods in the city will be divided among the three of them, although they will definitely spit out some of it to the other tribes later, but it is still much more than everyone who rushes to the city. Therefore, they tried their best to encourage Yan Wu to send troops immediately.

Even if the captives don't tell the truth, it's nothing. From Taigong City to Ava City, there are plains all the way, and it is difficult to set up an ambush to ambush them, and if the battle is unfavorable, they can still stop somewhere and wait for the follow-up army.

Yan Wu also wrote a document to Zhu Yang, explaining why he would immediately lead his troops south to attack Ava, and left most of the prisoners for Zhu Yang's interrogation.

He wrote the documents and sent them to Zhu Yang quickly, and he walked out of the house with Dao Yubin and Dao Fengfu to arrange the dispatch of troops.

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"Moo!" Hundreds of elephants shouted one after another, and their voices soared into the sky.

Whether it is the Awa or the Bago, whether it is the Dai, the Mon or the Burmese, the way of fighting is very similar, first let the elephant attack, the infantry with spears and follow the elephant to attack, how many years have not changed.

Since tactics are so rigid, war has become a game of national strength. And Ava and Bago have similar national strength, of course, they have not been able to distinguish the winner or loser. They have been fighting for sixteen years since Ava invaded Bago in the eighteenth year of Hongwu, but neither side has achieved much success.

Seeing that it was about to get dark, Mingisvar, the king of Ava, patted the elephant beside him and said, "Collect the troops and fight again tomorrow." ”

The herald beside him immediately blew a musical instrument, and the battlering Ava soldiers began to gather.

The same was true of Bago on the other side, and the sound of another musical instrument sounded on the battlefield, and the Bago people began to gather. After that, the two sides slowly left the battlefield and returned to their camps.

In the evening, when Mingis Vaxiu and his generals were having dinner, a general named Mana Hui said to Minjisvaxiu: "King, we have been fighting with the Bago people for more than a month, and there has been no progress so far, so let's withdraw our troops and go back." ”

"Hey Mana Society, this army has just been fighting for more than a month, and you say go back? How does this work? Mana will you not be afraid of death. Another said.

"I don't think I'm afraid of death, but I miss the beautiful lady at home. He just married a side wife three months ago, and the novelty hasn't passed yet. Someone laughed again.

A lot of people laughed.

At this time, Mingisvasius coughed, and everyone hurriedly stopped laughing. Mingisvar asked the Mana Society, "Why are you suggesting to withdraw now?" My faithful mana, I know you're not a coward. ”

"King, in the first half of this year, Mengyang, Mubang, and Luchuan in the north suddenly shrank back, I think it's very abnormal." Mana will say.

"Do you think they're going to join forces to attack our country?" Mingis Vasho immediately guessed what he meant.

"Yes, my lord, that's what I thought. They have always been at odds with our country, but they have been retreating in the first half of the year. If it's just one family, Mengyang, Mubang and Luchuan are all like this, only Luchuan's Meng Mi counterattacked, which is very abnormal. ”

"And I learned last year that the Ming Kingdom further north added a vassal king to Dali, and Luchuan, Mengyang, Mubang and other places were divided into his fiefs."

"I heard from the businessman who came back from Dali that the new king of the Ming Kingdom did not stay in Dali honestly to enjoy happiness, but kept contacting various local officials, as if he was going to make a big move." Mana will say.

"Haha, Mana, are you confused? You said that Meng Yang and a few other toast people were still caring if they were not retreating normally, and they should really be investigated; But what do the Han people care about? Someone said.

"That is, the Han people are weak like sheep, and the Mongols easily destroyed the country of the Han people."

"They will not fight at all, but will only reward the surrounding countries with large quantities of goods for peace." Someone else said.

"The Han people are not what you say they are!" Mana Hui said loudly: "It took a long time for the Mongols to destroy the country of the Han people. And now they have defeated the Mongols again, driven the Mongols back to their homeland, and sent troops to occupy Yunnan, and even defeated Luchuan. ”

"So what? Although the Mongols defeated Bagan, they failed to destroy him, but we still destroyed Bagan. Someone said.

The Mana Society wanted to talk more, and Mingis Vaxiu spoke: "My loyal Mana Society, I already understand what you mean. Are you thinking too much, though? I admit that the Han people are not so easy to deal with, but Burma here is not the territory of the Han people, and the Mongols were not able to get in, let alone the Han people. ”

"However, the retreat of Mengyang and other places in the first half of the year is indeed abnormal, and it must be guarded against. That being the case, some troops were left to guard against the Bago, and the main force of the army returned to the city of Ava. ”

Mana met with Mingisvarsiu and accepted his suggestion, and stopped talking. The other generals also had no opinion. Bago in the south is a hard bone, and it is not easy to make meritorious contributions here; Since the war between the Ming Kingdom and Luchuan in the north, Luchuan has been declining day by day, especially after Mengyang, Mubang and other places were completely split from Luchuan the year before last, the people in the north can no longer form a joint force, and it is easier to fight, not only easy to make meritorious contributions, but also easy to rob property and population. Therefore, everyone is not opposed to collecting troops and returning, and then sending troops to Mengyang and other places.

However, although Mingis Vaxiu had decided to withdraw his troops, he could not just withdraw like this, and the army was still fighting with the Bago people the next day, but the troops sent were the armies of some local feudal lords, and their combat effectiveness was very weak; Some of his elite main forces were stationed in the cities behind the camp, while the rest of the army planned to slowly withdraw for some time to come.

But the next night, a piece of news disrupted his withdrawal plan.

"What do you say! Say it again! Mingisvasius asked, grabbing his youngest son's arm in disbelief. He used so much force that his son's arms were swollen.

But his youngest son didn't notice that his arm was swollen at all, and he looked at his father in fear and said, "Father, the city of Ava has been breached, and the eldest brother Mediron Afa has been caught. ”

"Who breached Ava City?"

"Ming Kingdom, it was the vassal king of the Ming Kingdom who led the Han army and the Tusi army of Mengyang and other places to break through Ava City!"

"Mingguo?"