Mingis Vaxiu was unrelenting, and at the sound of an order, all the archers in the array began to shoot arrows, indiscriminately shooting the soldiers and Ming troops who fled back, and at the same time the pikemen and shield soldiers in front of the large array shouted loudly, let the defeated soldiers flee to other places, and do not storm the main formation.

The shrewd of the defeated army had already bypassed the large formation, but most of them rushed to the front of the large formation in a panic, and were immediately shot by archers or stabbed to death by pikemen, but the formation was not too tight.

He Fu took this opportunity to attack the large array of the Ava army, and at this time, the defeated soldiers of the Ava army who killed their own side were also slightly shaken, and they were suddenly rushed into the main formation.

He Fu led his own soldiers to rush and kill, and his body was quickly soaked with the blood of the Ava people; Seeing that the army of several Tusi was expected to completely defeat the army of the Ava, they also attacked very bravely. In addition to Mengyang Tusi's courage as always, there is also a Tusi who is also very brave to attack, which is the uninvited Eight Hundred Dadian.

Eight hundred Dadian, whose real name is Eight Hundred Daughters-in-law, is located in the south of Menggong Province, now at the junction of the three countries of Myanmar, Laos and Thailand. Named after the legend that the ruler of the kingdom had eight hundred daughters-in-law, he called himself Lanna.

Originally, eight hundred was not one of the Ming Dynasty's toasts, and Zhu Yang did not call eight hundred when he sent troops to Ava this time. However, due to the mobilization of local soldiers by Meng Gong Tusi, the leader of the Eight Hundred Kingdoms was very concerned, and after sending people to investigate, he knew that it was the Ming Kingdom in the north that was going to lead troops to attack Ava.

Dao Ban Mian then moved his mind. He felt that this time the Ming Dynasty dispatched more than 100,000 troops, and with the Mu family whose name he had heard of as the commander, the battle would be won; And the Eight Hundred Kingdoms had also been invaded by the Ava people before, so he decided to make a five-copper plate with his own dry food, and led 6,000 troops to the vicinity of the Ava River, where he met the Southern Route Army led by Mu Ang two hundred miles east of Ava City.

Mu Ang thought that the more troops the better, so he accepted the army of 800 countries. After capturing Ava City and seeing Zhu Xuan, Zhu Yang set up an 800 Dadian Propaganda Envoy on the spot, and appointed Dao Ban Guan, who came with troops, as the Tusi.

But although Dao Ban Mian had already been appointed as a toast, because Zhu Yang was going to move the capital to Ava City, he was afraid in his heart, so he tried his best to fight in order to please Zhu Yang.

Dao Pan Mian and his second son Dao Zhao San, with an army of 800 Dadian, fought hard in the formation of the Ava army, and Dao Pan Mian himself broke his sword three times, and his son was slashed once.

However, Mingisvasius and his generals held the position, and although the soldiers at the front of the formation were almost completely lost, he still saved most of the rest of the army, wiped out the Ming army that had rushed too deep into the Ava army's large formation, and retreated to the vicinity of the camp after a fight. At this time, the two sides had already rushed to kill, day by day, it was about to get dark, and the soldiers' strength was exhausted, so Mu Ang ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

"Your Highness, General Mu, today our army began to suffer slight losses, but later the melee with the Ava army suffered a lot of losses, the Han army lost more than 1,200 people in total, and more than 900 people were injured, of which more than 200 people were seriously injured and most of them could not be saved."

"In total, more than 5,100 local soldiers were killed and more than 5,700 were wounded, of which more than 1,800 were seriously injured and could not be saved." After counting the data, He Fu reported to Mu Ang and Zhu Yang.

"In other words, our army sacrificed more than 8,400 people in today's World War?" Zhu Yang asked in disbelief: "Seeing that our army has a big advantage today, why did we lose so much without defeating the enemy?" ”

"If the Ava people had been defeated, there would have been no such great casualties," Mu Ang said, "It is because they have been fighting with the Ava people, but they have never been able to break through their large formation, but the soldiers have always thought that our army has an advantage and fought hard, so there will be such large casualties." ”

"This, the casualties are too great." Zhu Yang said with some trembling. Although he had led his troops to fight a few battles before Yunnan, he had never suffered such huge casualties, and he couldn't bear it for a while.

"Although our army suffered heavy casualties, the casualties of the Ava were even greater. More than 10,000 of them had been killed, and our losses were light; Later, our army rushed into battle, and the casualties were definitely less than those of the Ava, and it is impossible for the Awa people to have a military doctor like us, and the Ava people will have at least 25,000 dead in today's battle. Mu Ang said.

Seeing that Zhu Yang was still trembling, he said: "Your Highness, if you don't take charge of the army, it is impossible to fight without dying; The more you want to die less, the more soldiers will die in the end. ”

"Lone knows, and Lone understands the truth, but it feels uncomfortable to see so many living people die like this." Zhu Yang said.

Mu Ang also knew that persuasion alone was of little use in such a thing, so he could only slowly adapt to it on the battlefield.

"Are there enough medicinal herbs brought here this time?" Mu Ang turned around again and asked He Fudao.

"It's still sufficient, but there are still too few military doctors, it's okay that there were few casualties in the previous attack on Ava City, but there are so many casualties today, and the military doctors can't keep busy." He Fudao.

"Find the clever ones among ordinary soldiers, let them help them do the work, and the military doctor will do the most important work." Mu Ang commanded.

He Fu bowed and said yes.

"If you continue to pass the word, all the soldiers who died in this battle, the Han army will be compensated ......," Speaking of this, Mu Ang suddenly said to Zhu Yang: "The minister has overpassed, Your Highness, Your Highness is still in charge of the matter of compensation." ”

"Peel and stew all the fallen elephants, there are always thousands of catties of elephant meat, and more than 100 elephants are hundreds of thousands of catties, and now the hot meat can't be preserved for long, so that the soldiers can eat it openly, and there will be unfinished pickling by tomorrow night." Mu Ang commanded again.

He Fu received the order, and seeing that the two of them had nothing to say, he bowed down and retreated.

When he retreated, Mu Ang said to Zhu Yan: "Your Highness, regarding the pension, my opinion is that each soldier of the Han army has a pension of ten yuan, and each native soldier has a pension of two yuan, and this money cannot be handed over to the military generals or Tusi below, and His Royal Highness should personally say to the soldiers that the pension of the Han army will be distributed with his own eyes; The bereavement of the native soldiers was given to the relatives of the fallen soldiers. ”

"You're asking me to buy people's hearts?" Zhu Yang said.

"It's about buying people's hearts. Now there are not many Han troops under the jurisdiction of His Highness, and His Highness is still busy; The local soldiers should also let them remember that it was the Ming Dynasty and the pension money sent to them by His Royal Highness! Mu Ang said.

"Of course, these toasts may not be satisfied, and in order to appease their dissatisfaction, each toast is rewarded with a certain amount of money according to the level of bravery of the day, and the more casualties and the more soldiers put into it, the more the toast will be rewarded." Mu Ang said.

Zhu Yang nodded. He still understands this truth.

"Your Highness should go around the barracks of the wounded soldiers sooner rather than later, and then gather all the Tusi generals to announce their rewards to boost morale. Rewards for soldiers can be unleashed first, but don't be too explicit. Mu Ang said.

"Hmm." Zhu Yang nodded.

Zhu Yang immediately came out of the big tent. He first went to the barracks of the wounded soldiers, said a few words to the two thousand households and three local officials who were wounded, and then looked at the barracks of ordinary soldiers, expressing his importance to the wounded soldiers. After that, he returned to the camp to summon the toasts and generals to announce the reward.

The toasts were not surprised, it was customary to have a reward for following the troops to fight, although it was difficult to say how much the reward was; The generals were very pleasantly surprised, and today's battle was not completed, and it was an unexpected joy to have a reward.

Zhu Yang said: "I think that among all the toasts today, the eight hundred Dadian toasts are the most brave and should be the first. Dao Ban Guan, I heard that your son was stabbed in the arm with a knife move? Can it get in the way? Dao Zhaosan returned to his camp after being treated by the military doctor, so Zhu Yang didn't see it.

"Your Highness," Dao Banmian listened to the people around him translate the Chinese spoken by Zhu Ying, and said in Thai: "Thanks to His Highness, my son's wound is not in a critical place, and there is no big problem after bandaging, but he can't use a knife these days, and he can't go into battle to kill the enemy for His Highness." ”

Zhu Yang listened to Dao Baifeng's translation and said: "That's good, if he sacrifices for the Ming Dynasty, he can't bear it." ”

Then he raised his voice and said: "Eight hundred Dadian Tusi, great meritorious service, Gu rewarded fifty horses of fine silk, one thousand pearls, and fifty jars of rice wine. ”

There are many gold and silver mines in the southwest, so these toasts don't care much about money; However, all kinds of things produced in the Han region were lacking in them, so Zhu Yang mainly rewarded them with these things, and even good wine could be used as a reward.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Dao Pan Mian stood up and bowed and said.

He straightened up and said, "Your Highness, can you give us some iron?" The minister was willing to exchange both pearls and rice wine for iron. ”

Zhu Yang was very hesitant after hearing Dao Baifeng's translation. It is an iron law to control the amount of iron for barbarians, but today's eight hundred Dadian has made great contributions, and now it is not good for Dao Ban Mian to refuse to reward iron.

"In that case, Lone will reward you with three hundred pounds of iron. As for what Gu has given you before, will Lone take it back? and still give it to you. After thinking about it for a long time, Zhu Yang said.

Three hundred catties of iron is three stones, and now the annual iron output of Daming is more than one million stones, but it is just a drop in the bucket. But this still moved Dao Pan Mian very much, which shows how strict Da Ming's control of iron is.

After that, Zhu Yang rewarded several other toasts one by one, and said a few words to them to retreat.

At that moment, there was a sudden sound from a distance. Dao Mu Dan pointed his ears and said, "This seems to be the sound of a cannon, what's going on?" Could it be that the Ava also have cannons? But why isn't it used today? ”

"Don't worry, this is a small gift from the Lonely to the Ava people." Zhu Yang said.

Everyone heard Zhu Yang say this, thought about it and understood, and Mu Bang's Tusi Handefa smiled: "Mingis Vaxiu can't sleep tonight." ”

Everyone smiled and responded with a few words, and dispersed.

A total of five artillery bombardments sounded that night.

Early the next morning, Zhu Yang was woken up by Mu Ang again, he opened his sleepy eyes and said to Mu Ang: "What is the matter with waking me up at this point?" ”

"Mingisvarsiu sent someone to ask for surrender."