In September of the eighth year of Tai'an, Zhang Guangzhi, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, selected 5,000 elite soldiers from the 38 guards in the two provinces under his jurisdiction to enter Burma and put them under the command of Sun Dingzong.

By the time all the weapons and ammunition had been delivered and the soldiers had undergone simple training, it was already October.

By this time, the English army had successfully conquered Sagaing and laid siege to Mandalay, the capital of Burma.

The Burmese king's envoys and letters for help were sent to Sun Dingzong's camp one after another, but Sun Dingzong turned a blind eye and shirked sending troops for various reasons.

It wasn't until he felt that the army was almost trained that Sun Dingzong ordered the army to be mobilized.

However, instead of coming to the rescue of Mandalay in the south, Sun Dingzong marched westward from Myitkyina, crossed the Kin Kin, and attacked Khomarim, a military town in the upper reaches of the Chindun River.

There are two main routes from Tianzhu into Myanmar, one of which is Homalim in the upper reaches of the Chindun River, and the other is the Jilin Monastery in the lower reaches of the Chindun River.

At that time, the English invaded Burma from Tianzhu, taking these two paths, and defeated the Great Zhou in the jungles east of Homalin.

Now that England is attacking Mandalay with all its might, Homarin, the main road leading from Tianzhu in northern Burma, is only guarded by 500 soldiers, giving Sun Dingzong an opportunity.

One of the great advantages of fighting in a Gentile is that you don't have to worry about the casualties of the Gentile people.

Therefore, when Sun Dingzong attacked Homalin, the shells bombarded Homalin, a small city with a population of less than 10,000 people, as if he didn't want money.

This naturally caused great losses to the local people, but in comparison, the British garrison in the local area also suffered heavy losses, in addition to more than 300 casualties on the spot, the 200 English soldiers who survived chose to surrender to Sun Dingzong.

Originally, Sun Dingzong was still worried about how to deal with these 200 English soldiers, if they stayed, they could only consume food and grass in vain, but if they were released, it would be tantamount to letting the tiger return to the mountain.

It was at this time that Sun Dingzong got a message from the guards and came up with a solution.

That is, because the artillery fire is too fierce, almost every local person in Homalin wears linen and filial piety.

These people did not dare to resent the suzerainty of the Great Zhou, so they could only send their hatred to these English captives.

In the process of escorting these prisoners, many civilians even punched and kicked at these prisoners, and even two prisoners were killed because they were beaten too badly.

At this time, there were not many military doctors under Sun Dingzong's command, and besides, even if there were enough military doctors in the army, they did not dare to rescue these prisoners without Sun Dingzong's order, so the two seriously injured prisoners died like this.

After learning of this, Sun Dingzong immediately made a decision to hand over all these captives to the local people and let them dispose of them.

Even if the ministers of the DPRK and China use this to challenge Sun Dingzong in the future, Sun Dingzong has something to say.

After dealing with the matter of prisoners, Sun Dingzong led more than 10,000 troops to the south of the Chindun River, and spent half a month successively conquering several cities along the Chindun River, such as Sidang, Maurat and Geliwa.

Once Sun Dingzong conquered Jiling Temple, it meant that the main force of the British army attacking Mandalay was completely blocked in Burma and all logistical supplies were cut off.

At this time, Edward, the commander of the British army, was not calm.

On one side, there is Mandalay, the capital of Burma, which is about to arrive, and now the British army has attacked Mandalay for more than a month, and the soldiers and civilians in the city have suffered heavy casualties, and the food and grass in the city cannot support it for a few days.

But on the other hand, once the Great Zhou army conquered Jiling Temple at this time, it would form a situation of closing the door and beating the dog, and even if he conquered Mandalay by himself, he was afraid that it would be in vain in the end.

So Edward seemed a little hesitant.

Seeing Edward's hesitation, the adjutant general Varisi persuaded him: "General, now Mandalay is in danger, with the meaning of humiliation, let's attack Mandalay with all our strength first, and after Mandalay is conquered, the general will move west and confront the Great Zhou army." ”

"But once the Jiling Temple is conquered by the Great Zhou, we will become the turtle in the urn!"

Regarding Edward's worries, Vasily was a little unimpressed, "General, we have a full 2,000 garrisons in Jiling Temple, and in a moment and a half, Da Zhou will not be able to conquer Jiling Temple at all."

What is the combat power of the Great Zhou army, and you haven't learned it? ”

"But I heard that Sun Dingzong, who was sent by the Emperor of the Great Zhou this time, is one of the most capable generals in the entire Great Zhou, and there are three thousand royal armies with the most elite in the Great Zhou under his command, so I'm afraid it's a hard bone."

Vasily had a different opinion about Edward's opinion, "The general's concern is certainly reasonable, but don't forget it, general, where is this?" ”

"This is Burma!" Vasily said firmly, "I have also heard that the Royal Army of the Great Zhou is the most elite unit in the entire Great Zhou, but where it will be divided.

I have heard that most of the soldiers of the Royal Army of the Great Zhou came from the cold north, and they were good at riding and archery, and they were brave and good at fighting. But now this is hot and humid, dense jungle Burma.

For the climate and environment here, the soldiers of the Royal Army of the Great Zhou must be very uncomfortable.

In the same way, Sun Dingzong, the commander of the Great Zhou Dynasty, only commanded cavalry, and used to say that he fought on the vast plains and grasslands, but where did he have the experience of jungle warfare?

You must know that the mountain battalion under the command of Zhang Guangzhi, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, was the elite who were good at mountain and jungle warfare, and they were extremely adapted to the climate of Myanmar.

Even the mountain battalions have already been defeated by our army, not to mention those who have no experience? ”

As soon as Vasily analyzed this, Edward was immediately enlightened: Yes, the mountain battalions used for jungle and mountain warfare in the Great Zhou have all been defeated by the British Empire, not to mention those northern soldiers who have no experience in jungle warfare?

So, relieving the burden on his heart, Edward began to command the attack on Mandalay with all his heart.

At this time in the city of Mandalay, a brocade guard spy sneaked into the city quietly in the night and went straight to the palace in the center of the city.

After revealing his identity, the brocade guard spy entered the palace and met with the king of Burma.

"Your Majesty, my general has an order, please make sure that Your Majesty the King must support it for another half a month. As long as half a month passes, the English outside the city will be solved. ”

Regarding Sun Dingzong's battle plan for the Jiling Temple, this Jinyi Wei secret agent did not hide anything from the Burmese king, but explained it to the Burmese king in 1510.

This is Sun Dingzong's conspiracy, no matter whether the British army returns to defend or not, Sun Dingzong will choose to attack the Ghost Temple, so he doesn't have to hide this matter from anyone......