Under the city of Ava, soldiers who were temporarily mobilized from all directions to wait for them were marching into the temporary military camp in a chaotic manner under the orders of a Burmese chieftain.

Hongtang Zhao Simei's march speed was too fast, and in just two days, they had already advanced to a place that was only more than fifty miles away from Ava City, and in one more day, Zhao Simei's troops would be able to attack under Ava City.

During this period, Zhao Simei and the others encountered many Burmese troops who spontaneously or were dispatched to intercept them, but in the face of the powerful firepower and strength of the Hongtang army, they all became defeated generals of the Hongtang army.

In order to speed up the progress and rush to Ava City, Zhao Simei had no intention of receiving the defeated prisoners of the Burmese army at all, and cruelly and cold-bloodedly executed the order to kill the prisoners in her hands, wasting thousands of good people.

There is no way, Zhao Simei and their troops are only in the early 4,000s, if they contain these Burmese prisoners, they will inevitably thin their forces and weaken their own strength; And if this group of Burmese soldiers is released here, who can guarantee that they will not return to the army again after being released, raise their weapons and kill the Hongtang soldiers.

Perhaps finding a way to seriously injure this group of captives so that they could not pose a threat to Hongtang's army in the short term may not be the solution.

It's just that the health and medical environment in this era is poor, and small wounds can become infected and aggravated and become seriously ill such as typhoid fever and scurvy. Second, what Hongtang did when he went out to conquer the Kingdom of Burma this time was to use a magnificent and powerful army to deter the surrounding Xiaoxiao, so that he would no longer have hostile intentions towards Hongmen, killing people was the best way to shock the hearts of the people and the country, and sacrificing thousands of Hongtang generals could still afford this killing karma.

"Your Highness, General Mata and 15,000 men are on their way, and there are still three days to return to help, so we only need to hold out for a few days."

Suddenly killed, the soldiers forced the king to make everyone in the city of Ava noble ministers in danger, people panicked, King Taron in the face of shame but also a little more worried, in the face of this situation, Prime Minister Agung relieved everyone's worries.

"Hmph, what's the use of them coming back? Gu sent tens of thousands of troops to encircle and suppress a Han army of no more than 10,000 people, what was the final result? ”

Not to mention that King Matatalon still can't find a reason to be angry, and now when it comes to Mata, King Taloon is full of resentment.

The greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment, and the more disappointed King Talon became, the more resentment and anger he had in his heart towards Mata, a confidant.

As a superior, it is rare to be able to self-examine mistakes, and more often to impose their own mistakes on their subordinates.

Before the war, who would have thought that a Han army of no more than 15,000 people would be able to gallop across the territory of the Burmese dynasty, treating tens of thousands of soldiers in the Burmese dynasty as nothing.

Knowing this, maybe the original King Talon would not have made such an arrangement when he was killed, and he completely broke with Hongmen.

It's just that it's too late to say that now, looking at the current movements of Hongtang's army, they are bound to make King Long completely lose face and force himself to surrender and admit defeat in front of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, which King Talong does not want to see anyway.

At least, if his country's army had not been completely defeated and the situation had not developed to the point of inevitable defeat, King Talon would not have gone that far even if he was killed.

"Your Highness is angry, and the ministers are incompetent!"

"But the ministers didn't expect that the firearms in the hands of this Han army were so powerful, and the strength of their army was so strong, with the fortifications and troops of Muge City, they couldn't stop the enemy's sharp artillery bombardment, let alone other weak strongholds."

"And General Mata and they also tried their best, the Han army they faced exceeded the Han army that threatened the royal capital this time, and they have not let the other party occupy Bago City so far, which shows that General Mata is attentive!"

As an important minister of the royal capital, Agung also hoped that General Mata and them would lead a large army to rescue the royal capital, so it was reasonable that he would not slander him at this time and fall into the ground.

"Let's hope they can catch up!"

King Thron muttered to himself, barely audible, but then he turned around and began to inquire about the movements in the royal capital today.

"How many of King Qin's divisions have arrived today, and have they all been properly settled?"

"Back to Your Highness, there are more than 2,000 militiamen from the surrounding Burmese leaders today, all of whom have been placed in the temporary military camp that has been opened, plus the original strength of our royal capital, as well as the reinforcements mobilized and rushed in the past two days, and now there are more than 15,000 soldiers in our royal capital!"

In the face of Ta Long's question, the courtier, who was the secretary of the military department, hurriedly got up and answered, and the detailed data in his mouth made King Long and the rest of the courtiers somewhat relieved.

"With the fortifications that have been operated by the royal capital for hundreds of years, Wechen is confident that he will be safe!"

"Okay, then everything depends on Aiqing!"

He Long was somewhat relieved that when the war came, the group of gentry around him were still of the same heart as him, and he did not let himself down too much, but he completely forgot that when he plotted against these gentry before, he hated them.

"Brothers, work harder, let's try to kill the Burmese royal capital before this evening, and surprise the Burmese king!!"

More than twenty miles northwest of Ava City, a rapid marching team was like a giant python slowly wriggling on the ground, heading in the direction of Ava City.

In the middle of the Long Snake Formation, Zhao Simei, who gave up riding a war horse and walked on two feet, slowly walked forward with sweat and rain, and at the same time issued morale-boosting words to every soldier passing by around him, cheering them on.

Three days to travel more than 200 miles, this era is afraid that only the soldiers of the Hongtang army can do it. Of course, this does not mean that in addition to the Hongtang army, there are no other teams or national armies that can achieve the same efficiency as them, but in addition to the efficiency, it is not enough to maintain the fighting spirit that the Hongtang army is showing now, and there are almost no people who can retain the strength that can be worthy of a battle.

At the same time, Zhao Simei's army also carried more than ten artillery pieces, five of which were the main battle guns of the main ships of the Hongtang fleet - 48-pounder guns.

The reason why Zhao Simei is now moving forward on foot like ordinary soldiers is that he wants to share weal and woe with the soldiers, so that what he says is more convincing; The second is Zhao Simei's own horse, which has been used to tow the cumbersome artillery in the rear.

(End of chapter)