"What? Did the eldest prince really rebel? When Sun Dingzong received the news, it was already three days later.

At this time, the Great Zhou army had not yet taken the Jiling Temple.

Although the number of the Great Zhou army was several times that of the British army in Jiling Temple, the British army was still stubbornly resisting by virtue of its geographical advantage.

By the time Sun Dingzong received the news of the fall of Mandalay, the Great Zhou army had just captured the outlying positions of Jiling Temple.

"What about the Burmese king? How is he now? Have you ever been captured by the British? "Sun Dingzong's biggest fear now is that if the British army captures the Burmese king, the situation in the whole Burma will be completely out of control.

"The King of Burma has escaped from Mandalay under the escort of the chief of the guard!"

Hearing this, Sun Dingzong relaxed a little.

"Someone come, immediately notify the generals in the army to come to the meeting!" Sun Dingzong understood that after the capture of Mandalay, the British army would definitely return to the British army in the Jiling Temple in Zhiyuan.

Therefore, in any case, he must take Jiling Temple before the main force of the British army returns to the division, otherwise he will face the situation of being attacked by the enemy.

After informing the generals of the situation in Mandalay, Sun Dingzong said: "Now that the main force of the British army has occupied Mandalay, I am afraid that their commander Edward will lead his troops back to support Jiling Temple as soon as possible."

The journey from Mandalay to Jiling Temple is only three days, so we must take the Jiling Temple in two days, understand? ”

Before the fall of Mandalay, Sun Dingzong also had the option of methodically attacking the Jiling Temple. But the current situation forced Sun Dingzong to take a strong attack on Jiling Temple regardless of casualties.

And because Jiling Temple is the main road from Myanmar to Tianzhu, the British army's fortifications here are extremely strong, and it is difficult for the Great Zhou army to take this place without paying a generation's cost.

From the end of the meeting, Sun Dingzong's side seemed to not want money, and the shells were fired one after another, constantly bombarding the positions of the British army.

Not to be outdone, the British fought back.

However, in the end, the Great Zhou army had a greater firepower advantage and successfully overwhelmed the British army's firepower.

Until late at night, the Great Zhou army advanced the front by two hundred zhang.

Not counting the 5,000 elite soldiers sent by Zhang Guangzhi, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, Sun Dingzong had more than 6,000 people under his command, which was three times the size of the British army in Jiling Temple.

Therefore, in order to take the Jiling Temple as soon as possible, Sun Dingzong adopted the method of attacking the British army day and night.

Sun Dingzong's tactics proved to be effective.

The English Army is a second-rate army in Europe, and the British Army is at a disadvantage in numbers, and it fights day and night, even the iron fighters can't bear it.

If according to the previous tactics, the British army could still carry it for five or six days, but now because the Great Zhou army was attacking day and night, the British troops in the Jiling Temple could not get rest time at all, which made their spirit very tired.

By the next morning, the Great Zhou army had already attacked the central area of the Jiling Temple.

By the evening, except for a small force to the west of the city, which was still resisting stubbornly, the remaining British troops had already fled on all fronts.

But the situation on Sun Dingzong's side is not very optimistic, in the end it is the attacking side, after two consecutive days and one night of fighting, there have been more than 500 dead and wounded on the side of Dazhou.

In terms of casualties, it was on par with the British army.

This was still the case when the Great Zhou army had a numerical advantage.

"Report!" On the morning of the third day, a scout broke into Sun Dingzong's camp, "General Qiyu, the main force of the British army in the direction of Mandalay has reached fifty miles away, and at most in the evening, it will be able to reach Jiling Temple." ”

"The speed of the British army is so fast!"

Hearing the news, Sun Dingzong couldn't help but gasp.

According to Sun Dingzong's previous speculation, the main force of the British army in the direction of Mandalay will not be able to reach Jiling Temple until at least tomorrow.

It's good now, the Zhou army here has just captured Jiling Temple, and the battlefield has not even been cleaned, and the main force of the British army is about to rush over.

At this time, how could Sun Dingzong still care about cleaning up the battlefield? He hurriedly ordered his soldiers to build fortifications, and personally led people to the east of Jiling Temple to plant mines.

The Great Zhou army fought hard for many days and was already exhausted.

In the face of the approaching British army, the Great Zhou army did not have any advantage in terms of numbers or firepower.

Therefore, now Sun Dingzong can only pin his hopes on landmines and grenades.

It was not that Sun Dingzong expected the mines and grenades to cause much damage to the British army, but to buy himself enough time.

"Throw away all the artillery and baggage, and march at full speed to the Jiling Temple!" Fifty miles away, Edward, the commander of the British army, received the news of the fall of the Jiling Temple, and immediately gave an order.

"General, as far as I know, the firepower of the Great Zhou army is not lost to us, discarding the artillery at this time, I am afraid that in terms of firepower, we will be at a disadvantage." Regarding Edward's decision, the deputy general Vasily was a little worried.

"You don't have to worry about this, now the Great Zhou army has just captured the Jiling Temple, and it hasn't had time to repair it yet. I think that the Great Zhou army must be exhausted at this time, and we just caught him off guard. Edward said confidently.

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"Not only the important veins on the road, but also in the jungles on both sides, there are enough mines for Lao Tzu, this time, Lao Tzu wants to let the British army drink a pot!"

Five miles east of Jiling Temple, Sun Dingzong is leading people to bury mines in an orderly manner.

Although the 5,000 elite soldiers who came to be transferred by Zhang Guang later were still very unfamiliar with the use of firearms, after his rapid training, there was no problem in burying some mines.

After all, it's not a technical job.

"General, now the main force of the British army is less than five miles away from here......" At noon, the scout once again reported bad news to Sun Dingzong.

"Actually dropped the artillery and all the baggage, this Edward, really brave!" Muttering in his heart, Sun Dingzong hurriedly ordered the team to go back.

Although less than half of the mines were planted, it was possible to stop the British army for a while.

Besides, now that the British army has abandoned artillery and other heavy weapons, it is not so easy to quickly capture the Jiling Temple.

Therefore, after hearing the news that the main force of the British army abandoned the weight of artillery, Sun Dingzong's confidence in his heart was even firmer, and at the same time, he gave birth to the idea of annihilating the main force of the British army in Jiling Temple.

It's just that this idea is not very perfect, and Sun Dingzong has to discuss it with his generals before it can be implemented......

At the same time, in the northern waters of Borneo, dense warships are rushing to the shore.

Han Liang on the main ship put down his binoculars and ordered the herald: "Inform all ships that once it is time to return from shooting, order all ships to fire freely at shore targets......"