Chapter 44 Burma's North-South Advance Ending the war in Burma

Compared with the little blood shed in the west, Japan and Burma are much bloodier.

On the Burmese side, the Taihu Lake in Yaogang returned after unloading its cargo, and he was going to Sulu to load guano back. Leave the Canton as a guard for the Yaogang Army, because they have sunk several British warships, and the British will not just give up.

On land, the sappers of the kiln gang hurried to build a lot of barges. The sappers of the kiln gang are very well prepared, all kinds of tools are complete, especially after the diesel generator, many power tools can be used, the metal parts for processing and manufacturing barges are complete, and the wooden barges are built very fast, so fast that those Burmese people are dumbfounded.

After sending people to mobilize everywhere, the king of Burma mobilized more than 50,000 troops to serve him, and the army of the king of Burma was also assisted by Jiang Wei and others to carry out reorganization. After everything was ready, Jiang Wei and Qin Peng communicated by telegram, and the two sides strengthened, Jiang Wei and the army of the King of Burma attacked from the south to the north, and Qin Peng attacked from the north to the south, pinning the rebels. Now he is famous__ to assist the Burmese king to quell the rebellion.

Jiang Wei and part of his army took barges, and part of his army advanced north along the banks of the Dajinsha River (Irrawaddy River). The army of the king of Burma, the first line was deployed, attacking and advancing from the south to the north, and when it encountered stubborn resistance, the scouts who followed the army of the king of Burma used the radio to call for artillery support. At close range, the mortars on the barge can be supported, and the cannons towed by the tractors on the shore at a distance will stop and open fire to support.

The rebels soon lost their ability to resist and were overwhelmed.

Originally, Jiang Wei wanted the King of Burma to stay on the Guangzhou, so that he could watch him and be safe. However, the Burmese king resolutely disagreed, and insisted on going out with the army to fight. Jiang Wei couldn't resist him, and he couldn't tear his face, so he adopted a compromise plan, letting the king of Burma and himself ride on a specially made barge and jointly command the battle. The barge, which serves as the headquarters ship, not only has generators, high-power radios and other command equipment, but also has relatively complete living facilities. It can also make the Burmese king feel that he is also participating in the command of the battle.

However, soon, there was a conflict between the king of Burma and Jiang Wei. The king of Burma demanded that all the captives be handed over to them, and the king of Burma wanted to kill all the captives. Jiang Wei knew that the Burmese king hated the rebels, but Jiang Wei still wanted to keep the captives as laborers, especially the prisoners at home. But the king of Burma said to Jiang Wei: "General Jiang, I respect you very much, but please also respect the agreement we signed, the agreement says, you will hand over the thief to me to deal with." ”

Jiang Wei was dizzy when he heard it, because the agreement was written like this, but Jiang Wei understood that the leader of the anti-thieves handed it over to the King of Burma, "Your Majesty, I see that there are some differences in our understanding of the agreement. What we understand is that we are going to hand over the leader of the anti-thieves to you. These soldiers don't understand what they're doing, and they do what their officers do. Therefore they do not sin unto death. Besides, after we put down the rebellion, we will immediately build a high-grade highway along the Dajinsha River. It is also necessary to connect this highway with the highway in our Ming Dynasty, so that the people on both sides of our side can easily communicate with each other and communicate with each other, so that a large number of laborers are needed, if you kill them all now, who will build the road in the future? ”

"General Jiang, don't worry, all the troops loyal to me can participate in road construction." The Burmese king still insisted.

"Almost all of the adult men in Myanmar are fighting this war, and there are far more rebels than the army supporting you, and if they are all killed, there will not be many men left in Myanmar. I see that you will hand them over to us, and we will not kill them, but we will not keep them for their pleasure, but let them work like prisoners. Jiang Wei's words were also firm.

When the king of Burma saw that Jiang Wei was so resolute, he knew that he couldn't resist him, so he had no choice but to say: "If General Jiang can promise not to let them go, then leave it to you!" ”

However, Jiang Wei and not all the captives were kept, those officers, as well as the educated, were handed over to the king of Burma, and the king of Burma unceremoniously buried them alive. All the occupied places, those landlords and rich households, as well as cultural people, Jiang Wei sent people to take over and kill them uniformly. The relics were kept in a centralized manner, the valuable Bayeux books were also stored in boxes, and the rest of the books were burned.

Qin Peng: The same is true of the road to the north of them. When the final attack on Ava, Jiang Wei and Qin Peng joined forces, and they commanded the army of Yaogang to attack Ava first, and at the same time blocked the various intersections into the city, did not allow the Burmese army to enter the city, and collected all the gold, silver, gems, cultural relics and antiques that the fleeing rebels did not have time to take away.

He also gathered together the literati and the former officials and wealthy families in the city of Ava, took them outside the city and killed them, and then burned their bodies and destroyed them. All kinds of belongings were looted for three days.

The Burmese king, who was under house arrest, stomped his feet and scolded that he had to get off the ship and enter the city, but the soldiers who were guarding him ignored him at all, and the Burmese king wanted to see Jiang Wei, and the soldiers told him that he had already entered the city.

After a simple count, a total of more than 100,000 taels of gold and more than 3 million taels of silver were seized. But Qin Peng and Jiang Wei touched it, and felt that the amount of gold and silver was not right, Myanmar was rich in gemstones, jade, precious teak, nanmu, etc., and the products were rich, after hundreds of years of accumulation, they couldn't just order something. But after further searching and interrogating the prisoners again, there was still no way to find more clues.

Qin Peng and Jiang Wei analyzed that there are two possibilities, one is that the king of Burma himself hid, and the other was that the rebellious Abiyalu hid. But if that's the case, it's going to be a problem. Neither of them would say where the thing was hidden.

Qin Peng said: "Let's invite the king of Burma into the city as soon as possible, otherwise after a long time, the king of Burma will be even more angry." Many of the rebels who had rebelled against Abyereth fled. The encirclement and suppression of them also depended on the army of the king of Burma. ”

Just when Qin Peng and Jiang Wei were sending someone to pick up the king of Burma on the ship, a staff officer came in and reported: "Report! There was a Burmese soldier outside, saying that he wanted to see our general! ”

Qin Peng and Jiang Wei glanced at each other, their hearts moved, and they faintly felt that something good was coming. Qin Peng said, "Please come in!" ”

A man dressed as a Burmese soldier came in and knelt down on one leg and said in Chinese, which he was not fluent in: "Honorable General, I have come to inform you on the orders of the Burmese King Abyelud that our Burmese King wants to negotiate with the General!" ”

"We only recognize the king of Burma as Anabilom, and now we are cooperating with Anabilon to encircle and suppress you. You have only one way now, surrender to us! Jiang Wei's words were very resolute, in fact, he and Qin Peng were thinking about how to take advantage of this opportunity.

"Anabilon was a violent man, and we Burmese were against him. If you hadn't supported him, he would have been dead. Besides, we, King Abyaroth, are not only supported by all the people, but can also give you things that the King of Burma cannot give you! ”

"Negotiation requires capital, can you tell me what you can give us?" Jiang Wei asked unceremoniously.

"You must be interested in our Burmese gold, silver, precious stones, jadeite, right? Those things were hidden by our king Abyelloth. If you support our King Abyereth, we can consider sharing these things! ”

Jiang Wei smiled and said, "Hehe! If you tell us that there is a lot of treasure in it, we can consider leaving Abyarith alive. This is our bottom line, otherwise, we still have to catch Abyaro and hand it over to the king of Burma. You have too little money to negotiate! ”

"We still have 200,000 troops, and we will fight you to the end, even if we all die in battle, you will also pay the price."

"Don't deceive yourself," Jiang Wei said unceremoniously, "Since we cooperated with the King of Burma, we have killed a lot of your people, and more than 100,000 people have been captured alive, and the rest of you will not reach 100,000 people at all." And it's some terrified bird-like army, and it won't take much trouble for us to clean them up? I think you might as well give Abieloth a chance to live! ”

"So, tell me about your conditions!"

"We have an agreement with the king of Burma, and we promise that the king of Burma will hand over the thieves to him to deal with. But if Abyariruth gives us a real treasure, and he orders the soldiers to surrender to us, we can create an illusion of death in battle, and then arrange a safe place for him and his family to live. That's our bottom line! Jiang Wei said.

"That's good! We will immediately go back and report this to King Abyeroth. When Abyarith's envoy had finished speaking, he took his leave and went out.

Qin Peng, who had not spoken, asked, "Jiang Wei! You say, "Can this Abyereth surrender?" ”

"I think I can!" Jiang Wei said, "Their remaining army no longer dares to fight against the Burmese king's army, let alone against us." It is only a matter of time before they are exterminated. Abiyaroth knew that if he was caught by the king of Burma, he would die a miserable death, and he would not give up the chance to live. ”

"How can they trust us?" Qin Peng was a little skeptical.

"Based on my analysis of the character of the Burmese people, they will take a gamble when they have no choice. If you don't gamble, you will lose, and they will do it! Jiang Wei said.

"Huh! These days you are with the Burmese and have a certain understanding of the Burmese people. Qin Peng said happily.

When the king of Burma came to Ava, he saw that Ava was in ruins, and knew in his heart that Abyelo had plundered, and the Yaogang people had entered the city for a few days to loot, and it was already an empty city. Therefore, when the king of Burma saw Qin Peng and Jiang Wei, he had nothing to do except complain. However, Jiang Wei repeatedly said that the king of Burma was left on the ship to ensure his safety, and the king of Burma knew that these words were false, but on the surface, he still had to thank Jiang Wei.

When he came to the Ava Palace, the King of Burma didn't have time to care about other things, and immediately said to Qin Peng and Jiang Wei: "Two generals, we must strike while the iron is hot, immediately pursue and annihilate the rebels, and do not give them a chance to breathe." Otherwise, they will flee into the mountains and occupy some dangerous places, and it will be very difficult for us to encircle and suppress them. ”

Qin Peng said: "What the king of Burma said is that now the situation in Ava has stabilized. We should immediately send troops to pursue the rebels. We estimate that there are about 100,000 rebels left. However, we have an idea whether the king of Burma can take another approach, and now that the general trend of self-control of the anti-army is gone, we persuade those officers and soldiers who follow the rebellion in the name of the king of Burma. Give them a way to live, and they may surrender! ”

The Burmese king was puzzled and asked: "We have now achieved complete superiority, and it is only a matter of time before we destroy them, so why should we persuade them to surrender?" ”

Qin Peng and Jiang Wei glanced at each other, and said in their hearts: These barbarians think that things are really different from us. However, Jiang Wei still explained: "If we can persuade them to surrender, the war will be over, otherwise, it will be completely solved by force, and it is impossible to completely and completely eliminate the rebels, then the war will not know when it will end." ”

"No, no," said the Burmese king stubbornly, "we must destroy them completely, otherwise they will surrender on the surface, and they will rebel if they have the chance, don't believe the nonsense that they surrendered!" ”

"Huh! It seems that the king of Burma still understands them! When Qin Peng said this, he was actually talking about the Burmese people, including the Burmese king.

It was mainly the Burmese king's army that went out to encircle and suppress the rebels who fled into the mountains and forests, and the mountain jungle army also sent small units to support them. A large number of mountain jungle corps were concentrated in the vicinity of Ava and began to regroup. Because, the officers and soldiers sent to the Mountain Jungle Army followed the team to Ava. The adaptation, which is long overdue, must be carried out now. The demand from the Yaogang side was that the organizational reorganization into two mountain and jungle armies must be completed by the end of the year. These two mountain jungle armies were temporarily commanded by Jiang Wei.

Qin Peng and the rest of his army began to march to various parts of Burma.

It didn't take long for Abyellu's secret envoy to meet Qin Peng and Jiang Wei again. The envoy said that Abyeloh fully agreed to the request of the kiln people, and hoped that he and his family would go to the Ming Dynasty, and that he would tell the kiln people where the treasure was hidden, but he put forward another condition, that is, to ensure the safety of the officials who rebelled with him.

Qin Peng and Jiang Wei both agreed to Abiyalu's envoy, and for the sake of safety, Qin Peng asked Jiang Wei to send a battalion of officers and soldiers of the Mountain Jungle Army to pick up Abiyalu, his family, and officials from the mountains and forests.

After Abiyalu and the others came out with the officers and soldiers of the kiln, the rebels began to surrender. Those who surrendered to the Yaogang people were fine, but many of those who surrendered to the Burmese army were brutally executed.

On the second day after Abiyalu arrived in Ava, the Burmese king came to see Qin Peng and Jiang Wei in a rage. Jiang Wei went down to the army to participate in the reorganization, and only Qin Peng was there.

When the Burmese king saw Qin Peng, he said: "General, we have an agreement, and you promised to hand over the thieves to us!" ”

"Your Majesty, don't be excited, sit down and talk," Qin Peng watched the King of Burma sit down and said, "Didn't we hand over all the anti-thief officials we caught to you to deal with?" ”

"I already know that there are many rebellious officials in Abyeloh in Ava, why don't you hand them over to me?" The information of the Burmese king is still very accurate.

"That's right, Abyeloh and those officials, we didn't capture them, they negotiated terms with us and surrendered on their own initiative, and they can't be treated as prisoners, Abyeloh led the officers and soldiers to surrender, and your officers and soldiers can also die a lot less and shed a lot of blood. There is merit for this. Therefore, we must ensure their lives in accordance with the agreement. Qin Peng couldn't hide it from the King of Burma, so he had to explain it like this.

When the Burmese king heard this, his nose was crooked, and he stood up again and said, "We signed the agreement first, and I do not agree with their surrender." Abyereth must be put to death! ”

"Your Majesty, who do we sign an agreement with, and we don't need your approval, right?" Qin Peng still said steadily, "Your Majesty, you are not as good as Abiyalu, when he signed the agreement with us, he did not ask for you to be executed!" ”

The King of Burma listened to Qin Peng's words, and was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood his situation. He knew that if he persisted like this, it would not be impossible for the people of the kiln to support Abiyalu and get rid of him. It seems that the people of Yaogang wanted to end the war in Burma as soon as possible.

Seeing that the Burmese king was puffing up and stopped talking, Qin Peng deliberately said: "Abiyalu is still very sincere in cooperating with us, and he told us the place where he hid the treasure. We can't afford to treat him badly. ”

When the king of Burma heard this, he became even more angry, and he couldn't help but suddenly say, "If I take out more treasures, can you kill him?" After saying that, the king of Burma regretted it a little.

Qin Peng was also stunned when he heard this, and said in his heart: How much inventory do they have in the Burmese king?

But Qin Peng smiled and said, "No matter how much treasure the King of Burma comes up with, we must also keep our promise!" We promised to keep Abiariroth safe, and we will do it. ”

The king of Burma went away in a huff.

What Qin Peng didn't expect was that after the king of Burma went back, he couldn't swallow this breath, called his generals, discussed it, and used the night to organize a surprise assassination operation.

For the safety of Abyelu and them, Qin Peng arranged them in a large compound, and wanted to send them back to Yaogang when the road to the north was almost repaired. Worried about their safety, the compound was guarded by soldiers from the kiln guards.

The officers and soldiers of the king of Burma took advantage of the darkness of night and killed two kiln sentries with poisonous crossbows, but they were still discovered by the defenders. But they were the opponents of the Kiln Guards. Many people were killed, and many fled.

The king of Burma thought that the Yaogang people would just be very dissatisfied with him, but he would not say much, and he judged that the Yaogang people still wanted to use him to govern Burma.

Qin Peng really didn't do anything to the king of Burma, but after Jiang Wei came back, he immediately sent troops to arrest all the officials around the king of Burma, including Wu Naiwen, and handed them over to Abiyalu to deal with.

When Abiyaroth learned of the Burmese king's action, he naturally hated it. Abyereth and his officers personally commanded their guards and dug pits to bury them.

The king of Burma didn't expect the Yaogang people to be so ruthless, and when he saw Qin Peng and Jiang Wei, he protested angrily.

Jiang Wei said calmly: "King of Burma, it was you who was wrong in advance. We have told you that we will keep Abyariroth safe, but in doing so, you have not only killed our soldiers, but also affected our commitment to Abyreth. We must give an account to the spirits of our soldiers in heaven, and we must also give an account to Abiyaroth. Of course, in our family, we want to keep you safe, and we can't do anything to you. But those who participate in this conspiracy must pay the price. I think that the king of Myanmar will cooperate with us in the future, and it will be better to follow the rules. ”

When the Burmese king heard this, he was even more angry, obviously his own officials were all killed by the Yaogang people by the hand of Abyerlu, and he made himself unreasonable. However, the Burmese king did not dare to say anything more dissatisfied, and the Burmese king knew that killing these officials was the most serious warning to himself from the Yaogang people. If the trouble continues, the Yaogang people and Abyelo will cooperate, and they can completely hand themselves over to Abyel, and the consequences will be very serious.

In fact, the King of Burma didn't know that the people of Yaogang took advantage of the opportunity provided by the King of Burma himself to take a more ruthless move!

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