Volume 8 Chapter 313 Capture King Talon
The crown prince of Donghu, Ping Dali, did not know whether he was alive or dead, and led 100,000 foot soldiers armed with cold weapons to block the elite of the 60,000 Ming army, and also took the initiative to charge.
Zhang Bin personally led the army all the way to cover and chase to the vicinity of Dacheng, Ping Dali hurriedly ordered the Donghu army besieging Dacheng to turn around and block the Ming army, but unfortunately at this time he had too many defeated troops, running everywhere, so that the Donghu army besieging Dacheng could not form a formation for a long time, Zhang Bin also took the opportunity to order the Tianxiong army and the Qin army to set up a tiger squat cannon more than 200 steps away, a fierce bombardment, the Donghu army besieging Dacheng suddenly suffered heavy casualties, and the army was lost.
Seeing the chaos and the fact that he was unable to return to the sky, Pindari had to order the whole army to retreat, and then led the rout all the way to the north.
Zhang Bin looked at the tide of the retreating Donghu army, was thinking about whether to lead the army to continue to cover the killing, the direction of the city suddenly came a burst of cheers, and then, the east gate of the city opened, a team of Siamese soldiers carrying bundles of red cloth ran out of the city, tore open the red cloth and spread it on the ground, a group of brightly dressed Siamese magnates appeared outside the east gate, looking at the red cloth that continued to extend to the Ming army, it seemed to be waiting for something.
This is the highest etiquette to welcome the envoys of the Heavenly Empire!
Seeing this, Zhang Bin hurriedly gathered a group of generals, dismounted and walked in the direction of Dacheng.
As soon as he stepped on the nearest piece of red cloth laid down by the Siamese soldiers, the Siamese magnates at the city gate fell to the ground in an uproar, and as soon as he walked quickly along the red cloth to the city gate, one of the Siamese magnates said aloud: "The Siamese king Parasetong greets the envoy of the Great Tomorrow." ”
Zhang Bin hurriedly stepped forward, bent down and stretched out his arms and said, "Your Majesty, please get up, everyone, please get up." ”
The King of Siam, Paraseton, got up from the ground and said excitedly: "The Ming King is mighty, thank you for the grace of the Ming King to relieve the siege." ”
Zhang Bin's embarrassment, now is not the time to discuss whether the Ming Dynasty is mighty or not, but to take advantage of the victory to pursue and wipe out the main army of the Donghu Dynasty in one fell swoop, so as not to fall into an endless protracted war.
He patiently exchanged a few words with the Siamese king Parasetong and a group of Siamese magnates, and then he couldn't wait to say: "Your Majesty, at this time, the main army of the Donghu Dynasty has not been destroyed, and it is time to cover up all the way and completely wipe it out, not to mention the rest, how many troops can your country organize to pursue the main army of the Donghu Dynasty with this duke, if His Majesty the King gathers a large army to pursue with his duke now, otherwise, it will be troublesome for them to flee back to the royal capital Ava." ”
When the King of Siam heard this, he smiled and said: "Envoy, don't worry, don't hurry, here is less than 300 miles north of the mountains and mountains, and the capital of the king of Donghu is more than 2,000 miles away from here, it will take at least more than a month for them to run back, and the king has worked hard all the way, and it is the same to rest for two days and then chase it." ”
Just kidding, take a two-day break and then chase after it?
Maybe they can catch up, but the Tianxiong army and the Qin army did not run all the way as the King of Siam imagined, on the contrary, during this time, the Tianxiong army and the Qin army basically rested on the boat, and they didn't rush any way at all, so they were not tired at all.
He thought for a moment, then beckoned back, "Map." ”
Soon, two guards held up an up-to-date map of the South Seas to him.
Zhang Bin looked at the map, and then asked: "Your Majesty, how many troops do you still have now, and if you set off now, how many elites can you organize to pursue north with the royal division?" ”
When the King of Siam heard this, he estimated: "The existing strength of Dacheng is about 110,000, but most of them are remnants of the defeated army, and the real elite is only about 50,000. ”
When Zhang Bin heard this, he thought for a while, and then ordered: "Jiandou, this side will be handed over to you, you lead the Tianxiong army with the Siamese army to pursue the Donghu rout." ”
After that, he pointed to the map and explained to Lu Xiangsheng and the King of Siam, and then took Sun Chuanting and led the Qin army south to board the ship, all the way to Xingang City.
He was in a hurry to attack the capital of the Donghu Dynasty, because the key to conquering the Donghu Dynasty was not the main army of more than 200,000 Donghu Dynasty in Siam, but in the capital of the Donghu Dynasty, and the Talong King of Donghu and his Wenchen military generals, as long as they could take the city of Ava, the capital of the Donghu Dynasty, by surprise and capture the Talong King of Donghu and his "Manchu Dynasty civil and military", the Donghu Dynasty would inevitably surrender.
Defeating or annihilating Siam, the main army of more than 200,000 Tungoo Dynasty, could only weaken the strength of the Tungoo Dynasty and avoid entering a protracted war as much as possible, and could not actually make it subjugate.
Now that the main army of the Donghu Dynasty has been defeated, as long as they bite their tails and chase them all the way, it is only a matter of time before they are completely annihilated or completely dispersed, and if they can surround Ava City before King Talong can react, this battle is basically over.
So, when will King Ta Long react, this time is really not certain, but it will definitely not be more than a month later, although Dacheng is more than two thousand miles away from Ava City, if you hurry up, you can reach it in more than ten days at most, King Ta Long may not immediately think of running away when he receives the news, but when he learns that the Daming King is chasing after him and gradually approaching Ava City, he will definitely run.
Therefore, it is not possible to chase the main army of more than 200,000 Donghu Dynasty from the land to enter Ava City, in this case, even if you rush to Ava City, you will not be able to catch King Talong, you must take the waterway, bypass the Strait of Malacca, and then go north from the Dajinsha River, rush to the outside of Ava City, and catch King Talong by surprise.
This is a plan that Zhang Bin has already set, he just didn't expect that the main army of the Donghu Dynasty would be so vulnerable, and it would be crushed as soon as the battle began, he thought that it would take at least a day or two to defeat the more than 200,000 troops.
Of course, this is a good thing, the main army of the Donghu Dynasty can actually be a little stronger than the peasant rebel army of the Ming Dynasty, and their combat effectiveness after being defeated is not as good as the peasant army, 10,000 well-equipped Tianxiong army is enough to beat them with their heads, and the Siamese army only needs to follow behind to collect prisoners, the main army of the Donghu Dynasty has no need to care, and the rest is to raid their capital Ava.
Zhang Bin led the fleet to Xingang City after a little rest, then set off with 50,000 Qin troops and 30,000 Fuguang troops, this time, he brought more than 600 warships, in addition to more than 100 Zhenyuan cruisers, there are more than 500 light ironclad ships, because the Dajinsha River is not very wide, near its downstream estuary can drive huge ships such as Zhenyuan cruisers, to the middle reach, can only pass light ironclads.
The fleet set off from Xingang City and arrived at the entrance of the Dajinsha River in less than two days, and then Zhang Bin ordered the Qin army and the Fuguang army to take light ironclad ships upriver in batches and go straight to Ava City.
When the dense light ironclad ships appeared on the Dajinsha River west of Ava City, King Talong didn't know what was going on.
When the 20,000 Qin troops blocked the north and east of Ava City, he didn't know whether to fight or flee.
When the light ironclad ship transported 20,000 Qin troops again, he finally panicked, but unfortunately, it was too late at this time, because Ava City was surrounded by Qin troops, and if he wanted to escape, he would definitely have to start a war with the Ming army.
Forty thousand Qin troops surrounded by more than 100,000 horses and horses stationed in Ava City seems a bit ridiculous, and there are at most tens of thousands of Qin troops in each direction, aren't they afraid that the Donghu army in the city will rush out, and more than 100,000 troops will rush in one direction, and they will be able to withstand it?