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After a lot of hardships, Tang Ren and his group of 10,000 troops finally managed to kill in front of the first line of defense outside the royal capital of Burma.
In the city, the 20,000 Burmese troops led by General Sori had been waiting for a long time, ready to welcome the arrival of the Hongtang army.
Along the way, the Hongtang army encountered countless battles, but there were only a handful of battles with more than 100 people.
Along the way, Tang Ren and his team also destroyed and occupied forty or fifty villages and towns, but under the preparation of Sori to clear the wilderness, the actual Hongtang army achieved few results, but was attacked by the guerrillas sent by Sori's army, and more than 1,000 people were killed and wounded, which made Tang Ren and them suffer enough.
"Finally fucking out of this jungle!"
Shi Peicai, as one of the three regiment commanders, has had a smooth journey since he graduated from the Armament Department of Bengang Academy and joined Hongtang with excellent grades, but he has the least actual combat experience among several regiment commanders, not to mention the jungle marching and fighting like now, which is only experienced during training.
Along the way, Shi Peicai himself suffered enough, and his heart was full of anger, and after seeing the Bagu City at the northern end of the jungle, he finally found an outlet for catharsis.
"Stay in place and plan tomorrow!"
Fighting in the jungle, the bumpy road delayed Tang Ren and them for a lot of time, but when they approached the goal, they were not in a hurry, and began to reorganize their station, resting their tense minds on the way.
"Yes!"
Shi Peicai's two regiment commanders had no different meanings, so they gave the order to set up camp, and then the edge of the jungle and other plains soon rose with puffs of smoke.
In the middle of the night, under the temporary barracks of the Hongtang army, except for the patrolling guards, only the night howls of countless wild beasts came from the depths of the jungle.
In the plain, a long, swarthy snake slowly marched in the direction of the barracks under the Hongtang army, and there was no silence during it, except for the sound of the rope, there was no other movement.
"It's time, get ready to do it!"
In the jungle, which was only more than a hundred zhang away from the Hongtang military camp, figures suddenly appeared, like ghosts, ignoring the countless poisonous insects and beasts in the jungle that came out to forage at night.
Through the sparse falling trees and leaves, looking at the sky is roughly Chen Wei, he realized that it was already the third watch in the middle of the night, and a familiar face and a lotus voice suddenly sounded in this silent mountain forest: "Kill!" ”
I don't know when, the general Sori, who was supposed to be stationed in Bago City, appeared in this jungle that was only a hundred zhang away from Hongtang's army.
As he waited for the order to be given, one after another pitch-black figures rushed out from the forest and the wilderness, and killed the Hongtang military camp that emitted a faint spark.
The Burmese general Sori, who had already made up his mind to let the Hongtang army suffer more losses on the flank battlefield, had already made plans to attack the Hongtang military camp at night before the Hongtang army came to Bago City.
You know, this is the place where they Burmese people grew up, and they know exactly which mountains and forests are easy to walk and which caves are enough to accommodate thousands of warriors to hide.
Therefore, in Bago City, Sori boldly set up a maze array, making the Hongtang scouts think that the dense figures in the city were indeed Burmese warriors, but in fact, Sori took 5,000 elite soldiers to hide in a natural cave in the mountains and forests, quietly waiting for the Hongtang army to pass.
At this time, the Hongtang army must have paid more attention to the city on the northern plains, and they never imagined that their Burmese army would come out from behind without the slightest clue.
Burma has an elite army, which was personally selected by Sori from among the 20,000 soldiers, excluding those with night blindness, the disabled, and the thin and incapacitated, and the soldiers who stayed behind were full of ambition and tried to regain the glory of their ancestors.
"Ahh
"Smack!"
"Boom! Boom! Rumble! ”
Although, Tang Ren, the head of the Hongtang army, really didn't expect that there was such a huge elite Burmese army hidden in a place that had been scouted countless times by scouts behind them and confirmed to be safe, but don't forget, the Hongtang army started by night battles, and night battles accounted for most of the countless wonderful battles.
Therefore, when Tang Ren and the others set up camp, they had already set up countless warning traps around the camp, as well as improved mines, although they did not focus on the rear area, but a small number of mines and traps set up in the rear triggered most of the Burmese soldiers who rushed and charged in the night, and the noise was enough to cause the soldiers in the temporary camp of Hongtang to wake up.
"Enemy attack!!"
"Urgent gathering! Get ready for battle! ”
Those who are good at night battles must have strong preparations when preparing for night battles, and when faced with Burmese warriors who suddenly come out from behind, they quickly react correctly.
When a small number of enemy troops had just broken through the improvised fence and broken into the Hongtang army camp, the first batch of assembled Hongtang musketeers had already formed a defensive line, threw out the grenades they carried, and raised the muskets in their hands to aim at the hazy black shadows.
"Bang bang bang!!"
"Whoosh! Whoosh!! ”
Muskets and bows and arrows exchanged fire, shattering the last silence of the starry sky, followed by the cries of countless warriors wailing or fighting, and the sound of steel as the soldiers met.
Not having a positive understanding of the combat style of the Hongtang army was the biggest mistake made by the Burmese general Sori this time, but even so, because of the secrecy and surprise of their hiding place, in the end, after losing a part of the forward troops, they successfully entered the Hongtang Chinese army camp, and killed more Hongtang soldiers in the camp who were still wearing military uniforms and responding to the battle in a hurry.
"Give Lao Tzu a charge, defeat this Han army, Lao Tzu will ask for credit for you!"
Regardless of his personal safety, Sori followed the army to the Hongtang military camp, rushing left and right with his personal guards, and on the other hand, he used silver money, officials and other temptations to inspire the courage and determination of the soldiers under his command.
On the other hand, the Hongtang army was fighting and retreating at this time, and as more Hongtang soldiers reacted, they gathered together in groups of three or five to fight together, and then converged with other soldiers who were fighting, and gradually controlled the situation.
Not only does the aiming field become blurred, stray bullets may accidentally injure teammates, but the action of clearing the muzzle and reloading ammunition is also slowed down due to the lack of vision.
Therefore, more Hongtang soldiers simply gave up shooting, and instead used their bayonets on the muzzle of their guns as a slightly heavier spear, and cooperated with each other to counterattack the invading enemy.
(End of chapter)