"Close the gates!"

A decadent and hoarse voice rang out, and at the same time, a deep sense of helplessness and pathos came from Sori's mouth.

With his order, the dilapidated gate opened in the southern cave of Bago City slowly closed, cutting off the last hope of escape for the Burmese soldiers outside the city who were fighting with and being pursued by the Hongtang Han army.

No one could have imagined that the choice of the Hongtang Han army was so unexpected, and they thought that they would directly chase after the Mata army that went first, blocking the pace of delaying their northward rescue, and Sori sent people out only to slightly restrain the footsteps of the Han army from the side, so that Mata could pull away a certain distance.

However, when Sori sent 5,000 elite soldiers out of the city to intercept the Hongtang army, the Hongtang army actually gave up the initial goal and directly took the Burmese army out of the city as the main target.

The same number of troops clashed, the disadvantage of the Burmese army was undoubtedly obvious, and the Burmese army had begun to show its decline in more than an hour.

The two sides have been entangled and fighting together, and at this time, even if the army wants to retreat and return, depending on the attitude of the opponent in front of them, not only will they not let go, but they are even very likely to directly pursue the Burmese soldiers and follow them into Bago City.

After weighing the two sides, Sori could only choose the side that was better for the development of the future, and he quietly went out of the city with hundreds of army soldiers who could still escape, and then gave the order to close the city gates.

At least, at this time, there were still five or six thousand soldiers in Bago City, as well as tens of thousands of Burmese people in the city, and this Han army wanted to continue to pursue Mata without occupying Bago City, so it must still have some scruples!

Solri could only comfort himself like this, as a leading general, watching thousands of fellow warriors outside the city die and be hunted down, but he was powerless, the feeling of powerlessness and going north from the heart, eroded and whipped Solry's heart.

"Hehe, it's good that this guy is fast!"

Shi Peicai looked at the slowly closing Bagu City Gate in amazement, and said regretfully.

The number of Hongtang's troops is still too small, although in the head-to-head duel against the Burmese army that is dragging itself, it has a complete upper hand, but because the number of troops is there, there is no manpower to take the opportunity to take the Bago gate, and in the end it can only be allowed to stand there.

However, although Shi Peicai had a lot of regrets in their mouths, they were not weak at all, since they already had a mouthful of fat meat in their mouths, then they would eat this piece of fat first.

The abandoned Burmese soldiers outside the city, many of them could only fight with the Hongtang army to the last drop of blood, and then died on the battlefield in despair; And more, for the sake of that small hope of survival, they simply abandoned their armor and weapons and went into the dim jungle, or simply surrendered and became a prisoner of the Hongtang army.

"Clean up the battlefield!"

Three hours after the battle began, the Hongtang army cut down the last stubborn Burmese warrior to the ground, looked at the towering and dilapidated Bago city walls, and Tang Ren smiled contemptuously before giving the order.

It can be said that the Hongtang soldiers who cleaned up the battlefield like showing off their might, and even for a dying Burmese warrior who had not yet lost his breath, he actually set foot within more than 20 zhang of Bago City, and dragged this Burmese warrior to his own position in front of countless Burmese soldiers in the city.

The Burmese general Sori's eyes were round and angry, but in the end, he could only turn into a long sigh and let the other party take his compatriots back to the Hongtang military camp.

At least, this warrior who shed blood for the kingdom of Burma can be treated by coaxing her to be less than an army, and maybe she can still leave a life, which can be regarded as leaving some thoughts for Sori!

The battlefield of thousands of people naturally does not take long to clean up, but with the time to clean up the battlefield, plus the time for the Hongtang army to fight with the Burmese army, it also bought about a day for Mata's army.

It was night, and Sori in Bago City couldn't sleep peacefully, in addition to the powerless sadness that still enveloped him in the daytime battle, the long waiting fire dragon outside the city also made him unable to feel at ease.

After cleaning the battlefield, the Hongtang soldiers rested and ate for two or three hours before night, and after Sori thought that they would no longer make any movement, the Hongtang army suddenly began to set off in the dark of night, and marched towards the vast north again.

"Even if we give the Burmese army a day to go first, we are confident that we can catch up with the other side before they rush to Ava City!"

This is what Shi Peicai and the others said when they let go of the Mata Division of the northbound and first solved the bias of the Solri Division.

And the fact is also the same, the Hongtang army has always paid attention to carrying weights in daily training, and at the limit, the Hongtang army can even do it, and after marching 80 miles in one day, it can still carry out combat training and maintain a certain combat effectiveness.

Now that Mata and the others are at an equal distance from the Hongtang army, it should not actually exceed eighty miles, and it will inevitably set up camp at night, and the Hongtang army is confident that it will catch up with the other party's back before sunrise.

Even if they take a little rest, recover their strength, and add nuisances such as Burmese towns along the way, Tang Ren and the others believe that they can catch up and attack Mata on the third day, which is the confidence that Hongtang generals should have.

The fire dragon outside the city gradually disappeared into the vast darkness of the night, and there were still a few sparks faintly flashing before, as well as the shadows and other Hongtang positions, as the fire dragon went away, and quietly returned to calm, like a dormant beast.

After experiencing the defeat during the day, Sori did not dare to make a slight move at this time, although he knew that the Hongtang Han army that was going north at this time was very likely to be dispatched by the whole army to chase after the Mata who disappeared in the north during the day.

However, under the cover of darkness and night, who can guarantee that there will be no Han army lurking in the original position of Hongtang, which is silent at this time, waiting for Sori and them to leave the city, and go straight to Huanglong to raid the Bago City that Sori and they are holding onto, and pull out the nail in the north.

Moreover, at this time, Suoli, who only had more than five or six thousand soldiers around him, even if he knew the other party's movements, he had no choice, because the little force in his hand was not enough to pose too much threat to the Hongtang army outside the city, but it might become the opponent's prey.

Rather than sacrifice so plainly, it is better to wait until it is truly confirmed that the Hongtang army is heading north, and then abandon the threatening city of Bago and bite the tail of the Han army, not to defeat them, at least to cause them great trouble, just like what they did in the jungle before.

(End of chapter)