Chapter Thirty-Four: Meeting with the Special Envoy of the King of Burma Defeating the Burmese Army in the North and South

The soldiers carried the gifts sent by the envoy of the king of Burma to the back, and Qin Peng said with a smile: "The envoy is polite!" Our emperor of the Ming Dynasty has always said that the Burmese people know etiquette very well, and this is indeed the case. Please thank the King of Burma when the envoy returns! ”

"Where, where! This is just a little bit of a heart for our brave and warlike generals. If the general can stop the fighting, our Burmese king will be grateful! "The envoy of the king of Burma thought that Qin Peng was also an official of the Ming Dynasty, and he wanted to get a handful of it.

Listening to the words of the envoy of the King of Burma, Qin Peng's heart tightened, and he said that the North Korean envoy also used this method to deal with Wei Xiang, and it seems that the corruption and greed of the officials of the Ming Dynasty are famous all over the world. For this reason, Qin Peng sent a telegram to Zhang Zhimu, saying this incident, and also reminding Zhang Zhimu not to repeat the mistakes of the Ming Dynasty again, and to strengthen the management of officials.

After Zhang Zhimu received this telegram, his impression of Qin Peng also increased by one point. But it also reminded him of the time in his previous life, when those officials were corrupt and didn't have to be bad in the Ming Dynasty. Foreign businessmen know that what is going on in China is the least costly way to bribe Chinese officials to solve the problem. Even these are written into the MBA program. Zhang Zhimu sighed helplessly, and said in his heart that I can't manage the affairs of the previous life, and we must manage the current affairs, otherwise no matter how strong the military and economic strength is, it will be defeated by the corrupt officials.

Qin Peng smiled and said to the envoy of the king of Burma: "Your Excellency, if you have anything to say, don't hesitate to say it." We will do our best if we can do it! ”

"Good! The general is happy, and I'm not welcome! "The envoy of the king of Burma thought that the bribery had worked, and there were a lot of priceless jade gems in the box given to Qin Peng. General, our Burmese king has no other request, as long as you don't march again. We, the king of Burma, will be grateful. We also know that the general will have to give some explanations to the court when he goes back, and you can also mention the specific conditions, and we will try our best to meet the requirements. ”

Qin Peng deliberately thought for a while, then raised his head and said, "The order we got this time is to restore the three propaganda and six comforts in the entire southwest region, and we are absolutely not allowed to withdraw troops until the goal is achieved." Your Excellency, see what we should do? ”

After listening to Qin Peng's words, the envoy of the King of Burma felt as if he had suddenly been hit on the head by Qin Peng, and he was stunned for a moment.

Three Xuanfu and Six Consolation are the general names of the three Xuanfu Envoys and the six Xuanfu Envoys established by the Ming Dynasty in the southwest region. Sanxuan Guide Dian, Ganya Xuanfu, and Longchuan Xuanfu. The six condolences refer to the Cheli Military and Civilian Propaganda and Comfort Division, the Myanmar Military and Civilian Propaganda and Comfort Division, the Mubang Military and Civilian Propaganda and Comfort Division, the 800 Dadian Military and Civilian Propaganda and Comfort Mission, the Mengyang Military and Civilian Propaganda and Comfort Mission, and the Lao Military and Civilian Propaganda and Comfort Division. (Part of the Mengyang Propaganda Envoy and Mubang Propaganda Envoy are in present-day Burma, the 800 Dadian Missionary is in present-day Thailand, the part of the Cheli Mission, and all the Laos Comfort Envoy are in present-day Laos, and the rest are in Yunnan) Of course, the envoy of the King of Burma knows that this is a very large area, and if the Ming Dynasty fully restores the governance of these areas, it will be the surrender of the King of Burma. Qin Peng was not in a hurry after speaking, and waited for the envoy of the King of Burma.

The envoy of the king of Burma calmed down, and scolded in his heart, saying that you can't be the master, why are you so happy to accept the heavy gift, but you can't say that, "General, we can't control the affairs of your country." But the things in front of you depend on you to do, what do you need us to do, the general said! ”

Qin Peng said: "The envoy is so gracious and has sent a heavy gift, I can't help but do my best." Actually, I also thought it would be best to kill less. ”

When the envoy saw that there was a door, he hurriedly said, "That's it! Is that! ”

Qin Peng said: "Your Excellency, you have also seen that your army has no way to compete with us at all, to be honest, the reason why we did not strengthen the offensive is also to wait for you to negotiate, so that there will be fewer deaths." If we had let go, we would have gone to the palace of the Burmese king in Ava. I think you'd better lay down your arms and surrender! We have a good account of the Burmese king. Now we are building very well in Yaogang, and many Mongolian princes have also moved there to live. There are so many princes there, and the king of Burma will have many friends in the past! ”

The envoy of the king of Burma, who had always been gentle, listened to Qin Peng's words, couldn't help but stand up with a red face and a thick neck, and pointed at Qin Peng with trembling fingers and said, "You, you, you deceive people too much!" We, the Burmese king, don't want to let everyone shed blood and propose peace talks. Don't think you're afraid of you! ”

Qin Peng still said calmly: "Don't be excited, sit down and talk, otherwise you will be rude!" ”

The envoy of the Burmese king sat down angrily and said, "We Burmese people will fight you to the end." You're going to fight! ”

Qin Peng was still not in a hurry, and said slowly: "If you want to talk about peace talks, I don't think you have any sincerity at all. While you make peace with us, you attack our army in the south. Isn't that a bit of a deception? ”

When the envoy came out, the army began to march south to attack the Ming army occupying the riverbank, he wondered how Qin Peng could know so quickly? Because of the long distance in this era, information is very difficult to communicate. How did the envoy know that there was such a thing as a telegraph? However, the envoy reacted quickly, saying: "There is no way, our Burmese king will not allow someone to be stabbed in the back." ”

"Huh! The envoy probably doesn't know! Just yesterday, General U Nu and more than 10,000 Burmese officers and soldiers died on the riverside! Qin Peng smiled slightly and said lightly.

"What? That's impossible! The envoy couldn't believe it, and added, "Even if it's true, how can you know so quickly?" ”

"Haha!" Qin Peng laughed and said, "What are you fighting with us like this?" Just go back and ask. However, you still have to be fast, our army has already reached the side of the Dajinsha River (Irrawaddy River), and we are about to hit Ava. If it is slow, the king of Burma will not even have a chance to surrender! ”

The envoy forced himself to calm down, he knew that he couldn't mess up at this time, otherwise the consequences would not be optimistic, thinking of this, the envoy of the king of Burma asked: "If we surrender, what will you want?" ”

"You hand over the army to us, and we guarantee the safety of the king of Burma..."

Qin Peng didn't finish speaking, and the envoy of the King of Burma didn't want Qin Peng to say, "General, let me interrupt, we can't do this, after we surrender, we will be vassals to the Ming Dynasty and pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty every year!" But Burma still has our Burmese king to manage for the emperor of the Ming Dynasty? ”

"I'm afraid this won't work," Qin Peng said, "It's been like this before, especially our ancestors, the conditions given to you are very lenient, but you are all very ambitious, a few Xuanwei Divisions, you yourself have been annexed, not only that, you have accumulated a little strength, not only do you not pay tribute, but you also send troops to attack the Ming Dynasty." That's why we've been fighting for hundreds of years. The purpose of our dispatch is obvious, to overthrow your Burmese kings and re-govern Burma in our own way. Completely eliminate the hidden danger of the Burmese king. ”

The envoy of the king of Burma stood up and said, "Then there is nothing to talk about!" ”

Qin Peng still sat down steadily and said, "Your Excellency, I didn't invite you here, it was the King of Burma who sent you." Go back and bring a message to the king of Burma, Anabilon, don't wait for us to catch him, in that case, he won't even have the capital to make some demands!" ”

As he walked out, the envoy of the king of Burma said, "Our king of Burma will not be caught!" ”

"That's killing!" Qin Peng's words were sent to the envoy who went out to the king of Burma.

In fact, Jiang Wei, the commander of the Mountain Jungle Army, had already suggested to Qin Peng that they should send a small detachment to sneak into Ava to capture the Burmese king alive or kill the Burmese king.

Qin Peng never agreed, and told Jiang Wei: "The conditions are not allowed now." I hope to capture a living Burmese king, and with the cooperation of the living Burmese king, it will be easier for us to manage Burma. Especially in the early days, it is better for us to use the Burmese king to control the Burmese people. When we take down all of Myanmar and stabilize it, we can do it with or without him. Now you go to Ava, and if you can't catch the Burmese king, you won't be able to bring it out, and it won't be interesting to get a dead Burmese king. ”

The envoy of the king of Burma left, Qin Peng and they took another big military operation, Jiang Wei and their mountain jungle army interspersed through the jungle, and surrounded the main force of the Burmese army in the north from behind. The army had long been disheartened, and when they heard the sound of the Yaogang army's charge, they were frightened by the Burmese army, and they were attacked by Jiang Wei and Qin Peng in front and back, and they scattered and fled for their lives with a single shell, and most of the Burmese troops were still taken prisoner. In this battle, prisoners were captured in the mountains and forests for several days, and in the end, nearly 100,000 prisoners were captured.

Hearing this number, Qin Peng and Jiang Wei were surprised, the Burmese army in the north totaled more than 300,000 troops, and 100,000 were captured alive in this battle, plus the previous elimination and this time, the Burmese army in northern Myanmar was almost wiped out.

Qin Peng and Jiang Wei discussed, it was a big problem for so many prisoners to eat, and they would still send them back to China for construction in the future. But now they can't be idle, the roads in Yunnan and Burma must be opened, leaving some troops to watch the captives build the roads. Later, when the road is opened, cars can drive from the country, and then things in Myanmar will be easy to do. Qin Peng and Jiang Wei have very consistent views on this point.

However, Jiang Wei reminded Qin Peng: "There are now more than 100,000 captives, and after the road to the back is opened, we must send a batch away as soon as possible." Because there will be a large number of captives behind. The Burmese king once mobilized 300,000 troops to attack the Ming Dynasty, and the army they could mobilize in their country was at least 500,000 or 600,000. So the captives in the back are indispensable. ”

"yes!" Qin Peng agreed with Jiang Wei's suggestion, but Qin Peng said, "We can't send all the prisoners back to China, and we need a lot of labor to build if we take over Burma." Let's talk about the roads in Myanmar, they are not suitable for cars, and we have to build several trunk roads in Myanmar. These are the best things for the captives to do, as long as they take care of the food! ”

Jiang Wei and Qin Peng have cooperated for a period of time, and the relationship is very harmonious, Jiang Wei said to Qin Peng with a smile: "Our generals in the kiln gang are sometimes like profiteers!" ”

"Haha!" Qin Peng laughed and said, "Don't forget, our Mr. Zhang is the general manager of Yaogang Trading Corporation!" We are all employees! ”

"Haha! That's right! I forgot about it! Jiang Wei also laughed.

However, the command center knew that they already had more than 100,000 prisoners here, and ordered them to send back more prisoners as soon as possible. Because Ningde knew about this and came to the door. Ningde stared at Chen Yufeng and said: "The area to our west is too big, and we need to build roads, railways, and mines, and we all need labor. We don't have enough immigrants right now. Nor can it be relied solely on the military. ”

There was no way, Chen Yufeng had no choice but to promise: "This time, if Qin Peng and they can get back 100,000 prisoners, I will give you 80,000." ”

"Oops! Why are you so stingy, give us 100,000! Ningde was unwilling.

"You! Be satisfied! Chen Yufeng said, "Zhou Yuji also needs people over there." When there are more prisoners on the Japanese side, I'll get you some more. Now the problem is that it is more troublesome to ship people back from Japan. They are all to be transported by sea. ”

At this time, Liu Yun said to Chen Yufeng: "Can we use the North Koreans to escort the prisoners?" That would make it easier to get off the road! ”

"It's not easy! Not to mention how troublesome it is to negotiate with North Korea, the problem is that transporting prisoners on the road requires a lot of soldiers to escort them. Chen Yufeng said, "Fan Chengkun and the others have already used more than 100 ships from Fujian to go to Japan, and they will be able to transport people over soon." ”

"Yes! It's easy to get into the Yellow River. Our barge capacity is strong, and we can transport it by train when we arrive at Fenglingdu. Liu Yun said, "It's a pity that the railway from Tianshui to Lanzhou has not yet been opened, otherwise it can be directly transported to Hami or Loulan." ”

"Oops! This is good, once the Hexi Corridor railway is opened, I feel much more at ease. Ning De said, "Mr. Chen assigned some prisoners to Zhou Yuji and them, and I especially support them." Zhou Yuji wanted to build all the roads as soon as possible. Only when the road is open, it will be convenient for us to transport materials and personnel, and we will not be afraid of anything. ”

Liu Yun suggested: "Uncle Shi, I have always had an idea, now there is no suspense for our army to fight, and our actions are limited by our ability to govern. And our ability to govern, on the one hand, needs officials, and second, technical means, such as telegraphs and telephones, as well as railways. I don't think our army should also participate in local construction like General Ningde. General Ningde, most of their Hexi Railway was completed by their army. The expansion of our Chencang Ancient Road was also carried out by the military. If this is the case, our army to the west, Jiang Mo has led two cavalry corps, one infantry corps and many technical arms. That's nearly 100,000 people, plus Ningde and their people, hundreds of thousands of troops, concentrated forces, can build the necessary roads and even railways in a short time. This would be too good for consolidating our western side. ”

"Hmmm! Your suggestion is very good, we will start construction as soon as we have completed the initial military operation to the west. By building several major strategic corridors in the western region, we will be able to completely solve the problem in the western region. Chen Yufeng was very satisfied with Liu Yun's suggestion, which showed that Liu Yun had seen the problem far away. During this time, Liu Yun was transferred back to the headquarters as a staff officer, and Liu Yun exercised really well. It is easy to get a thousand troops, and it is difficult to find a general, and it is even more rare to have a handsome.

Chen Yufeng knows that Burma, as well as Siam and Annam, have hot and humid climates, and there are products in all seasons, and they also feed a large number of people, who can be both a force that threatens us and a resource that can be used.

The Burmese people look mild-mannered, but they are very scheming. Wen Peng, the Burmese king Anabilung, sent out a general, learned the lesson of Wu Nu's brutal work, sent troops respectively, surrounded the wharf of Yaogang from afar, and at the same time organized a naval army, with a lot of small boats, loaded with firewood and grass, and prepared a lot of fish oil, he wanted to attack the Ming army by land and water at the same time. Wen Peng also took out the Burmese killer elephant army this time, and he wanted to capture the Ming army's position in one fell swoop, except for this hidden danger.

Although he didn't know how many troops the Burmese army had sent and how many prisoners they had captured, they didn't know much, but he knew that there were many people from the Burmese army this time. In particular, they knew that the Burmese army had sent elephant troops, and the defenders on the pier were also very well prepared. In advance, within two or three hundred ranges in front of the battle, a lot of wire-controlled anti-infantry ** were laid. A minefield was laid out in front of it. The guns of the battleship were also calibrated for firing.

Wen Peng is really a general who is very good at fighting, and the time he chose to launch his attack was very special, it was a morning before dawn. Because the weather was too hot, the soldiers slept very late, and at this time the soldiers of the kiln gang were asleep. Although the kiln sentries were far away, the Burmese soldiers in disguise quietly approached the position one by one and deceived the kiln sentries.

However, they deceived the kiln sentry, but they did not deceive the kiln gang people. "Boom" ** explosion kicked off the prelude to the war. As soon as the Burmese army saw that the sneak attack could not be completed, they changed to a strong attack. Several cannons set up in the back also shot at the position of the Yaogang Marine Corps with a "bang", and the Burmese army rushed over like a tide with a shout, and the ** continuous "boom" explosion, but the Burmese army did not hesitate to rush forward regardless of the fallen soldiers in front of them and the ghosts crying wolves and howling wounded soldiers on the ground, and they simply used the soldiers' legs to sugar the minefield.

However, the Yaogang soldiers reacted very quickly, and after they got up, they immediately organized mortars to intercept the Burmese troops behind them by means of searchlights.

When the Burmese army rushed into the anti-infantry ** field, the commander of the Marine Corps ordered the anti-infantry ** to be detonated. These guys jumped up from the ground from the air, and sprinkled countless prefabricated shrapnel on the heads of the Burmese army, each of which would kill a large number of Burmese soldiers. The minefield was soon covered with the corpses of the Burmese army. The Burmese soldiers in the back, stepping on the corpses of their brothers, continued to rush in the dawn. Just as the Yaogang warship was about to fire at the Burmese army, suddenly there was a fire on the river upstream. It turned out that the Burmese army poured fish oil on the straw on many wooden boats, set them on fire, and dragged them to the two boats towards Yaogang. Although there was the Guangzhou in the upstream of the Taihu Lake, the Guangzhou was a steel-hulled warship, and the fire on such a small boat could not help it, but it was not impossible not to ignore it, and the Guangzhou still turned its gun to shoot at the small boats that rushed over, and the large-caliber machine guns on the ship also began to shoot at those fireships.

At this time, the sentinels observing the Taihu reported that the Burmese elephant army had been dispatched. The searchlight immediately shone at the elephant army rushing behind the Burmese army. A flare was also fired at the elephants' heads, and the glaring flare angered the elephants. The elephants shook their trunks and shouted "moo", and the archers on top of the elephants rushed towards the dock position.

The captain of the Canton decided to ignore the fireboats on the river first, turned the cannons and began to fire at the Burmese elephant army, shooting at close range, whether it was 130 caliber or 203 caliber shells, those elephants that looked extremely huge, when they encountered them, they were blown up all over the sky, whether it was the trunk or the legs of the elephant.

The elephant army was soon beaten and wounded, and the rest no longer obeyed the command of the soldiers on their backs, and fled in all directions, and at the same time trampled the Burmese soldiers to death and injured countless people. The Burmese soldiers who rushed into the kiln hill to shoot at the range were once again harvested by the rain of metal bullets, and once again built up a human wall in front of the battle.

Wen Peng, who was commanding in the back, saw this formation and knew that the Burmese army had no hope of victory, and if it continued to fight, it would only kill some more people. There is no way to help the opponent. Wen Peng, who was helpless, ordered the troops to be withdrawn. This time, the Burmese army suffered more than 8,000 casualties. In terms of numbers, the Burmese army was far more numerous than the Ming army, and they still adopted a situation of encirclement against the Ming army. Wen Peng concluded that the Ming army would not leave the position to attack them for the time being, because the Ming army was too limited in number, and it would be easy to be overwhelmed by them if they left the position. But Wen Peng, who did not attack again, wrote a letter about the situation and sent someone to send it back to the king of Burma.

When the Burmese king heard the rude request of the Ming army, and received the news that the Burmese army in the north was annihilated, he trembled with righteousness, and received the news of Wen Peng's defeat, and suddenly fell into his chair and was speechless.

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New progress in "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty": the Battle of Yashan, the defeat of the Yuan army, the counterattack of the Song army, and the landing in Fuzhou.