"Hey, hey, brothers, we're new here, let's say hello to our hosts today!"

Five miles west of Ava City, Zhao Simei, who had just come over with men and horses, ignored that the sky was already a little drowsy at this time, and before he had time to set up camp, he began to excitedly ask everyone in front of a group of Hongtang soldiers.

"That's a must!"

The voices echoing Zhao Simei at the bottom are endless, they are all unconscious masters, seeing that the target is close at hand, they naturally want to show off.

"Pull out all the cannons for Lao Tzu and put a few cannons on his mother!"

Zhao Simei's rough voice echoed in the army, and as his order was conveyed, several cannons mounted on wheels were slowly pushed out of the army, aiming the dark muzzles at the huge city in front of them.

The Burmese army above the city had already discovered the arrival of this uninvited guest, at this time the wall was crowded, the city gate was slowly closed, and all kinds of shouts and orders sounded, which was the Burmese general defending the city in a hurry.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The intermittent but deafening sound of shelling suddenly sounded, as if announcing the arrival of evil guests outside the city to the centuries-old ancient capital in front of you.

Soon, red clouds emanated from the city, which were particularly dazzling in the darkening night, and at the same time, countless mournful wails and cries for help sounded.

"Hey, hey, hey, our greeting gift, it should be very lively for a long time with the big men in the city!"

Even if it is blocked by a tall and wide city wall, Zhao Simei can still imagine the scene in the city at this time, which must be very "hot".

The cannonballs fired by Zhao Simei and them now are specially made by the Gun Manufacturing Bureau, which has a very poor destructive effect on the city fortifications, and the injury effect on the mortal body is not strong, but it can cause the rapid burning and spread of buildings, and it can be said that it is the pioneer of incendiary bombs in later generations.

In the process of attacking the city along the way, Zhao Simei and the others found that the Burmese Dynasty may be located in the subtropical climate, and most of their buildings were wooden buildings and bamboo buildings that were easy to collect and relatively inexpensive.

Therefore, this time, Zhao Simei and the cannonballs they used to greet them were deliberately replaced with shells containing a large amount of flammable materials such as fire oil, even if they could not directly observe the shooting target, just shooting indiscriminately was enough to cause fire in the city.

After all, this is where the kingdom of Myanmar and other kings are located, if even the population and buildings here are as shabby and dilapidated as those seen by Zhao Simei and them along the way, then this Burmese kingdom is really too poor and destitute, I am afraid that it will make Zhao Simei and them despisy from the bottom of their hearts.

"A few more rounds, and I hope there's a big bonfire to welcome us tonight!"

As if the matter was not big enough, Zhao Simei looked at Ava City, which was gradually turned red, and continued to give orders with enthusiastic eyes.

"I heard that this is a bit of an indigenous tradition, but they are very fond of holding a bonfire to welcome the original guests and pay tribute to the souls of their ancestors and the gods they believe in!"

At this time, Zhao Simei's words seemed to be objectively describing a known fact, but in fact, it knew very well what kind of destructive power and harm the instructions he gave would eventually bring.

And on his face, in the excited smile, what is hidden is the madness and cruelty that cannot be concealed, as a warrior for a long time, the destruction and distortion of a person's body and mind are immeasurable, but the group of soldiers around Zhao Simei, no one feels disgusted and unbearable, and the eyes and excited expressions on his face are all expected, which has long been accustomed to.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The incoherent and dense artillery fire sounded, and the red clouds in the distant city seemed to be a little brighter, and the shouts and sounds of the city became more frequent and louder at night.

It was a lively night, and at the same time, more than a hundred miles south of Ava City, two armies were fighting fiercely in the darkness of the night.

The battle has been going on for a long time, and as early as when the sun has just risen, the two armies in front of them have already clashed, and until now, they have not yet decided a winner.

The warring parties, in fact, don't have to think much about it, they can know who they are.

Yes, in fact, the day before, Tang Ren and Shi Peicai had already caught up with the tail of Mata I, who had gone north first, and the weight-bearing march that had not stopped all this time was not in vain, at least Burma, an army with excellent qualities such as perseverance and dried fruits, also fell into disadvantage in the pursuit of the Hongtang army.

After following Mata 1 for a while and taking the opportunity to recover his strength, after seeing that they were getting closer and closer to Ava City, Tang Ren and the others decisively launched an attack on the guarded Mata 1.

On the way north to Ava City, there was no suitable stronghold to accommodate Mata's army of more than 15,000 soldiers to garrison and resist the pursuit of the Hongtang Han army.

In addition, the royal capital of Burma is now being pursued by another army, and Mata and the others cannot abandon the royal capital, so they can only ignore the pursuit footsteps of the Hongtang army in the rear and continue to march forward.

Of course, due to the threat from the rear, Mata and the others were more than twice as slow in marching, which made Tang Ren and them feel a lot more relieved.

"Bang! Bang bang bang! ”

"Boom! Boom Boom! ”

The sound of guns and cannons was mixed with the roars of countless warriors fighting and the clashing of weapons, as well as the dying struggles and wails of the wounded.

On the battlefield for several miles, the soldiers on both sides fought hard without fear of sacrifice, even if they had lost their vision in the night, they could not stop the pace of the soldiers on both sides who had already killed the red-eyed soldiers.

More than 5,000 Hongtang soldiers, in the face of 15,000 Burmese soldiers, including hundreds of elephant soldiers and horse troops, did not flinch at all, but kept pushing forward, and slowly forced the soldiers of the Burmese Mata to retreat in a dignified frontal decisive battle posture.

There is still a huge gap between the quality and ability of the Burmese army and the strength of the Hongtang army, and the distance between weapons and tactics makes it even if it has a numerical advantage, it will develop in the direction of the Hongtang army as the time of the war increases.

"Damn it! What a ghost! ”

Mata's face was gloomy, the Burmese army's battle losses were about to reach two, if it continued like this, Mata was very worried that his army would gradually collapse, not to mention going to rescue the royal capital, I was afraid that he would not even be able to cope with the crisis at this moment.

(End of chapter)