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The Ming-Burma war affected all the countries of the Indochina Peninsula, and the expansion of the Ming Dynasty in the Indochina Peninsula made the Arakan Dynasty and Annam feel deeply threatened. Siam, however, has always been a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and this time the Ming Dynasty marched south, and the King of Siam, King Baseton, did not hesitate to stand on the side of the Ming Dynasty.

Outside the city of An Zhengguo, there are now heavy troops, and the 150,000 allied troops in Donghu and Arakan confronted each other with 50,000 troops led by Xu Chengming and Ma Xianglin. The King of Siam, Prince Basethong, led an army of 50,000 to the north and approached the city of Bagan in Donghu. Annam's 60,000-strong army marched westward and had entered the Lefanman region.

The 60,000-strong army of Annam and the 50,000-strong army of Siam are now on the sidelines, and the eyes of the entire Indochina Peninsula are focused on the city of Anzheng Kingdom. This war has a bearing on the future of the entire southeastern peninsula.

On 20 September, the first confrontation between the Ming army and the Allied forces in East Afghanistan began.

Both sides were heavily armed with firearms, and the firearms of the Eastern Allied forces were all birds, and the way of fighting came from the Portuguese, but after the Taungoo king Anabilon drove the Portuguese out of Burma in 1613, the Eastern Allied firearms have been stagnant. The Ming army, on the other hand, was armed with flintlock pistols and a large number of new artillery.

The first day of fighting was initiated by the East Afghan Allied forces, and the East Allied forces had an absolute superiority in numbers, which made them dare to attack first.

The battle between the two sides began by relying on infantry formations to shoot at each other, and the greatest advantage of the Ming army's flintlock pistols was that the firing rate and shooting accuracy were higher than those of the bird guns, and they were more convenient to use. Moreover, the East Allied Army was far inferior to the Ming Army in firearms training.

In particular, although there were very few marksmen in ambush in the army, they took advantage of the range of the Apocalypse Gun to shoot the commanders of the Eastern Allied Army incessantly, making it impossible for the Eastern Allied Army to organize an effective offensive at all.

All this gave the Ming army a one-sided advantage, and in just over an hour, the Eastern Allied army could not support the first retreat.

After suffering a heavy loss on the first day, the East Allied forces abandoned the offensive on the second day and went on the defensive. But the next day, the Ming army did not launch an offensive, and the Ming army was still waiting for the heavy artillery to be delivered.

On the third day, it rained heavily.

Knowing that rainy weather would affect the use of firearms, the Allied forces in East Afghanistan took the initiative to attack again on the third day.

"Today's heavy rain has affected the use of flintlock pistols, but the artillery has not. Today's battle is an opportunity to inflict heavy losses on the enemy's army. This time, I plan to arrange only 10,000 infantry in front to attract the enemy's attack, cooperate with the artillery to fight, and if the enemy army is in decline, then 10,000 dragoons will take the initiative to attack and break the enemy in one fell swoop. Xu Chengming said.

"I am the commander of the dragoons, and I should fight this battle." Ma Xianglin said.

"This rain is too heavy, this firearm can only be used for one round, and then it can only start a white-knuckle battle, and it is extremely dangerous to use 10,000 dragoons to take the initiative to attack an army of more than 100,000." Xu Chengming said.

"I understand, that's why cavalry is needed even more, and this dragoon has always been commanded by me, and no one is better suited to command this battle than me." Ma Xianglin said firmly.

"I will send 20,000 infantry to respond to your rear, and if the battle situation is unfavorable, you can withdraw at any time." Xu Chengming admonished.

"No."

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In this battle, the East Arab Alliance sent 100,000 troops, and the intention of the East Arab Alliance Army was simply to fight with the Ming Army for casualties, even if two for one, the East Arab Alliance Army was also the victorious side.

The East Afghan Coalition forces still attacked first, and this time the East Afghan Allies committed almost all of their elephant soldiers from the beginning. The elephant soldiers were like tanks on the battlefield in ancient times, they were at the front of the line, and the infantry followed. But the elephants are still made of meat.

The range of the new artillery of the Ming army after using solid bullets is generally more than 1,000 meters, if there is no elephant soldier, the Ming artillery will generally fire after the enemy enters 500 meters, but in the face of the enemy's elephant soldiers, the Ming artillery has already opened fire at a distance of 800 meters.

The Ming army's hundreds of artillery guns were in full swing, and the entire battlefield suddenly shook, and the "meat tanks" of the East Allied Army were the key objects of care of the Ming Army. The Allied forces in East Afghanistan retreated like a tidal wave before they could hold out five rounds of shelling.

The failure of the first round of the offensive made the commander of the East Afghan Allied Army, Bo Dao, furious, and he even cut dozens of troops on the spot and fled back to rout, he understood that if the Ming Army could not be defeated in such weather, then the East Allied Army could basically be said to never talk about the offensive in the future, and go home to defend with peace of mind.

Soon the Allied forces in East Afghanistan organized a second round of attacks, this time still led by elephant soldiers. Although the elephant soldiers of the East Afghan Allied Army suffered heavy losses, as the number of elephant soldiers decreased, the casualties of the elephant soldiers also decreased, but this time no one dared to retreat, and it was a dead end to retreat.

The remaining dozen or so war elephants finally rushed through the first trench of the Ming army and entered a range of 100 meters from the Ming army, followed by a group of black pressed infantry. This trench was not dug deeply, and the purpose of the Ming army to dig this trench was not to stop the enemy, but to set fire.

"Set fire!" Ma Xianglin gave an order, and countless rockets were fired.

The oil in the first trench was ignited, and many of the allied troops in East Afghanistan who were stained with oil were also set on fire at this moment, and the battlefield immediately resounded with bursts of screams.

This kind of fire oil was refined at the request of Zhu Youxiao, and it was even more ferocious when burning. Suddenly, the Eastern Allied army was divided into two by this wall of fire, and the elephant soldiers and a small number of infantry who rushed to the front became the live targets of the Ming army.

When the fire oil in the trenches burned out, the entire battlefield was enveloped in a thin layer of water vapor from the fire, and the smell of barbecued meat began to fill the battlefield. Smelling this fragrance, some people in both the Ming army and the East Allied army felt like vomiting.

"Where's the smell of barbecue? Who's grilling? Xu Xinsu asked curiously.

"It is not allowed to barbecue meat in the barracks, and General Ma should have ordered to set fire to attack the Eastern Allied Army." Xu Chengming said without changing his face.

"The one who set the fire to it...... "When Xu Xinsu heard Xu Chengming's words, he immediately understood that it was the smell of roasted human flesh, and his stomach couldn't help but churn.......

"General, villain...... The villain retired for the time being. Xu Xinsu felt that he couldn't suppress the feeling of squirting.

"Go ahead." Xu Chengming said.

As soon as Xu Chengming's words fell, Xu Xinsu couldn't wait to rush to the door, but he squirted out when he rushed to the door, and he sprayed two times in a row, and after spraying, there was only retching left. It took a while for Xu Xinsu to recover, but he was still pale, with tears and snot flowing down his face.

(End of chapter)