Chapter 342: The Capture of Malay City
At this time, the commanders of the East Afghan Allied Army all fled, and the 100,000 East Allied troops on the battlefield quickly collapsed, and the entire battlefield had turned into a one-sided massacre.
Bodao first withdrew and was stationed at the camp twenty miles from the battlefield, where there were still 50,000 troops and 150,000 men of food and grass.
"Set fire, burn grain and grass!" After Bodao gave the order, he immediately led his troops to retreat to Malay City.
The 10,000 dragoons led by Ma Xianglin did not chase the defeated troops on the battlefield, but led the troops directly to take the grain and grass camp of the Eastern Allied Army. But by the time he arrived, many of the camp's granaries had already caught fire.
"Fight the fire!" Ma Xianglin couldn't care about chasing and killing the Donghu rout, even if he arrived at the camp, he could barely see the taillights of the Donghu 50,000 army.
Although the rain was much lighter at the moment, it effectively stopped the spread of the fire. After Ma Xianglin's hard work, the dragoons still snatched nearly half of the grain and grass.
In the battle of Anzheng Guocheng, the Ming army only paid the price of 5,000 casualties to defeat the 150,000 troops of the Dong'an Alliance. After this battle, Annam's army of 60,000 troops immediately withdrew to Annam itself, and the king of Arakan not only withdrew his army, but also sent envoys to sue for peace.
After the Ming army repaired in Anzheng Guocheng for three days, the whole army marched to Malay City. The Malay city was the last barrier of Ava, and after conquering the Malay city, Ava was completely exposed to the eyes of the Ming army.
After the battle of Anzheng Guocheng, counting the defeated soldiers who fled back, although the Donghu Dynasty still had 150,000 troops, the regular army of the Donghu Dynasty had been reduced by seventy. King Talon sent messengers to sue for peace again.
Before the Ming army sent troops, Zhu Youxiao had already issued an order prohibiting the Ming army from making peace with King Talong, and even demanded that the Donghu royal family be slaughtered. Although the generals could not understand Zhu Youxiao's will, Zhu Youxiao knew that in history, King Donghu had launched the "Curse Water Disaster", massacring and insulting the Ming royal family, nobles, and loyal ministers and martyrs who had taken refuge in Burma.
With Zhu Youxiao's holy decree, neither Xu Chengming nor Ma Xianglin dared to see the envoy of King Long, and even the envoy of King Long was driven or shot by the Ming army before he entered the camp of the Ming army.
The attitude of the Ming army has already shown that there is absolutely no possibility of peace talks between the two sides. King Talong withdrew his army of 50,000 from Malay City, leaving only the 50,000 army of Bodao, and King Tarong had decided to defend Ava to the death, and at the same time he sent Adali to Bagan City, hoping to leave a trace of blood for the Taungoo royal family.
At the request of the Ming army, King Basethong of Siam led an army of 50,000 to formally attack the city of Bagan to cut off the retreat of King Talong. At this time, the wars were very cruel, only the Ming Dynasty still paid attention to the so-called ethics and morality, and in the wars of the Indochina Peninsula, the slaughter of cities was a frequent occurrence.
Now the defenders of Bagan City are only 10,000 people, and the 50,000 army of King Basethong broke through Bagan City in only five days, and after breaking Bagan City, it was a massacre. Xu Xinsu knew the combat habits of the Indochina army, and he asked the Ming army and King Basethong to make an agreement in advance. According to the agreement between the Ming army and the king of Basethong, half of the property in the city was for one person, and all the young women had to be handed over to the Ming army. As a result, the entire city of Bagan, except for the young women, was almost slaughtered by the Siamese army.
After capturing the city of Bagan, King Basethong's army of 50,000 marched north to join the Ming army and attack the city of Ava. And before Adali reached Bagan City, Bagan City had already fallen, and he had to change his route to Arakan.
At this time, the Ming army also began to prepare to seize the city of Malay. But just as the Ming army was preparing to attack the city of Malay, Bodao led an army of 50,000 in the city to surrender.
When King Talong withdrew the 50,000 troops in the city, Bodao had a feeling that he had been abandoned by King Talong, and he knew that his 50,000 troops could not hold the city of Malay at all, leaving him with only a dead end. Even though his family was in Ava City, he surrendered to the Ming army after thinking twice.
The soldiers took the city of Malay without blood, and the city of Ava was close at hand. The capture of Ava City essentially concludes the battle.
Xu Chengming knew that the 100,000-strong army of Donghu stationed in Ava would be difficult to capture Ava City, so he decided to organize the captured Donghu troops together and form an army of 80,000 led by Bodao. After Bodao surrendered to the Ming army, his family was all beheaded by King Talong, and his head still hangs on the city wall.
On October 10, the Ming army began its first siege, which was completely led by Donghu's surrendered troops, and the commander was also Bodao. Bodao really used all his strength to attack the city this time, first, Bodao wanted to show it in front of the new master, and second, Bodao now has a blood feud with King Talong, and he wants to take revenge.
On the first day, the siege of the city was fought from morning to evening, and there was almost no interruption in the middle, and the Donghu troops were killed and wounded more than 10,000 in one day, but the Ming army hardly achieved any results, and the defenders of Ava City were also the same enemy at this moment, desperately resisting.
This situation lasted for three days, and nearly 30,000 people were killed and wounded in three days after the surrender of troops in Donghu, and morale was even more depressed, and rumors spread throughout the entire military camp that the troops were surrendered, some people said that the army wanted to use the defenders of Ava City to slaughter the surrendered troops, and some people said that the army took the surrender troops and did not call them to the people, and other rumors began to appear.
"The barracks are now full of rumors, and they are no longer usable." Ma Xianglin said.
"Tomorrow the siege is suspended." Xu Chengming said.
"I'm afraid it won't work just to suspend the siege, now the number of troops surrendered is more than 50,000, and our army in Ava is only 30,000 troops, if these surrendered troops will defect, then our army will be in danger." Ma Xianglin said.
"Xianggong means to kill prisoners?" Zhang Fengyi asked in surprise.
"Killing prisoners is ominous. His Majesty has an edict that after the end of the war, he asked for 500,000 captives to build roads, and I suggest that these surrendered troops be disarmed directly and sent to the rear to build roads. Ma Xianglin said.
What Mr. Ma said was extremely true. Several galloping roads in the empire have been repaired for several years, and they have not yet been completely completed, and what is lacking is people. Moreover, His Majesty once said that after this battle, it is necessary to build a road to the sea connecting Mubang, so even if this war is over, the army still needs to loot the population of Donghu to build roads, and then the population of the entire Donghu will definitely be left, so there can be no mercy in this battle, otherwise it will be difficult to complete Your Majesty's trust. Xu Chengming said.
"King Baseton will arrive tomorrow at noon, and then he will be able to take his troops by night." Ma Xianglin said.
"Just do what General Ma planned." Xu Chengming agreed.
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King Baseton's army of 50,000 arrived at Ava on time with more than 10,000 female prisoners. As soon as he arrived in Ava, King Basethong immediately came to see Xu Chengming with the female captives and half of the belongings of Bagan City.