After Li Dingguo discussed with Bai Wenxuan, it was decided that Bai Wenxuan would lead the troops into the areas of Mochang and Yonghui in Burma, and asked the Burmese side to hand over the emperor. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 After receiving the order, Bai Wenxuan led 4,000 soldiers from his headquarters and 3,000 soldiers allocated by the King of Jin, plus thousands of soldiers newly recruited on the border, making a total of 13,000 troops to march to Burma.

Due to the hot weather, Bai Wenxuan ordered his subordinates to unload their armor and unsaddle and rest under the shade of the tree, and sent two envoys to find the Burmese magistrate to inform him that the Ming army entered Burma only to bring back the Yongli Emperor, but the envoy was killed by the Burmese on the way. Bai Wenxuan sent ten more cavalrymen to explain the situation, but they were killed by the Burmese soldiers.

Unlike the Burmese king, who had just sent someone to see Yongli because Wu Sangui had sent someone to see Yongli, so he thought that the Ming emperor might have a chance to regain enlightenment and pay attention to it, the local officials in Myanmar had a delusion, they thought that the Ming emperor had entered the country for refuge and the land had fallen into the hands of the Qing Dynasty, so the Ming Dynasty had already died, and the remaining remnants of the Ming Dynasty were just some stragglers who were very vulnerable. Therefore, when these local officials saw that there were many horses in Bai Wenxuan's army, they naively thought that these Ming troops were fat pigs sent to the door, and they did not rob Bai or Bai, so they sent troops to break into the Ming army camp to grab horses.

Gongchang Wang Bai Wenxuan what kind of people, in order to survive in the early years, the dead flesh have been eaten, and then with Zhang Xianzhong to fight in the south and the north, Emperor Zhu's Fengyang ancestral tomb said to plan, with Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo into Yunnan after the second only to the four kings in the Great Western Army. Although he was beaten by the Qing army and lost his armor and was embarrassed, no matter how down, the Burmese could not be bullied. Bai Wenxuan was furious, and ordered the soldiers and horses to counterattack immediately, and the soldiers who grabbed the horses on the Burmese side were chased to the river by the soldiers of Wenxuan's subordinates, and they drowned one after another.

After defeating this group of blind Burmese officers and soldiers, Bai Wenxuan simply decided to march deep into Burma and march into their royal capital, so as to force the Burmese to surrender His Majesty the Emperor.

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Myanmar's borders are full of tropical jungles covered by clouds and fog, with towering trees and continuous jungles, and the dim and intimidating environment is intimidating. The mountain road is faint, making people feel that dozens of steps away or even a few steps away is an unknowable area. Two people in parallel, one turns, and one can get rid of the other. The eyes are all over the mountains, the green carries the moisture to the face, the green makes people breathless, makes people really want to see a little loess black soil, want to see a yellow leaf in the autumn wind, want to see a piece of snowflakes in the north wind... But no, some are just green, green trees, green grass, green vines, green air, green rain, even poisonous snakes and flying insects are green, the whole is a suffocating green ocean!

However, in such a green world, the soldiers and horses of King Gongchang of the Ming Dynasty walked in it with difficulty. They were all in soft armor and short-robed robes, holding rattan cards and short knives and axes, and an elephant team was sandwiched in the middle of the procession, and the knights on the elephants were armed with spears and leather armor; The elephant was hunched with food and spare armor.

On the first day, Shirabe meandered up a trail that was difficult to walk but still smooth. From the next day, into the primeval forest, the ancient trees towering to the sky, not seeing the day, the smell of animal and plant decay came to the face, making people disgusting and suffocating, the soldier on the head of countless green-skinned monkeys, made a cry like a child, making people frightened! The ground was covered with thick fallen leaves, and walking on it was like walking on a soft mattress, which was very uncomfortable, so when it was not long in line, the soldiers were annoyed and anxious one by one, and scolded their mothers with a snort. After a while, everyone walks on this "cushioned" like the deciduous road, and they feel like walking on thin ice, and they can't help but tremble, because there are often some deep pits covered by fallen leaves, like traps for hunting animals, and some are even undetectable abysses, which are difficult to save as soon as people fall in.

The vanguard unit undertook the task of "opening roads in the mountains and building bridges in the waters" -- soldiers armed with broadswords cut through thorns and thorns and opened up a real road that had not been trodden by their predecessors. When crossing the cliff, you should also set up handrails to avoid falling into the abyss. There are some real single-plank bridges, which are also extremely difficult for troops to pass through, and logs must be attached. I originally planned to get out of the mountains before the rainy season arrived, but I didn't expect the rain to come early this year, but in fact, the downpour came all over the world within a few days of entering the mountain.

The pouring rain of the rainy season in Myanmar is endless, and the sky seems to have been poked into a big hole, and the rain is pouring down from this big hole all the time. Every day, from dawn to dusk, from dusk to morning, it doesn't stop, only heavy rain turns to moderate rain, light rain, and then heavy rain...... The cycle goes on and on, and it never ends. In the dry season, the ravine that can be walked on is like a waterfall, so it is necessary to build a bridge to cross the ditch. However, because of the turbulent water, it is not easy to build a bridge, often the bridge is just erected, it is washed away by the rapids, and it can only be succeeded after repeated erection, so the march is slow, beyond anyone's expectation, and often does not travel more than a few miles a day.

In the first few days, the soldiers of the Ming army only regarded the giant python beast as the most terrifying threat, so the soldiers were vigilant against a sudden attack by the beast. In fact, the animals in the forest were frightened by the noise and firelight of the Ming army when they entered the forest. It was only at night that the soldiers noticed the terrible reddish-green gaze of the beasts flashing in the distance, staring at them with great concern. Since the attention of the soldiers of the Ming army was on the side of the beasts, they took the black ants that crawled densely on the trees lightly and suffered a great loss.

The dense forest can block the sun, but it can't block the rain, and the Ming soldiers have poured puddles under their feet, and the locusts float out. Because most of the soldiers of the Ming army were barefoot straw sandals, and few wore military boots, the locusts frantically bit the bare feet of the soldiers of the Ming army, and the grasshoppers did not hurt much when they bited, and they were often not detected in time. Even if it is found, it should not be beaten, because if the locust breaks its body after being slapped or pulled, its head will burrow into the flesh and continue to multiply and harm the human body. So the place where the soldiers of the Ming army walked was soon dyed red by blood - a veritable bloody road!

There is no turning back when he opens the bow, Bai Wenxuan, the king of Gongchang, is not unaware of the big trouble that the troops are facing, but he has no choice, he has only one wish, that is, to get out of the big forest as soon as possible and pick up the Son of Heaven as soon as possible.

It didn't take long for the Ming army to begin to show sick numbers, and there were also soldiers who had fallen behind, and it was almost certain that they would die if they fell behind in the primeval forest. Marching in the rain, coupled with fatigue, people's physique gradually weakened, especially after being bitten by mosquitoes, more and more people were infected with the "plague", and the number of deaths increased day by day, from a few people a day to a dozen, dozens, and hundreds. Due to the extreme lack of medicine in the Ming army, many brave soldiers of the Ming army died after a few days of high fever, and many soldiers refused to close their eyes after death because they had not yet received the Son of Heaven!

Cruel things came one after another, and no one was willing to carry the wounded and sick, because no one in good condition could say whether they could get out or not, and how could the wounded and sick get out alive. Everyone hardened their hearts, and King Gongchang was also hardened, the wounded and sick must be abandoned, otherwise no one would be able to get out.

Some of the sick and wounded were still struggling, and they followed the team with sticks. Others rolled on the ground, wailing and shouting, "Brothers, brothers, don't throw me down, don't throw me down!" ...”

None of the companions in front of them would turn back, for they did not dare, for their hearts were also painful.

More and more fallen people appeared on the path of the Ming army, and countless ants and unknown reptiles in the forest attacked the dead people, and one fallen person was left with only a pile of white bones in two hours.

Bai Wenxuan was in a hurry, he realized that his team had entered a terrifying battlefield without an enemy, and the only way to get out was to step up the march and get out of the forest, and the officer in charge of opening the way was cut three times in a row by Bai Wenxuan, and the speed of the team's march finally sped up a little. After marching for another five days, the Ming army finally found groups of naked Burmese mountain people in the mountains, these mountain men and women only had a fig leaf around their lower bodies, and they did not panic when they saw the army passing by, and they all stood on the mountain and watched curiously. The soldiers were naturally curious about this discovery, and they all said that it was a wild man, and later this mountain was called a wild man.

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When Bai Wenxuan learned that he had discovered the Burmese savage mountain people, he ordered that he should ignore it and strictly prohibit the soldiers from contacting the savages, so as not to cause trouble and cause trouble. Besides, since there are people, it means that they are going to go out of the forest, and it is not appropriate to delay.

Finally, the Ming army went through a lot of hardships and finally walked out of the vast primeval forest after nearly a month of day and night marching. The outpost reported that the team had arrived at Gamai in northern Burma, which was still 200 miles away from the city of Mongkeng, the capital of Burma. Bai Wenxuan ordered to camp on the spot and the team rested. The number of casualties in the battalions was reported one after another, and the total loss was more than 2,800 people.

A piece of text flew to the palace of Burma, and Bai Wenxuan ordered the king of Burma to hand over Emperor Yongli, otherwise he would attack with a large army!

The king of Burma was frightened by the sudden appearance of the Ming army, but he did not dare to hand over the Yongli monarch and ministers, because Wu Sangui sent people over twice, but this time the people did not want to see Yongli, nor did they send any money to Yongli, but asked the Burmese side not to contact the Ming army, let alone return Yongli to the Ming army, otherwise the Qing soldiers in Yunnan would be killed in Burma.

Compared with the Ming Dynasty, where the emperors came to take refuge, the Burmese king was naturally more afraid of the Qing Dynasty that occupied China, so the Burmese king decided to fight the Ming army. He ordered tens of thousands of people and soldiers to gather and build a wooden city from the capital to northern Burma, extending to the Ming army garrison. Hundreds of elephants, together with the Burmese army, were organized to confront the Ming army across the river. For a while, the drums shook the sky, and the shouts were continuous.

Seeing that the Burmese army refused to hand over and was going to fight a decisive battle, Bai Wenxuan, the king of Gongchang, ordered his subordinates to cut down trees and make rafts to cross the river. The Burmese army was proud of its large number of people and looked down on the Ming Dynasty army, and the minister in charge said simply: "The Han people have no form, but there are not many of them, and they must be crossed, and then they will be wiped out in the middle of the river." ”

Bai Wenxuan personally commanded the crossing of the river, he selected hundreds of brave soldiers with full armor, sat on a raft and crossed the river, just crossed more than 100 cavalry, Bai Wenxuan ordered to blow the horn on the opposite bank. More than 100 soldiers of the Ming army who came ashore marched forward with a drum, everyone fought to the death, the Burmese army could not resist the enemy, the formation was in chaos, and the main force of the Ming army crossed the river one after another and launched a full-scale attack.

Although the number of soldiers led by Bai Wenxuan was small and the weapons were poor, they were not afraid of facing 70,000 or 80,000 Burmese troops (civilians). They formed a square formation of thousands of men, and although they only had long knives, spears, and white soldiers (short wooden sticks) in their hands, they bravely fought into the long formation of Burmese soldiers. The war horses exchanged hooves, the swords and halberds came and went, flashing cold light, and some of the soldiers of the Ming army were silent and fought desperately; Some screamed shirtless and went on a rampage. Some of those who were cut fell under the horses, and were immediately trampled into mud by the horses; Some are still wielding their knives in pain; Some were cut off their heads and cut off the heavenly spirit cover; Some were stabbed in the arm and cut off their thighs....

Blood gushed everywhere on the battlefield, and the soldiers' faces and bodies were stained with blood. The ground was littered with horse corpses and human corpses, screaming and wailing, shouting and killing with the sound of drums and weapons colliding...... After half a day of fierce fighting, the Burmese army was overwhelmed, with more than 10,000 dead and wounded, and the rest of the Burmese army and the summoned people retreated frantically.

After this battle, the Burmese authorities knew that the Ming army was strong, and even if the remnants were defeated, they could not resist it, and the Burmese king was so frightened that he ordered to collect troops and enter the capital to defend it. Bai Wenxuan wanted to attack the city and directly take the royal capital of Burma, but he was worried about the safety of Emperor Yongli in the city and did not dare to act recklessly.

At the suggestion of some Burmese officials who knew the inside story of the Yongli monarch, the Burmese king sent someone to question the Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang: "If you take refuge in my house, why would Yun kill me?" ”

Zhu Youlang didn't know the details of Bai Wenxuan, the king of Gongchang, who was ordered by the king of Jin to lead his troops to pick him up, and only thought that the Burmese were using this excuse to kill him. ”

Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Qianguo, and others asked the emperor not to rush to give an order, and first sent someone to inquire about the specific situation, but Zhu Youlang, who was frightened by the Burmese, refused to listen, and asked Li Guotai, the eunuch in the clerical room, to bring an edict to order the Ming army to retreat. However, the Burmese authorities were afraid that after the people sent by Yongli met with Bai Wenxuan, they would each understand the situation of the other party and the attitude of Burma, and there would be twists and turns, so they did not let Li Guotai go out of the city, but sent people to send the edict to Bai Wenxuan's camp.

Bai Wenxuan saw this edict, did not know whether it was true or false, and found the military officials to verify it in detail, and after confirming that it was really the emperor's handwriting, he cried out with grief and indignation on the spot. After crying, he kowtowed three times in the direction of Yongli, and retired with hatred.

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After Bai Wenxuan, the king of Gongchang, retired from the army, Gao Wengui, the Marquis of Guangchang, and Wu Zisheng, the Marquis of Huairen, also led a group of soldiers and horses into Burma to meet them, but the road they took was different from Bai Wenxuan, and they took the route of Emperor Yongli to enter Burma, which was very easy to walk.

The front foot just deceived Bai Wenxuan, and the back foot came another Ming army. The Burmese side did not learn a lesson, they found out clearly, the Ming army that came last time was elite, but this time it was a miscellaneous, so the Burmese king ordered to prevent the Ming army from entering. Seeing this, Gao Wengui and Wu Zisheng decided to use force and slaughtered into Manmo in one fell swoop. The Burmese army could not resist the enemy, so they forced Emperor Yongli to issue an edict ordering Gao and Wu to withdraw their troops.

Zhu Youlang, like last time, blindly accommodated Burma, and sent Yang Shengfang and Jinyi Wei Ding to order the second general to retreat. After Gao Wengui and Wu Zisheng received the edict, they were forced to withdraw from Buling. Gao Wengui was indignant and soon fell ill and died. After Yang Shengfang and Ding Tiaoding went back, they actually made meritorious contributions to the army, and they were each promoted to the rank of knight by Zhu Youlang.

With these two invasions of the Ming army, the Burmese side was like a frightened bird, and felt that the Yongli monarch and minister were really a hot item, and returned the people to the Ming army, but Wu Sangui did not agree. It was directly handed over to Wu Sangui, but Wu Sangui refused to ask for it, as long as Myanmar was properly resettled. The king of Burma really couldn't figure out what medicine was in Wu Sangui's gourd, but he was really afraid that the Qing army would enter Burma, and the Ming army that couldn't defeat the Qing army would let him lose the country, and the Qing soldiers would come directly.

After thinking about it, the king of Burma sent someone to find Ma Jixiang and coerce him, Ma Jixiang was so frightened that he hurried to find Li Guotai, and the two of them instigated Zhu Youlang to issue an edict to the officials guarding the passes in Burma, which said: "I have sailed to Guangdong, and there are officers and soldiers of all battalions to come, and they can fight to exterminate him", in exchange for the favor of the Burmese authorities.

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On the bank of the Jiulong River in western Yunnan, the residence of the King of Jin.

As the night wore on, the camp in the jungle lit clusters of fires, around which weary and cold soldiers, some asleep and some too cold to sleep, got up to roast or run, and the border posts nervously patrolled around the camp.

Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, led two guards to walk in the middle of a fire. The fire made a crisp popping sound, and the flames flickered and reflected the grim face of the King of Jin. The defeat in the battle, the shortage of food and grass, the disorder of the army's mentality, and the increasingly difficult situation made him feel depressed. The King of Jin has aged a lot, and since he threw himself into the leadership of Emperor Yongli, he has not succumbed to more than ten years of hard fighting. He always longed for victory and the beautiful ideal of regaining his sight. But he didn't understand why the situation in the Ming Dynasty was getting worse and worse, and it was going to perish step by step...

King Gongchang failed to take back the Son of Heaven, and the Marquis of Guangchang also failed to take it back, King Jin was unwilling, or he refused to give in, he wanted to try his best to save the situation, but he repeatedly struggled, and it was ineffective.

King Jin was tired and sick, and his heart was gradually dying.

These days, King Jin has always had a question in his heart: Is it really the will of heaven to extinguish the Ming, otherwise why would God treat him like this, treat the Ming Dynasty!

King Jin was a little sad, and nearby, the soldiers by the fire sang softly in a rough and low voice.

The singing is the familiar native voice of the King of Jin, the Xintianyou of northern Shaanxi.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

Sheep belly hand towel yo

Three blues

It's easy for us to meet each other

Oh, it's hard to talk

One is on that mountain

One in that ditch

We can't talk about that

......”

The song is impassioned, echoing with the wind, intermittently in the jungle and mountains.

The folk sound made the soldiers of northern Shaanxi under the command of King Jin can't help but sing along, and many people cry when they sing.

They were homesick.

This scene reminded the officials in the Jin Dynasty's army of the Emperor of Jin and the "Song of Chu" that made the Chu army disperse overnight.

Under the night sky, next to the bonfire, King Jin stood dumbfounded. Suddenly, he felt very cold and couldn't help but shiver. After a moment of silence, he drew his sword from his waist, and the blade of the sword trembled with a blue light. He pulled his feet together and took a few deep breaths, and the sword slowly slashed upwards in an arc, then swung hard to the right, dancing nervously. The sword light was like a shining silver chain, flashing dazzlingly, and the sound of the wind was gusting. He seemed to be about to throw the blood around him and the anger around him into the night sky of slaughter!

Accompanied by the rhythm of sword dancing, King Jin also sang, the singing was generous and tragic, and the lyrics revealed the hero's down-to-earth mind.

"Angry hair rushes to the crown, relying on the place, Xiaoxiao rain rest. Raise your eyes, look up to the sky and roar, and be fierce. Thirty fame, dust and earth, eight thousand miles of clouds and moons. Don't wait, the young man's head is white, empty and sad.

Jing Kang is ashamed, and it is still snowing; When the courtiers hate, when will they perish. Drive a long car and step through the lack of Helan Mountain. Zhuang is hungry for Hulu meat, laughing and thirsty for Xiongnu blood. To start from the beginning, clean up the old mountains and rivers, and face the sky. (To be continued.) )