After settling Donghu City, the Ming army began to march south along the Xidang River Valley, Lin Chengxiang's 20th Army was still the front army, and the combined army of Mu Qiyuan and Chen Zizhuang was the rear army, which set off a day later.

Each city south of Donghu originally had a small number of garrisons, but after the battle between Talong and the Ming army, the whole army was wiped out and fled south, he knew that the stragglers in these cities could not stop the pace of the Ming army's advance, so in addition to leaving 5,000 defenders in Donghu City, the garrisons of other cities were collected along the way and concentrated in the national capital Baigu, and Talong looked forward to another decisive battle with the Ming army in Baigu.

From Donghu City to the 400-mile plain of Baigu City, there was no Donghu army along the way, and the Ming army had no battle to fight, but the speed of the march was not fast.

The various cities, armies and civil officials along the way all went to Baigu with Talong, but the people did not flee and left their land, they were beggars, and the magnates of Baigu City would never give their land and property to these fleeing people.

The city is in a power vacuum, the people are the fat of all kinds of forces, murder, arson, robbery, rape and other criminal cases emerge in an endless stream, but all the perpetrators are not bound by the law, the people are bitter, whether it is the Han people, or the Mon people, the Burmese people, are all victims.

It is called that the heavens should not be, and the earth is not spiritual.

Only then did the people think of the law, of the government, and of protection.

But the officials of Donghu are drinking wine, drinking tea and appreciating flowers in the tavern tea shop in Baigucheng at the moment, where can they care about the lives of the people?

For the people, at the moment of greatest need, the Ming army acted as a savior.

In the cities along the way, Lin Chengxiang designed a temporary military government, with a local Han Chinese as the chief officer.

This was once the ruling area of the Baigu Dynasty established by the Meng, after the rise of the Donghu Dynasty, the Baigu Dynasty was destroyed, but the residents are still the majority of the Meng, and the Han are a minority, therefore, many Mengs have entered the local military government, and Mu Qiyuan also stationed a regiment of soldiers in Lianglibin to maintain local law and order.

Under the full intervention of the Ming army, the lawbreakers were arrested and killed, and the social order was greatly improved, but the marching speed of the Ming army slowed down, originally from Donghu to Baigu, but seven or eight days, in order to establish a military government in various cities, a total of more than 20 days, when they arrived in Baigu, it was already mid-March.

Baigu City is located on the west bank of Tama Bay, north is the Baigu River, if the Baigu River goes straight to the south and flows into the sea, it will cross from the west of Baigu City, but the Baigu River is very strange to turn east here, and then return to the west, into the sea, just from the north, east, south of the Baigu City, the Baigu City surrounds most of the circle.

The more than 70,000 troops of the Ming army confronted the Donghu army in the north of the city across the Baigu River.

In the ancient city of Baigu, Talon took over the command of the 50,000-strong army of the Gylunhai, plus the troops gathered along the way and rushed from all over the south, a total of nearly 100,000 soldiers were concentrated in the city.

All the armies of Donghu are all in Baigu City, and there is only this one city that Talong can control.

Mu Qiyuan did not rush to attack the city, the water network near Baigucheng was developed, which was not suitable for the army to fight, and if there was a slight mistake, these rivers might be the burial place of the Ming army.

Ta Long did not retreat in the city, because there were 100,000 troops, and he laid heavy troops along the Baigu River, and it was not easy for the Ming army to cross the river.

Mu Qiyuan could only send a large number of rangers, while spying on the deployment of the Donghu army, while drawing a topographical map of the vicinity of Baigucheng, and after mastering sufficient information, he held a military meeting to discuss the direction of the attack.

"The Baigu River flows through Baigu City from the north, east, and south, and the river bank is too close to the city wall, which is extremely unfavorable for the army to attack the city." According to the information collected by the rangers, Mu Qiyuan first talked about his worries.

"Yes, our army is more than 70,000, according to the investigation report, the Donghu army is close to 100,000, and once the 170,000 troops on both sides start a decisive battle, they must need very open terrain." Lin Chengxiang was not interested in crossing the Baigu River, which was not a suitable battlefield, especially not suitable for the Ming army's firearms to give full play to the advantages of long-range strikes.

"Commander, Lin Junzuo, isn't there an open terrain on the west side of the White Ancient City?" To the west of Baigu City is the Baigu River Valley, the terrain is flat, and there is no river to block the march and fight, Chen Zizhuang looked at this land at a glance according to the map.

"The west of the city is indeed a fast battlefield, even if all the 170,000 troops on both sides participate in the battle, our army's artillery can fully send out the advantage," Mu Qiyuan also looked at this land, "However, we are now separated from this land by the Baigu River, and there are a large number of Donghu soldiers on the opposite bank, if we attack strongly, we may be able to cross the river, but the casualties of the brothers should definitely not be less." ”

"Commander, we can retreat north and cross the river from Tandaoki." Lin Chengxiang was a little on the marching map, and it was a ferry about forty miles northwest of Baigu City.

"Isn't there a defender of Donghu in Tandaoji?" Since the Ming army can think of it, the Donghu army, which is familiar with geography, should even think that there must be Donghu defenders in Tandaoji, Mu Qiyuan does not dare to be careless, this time may be the last big battle to conquer Donghu, the front has been smooth, and in the end, the ship must not be capsized.

"The current Donghu army is facing us across the river, they can't touch the location of our crossing the river, they shouldn't be heavy under Tandaukib, we can let the soldiers swim in the water and sneak attack, occupy Tandaugi in one fell swoop, and then take the army to cross the river." Chen Zizhuang now has only more than 10,000 soldiers, and most of his army is stationed in various cities that the Ming army has occupied, and he has almost become Mu Qiyuan's staff officer.

"We can also send out a large number of rangers to scout from the south to attract the Donoo Army." Lin Chengxiang is not far behind, the Ming army now has the initiative to attack, when to cross the river, where to cross the river, are all decided by the Ming army, the Donghu army can only be exhausted.

"Ming Xiu is cheap, and Chen Cang is dark?" Mu Qiyuan immediately understood what Lin Chengxiang meant, he thought for a while, "However, don't be too anxious, first find out the information near Tandaoji, and then send a large number of rangers to the south, even a small force of troops, to make the illusion of crossing the river, and we will take the opportunity to attack Tandaoji." ”

Lin Chengxiang and Chen Zizhuang did not object, and it was basically settled.

"Two, you say, we are attacking the city from the west, and the north, east, and south of Baigu City are blocked by the Baigu River, if Talong is defeated, where will he escape?" Mu Qiyuan never doubted that the Ming army would definitely achieve the final victory, although the Ming army only had 70,000, nearly 30,000 less than the Donghu army, but the Ming army's advantage in firearms was not something that only 30,000 Donghu soldiers could make up for.

"The south of Bai Gucheng is close to the sea, there is no way to escape, the west will be our station, if he loses, he will never dare to flee to the west, and the only thing left is the north and the east." Chen Zizhuang had already studied the terrain near Donghu City, and now it came in handy.

"Not in the north, the cities in the north are in our hands, if he flees to the north, he will inevitably be blocked in these cities, although there are not many soldiers in each city, as long as it is blocked for a while, our army will chase after us, and Taron will definitely not be able to escape." Lin Chengxiang hurriedly said.

Mu Qiyuan nodded, they were going to tell him his fortune.

Chen Zizhuang took over the conversation: "Commander, Lin Junzuo, Talong only has one way to the east, no matter whether he has calculated in advance or not, but the east of Baigu is the big city of Talong's sworn enemy, and the situation should be the same as the north side analyzed by Lin Junzuo, it is also a dead end." ”

"Is Chen Junzuo saying that once Ta Long is defeated, there will be no way out?" Mu Qiyuan didn't believe it, the cunning rabbit still had three holes, and he had led the troops to fight for many years, so it was impossible not to leave a way back for himself.

"That's what the subordinates mean," Chen Zizhuang saluted to Mu Qiyuan with his fists, "The subordinates are saying that after Ta Long escaped from the East City Gate, he would not dare to go all the way to the east, either out of the southeast, or even to the island, or out of the northeast, trying to escape to the Hengduan Mountains." ”

"Northeast? Hengduan Mountains? Mu Qiyuan shook his head, "It's too far away from the Hengduan Mountain Range here, and there are Ming troops guarding various cities along the way, unless Ta Long is killing himself, it seems that it is more likely that Ta Long will flee to the southeast." ”

"Commander, what should we do if Talon flees to the island to the southeast? We don't have a troll! Lin Chengxiang suddenly became worried.

"We don't have a navy, but we haven't heard that he has a navy, can he live on the island for a long time?" Mu Qiyuan smiled, if Ta Long fled to the southeast, it would really not be a good place to go, but now that there are Ming troops in most of the country, there seems to be not many safe places.

If you know today, why bother in the first place.

"Commander, since it is estimated that Talong will start to flee from the east of the city, can we be prepared?" Lin Chengxiang didn't want to let go of Ta Long, not only did Zhu Youzhen issue a secret decree to kill all the powerful people in Donghu, but also because of his military exploits, if he captured Ta Long, the merit would never be less than the capture of any Donghu city.

"Ready? Is Lin Junzuo saying that he wants to divide the troops? Mu Qiyuan glanced at Lin Chengxiang, he still poured cold water, "If we can divide our troops to break the enemy, then can't we besiege the city?" There are no less than 100,000 Donghu troops in the city, and it is Talon himself who is in charge. ”

"Commander, it's not a division of troops, what your subordinates mean, can you scare the Donghu Army? For example, before crossing the river, the army can send some soldiers to pretend to cross the river from the east. ”

Mu Qiyuan understood, "Okay, then let's be ruthless, before my army crossed the river, the rest of Chen Junzuo's 17th Army pretended to cross the river from the east, the Ming army of more than 10,000 people, the Donghu people would never dare to take it lightly, they would even remove the pontoon bridge on the river, burn the boats or something, and it would be difficult for Ta Long to cross the river and escape for his life in the future." ”

"Commander, this will also cover the crossing of the army from Tandogi." Chen Zizhuang also agreed to this decision.

The three of them then discussed some details, such as how to take Tandaoji, how to cross the river, when to start the siege, how to deal with the possible death of the Donghu army, and so on.

The details were preliminarily finalized, the military meeting had ended, and the three of them were about to leave, when Mu Qiyuan's personal soldiers came to report: "Commander, the two military seats, the messenger of the big city has arrived!" ”