In the ambush battle south of Binmana, the Ming army won a complete victory, Ta Long only broke through with 200 cavalry, 55,000 Donghu soldiers, in addition to more than 20,000 people killed in the battle, the remaining more than 30,000 Donghu soldiers, all of them were captured by the Ming army when they were so exhausted that they couldn't even hold swords and guns.

These captives gave Mu Qiyuan the most headache.

Originally, Mu Qiyuan was reluctant to kill, although they were of a different race, after all, they were the same kind of Han people.

However, the more than 30,000 Donghu soldiers not only had to consume a large amount of food, but also left a large number of soldiers to guard them, which would seriously drag down the Ming army's great cause of conquest of Burma; If they were released, they could join the Donghu Army at any time and become enemies of the Ming Army again, as long as Ta Long was still there.

If these Donghu prisoners of war were re-thrown into the battlefield, then Mu Qiyuan's plan to consume the Donghu army would be completely bankrupt, and this was a victory achieved under the extreme efforts of the Ming army, and it must not be in vain.

In the end, Mu Qiyuan listened to Chen Zizhuang's Jianyi, and killed all these Donghu soldiers on the grounds of "protecting the interests of the powerful and colluding with the powerful".

With 200 cavalry, Ta Long fled to Donghu City before he was able to rest.

Taungoo City is the first capital of the Taungoo Dynasty and the foundation of the Taungoo Dynasty, two hundred miles south of Pinma, but there are only 5,000 defenders in the city.

Ta Long knew that Donghu City could not be held at all, and it was only a matter of time before the Ming army broke the city, but the Ming army went south, and Donghu was a necessary place, and with Donghu City blocking it, it could slow down the speed of the Ming army's southward movement, so that he would have enough time to rectify Donghu's armament.

Taron symbolically comforted the defenders of the city and encouraged him to defend the city to the death for the sake of the country, and then left the city of Donghu on the pretext of gathering the southern army to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army, and continued southward to join the army of Jilunhai.

Mu Qiyuan completely annihilated the main force of Talong south of Pinmana, but there was no main force of the Donghu Army north of Pinmana, so he asked Chen Zizhuang to leave a regiment of soldiers to garrison.

The army rested in the area of Gongla for two days, and after the Ming army and the grain and grass baggage troops in the city of Binmana arrived, the Ming army began to move south along the Xidang River, and Lin Chengxiang's 20th Army, as the front army, had already set off one day earlier.

The Twentieth Army did not march in a hurry, and the Ming army is now advancing layer by layer, just like Zhuge Liang attacking Wei.

Lin Chengxiang expands ▽dǐng▽diǎn▽小▽says,.2∞3.◆os_(); The search range, both sides of the route of the army, all swept away, he, the former army, is actually the vanguard of the Ming army.

On the afternoon of the fourth day, Lin Chengxiang rushed to Donghu, and he did not immediately attack the city, but set up a large camp in the north of Donghu City, preparing to let the soldiers rest for a night and then attack the city after dawn.

After dinner, Lin Chengxiang summoned the three division commanders and the staff officers in the army to discuss the siege method for tomorrow.

"Military seat, there are only 5,000 defenders in Donghu City, and we have 30,000 troops, as long as the city is besieged on all sides and the city walls or gates are blown up with artillery, the defenders can naturally be annihilated." The opinion of Sun Ke, commander of the 60th Division, is the most common method of siege of the Ming army now, but the premise is that the Ming army must have superior forces, otherwise, even if the city is broken, the defenders can concentrate superior forces and break through from a certain diǎn, and it is difficult to complete the goal of total annihilation.

Lin Chengxiang nodded slightly, he had just arrived outside Donghu City, and he had only checked the surrounding terrain in the afternoon, but he was not very familiar with the situation in the city, and if Sun Ke's idea was recognized by everyone, he decided to adopt it.

"Military seat, I can also surround the three and one, and bury an ambush outside the city, the area outside the city is empty, which is more suitable for annihilating the enemy army, and it will not harm the people in the city, nor will it destroy the facilities and property in the city." Lu Yufeng believes that the destruction of Donghu City is certain, and since Donghu City is about to belong to the Ming Dynasty, the facilities in the city should be protected.

Lin Chengxiang cast an appreciative look at Lu Yufeng, yes, the city has not been broken yet, so he is thinking about the future governance and talents!

When the city is broken, give the defenders in the city hope of escaping, so as to quickly disintegrate their will and determination to defend the city.

"But, with such an obvious strategy, can't the Donghu people see it?" Li Yuanjiang, commander of the 59th Division, felt that there was something wrong with the fact that the generals of Donghu were all experienced in a hundred battles, and they should be familiar with the art of war.

Lin Chengxiang looked at Lu Yufeng, "Since you proposed the plan, it's up to you to answer!" ”

"Haha, Li Shizuo doesn't know, Sun Tzu's Art of War, thirty-six strategies, this is the Han people's book of war, it is the precious wealth accumulated by the Han people for thousands of years, Donghu has only been established for a few years, how can these Han people's art of war? They fought wars by outnumbering more than many, or by relying on officers and soldiers who were not afraid of death. Lu Yufeng is not afraid of others saying that he is flamboyant.

"Ah......" Li Yuanjiang cast an inquiring glance at Lin Chengxiang.

"Ao, Yufeng really knows a little bit about Donghu, Donghu people fight, that's pretty much it," Lin Chengxiang also added, "Besides, the Donghu soldiers just know that there are ambushes outside the city, and they also have to go to the city, are they waiting to die in the city?" Out of the city, they have the possibility of escaping. ”

"Junza, do Donghu soldiers really drink to quench their thirst?" Sun Ke still didn't believe it, aren't these Donghu people quite capable of fighting, how can they be so stupid?

"It should be," Lin Chengxiang is ready to set the final battle plan, the Ming army occupies a huge advantage in numbers and firearms, and Talong, who can conquer and fight, is all wiped out and disgraced, not to mention the small Donghu City, "If Donghu City is broken and they remain in the city, there are only two ways, either surrender or die, and sometimes, even if they surrender, they will die." ”

At this moment, one of Lin Chengxiang's personal soldiers quietly came in and whispered a few words to Lin Chengxiang.

"Really? Bring people in! Lin Chengxiang's eyes lit up suddenly, and he was thinking in his heart that if Mu Qiyuan came to Donghu, Donghu City would already belong to the Ming Dynasty.

After a while, a middle-aged man dressed in an ordinary person's gray cloth coat entered the hall with his own soldiers, "See Lin Junzuo!" See the Three Masters! The visitor did not kneel, but bowed his hand to each of them.

Lin Chengxiang looked at the person who came carefully, and was sure that it was an unfamiliar face, "Come, sit, there are no outsiders here, just say what you have to say!" ”

"Yes, Throne!" The person who came sat down under Sun Ke's head, and then said the meaning: "There are 50,000 people in Donghu City, including Han people and self-proclaimed Han people, more than 10,000, Han people in Donghu City begging for a living, often exploited and bullied by the Burmese, this time the Ming army came to Donghu, the Han leader in the city organized a 500-person death squad, ready to assist the Ming army to seize the city gate. ”

"Take the gates? Han Chinese chieftains? Lin Chengxiang didn't care about the Han people helping to seize the city gate, with the power of the Ming army's artillery, it was not difficult to seize the city gate, he was pleased that the Han people returned to their hearts.

"Military seat, now the Ming army is stationed outside the north city gate, and the main strength of the Donghu army is also put at the north gate, we can start at the east city gate to receive the Ming army into the city." The interrogator, Chen Zhishan, added.

"Well, that's a good idea," Lin Chengxiang said, "When will you guys be ready?" ”

Chen Zhishan said decisively: "We are ready, ready to receive the Ming army into the city at any time, if the military seat is willing, we can open the east city gate tonight." ”

"Ready for a long time? Did you already know we were coming? Lin Chengxiang was a little surprised, the speed of the Ming army's march was quite fast, and when sweeping along the way, there were still many villages and towns that did not know that the Ming army was coming, how did the Han people in Donghu City know that the Ming army had already come?

"There is no need to be suspicious, there is a Ming detective in the city, and I already knew that the Ming army was coming," Chen Zhishan seemed to blame Lin Chengxiang for forgetting his identity as an interrogator, "Besides, he was defeated by Pyinmana and stayed in Donghu for a long time, so the brothers are sure that the Ming army is not far from here." ”

"Ao," Lin Chengxiang let out a long breath, "How's the morale of the Donghu Army?" Do they have combat effectiveness? ”

"Back to the military seat, the five thousand defenders in the city are all the elite of Talon, Talong has condoled the defenders in the city, and now their morale is high, and there should be no sign of surrendering to the Ming army in a short time."

"Well," these reasons should be credible, Lin Chengxiang thought of another question, "Now that the four gates of Donghu City are closed, how did you get out?" ”

"Use the rope, don't forget the military seat, the villain was born as a detective," Chen Zhishan revealed his identity again, "This time, three people are out of the city, and the other two are guarding the rope, once the defenders have any abnormal movements, they will definitely be able to find out, if there is no abnormal movement, we will climb the rope back to the city later," Chen Zhishan paused, obviously to dispel Lin Chengxiang's concerns, "Even if the villain can't enter the city, it doesn't matter, there are our people in the city, we can still contact the lights." ”

The interrogation has some special skills, Lin Chengxiang doesn't want to ask anymore, he is still concerned about entering the city, "Are these Han people reliable?" ”

"Rest assured, they are absolutely reliable, and besides, there are our people involved, and if something happens, our people will definitely know."

"Then how do you capture the East Gate?" Lin Chengxiang can't say that all his hopes are pinned on these Han people, if their plans are not secret, won't he be busy in the middle of the night?

"Five hundred death squads armed with sharp blades, disguised as people who assisted in defending the city, approached the city, and there were also Han people in the defenders of the east city gate to do internal response, we thought that we had a heart or not, and it should not be a problem to take the city gate."

"Now that you're ready, let's do it tonight!" Lin Chengxiang knew this kind of confidential matter, and the longer it took time, the easier it would be to expose, "But my army needs to be dispatched, and the deployment can only be completed before the third watch." ”

"Then we will open the East City Gate at the third watch."

Lin Chengxiang thought about the whole plan, his only worry was whether the people in the city could take the East City Gate, after all, they were people and did not have strict training, "In this way, in order to cooperate with you to seize the East City Gate, we will attack the city from the north gate and the west gate at the same time to attract the defenders over." ”

"Commander, we are also going to set fire everywhere in the city, so as to attract some defenders, and then there will be fewer defenders at the city gate, and we will have a greater chance of succeeding in capturing the city gate." Although Chen Zhishan's body did not move, his eyes were shining with excitement, in front of his own people, he did not have to hide at all, if the Han people in the city could seize the east city gate, then the interrogation was the first contribution to the Ming army's breaking of the city.

Lin Chengxiang sorted out the whole plan again, and felt that the plan was feasible, "This is very good, I will arrange soldiers outside the east city to pick up." ”

"Throne, we will use the fire as the number, if the East City Gate is on fire, it will be our capture of the East City Gate."

"A word is a certainty, Brother Chen will go back and prepare early."

"Throne ......"

Lin Chengxiang saw that Chen Zhishan wanted to speak and stopped, but said what are the difficulties, "What other difficulties does Brother Chen have?" ”

"It's not a difficulty," Chen Zhishan hesitated for a moment, and saw that Lin Chengxiang had been watching him, so he said the hearts of the people in the city: "The Han people in the city have a request, if the Ming army breaks the city, please be sure to protect their belongings." ”

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