The division of troops to the west was agreed between Mu Qiyuan and Lin Chengxiang, and they would converge at Ava, first jointly capture Ava, consolidate the position of the Ming army in northern Burma, and then move south along the Irrawaddy River, pointing to Baigu, the capital of the Taungoo Dynasty.

If Baiguo can be taken again, the main territory of Donghu will be under the control of the Ming army, and the main force of Talong will become a guerrilla force without a base area, and there will be problems with the supply of food and personnel.

Mu Qiyuan's army marched all the way west, using small mountain runs, easily capturing villages and towns, until Bing Ulun encountered slightly decent resistance.

Bin Urun is also a small town, only one hundred and forty miles from Ava, belonging to the transition zone from the plateau to the plain river valley, Bin Urun is more than 1,000 meters above sea level, while Ava, the altitude is less than 100 meters.

In terms of topography and topography, Bin Ulun is the west gate of Ava, once Bin Urun is lost, the Ming army will follow the plateau, straight down Pingchuan, Ava can no longer be in danger, become a lonely city.

Talong also saw the strategic importance of Bin-Ulun, and he laid down 3,000 defenders in the humble town of Bin-Ulun.

There is no strong country near Bin-Ulun, except for the Ming Dynasty, if it is not for the Ming army, Bin-Ulun has three thousand defenders, and it should be able to sit back and relax.

However, the two armies of the Ming army, with nearly 70,000 troops, suddenly attacked Bin-Ulun.

Taungoo has a heavy garrison in Awa, and once the Bin-Ulun shape shì is critical, the defenders of Ava come to reinforce it, but in two days, if you go by the way, you can basically reach Bin-Ulun in one day and one night.

Mu Qiyuan and Chen Zizhuang agreed to quickly storm Bin-Ulun, and before Ava's reinforcements arrived, they must take Bin-Ulun. Once Bin Urun is taken, the Ming army can take advantage of the terrain advantage, condescending, and in turn attack Ava's reinforcements, as much as possible to consume the defenders in Ava City.

The soldiers of the Ming army were very tired after a long journey, but Mu Qiyuan still gave the order to attack Binwulun.

In order to boost morale, Mu Qiyuan announced two incentives: once Bin-Urun was captured, all the property obtained in the city would be given to the besieging army; After the capture of Bin-U Llun, the main forces rested for three days at Bin U Lü Lun.

"Commander, according to the new military law of the Ming Dynasty, when the army fights outside the borders, half of the property obtained by the soldiers is distributed to the soldiers, one (3) (5) dǐng (3) (5) diǎn (3) (5) small (3) (5) said, .2 ◇ 3 o ◇ s_ (); Half must be handed over to the imperial court. Chen Zizhuang expressed his concern.

"The military situation is urgent, and now I can't take care of it, if I can't take Bin Urun quickly, I won't be able to encircle Ava," Mu Qiyuan decided to do it urgently, "After the war is over, I will personally explain to the National Defense Yuan." ”

"Commander, the military discipline of the Ming Dynasty, but it is there, His Majesty has always acted in accordance with the law, if the commander knowingly commits a crime, even if the war can be won, His Majesty and the National Defense Yuan are afraid that they will not be considerate of the commander." Chen Zizhuang was still not at ease, and he also thought that even if Bin Ulun Chi Diǎn won it, it would not matter.

Mu Qiyuan didn't have a good way, for the soldiers, empty slogans could not inspire morale, "Let's talk about it later, if I can quickly take Bin Ulun, even if I am punished by the National Defense Yuan, I will admit it, they will understand me after all, it's a big deal." He believed that if he could complete the conquest of Burma, his military merits would not be small, and even if the National Defense Yuan wanted to deal with him, it would not be too heavy.

"Commander......

"Say no more, let this matter be it!" Mu Qiyuan waved his hand, he had already made a decision.

"Commander, since the soldiers are very fast, after taking Bin Ullun, why don't you decisively march into Ava, but rest for three days in Bin Ullun?" Chen Zizhuang really didn't understand Mu Qiyuan's decision.

"Chen Junzuo, our army is tired from afar, and has crossed a large number of mountains and valleys along the way, the soldiers are too hard, if they can't rest well, their combat effectiveness will inevitably decline, and to motivate the soldiers, we must also have a degree, otherwise there will be no effect."

"Commander, what if Ava's defenders escape?" Chen Zizhuang wanted to annihilate the defenders of Ava City, not just capture Ava City.

"No," Mu Qiyuan shook his head, "The battle of the Donghu army has always won more and lost less, they will not retreat lightly, besides, Ava is the former capital of Donghu, and now it is the most important castle in the north of Donghu, the defenders will definitely not abandon the city and flee, if the generals defending the city dare to escape, Ta Long will not spare him." ”

"Hmm." Chen Zizhuang agreed with Mu Qiyuan's idea this time.

"Is there any news from the Twentieth Army? Where have they been? ”

"It is estimated that they will not be able to reach Ava until five days later."

"Five days? Okay, the timing is just right. The corners of Mu Qiyuan's mouth faintly showed a smile.

"Commander......" Chen Zizhuang didn't understand what new ideas Mu Qiyuan had, five days later, did they arrive at Ava at the same time as the Twentieth Army?

"Chen Junzuo, if we storm Bin Ullun, will Bin Ullun be like Ava asking for help? Will Ava City send reinforcements? ”

"Commander, the eastern gate of Ava in Bin Urun, the city of Ava will definitely send reinforcements, it's just ...... The commander is ready to take Bin Ulun in one go, and the reinforcements will definitely retreat when they see that Bin Ulun has been lost, but his subordinates have heard of 'wai diǎn to send reinforcements' but Bin Ulun's 'diǎn' is gone, how can they 'send reinforcements'? ”

"Therefore, when we attack Bin Ullun, we must first storm and put Bin Ulrun under great pressure, and once Bin Ulrun sends a messenger to Ava, we will cut off Bin Ulrun from the outside world, so that Ava's reinforcements will be blind."

"The Commander really wants to eat Ava's reinforcements?"

"Of course, if we eat some of Ava's reinforcements now, we will be less stressed when we attack Avada in the future."

"Commander, there is a subordinate Jianyì," seeing that Mu Qiyuan's eyes were attracted, Chen Zizhuang Mu Qiyuan was interested in listening to his opinion, "Divide the troops, Bin Ulun is just a small city, and there is no need for 70,000 troops, first send spies to reconnoiter the terrain west of Bin Ulun, and lay an ambush." ”

"Divide the troops, okay, Chen Junzuo, you take the soldiers to rest first, I am responsible for attacking Bin Ulun, otherwise you will annihilate Ava's reinforcements."

"Commander, once Ava's reinforcements are annihilated, will the Donhu Army abandon the city and flee?"

"If the reinforcements are annihilated, my 19th Army will have almost rested by then, and Lin Chengxiang's 20th Army will almost be Ava, and the defenders will just want to run, I'm afraid there will only be a road to hell."

"Okay, Commander, it's decided, and my subordinates will take the soldiers to rest first."

The soldiers of the 19th Army, who were inspired by Mu Qiyuan, forgot their fatigue for a while, and after they just hastily ate some dry food, they began to attack Binwulun.

Bin Ullun is located at the junction of the eastern plateau and the western plain, and the castle was built against the eastern plateau.

It is surrounded by a plateau to the east and a plain with a large drop in the west, and if the soldiers attack the city from the west, they will need to attack from the back, which will increase casualties, and there are slopes on both sides of the north and south, but a section of flat land is carved out near the city wall.

Mu Qiyuan wants to completely annihilate the defenders in the city, he must besiege the city, the north and south gates, can be used as the main direction of attack, but the slope can not be erected artillery, forty artillery pieces are finally erected on the plateau terrain in the east.

There was no city gate to the east of Bin-Ulun, it was not the defense of the defenders, and there were only a small number of soldiers parading around the city, and as long as the Ming army did not approach the city wall, they were too lazy to take care of the Ming army outside the city.

Today, the defenders of Dongcheng suddenly discovered that the Ming army had advanced a thousand paces outside the city, and according to visual observations, there were at least several thousand soldiers.

"Could it be that the Ming army is going to attack from the east? But there is no city gate in the east, so does the Ming army want to go directly over the city? The defenders hesitated, and at last they sent a message to the guards in the city to give the general an idea.

Before the main general reached the city, the artillery of the Ming army sounded, and in order for the soldiers to enter the city, Mu Qiyuan was ready to raze the small city of Binwulun to the ground.

The flowering shells poured into the city like money, especially near the north and south gates, which were the heavy targets of the Ming artillery.

On the north and south sides of Bin-Ulun, not only the city gates, but also the city walls have collapsed in large areas.

At that time, the flowering shells stopped firing, and the Ming army began to enter the city.

During the shelling just now, the flowering shells covered almost all areas of the city, especially the north and south gates, and the casualties of the defenders in the city are unknown, but there are no defenders at the entrances of the north and south gates.

The defenders were not casualties, they all fled, watching their companions suffer casualties in front of them one by one, and the soldiers were alive, so they had to retreat to the city, although they didn't know where it was safe, but they knew that the city head was the most unsafe place.

After Li Lin's 56th Division and Qian Guangcheng's 57th Division entered the city from the north and south directions respectively, the defenders in the city gradually came to their senses, but at this time, they had been completely divided by the Ming army, and the soldiers could not find the generals, and the generals could not find their own soldiers.

The soldiers of the Ming army with flintlock pistols pushed through the city again and again like bulldozers, and the stragglers of the Donghu army could only be the target of the Ming army.

Rows of flintlock muskets strafed in front, followed by more flintlock musketeers, and the Donghu soldiers seemed to want to surrender, but they didn't have time to throw away their knives and guns, even if they threw away their knives and guns, they didn't have time to kneel down to the Ming army.

When it was close to noon, the Ming army had searched twice in the city, and the defenders were basically cleared, and the soldiers began to look for property in the city in groups of three and five, which was what Mu Qiyuan promised them.

Although Bin Ulun is small, it is close to the important town of Ava, and there are still many wealthy merchants in the city, which makes the Ming soldiers looking for property very satisfied, no matter when the official house or private house, it will not be the blind diǎn of the 30,000 Ming army.

Some blind people, for their own pitiful property, quarreled with the Ming army, and even scuffled with the Ming soldiers, without exception, they all fell under the knives of the Ming army, slaughtering these Donghu people who had no ability to resist, and the Ming army would not waste flintlock bullets.

Because the people cherished their property, disputes with the Ming army were very common, and the Ming army began to slaughter the city after a preliminary search for property.

When Mu Qiyuan got the information, he was very slow to react, and it took about an hour or so before he began to stop the soldiers from slaughtering the city.

But at this time, the military order issued was meaningless, and the more than 5,000 people in the city, except for some civilian officials who had withdrawn Ava City before the war, and nearly 100 Han people in the city, the rest of the people were all slaughtered by the Ming army.

Although the Han people are few, they do not know the Sun and Moon Army Banner of the Ming Dynasty, but when they hear the voice of the Ming soldiers, they know that they are their Han brothers, who beg for mercy from the Ming army in Han on the one hand, and take the initiative to join the Ming army on the other hand.

Protecting the Han Chinese was an important principle for the Ming army to fight abroad.

Regardless of whether you have Han Chinese ancestry or not, as long as you can speak Han and admit to being Han Chinese, you will be protected by the Ming army.

Bin Ulun, the eastern gate of Ava, has now become a military city of the Ming Dynasty.

Mu Qiyuan's 19th Army had just settled down in the city, and Chen Zizhuang's 17th Army, which was hidden west of Binwulun, ushered in 3,000 reinforcements in Ava City.

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