When the staff officers were registering the population in Ava, the soldiers were looting property in the city, but they were only looting large households, ordinary people did not have much money left, if the soldiers disturbed the people everywhere, the city would be unstable, Mu Qiyuan would never allow the soldiers to do this, unless he was ready to slaughter the city.

The looted property must be temporarily handed over to the staff officers in the army for safekeeping, and the staff officers will register and make a book, and hand it over to the imperial court in the future, and after the imperial court confirms, half of the property will be returned to the army participating in the war in the form of cash, and then distributed to the soldiers, if it is a strategic material, it must be handed over to the imperial court free of charge.

Mu Qiyuan is most happy about food.

Most of the grain stored in Ava City was transported to the front line of the war by Talong, but Ava City was an important grain producing area in Donghu, and the Ming army still collected 200,000 stone of grain from the military camp and the homes of large households, which was enough for 100,000 Ming troops to eat for five or six months.

When Mu Qiyuan raised troops from Pu'er, he sent envoys to the Ayutthaya Dynasty to urge them to ask for food, but Donghu's army has not retreated so far, even if the Ayutthaya Dynasty has excess grain, it is impossible to transport it to the hands of the Ming army, and it is difficult to be robbed by Donghu's army, and these enemies are cheapened in vain.

Only when Ta Long withdrew his troops from Dacheng could the grain of Dacheng be delivered to the Ming army, and now the food supplies in Dacheng have not been delivered, and these 200,000 stone grain are Mu Qiyuan's treasure.

Ava is an important town in northern Burma, the population of the city alone is close to 100,000, it is difficult to rule effectively for a long time by military means, Mu Qiyuan appointed a merchant from the local Han people, as a temporary civil leader, formed the Ava temporary civilian government, and left Chen Zizhuang's 51st Division to garrison the city.

The 51st Division not only had to assist the civilian officials in maintaining stability in the city, but also to purge the remnants of the Taungoo forces in the surrounding small towns, and gradually extend the rule of Ava City to nearby towns and villages.

The main army of the Third Army began to advance south along the Irrawaddy River, with its front pointing towards the city of Donghu.

Lin Chengxiang's 20th Army, as the vanguard, set off one day earlier than Mu Qiyuan, and a day later, Mu Qiyuan's 19th Army also advanced south along the Irrawaddy River, and the army expanded to the east of the Irrawaddy River, while Chen Zizhuang's army advanced south from the west side of the Irrawaddy River along the Baigu Mountains.

The three armies, about a day's journey apart, were in the shape of horns, sweeping away scattered Donghu soldiers along the way, occupying various small towns and towns, ready to converge when needed.

Donghu City is 800 miles south of Ava, it was originally the national capital of Donghu, and after the Donghu Dynasty destroyed the Baigu Dynasty in the south, the capital was moved to Baigu, but Donghu was still a big city, and it was also an important grain producing area of the Donghu Dynasty.

From Ava to Donghu, there is no strong city and big city in between, and the main thing that blocks the pace of the Ming army is the sporadic Donghu army and small towns, because it is mainly the plain terrain, the progress of the Ming army will be very fast, Mu Qiyuan estimates that if everything goes well, Lin Chengxiang may be able to reach Donghu City in half a month.

The three armies will converge on the Donghu River and then concentrate their forces to besiege the ancient city of Baigu.

But this is not far from Talon's main force, and the Ming army must always be on guard against Talon's withdrawal from the Ayutthaya Dynasty, which is the 100,000 elite of the Donghu army.

Sure enough, Talon withdrew his troops.

When Mu Qiyuan entered the territory of Donghu, the Donghu troops in various small cities fled along the way, and these stragglers brought the news of the Ming invasion to Talong.

Although Talong was anxious, he did not want to withdraw his troops, now is the critical period of attacking the Ayutthaya Dynasty, the northern lands of the Ayutthaya Dynasty, all the land fell to the Takhon Sawan Army, the Taungoo Army has already approached Nakhon Sawang, as long as it can take Nakhon Sawang, the national capital Ayutthaya will be directly under the threat of the Taungoo Army.

At that time, the 50,000 troops deployed by Talon in the southwest will be able to play a role, and it will not be a problem to take the big city from both sides, the question is when to take the big city.

If Ayutthaya is taken, the worst of which can make the Ayutthaya Dynasty cede some land and weaken the Ayutthaya Dynasty step by step.

Time is the key to fulfilling these good wishes.

Thalon's eyes were already red when he was blocked in Nakhon Sawan, and he ordered his army to attack the city from all sides, hoping to take advantage of the numerical advantage to defeat the defenders in the city.

The army of Ayutthaya, which has always been not strong in combat, is particularly tenacious this time, and there have been many dangerous situations at the head of the city, all of which have been filled by them with flesh and blood, and the 40,000 defenders in the city have suffered more than half of the casualties, and the defenders on the head of the city are getting fewer and fewer.

But the defenders, under the leadership of the commander, remained determined and never took a step back.

He suspected that the defenders of the city were not the Ayutthaya army he was familiar with.

In the three-day assault, he had lost nearly 20,000 soldiers under the city of Nakhon Sawan, and with the casualties in the early stage, now his soldiers were only 70,000.

Looking at the crumbling empty Sawan City in front of him, he was extremely anxious under the city, if it wasn't for his subordinates holding him to death, he would have gone directly to the ladder of attack.

In the setting sun, his burly figure left a long shadow on the ground, because he was separated from his own soldiers by a distance, he looked extremely lonely.

The soldiers of Donghu were not without combat effectiveness, nor were they unbrave, but the defenders at the head of the city just did not take a step back.

Their bows and arrows were becoming less and less, and the soldiers were already using stones, boiling lard, and even boiling water as weapons to defend the city, and everyone could see that they were running out of oil, and at this time, a small accident could make the defenders completely lose the will to resist.

The defenders didn't hold out much longer.

But Theron couldn't hold on anymore, and he didn't have much time left.

The Ming Dynasty attacked heavily this time, but did not directly rescue the city, but went straight to Ava, which was originally a plan to 'encircle Wei and save Zhao', if he did not withdraw his troops to save Ava, the Ming army was completely likely to fake the show.

Talong also planned to mobilize 50,000 troops from the south to rescue Ava, but was quickly rejected by his plan, without this 50,000 army, even if he could take the city, it would take a lot of time to clear the walk around the city, at that time, his main force was likely to face the Ming and the east and west of the city.

The sky gradually darkened, and it was time to withdraw again, but Nakhon Sawan still hadn't taken it, and he was extremely angry.

If he continued to attack, Nakhon Sawan was like an unbreakable rock, and although the foundation was moved, Taron could not push it; If he gave up the attack, he was unwilling, as long as he took Nakhon Sawan, the army could rush to the city in one go.

With the current strength of the Donghu army, it should be able to occupy Ayutthaya for the third time, and it is not impossible to even destroy the old enemy Ayutthaya Dynasty.

The fat was in his mouth, and Ta Long could already smell the meat, but he just couldn't eat it.

Da Ming, the hateful Da Ming, at the most critical moment, inserted a bar, and this bar made him advance and retreat.

Just when Ta Long was upset, the sound of horses' hooves came from the north, "Da Da," and the horses' hooves hit the ground, making him panic for no reason.

The ranger on the horse turned over and dismounted early, trotted a few steps, and knelt down in front of him, "Your Majesty, it's not good, Ava is lost!" ”

"O'...... Well? He came back to his senses, and he stepped forward and grabbed the ranger by the collar, trying to lift him up, as if it were entirely his responsibility to lose Ava, "What did you say?" ”

"Your Majesty...... Ming Army...... The Ming army has already occupied Ava. The ranger shuddered with fright, and could not speak.

"How is this possible? When did this happen? Taron still couldn't believe it, maybe he didn't want to believe it.

"Three days ago, after the fall of Ava, the villain kept going south and was in a hurry to tell Your Majesty." Seeing that Talon had no intention of punishing him, the ranger's heart gradually settled down.

"How many days has Qingfeng persisted?" He loosened the placket of the ranger's clothes, he couldn't count it, the Ming army entered Donghu, it was only a few days, even if the small towns and towns did not block the Ming army at all, the light distance was enough for the Ming army to run, how could they lose Ava so quickly?

"One day, in fact, it only took half a day for the Ming army to break through the city of Ava." The ranger did not dare to hide it, and he reported the actual situation to Talong.

"Half a day? No way, you must be a spy of the Ming army! He glared at the rangers, his eyes were rapidly congested with anger, there were more than 10,000 soldiers in the city of Ava, and there were 150,000 people in the city who could help defend the city, and the grain and grass were sufficient, and no matter how bad it was, it could last for ten days and a half months, and it would be lost in half a day, and he would not believe that he had killed him.

"Your Majesty, the artillery of the Ming army is too powerful." The Ranger told him about the battle in Ava City, especially the section where the artillery blew up the city gates, and he said it vividly, if this was not a battlefield, but a live essay contest, maybe this Ranger would have won the grand prize.

He Long did not reward this eloquent ranger, his brain, he was stunned, it took a long time, he came to his senses, he was no longer able to pursue the unfavorable matter of Qingfeng's defense of the city, is the artillery of the Ming army really as powerful as the ranger said? And, "What about the more than 10,000 defenders in the city?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the defenders in the city and General Qingfeng were all killed in battle, and ......" The rangers did not dare to say that the defenders were slaughtered by the Ming army, they were already dead, so don't pour dirty water on them, it's best to let them fall to the credit of martyrdom.

"And what? Say! He saw that the ranger was struggling, and knew that there must be some bad news, and Ava had lost it, and no amount of bad news could do it badly.

"Your Majesty, the magnates in Ava City were slaughtered by the Ming army, and now the people in the city are less than 100,000 left."

He turned his back, he fell into deep thought, 10,000 defenders were wiped out, tens of thousands of people were killed, the Ming army was not only to rescue the big city, they were going to destroy Donghu.

He Long became more and more convinced of his feelings, and he had decided to withdraw his troops.

If he was still hesitating just now, then the news of Ava's loss was the last straw that crushed his ambivalence.

Now that the troops are withdrawn, the main force of Donghu is still there, and it can still fight with the Ming army; If the army is not withdrawn, the Ming army will definitely attack the city of Donghu in the south, and even the national capital Baigu.

Once the Ming army occupies Baigu, Donghu will lose the country, no matter how much land he gets in Dacheng, it is meaningless, lose the national capital and grain production area, even if the Ming army lets go of his army, his hundreds of thousands of troops will not survive.

Although he could not let go of the favorable situation in Nakhon Sawang, Ta Long still ordered the withdrawal of his troops, and he wanted to personally expel the Ming army that had invaded Donghu.

At the same time, Ta Long said to the rangers beside him: "Go and tell General Ji Lunhai that all the army has withdrawn to Baigu, leaving 10,000 soldiers to strengthen Baigu's defense, and the rest of the soldiers will immediately go north and join our army." ”

Gylunhai was the general of the 50,000 soldiers stationed in the southern part of Ayutthaya, and he was waiting on the front lines of Lemai and Kronwa, ready to open a second battlefield in the southern part of Ayutthaya.