Xu Ziwei and Qiao Gunai, in the battle of Bosheng, were so heartwarming that they lost 9,000 people with a mistake in judgment, which was also Yang Meng's biggest loss.

"Alas...... If I had been there, this battle might not have been so corrupt! ”

Xu Ziwei went down, and Yang Meng also sighed, this battle was lost due to lack of experience, if he was present, how could he make the British army lose more than 10,000.

Counting over and over, with the experience of later generations, Yang Meng actually became the first general in Yunnan, and the loss of 9,000 people this time is also forcing Yang Meng to go to the battlefield!

Although it is said that it takes war to hone experience, but such a loss is difficult for Yang Meng to accept, if he goes up by himself, the loss can be much smaller, and he can only cultivate generals through war.

"Master, the battlefield is dangerous!"

"No way! Let's see how the King of Burma is doing! Under the hands of the king of Burma, there are still a number of available generals, and I hope that the Burmese army will not be defeated too early. ”

The blocking battle led by Xu Ziwei was too defeated, and compared with the losses of the British army of 35,000, nearly 70,000 people could only be regarded as slaughtered.

The Yang family has a lot of available talents to do business, but there are no more soldiers, and those who have serious combat experience seem to have no one else except themselves.

Myanmar is different from the Qing Dynasty, Burma has been attacking each other with Siam for hundreds of years, and the experience of oral war cannot be underestimated, but the final result depends on the war situation.

Qiao Gunai, who returned from the defeat near Bosheng, also received an unprecedented honor, and this time the king of Burma also intends to use it greatly. This Lisu general is gone. If it weren't for Qiao Gunai, he was desperately blocking in Bosheng. I'm afraid that the situation in Myanmar will be difficult.

People are dead, don't be afraid! Now the king of Burma has nothing else, but the army under his command is unprecedentedly strong, leading 30,000 horses and horses of the real power of the general, Qiao Gu Nai also fell on the bamboo mat of the temporary palace, although the status of the Burmese military is not very high, but to be able to sit in the temporary palace, it is a privilege.

Facing the surging British army. Burma's generals also responded effectively and took the initiative.

Although there was no large-scale cavalry, the Burmese army had an absolute advantage in numbers, and the real blocking battle began.

Qiao Gunai suffered a big loss from the British cavalry, and the Burmese army was also a lot cautious about it, and the bamboo horses were all over the frontline positions, and this move alone abolished the British cavalry troops from Bengal.

Artillery battles, positional battles, with Yang Meng's support of the three-pounder cannon. The Burmese army and the British army also started a battle of offensive and defensive positions.

Fight positional warfare. Unlike the plain battle, the advance speed was very slow, although the British army had a local advantage, but the absolute numerical superiority of the Burmese army offset the local advantage of the British army.

The British army also wanted to break through the defense line of the Burmese army as soon as possible, but the blocking team of the 100,000-strong army far exceeded the number of British infantry, and the cavalry could not use it, counting on more than 20,000 infantry to break through the layers of defense set up by the Burmese army near Mishita, it was not so easy.

The Burmese army knows far more about the terrain than the British, and after all, this is their homeland, and as long as there is a road to Mishita and the despicable road, there are a large number of Burmese troops guarding it.

Although they do not understand the concept of defense in depth, the Burmese army uses the method of defense in depth, and a large number of reserve troops allow the Burmese army to block the hole torn by the British army on the front line at any time.

Entering and retreating has become the only action of the British army, and where it is missed, it is the best job of the Burmese army.

Xu Ziwei's 9,000 troops were wiped out, not worthless, a blocking battle, the British army lost more than 4,000 people, although the number of enemies killed was ten times this, but the Burmese army's strong hand-to-hand combat ability made the British generals scratch their heads a little.

Hand-to-hand combat has always been the strength of the British army before, whether it is in the Indian battlefield, the Burma battlefield or the Qing battlefield, hand-to-hand combat, for the British army to achieve victory after victory.

Even the most elite and fierce Sikh infantry suffered heavy casualties in the last hand-to-hand combat, and the two regiments of Sikh infantry, one regiment was basically gone, and the other regiment was also seriously damaged.

The misunderstanding made the British generals dare not engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Burmese army, and if there was no misunderstanding, I am afraid that the defense line of the Burmese army would not be so strong.

What is the strength of the British army, of course, they will not forget, the world's first navy, is the strength of the British army, and the Irrawaddy River can also pass through warships, although the Burmese army has set up many obstacles on the river, but as Yang Meng said, as long as there is fire. Without building a dam to stop the warship, it is very difficult to stop the advance of the warship.

Of course, the British army would also cooperate with such a method, and the sea route cooperated to make Mishita a place where British warships could visit at will.

The British warships are sharp, but the Burmese army is not without a local method of dealing with the warships, and the fireships all over the river are the big killers of the battleships, and the biggest weakness of the wooden sail warships is the wood.

The fireships filled with oil were too threatening to the battleships, and in more than ten days of offensive and defensive battles, the British lost two battleships because of a large number of fireships.

The crazy Burmese warships are mixed with the fireboats, and once they get closer, the English warships are just fish waiting to be slaughtered on the board.

Two English warships were burned, and the Burmese army salvaged more than 50 naval guns from the river. The Burmese army will also, and the sharp weapons on the British warship are in the hands of the Burmese army, which has also become an important reason for the stalemate in Mishita.

After nearly a month of fighting, the British generals were also a little confused, after the landing of Bosheng, they defeated an army of 70,000 or 80,000 people, there were also 30,000 or 40,000 Burmese troops near Imphal, and there were even more on the side of Mishita, about 100,000.

For Burma, the intelligence of the British army is very accurate, the Burmese army is no more than 50,000 or 60,000 people, and the sudden arrival of the Burmese army has made the British generals a little confused, where did Burma come from so many soldiers, soldiers' weapons. Who provided it?

You have to ask about this. You can only find the King of Siam and Yang Meng. The war of extermination initiated by the king of Siam made the army in the hands of the king of Burma grow every day, 300,000 or 500,000? Now Yang Meng's intelligence officers can't figure it out.

And the weapon is Yang Meng's matter, the Burmese army robbed the slow valley, too much gold and silver treasures, and also made the Burmese king's waist stiff. In addition to the grain trade, that is, the arms trade, the wealth of Siam is also flowing to Yang Meng's hands at a terrifying speed.

With the layout in the early stage, Yang Meng created a monster in the southeast peninsula that can fight for a long time without production, and without the grain produced in the Irrawaddy River Valley, the king of Burma can support it for two or three years. And the origin of these grains is only clear to Yang Meng.

Although Yang Meng sold some corn to the king of Burma. But this thing can also fill the stomach, this is a war for the continuation of the ethnic group, the king of Burma does not have to pay military salaries, as long as he takes care of the food.

The confident King of Burma is the mind of this monster, and as long as the King of Burma still has the fighting spirit, this monster will always live.

If it can't be hit, the British army doesn't want to transfer troops from India anymore, and the 10,000-strong British army that landed in Motama is the key to breaking the game, and it is impossible to count on that British army, and now the English want to use the King of Siam.

"Look at the king of Burma, and then look at you, a fool is better than you! Do you still have a face alive? ”

The king of Burma is fighting on the front line, but Yang Meng is angry at Xu Ziwei and Qiao Gunai!

Qiao Gunai came over this time to send the strategies of the generals of the Burmese army, and the strategies of the British army were deduced by Yang Meng himself, and the strategies of the Burmese army were easily obtained, and these are the references for the new army to deduce the sand table.

The sand table deduction is good, you can dominate thousands of people overnight, the Yunnan New Army stationed in Mengla, training during the day, and deducing the sand table at night, as long as there is an outstanding move in the sand table deduction, Yang Sanye is more promoted, ordinary soldiers can be the commander of thousands of people, and the commander of the same thousand people, if you don't know these things, it is easy to be pushed directly to the end.

Isn't the King of Burma a fool in Yang Meng's eyes? But now a second fool blocked the British army on the frontal battlefield, and destroyed two warships of the British army, Yang Meng was also very angry after seeing the strategy of the Burmese army, and he was inexperienced!

It would be nice if he led the 60,000 people at that time, although he couldn't completely annihilate the British army, but with 60,000 people, Yang Meng was confident that he could kill half of the British army.

As the war continued, Yang Meng's self-confidence became more and more sufficient, some things, there are some things in the stomach but will not be used, after watching others use them again, they understand more.

"Third master, ...... next"

was embarrassed by the third master, Xu Ziwei couldn't raise his head, and the main reason for the defeat was Xu Ziwei, that is, he miscalculated the courage of the group of cavalry in Bengal.

"When you go back, think about it!

The next step should be for Siam to enter the war, the British army on the Mishita front is now on the defensive, Burma suffered a loss twenty years ago, and the king of Burma will not rush in.

The British army defended, not for anything else, but to open a second front, and Saramati was impossible, the only possibility was that England was agitating Siam to enter the war.

Once Siam enters the war, the stalemate will be broken, and Burma will face life and death.

Qiao Gunai, use your power to let the king of Burma go out and build a road in the valley of the Irrawaddy River to prepare for our march in Japan and the retreat of the Burmese army.

Once the Siamese move, the Burmese army will not be able to stop the offensive from both sides, Qiao Gunai, you can suggest to the Burmese king that the main force be withdrawn to the vicinity of Minjian, Sagaing, and Mandalay, and the line of Mishita, Bey, and Magway is difficult to defend.

In contrast, the Mandalay area is better defended, and the evacuation of the people is about to begin, otherwise once the Siamese army enters the war, the Burmese army loses its numerical advantage, and it will retreat on a large scale. ”

The stalemate between Britain and Burma will not last long, England will not fight for a long time in Burma, the Burmese king is a key figure, once the Burmese king is captured alive, it will mean the fall of the whole Burma.

If the Burmese king retreats to Mandalay according to his own ideas, the long supply lines and the fruits of victory will gradually turn Burma into a quagmire.

Yang Meng didn't just want to hold down Yingli, if possible, he also wanted to eat Yingjili's Indian army.

"Qiao Gunai understands, it's just that if the third master wants to participate in the war, does he have to prepare early?"

"Hmmm! This is a good proposal, Commander, you can follow Qiao Gunai to meet with the King of Burma! Under the banner of the Blue Flag Army, don't leak our foundation, let the King of Burma continue to be confused! ”

Just counting on the Burmese army, it is difficult to stop the Anglo-Thai coalition army, this time it is still the revenge battle of the Burmese army, and the whole country is fighting with the strength of the whole country. It is not impossible, once the number of Siamese troops exceeds 100,000, plus the assistance of the British army, the Burmese army wants to hold back such a large army, and there is no chance of victory.

"Third Master, how many of us are in the war?"

"Three to fifty thousand! Don't bite the number of people to death, how many people we come out depends on the final situation. (To be continued......)