The main camp of the Burmese army.

"The general will order that after tomorrow, all the troops will stick to their places and wait for the Ming army to attack." Ah Duo stared at the map, and pointed to the location on the map with calluses: "Our army is tired from afar, and I don't know the reality of the Ming army, so it's better to be safe, and it's best to stick to cultivation." ”

Ah Duo is cunning and suspicious, although he has long known that the Ming army will not exceed 5,000 people at most, he is still unwilling to take the initiative to attack, his plan is that the Ming army is smaller, and it is a guest army, and the more time drags on, the more unfavorable it is for them.

"General, the terrain here is open, what if the Ming army does not attack us but continues to march north towards Ava?" A Burmese general stepped forward.

Ah Duo glared at the Burmese general: "This is absolutely impossible, if the Ming army dares to avoid us, it is tantamount to asking for their own death, the general would like them to ignore us and continue to go north, as long as we lead the army to follow, to the city of Ava, we and the defenders of Ava are flanked on both sides, and the Ming army will definitely be buried, haha!" ”

Ah Duo laughed wildly, causing the other Burmese generals to laugh too, leaving only the Burmese general who raised concerns scratching his head with embarrassment.

As Ah Duo said, the most taboo thing for the people in charge of the army is to be attacked from both sides, if the Ming army ignores Ah Duo's army and directly takes the Burmese capital Ava, it will only fall into a dilemma, which is in response to the old saying that there are wolves and tigers. But things didn't go as Ah Duo expected, and the spies of the Burmese army panted into the camp to report: "General, the Ming army has suddenly lost its trace. ”

"Revisit." Ah Duo's expression was solemn, and he put his hand against his chin to carefully study the map in front of the desk.

Where did the Ming army go? Is there any conspiracy that fails? Ah Duo was puzzled, he had carefully analyzed the movements of the Ming army, and he didn't understand their intentions if he wanted to break his head, it stands to reason that if the Ming army wants to win, it must defeat the crusade army led by himself, but why did he suddenly lose his trace when he saw that the two sides were in front of the battle?

"Pass the order, the whole army is on high alert, guard against a sneak attack by the Ming army, let more scouts out, and be sure to find out the movements of the Ming army."

"Yes!" The herald exited the horde.

"Report!" The scout is long overdue.

"Can you find out the movements of the Ming army?" Ah Duo suddenly stood up and asked loudly.

"Tell the general that the Ming army bypassed our army camp and marched rapidly towards Ava, and now has thrown our troops thirty miles away."

"What?" Ah Duo froze in disbelief, and the corners of his mouth twitched a few times: "You say it again." ”

"The Ming army bypassed our main camp and marched rapidly towards Ava, and now has thrown our troops thirty miles away." The scout repeated it again.

"God help me." Ah Duo showed joy, and said to the generals in the account: "That dog emperor really doesn't know the art of war, and he actually fell into death, brothers, the time has come to promote the official and issue financial reports to serve His Royal Highness the new king." ”

Many Burmese generals also showed a long-lost smile, although most of them were rough people, and they couldn't even read a few big characters, but they also knew what a stupid decision it was for the Ming army to rush into Ava City when there were pursuers behind.

"Pass my general's order, Arond will lead the 5,000 men and horses of the headquarters as the forward, and the rest will be the rear team to pursue the Ming army." Ah Duo licked his thick lips excitedly: "The soldiers and horses of the vanguard can only chase after the tail, and cannot catch up with the Ming army, since they are going to attack Ava, then we will fulfill their wish and wait until we are under Ava City to fight with them." ”

"Pull out the camp!" Ah Duo raised his hand and waved it down.

In the next few days, like a cat catching a mouse, the Ming army rushed north to Ava, while the Burmese army led by Ah Duo followed closely like a shadow, neither catching up with the decisive battle of the Ming army, nor slackening, but only maintaining a distance of about 20 miles to pursue.

The Ming army did not seem to be worried about the pursuers behind them, and slowly went north along the Siddang River, the second largest river in Myanmar, and suddenly lost its trace when it reached the boundary of Donghu.

"Gone? Why is it gone? "Ah Duo's lungs on the horse are about to explode, the whereabouts of the Ming army are strange, he smells a trace of conspiracy, but he always can't reveal the answer, it stands to reason that the army has been sandwiched between his own army and the defenders of Ava City, what other conspiracy can they play?

Moreover, the intention of the Ming army is too obvious, it is to go to Ava City, do they have any weapons to quickly break through Ava? That's why he rushed to Ava, trying to break through Ava before his army rushed to Ava?

Ah Duo shook his head, this idea is too ridiculous, he is not far from the Ming army, he will definitely be able to arrive at an hour after the Ming army arrives in Ava, Ava is the capital of Burma, not to mention impregnable, but it is not something that can be broken within an hour, even so, there are still 20,000 Burmese soldiers in Ava City, and it is a problem for the Ming army of 5,000 to be able to protect itself, let alone destroy them within an hour, but what is the problem?

"How did the Ming army disappear? You tell Ben in detail. Ardor raised his whip and pointed to the scout under the horse.

"Yesterday evening we saw them encamped twenty miles away, and in the middle of the night we saw a bonfire burning in their camp, but the next morning they did not see their army out of the camp.

Ah Duo frowned and thought about it, and suddenly laughed wildly: "Haha, the general still said that the Ming army has some conspiracy, I never thought that it was a rush overnight, intending to shake off the pursuit of our army, hum, this little trick also wants to hide from the sky and the sea, pass on my general's order, the whole army will speed up, and be sure to bite the Ming army to the death." ”

Donghu to the north.

Burma is mountainous and densely forested, and this is the only way to go north from Donghu, and 5,000 Ming troops quietly lay in ambush beside the road, carefully laying a trap, just waiting for the prey to penetrate in.

Ah Duo's calculation was completely wrong, he originally thought that the Ming army was in a hurry to rush to Ava City for a decisive battle, but he didn't expect that all this was just an illusion, the real intention of the Ming army was still to annihilate him, no matter how stupid Zhu Jun was, he would not be stupid enough to take 20,000 troops to Ava City to suffer the enemy. Now the enemy has been fooled and is slowly falling into this carefully planned trap unconsciously.

First, he suddenly bypassed Ah Duo's army, giving Ah Duo the illusion that the Ming army was in a hurry to rush to the decisive battle of Ah Wa, and then he walked for three days with the Burmese soldiers who followed him, gradually paralyzing Ah Duo. Finally, they made a posture of a rapid march overnight, so that Ah Duo was more at ease, urging the army to speed up and lose vigilance, and the Ming army did not rush overnight, they took advantage of the night, evaded the reconnaissance of the Burmese spies, and quickly set up an ambush here, waiting for Ah Duo, who was anxious to catch up with the Ming army, to lead the army through, and then a thunderous blow, beating Ah Duo to the ground, so that he could never turn over.

"Is everything laid out?" Zhu Jun's temporary command post was set up in the nearby dense forest, and this battle was very crucial, if Ah Duo discovered the intentions of the Ming army, then the arrangements of the past few days would have been defeated.

"Everything is arranged, the Shenji battalion intercepts the road, the Shenyong battalion is ambushed on both sides of the road, the mountain battalion is in the surrounding dense forest, and the sailor is used as a reserve, so there is no flaw for the time being." Zhou Mubai had just returned from the frontier inspection and reported to Zhu Jun.

Zhu Jun nodded, smiled faintly and covered up the tension in his heart: "Zhou Aiqing, tell me, how sure are we in this battle?" ”

"This battle will be won!" Zhou Mubai blurted out firmly.

"Oh? What do you mean by that? Zhu Jun's face was overjoyed, he was too nervous, this was the first time he faced such a powerful enemy, although he planned carefully, but he still didn't have much confidence in his heart, the reason why he asked like this was actually to let Zhou Mubai cheer himself up and let himself have a little bottom.

Zhou Mubai's eyes flashed with fanaticism, and his voice was slightly hoarse: "This battle will not only be won, but also must be won, Your Majesty does not have much capital in your hands, if you lose, it will be a catastrophe, and Your Majesty will also be in a different place, so Your Majesty must believe that the Ming Dynasty will win, and the Ming army will be mighty!" ”

"Your Majesty, we have no way out, only to move forward, we spend every time in an adventure, Weichen believes in the emperor, so he is willing to live and die with the emperor, willing to accompany the emperor through this most difficult time, the widows of the Ming Dynasty also believe in the emperor, so they are willing to follow you into Myanmar, life and death together! If even the emperor has no self-confidence, then what should those of us who follow the emperor do? Therefore, you must believe that the Daming Society will last forever, and Your Majesty, you are the destiny of heaven, and you will definitely be blessed with heaven. ”

Zhu Jun glanced at Zhou Mubai, looked up at the sky, and muttered: "You are right, the Ming Dynasty will win, and I have given the order to the heavens to have the protection of the emperor and heaven, and I will definitely eliminate the traitors, drive the Tartars, crisscross the four seas, and lay a foundation for my Ming Dynasty for all generations." ”

The volume of Zhu Jun's words was not high, but it could clearly reach the ears of everyone who was a vigilance, and it also infected everyone, and they gently followed Zhu Jun silently: "Daming will win......