From Ba Mo to Laoguantun, the distance is not far, about forty or fifty miles.

The terrain is also not rugged, with only a few low hills. But the woods were dense, overgrown with thorns and shrubs, and there were plenty of ponds, and the river was full of reeds and other plants.

Melee soldiers open the way with long-handled knives and cut down thorny vines along the way.

Several squads of rattan armor soldiers, with a small number of musketeers, walked further ahead to explore the way, not avoiding the thorns and struggling past.

Huang Qi squatted down and grabbed a handful of soil, and said with emotion: "Although most of them are sandy soil, they can also grow crops, why don't these barbarians know how to reclaim it?" ”

The guide explained: "General, when the water rises during the rainy season, a large part of the river will be flooded. If the amount of water is particularly large, it can even flood the woods, and the farming is indeed not as good as the upstream area. ”

"Fart!"

Huang Qi glanced at the surface of the river, and then looked around at the surrounding terrain: "Although it is a rapid bay here, the flood water recedes very slowly. But from the reed fields to the woods, the terrain has not risen much, and as long as you build an embankment by the river, you will definitely be able to hold back the flood. I have seen a lot of polders in Jiangxi, and it is no more difficult to build an embankment here than it is to build an embankment on the Ganjiang River. ”

The guide was a Han businessman, and he was speechless when he heard this.

Those polders in Jiangxi did not form a system until the Ming Dynasty, and they were plagued by floods for thousands of years.

What is the degree of development in Jiangxi? What is the level of development here? Is it interesting to compare the two?

Huang Qi said: "After the war, we have to Bingming the imperial court and let the Ministry of Industry send people to investigate. First of all, the Ministry of Household immigrated here, and the Ministry of Industry came up with a water conservancy plan, as long as the embankment along the river was built, from the upper reaches of Mengyang to here, the valley along the river will definitely be fertile for thousands of miles. ”

It is not possible to be fertile for thousands of miles, because there are many mountains along the river.

But the river valley here is indeed a good place. For more than 1,000 years, a number of local governments have been born, all of which have started by growing food in these river valleys.

The barren scene that Huang Qi saw belonged to a kind of agricultural regression. Over the decades, Burma has plundered too many people, and the local Tusi have also fought against each other, and the Burmese king has also levied a large number of conscripts in recent years. As a result, the population of northern Myanmar has plummeted, the area of cultivated land has shrunk, and many river valleys have become primitive.

"Bang bang bang!"

Gunshots rang out in the woods ahead, and without Huang Mi's order, the officers of the various departments had already taken action.

A moment later, the officer at the front came back and reported: "Dudu, the brother who explored the road was ambushed, and one was killed and six were wounded. We killed five of the enemy, captured three alive, and the rest of the enemy fled. The enemy army is more familiar with the terrain and is not easy to pursue. And he was afraid that there would be a large army of Burmese troops in ambush further ahead, so he stopped the pursuit. ”

"Got it, move on." Huang Qi nodded and said.

The Burmese army did set up an ambush circle to lure the Datong army over.

Seeing that the Datong Army had no plan, the Burmese army had no choice but to retreat, watching the main force of the Datong Army advance slowly.

It was less than fifty miles, and it took four days to walk, all the way through thorns and thorns.

Of course, there are also reasons to guard against the Burmese army, and the soldiers always protect the grain convoy and do not give the Burmese any chance to sneak attack.

The Burmese army defending Lao Guantun had more than 4,000 elite troops, and several thousand garbage troops (Burmese aristocratic private soldiers, peasant army and Tusi soldiers). More could have been mobilized, but Ting Jiasheng and Yang Zhan blossomed in the heart of the Burmese hinterland, and most of the main forces of the Burmese army were assembled in Ava.

The Burmese army, which intends to encircle Ding Jiasheng, has gathered more than two-thirds, but has gathered three-quarters of the elite of the whole Burma.

"The Han soldiers are coming over like this, and the boat is not sitting, and the ambush is not fooled, how do you say to fight?" The veteran general of the Burmese army, Mang Zhen, summoned his generals to ask for advice.

No one answered.

Everyone wants to slip away, but they are afraid of being punished.

Guess where Wu Sangui in history, in order to capture Emperor Yongli, led his troops to kill? It's only sixty miles from the capital of Myanmar!

The Burmese army can't even stop Wu Sangui, how can it stop the Datong army?

Of course, Wu Sangui is facing the Burmese army, which has been plagued by the Burmese king for more than ten years. And the Datong army faced only the Burmese army, which had been plagued by the Burmese king for several years. At this time, the combat effectiveness of the Burmese army was slightly stronger.

As for the later Qing-Burma War, it has nothing to do with the quality of the soldiers.

At that time, the Qing army was planning a decisive battle and specially transferred the elite of the Eight Banners.

When the army was withdrawn, Ah Gui gave Qianlong a fold and attached a list -

The Sauron team of the Eight Banners Army totaled 3,008 people: 12 were killed, 2 were drowned, and 5 officers and soldiers died of wounds. In China, 50 officers and soldiers died of illness; On the territory of Burma, 1820 officers and soldiers died of illness.

The Oroqen team of the Eighth Banner Army had a total of 300 people: 2 died of wounds. In China, 71 officers and soldiers died of illness; In Burma, 80 officers and soldiers died of illness.

This is the casualty of the elite of the Eight Banners during the final decisive battle between the Qing army and the Burmese army.

There were only 21 people killed in battle, drowned, and wounded. The rest of the people died of illness, and many of them died of illness in China, who asked the Qing army to march in the rainy season?

I don't know what Qianlong's mood was when he saw the concert, his reply was only five words: I know, Qin this.

"You talk!" Mang was furious.

No one dared to speak.

Mang Zhen actually wanted to escape, but he couldn't.

The main forces of the whole country are fighting siege and annihilation battles in Bagan. If he abandons the city and leaves, the Datong Army on the North Road will be able to go down the river and kill all the way to the capital of Burma, who can afford this responsibility?

On the afternoon of the fourth day, the Datong army, which had overcome all obstacles, had already arrived at the periphery of Laoguantun.

While camping, the Datong army set up artillery on the shore to bombard Burmese ships on the river.

On the fifth day, the siege was officially launched.

The city wall of Laoguantun, or the walled wall, is a wooden fence and earth structure, and there is not even a decent earthen city wall.

Under the bombardment of artillery shells, in about half an hour, all the walls in front of the wall collapsed.

This horrific situation was so frightened that he was completely speechless.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Before the shelling was over, the artillery raised the elevation angle and bombarded the inside of the stockade.

At the same time as the bombardment, the infantry and cavalry had already been dispatched and slowly advanced towards the old Guantun walled city.

"Run!"

Mang Zhen finally came to his senses, and regardless of the punishment of the Burmese king, he rushed to the river with his own soldiers, and quickly climbed onto the boat parked there.

The motley units of the Burmese army still want to scramble to get on the ship.

The elite of the Burmese army bared their fangs, and they gathered on the shore and fired arrows at the motley troops. And drive those miscellaneous troops to resist the Datong army, so as to buy time for the elite to board the ship.

The miscellaneous troops were not stupid, and after fleeing from the shore, they immediately surrendered on their knees when they encountered the Datong army.

The Datong cavalry slashed and killed the enemy along the way, and as long as they dared to stand in the way, they would be killed even if they surrendered, and quickly chased to the Burmese army's embarkation.

At this moment, Mang Zhen had already escaped dozens of meters by boat, and some of the elite of the Burmese army were boarding the ship. Seeing that the Datong army was chasing, all the Burmese ships hurriedly pushed their boats away from the shore.

Many of the elite Burmese soldiers were climbing onto the boat and falling into the water like dumplings.

Hundreds of other elites were still on the shore, and when they saw the Datong cavalry chasing them, they were so frightened that they ran downstream along the river bank, and they could escape into the mountains after running another mile or two.

Two legs, obviously not able to outrun four legs.

The Datong cavalry rushed over, and the elite of the Burmese army fell like wheat harvesting.

easily captured the walled city, but Huang Qi was a little unhappy. Due to the complexity of the river here, the Chinese fleet did not dare to come, so they could only let the main force of the Burmese army slip away by boat.

The rest of the march didn't go well either.

When the fleet heard the news of the victory, they immediately sailed to the side of Laoguantun. On the way, the fleet ran aground more than 60 ships one after another, completely blocking the channel. To the naked eye, it seems that the place where the boat can be sailed, and when you drive past, you will hit the mud and sand at the bottom of the river.

To defeat the Burmese army in Laoguantun, Huang Mi only took half a day.

But it took eight days for the fleet to pass through this area, and it had to pull out the stranded ships. In the end, it was not finished, and there were still a few boats left there, waiting for the battle to come back and pick them up.

However, it was said that Mang Zhen fled to Taigong City by boat, and immediately sent a message to the king of Burma, asking for reinforcements to be sent over to help.

After thinking about it, he felt that Taigong City was not easy to defend, so he simply continued to flee south by boat, all the way to Anzheng Guocheng City (Xingu, Myanmar).

An Cheng Guo City, only 130 miles away from the capital of Myanmar......

Ava, the royal palace.

The Burmese king Mangda, who was addicted to pleasure, finally came back to his senses at this time, holding the battle report of the northern front in his hand, and said with trembling hands: "Why did you lose so quickly?" How is it good, how is it good! ”

"Your Majesty, there are only two ways now. The first is to encircle and annihilate the Han army in the south with all their might, and if they can win, then transfer troops north to block the enemy. The second is to send an envoy to ask for surrender, but I estimate that it will be a little difficult. Those damned Deyou (Turks, especially China), this time the north and south attacked at the same time, I don't know how much food was consumed. Even if you ask for surrender, you have to cede the land and pay compensation. ”

Mangda hurriedly said: "It's okay to pay reparations for land cession and call your vassals, as long as China is willing to withdraw its troops." ”

"In addition to the land cession and compensation, one thing is also needed." Hei Ru said.

Reckless asked, "What else is needed?" ”

Hei Lu Na originally lowered his head to speak, but suddenly raised his head at this moment: "You still need Your Majesty's head!" ”

"What?" Reckless thought he had misheard.

Hei Lu said: "If you don't change the Burmese king, how can you give an account to the Chinese emperor?" ”

Mangda finally panicked: "Someone is coming!" Someone's coming......"

The palace guards did not enter, but the king's brother Mangbai did.

The boy, who was only a little over ten years old, said respectfully: "Brother, for the sake of Myanmar and for Ava, please abdicate." ”

"You...... You ......" Reckless got up and stepped back, then ran wildly towards the side door.

Just as he was about to escape, several spears suddenly pierced outside the door, and the dignified Burmese king died.

Hei Lu didn't bother to look at the corpse, so he said to Mang Bai: "Please send an envoy to send out, and you can't relax the siege of the enemy army on the southern road." It is necessary to urge the troops to march quickly and completely trap the enemy in Bagan. It's best to destroy that enemy army, and if you can't, those enemy forces are also hostages. ”

Mang Bai asked, "If the Han army is wiped out, will the Chinese emperor be furious?" ”

"Your Majesty, you are the new King of Burma. You must remember that you must also have the ability to kneel and beg, and you must show your fangs. ”

"Ahem, ahem!"

Suddenly, a Privy Council official came running and coughed anxiously outside the temple.

Hei Lu walked over and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The Privy Council official said: "There is an urgent report from the city of Taungoo that Siam has captured Bago. Also, Meng Yang and Meng Ya Tusi asked for help, they also have enemies over there! ”

Hei Luna, who was still confident just now, was dumbfounded at this time.

Except for the west, all other directions are full of enemy troops, how many people did the Chinese emperor send?

Mang Bai also panicked: "What should I do?" ”

Hei Lu slowed down for a while and said: "It is impossible to surrender, the Chinese emperor has made such a big battle, just to destroy us." Please your majesty personally march and gather all the troops to eat the enemy in the south at all costs. We had to go southwest and retreat to the west in the Rakhine Mountains (Arakan Mountains). Then, wait for the weather to get hot. As long as the weather gets hot, you can heat those Deyou (Chinese), and then lead the army back to Ava! ”

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