To tell an interesting fact, in the Yuan-Burma War hundreds of years ago, it was the Burmese army that took the lead in entering the Yunnan border.

At that time, Kublai Khan sent an envoy to appease Burma, and the Burmese king also sent an envoy to Dadu. For the next two years, the Burmese did not come to pay tribute, so Kublai Khan sent an envoy to urge.

The envoy of the Yuan Dynasty never returned, and according to the historical records of Burma, the Yuan envoy was executed when he saw the king of Burma and refused to take off his boots.

Tusi Ahe felt that something was wrong and took the initiative to join the Yuan Dynasty.

The Burmese king was furious, sent more than 40,000 troops and 800 war elephants, and pursued Ahe to Yunnan. Mongolian Qianhu led 700 cavalry to help, divided into three teams, half of the crossing and attack, the Burmese army was in chaos, "thieves and elephants and horses trampled on each other and the dead Ying three giant ditch", the Burmese army trampled on each other and died of the corpses piled up all over the ditch.

In this way, the 700 cavalry of the Yuan army faced more than 40,000 troops and 800 war elephants in Burma. pursued for more than thirty miles, and did not stop until the main general of the Yuan army was injured.

Only one Yuan army died, not in battle. Instead, he captured a war elephant, couldn't figure out the elephant's temper, and was trampled to death by the elephant in a daze......

At this moment, more than 300 war elephants and thousands of elite Burmese troops rushed to the river.

The Burmese army generals who were ambushed further downstream, seeing that the war elephant troops were attacking smoothly, also led 30,000 Burmese troops to rush out carrying small boats and bamboo rafts.

The Burmese troops encountered by Ding Jiasheng were all "feint" troops. Seeing that the fighting was lively in the lower reaches, the Burmese felt that many of the Datong troops in the upper reaches should have been transferred, and brazenly launched an attack similar to a decisive battle.

The upstream river was already narrow, only more than 10 meters wide, and so many Burmese troops crossed the river at once, and the river surface was densely packed and all piled up.

The main force of the Burmese army's artillery team was also concentrated here, with more than 30 artillery pieces firing frantically at the position of the Datong army.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The artillery positions of the Datong Army in the upper reaches were all arranged in the middle of the mountain, and the angles were adjusted 20 days ago, and as long as the artillery was fired, it would definitely hit the middle of the river.

When a cannonball falls, there is a high chance that it will directly hit a small boat or a bamboo row. Even if you can't hit it, you can turn the boat and bamboo row over the waves.

A large number of Burmese troops blocked the river, and the scene was chaotic.

The war elephants further upstream had already entered the water, stepping on the bottom of the river, and thousands of elite Burmese soldiers followed in small boats.

"Mooang~~~~"

The falling shells made the war elephants restless and let out bursts of roars.

Elephants are very intelligent animals, and when they perceive danger, they are resolutely reluctant to move forward, and some even turn around and want to flee.

"Boom!"

A cannonball went into the water and hit the elephant's leg underwater.

The elephant finally went berserk and slammed into the side.

"Raise the gun!"

"Bang bang bang!"

At a distance of tens of meters, the platoon guns were aimed at the war elephants. Although it was not easy to kill, it had beaten the war elephants into a frenzy, and shells kept falling, and half of the more than 300 war elephants had lost their minds.

The Burmese army that followed behind was the first to be unlucky, and the boats and bamboo rafts on the river were knocked over one after another.

"The cavalry obeyed the order, abandoned the fire gun and the medicine bag, and followed me across the river to chase and kill!"

Yang Zhan's hair is gray, but his pride has not diminished. He handed over the position to the adjutant general and ordered the adjutant general to organize the infantry to cross the river. Then he led the war horse and rushed out, the horse could swim, and the soldier helped the war horse to swim across the river together.

More than 3,000 cavalry soon swam across the river more than ten meters wide.

Yang Zhan turned over on his horse, drew his knife and shouted: "Kill!" ”

The more than 30,000 Burmese troops here have collapsed, especially the few thousand elites, who have been scattered by their own war elephants. They originally fled downstream along the shore, but when they saw the Datong army chasing after them, the only shred of reason left was gone.

Hundreds of infantry of the Datong Army stripped off their clothes and went down to the river, pushed back the boats and bamboo rafts in the river, and met the main force of the infantry of the Datong Army to cross the river to chase and kill.

In a short time, all the troops of a regular division crossed the river, and the Mon servant army also rushed behind.

In order to confuse the Datong army and hide his own active direction, Hei Luda divided more than 100,000 people into several piles and set up camps along the river.

This kind of long snake formation has now become the way to die.

The Burmese army was chased to the nearest large battalion, where many Burmese troops were by the river. was rushed by the rout, and saw the Datong cavalry chasing after him, he subconsciously turned his head and fled, and he ran towards Bagan City.

Such an escape route is tantamount to continuing to storm the positions of the Burmese army in front.

In less than half an hour, Yang Zhan led more than 3,000 cavalry to break down three Burmese army camps and positions one after another. The Burmese army was overwhelmed, and 50,000 or 60,000 people were fleeing.

Seeing this, Ding Jiasheng in the lower reaches also seized the opportunity to order: "The artillery is raised, bombard the position of the Burmese army, and the rest of the troops cross the river to kill!" ”

On the shore downstream, more than a thousand boats piled high with firewood and grass are docked.

While boarding the boat, the Datong army threw down the firewood and grass, and took the boat to kill on the opposite bank.

The command position of the Black Ru Na was at the confluence of the Irrawaddy River and its tributaries. When he saw the dense rout of the troops upstream, how could he still have the intention of continuing to fight, and shouted in panic: "Go back to the city and hold on!" ”

The Burmese artillery at the edge of the woods, the Burmese had all fled, and a group of Portuguese and Armenian gunners came over with their hands raised and surrendered.

The main infantry force of the Datong Army in the upper reaches did not look at the prisoners at all, ran along the river bank in pursuit, and threw the prisoners to the Meng servant army.

Yang Zhan led the cavalry and once again broke through an enemy camp and chased it to the confluence of the river. Tens of thousands of Burmese troops were routed and rushed to jump into the river, where they had to swim across to enter the city.

"Collect ships!"

Ahead was the wide Irrawaddy River, and Yang Zhan did not dare to swim over it rashly.

Ding Jiasheng's troops downstream passed by boat.

The Burmese army has only a few artillery pieces here, about a few hundred musketeers, and the rest of the long-range troops are all archers.

The musketeers of the Datong Army crouched on the bow of the ship and fired at the enemy.

Although the casualties of the Datong army were more, the Burmese army guarding the shore was terrified. As the ships of the Datong Army continued to approach, and there were shouts on the other side, it was visible to the naked eye that the river was full of routs and fluttering, and the Burmese troops here finally could not bear the psychological pressure, and abandoned their positions one after another to run for their lives.

As soon as they ran like this, the Burmese army, which was originally still organized, instantly became a group of defeated soldiers. They didn't dare to turn back and stop the attack, they just wanted to escape into the city as soon as possible, and they would be safe after entering the city.

Of the twelve gates of Bagan, only four of them have an urn city.

After Hei Lu brought his troops back to the city, he only dared to open these four city gates. Countless Burmese troops rushed to the city gate, and began to trample on each other outside the city gate, which greatly slowed down the speed of entering the city.

Seeing that the Datong army was chasing, the Burmese army blocking the outermost part of the city also rushed to the city gate regardless of it, and fled around the city in fright.

Ding Jiasheng's cavalry chased after him, only to see that the moat was filled with routs, many of whom were squeezed down when crossing the bridge. Between the moat and the city wall, there was also the aimless running of the Burmese army.

"Bang bang bang!"

With a shot of muskets, the already chaotic Burmese army was like boiling water tumbling and bubbling.

Most of them had lost their minds, brandishing their swords at the friendly forces blocking in front of them. More people fled north along the city walls, they didn't want to enter the city anymore, and it was better to flee all the way back to their hometowns.

Hei Lu organized troops into the city, guarded several urn cities, and was helpless against the chaos outside the city.

Finally, the infantry under Ding Jiasheng and the Mon servant army also followed, shooting and firing arrows at the Burmese army outside the city.

Crying, roaring, wailing...... And so on.

More routs fled around the city to the north, and the Datong army kept firing guns along the way, keeping the Burmese routs in a state of panic and dementia.

The cavalry followed the moat and went around near the bridge to the north.

Tens of thousands of routed soldiers were fleeing across the bridge, and from time to time people were thrown off the moat. Even if they succeeded in crossing the bridge, they would be slashed by the Datong cavalry, and thousands of Burmese troops would surrender on their knees.

And on the side of Hei Luna, seeing that the infantry of the Datong Army chased outside the moat, he hurriedly ordered: "Release the arrows and close the door!" ”

The arrows were fired, not towards the Datong army, but towards the Burmese army in the urn city.

A large number of Burmese arrows were fired towards the gate of Urn City. The nearby Burmese army was routed, some were hit by arrows and fell, some were so frightened that they crowded out, and the Burmese troops in the inner city took the opportunity to close the city gates.

I don't know how long it took for the battlefield to finally fall silent.

Of the more than 100,000 Burmese troops, less than 20,000 managed to escape into the city.

On the Datong army's side, only more than 30,000 were captured.

The remaining Burmese soldiers who disappeared were either killed, drowned, or fled to their hometowns.

Hei Lu and Mang Bai stood at the head of the city, and the two monarchs and ministers looked at each other.

Just yesterday, they were still more than 100,000 people besieging and annihilating the Datong army, but now they have become themselves besieged in the city.

Ding Jiasheng rode a horse and stood outside the city: "Build siege equipment and choose a day to attack the city!" ”

But he saw a basket hanging from the city, and a Burmese messenger came running.

The messenger knelt on the ground and cried: "My king is willing to surrender, and my king is willing to compensate for all the losses of the Celestial Empire." ”

Yang Zhan sneered: "I want to surrender and let the King of Burma come out by himself!" ”

When the messenger returned to the city, Mangbai became helpless.

Hei Lu said: "Send a messenger out at night, and bribe the generals of the Han army with a lot of money, maybe there will be a glimmer of life." ”

"Yes, yes, yes, give them all the money, it's not enough to bring it from Ava." Mang Bai hurriedly said.

This ten-year-old Burmese king has always behaved intelligently and calmly.

But after all, he has not experienced any major events, and now he is trapped in the city, and he may die at any time, and he immediately becomes timid and afraid of death.

In the evening, the troops were collected and returned to the camp.

"General, catch the fine work, claim to be the envoy of the king of Burma!"

"Bring it here."

This envoy can also speak Chinese, and when they meet, they lie on the ground: "My king is willing to open the city and surrender, and ask the general to say a few kind words to the emperor of the Celestial Empire." The land of Tusi in the north can be returned to China, and then compensated for China's gold and silver treasures. If we can keep the royal family, my king is willing to give the general a thousand taels of gold and fifty thousand taels of silver. ”

Ding Jiasheng winked at Yang Zhan, and then looked happy: "Really...... Ahem, this bit of gold and silver is not enough. ”

The messenger said, "Then add three hundred taels of gold and ten thousand taels of silver." ”

"How can it be!"

Yang Zhan got up angrily: "Why only give him silver?" What about mine? If I don't have the money, the royal family of Burma will die! ”

"Yes, yes, this general too!" The messenger hurriedly said.

"How much can I take?" Yang Zhan asked.

The envoy wanted to say that you should divide the silver in half, but he was afraid of annoying Yang Zhan, so he replied stubbornly: "This...... The villain wants to go back and ask for instructions. ”

"Go, go!" Yang Zhan urged.

Waiting for the envoy to leave, Ding Jiasheng and Yang Zhan looked at each other and laughed, and ordered the craftsmen of the army to speed up the construction of siege ladders.

The envoy returned to the city and told the situation in detail: "There are two generals of the Han people, and tens of thousands of taels of silver are not enough. And the lord was very young, and when he heard that there was money to take, both eyes lit up. The lieutenant general was older, and he yelled that he wanted silver, and he couldn't get it, Wang ...... The royal family is all dead. ”

The next day, the messenger continued to negotiate the price.

In the end, it was agreed to give Ding Jiasheng 1,500 taels of gold and 60,000 taels of silver, and Yang Zhan 1,200 taels of gold and 50,000 taels of silver. Since there was not so much gold and silver in the army, 50,000 taels of silver were first given as a deposit, and the rest was transported from the capital Ava.

After negotiating the price, Mangbai and Hei Lu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, send an army to loot the city and storm the homes of rich families to extort money.

The soldiers took the opportunity to extort money, and at least half of the gold and silver they got were privately divided, and it was difficult to get tens of thousands of taels of silver. The people in the city were miserable and resentful.

And those Burmese defenders are becoming more and more relaxed, and they are angry that those looting troops can make money.

More and more Burmese troops, without receiving orders to get money, are extorting money in the name of the king under the leadership of middle-level officers.

The entire city of Bagan was turned into a miasma by the army.

At this moment, two clippers in a row came from the north to report the news.

The messenger was intercepted by the Datong army, and Huang Mi's main force had already reached Anzheng Guocheng (Xingu). And the inspectors on the east line of the North Road, with the Tusi coalition army, have already approached Meimiao City.

The Burmese army in Anzheng Guocheng City relied on the fortified city to defend and blocked Huang Mi under the city.

On Meimiao's side is the Tusi army, which was originally subordinate to the Mubang Tusi. encountered the combined army of the inspection division, surrendered directly without saying a word, and even served as a guide for the Chinese army. It is only more than 200 miles away from Ava, the capital of Myanmar, but it is impossible to take a boat, so you have to climb over the mountains, and you can kill the city of Ava in about half a month.

"Let these messengers go," said Ding Jiasheng with a smile, "and tell the king of Burma that the general is going to increase the price, and ask him to give another ten thousand taels of silver." ”

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