Pingyi Marquis Zhou Hezhi said that Moulmein Port was well guarded and had a navy. In fact, he overestimated Myanmar's coastal defense strength. At this time, Myanmar was a militaristic poor country, and the navy was a gold-swallowing beast. It could not be built without money.
Get up. Therefore, the "naval force" in Moulmein Port is just a refit of more than a hundred civilian ships. Most of the ships have small cannons, and some ships don't even have cannons.
However, the Burmese are a brave nation. When they heard that Madaban Port was attacked, the Burmese navy general in Moulmein Port still bravely brought his fleet to fight the Ming army.
"Boom~Boom~Boom~"
The huge cannons on the Ming army's warships roared, and the ferocious gunfire caused the enemy ships to tear apart, burst into flames, and sink to the bottom of the sea. It didn't look like a war, but more like hunting. Soon, the Ming army annihilated most of the Burmese navy.
.The remaining warships fled back to Moulmein Port in embarrassment and never dared to go to sea again.
After solving the Burmese navy, Zhou Hezhi quickly led the army northward, advancing by land and water, along the Irrawaddy River towards Ava, the capital of Myanmar.
They successively captured the two important towns of Dagon and Pinmana. On July 9, the 10th year of the reign of Emperor Guangwu of the Ming Dynasty, the navy of the Ming army marched to the city of Ava.
Handa, the guard of Awa, was not in the city. He went to Sagaing Mountain to worship Buddha on the west side of the Irrawaddy River. Sagaing Mountain means "wood hanging on the river" in Burmese. Myanmar is a Buddhist country, and Sagaing Mountain is everywhere.
There are densely packed pagodas of various sizes.
Handa was very pious and insisted on worshiping at pagoda after pagoda until the Ming army came to the city, but his people were still on Sagaing Mountain.
"General, it's bad, the Ming army has arrived in Ava." He had just lit a new stick of incense when his subordinates came to report panting.
"Ming army?"
Handa was furious and shouted at his subordinates: "Are you drunk? The king's army is fighting fiercely with the Ming army in Malay City in the north. Where did the Ming army come from in Awa? Did they fly from the sky?"
"They came from the south," the subordinate said with a mournful face: "The navy of the Ming army landed at Madaban Port, followed the Irrawaddy River, captured Dagon and Pyinmana, and has now reached the city of Ava."
"Navy?"
Handa felt dizzy and the world was spinning. Buddha, Buddha, why don't you protect Myanmar?
As the general of Ava, I have the responsibility to defend the country. If the capital of the country is lost, King Mangbai will never spare himself!
Handa hurriedly returned to Ava.
As soon as they arrived at the city, they saw a huge fire burning in the city. But it was Zhou Hezhi who ordered his son Zhou Lingao to lead a surprise attack on Ava City with 3,000 soldiers and horses.
"Bitter!" Handa cried out bitterly.
Liu Guoxuan was in a very depressed mood. The commander-in-chief was biased and asked his son Zhou Lingao to be the vanguard and make great achievements, but he was placed in the rear army and could not make any achievements.
"Lieutenant, an enemy army is coming over there", he was depressed, and his subordinates came to report.
Liu Guoxuan looked in the direction and saw Handa and his party.
"Happy!"
Lieutenant General Liu was overjoyed when he saw the enemy's flag. He thought he would not be able to achieve much success this time, but he did not expect that there was a big fish in front of him.
"Drive~Drive~Drive~"
Liu Guo
Restless, he was killed by Liu Guoxuan after a short battle.
"Send a message to the commander-in-chief and I will kill one of the barbarian generals," Lieutenant General Liu said proudly.
"Report to the general, I have captured Yidu Awa", Marshal Zhou said equally proudly in the city of Awa.
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At the foot of the Malay City, the Burmese army was unable to attack the Ming army camp for a long time. The grumpy Mang Bai stomped his feet in anger.
He had no choice but to be impatient. Myanmar was a poor country with years of war. The treasury was already empty. With a hundred thousand troops, money and food were being consumed like water. If the enemy was not defeated, military pay would be almost gone.
"A bunch of useless trash, they usually boast about their bravery, but now they can't even knock down a stronghold." On this day, he was pointing at the generals and scolding them, when suddenly a messenger came to report.
"Your Majesty, the navy of the Ming Army landed at Madaban Port and captured Dagon, Pyinmana and Ava along the Irrawaddy River."
"What!"
Mang Bai was shocked, like a bolt from the blue.
After all, he was a veteran on the battlefield who had experienced bloody battles, and he quickly regained his composure.
"Thank you for your hard work," Mang Bai suddenly smiled gently at the messenger.
"It is a small man's blessing to die in service to the king. I dare not say it is hard work," the messenger said flatteringly, bowing a little more.
"Very good, you can die." Mang Bai quickly pulled out the knife and cut it off at a speed that was difficult to see with the naked eye. The head flew up and blood spattered three feet.
"The Ming army's attack on Ava must be kept secret. Anyone who dares to leak it will be killed!"
"Yes", the generals responded quickly.
"Your Majesty, what should we do now?" Prime Minister Xizhen asked cautiously.
"Three days, I'll give you three days to capture Malay City. If you can't break the city after three days, I will kill you first and then myself."
"I respectfully obey the king's order." Generals Xizhen, Wulula, Bingchui, and Meng Shao all bowed to accept the order.
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Wave after wave of attacks continued. Regardless of casualties, the Burmese army continued to attack, attack, and attack again day and night.
"What's wrong with the Burmese? Are they crazy?" Shi Qiwen said to himself in the Ming army's tent.
Zhu Ruoji said nothing, thinking silently.
"General, if something goes wrong in Yunnan due to official duties, there will be monsters. The general will think that the Burmese people are jumping over the wall in a hurry," Li Dingguo said.
"Oh, Hongyuan, tell me what you think." Zhu Ruoji became interested.
"The general thought that either the Burmese army had run out of food supplies, or something had happened in the rear."
"Yeah," Shi Qiwen nodded, "we should quickly send sentries to investigate behind it."
"The general, the Duke of Dian, and the last general thought that the Burmese wanted to fight quickly, so our army waited for change," Li Dingguo said calmly.
"Oh, what about 'waiting for change'? Hongyuan told Gu in detail," Zhu Ruoji asked.
"The general might as well abandon the camp and retreat to Malay City. The Malay City is strong and can be defended. Then send out a group of cavalry to constantly harass the Burmese army. When the Burmese army attacks the city, the cavalry will attack the Burmese camp;
When the army returns to camp, the cavalry will follow far away to make sure that the Burmese cannot attack the city with all their strength. In this way, the Burmese army will be in chaos in a few days!"
Shi Qiwen pondered for a long time, "The general Hu Maozhen's tribe has a group of Mongolian horses, which can allow Hu Maozhen's troops to be stationed outside the city to harass the Burmese."
Myanmar is mountainous. There are many horses in the Burmese army this time, but most of them are Yunnan horses produced in Yunnan. They are suitable for transportation but not suitable for cavalry. The general Hu Maozhen's department was transferred from Nanzhili, and his department has a thousand
Five hundred cavalry, all Mongolian horses.
Shi Qiwen also handed over all the scout teams of various ministries to the command of Hu Maozhen, and gave him two thousand cavalry, and ordered them to station outside the city to harass the Burmese.
"Good, very good! You captured the Ming army's camp in just one day. You are indeed a good man of Burma." Mang Bai entered the camp that the Ming army voluntarily abandoned. He was in a good mood and said to the generals: "Tonight
Have a good rest and attack the city early tomorrow morning. Within two days, Malay City must be captured."
"The last general is willing to fight to the death with the king!" Xizhen, Wulu La, Bingchui and Meng Shao shouted loudly.
This chapter has been completed!