Especially the Eight Banners soldiers of the Ming Dynasty under Habai's command could not help but let out cheers like wolf howls.
In the past, when they were in the Qing army, they were the ones targeted!
Every time the city was massacred and plundered after the city was broken, they had to queue up behind many people.
Often when it's their turn to enter the city, the city is already in a mess!
There’s nothing left to grab!
And after they surrendered to the Ming army and began to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty.
Or they were on the way to escape and didn't have time to grab it.
When it was safe and there was no need to flee for one's life, because they were hunkered down in Mengla, they slaughtered and looted the city at all.
Mengla was regarded by Li Dingguo as his own territory. The soldiers had poor military discipline and bullied men and women. He could not stop it, but massacre and looting would definitely not work.
In other words, the soldiers who were originally massacred into two-blue-banner and eight-banner soldiers could no longer restrain their wild nature.
After hearing Li Dingguo's order that those with the greatest merit enter the city first, the Eight Banners soldiers of the two blue flags were extremely excited.
They are not afraid of war, but they are afraid that there will be no reward after the war!
Woo~!
A low trumpet sound sounded on the battlefield, and the Ming army took the initiative to launch an attack.
The cavalry swept out from both sides of the military formation, like two torrents, sweeping towards the Burmese army's formation.
The Ming army cavalry on horseback made strange noises to intimidate the Burmese soldiers on the opposite side.
"Break the formation!"
"Break the formation!"
"Break the formation!"
"..."
The infantry of the Ming army also moved and began to press forward.
At the same time as the infantry moved, the artillery also began to roar.
Li Dingguo spent money to order several Guangfu-1 field artillery pieces from Zhu Hongyu, which came in handy at this time.
Artillery shells were fired at the Burmese array!
When the Burmese king Mangbai saw the Ming cavalry galloping towards him and the artillery roaring, his face turned pale with fright.
"It's a disaster, it's a disaster!"
"Send orders to the front army to withstand the army of Ming thieves!"
The Ming Army cavalry passed in front of the Burmese army formation, and the sound of bow strings exploding continuously sounded. Arrows were missed and flew, and a large piece of the Burmese army's front formation fell.
The archers of the Burmese army also began to fight back!
However, most of the Burmese army's bows and arrows are hunting bows, and their bow power is not as powerful as the Ming army's hard bows.
The arrows missed the Ming army's armor and stomach, but most of them failed to penetrate the armor.
Furthermore, the Ming army relied on its superiority in cavalry and archery to come and go suddenly. The Burmese army, which had limited training and experience, could not react at all.
One after another, the Ming army's artillery shells hit the Burmese army array. The shells rolled and swept across, cutting each Burmese army soldier in the middle and turning them into mutilated corpses.
The infantry of the Ming Army also pressed forward!
The heavy-armored sword-and-shield bearers in the front row of the Ming army quickly broke through the formation, and then started slashing and killing the Burmese army.
The Burmese army without a stomach is completely unable to resist!
In just the blink of an eye, he was pushed back continuously!
As soon as the two sides fought, the Ming army showed an absolute advantage, suppressing the Burmese army's continuous retreat.
The Ming army is an elite product of many years of hard fighting, but the Burmese army has been at peace in the country for a long time.
Coupled with the disparity in ordnance and training between the two sides, the combat effectiveness is completely different!
The king of Burma, Mangbai, finally couldn't hold back anymore and ordered to send out his killer elephant soldiers.
"Send the order, let the elephant soldiers go out to defeat the enemy!"
In the absence of an advantage in all aspects, the elephant soldiers were the reason why the Burmese king dared to face the Ming army in the wild.
In his opinion, tall and powerful elephants are stronger than the Ming army's horses anyway!
A low roar of beasts sounded, and the elephant soldiers of the Burmese army, under the control of the knights on the backs of the elephants, came out to kill the Ming army.
Boom! Boom!
The rumbling sounds of artillery shelling sounded one after another.
The Ming army's field artillery adjusted its shooting range and chose the target as the elephant soldiers of the Burmese army.
Cannonballs were fired at the elephant soldiers one after another!
It's a pity that the accuracy of artillery these days is limited. In addition, the Ming army has a limited number of artillery on hand at this time and cannot form a salvo.
Therefore, the threat to the Myanmar army’s elephant soldiers is limited!
Facing the menacing Burmese elephant soldiers, the Ming army's heavy-armored sword and shield bearers in the front row, who were fighting bravely to kill the enemy, began to retreat subconsciously, trying to avoid the direction of the elephant soldiers' advance.
No matter how brave a person is, it is impossible to face an elephant head-on!
But even so, some soldiers of the Ming Army were trampled by elephants and turned into pulp, hit by the elephant's trunk and thrown away.
The Burmese soldiers on the elephant's back kept maneuvering the elephant toward the place where the Ming army was crowded.
Or they could bend their bows and set arrows to cause damage to the Ming army from a high position!
The Ming army was caught off guard by the elephant soldiers at first, but they quickly reacted and responded appropriately.
At that time, Li Dingguo's Northern Expedition to the Manchu Qing Dynasty also used elephant soldiers in the army.
At the beginning, the elephant soldiers faced off against the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry of the Qing Dynasty. With the size and strength of the elephants, they really took advantage.
But as the Manchus reacted, they called in red artillery to assist in the battle, and then used cavalry to attack and harass, and soon the elephant soldiers were defeated and fell like a mountain.
Everyone in the Ming army was aware of the shortcomings of the target soldiers!
Facing the Burmese elephant soldiers, the Ming army quickly adjusted its strategy.
The artillery was aimed at the elephant soldiers, and the cannonballs flew everywhere. The already timid elephant was even more frightened and cowered.
Finally, a cannonball hit the elephant's huge body!
In an instant, the flesh and blood were chopped to pieces by the cannonballs, and the elephant's huge body fell to the ground.
The Burmese army on the elephant's back was quickly killed by the surrounding Ming army!
The nimble cavalry rode around the clumsy elephant and shot at it, using all hard bows and armor-piercing arrows. Amidst the trembling sound of the bow strings, one arrow after another missed the elephant.
The thick-skinned elephant let out shrill screams, went crazy with pain, and was out of control. The Burmese soldier on its back was thrown off.
Bang! Bang!
Several Ming army musketeers aimed at the elephant and pulled the trigger, and the lead bullet penetrated the elephant's tough skin.
Make some big holes!
The spear was stabbed, and the sharp spear point penetrated the elephant's belly, stirring the elephant's internal organs.
Under the counterattack of the Ming army, the elephant soldiers of the Burmese army were defeated before long!
The next moment, the Ming army launched a counterattack.
The dull war drums kept sounding, and the Ming army attacked like a wave.
The Burmese army in front of the formation was continuously killed, and gradually began to collapse.
Seeing the intense fighting on the battlefield, Burmese King Mangbai gave the order with a look of fear on his face.
"Retreat, retreat quickly, retreat to Ava!"
The Xiang soldiers were defeated, and his greatest support was gone. How could he still dare to fight in the wild with the Ming army?
King Mangbai of Burma left first with his bodyguards, wanting to withdraw from the battlefield.
However, the Burmese king's escape immediately caused the morale of the Burmese army, which was still persisting in fighting, to plummet and collapse instantly.
The Ming army began to chase and kill the defeated Burmese army!
Elite and powerful cavalry galloped on the battlefield, and a large number of Burmese soldiers either knelt down to beg for mercy or were killed.
The Ming army took advantage of the situation and rushed to the gates of Ava City in one fell swoop. Then, they followed the route and broke into the city of Ava!
Ming troops from all ministries swarmed into the city, quickly expanded their results, and wiped out the remnants of the Burmese army.
Seeing the fall of Ava, King Mangbai of Burma had no intention of coexisting with Ava. He even ignored his wife and children, took some belongings, and left.
He took his personal guards south along the Jinsha River (Yinrawaddy River) and headed down to Myanmar.
King Mangbai of Burma did not despair, he was still full of fighting spirit.
On the one hand, they chose to ask for help from their overlord, the Qing Dynasty, on the other hand, they prepared to organize troops in Lower Burma and then counterattack Upper Burma.