Following his order, the flag of the Ming army changed.
The low and powerful horn sounded!
The next moment, the war horse, which had recovered its strength after resting for a long time, started running wildly again.
The huge cavalry team, holding torches, rushed towards Ava like a fire dragon in the dark night.
The sound of war horses trampling the earth frightened countless people who heard it.
An elite knight of the Ming Army, like a devil shot out of hell, whistling and howling, headed all the way to Ava City.
Facts have proved that Zhu Tingyun's raid was successful!
He only led his men to charge for one round, and the city of Ava was captured.
Howling, countless cavalrymen poured into the city, leveling streets and houses.
Anyone who dared to resist was turned into flesh under the horses' hooves.
The Burmese soldiers were already weak and their combat effectiveness was low, but now the city of Ava was conquered in one fell swoop.
Their morale would only get lower. Facing the roaring Ming army cavalry, no one dared to resist.
It is no exaggeration to say that it collapsed at the first touch!
In just the blink of an eye, the city of Ava fell to the iron heel of the Ming army.
However, Zhu Tingyun's raid also failed.
Because he failed to catch Burmese king Mangbai, Mangbai escaped from the city through the tunnel in his palace.
The cavalry of the Ming army tried to pursue them, but because the Ming army had traveled a long distance to attack, they were trapped and lacked horses.
Therefore, he failed to catch up with Mang Bai who wanted to escape.
But it was not all without gain, even leaving aside the wealth in Ava City.
Just the fact that they captured a group of Burmese clan ministers and others was a great achievement.
Zhu Tingyun got off his horse and flipped through the roster in his hand.
Looking at the names of the big shots who used to be high in Myanmar, he didn't care at all.
No matter how noble and lofty these people were in the past, now they are just prisoners of war under his command.
Whether to kill or not is just a matter of his thoughts!
At this moment, a lieutenant came over to reply.
"General, the situation in Ava City has been stabilized. The city walls, city gates, palaces, treasury, and the residences of ministers and nobles... are all under the control of my Ming Dynasty."
After saying this, the deputy general hesitated for a while and then spoke again.
"Brothers want to have fun in the city..."
When Zhu Tingyun heard this, he raised his eyebrows and just said.
"Well, go ahead and try not to kill anyone!"
Now that Li Dingguo's troops want to reclaim areas such as Mengla in Shan State, the biggest difficulty is not the shortage of money and food, but the shortage of labor.
The population in Ava City is now a precious, walkable asset.
Zhu Tingyun naturally understood what the deputy general meant when he said having fun.
It's nothing more than the soldiers wanting to indulge, plundering money in the city, and doing that stuff in their crotches.
Men know everything!
Isn't this why these soldiers followed Zhu Tingyun to attack thousands of miles and capture the country of Awa in Myanmar?
Now the city of Ava is broken, and the army enters the city.
If Zhu Tingyun doesn't let the soldiers be happy now, is there any justice? Is there any law?
Do you really think that soldiers in this era have such a high ideological level?
Are they all willing to work tooth and nail for the sake of their country and nation, regardless of reward?
Isn’t that nonsense?
Being a soldier means being paid. This saying has made it very clear. Being a soldier is just for being paid.
Not for the purpose of protecting the home and the country!
Zhu Hongyu was able to strictly control the military discipline of the Ming army because he gave enough military pay and rewards to ensure that even if the soldiers were not able to plunder, they could still ensure the family's food, clothing, and even livelihood needs.
Quite decent.
Plus proper ideological education!
Only then could Zhu Hongyu strictly rectify military discipline, and no one in the army dared to disobey.
To put it bluntly, material security is the most critical.
Without sufficient material guarantees, military discipline must be rectified, which will definitely lead to mutiny!
Li Dingguo's side is not as wealthy as Zhu Hongyu's, so it is relatively difficult to ensure the food and salary required by the army.
If he wanted to further win over the morale of the army and ensure its combat effectiveness, the only way he could do it was to allow the army to plunder during wartime.
Just like what I did in the Qing Dynasty, the court cannot give you enough military rewards, but it can let you grab it yourself.
This thing doesn’t sound good, but it’s really useful.
When fighting in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Tingyun and others may have taken care not to go too far and kill too many people.
But now we are in Myanmar!
In Myanmar, which had an undying feud with the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Tingyun naturally did not bother to regulate military discipline.
Instructing them not to kill anyone as much as possible would only treat the Burmese people in Ava as slaves and wealth rather than mercy.
After Zhu Tingyun nodded, the Ming army in Ava City dispersed.
Countless rebels rushed into the living area, and the next moment, screams and wails resounded throughout Ava.
A fire broke out in the city, the fire was burning fiercely, and the billowing black smoke continued to spread.
Zhu Tingyun, however, could not rest. He was preparing to write a battle report and relay the battle situation to Li Dingguo.
On the one hand, they want to screen the important figures among the prisoners of war captured this time.
Those with high status and those with low status naturally have different prices.
Men and women also have different values.
More importantly, Zhu Tingyun wanted to single out all those who participated in the cursed water disaster and their family members, and then make other plans.
These people will all be implicated and punished, and even their family members will be implicated.
As we all know, the Ming Dynasty has always held grudges and must avenge them.
After the Tumubao Incident, the Ming Dynasty suppressed the Oara tribe and beat them for almost several decades, until the Tatar tribe rose up and the Oara tribe fled westward.
The Ming Dynasty ended its decades-long "preference" for the Oara tribe.
What Myanmar is doing now is even more egregious than what Oara did during the Tumubao Incident.
For the difficulty of cursing water, Ming Dynasty can hold grudges for hundreds of years!
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Li Dingguo, who was leading a large force to march deep into Burma, received Zhu Tingyun's good news.
After seeing the news that Zhu Tingyun's troops raided the city of Awa and captured countless gains, and although they escaped the Burmese king Mangbai, they captured a large number of Burmese kings and nobles, Li Dingguo laughed cheerfully.
My heart is full of comfort!
Moreover, he had previously received news that the Ming Dynasty's Guangxi strategy had achieved a great victory, Bumbutai was assassinated, Wu Sangui launched an army to rebel against the Qing Dynasty, and the Battle of Jiangxi got off to a good start... and other news.
A series of good news made the smile on Li Dingguo's face never disappear during this period of time.
Now his war situation in Myanmar is going so smoothly, which is a good thing.
Especially the fact that Zhu Tingyun caught the relevant participants in the cursed water disaster made Li Dingguo even more happy.
He can finally avenge Yongli!
Back then, Yongli showed great kindness and trust to Li Dingguo.
In the Yongli Dynasty, he, Li Dingguo, was inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people!
But what’s the result?
After the cursed water disaster, he and Emperor Yongli were separated, causing Emperor Yongli to suffer the great humiliation of the cursed water disaster, and he was also handed over to Wu Sangui by the Burmese king Mangbai...
Li Dingguo sincerely felt that he had betrayed the divine grace and could not live up to the trust of Emperor Yongli.
Over the years, that deep sense of guilt has been tormenting Li Dingguo!
Now that he, Li Dingguo, could finally avenge Yongli, he was naturally filled with emotions.
But after thinking about it, he felt that maybe he shouldn't make any decisions, so he had to send a horse to Guangzhou to ask for the opinions of the people in Guangzhou.
ps: The next chapter has been reviewed, I don’t know when it will be released...