Outside Toungoo City, two huge armies were facing each other quietly like two huge dark clouds, waiting for an order to be given and the other side would press hard.
On the top of Taungu City, King Ruinan Juexin of the Ava Dynasty looked at the Zhang family's colonial army getting closer and closer, and his expression became nervous.
Beside him, Toungyu Hou Selongfa and his son Sihanfa were also watching nervously the upcoming decisive battle.
Ruinan Juexin concentrated most of the Ava dynasty's troops in Toungu City, and Serongfa did the same. He deployed the most powerful Toungu army and the newly recruited 50,000 troops to Toungu City.
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Taungoo City is the only way to get to Ava. As long as it is defended here, the colonial army of the Zhang brothers will never be able to occupy central and northern Myanmar, and even their plan to colonize Myanmar will be completely ruined.
Both Ruinan Juexin and Serongfa realized the importance of Toungoo City, and they were both preparing to have a big battle with the colonial army of the Zhang brothers here, preparing to defeat the Ming Dynasty in one blow.
The combined strength of both sides reached an astonishing 170,000 troops. They combined almost all the military forces of the Mon and Bamar peoples. They claimed to have an army of two million. They wanted to drown all the invading Ming people one by one.
In the Irrawaddy River, let them follow the river flow into the sea to feed the fish.
In their field of vision, the Zhang brothers' colonial army was only one-third of their own army, and the two sides no longer seemed to be on the same level at all.
This is why he dared to go out of the city to fight.
We are several times stronger than the enemy, why are we still hiding in the city to defend it?
What's more, judging from the Zhang brothers' colonial army attacking all the way, facing the powerful artillery of the Ming Dynasty, blindly defending the city has no effect at all. The Ming Dynasty can easily attack the strongest city.
Even a strong city like Bago could not withstand the attack of the Ming Dynasty, let alone other cities.
"The Ming people underestimated their capabilities. Only tens of thousands of people still need to colonize Myanmar. This time, we will break the myth of the Ming people's invincibility, let them fail here, and let the reputation of our Burmese people spread all over the world!"
Looking at his own "two million troops" outside the city, Ruinan Juexin was full of confidence.
It is true that the Ming people are well-armed and well-trained, but facing the absolute weakness in military strength, he is confident that he can completely defeat the Ming people in one battle. He wants to break the myth that the Ming people are invincible in the world.
"Your Majesty is wise and powerful, and he will definitely defeat the people of Ming Dynasty!"
Dongxuhou Selongfa and others also complimented him one after another.
Selongfa's brows were always furrowed. Compared to Ruinan Juexin's confidence, he saw something different.
Although our own side claims to have an army of "two million", we can confidently see that the truly elite ones are only the Toungoo Army and the Awa Army at the front. Their combined number is only 70,000, which is 10,000 more than the enemy.
The key is that even the most elite army is very different from the Ming Dynasty soldiers in terms of equipment. Almost all soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are wearing armor and helmets, and at least have sharp swords in their hands. There are also 20,000 soldiers.
Musketeers and artillery, plus ten thousand cavalry.
They are well-equipped and armed to the teeth. The key is the perfect coordination of the troops. Whether it is a siege or a field battle, they are worthy and can handle it no matter what.
Even our most elite army cannot ensure that everyone wears armor and helmets. Only a few generals wear armor and helmets. Ordinary soldiers do not have armor. They only have weapons in their hands and have been trained.
As for the largest number, those who were temporarily recruited, they were even worse. They didn't even have iron weapons. They basically only had wooden or bamboo spears in their hands.
There is no basic training, so when I look at it at this moment, it is full of darkness and chaos. It does not look like an army at all, but more like villagers gathered together to fight in a group.
In terms of military configuration, they only have a small number of archers, and as for cavalry, there is no cavalry at all. Myanmar does not produce horses, and the number of horses is very small, so it is impossible to prepare cavalry.
The only deterrent is the elephant soldier!
Five hundred trained elephants are absolutely powerful weapons in traditional warfare. Once they charge, they have a great impact on the enemy's formation, and can often completely destroy the enemy's formation in one go.
Cross over.
However, an ancient unit like the elephant soldiers is indeed a powerful deterrent against cold weapons, but the Ming people on the opposite side have a huge number of cannons and muskets.
When Siam and the Ming Dynasty went to war, Siam's elephant soldiers were directly beaten to pieces by the Ming Dynasty's artillery and muskets. Not only did they not cause any damage to the enemy, but they caused chaos in their own formation.
"Can you really win?"
Seronfa didn't have the slightest confidence.
Especially as the colonial army of the Zhang brothers pressed towards Toungoo City, the neat teams were arranged neatly. Just by taking a look, a powerful momentum came towards them, forming a distinct contrast with their own army.
comparison.
There is no doubt that this is a rigorously trained army.
Although the Zhang brothers are idiots and do not understand this aspect, over the years, the Ming Military Academy has trained a large number of officers, and a large number of soldiers have retired from the army.
If the Zhang brothers have money, they can find professional people to do professional things. The army also allows these retired soldiers and instructors from the military academy to train them in a decent manner.
In addition, after last year's war to attack Northern Tianzhu, it can be regarded as having experienced the test of war. Naturally, it is an army with reasonable combat capabilities, and it is also the core force of the Zhang family to colonize East India.
Without such a powerful army, the Zhang family would not be able to suppress the indigenous people in East India.
"A bunch of rabble!"
Zhang Yanling looked at the enemy troops outside Taungu City with a telescope and made a direct evaluation.
Although he is a idiot, he has been in the army all year round and learned a lot from the officers and instructors hired from the Ming Dynasty. As the saying goes, those who are close to red are red and those who are close to ink are black. At least he is somewhat advanced.
"Woo~"
There was no pre-war shouting or anything like that between the two sides.
Accompanied by bursts of howling sounds, it was like two ferocious tides pressing hard toward each other.
"Fire~"
With the red flag waving.
"Dong dong~dong dong!"
The deafening sound of artillery shelling resounded through the sky, billowing white smoke enveloped the artillery position, and the shells roared towards the dense enemy troops.
"Boom~Boom~"
The shell hit the ground and exploded again.
The terrifying shock wave was accompanied by countless shrapnel, and the marbles were fired in all directions, forming a circular circle of death. Almost everyone in the circle, whether it was the Burmese army or their war elephants, could not escape death.
The tall war elephant was directly overturned, ordinary soldiers were blown to pieces, and countless soldiers were wailing in pain.
"Huhu~huhu~"
The cannonballs in the sky came one after another with a terrifying whistling sound, as if they were flying for free.
"Boom~Boom~"
Terrible explosions continued to explode among the Burmese army, and circles of death appeared on the ground, like ugly scars falling on the originally untidy Burmese army.
The Burmese army, which had no formation in the first place, completely collapsed. Countless Burmese soldiers were splashed with blood. They touched the blood on their faces and looked up. The surrounding area was a blur of blood and flesh. Countless people were constantly fighting.
Howling, and the mournful cries of war elephants.
Many war elephants were frightened, and some were hit by shrapnel. After being injured, the war elephants were completely out of control and ran wildly, trampling to death countless people.
"Tsk tsk, the flower bomb is so useful~"
“It’s just too expensive~”
"Mo Dan, a bomb will cost me several hundred taels of silver. It's faster than robbing money."
Zhang Yanling held the telescope and watched the Burmese army completely collapse under the attack of his own artillery. He immediately nodded with satisfaction.
The blooming bomb is really a good thing, but it’s too expensive.
"These losers don't know how to save some time for me~"
"Send the order to stop the bombardment~"
"The slave army is the forward, the musketeers are divided into two wings, and the cavalry is outflanking the enemy's rear. Let me eat these people in one fell swoop. Remember, I don't want to survive!"
"Kill them all for me. Only if they are killed, will they know how powerful our Zhang family is, and they will not dare to resist the rule of our Zhang family in the future!"
Zhang Yanling pulled out the sword in his hand and swung the sword forward. Suddenly, the Zhang family's colonial army rushed towards the already chaotic Burmese army like a raging tide.
"Kill~ah!"
The slave army rushing at the front looked fierce and ferocious, looking at the enemy in front of them, full of desire to fight.
These slaves from all over the world, after several previous battles, many of them have become free, and have also received rewards of land, money, women, and slaves, which makes them full of desire to fight.
Everyone wants freedom, wealth and women, and their own land.
On the side, ten thousand cavalry have also begun to activate. With the galloping of the war horses, the ground seems to be shaking continuously, and the bright sabers are raised high, forming a bright and dazzling area.
On both wings, what the Zhang brothers relied on most were the musketeers, all composed of Zhang family members and Han Chinese. They were lined up neatly, one row after another, with the muskets in their hands on their shoulders and the muskets on their waists.
The sabers, accompanied by orders, pressed forward like rows of walls.
The Burmese army, which is already on the verge of collapse, is no match for the colonial army of the Zhang brothers at this moment.
Just like a collapsed dam, it collapsed completely with just one wave of impact. The elite troops at the front were still able to reach it, but the rabble who were temporarily recruited at the rear had completely collapsed at this moment.
Before the enemy arrived, they had already spread their legs, dropped their wooden guns and started running away!