There are two major estuaries at the "tip" of Motama Bay. The estuary due north is the entrance of the Sidang River, and the estuary due west is the east outlet of the Bago River. Although the "tip" here is
It is the gathering place of two major estuaries, but its open terrain, smooth water flow, and being surrounded by land on three sides make it actually a good natural sheltered estuary port.
However, because the Toungoo Dynasty was a land-power dynasty and looked down upon the ocean much more than the Ming Dynasty, there was no port built here and there were not many residents in the surrounding area. There were only a few small villages, with a combined population of up to several hundred.
More than a hundred large ships of the Jinghua Expedition Fleet arrived here on this day, almost covering the sea here.
On the Lang Son flagship, Huang Zhiting stood in front of the temporary commanding platform. In front of her were dozens of land and sea generals. Perhaps due to the hot climate in southern Myanmar, she did not wear armor today, but wore a serious suit.
The scarlet silk general's official robe, with the tiger patch symbolizing a third-grade general embroidered on the chest, has a unique kind of beauty.
However, the orders coming out of her mouth were not so "beautiful".
"Huang Bao, take your wolf soldiers and take three boats to go north, occupy the small town of Xidang, and block the mouth of the Xidang River. If you encounter any obstruction, those who are armed will be killed; those who are not armed will be chased away."
"Yes, the last general takes the order!" Huang Bao is the younger brother of Huang Hu, the number one general under Huang Zhiting's command. His martial prowess is slightly less than that of his brother Nai, but he is calm and has even passed the Tongsheng test. Among the wolf soldiers, he is also a man with both civil and military skills.
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"Gao Sijin and Ruan Song, you two will lead your troops as the vanguard of the army and go westward up the Bago River. If the river is navigable outside Bago City, you will go directly to the city; if the river is silted up and you cannot reach directly, you will anchor at an inaccessible place.
Get off the ship and head there. Gao Sijin will be the vanguard commander and Ruan Song will be the deputy."
"Yes, I will take the order from the humble rank."
"In addition, regardless of land or water, once you arrive outside Bago City, you are not allowed to bombard or siege the city without permission. Later, I will give you two thousand copied copies of the "Demang Prosecution". You must find ways to make Bago and the surrounding people
You know, I, the Ming Dynasty’s soldiers, came to Myanmar only to fight against the Mang people. Unless they are attacked, they will not take the initiative to harm any Mon people. Do you two understand?"
"Understood, Tutong."
"Who am I not going to hurt?"
The two were stunned for a moment, but still replied: "People, don't hurt people."
"Wrong!" Huang Zhiting said coldly: "I said not to harm the 'Meng people'."
"Yes, yes, I understand. The people who are not harmed are the Mon people, not the Bamar people."
Huang Zhiting glanced at the two of them, said nothing, but continued to order: "Gao Jing, after the main force of our army comes ashore, you first build some temporary docks in this harbor for docking purposes, and then send out a fleet to patrol the main force.
Guang (the old name of Yangon in later generations), Bilbong, Zhitong, Donggua, Bilin and other places. If there is a fishing village or large or small city near the sea, a message will be sent out to let the local Mon people know the intention of our army. Remember, it is not necessary to do so.
When attacking a city, no one is allowed to kill."
"I humble my position and take orders."
"The rest of the generals led their headquarters and disembarked and camped here with the generals. After a day of repairs, they headed west to Bago. Those with serious sea diseases were left here for recuperation and treatment. The generals left behind 500 injured people.
Protect safety."
"As you command!"
After Huang Zhiting finished issuing the order, she turned to an old white man next to her and smiled slightly: "Father Alfaro, I'll leave it to you to take care of De Brito's affairs."
Alfaro smiled and bowed, saying: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the main force of the Ming army is not here. Although there are more than a hundred large ships in the army, they are unprepared. The ships also carry a large amount of exquisite silk used to bribe various ethnic groups in Myanmar."
, Porcelain', this news is enough to make De Brito lose all reason - under your clever plan, I think he will definitely come."
"No matter how good the strategy is, it must be executed by the right person to be effective. Father Alfaro, your contribution will definitely bring unexpected benefits."
Alfaro smiled slightly and said: "Franciscan missionaries are all ascetic monks. We don't love wealth, so I personally don't have any special rewards to look forward to. I only hope that the Ming Empire will allow me to go deep into the interior to spread the gospel of God."
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"The Ming Maritime Merchant in Malacca has brought my handwritten letter back to Guangzhou. It will be delivered to the high school prime minister in a short time. I think he will find a way for you."
Alfaro bowed slightly: "Thank you very much for your introduction and help, Your Excellency Dutong. If the Holy Father learns of this news, he will definitely wish you both good luck."
Huang Zhiting now knows that the Holy Father he is talking about is the "Roman Monk" that missionaries humbly called him during the Ming Dynasty. It is also the "Roman Pope" that Gao Pragmatic told her. It is said that his status in Europe is higher than that of the emperor.
and sacred.
Although she does not believe in foreign religions, like ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty, she is not afraid of worshiping too many gods. It is also a good thing if people are willing to "wishes" from afar. As for the nature of Catholicism as a monotheistic religion, she does not care.
"I also wish His Majesty the Pope all the best." Huang Zhiting smiled lightly.
Alfaro thanked him, but sighed slightly in his heart. Although the Italian war seemed to be over, His Majesty the Pope still had more troubles, and he was afraid that things would not go well... But there is no need to say this.
The next day, Huang Zhiting led the army that had been repairing for a day and marched westward to Bago.
When they reached a place less than thirty miles away from Bago, the vanguard army Gao Sijin and Ruan Song sent people to report that the Bago city guard Alabang had sent someone to contact them and expressed his willingness to surrender. However, there were two Bamar troops in the city.
More than a thousand people controlled the Qianbang Shadi Palace and the city gate in the city. He still needed some time to think of a solution, and hoped that the Heavenly Soldier would give him three days.
Gao Sijin and Ruan Song did not dare to make this decision, so they immediately sent someone to report.
Huang Zhiting asked the people around her who knew the details of this Alabang state. As expected, no one knew about it. Only a Guangdong ship owner who had come to Myanmar with a ship to do business a long time ago said that he had heard of this name. If he remembered correctly, this person
He is a nobleman from the Mon ethnic group, and his ancestors have been high-ranking officials in the Bago Dynasty.
Since he is a remnant of the Mon ethnic group left by the Bago Dynasty, his words are more credible, because Huang Zhiting heard Gao Pragmatic say that the situation between the three major ethnic groups in Myanmar, the Burmese, Shan and Mon, is tense. Today's Taungoo
The dynasty is a Bamar regime that not only suppresses the Shan people, but also intends to annex the Mon people. It is not surprising that the Mon people rebelled under external pressure.
But Huang Zhiting did not give him three days, but asked someone to reply: No matter how you plan to surrender, if Bago does not open the city at noon tomorrow, then the soldiers will have no choice but to "raze Bago".
In the afternoon of the same day, Huang Zhiting's entire army arrived outside Bago City, and nearly 20,000 troops besieged Bago. Although Bago City is the old capital of the Mon people, it is not a large city - in fact, there are not many big cities in Europe these days.
, even Milan, one of the top historical cities in Europe, only has a population of more than 50,000 (urban residents). How big can a city like Bago, a barbarian land in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty, be?
Huang Zhiting looked around and saw that Bago City was roughly the same as Haiyuan City in Siming Prefecture, her previous hometown in Guangxi, and was not as "majestic" as Guilin. And more importantly, Bago is a plain city and is far less majestic than Guilin.
Haiyuan City is so easy to defend but difficult to attack.
This will be easier to handle.
Early the next morning, the Annan Expeditionary Force under the banner of the Ming Dynasty set up their formation. Not to mention the nearly 20,000 troops, the overwhelming pressure of more than 300 large and small artillery pieces alone made the Bamar generals on the city tower tremble with fear.
The Namian general had seen the artillery of his Portuguese mercenaries. Although he himself did not understand artillery, at least judging from the size, the artillery of the Ming army outside the city was now a circle larger than the artillery of the Portuguese mercenaries, even a size
The circle is endless, this battle is not easy to fight.
But he knew the importance of Bago, and he had to fight even if it was not easy to fight. At least he had to delay the Ming army, and he could not let them easily clear the obstacles in Bago and surrounding areas and march into Taungoo. Otherwise, he would have to die a hundred times to redeem himself.
Not guilty.
Without saying a word, he ordered a strict defense and stood on the tower to give the command in a very responsible manner.
Unfortunately, just when he was nervously facing the "Great Tomorrow Soldiers" and guessing when the opponent would launch an attack, Abraban behind him suddenly pulled out his sword and stabbed him with a sharp knife. The tip of the knife came from behind.
It penetrates and comes out in the chest and abdomen.
The Burmese general made a loud sound in his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he just spit out thick bloody blood. But without saying a word, Abraban kicked out the corpse again, and pulled out the knife from his waist.
Abraban held the sword in his right hand, and suddenly raised a volume of documents in his left hand, shouting to the surroundings: "The Emperor Ming's "Taimang Prosecution" is here, and tomorrow's soldiers will be surrounded and suppressed by millions of people from the north, east, and south.
Come on, the death of Mang Yingli and the destruction of the country are just around the corner!
Everyone! We, the remnants of the Meng clan, are originally vassals of the Ming Dynasty. In the past, we were forced to temporarily commit ourselves to the thieves because of the coercion of the thieves. Now that we have the imperial edict, why not raise the flag of righteousness, be loyal to the emperor and Ming Dynasty, and revive the Ming Dynasty? I am willing to cooperate with you.
Those of us...kill Burma and offer the city!"
"Kill Burma and offer the city!"
"Loyalty to the Emperor and Ming Dynasty, the revival will be strong!"
A large group of "trustees" whom he had arranged immediately shouted, drew their weapons and charged at the Burmese army.
On that day, the Ming army stood still under the city, while thousands of people in the city were spattered with blood. The Burmese army and Burmese were dead and wounded, and the blood at the city gate flowed out from inside the city to the outside, covering the not-so-wide road.
The moat was dyed blood red.
Not long after, the gates of the southern city of Bago opened, and the city guard in name only, Alabang, personally led a group of trusted Mon soldiers with blood on their bodies out of the city to welcome the "Emperor's Soldiers" into the city.
The deputy commander-in-chief of Annam, Huang Zhiting, who was famous for the bloody battle of Lang Son, this time captured Bago without any bloodshed and controlled the important town of Toungoo in southern Xinjiang.
Huang Zhiting did not care whether she had the authority or not. In accordance with the customs of these southern Xinjiang countries, Huang Zhiting ordered the appointment of Abraban as "temporary deputy king of Bago".
Alabang was naturally overjoyed. Although his family was originally a high-ranking official in the Bago dynasty, they never had any real power, and their real status was not in the "first line". This was only because after Mang Yinglong conquered Bago, he took away those real "
After all the "first-tier wealthy families" were killed, he, a descendant of the "second-tier wealthy families", was able to take the lead and was appointed as the guard of Bago City.
But the Bago city guard was only in name, because Mang Yinglong didn't trust the Mon people at all back then, and using him as the city guard was just an act to calm people's hearts. Therefore, the main general in the city was still a Bamar general, and Alabang was just a big carrot seal.
That’s all.
Although the current deputy king of Bago is just a name, the power of the Ming Dynasty is there, and Abraban feels that he will be able to "turn into a full-time official" sooner or later - he does not think that the Ming Dynasty soldiers will be permanently stationed here, because in his opinion
, the Ming Dynasty simply looked down upon Myanmar, a three-acre land, and it was time to return in triumph after defeating Mang Yingli.
By then, won’t this deputy king be worthy of his name?
As for who will win the battle between Ming and Myanmar, Abraban is not worried at all. He has always felt that the Ming Dynasty had not responded much to the "disobedience" of Mang Yinglong and Mang Yingli and his son in the past ten or twenty years, but
It's just because he didn't take it seriously. Once Ming Dynasty was angered and started to get serious, the "millions of heavenly soldiers" were really not an exaggeration.
This must be an overestimation of the Ming Dynasty's mobilization and logistical support capabilities. However, the fact is that most of the small countries around the Ming Dynasty think so, because throughout history, when the Ming army fought seriously, it really never lost a lot, even if
In that battle of Tumubao that shocked the world, the Ming Dynasty even lost its emperor, but in the end, it refused to back down at all and simply replaced the emperor and continued the fight.
Today, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is still surnamed Zhu, and he is still a descendant of Zhu Qizhen, who was once captured. But where is Ye Xian at this time? Where are Ye Xian's descendants?
Historically, Hou Jin had already begun to defeat the Ming army in Liaodong, but the surrounding Mongols and Koreans were unwilling to cooperate with Hou Jin at the beginning. The reason was that Ming's "personality" was too tough, and
The foundation is equally hard, and no one is optimistic about how long Houjin can last.
In fact, if Hou Jin hadn't created Huang Tai Chi and Nurhachi would have died a few years later, Hou Jin would have killed himself.
Therefore, the prestige of the Ming Dynasty in the vassal countries at this time was still quite high. At least when the Ming Dynasty had shown its "angry" state, few people doubted that the Ming Dynasty could not crush the "rebellion".
The cleanup in the city is still in progress, and Alabang has been able to meet with the Ming Army's South Road Commander and Annan Deputy Commander-in-Chief Huang Zhiting.
Huang Zhiting had temporarily appointed him as "temporary deputy king of Bago" when he was outside the city, which had already made him overjoyed. But when he accepted his visit this time, he immediately gave him another surprise.
Huang Zhiting ordered him to "recruit Bago's old ministers and establish a new Bago army", and made it clear that the Ming Dynasty (actually Annan) would provide military support to his new army. At the same time, considering that it had been more than thirty years since Bago was destroyed,
It may be difficult to start a new army suddenly, especially in terms of training, and it may be difficult to quickly form combat effectiveness. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty (actually still Annan) will provide assistance and send military advisers to guide establishment, training, logistics support and other matters.
This was an unexpected good thing for Abraban. His family had no real power before. Without real power, it naturally means that he is not good at military training. If he can do it by himself, it is really uncertain when he can make a name for himself.
The people are easy to deal with and easy to recruit, but it is difficult to say whether they can fight, especially whether they can fight against the Burmese army, which is invincible in southern Xinjiang.
Now that Daming is helping and personally coming out to "lead the disciples", isn't this the best result?
He did not consider that the Ming Dynasty would covet his military power, because in his opinion, the Ming Dynasty did not even look down on the territory of Burma, so his military power was of no use? What's more, according to Deputy Dutong Huang, the Ming Dynasty did not directly control the country.
Soldiers, they seem to be just helping with training, what else is there to say?
"Temporarily photographing the Deputy King of Bago" His Highness Abraban nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, and immediately agreed. After leaving the house, he happily gathered his allies and cronies, and began to call on the "Mon warriors" to join the army.
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