On the first day of September, outside the city of Ava.
At this time, more than 100,000 people were fighting in blood around the city of Ava.
Soldiers wearing Ming dynasty coats or rattan armor, or even without any armor, wearing only clothes made of white or green cloth, drove large groups of ragged people to run forward. These ragged people were all Ava.
People near the city were captured to fill the moat with soil. They wrapped the soil with various leaves, ran to the moat, threw down the leaves, and ran back to fill the moat again.
Naturally, the Ava army at the head of the city could not let them fill up the soil like this and keep shooting arrows at the city. In order to speed up the efficiency of the siege, the Han army that drove them pushed all the cannons and small cannons to a place less than 200 feet away from the city.
, some fired shotguns at the top of the city. The barrels have a service life, and continuous firing may explode the barrel. Anyway, it was not his own Han army who was shot to death by bows and arrows, so Zhu Ming let the artillery team save time.
Use cannonballs sparingly.
At the same time, on the periphery, the Han army and the local soldiers also fought with the Ava army who heard that the city of Ava was besieged and rushed to support them. However, these armies were not large in number and their combat effectiveness was not strong. The Han army and the local soldiers defeated them easily.
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In the blink of an eye, it was late in the evening, and Yan Wu reported to Zhu Chu and Mu Ang: "Your Highness, General Mu, today we have defeated seven or eight thousand Ava soldiers from other places, captured more than two thousand prisoners, and fought.
More than two thousand people died."
"How come they only captured more than 2,000 prisoners? What did the cavalry do?" Zhu Zhen asked.
"It was my order," Mu Ang said: "In order to prevent the Ava army from suddenly returning, I ordered all cavalry not to pursue more than twenty miles."
When Zhu Ming heard that it was Mu Ang's order, he stopped talking.
"Keep an eye on the prisoners, don't let them escape, and don't let the local officials drag them away." Mu Ang ordered Yan Wu again.
"Yes, General Mu." Yan Wu said.
Mu Ang picked up his clairvoyance and looked around Ava City, and then said to Zhu Zhen: "Your Highness, the moat in the south has been almost filled. If these people fill it in again, the soldiers will be able to wade across. Send the order to the soldiers
Prepare to attack the city."
"Now?" Zhu Zhen said with some confusion: "It's almost dark now."
"Today is the first day of our army's attack on the city. It is when morale is at its highest. It is not appropriate to postpone it to tomorrow. Besides, most of the soldiers have been resting in the afternoon and have enough strength to fight."
"More importantly," Mu Ang pointed to the city: "The number of troops left in Ava City should be less than ten thousand, and the rest are civilians who were recruited. These civilians were noisy on the city at the beginning, but now there are actually
They have learned a little bit of tactics, which shows that the generals guarding the city are very capable of commanding troops. If they are given another night to allow the generals guarding the city to take care of all the people, it will be twice as difficult to attack the city tomorrow as it was today."
"Really?" Zhu Zhen also raised his clairvoyance and looked at the city, but he couldn't feel any difference from when they first started to attack the city.
However, Mu Ang has been in Yunnan for a long time and is much better at fighting than him. He will not question Mu Ang's order, so he said: "Just follow Mu Ang's words."
"Immediately order the Han Army, Meng Yang Army, Meng Gen Army, Meng Lian Army, Eight Hundred Army, Mu Bang Army, etc. who are resting in the rear today to prepare for an attack."
"Tell the artillery team to stop firing shotgun shells, clean the gun barrels, and prepare solid shells."
"All the cavalry are back, and the soldiers are dismounting to reorganize."
"Wait for the people who are filling in the soil to come back and let them have a rest. After a quarter of an hour, they rush to the moat to fill in the soil."
"..."
Mu Ang issued orders in an orderly manner.
At this time, the military generals and local officials gathered in the big tent all agreed: "Yes, General Mu."
"The soldiers have already eaten. Let's eat now. Those who should lead the charge in a quarter of an hour will lead the charge, and those who should command on the spot will command on the spot. Anyone who dares to disobey military orders will be killed without mercy." Mu Ang concluded.
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On August 22, Yan Wu led his troops to attack Taigong City. He immediately learned from the prisoners that Ava City was now empty, so he led most of his troops southward in the afternoon.
Zhu Zhen, who was leading the army south on the 23rd, learned of this and immediately ordered He Fu to command the army. He led all the 4,000 cavalry and 100 elephant soldiers he brought this time to break away from the majority and quickly go south, and on the second day
Arriving at Taigong City on the 14th, we took a short rest and continued southward, and caught up with the former army led by Yan Wu on August 29th.
On August 30th, they rushed to the city of Ava in the evening and were surprised to find that the army had surrounded the city of Ava on three sides, and Zhu Zhen saw the Mu character flag among the troops surrounding the city of Ava. It turned out that they were heading towards Ava from the east.
The southern route army that marched into the city also received information about the emptiness of Ava City after breaking through the city. Mu Ang then led the entire army to advance at full speed and rushed to the city on the 30th.
After the two sides met, the total force exceeded 60,000. With Mu Ang as the commander, the city of Ava was surrounded on three sides. Ava City is located at the confluence of the Dajinsha River (Irrawaddy River) and the Ava River (Nandu River), with the river to the north.
Unable to siege - after a night of repairs, we started to attack the city early this morning.
A quarter of an hour later, all the generals had finished their meals and everyone was in their respective positions. Mu Ang gave the order to start the final siege.
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As soon as this wave of siege started, the eldest prince Narota who was stationed in Ava City felt something was wrong.
Narota is the eldest son of the current king of Ava. He is very capable. Historically, it was he who led the Ava army to attack Mengyang City five years later, cut off the heads of Dao Mudan and his eldest son Dao Siluan, and captured Mengyang.
Although he had to withdraw from Mengyang in the end, this was because Ava's national power was too far behind that of the Ming Dynasty, and had little to do with his own ability.
Yesterday afternoon, when he discovered that there was an army surrounding the city of Ava, and the number was quite large, he immediately recruited young men and adults in the city, regardless of gender. A total of 30,000 people were recruited, and he mixed with the 10,000 troops left behind to defend the city of Ava, and successfully defended the city.
It caused certain losses to the Han and Yi soldiers who drove away the Ava people to fill the soil.
"This must be the official start of the Ming army's attack on the city!" Narota said to the general beside him: "Let the civilians and troops go to the city immediately, and prepare dung water, hot oil, rolling wood and stones."
"Yes, the eldest prince." said the general.
Narota then ordered a few more things and asked them to prepare immediately. After finishing the instructions, he straightened the helmet on his head, walked to the city wall, looked at the people filling the land and the Ming army below, and said to himself:
"It would be great if you could come back to attack the city tomorrow. Give me one more night and I will be able to train the civilian soldiers into shape. Although it is still impossible to go out to the city to fight in the field, the defense in the city is not much different from ordinary soldiers."
He then looked at the place where the big flags with the word 'Min' and the word 'Mu' were erected: "I don't know who has seen my plan. When the battle is over, I must get to know this person."
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