Mingjis Fuxiu was not merciful. With an order, all the archers in the formation began to shoot arrows, killing the retreating soldiers and the Ming army indiscriminately. At the same time, the pikemen and shield soldiers in front of the formation shouted loudly, asking the defeated soldiers to attack other soldiers.
Escape somewhere and don't attack the main formation.
The clever ones among the defeated soldiers had already bypassed the formation, but most of them rushed to the front of the formation in a panic and were immediately shot by archers or stabbed to death by spearmen, but the formation was not very strict.
He Fu took this opportunity to attack the Ava Army's formation. At this time, the Ava Army soldiers were slightly shaken by the killing of their own defeated soldiers, and they rushed into the formation.
He Fu led his own soldiers to charge and kill fiercely, and his body was quickly soaked with the blood of the Ava people. Seeing that they were expected to completely defeat the Ava army, several chieftains' troops also attacked bravely. Except for Meng
In addition to the chieftain who was as brave as ever, there was another chieftain who was also very brave in attacking. This was the uninvited Babai Dadian.
Babaidaidian, formerly known as the Kingdom of Eight Hundred Daughters-in-law, is located in the south of Menggen Prefecture, at the junction of the three countries of Myanmar, Laos and Thailand. It was named because it was widely rumored that the leader of the country had 800 daughters-in-law, and it called itself Lanna.
Originally, Babai was not one of the chieftains of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Min did not call Babai this time when he sent troops to Awa. However, because Chief Menggen mobilized local soldiers, Dao Banmian, the leader of the Babai Kingdom, paid great attention and sent someone to inquire.
I knew that the Ming Dynasty in the north was going to lead troops to attack Ava.
Dao Banmian then thought about it. He felt that this time the Ming Dynasty dispatched more than 100,000 troops, and the Mu family whose name he had heard as the commander would win the battle; and the Eight Hundred Kingdoms had also been invaded by the Ava people before.
So he decided to make a five-coin plate with his own dry food, led six thousand troops and rushed to the vicinity of the Awa River. He met the Southern Route Army led by Mu Ang two hundred miles east of the city of Awa.
Mu Ang believed that the more troops the better, so he accepted the 800 troops to join the army. After he captured Awa City and met Zhu Chu, Zhu Chu established the 800 Dadian Xuanwei Envoy Division on the spot and appointed Dao Ban to lead the troops.
Crowned as chieftain.
But although Dao Banmian had been appointed chieftain, he was afraid because Zhu Chu wanted to move the capital to Ava City, so he fought hard to please Zhu Chu.
Dao Banmian and his second son Dao Zhaosan led an army of 800 Dadian to fight hard in the Ava army's formation. Dao Banmian himself broke his sword three times and his son was stabbed once.
But Mingjisfasiu and his generals stabilized the formation. Although the soldiers at the front of the formation were almost completely lost, he still saved most of the remaining troops and eliminated those who rushed too deep into the Ava army's formation.
The Ming army fought and retreated to the vicinity of the camp. At this time, both sides had been fighting for a day. It was almost dark and the soldiers were exhausted. Mu Ang ordered the gold to be withdrawn.
"Your Highness, General Mu, today our army suffered slight losses at first, but later in the melee with the Ava army, the losses were not small. The Han army killed more than 1,200 people in total and injured more than 900 people, of which more than 200 people were seriously injured.
It’s very likely that rescue won’t come.”
"A total of more than 5,100 local soldiers were killed and more than 5,700 were injured. More than 1,800 of them are seriously injured and will not be rescued." He Fu reported to Mu Ang and Zhu Zhen after counting the data.
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"In other words, our army lost more than 8,400 people in today's battle?" Zhu Zhen asked in disbelief: "Seeing that our army has a huge advantage today, how could we lose so much without defeating the enemy?"
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"If we had defeated the Ava people, there wouldn't have been such heavy casualties," Mu Ang said, "It's because we have been fighting with the Ava people, but we still couldn't break their formation, but the soldiers always thought that our army had the advantage. That’s why we fought so hard and suffered so many casualties.”
"This, the casualties are too great." Zhu Zhen said with some trembling. Although he had led troops to fight several battles before in Yunnan, he had never suffered such huge casualties, and he couldn't bear it for a while.
"Although our army suffered heavy casualties, the Ava people suffered even greater casualties. Previously, more than 10,000 of them were killed, while our losses were slight. Later, when our army rushed into battle, the casualties were definitely less than those of the Ava people, and even more so for the Ava people. It is impossible for the Wa people to have military doctors like us. In today's battle, at least 25,000 Ava people will die," Mu Ang said.
Seeing that Zhu Ming was still trembling, he said: "Your Highness, if you don't command troops, it's impossible to fight without killing people; you can't even think about killing fewer people. The more you try to kill fewer people, the more soldiers will die in the end." ."
"I know, I understand the truth, but seeing so many living people die like this makes me feel uncomfortable," Zhu Ming said.
Mu Ang also knew that persuasion alone was of little use in such matters, and could only allow him to slowly adapt to the situation on the battlefield.
"Are there enough medicinal materials brought this time?" Mu Ang turned around and asked He Fu again.
"There are enough now, but there are still too few military doctors. It was good that there were few casualties in the attack on Ava City before. But with so many casualties today, the military doctors are overwhelmed," He Fu said.
"Find the most skillful among ordinary soldiers and let them help with jobs that can help them. Military doctors will do the most important jobs." Mu Ang ordered.
He Fu bowed and said yes.
"If you continue to spread the word, all the soldiers who died in this battle will be compensated by the Han army..." At this point, Mu Ang suddenly said to Zhu Zhen: "I have gone too far, Your Highness, it is your Highness who has the final say on the matter of compensation. "
"All the dead elephants were skinned and stewed. One elephant's meat weighs thousands of kilograms, and more than a hundred elephants weigh hundreds of thousands of kilograms. It's hot now and the meat can't be stored for long. Let the soldiers eat it until tomorrow. There is still some uneaten food to be marinated in the evening." Mu Ang ordered again.
He Fu accepted the order and saw that the two of them had no more instructions, so he bowed and retreated.
After he retreated, Mu Ang said to Zhu Zhen: "Your Highness, regarding the pension, my opinion is that each soldier of the Han army will receive a pension of ten guan, and each of the native soldiers will receive a pension of two guan, and this money cannot be given to the generals below. Or the chieftain, the pension for the Han army must be told to the soldiers in person by His Highness and watched with his own eyes as it is distributed; the pension for the native soldiers should be given to the relatives of the fallen soldiers."
"Are you asking me to win people's hearts?" Zhu Zhen said.
"It's just to win people's hearts. There are not many Han troops under His Majesty's jurisdiction now, and His Majesty is still very busy. The local soldiers must also let them remember that it is the Ming Dynasty, and it is His Majesty who gave them the pension money!" Mu Ang said.
"Of course, these chieftains may not be satisfied. In order to appease their dissatisfaction, each chieftain will be rewarded with a certain amount of property according to the level of bravery today. The greater the casualties and the more soldiers invested, the greater the reward will be." Mu Ang said.
Zhu Xi nodded. He still understood this truth.
"Your Highness should go to the barracks of the wounded soldiers sooner rather than later, and then summon all the chieftains and generals to announce their rewards to boost morale. The rewards for the soldiers can be announced first, but don't be too clear. " Mu Ang said.
"Yeah." Zhu Xi nodded.
Zhu Ming immediately left the tent. He first went to the wounded soldiers' barracks and talked a few words with the two injured soldiers and three local officials. He then looked at the barracks of ordinary soldiers and expressed his sympathy for the wounded soldiers.
Afterwards, he returned to the camp to summon the chieftains, and the general announced the reward.
The chieftains were not surprised. It is customary to receive rewards when sending troops to fight, although it is hard to say how much the rewards will be. The generals were very surprised. Today's battle was not a complete success, so it was an unexpected surprise to receive a reward.
Zhu Ming said: "I think among the chieftains today, the 800 Dadian chieftains fought the most bravely and should be ranked first. Dao Ban Mian, I heard that your son Dao Zhao San was stabbed in the arm? Is there any hindrance?"
"Daozhaosan returned to his camp after being treated by military doctors, so Zhu Chu didn't see him.
"Your Highness," Dao Banmian listened to the people around him translate the Chinese words spoken by Zhu Chu, and said in Thai: "Thanks to Your Highness, my son's wound is not in an important place. After bandaging, there is nothing serious. It's just these
I can no longer use my sword to kill the enemy for His Highness."
Zhu Ming listened to Dao Baifeng's translation and said, "That's good. If he died for the Ming Dynasty, Gu Ke would be heartbroken."
Then he raised his voice and said: "Eight hundred Dadian chieftains, who have done great service, will be rewarded with fifty pieces of fine silk and satin, one thousand pearls, and fifty jars of rice wine."
There are many gold and silver mines in the southwest, so these chieftains don't care much about money; but they lack various things produced in the Han region, so Zhu Zhen mainly rewards them with these things, and even good wine can be used as a reward.
"I thank Your Highness for your kindness." Dao Banmian stood up and bowed.
He straightened up and said: "Your Highness, can you reward us with some iron? I am willing to exchange pearls and rice wine for iron."
Zhu Chu was very hesitant after listening to Dao Baifeng's translation. It was an iron rule to control the amount of iron input to the barbarians, but today Babai Dadian's meritorious service was very great. Now Dao Banmian offered to reward iron and refused. It would not be good.
"In that case, I will reward you with three hundred catties of iron. As for what I have already given to you before, will I take it back? I will still give it to you." After thinking for a long time, Zhu Chu said.
Three hundred kilograms of iron is three stones. Now the Ming Dynasty's annual iron production is more than one million stones, which is just a drop in the bucket. But this still makes Dao Ban Mian very moved, which shows how strict the Ming Dynasty controls iron.
After that, Zhu Zhen rewarded several other chieftains one by one, said a few words to them, and asked them to retreat.
At this moment, a sound suddenly came from a distance. Daomudan pointed his ears and said: "This seems to be the sound of a cannon. What is going on? Do the Ava people also have cannons? But why are they not used today?"
"You don't have to worry, this is a little gift from Gu to the Ava people," Zhu Zhen said.
After everyone heard what Zhu Chu said, they thought about it and understood. Han, the chieftain of Mubang, smiled and said, "Mingjis Fuxiu can't sleep tonight."
Everyone smiled and agreed, then dispersed.
There were a total of five cannon blasts that night.
Early the next morning, Zhu Min was woken up by Mu Ang again. He opened his sleepy eyes and said to Mu Ang: "What's the point of waking me up at this hour?"
