The morale of the entire Ming army also began to decline. In addition to the lack of food and medicine and the increase in the number of infections, it was also related to the fact that they could not find enemies and had no money to plunder.
Naturally, many southwestern chieftains were not that motivated as to whether to capture Ava and destroy Burma.
Qin Liangyu is now in a dilemma.
She has now reached a place less than sixty miles away from Ava alone. It would be a pity to withdraw and prepare for war again.
But now that the whole army is at the end of its strength, if we attack Ava again, we are afraid that we will encounter very fierce resistance and suffer failure.
"Mr. Chengguo, we should withdraw. The Burmese are very cunning and have hid in the mountains. Even if we try our best to capture Awa, it will be useless. Moreover, we have to suffer from them all the time." The harassment! This is just like how the imperial army invaded and suppressed some rebellious chieftains in the past. It would be very difficult to annihilate them all!"
"That's right! We are all chieftains. Why do we have to work so hard for the court? A lesson is enough. If Burma is really destroyed, the court should deal with us. We are not stupid!"
"Gong Chengguo, you are also a chieftain. You should understand that the imperial court has long wanted to change the situation!"
At this time, many chieftains also saw the opportunity to persuade Qin Liangyu.
"Since you don't want to sacrifice your life for the imperial court, why didn't you tell me earlier that the attack has reached here and then you withdraw, will you be worthy of the sons and daughters of the family who died in the battle?"
Qin Liangyu asked because of this.
"We didn't want to make a fortune, but who knew the Burmese people were so cunning and wouldn't let us rob them. We thought we could make a fortune by attacking Burma."
A chieftain replied.
"Exactly! I'm afraid they have transferred all the property of Ava, and we won't get any benefit from taking it. The key point is that whoever makes meritorious service, the court will directly reward him, instead of his parents and uncles. If this continues, When my sons become generals and soldiers, will I still be able to control them?"
"Gong Chengguo, the same goes for you. Your brother was directly granted the title of Duke because of the timely rescue. This seems like a great favor from the emperor, but who doesn't know that in this case, will your brother still listen to your arrangements and start a new business directly to listen to the court? Scheduled!"
"Our Majesty is very shrewd. Just Lan Peng, a Miao slave, was directly promoted to the rank of general and was promoted to the capital! I, a local official, is only a third-rank official! I will definitely not treat me like this in the future. The chieftain takes a closer look."
"We really can't fight anymore. If we continue to fight, our base will be gone! Moreover, if Myanmar is really destroyed, why will the court keep us?"
The other toasts all agreed.
"Grandpa, we have fought all the way here, how can we give up? You don't know how much hatred the Burmese people have brought to us!"
"That's right, if Lan Peng can be a general and I can be a general, why don't we continue to fight!"
"The Burmese soldiers killed my mother before, I want to kill all the Burmese people!"
However, many of the young and strong soldiers among these soldiers continued to support the march, either because of hatred, or because they wanted to use this opportunity to get rid of the control of the chieftain like Lan Peng and others.
"Sister! My people are back. They were in a place called Menglong and found that the Burmese army had food stored there! And a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry."
Qin Bangping walked in at this time and said to Qin Liangyu.
"Meng Long?"
Qin Liangyu therefore walked to the map, took a look at it, and immediately figured out the key to it.
But she didn't say it. Instead, she looked at the chieftains in front of her who only wanted to maximize their own interests.
"Food, gold, silver and jewelry?! Is what Duke Yi said true?"
A chieftain asked about Qin Bangping.
Qin Bangping said: "There are absolutely no lies!"
"This Menglong is not far from where we are now, and it is even closer to Ava. Since we have advanced here, why not move on and capture this Menglong, so that everyone's trip is not in vain?"
The shallow-skinned Toast started talking.
"Indeed, in the previous places, I haven't made enough yet, and my nephews and nephews still want to make great contributions and be granted titles! Why not continue to march after breaking up the soil in Burma and making marquises?"
For a moment, these toasts became very excited, as if looking at plum blossoms to quench their thirst.
Seeing this, Qin Liangyu said: "In this case, then continue to advance, sooner rather than later, capture Menglong immediately!"
"yes!"
These chieftains all left here because of this.
Qin Liangyu suddenly said to Qin Bangping: "Brother, take away all the food you can and return to Mubang immediately."
Qin Bangping was quite surprised: "Why are you going back to Mubang?! They didn't guess it, didn't you guess it, sister! What I just said was false news, hope the plum blossoms will quench your thirst, do you know! I know these guys are all short-sighted They attacked all the way, burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil, which is why they aroused such strong resistance from the Burmese people. If they don't make such a panic now, they will not continue to march. "
Qin Liangyu said: "Of course I guessed it!"
"Since you have guessed it, why do you want me to take away the food? If we don't take Awa this time, what if His Majesty finds some excuse to dismiss our Qin family and investigate? We are different from them. Our Qin family is now a member of the Qin family. Even if the two princes cannot capture Awa, they will die on the way to Awa, so that Your Majesty will not take back the favor to our Qin family!"
Qin Bangping said.
Qin Liangyu just smiled faintly when she saw this. She knew that His Majesty's title of "Gong" had completely won over her brother's heart, so she said:
"Because I guessed it, I asked you to go back to Mubang, because I thought that if I were King Long, seeing that the Ming army was desperate to march towards Ava despite the lack of food, I would simply Send out surprise troops to attack its grain road, which is Mubang, so that the Ming army, alone, will be defeated without a fight! And Mubang is now the place where my brother guards the imperial court. Brother, how can you sit back and watch Mubang be lost?! "
After hearing this, Qin Bangping suddenly realized: "Okay! I will go back to Mubang immediately! After all, she is a girl, and her elder brother is better at fighting than me."
So, Qin Bangping then took most of the food back to Mubang on the grounds that Meng Long had enough food.
…
"Are you saying that the Ming army is still continuing to advance towards Ava?"
King Talong asked his general Mang Dahe.
Mang Dahe replied: "Yes! They are almost approaching Meng Long!"
After hearing this, King Thalong sneered: "It seems that this Ming emperor is determined to destroy Myanmar! He will make a big mistake in Myanmar! Has the army we sent left Mubang?"
"Already set off."
Mang Dahe replied.
After hearing this, King Talong sneered: "Mubang will be the place where her Qin Liang's body is wrapped in jade horse leather!"
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"Has Zou Weilian, the governor of Yunnan, reported that he has led troops and food to Mubang? Tell him that after arriving in Mubang, he must unconditionally obey Duke Yi's arrangements! Don't show off as a civil servant!"
Zhu Youxiao asked Zhu Xieyuan with some concern because he had not received a telegram about the war in Myanmar for a long time.
"I've already returned. Duke Yi has also rushed back to Mubang."
Zhu Xieyuan replied.
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao relaxed his brows and said: "It seems that the destruction of Burma is certain! After all, I love you, and you are well-organized. You will think that the Burmese army may attack our food road."
"Now it depends on whether Qin Bangping is willing to stick to the chieftain land granted to him by His Majesty."
Zhu Xieyuan replied.
"He dares not to defend! If he doesn't defend, I will take the opportunity to withdraw all the wealth from his Qin family. If the cunning rabbit dies and the lackeys cook it, I will not do it! Besides, if he really defends Mubang, even if he fights Even if he dies, his son can take over from him! The Qin family will not lose!"
Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.
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