The army that stretched for more than ten miles marched on the not-so-wide mountain road. The "Jinlou" and "White Elephant" symbols of the Golden Tower and White Elephant King both appeared in relatively front positions among the army.
White elephants are easy to understand, they are white Asian elephants. This kind of elephant has been around since ancient times, but the proportion is rare. It is regarded as a treasure and sacred object in Myanmar, Siam, and even Annan. It is strictly forbidden to use it and must be worshiped religiously.
However, Mang Yingli's father, Mang Yinglong, believed that he was not an ordinary person, so after he came to power, he was known as the "White Elephant King of Jinlou", using the white elephant as his mount, and became the sage of the saints. Mang Yingli inherited his father's throne and also inherited his white elephant mount. Several white elephants in this march were his mounts and spare mounts.
As for the Golden Tower, there are two opinions. One theory is that it refers to the Qianbang Shadi Palace built by Mang Yinglong after the Toungoo Dynasty conquered Bago. This palace has seven halls, and every part is covered with gold. It looks like a golden city from a distance. And its towering main hall seems to be the "Golden Tower".
Another theory is about traveling. After Mang Yinglong was called the White Elephant King of Jinlou, he did not just sit on the back of the white elephant, but installed a special riding carriage on the white elephant. Like a small building, it is also golden in color, extremely rich and solemn.
It's just that such a carriage is a bit heavy after all, and even a white elephant cannot carry it for a long time. Therefore, when traveling, it must be replaced by another white elephant every two hours at most.
The second-generation Jinlou White Elephant Wang Mangyingli is now sitting on his "Jinlou White Elephant", leading his army slowly southward. More than 100,000 troops surrounded him, and there was even a gorgeous woman sitting next to him. I don't know if she was a concubine or something, but she was feeding him wine with a jade cup.
But Mang Yingli just took a sip with an expressionless expression and pushed it away, signaling the gorgeous woman to transfer. The woman curled up and knelt down towards him, almost as if she was lying on her side.
Mang Yingli raised his right foot, raised the woman's chin with the toe of his boot, and said something unknown. The woman showed a flattering smile, knelt down and stepped back. Her whole figure was like a twisted but backwards snake.
In the forest on the mountain, Liu Xin, who was hiding behind a tree with her waist bent, snorted softly.
Liu Wei couldn't help but said from behind another tree next to her: "This Chief Mang is living a good life. I have lived for more than twenty years, and this is the first time I have seen such etiquette."
Liu Xin glanced at him sideways: "You want to try it too?"
"This... forget it, I guess this is going to exceed the limit." Liu Qingqian smiled, and then asked: "Is it time to start? If he goes a little further, it will be inconvenient for me to catch him personally. "
Liu Xin shook his head directly: "No, if we activate it now, the ambush artillery and steel wheel fire mines will not be able to fully exert their power, which will affect the effect of annihilating the enemy. When the time comes, the high school prime minister will blame it. Brother, how do you answer? He said it very clearly, Mang Ying The number of people inside is not important, what is important is to try to annihilate the main force of the Burmese army and weaken Burma’s war potential.”
Liu Wei replied: "Of course I remember what Prime Minister Gao Gao said, but when I saw Mang Thief's posture, I remembered one thing - we have laid so many landmines, and if we blow up his golden tower and white elephant, what will happen to him?" There are just two missing items to claim credit for.”
But Liu Xin shook his head and said: "At this time, you still have your mind to think about this? Asking for credits and rewards, brother, just don't worry about it and leave it to the high school prime minister. Those golden towers and white elephants, etc., add in There's not a single word he can say to you that will help."
After thinking about it, Liu Wei felt that it made sense, so he nodded and said, "That's right, I'll just focus on fighting." Then he asked, "How long will it take before we can start?"
Liu Xin made a few gestures with a small ruler in her left and right hands, as if she was calculating something in her mind, and quickly replied: "I can't get half a stick of incense, so brother can make preparations."
"I'm just waiting for your words!" Liu Wei immediately began to adjust his armor, and then made a few gestures to the subordinates around him. He led the horse from behind, touched the horse's bit, patted the horse's neck, and said: "Keep it up, you can't make any noise now... Come on, let's get closer quietly."
Although it is said that cavalry cannot enter the forest, well-trained war horses are not unable to travel in the woods, but due to their size, they cannot be fast and are not very agile. However, it is possible to fight your way out of the woods.
Besides, there are not many cavalry under Liu Wei. In addition to more than a hundred exploration horses, there are only 300 cavalry in total. Counting Liu Wei's personal bodyguard cavalry, the whole army together is less than 500. Typical Southern troops.
He gathered his troops and saw that Liu Xin was also wearing a suit of armor and holding a war horse in her hand. He couldn't help but hesitate for a moment and said, "Xin'er, why don't you just stay here to observe the general situation..."
Liu Xin raised her eyebrows: "Why, Deputy Huang can lead a large army and march thousands of miles, but I, Liu Xin, can't mount a horse or kill thieves?"
"Why do you keep mentioning her?" Liu Wei smiled bitterly and said, "You know that's not what I mean, I just care about you. You have no eyes in battle. If you are injured, how can I explain it to my father?"
Liu Xin ignored him, checked her armor, weapons and horse, and then carefully led the horse down the mountain.
Liu Wei sighed helplessly, waved to the surroundings, gathered a few people, and explained: "Listen, you guys, it doesn't matter whether I kill or not, I will give you half of the kill. Your task is to watch carefully. If you marry the eldest lady, even if she hurts a hair, I still want you to look good, do you understand?"
"clear!"
"Hai!"
Liu Wei nodded and was about to follow Liu Xin up, but someone grabbed him and asked in a low voice: "Should we surround the eldest lady or..."
"Are you a pig? Don't you know how smart the eldest lady is? Can't she tell if we surround her?" Liu Qi scolded her like a barrage of bullets.
"Then let's..."
Liu Wei glared: "Damn it, how do I know? Find a way on your own!" After saying that, he left the group of personal guards looking at each other and followed Liu Xin.
Although the Burmese army is large in size, its morale does not seem to be very high, and its military discipline is also average. The entire team moves in a chaotic manner. Many people are talking quietly to the people around them, chattering in the Burmese language, and from time to time. He sighed, he shook his head.
This time they sent troops to go north, but they only achieved good records and results at the beginning. When the Ming army began to shrink their defense lines and hold on, the Burmese army almost made no decent breakthroughs.
Especially after the two battalions of Tengyue and Yongchang were temporarily formed, the battle situation immediately deteriorated.
Liu Wei of Tengyue beat Yue Feng and other chieftains who had defected to Burma, throwing away their armor and fighting all the way through uninhabited territory; Deng Zilong of Yongchang went directly south from Yongchang to block the entrance, and pinned the main force of the Burmese army to death on the spot. , You can't break Yao Pass even if you die.
As a result, the original Burmese plan for Yue Feng to take Teng Yue all the way, and Mang Yingli's main force to take Yongchang, and then the two sides combined forces to go straight to Dali, and defeat the main force of Muchang Zuo'erhai, went bankrupt.
Immediately afterwards, there was more bad news. For example, Yue Feng even lost his old home in Longchuan. Nandian, Qianya, Longchuan, Manmo and other Xuanfu divisions changed their families one after another and took the surname Zhu again.
The situation on Mang Yingli's side was equally unsatisfactory. After Deng Zilong defeated Han Qian and his son, he personally took command of Yaoguan and issued a gauntlet to provoke Mang Yingli, the king of Burma. In anger, Mang Yingli attacked for several days. In addition to suffering seven or eight thousand casualties in vain, he couldn't even climb the tower.
The Portuguese mercenaries who were leaning on the Great Wall refused to come forward, saying that according to their observations, the opponent's firepower was very strong, and attacking with their own few men was simply seeking death. They suggested that the White Elephant King think of other methods.
But before the White Elephant King could think of anything, even bigger bad news came with Yue Feng.
Pegu is lost!
The Mon people announced the restoration of the Mon state, but on the surface it was known as the "Dagu La Military and Civilian Propaganda and Comfort Department" - this was the "establishment" of the Mon state in the Ming Dynasty in the past.
The good-for-nothing Abraban actually named himself "Deputy Secretary of the Department of Military and Civilian Xuanwei of Dagula" under the instigation of the Ming army, and then went on a rampage to recruit troops and win over the Mon tribe's remaining ministers. As a result, in less than ten days, six of the thirteen cities in Bago’s old territory were reversed, which was close to half!
Fortunately, among the five important towns in the old land of Meng, the cities of Pasen, Dawei, and Madu are still under control. Only Bago and Daguang are lost. From the perspective of Mang Yingli, the situation can still be restored.
But we can't delay it any longer. If we delay it any longer, once the entire old territory of Bangladesh rebels, it will not be a big trouble that can be solved in the short term.
So Mang Yingli decided to withdraw his troops immediately, but before withdrawing, Yue Feng, who had lost his capital, felt that he could not be so unknown and took the initiative to offer advice.
Yue Feng said that if the troops were to withdraw directly, Deng Zilong would be constrained and harassed. It was better to pretend to launch a large-scale offensive. Therefore, the entire army retreated slightly, out of Deng Zilong's sight, and then pretended to be cutting down trees and collecting boulders. In fact, dummies were set up widely and they were quietly evacuated at night.
Yue Feng said that in this case, Deng Zilong was worried about our army's offensive and would definitely prepare for the battle with all his strength. Naturally, he would not be able to find that our army had withdrawn.
Mang Yingli was overjoyed and immediately followed the instructions. As expected, Deng Zilong did not pursue him. Mang Yingli then went south confidently and boldly, until now.
However, although the evacuation went smoothly, after all, this trip to the north not only failed, but even caused a fire in the backyard. Mang Yingli was still very angry. Even the beauty presented by Lanna couldn't make him happy anymore.
Moreover, this time the battle in northern Myanmar was so anticlimactic. Even after he went south to suppress the rebellion, even if he stabilized the south, the situation in the north had changed drastically. The business he had built over the years would probably be destroyed. This also made him feel even more depressed. Oops.
Just when he was thinking about the lawsuit, he suddenly heard a sharp sound of "chirp--". The sound was so sharp that it made one's eardrums sore, and the whole person couldn't help but tremble.
Mang Yingli raised his head and looked around, only to see a red flame soaring into the sky, then exploding with a "bang" and turning into little sparks.
Mang Yingli was not new to the battlefield. He had fought with his father for at least twenty years. He knew at a glance that this must be some kind of signal flare, and he was immediately ready to order his subordinates to pay attention to sneak attacks.
However, there was someone faster than him. His uncle Mangzhuo, who was sitting on another ordinary elephant with his eyes closed and meditating, reacted very quickly and shouted in Burmese: "Enemy attack! Defend on the spot, don't panic! "
Mang Yingli was slightly relieved, but he did not let his guard down, but also shouted: "The troops before and after the order are sent, defend on the spot, and don't run around!"
At this time, the surrounding soldiers had begun to spontaneously surround Mang Yingli, protecting him in the middle.
Just when Mang Yingli was wondering why the ambushing Ming army hadn't made any move yet, suddenly there was a sudden sound of artillery in the mountains ahead, and solid shells hit the crowd one after another.
These solid cannonballs have no explosive power, but it is quite easy for each cannonball to fall into a dense crowd and kill several people. In addition, injuries like "smashing" often cause people's bones and flesh to fly everywhere and blood to splatter, which looks quite terrifying.
Mang Yingli didn't expect that the Ming army had not yet come out and launched a bombardment first. Although he couldn't figure out how the Ming army could place the artillery in such a place in advance, he couldn't care less at this moment and said nothing. He ordered the elephant slaves around him to raise the golden ladder and let him go down first to avoid the limelight - he also felt that the goal of staying on the white elephant in the Golden Tower at this time was too obvious.
Just after getting off the White Elephant, I suddenly heard a loud bang from the front army, which was even louder than the bombardment. "Bang! Bang! Bang!" There were more than a dozen explosions in a row, and then all kinds of heart-wrenching shouts came from several miles away. The news of the Chinese army coming from outside made everyone's hair stand on end.
"What's going on? What kind of cannon is this? Why is it so loud?" Mang Yingli was also frightened by the series of loud noises. He grabbed the Portuguese military adviser beside him and asked.
"Sorry, Your Majesty the King. I, I have never heard of such a powerful land cannon. Generally speaking, only the long heavy cannons among naval guns can be built so huge, and... the sound of the long heavy cannons seems to be similar to this huge cannon. There is something different, the sound is too muffled, I suspect this is the secret weapon of the Ming people."
The secret weapon is not wrong, because landmines are not popular in Europe. This thing did not attract attention in the European weapons system until the Russo-Japanese War. It is probably not even there now.
However, China has had similar weapons for a long time, and they were fully developed during the Ming Dynasty. There are a lot of mines of various types on land, and there are also many mines in the water, such as the "Underwater Dragon King Cannon". represent.
However, the original landmines and sea mines were relatively primitive, not very powerful, and difficult to detonate, and they always liked to add some silly things to them.
Before Gao Pragmatic officially got involved in the military industry, he gave some of the improved mines and naval mine designs to Qi Jiguang for testing. Later, Jinghua established its own military industry system, and the development of these things became more in line with the "correct direction of historical development" ".
The landmines used by Liu Wei today are so-called "steel wheel self-igniting" type landmines, but they are an enhanced version.
How to strengthen it? This kind of landmine itself is triggered by stepping on it, but Jinghua, under Gao Yi's modification, created a "continuous mine" structure, that is, these landmines are connected with fuses.
As long as you step on one, the steel wheel will hit the flint, ignite sparks, and ignite the fuses mixed with phosphorus powder and other substances. These fuses will not only detonate the mine itself, but also ignite other connected mines. Over there The landmines then continue to detonate more landmines, forming a "continuous explosion".
As for the former army, it was because they stepped on a landmine that more than ten landmines were exploded in a row. After being blown up, the man fell over on his back and wailed all over the place for a while.
In fact, they are lucky, because due to the manufacturing level of this era, even Jinghua's products will often misfire, especially this kind of continuous lightning. If one breaks in the middle, the subsequent ones may be gone.
The series of thunders just now actually connected a total of thirty mines, but only about half of them exploded before stopping. As for the problem, no one knows now.
But that's enough.
A golden signal flare shot into the sky again, and the artillery fire on the mountain suddenly weakened.
If anyone in the Burmese army could listen calmly at this time, he should have discovered that the front and rear armies were still being bombarded by artillery fire, and only the Chinese army's artillery stopped.
Immediately afterwards, the mountains on both sides of the Burmese army suddenly heard a loud killing sound. Countless Ming soldiers threw away their straw camouflage and came out wearing thin southern Yuanyang war robes and hoods.
An extremely capable Ming general rode out on a top-notch Uzhumu Qin horse and jumped out with a horse-cutting sword. He casually slashed an unlucky Burmese soldier in front of him in half with a knife, and the blood splattered half of his face red.
General Ming let out a terrifying scream, pointed in the direction of the white elephant in the Golden Tower and shouted: "Where is Mang Yingli? Have you prepared the leader of the thieves? Grandpa is here to get it!"
This Ming general made so much publicity as soon as he entered the battlefield. Who else could he be besides Liu Wei?
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