When Gao Silian launched the battle out of the city, Mangyingli, who was marching all the way north, had already arrived at Biao Pass.
Fifty years ago, Biaoguan was the most important pass used by the then relatively weak Toungu Dynasty to defend against the Bago Dynasty in the south.
But the main thing is the main thing. Since the Toungoo dynasty was not strong at that time, Biaoguan was not very majestic. Fortunately, this pass made of rocks is still strong, and it still plays a big role in protecting the dynasty.
However, all this has become history. The pass now appears in front of Mang Yingli as a pile of ruins. Not to mention that the city tower has long since disappeared, and even a complete wall can no longer be seen.
The ruins are broken, the rubble is messy, and not far from the ruins is a pile of corpses.
The burning of corpses was naturally done by the Ming army. The purpose was not to humiliate the dead or frighten the enemy, but simply to avoid the plague. After all, fighting in Myanmar is different from Mongolia and Liaodong in autumn and winter. The temperature here is too high, and a large number of corpses cannot be burned. Dealing with situations where the plague can easily spread.
But this large pile of remains obviously stimulated the arrogant White Elephant King of Jinlou, and everyone could see the king's suppressed anger. No one dared to say more than a word at this time. All the nobles and generals were silent, and even special figures like Captain Reddy were unwilling to open their mouths and cause trouble for Mang Yingli.
However, perhaps because of the repeated blows Mang Yingli had suffered recently, he rarely got angry this time, or in other words, he suppressed his temper. After looking at him with a livid face for a while, he just said coldly: "March through the night."
This can be fatal.
The Burmese army came on a forced march. Mang Yingli and a group of royal family, nobles, and generals also had elephants as mounts. The lower-level officers and ordinary soldiers were in dire straits, having to rely on two legs to follow them. Counting from the time they went south to the time they returned north, the straw sandals they carried were worn out. There was no time to make new ones now, so they could only march barefoot.
Forget it if you go barefoot. After all, this is the southern Myanmar plain (belonging to the Irrawaddy Delta), but the biggest problem with marching at night is that mosquitoes are unavoidable.
If the development level of Myanmar is compared to the Ming Dynasty, it is even worse than Yunnan and Guangxi. Although they also have traditional mosquito repellent and insect repellent secret medicine, it is impossible to distribute it to ordinary soldiers. Therefore, once they march at night, it can be seen that these few Ten thousand soldiers had to feed countless mosquitoes along the way.
The mosquitoes in Myanmar are no less poisonous than those in Guangxi and Annan. They are all giant mosquitoes as big as a child's palm. One bite will turn into a big bag. It is so itchy that it can make people scratch their skin, and the blood is thick.
However, under Myanmar's strict hierarchical system, once the noble generals at the top did not dare to persuade Mang Yingli, the soldiers at the bottom had no room to speak and could only be forced to obey orders. The entire army looked sad and resentful.
Mang Yingli didn't care about this. His golden building on top of the white elephant was specially constructed. There were a variety of secret medicines hidden in the exquisite and complicated carvings. Mosquitoes, snakes and scorpions would not get close to it and would wander around if they were far away.
As for the hard work of the soldiers walking at night, this was not something he considered, the White Elephant King. He just wanted to get to Odun, a small town thirty miles south of Toungoo City, before tomorrow morning.
According to Mang Yingli's idea, since the Ming army was attacking Dongyu City on a large scale, it stands to reason that its scouting horses could be deployed for at most ten or twenty miles. I rushed to Odun first and rested for a morning. At noon, the army had lunch and set off. In the afternoon, I was just in time to catch a big battle to relieve the siege of Toungu City. If the battle went well, Toungu City might even send troops out of the city, inside and outside. It would be even better to attack the Ming army together! Under such circumstances, wouldn't a big victory be easily achieved?
So with the support of this idea, the main force of 60,000 Burmese troops could only keep going all night and march north. Although many soldiers were extremely tired, they were badly bitten by mosquitoes and could not feel sleepy at all. They just forced themselves forward and used up a lot of their remaining energy.
Perhaps it was because the previous rapid march had exhausted the Burmese army, or perhaps the mosquitoes in early summer were too vicious. In short, the speed of the night's march did not meet Mang Yingli's expectations. Although he lost his temper twice and even ordered the officers to whip the soldiers who walked slowly, the final effect was not very obvious.
In the darkest period before dawn, the Burmese army barely entered the territory of Odun, but the small town of Odun was still more than ten miles away from them.
Mang Yingli once again forcibly ordered the soldiers to gather their last energy and rush to Odun before sleeping. At this time, the sky finally began to get a little brighter. Perhaps the soldiers saw the small town in the distance in the last darkness of the night. They finally felt a little more energetic and tried their best to reach Otun as soon as possible and then have a good sleep. ——At this time, they were so tired that they didn’t even bother to eat breakfast.
After walking for a while, rolling hills began to appear on the roadside. The hills in these plain areas were not high, and there were only some short trees on the hills. However, after sleeping in the White Elephant Golden Building for several hours, Mang Yingli was finally more awake than ordinary people, and suddenly realized that something was wrong with the surrounding situation.
At this time, the second-in-command in the Toungoo Dynasty of Myanmar, the eldest son of Mangyingli and the crown prince Mangji Lao also worriedly asked the elephant slave to lead his white elephant over. Jinlou, who had just approached Mangyingli, reminded: "Father, something is wrong here - the army passed through the woods, why didn't they disturb the birds? There might be an ambush here!"
Mang Yingli was reminded by the crown prince and suddenly woke up: No wonder I feel something is wrong, it turns out that there is no reason for the bird to fly away in fright!
He suddenly took a deep breath and shouted loudly, regardless of the mystery and dignity of the White Elephant King of Jinlou: "Urgent order! The whole army is on alert and forms a defensive formation!"
However, his roar also reminded the Ming army that had been ambushing on the side of the hill for a long time. Following Huang Zhiting's order and Huang Bao's roar, the Huang family's wolf soldiers, who were the main force in the attack, suddenly appeared on the hill. The top of the mountain.
The equipment of the wolf soldiers is now more sophisticated than before. In addition to the common hoods of the Ming army (it is too hot to wear cotton armor in Southeast Asia), there is also a small wooden steel-covered shield firmly fixed on the left forearm. As for the weapons, There is no change, it is still the steel-tipped bamboo spear specially made by the wolf soldiers.
In fact, Gao Pragmatic originally planned to help the Wolf Soldiers replace the bamboo spears due to sufficient steel production, but both Huang Zhiting and Cen Ling said it was not necessary because the bamboo spears were cheap and easy to use, and had some "internal gun" style. and moves are available, there is no need to switch to an iron spear. (Note: The so-called internal gun in the traditional martial arts circle generally refers to the school of marksmanship founded by Yue Fei, that is, the kind of gun with a flexible body that is common in later movies, rather than the various pure hard guns from earlier times.)
The sudden appearance of the wolf soldiers, if it were normal times, the Burmese army would quickly form a formation in a certain panic. However, at this time, the Burmese army was already exhausted, and they were stunned for a while before hurriedly starting to find their own station. At the position, the array speed was more than twice as slow as usual.
Mang Yingli was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead. He had no time to think about why the Ming army that was besieging the city would set up an ambush here. He just suddenly thought of the scene where he was ambushed by Liu Wei when he retreated to northern Myanmar.
Ambushed again! How come the Ming army always manages to ambush!
In fact, this is a common problem among armies in areas lacking horses, that is, they subconsciously imagine that the opponent's horse detection range and ability are similar to their own, thus always being at a disadvantage in terms of battlefield intelligence. In the early years of the war when the Mongolian army destroyed the Bagan Dynasty in Myanmar, the Bagan Dynasty also often suffered this loss. Of course, having said that, even if the Mongolian army of that period fought hard, the Bagan dynasty would definitely not be able to defeat it.
Mang Yingli was in a trance, and Mang Ji'ao immediately knew that something was wrong. He ignored his father's usual sternness and decisively snatched the tools for driving the elephant from the elephant slave's hands, and drove the elephant forward himself. Shouting at the officers and soldiers, struggling to maintain the chain of command.
But how can the wolf soldiers be blocked by this temporarily pulled line of defense! Although Huang Bao was not as brave as his brother Huang Hu to defeat the wolf soldiers, he was equally fierce. He personally charged forward with a steel-tipped bamboo spear that he had made repeatedly.
He also fought like a typical wolf soldier. He did not ride a horse, but led the charge on foot. The Burmese army in front of him was not a match for a warrior like him who had specialized in killing skills since he was a child. In addition, he was trapped and tired at this time. He was tired, and his reaction was much slower than usual. Where was his general, he stabbed several people to death with a few shots, and the Burmese army's temporary defense line was suddenly in chaos.
"Hou Phimiao, stop that man!" Mangji Lao shouted at a Burmese general with golden armor who had just arrived.
Countries in Southeast Asia that believe in Buddhism particularly like gold. This kind of golden armor is almost standard among senior generals. But of course the armor cannot be made of pure gold, as that would be too soft. In fact, it is made of countless small copper foils made of wrought copper with a color very similar to gold, and then made into fish scale armor. As for how to distinguish their identities, first of all, there will be slight differences in the armor styles, but more importantly, look at the helmets. One of the simplest ways to distinguish is: the higher the feathers on the top of the helmets, the higher the status of its owner.
The general called by Mang Ji Lao was not young, he looked to be in his fifties. In terms of strength, he certainly could not compare with a young and powerful general like Huang Bao. However, he has a huge advantage over Huang Bao at this moment, and that is... he rides a war elephant.
Even as strong as Liu Wei, he could only use his own natural divine power to use his bare hands to force the enemy away from the war elephant with a Uzhumuqin horse at his hip. But now that Huang Bao is a step general, he obviously can't use that move.
Seeing the opponent rushing over with a special elephant spear more than ten feet long, Huang Bao didn't dare to force himself, so he suddenly stepped aside and subconsciously stabbed the elephant that had already rushed over half of its body.
However, this spear did not have the effect he imagined. Although in terms of feel, he felt that he had penetrated a lot, in fact, the elephant did not seem to even bleed.
Huang Bao quickly looked at it and realized that his spear had only penetrated two or three inches. It might have only broken through the elephant's skin, not even the flesh.
Yellow leopards and elephants have also been seen in Guangxi, but it seems that the elephants in Myanmar are not only larger, but also have thicker skin. This is not good news.
He knew that it would be difficult to capture this person, so he subconsciously glanced at the back of the Burmese army.
At this glance, the time was just right. Suddenly, there was a sound of artillery fire from behind the Burmese army, and at the same time, a large wave of rockets came. The lineup of the Burmese army's rear army, which was not neat at first, suddenly became more chaotic.
At this time, Mang Yingli had come to his senses and saw an ambush on one side and behind, and on the other side was the Xidang River. He simply shouted: "The whole army is moving forward and rush back to Toungyu City!"
Mang Ji'ao was shocked and was about to rush to persuade his father. Unexpectedly, the Beimiao Hou had abandoned Huang Bao and began to retreat according to orders, preparing to escape to Dongxu City.
When he passed by the white war elephant of Mang Ji Lao, he patted it with the pole of the elephant's spear, causing it to start to turn. At the same time, he loudly said to Mang Ji Lao: "Your Highness, the Ming army has been prepared for this battle. They are waiting for the hard work in this battle. Our army has no chance of winning, so we should withdraw to Toungoo City first and then make further calculations!"
"No, the Ming army will definitely return..." Mang Ji'ao was about to retort, but Beimiao Hou lowered his voice and interrupted: "Your Highness, be careful, this is the king's decision!"
Mang Ji Lao was shocked.
What kind of person is his own father? As a son, how can he not know clearly? No one can question his decision as the White Elephant King of the Golden Tower, especially when the situation is unfavorable. Anyone who dares to question him is asking for death.
However, the problem is, Mang Ji Lao felt that since the Ming army set up an ambush so accurately, with both this powerful army coming out from the side and the ambush from behind, there was no reason why there would be no ambush in front!
Mang Ji Lao knew that there had been an undercurrent in the Toungoo Dynasty, and his father must not have any accidents. Therefore, knowing that he could not persuade him, he could only rush to Mang Yingli on a war elephant and said: "Father, The Ming army has set up ambushes on my flanks and in the rear, and I am afraid that they may also have ambushes in the front, so please order me to explore the way."
Mang Yingli was startled at first, then narrowed his eyes slightly to look at his eldest son, smiled, and said: "My son is very filial, so you go explore the way. But you have to remember, don't go in immediately when you get outside the city. To enter the city, you must have the appearance of a crown prince, accompanying you on a golden tower and a white elephant, do you understand?"
"Yes, I understand." Of course, Mang Ji'ao knew in his heart that his father was extremely suspicious. What he said just now seemed to remind him that as the crown prince, he had a valuable status, but in fact, he was afraid that he would enter Toungyu City first - now His king is still outside the city, and there is an army of the Ming Dynasty outside the city. The key is that the situation is still unfavorable. If he does not let him, the Golden Tower White Elephant King, come in after entering the city...
But Mang Ji Lao didn't have time to think so much. He hurriedly accepted the order and gathered tens of thousands of troops at will to open the way.
Mang Yingli also refused to stay in such an ambush place. After hastily giving the order for the entire army to break out, he started running away mode. He didn't care that these sleepy and tired Burmese soldiers couldn't outrun the wolf soldiers and were killed. Corpses littered the fields.
At this time, Huang Zhiting was not standing on the hill where the wolf soldiers rushed out. Instead, she was surrounded by a large group of Ruan Song's subordinates at the rear. It turned out that the army that had just fired a round of artillery and several rounds of rockets was not the Gao family. The garrison was headed by Ruan Song.
Ruan Song himself hurriedly rode back from the front, and reported loudly from a distance with a happy face: "Everyone expected that everything was going as expected, and the reckless thief broke out and headed for Dongxu City."
Huang Zhiting's face was extremely calm, but she was relieved in her heart, because she was actually betting that if Mang Yingli was ambushed so close to Dongyu City, her first thought would be to escape into the city. Escape back to your lair.
However, Huang Zhiting, who wanted to win a big victory, was waiting for this scene!
Because what is ambushing in front at this moment is the Jinggang garrison, which has the strongest firepower among the expeditionary force and has already formed a formation!
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