The Siamese people, who were ridiculed by the Emperor of Heaven as a bunch of rice-baskets, were not really all rice-baskets among them. At least the Emperor Naresuan in the original history did have two brushes.
He was betrayed by Ruan Huang, and he took 30,000 troops to Chiang Mai to fight against 30,000 Burmese troops, and actually won.
You must know that the Burmese army on the opposite side was originally placed in Chiang Mai to intimidate Siam. They are the elite of the Burmese army. When Mang Yingli went south from northern Myanmar to Taungoo, he was not willing to use this army. It can be seen that they The importance of the task in turn proves their strength.
Such a fresh and recharged army couldn't bear it after learning that Naresuan's "rebels" were heading north, so they took the initiative to attack south. As a result, the two sides met in Lampang, southeast of Chiang Mai, and the "Battle of Lampang" broke out. ".
Lampang is close to the Wang River. The situation at that time was that the Burmese army had already crossed the river. Naresuan originally planned to attack the Burmese army one and a half times across the river but was a step too late. So the situation turned into a last-ditch battle for the Burmese army.
As we all know, a last-ditch battle is a decisive battle for the Burmese army in a desperate situation. At this time, the Burmese army will have a bonus effect on morale. When the strength of both sides is equal, the Burmese army has a very high chance of winning.
But something unexpected happened.
Naresuan first went up to attack, but the offensive was relatively weak, so he was despised by the Burmese army. They thought that Naresuan's troops were just a group of rabble recruited temporarily, so they decisively launched a counterattack.
Narixuan fought and retreated, retreating for twenty miles and reaching a place called Mae Ta. Because of the pursuit, the Burmese army's formation has long been out of touch. At this time, Naresuan suddenly shot an arrow himself, killing a general of the Burmese army, and the morale of the Siamese army was greatly boosted.
At the same time, Naresuan's backhand was launched. Thousands of monk soldiers suddenly came out from the side, causing the Burmese army's already unformed formation to become even more chaotic. Naresuan did not hesitate to launch a counterattack, defeating them in one fell swoop. The Burmese army's fastest advancing forward army.
At this time, the Burmese army commander realized that something was wrong and quickly ordered to switch from offense to defense, but it was too late. Narixuan's direct bodyguards, equipped with armor and steel knives supported by the Ming Army (Annan), launched a full-scale attack. With one charge, they destroyed the newly formed circular formation of the Burmese Army and penetrated into the core of the Burmese Army.
Naresuan himself followed without hesitation and took the elite main force he had accumulated in Phitsanulok to tear apart the Burmese army's defense line from this breakthrough. The Burmese army was in chaos for a while.
In the chaos, the leader of the Burmese army was shot dead. The Burmese army, leaderless, fell into a bitter fight and then collapsed. Many people turned around and fled, while Naresuan led troops to pursue him.
The final result of this battle was that Naresuan's troops defeated the main force of the Burmese army in Chiang Mai at the cost of losing more than 2,400 people, and achieved a huge victory in which nearly 5,000 people were killed and more than 8,000 people were captured. The remaining troops fled in all directions and were no longer able to pose a threat to Naresuan's troops and northern Siam.
Subsequently, while Naresuan reported the battle situation to Ayutthaya, he divided his troops to occupy the important area in northern Siam - the area of 800 Dadian Xuanweisi or Lanna.
In a report to his father, the King of Siam, Naresuan accused the Annan expeditionary force of betrayal, which almost brought him into despair. At the same time, he asked his father to arrest Nguyen Huang, and said that he would appeal to the Ming Dynasty in protest.
Of course King Tammaraj of Siam did not have the ability to arrest Ruan Huang. Even he himself was weak and could be bullied. Now that he had even lost the military power of the capital city, how could he arrest him?
At present, the command of the Royal Guards and the Forbidden Army (essentially the Forbidden Army) has been transferred to Nguyen Huang, and he is constantly pretending to be powerful, contacting various parts of Siam, trying to control other local leaders or warlords except Naresuan.
Ruan Huang's power was not only to use the name of Tammarajara to give orders to various places, but he also borrowed various names such as "Great Ming Dynasty" and "Annan Dutong Division".
He even vigorously promoted that Narixuan's victory in the Battle of Nanbang relied on the sophisticated equipment provided to him by the Jinghua Group. And this kind of sophisticated equipment, as long as everyone relies on Ming Dynasty, Annan, or Beijing, they will have a chance to obtain it.
However, Ruan Huang also knows that this alone is still somewhat insufficient. After all, his own troops are too few. Even if he adds the troops brought from Nanzhang, they are not worth mentioning - not counting Na Li Xuan's troops. The other armies in Siam alone now total more than 80,000.
The strength of these armies may not be very good, and they were all defeated by the Burmese army back then, but the number of 80,000 people at least sounds like a lot. If it were the other way around, it would be enough for him to drink a pot.
Therefore, while stabilizing the situation in Siam, he requested support from three aspects: First, of course, he directly sent people to contact Gao Pragmatic as quickly as possible and asked Gao Pragmatic to send troops for support.
Secondly, he also knew that Gao Pangshi was too far away and might not be able to relieve the emergency, so he also requested support from Annan. This request for help was nominally sent to the Annan Metropolitan Envoy, but in fact it was written to the advisers in Beijing. In addition, he also wrote two personal letters, one to Gao Jue of the Thang Long Garrison and one to Gao Mengnan, the commander-in-chief of the three towns in Guangnan, asking them to send troops for support as appropriate.
Again, he wrote to Huang Zhiting who was outside Taungu City. While reporting on the situation here, he tentatively asked Deputy Dutong Huang if he could mobilize some troops to support him, or if he could not send troops directly, then send his troops to the northeast. The direction of Lanna (Babaidaidian) is tilted, so Naresuan will not dare to go south at least in the short term.
Ruan Huang's military strength is only slightly less than that of Na Xuan, but he is not afraid of being defeated by Na Xuan. After all, he believes that he has direct relatives and 6,000 elite troops of the Thang Long Guards at hand, so losing is inevitable. As for losing. However, he was worried that once Naresuan went south, some local leaders and warlords in Siam would defect to him, and then the overall direction of Siam would be completely unpredictable.
Due to the terrain and distance, Huang Zhiting got the news two days earlier than in Annan. Ruan Huang sent this news which made her very embarrassed.
Huang Zhiting didn't have any objections to Ruan Huang's temporary change of plan, and even thought that he did a good job, which was in line with Gao Pragmatic's evaluation of him: "This person makes decisions based on the wind, but he has a far-sighted strategy."
However, although this matter was done well, due to Na Li Xuan's victory, some bad signs began to appear, that is, the black prince might be forced to rebel.
In Gao Pragmatic's evaluation, Naresuan's ability, especially his military ability, was highly evaluated. In addition, Gao Pragmatic also mentioned that Naresuan was very ambitious.
Huang Zhiting's evaluation of being very ambitious can be proved by the fact that Na Li Xuan immediately divided her forces to occupy Lanna after defeating the Burmese army. Huang Zhiting has no doubt. According to her opinion, the best way to deal with this kind of person is to kill him as soon as possible before he can master more power.
But ideas are ideas, and things are still a little difficult to handle for the time being. Now that Toungoo City is under siege, it is not impossible for the Ming army to break in, but that would be equivalent to destroying the country. This will cause the Burmese people to hate the Ming Dynasty even more afterwards. However, the Ming Dynasty does not intend to annex Myanmar. This hatred will not only bring harm to the future There is no benefit other than causing trouble, and it is not conducive to the Ming Dynasty replenishing blood from Burma.
Originally, it was also a way to directly eliminate Mang Yingli and then find another Burmese royal family to succeed him. For example, Mang Meng and other "uncle kings" were all candidates for consideration. If that didn't work, there was still Mang Yingli's son, but Gao Gao Pragmatism has clearly rejected this suggestion.
Gao's pragmatic point of view is that Mang Yingli's prestige has been ruined after this battle, and his reputation in Myanmar is completely destroyed. Both the military and the people will regard him as a failed king. Especially in front of his father Mang Yinglong's achievements, Mang Yingli behaved like a complete clown.
what does that mean? It means that Mang Yingli has lost the support of the Burmese people. His rule has become rootless. Whether it is the Ming Dynasty or Annan, he was naturally his enemy in the past, but he will be his creditor in the future - the creditor will not let the debtor Jane. Jian Shan died because his creditors needed him to repay his debts.
Therefore, the power of Daming, Annan and other forces will be the last straw for Mang Yingli to survive in the future. Even if he has overwhelming hatred, he can only suppress it and act like a dog to Daming, otherwise he will die without a burial place.
On the contrary, if Mang Meng and others are used to replace Mang Yingli, these people will not bear much notoriety during this war, and they even bear the title of "Mang Yinglong King's brother", so the Burmese may attack them High hopes.
In this case, it is not necessarily impossible for the past events of King Goujian of Yue to be replicated in Myanmar.
Therefore, Gao Pragmatic believes that the waste in Mangyingli can be completely reused, turning it from "hazardous waste" into "recyclables" and making full use of the waste heat.
But in this case, Toungoo City cannot be broken, because if it is broken, Mang Yingli, the "chief culprit", will definitely have to "escort the capital" as a rule, and then most likely have to "pass the first nine sides", then how can the following play out? play?
If Toungoo City is not broken, and Mang Yingli cannot have other ideas, we can only surround them like this, and wait until a series of operations such as signing a peace treaty and limiting the strength of the Burmese army are completed before Huang Zhiting's group of people can be freed to do other things. thing.
This is troublesome - Narixuan won't wait.
Huang Zhiting couldn't think of any good solution for a while, so the matter dragged on all night.
On the second day, about 10,000 people from the Northern Front Ming Army escorted the plenipotentiary envoy Liu Shizeng, governor of Yunnan, to arrive outside Toungoo City. Since Liu Shizeng was Huang Zhiting's temporary boss, Huang Zhiting reported to him on the recent military affairs and the current situation of Toungu City.
After all, Liu Shizeng was also a backbone of the Chen Party. Naturally, he knew that Huang Zhiting had a special status, so he was extremely polite to her. After listening to the report, he took the initiative to ask about the defense force in Toungu City. The troops outside the city plus the 10,000 troops he brought After the army, whether it can deploy troops to put pressure on Narexuan.
Huang Zhiting said that there are not many Burmese army veterans in Taungoo City, no more than 10,000 at most. However, this is the royal capital of Myanmar, and the city has a sufficient population. Some new troops have been organized now. The number of Myanmar troops in Taungoo City may have reached about 30,000. However, their combat power is limited and they can make do with defending the city. They definitely don't have the courage to go out of the city to fight in the field.
Liu Shizeng was a civil servant and his understanding of military affairs was only average. He began to make plans after hearing this. But a young general next to him said instead: "I heard that Huang Dutong's command had captured many Burmese soldiers before. I wonder how much they have surrendered now?"
Huang Zhiting didn't know this young general, but still replied: "We have surrendered most of them, about 34,000 people."
"Are many people aware of this matter?"
Huang Zhiting shook her head and said: "How do outsiders know? Of course there are not many."
The young general then said: "In that case, there is a plan for this humble position."
Huang Zhiting was quite surprised, and even Liu Shizeng was a little surprised. He glanced at the young general, but in the end did not speak, which was regarded as acquiescence that the young general could speak.
Huang Zhiting nodded and said, "Please give me some advice."
"I don't dare." Although the young general said this, his attitude was very calm. "I thought that Huang Dutong could write a letter to apologize to Na Li Xuan in the name of Deputy Dutong of Annan for Ruan Huang's actions. At the same time, as an ally, I invited Narixuan to lead his army to Taungoo City to participate in the joint operation, and you can also say that he was invited to come to discuss the aftermath of the Ruan Huang incident. I feel that... Narixuan is very likely to come."
Huang Zhiting frowned when she heard it at first, but then she realized that what the young general said before was all paving the way for the final invitation of Na Li Xuan to Taungoo.
"I probably understand what you mean." Huang Zhiting tilted her head slightly, "Let Na Lixuan come to Taungu, and then I will deal with him outside Taungu City, or on his way to Taungu..."
The young general smiled slightly and bowed slightly: "I have heard about the reputation of Huang Dutong for a long time, and today I saw that it is indeed well-deserved."
Huang Zhiting frowned slightly when she saw it. She always felt that the young general's words were a bit strange, but at least they didn't sound like bad words. She was too lazy to think about it for a moment, so she asked: "What if Na Lixuan comes out in full force, bringing with him Come over with an army of 30,000 people... You also know that he has just defeated the Burmese army of 30,000 people, and his momentum is at its peak. And by then, I will besiege Toungoo City, and at the same time I will also deal with his 30,000 army, in case something happens. What kind of mistake ruined the important affairs of the imperial court, but how did it end?"
The young general raised his eyebrows: "Huang Dutong defeated the Burmese army's main force of 60,000 with an expeditionary force of 20,000. In recent years, only the Prime Minister of Liaodong High School has been able to reach this level of power. Could it be that Huang Dutong still cares about Na Li Xuan's power?" Thirty thousand Siamese soldiers? You know, he defeated the Burmese army in Chiang Mai this time, relying on his personal guards equipped with Annan's sophisticated armor to break through the Burmese army's defense line in one fell swoop, and then he took advantage of the situation and won.
Now under Huang Dutong's command, there are not only the world-famous Guangxi Wolf Soldiers, but also Annan's elite Jingang Garrison. With such strength, why can't they kill Li Xuan? "
What the young general said was not unreasonable, but Huang Zhiting felt more and more strange after listening to it - why did this person always seem to be irritating the general?
Huang Zhiting's thoughts changed and she thought to herself: This person seems to be under Liu Wei's command. Could it be that Liu Wei is jealous of my military exploits? But this makes no sense. Although Liu Wei is also a general under Gao Lang, I am not... I will not compete with him in this regard. It makes no sense that he is jealous of my military exploits. There is no need at all. .
She was suspicious, but Liu Shizeng didn't think much about it. At this moment, Liu Zhongcheng also figured it out. This plan sounded feasible. The only question was how many people Na Lixuan would bring.
So Liu Shizeng finally said: "The headquarters does not think that Naresuan will bring all his 30,000 troops here. You think, after Naresuan defeated the Burmese army, he immediately divided his troops and occupied 800 Dadian, which shows that this person is greedy. Taotie. Even if, as just said, Huang Dutong invited him to come under various banners, and at the same time he refused to give up the reputation brought by personally attacking Taungoo, the headquarters still believes that he will not Leaving 800 Dadian to ignore the overwhelming number of people coming, this person will definitely leave part of his military force to manage the 800 Dadian carefully to prevent Ruan Huang from taking advantage of the situation."
Before Huang Zhiting could speak, the young general clasped his fists and said, "What Zhongcheng said is absolutely true. In this way, Huang Dutong's chance of winning against Na Lixuan will be even greater."
Huang Zhiting narrowed her eyes slightly, looked at the young general again, and suddenly smiled: "This is a wonderful plan, it is indeed extraordinary. I was rude just now. I haven't asked my name. What is your position under Liu Yourong now?"
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