Your Highness, this is already in Myanmar. "A Siamese general riding on a short horse said to the golden-helmeted general beside him.
The golden helmeted general looked around and asked: "Hasn't the scouting horse returned yet? Have you discovered the Ming army?"
"not yet……"
Before the Siamese general finished speaking, seven or eight cavalrymen were already coming from the front, raising dust. He immediately changed his words: "It seems they are back."
The golden helmeted general waved his hand and reined in his horse. The general turned around and shouted: "Stop!" The army quickly stopped advancing.
"Report to His Highness the Crown Prince, there are about 10,000 Ming troops camped twenty miles away waiting for you! What is written on the Ming army's banner is 'Annan Deputy Capital Tong Huang'!"
The leader of the Golden Helmet is none other than Na Li Xuan. The Black Prince, one of the "Five Emperors of Siam" in history, does have a dark complexion, but his eyes are bright and powerful.
After listening to the report of the expedition, Na Lixuan suddenly said: "The whole army is resting where it is. They can drink water and eat some dry food, but no one is allowed to remove their armor."
The order was passed on, and the Siamese army began to rest on the spot. The previous general accompanied Narexuan, sat on the marching carpet on the roadside, and asked Narexuan: "Your Highness, you want to take a rest, and then... …Combat?”
Na Lixuan said expressionlessly: "Whether we want to fight or not is not decided by me, but by Huang Zhiting. I'm just waiting for other people to explore, and be prepared to be attacked by surprise."
"Sneak attack?" The general looked around subconsciously and saw that the surroundings were surrounded by wasteland formed after the wars in previous years. There was almost nothing except weeds half as tall as a man. He couldn't help but feel doubtful.
Na Li Xuan said calmly: "Although Huang Zhiting is a woman, it is certain that she defeated at least 60,000 main Burmese troops with 20,000 people. For such a person, the slightest carelessness may lead to death. "
"But she only has ten thousand people." The general said.
Na Lixuan snorted softly: "How are you sure that she only has ten thousand people? Is it difficult to do it openly and secretly? Besides, even if she only has ten thousand people, if those ten thousand people are from Guangxi Wolf Soldiers or Annan Do you think it's easy to deal with the garrison? You know, we only have 20,000 people."
"Although it may be difficult to deal with, if 20,000 beats 10,000, the advantage is still with us, right?"
"If we only need to compare the number of people to fight, tomorrow will be invincible. Did they still have to join forces with us before?" Narixuan shook her head: "When we fight against the Burmese army, it is quite difficult to defeat 30,000 with 30,000. But she beats 60,000 with 20,000, how many of us do you think can be her 10,000?"
The general stopped talking. Based on the ratio just now, they need to have an army of 30,000 to compare with others' 10,000, but now they actually only have 20,000, and the rest stay in Lanna to guard the place.
After a while, two more cavalry exploration teams came back, bringing the news that there were no other large troops hiding within 20 miles of Huang Zhiting's headquarters, and Na Lixuan felt relieved.
At this time, the soldiers had also rested, and Na Lixuan ordered to move on to meet Huang Zhiting.
At the same time, where Huang Zhiting was camped, several scouts came in one after another from the outside and sent surrounding news to the army.
When the news of the last scouting horse arrived, Huang Zhiting stood up, looked around at the generals who were all standing up, and said calmly: "Na Lixuan's scouting horse has been withdrawn, and General Liu is detouring back to the predetermined position as planned. Now, send out a scouting horse to inform Narixuan that I have set off and am ready to welcome his arrival."
All the generals smiled one after another, and one of them, Ruan Song, said: "Du Tong, in the last battle, our troops failed to stop the attack and let Mang Yingli go. This general feels ashamed. In this battle, I also ask the commander to use our troops as the vanguard. Our troops will definitely take the lead." Fight to the death and avenge your shame!"
"The last escape from Mang Yingli was not your fault, so you don't have to blame yourself." Huang Zhiting said: "As for this battle... you can be a vanguard, but you have to remember that our army is the right one in this battle. , General Liu's troops were surprised. The Art of War goes: Use the right combination to win by surprise. So although you are the vanguard, the first thing you have to do is to defend. When General Liu launches a surprise attack, that's when you turn from defense to attack. Do you understand?"
"Yes, I will understand!" Ruan Song said, cupping his fists.
Huang Zhiting looked around and saw that no one among the generals expressed any objection, so she couldn't help but nodded in her heart. She knew what the generals meant by not speaking: this was the first time that Ruan Songbu took the initiative to ask for a fight. This move itself had an unusual significance. It probably meant that Ruan Juan's general began to truly regard himself as Huang Zhiting's subordinate— -At least, he can get used to his status as Huang Zhiting's subordinate.
In this case, of course we must fulfill him. Anyway, whether it is Gao Sijin, Gao Silian or Huang Bao, the men under their command are very accomplished in battle, and when the war breaks out later, they will not be able to do anything idle, as the pioneer officer's contribution this time will not be inferior.
Because Huang Zhiting "came out to welcome" her, the distance between her and Na Lixuan's troops quickly narrowed. In less than an hour, the two sides were looking at each other from a distance near a small town called Pasang.
Coincidentally, there is a river between the two sides at the moment. The situation is not much different from the situation when Naresuan fought with the Burmese army in Chiang Mai, except that this time Naresuan's troops are still in the east of the river, and Huang Zhiting's troops have replaced them. The last location of the Myanmar Army was located in Hexi.
This river is called the Salween River, which originates from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, passes through Yunnan, enters Myanmar, and flows into the Madaban Bay.
Huang Zhiting narrowed her eyes slightly, looked at it, and ordered the horse to cross the river to send a message, inviting Crown Prince Narexuan to meet across the river, and said that a military luncheon had been prepared.
However, after a while, Tan Ma came back as expected and reported that Crown Prince Narixuan said that he was the "landlord of Tiannan" and it was reasonable for him to host a banquet for the first meeting, so he invited Huang Zhiting to cross the river in turn. At the same time, Na Lixuan also generously expressed that she would like to invite Huang Zhiting's subordinates to cross the river together, and he could afford the meal.
As soon as Tan Ma finished speaking, Gao Sijin let out a "poof" and said: "Du Tong, it seems that Na Lixuan is really careful, for fear of being hit by us."
Huang Bao snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "Just him? Even if my Dutong hits him hard, he can beat him crying for father and mother. Why do we need to attack him halfway?"
Gao Sijin shook his head and said: "Having said that, if we cross the river, he will have a chance to hit us half-crossed. Although we may not be afraid, we must always be careful. Especially Liu Zhongcheng is about to fight with the reckless thief. During the negotiation, we must not make any mistakes at this time, lest we lose our prestige and look bad."
Huang Zhiting turned her head slightly, looked at Ruan Song and said, "Does General Ruan have anything to say?"
Ruan Song thought for a while and said: "The general is willing to lead his troops to cross the river first. Please wait for the general to make preparations near the river bank before crossing the river."
"I am very happy to see General Ruan's courage." Huang Zhiting smiled slightly and said: "You can do it, but... I don't think Na Li Xuan will use the troops, so don't make any arrangements. The defensive movements were made too obvious to prevent him from becoming suspicious.”
Ruan Song hadn't spoken yet, but Huang Bao was a little surprised and asked: "How did the commander-in-chief know that Na Li Xuan would not use troops?"
Huang Zhiting said: "General Liu and I have had a discussion about this. Both of us believe that since Narixuan will not bring his 30,000 troops over, then as long as he is willing to come, he will definitely not attack first. The thoughts of our army. Although our army headquarters only has 20,000 troops, it has surrendered a lot after defeating the Burmese army. Including the Bago garrison, our army now has tens of thousands in central and southern Myanmar. The army, his initiative to attack is not only meaningless, but also seeking death."
Gao Sijin frowned and said: "But if this guy misjudged his own strength because he defeated the Burmese army in Chiang Mai and thought he could win in one battle, or he expected that this battle would... uh, capture the capital commander himself..."
"He's not that stupid." Huang Zhiting shook his head and said: "Even if you catch me, what's the use? Don't forget that in his eyes, we are all Ming troops, and the Ming troops in Myanmar are all in name only I was following Liu Zhongcheng's command - in this case, what's the point of arresting me? Apart from irritating Daming and Liu Zhongcheng, he will not gain anything.
What's more, his biggest trouble right now is not me, but Ruan Huang from Dacheng. Ruan Huang has put his father under house arrest, and is now in a situation where he is holding the emperor's orders to order the princes. If he does not obey his father's orders, the morale of his army may be unstable, but if he obeys the orders, there is no telling whether Ruan Huang will order him. He went to the big city alone to die. So for him, I am the only one who can save him at this moment. He knows that this may be a bait, but he has to try to eat it. "
Gao Sijin understood now and suddenly said: "No wonder he came as soon as he was summoned, but he was extremely cautious. It turned out that he was afraid that what was waiting for him under the bait was a golden hook."
Huang Zhiting smiled slightly and said: "He is like this now. He is obviously doubtful, but he can't do it if he doesn't come...Okay, if you have no other doubts, then take action. General Ruan, you can prepare to cross the river."
"Yes! The last general takes the order!"
Narixuan, who was on the other side of the Salween River, stared closely at the movements of Huang Zhiting's troops. When she saw that the other party was preparing to cross the river in an orderly manner, most of the worries and doubts in her heart were gone, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
The previous general asked: "Your Highness, are our troops still preparing to attack?"
Narixuan shook his head: "The combat readiness is temporarily lifted, but we still need to remind them that if the opponent's vanguard immediately opens a beachhead to the east after crossing the river, our army must be ready to launch an attack immediately."
The general said with some worry: "If our army starts this battle first, I'm afraid..."
"I know what you are worried about." Na Lixuan waved her hand and said: "But there is nothing we can do about it. If the other party sets up a beachhead after crossing the river, it means that they are hostile here. If I don't fight back first, I will definitely It's his plan. But you don't have to think too much. Even if I fight back, I will only disrupt the opponent's vanguard and leave immediately. I won't get entangled here to prevent the army from Dongyu City from coming east."
The general sighed: "If this is the case, our situation is not good. Do we really have to rely on Lanna to fight against the Ming Dynasty? Your Highness...cousin, my uncle is still in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. You may have to bear the burden by then. The name of disobedience.”
It turns out that this person is not an ordinary general, but Narixuan's cousin.
Narixuan was silent for a moment, and then said decisively: "No one in the world can make me, Narixuan, surrender, not even Myanmar, nor the Ming Dynasty."
The general hesitated to speak, but finally said nothing more.
Not long after, Ruan Song's troops had already tied up their sheepskin rafts and started to cross the river. About half an hour later, Ruan Song's troops completed crossing the river and began to assist the army behind them to cross the river. The Ruan Song soldiers who stayed on the beach did not establish a position to the east. They only slightly expanded the beach and put up a simple defensive posture. They did not even set up deer, firewood, or horses.
Na Lixuan breathed a sigh of relief, and the cousin next to him patted his chest: "Fortunately, the other party does not seem to have any ill intentions. Your Highness, now..."
"Order the war preparations to be lifted, and order the cooks to bury the pot and make rice immediately. Don't be stingy." Narixuan ordered.
The general responded and turned around to make arrangements.
After some time, Huang Zhiting's troops had all crossed the river. She ordered the troops to be sorted out a little, and then led the troops to where Narixuan was camping.
When they were less than a mile away, Huang Zhiting ordered the camp to be set up and personally led a group of wolf soldiers to escort them forward.
At this time, Narixuan had also relaxed. Seeing that a woman from the other party dared to take the initiative to come over with only guards, she couldn't help but be in awe. She also brought only roughly the same number of guards and went out to greet her. The two sides met in front of the camp gate.
"The deputy king of Siam, Na Li Xuan, met Huang Dutong."
"Your Highness is very polite. I have heard for a long time that His Highness is extremely brave and brave. He was able to defeat the Burmese Army's Chiang Mai camp a few days ago. Zhiting admires him even more."
"In front of Huang Dutong, how can the little king dare to claim to be brave? Dutong took the old territory of Bago lightly and defeated the main force of the reckless thieves. In fact, he was a woman who was not inferior to the men. The little king felt ashamed after hearing this."
Although Naresuan is from Siam, she actually speaks Chinese quite well. Except for her slightly weird accent, her word choice is almost the same as that of a Han Chinese.
The two exchanged a few polite words, and Na Lixuan sent out an invitation to Huang Zhiting and others to enter the camp, saying that she had prepared a luncheon.
Huang Zhiting was not ambiguous, and actually ordered the guards to go back and invite the generals to come - in fact, she left Gao Sijin to "look after the house".
There was nothing wrong with this luncheon. Na Lixuan didn't know whether it was because Huang Zhiting was a woman or for other reasons. Although the banquet was generous, there was no wine. While the two parties were eating, Na Li Xuan began to complain to Huang Zhiting.
The complaint was just about Ruan Huang's incident. Huang Zhiting acted like she was listening attentively, as if she didn't know what Ruan Huang had done. She even feigned anger several times during the dinner, saying that Ruan Huang had acted wantonly and she must punish him severely. .
Since there was no drinking, the banquet was eaten quite quickly. After withdrawing from the table, Huang Zhiting did not leave immediately, but asked Na Lixuan again in detail about Ruan Huang. It sounded like she was quite puzzled by Ruan Huang's actions, as if she could not understand Ruan Huang's actions.
Na Lixuan was really confused and thought to herself: Could it be that what Ruan Huang did was really just random behavior?
But he still explained the situation he learned to Huang Zhiting in detail, and said that he never showed any malice towards Ruan Huang and Ruan Huang's actions were completely unreasonable.
Huang Zhiting nodded repeatedly after hearing this, and finally made a conclusion with a livid face: "Your Highness, this may be troublesome."
Na Li Xuan frowned and said, "What do you mean by this?"
Huang Zhiting said: "I suspect that Ruan Huang may have some rebellious intentions - Your Highness should know that Ruan Huang was originally a general. He must be dissatisfied with his current status in Annan and want to take the opportunity to stand on his own!"
Na Lixuan was stunned at first, but after thinking about it, she felt that it seemed to make sense. She couldn't help frowning: "What should we do?"
Huang Zhiting pondered for a moment and said: "Since the matter is serious, we still need to test it one last time. I will write a letter to him and order him to come to Taungoo to meet me to see if he obeys the order. If he obeys the order, then There is still a chance to change this matter, but if you don't obey orders..."
Na Lixuan immediately asked: "What if you don't obey the order?"
Huang Zhiting sighed: "Then I have no choice but to accompany Your Highness to the big city. I believe that as long as I go there in person, His Highness will not be burdened with infamy."
Na Lixuan breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly: "That's very good. Then please trouble Huang Dutong to quickly compile a book and send it to the big city."
Huang Zhiting nodded, stood up, and said naturally: "My seal is in the camp. I can't write letters here, so I'll leave first."
This was reasonable and Nali Xuan had no doubts and immediately sent Huang Zhiting out of the camp in person.
The group of people had not gone far after leaving the camp. Ruan Song took a deep breath and said: "What a danger... To be honest with you, the general was really worried that he would capture everyone. Fortunately, you were prepared in advance."
Huang Zhiting was actually sweating secretly, but she couldn't show it at this time. She just asked: "Have you observed the layout of his camp? Send the layout to General Liu immediately. I guess General Liu should have already In place.”
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