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Text 871 [The Decisive Battle Begins]

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    The South Route Army led by Ding Jiasheng and Yang Zhan camped directly on the other side of Bagan City.

    The city of Bagan in front of you, like the city of Pyay that you bypassed before, is the capital of the ancient dynasty of Myanmar.

    In Myanmar, the Mon people established a dynasty for a while, the Burmese established a dynasty for a while, and the Dai people established a dynasty for a while.  No matter which dynasty it is, after the power is strong, it will frantically build capitals and temples, and gather the power of the whole country to build a city.

    There are a total of 12 city gates in Bagan City, and the height and thickness of the city walls are about the same as those of the state cities in China.

    The strong attack can definitely be defeated, but it must take more than two months.

    Two months is enough for the North Road Datong Army to kill, why sacrifice the lives of the soldiers to attack?  Just set up camp here, attract the Burmese army, and make the enemy sleepless, wouldn't it?

    I also thought about besieging the city and fighting for aid, but it was really unrealistic.

    One is that there is a lack of intelligence network, and it is impossible to detect the movements of the enemy's various reinforcements based on a few careful operations; the other is that this is an elite place in Myanmar, where rice fields are everywhere, and it is difficult for cavalry to exert their mobility, and it is also difficult to inquire about the enemy's situation from a long distance;  The third is that the Burmese reinforcements are very careful and do not come directly to Bagan City for rescue, but gather in the upstream and downstream cities of Bagan City.

    The Irrawaddy River has a sharp bay in Bagan City, and the fertile flat land is alluvial on the other side.

    The Datong army camped on that flat land, with towering mountains behind, a wide river in front, and tributaries flowing into the river on the side.  There are mountains on one side and water on both sides, forming an open triangle.

    The cavalry was divided into several teams and patrolled the banks of the tributaries. No matter where the Burmese army came from, they could quickly attack it.

    Ding Jiasheng squatted on the ridge of the field, stroked the rice leaves and asked, "When will this rice be harvested?"

    The Mon guide said: "From transplanting to harvesting, the short period is three months, and the long period is four months, depending on the rain and the weather."

    "The rice in Myanmar grows so fast?" Ding Jiasheng was quite surprised.

    Surprised, Ding Jiasheng laughed again: "Then I don't have to worry about military rations. When the food and grass in my hand are finished, I will go to the river to harvest rice and taste the taste of this new Burmese rice."

    Near the camp of the Datong Army, there are many rice fields.

    And the Ayeyarwady River and its tributaries, the banks are also full of rice fields, and whoever wins the battle will harvest it.

    Even the fortifications built by the Datong Army on the riverside came from stepping on the rice fields.  First drain the water in the field, step on all the rice, dig out the silt and pile it on the field ridge, and the soldiers step on the collapsed rice.

    More than 1,000 ships were all moored by the river, their baggage had been moved ashore, and a large amount of firewood was piled up in the ships.

    At critical times, the ship can be set on fire to prevent the Burmese army from landing.

    Yang Zhan personally boarded the hot air balloon to observe, and did not come down until the fuel was burned out.

    Ding Jiasheng asked: "Old Yang, what happened to the enemy?"

    Yang Zhan answered irrelevantly: "The pagodas in the city are beautifully built. If the Burmese put all their energy into building pagodas and use them all to strengthen the city walls, I wouldn't even have the slightest intention to attack the city."

    "For a long time, have you been admiring the scenery from above?" Ding Jiasheng couldn't laugh or cry.

    Yang Zhan said: "Otherwise, what else can we do? The enemy army is gathering more and more, but they dare not cross the river to attack. They are just wasting their lives every day."

    Inside and outside Bagan City, there are Buddhist temples and pagodas everywhere. The tallest pagoda is more than 50 meters long.

    Even on the side where the Datong army camped, there are Buddhist temples and pagodas on the mountain behind the camp.  The monks in the temple were all controlled. While preventing them from making trouble, they were asked to help dig ditches and build low walls by the way.

    The existence of a large number of Buddhist temples, pagodas, and monks shows that this area is extremely rich, otherwise there would not be so much food to support the monks.

    Just when the Datong Army on the North Road, under the leadership of Huang Yao, arrived at Taigong City by boat, Burmese King Mangbai had already personally marched to Bagan City.

    The Burmese army is elite, with a total of 30,000 people.

    There are also private soldiers led by nobles and peasants recruited by nobles, numbering as many as 160,000.

    This has not yet reached the limit of the Burmese army. Decades ago, Burma dispatched a full 300,000 troops to annex Mupang.

    Hei Ludao stood on the wall of Bagan, ascending to observe the situation of the Datong Army.  This product also has a telescope, which was obtained from the Portuguese. After observing it carefully for a long time, I was so depressed that I wanted to scold my mother.

    "Can it be shot down?" Mangbai asked.

    Hei Lutao shook his head and said, "It's difficult. The mountains are too high and steep to go around. The river is too wide to cross. The only place where we can attack is the tributary on the northeast side, but the enemy has built many low walls beside the river.  , there are deep ditches blocking the front and back of the low wall. The passage by the river,bsp; Seeing that the Datong Army remained silent, the Burmese Army became more and more excited, and more and more people successfully landed.

    Finally, the Burmese army on a river beach has gathered nearly 2,000 people.  The aristocratic landlords who led the troops felt that they could do it, so they arranged the melee soldiers in front, holding shields to defend against bows and arrows, while the archers followed behind.

    The earth walls of the Datong Army were short and fragile, and could easily be breached.

    "Boom boom boom!"

    Six tiger squatting guns fired at nearly 2,000 Burmese troops.  At a distance of tens of meters, iron sand, lead sand, and gravel flew out like celestial maidens.

    ? Hundreds of people fell down on the spot, and hundreds of Burmese soldiers were crying and shouting. The shields in the front row were useless.

    "Bang bang bang bang!"

    "On the bayonet!"

    The musketeers followed with a volley and rushed out with bayonets in hand.

    These Burmese troops have been beaten, and the noble landlords who led the troops were also hit by iron sand, screaming in pain, turning around and running away.

    When the Datong army caught up, only two or three hundred Burmese soldiers were on board.  A large number of Burmese troops were squeezed into the water, and hundreds of Burmese troops were blocked on the river bank. They had completely lost their organization and jumped into the river to escape for their lives facing bayonets.

    Hei Ludao looked stupid on the other side, and the Datong Army's fighting style completely refreshed his three views.

    On the river beaches everywhere, the Burmese army was all defeated.

    Hei Ludao can only be thankful that he didn't let the real elite cross the river, and no matter how many miscellaneous troops die, he doesn't feel bad.

    "This kind of warfare is useless no matter how many of us there are." Mian Wang Mangbai muttered to himself, feeling extremely terrified in his heart.

    The nearly 200,000 Burmese army can only use refueling tactics when encountering such broken terrain.  Even if tens of thousands of people are allowed to cross the river in one go, they will still be crowded on the river beach as targets until the ammunition of the Datong Army is exhausted.

    Yang Zhan in the north, hearing the lively fighting in the south, became more and more convinced that the enemy would sneak across.

    His place is the easiest to cross the river, and the Burmese army is not stupid, so how could they ignore it?

    "elephant!"

    The lookout on the hot air balloon shouted.

    More than 300 war elephants and thousands of elite Burmese troops emerged from the woods.

    Yang Zhan said with a smile: "It's finally here, hit halfway, and hit again when you get closer. ?
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