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Text 872 [Horse riding joint venture]

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    Let me tell you an interesting fact. In the Yuan-Myanmar War hundreds of years ago, the Burmese army took the lead in entering the border of Yunnan.

    At that time, Kublai Khan sent envoys to appease Myanmar, and the King of Burma also sent envoys to Dadu.  For the next two years, the Burmese did not come to pay tribute, so Kublai Khan sent envoys to urge them.

    The envoys of the Yuan Dynasty never returned. According to historical records in Myanmar, the envoys of the Yuan Dynasty refused to take off their boots and were executed when they met the King of Burma.

    Chieftain Ahe felt something was wrong, so he took the initiative to surrender to the Yuan Dynasty.

    The king of Burma was furious, and sent more than 40,000 troops and 800 war elephants, chasing Ahe all the way to Yunnan.  A thousand Mongolian households led 700 cavalry to help, divided into three teams, and attacked halfway across the river. The Burmese army was in chaos.

    In this way, 700 cavalry of the Yuan army faced more than 40,000 Burmese troops and 800 war elephants.  They chased and killed for more than 30 miles, and did not stop until the main general of the Yuan army was injured.

    Only one Yuan army died, not yet in battle.  Instead, he captured a war elephant. He couldn't figure out the elephant's temper, and was trampled to death by the elephant.

    At this moment, more than 300 war elephants and thousands of elite Burmese troops rushed to the small river.

    ?The generals of the Burmese army who were ambushing further downstream saw that the war elephant troops had successfully attacked, and led 30,000 Burmese troops to rush out carrying small boats and bamboo rafts.

    All the Burmese troops encountered by Ding Jiasheng belonged to the "Sheep Attack" troops.  Seeing the lively fighting downstream, the Burmese felt that many of the Datong Army upstream should have been transferred there, and brazenly launched an attack similar to a decisive battle.

    The upstream river channel was originally narrow, only more than ten meters wide. With so many Burmese troops crossing the river at once, the river surface was densely piled up.

    The main force of the Burmese army's artillery team is also concentrated here, with more than 30 artillery pieces firing wildly towards the Datong army's position.

    "Boom boom boom boom!"

    The artillery positions of the Datong Army in the upper reaches are all arranged on the mountainside. The angle was adjusted 20 days ago, and as long as the artillery is fired, it will hit the middle of the river.

    When a shell falls, there is a high probability that it will hit the boat or bamboo raft directly.  Even if it misses, it can overturn boats and bamboo rafts.

    A large number of Burmese troops were blocked in the river, and the scene was chaotic.

    The war elephants further upstream had already entered the water, stepping forward on the bottom of the river, followed by thousands of elite Burmese troops in small boats.

    "Moo Ang"

    The continuously falling shells made the war elephant restless and roared.

    Elephants are very smart animals. After sensing danger, they are resolutely unwilling to move forward, and some even turn around automatically to escape.

    "Boom!"

    A shell entered the water and hit the elephant's leg underwater.

    The elephant finally went berserk and rammed sideways.

    "Raise the gun!"

    "Bang bang bang bang!"

    At a distance of tens of meters, a row of guns aimed at the war elephant.  Although it was not easy to kill, the war elephants were beaten to the point of pain and madness, and the shells kept falling. Half of the more than 300 war elephants lost their minds.

    The Burmese army following behind was the first to be unlucky, and the boats and bamboo rafts on the river were knocked down one after another.

    "The cavalry obey the order, abandon the firearms and medicine bags, and follow me across the river to hunt down!"

    Yang Zhan has gray hair, but his arrogance is still the same as before.  He handed over the position to the lieutenant general and ordered the lieutenant general to organize the infantry to cross the river.  Then he led the horse and rushed out. The horse could swim, and the soldiers helped the horse to swim across the river together.

    More than 3,000 cavalrymen quickly swam across a river more than ten meters wide.

    Yang Zhan got on his horse, drew his sword and shouted: "Kill!"

    The more than 30,000 Burmese troops here have collapsed, especially the few thousand elites who were driven out of their wits by their own war elephants.  They originally fled downstream along the bank, but when they saw the Datong army chasing them, they lost their last sliver of reason.

    Hundreds of infantrymen of the Datong Army took off their clothes and went into the river, pushed back the boats and bamboo rafts in the river, and supported the main force of the infantry of the Datong Army across the river to hunt them down.

    Not long after, all the troops of a regular division crossed the river, and the Mon servants also rushed behind.

    In order to confuse the Datong army and hide his active direction, Hei Ludao divided more than 100,000 people into several piles and arranged them to camp in various places along the river.

    This kind of long snake array has now become the way to death.

    The defeated Burmese army was chased to the nearest camp, where many of the Burmese troops were by the river.  After being rushed by the rout soldiers, and seeing Datong cavalry chasing after him, he subconsciously turned his head and ran away, and ran towards Bagan City.

    Such an escape route is tantamount to continuing to attack the Burmese army positions ahead.

    In less than half an hour, Yang Zhan led more than 3,000 cavalry and smashed three Burmese army camps and positions one after another.  The Burmese army was crushed, covering the sky and covering the earth, with a total of 50,000 to 60,000 people fleeing.

    Seeing this, Ding Jiasheng in the downstream also seized the opportunity to order: "Raise the artillery!; When the envoy returned to the city, Mang Bai became at a loss.

    Hei Ludao said: "If you send envoys out at night and pay a lot of money to bribe the generals of the Han army, there may be a glimmer of life."

    "That's right, that's right, give them all the money, if it's not enough, send it from Ava." Mang Bai said quickly.

    This over-teen-year-old Burmese King has always been intelligent and steady.

    But after all, he has never experienced major events, and now he is trapped in the city, and the country may be ruined at any time, so he immediately becomes timid and afraid of death.

    In the evening, the troops were withdrawn and returned to camp.

    "General, I have captured Xi Zuo, claiming to be the envoy of King Burma!"

    "bring it here."

    This envoy can also speak Chinese, and when he met, he prostrated himself on the ground: "My king is willing to open the city and surrender, and please ask the general to speak a few words to the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty. The land of the chieftain in the north can be returned to China, and then China will be compensated."  Gold and silver treasures. If the royal family can be kept, my king is willing to give the general a thousand taels of gold and fifty thousand taels of silver."

    Ding Jiasheng blinked at Yang Zhan, and then looked delighted: "Ahem, this gold and silver is not enough."

    The messenger said: "Then add three hundred taels of gold and ten thousand taels of silver."

    "How unreasonable!"

    Yang Zhan got up angrily: "Why only give him money? What about my share? If I don't have money to take, the royal family of Burma will die!"

    "Yes, yes, this general also has it!" The messenger said quickly.

    "How much can I get?" Yang Zhan asked.

    The envoy wanted to say that you should share the money equally, but he was afraid of offending Yang Zhan, so he answered bravely, "This villain wants to go back and ask for instructions."

    "Go, go!" Yang Zhan urged.

    When the envoy left, Ding Jiasheng and Yang Zhan looked at each other and laughed, and ordered the craftsmen accompanying the army to speed up the construction of the siege ladder.

    The envoy returned to the city and told the situation in detail: "There are two generals of the Han people, and tens of thousands of taels of silver is not enough. The chief general is very young, and his eyes lit up when he heard that there was silver.  He wants money himself, but if he can¡¯t get it, the royal family will all die.¡±

    The next day, the envoy continued to come over to negotiate the price.

    Finally, it was agreed that Ding Jiasheng would be given 1,500 taels of gold and 60,000 taels of silver, and Yang Zhan would be given 1,200 taels of gold and 50,000 taels of silver.  Since there is not so much gold and silver accompanying the army, I will give 50,000 taels of silver as a deposit first, and the rest will be shipped from the capital Ava.

    After negotiating the price, Mangbai and Heiludao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

    Then, send troops to search the city and rush into the homes of rich families to extort money.

    The soldiers took the opportunity to blackmail, and at least half of the gold and silver they obtained were distributed privately, and it was difficult to get tens of thousands of taels of silver together.  The people in the city are miserable and full of resentment.

    However, the Burmese defenders are becoming more and more relaxed, jealous that those search troops can make money.

    More and more Burmese troops, without orders to make money, are extorting money in the name of the king under the leadership of middle-level officers.

    The entire city of Bagan was polluted by the army.

    Just at this time, two consecutive fast boats sailed from the north to report.

    The messenger was intercepted by the Datong Army, and Huang Yao's main force had already reached Xingu, Anzhengguo City.  And the inspectors on the east route of the North Road, with the chieftain allied forces, had already approached Meimiao City.

    The Burmese army in Anzhengguo City, relying on the defense of the city, blocked Huang Yao under the city.

    Meimiao's side is the chieftain army, which originally belonged to the chieftain of Mubang.  When encountering the joint army of inspectors, they surrendered without saying a word, and even served as a guide for the Chinese army.  It is only 200 miles away from Awa, the capital of Myanmar, but they cannot take a boat and have to climb over the mountains. It takes about half a month to reach the city of Awa.

    "Let these messengers go," Ding Jiasheng said with a smile, "tell King Myanmar that General Ben is going to increase the price, and ask him to pay another ten thousand taels of silver.?
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