Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 13
"Devils, the Ming army is the devil! The firecrackers in their hands can fire hundreds at a time, no one can get close to them!" The Burmese army who fled back became the source of infection of fear, making Awa The other Burmese troops in the city became even more panicked.

The Irrawaddy River and the Mijie River are the two natural barriers of Ava City, but now the Ming army has grabbed the boat, and even crossed the river directly under the cover of powerful firepower, and came directly to the Ava City.

Mangbai was very angry at this time. He said angrily: "You cowards, it doesn't matter if the Ming army has powerful firearms. We have blocked them before. Why did you let the Ming army cross the river this time? Chieftains, gather immediately Your army, go and mobilize my elephants, even if we use piles, we must pile them up to the Ming army, these Ming troops who only use cowardly weapons are no match for our fierce Burmese warriors!"

Not long after Mangbai became the king of Myanmar, his success was due to the support of powerful ministers and powerful chieftains in the court.Everyone knows that if the Ming army really attacks at this time, then they will all be liquidated by the Ming people.

Of course, some people regretted that they offended Nanming because they were afraid of the Qing army, but they didn't expect Nanming to be so strong.

Mangbai dispatched his generals, together with the chieftain's soldiers and horses, gathered more than [-] Burmese troops, dispatched from Awa City, and rushed towards the Ming army's position on the beach.

At this time, more than 2000 people from the Ming army had successfully crossed the river, including Bai Mingxiu and Li Dingguo.

Originally, Li Dingguo didn't want Bai Mingxiu to take this risk, but Bai Mingxiu said, "I fell to Burma, and we are close to the end of the country. From today onwards, every battle we fight will have a bearing on Daming's interests." Survival. There has always been a saying that the son of heaven guards the gate of the country, but today, the king has no courage, the generals are persistent, and the morale of the soldiers is low. We have lost without fighting. Today I will fight against Ava. I will take the lead and supervise the army in front of the battle. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty all took a look, and my Prince Zhu Cixuan of the Ming Dynasty stood with them. If I win this battle, my Ming Dynasty will survive, but if I lose this battle, even if I live, it will be meaningless."

Seeing that Bai Mingxiu was so resolute, Li Dingguo stopped persuading him, and he respected him even more, "His Royal Highness is only fourteen years old, and he still has great ambitions. How can we, as a general, let him down?"

Bai Mingxiu wore a suit of armor that obviously didn't fit well, and hung an embroidered spring knife on his waist. The Ming Emperor's flag was flying behind him, but his figure was as straight as a flagpole.The faces of the officers and soldiers of the Ming army were full of perseverance and high fighting spirit.

From ancient times to modern times, morale has always been the most important element of an army, no matter how well it is armed or whether its tactical thinking is high or low.Even under difficult conditions and in the most dangerous situations, troops with morale and intention can still overcome difficulties and achieve victory.There are too many examples of this to even cite.But today's Ming army, with their prince on the beachhead, no one dares to fight to the death.

Naturally, what Bai Mingxiu trusted more was the weapon in his hand that was more than 300 years old for the guard company.

Tens of thousands of Burmese troops launched another charge, and this time there were even dozens of elephants running in front of the array.

Zhao Xu immediately ordered the soldiers of the guard company to fire, and Li Dingguo also urged the artillery set up to fire at the Burmese army.The Ming army seized the beachhead and robbed some of the Burmese army's artillery, as well as the Ming army artillery that was pulled over after crossing the river. Although these artillery were not large in caliber, they were still very powerful.

The Burmese army was once again suppressed by the firepower of the Ming army. Whether it was a human or an elephant, it was difficult for them to charge to death under such firepower.After dropping [-] corpses, the Burmese army collapsed again.

Standing on the city of Ava, King Mangbai of Myanmar saw the whole picture of the battle. At this moment, only coldness and fear remained in the king's heart.

"How could this be...how could this be?!" Mangbai was already a little hysterical. He couldn't understand the war. At this time, Myanmar was already at a low ebb in national power. It had surrendered to Myanmar at the beginning. Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and other countries under the Taungoo Dynasty have all separated from Myanmar one after another.And even the chieftains on the Burmese side seem to be at odds with Mangbai.Even those officials who pushed Mangbai to the throne had their own plans.

The Burmese army lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses successively. Not only was his strength as the king of Burma seriously injured, but even the Burmese chieftains were also severely consumed, and he would not recover for a while.

At this time, one of Mangbai's advisers suggested to him: "My lord, the Ming army is powerful, we can't deal with it. But Ava City is the strongest city by the river, no matter how powerful the Ming army is, it is impossible to conquer it in a short time Why don't we send people to China to find Wu Sangui, the leader of the Qing army. Didn't he write to us before asking us to hand over the Ming emperor? We told him that the Ming emperor was in the Ming army and asked him to come to support us. When we flank the Ming army, we will surely win."

After hearing this, Mangbai was also shocked: "That's right, the walls of our Ava City are quite strong, and Ming people must be invincible!"

It's just that the Ming army really started to maneuver towards Ava City.

Bai Mingxiu looked at the soldiers of the guard company, fiddling with bazooka rocket launchers, and said with great emotion: "There should be some serious artillery, the range of the rocket launchers is only a few hundred meters, if not The bows and arrows and matchlock guns of the Burmese army are not very good, otherwise I would not dare to play like this."

But even so, the Ming army nervously pushed the shield car as a cover for the rocket launcher of the guard company until it was within the effective range, and then the rocket launcher launched the attack.

Several rockets directly hit the city wall of Ava City, and the violent explosion seemed to bite the city wall.A rocket directly hit the city gate, blowing the heavy city gate down.

When Li Dingguo saw it, he was so excited that he wanted to order his troops to charge, but Bai Mingxiu stopped him.

"King Jin, don't worry, let's bombard for a while."

Anyway, since Bai Mingxiu got the guard company, he hasn't used the bazooka much, and it's time to use up the ammunition.Rockets began to be fired continuously, and sections of the city wall were blown down by these rockets that were originally used to hit tanks.The Burmese army on and in the city had already collapsed and began to flee one after another.

Mangbai had been buried by the landslide caused by the explosion just now, and many Burmese guards were trying desperately to rescue Mangbai from the bricks and stones, but a rocket that seemed to be a little bit off flew over. With a bang, these people were blasted into corpses.

After about forty or fifty rockets were fired, Bai Mingxiu said, "The whole army goes out."

(End of this chapter)