Chapter 1155 1246 Attack
“You refused? Then it’s none of my business.”
Li Chengliang was not surprised at all when he heard the words of the Burmese peace talks representative and said calmly.
He didn't even have the intention to listen to the peace negotiation conditions proposed by that bullshit prince. He just waved his hand and asked Qi Jimei to expel the Burmese envoy.
No matter how powerful he is in Myanmar, it is all in the past tense, and soon they will all become dead.
Li Chengliang still had to recruit and surrender Burmese soldiers, but that was until they dared not touch their weapons.
"Push the people back."
Qi Jimei didn't say anything. With Li Chengliang here, he could only obey his orders completely.
"My lord, my lord, if you have any requirements, or if you are not satisfied with the conditions proposed by the prince, we can talk slowly and we can always find a way."
In When Qi Jimei asked his soldiers to push the Burmese representatives and expel them, the Burmese representatives hurriedly raised their voices and shouted.
Qi Jimei secretly glanced at Li Chengliang and saw that he was unmoved, knowing that there was no other way.
To avoid the suffering of this war, unless the Burmese representatives immediately kneel down and ask for surrender, they must comply with the conditions proposed by Li Chengliang.
However, judging from the fact that the other party not only failed to agree to the conditions proposed by the Ming army, but even proposed their own methods, Qi Jimei knew that the Burmese prince should be afraid.
The other Burmese chieftains should have the same mentality, worried that they would be settled by the Ming Dynasty after they laid down their weapons.
He didn't know whether there would be a settlement of accounts, but Marshal Li was decisive in his killing. If he really wanted to kill, he might really be able to kill those people.
"My lord. My lord"
The shouts became smaller and smaller. The Burmese envoys were pushed out of the Ming army's formation, and then the sword and shield bearers set up their shields to isolate them from the Ming army's formation.
A row of spears has been inserted from the shield, representing the attitude of the Ming army at this time.
Seeing this scene, the Burmese envoy knew that nothing could be done, so he could only sigh and walked back with his entourage.
Li Chengliang was riding on a tall horse, over the heads of the soldiers, watching the Burmese envoy walking away, the corner of his mouth finally raised, and a stern smile appeared on his face.
"Change the formation and attack."
Without any hesitation, Li Chengliang gave the order to attack.
Due to peace talks, the Ming army's gunners and gunners temporarily withdrew behind the sword and shield men, forming a shield wall with shields to protect the military formation. This was a typical defensive posture.
Perhaps, it was also because of the changes in the Ming army that people in Myanmar thought that the Ming army generals were also willing to negotiate peace.
However, the situation was ultimately out of their control, and they had no idea what the real rulers of the Ming Dynasty planned for Myanmar.
Even though Myanmar is an area that is difficult to control, it took the British hundreds of years to completely control it.
Qi Jimei received the order and immediately ordered the flag bearer to send out the signal.
"Dong dong dong"
The sound of war drums sounded from behind the Ming army's formation, reminding all commanders to look at the military flags at the rear.
Soon, the Ming army's military formation changed. The gunners were in front and the cannons were in hand. They passed through the gap between the sword and shield hands and entered the front line position.
"咻咻咻咻"
Three sharp arrows flew into the sky, and the sound of thunder spread throughout the fields.
The next moment, on the distant hills, three more sounding arrows flew into the air, and there seemed to be a sound on the farther mountains.
It’s just that the distance is too far, and it’s hard to hear clearly in the Ming army’s formation.
The changes in the Ming army's military formation were quickly completed. When Qi Jimei pointed at the Burmese army, the flag behind him slowly tilted forward and gave the order to attack.
"Kuai Kua Kua"
The Ming army's artillerymen were in front, and the gunmen, swordsmen, shieldmen, and spearmen were behind. The entire military formation began to surge forward as if encountering a wave.
Li Chengliang did not give the opponent time to react, or in fact they should have known it the moment the Ming army's war drums beat.
At this time, in the Burmese army camp, Mang Yingli and others had just seen the envoy who had returned. Before they could say a few words, they heard the beating of the Ming army's war drums.
“What’s going on?”
They knew very well what the sound of the war drums meant. It was the same as blowing the horns. They were both used to encourage those who did not issue an attack order and to boost morale.
Mang Yingli was only panicked for a moment, and immediately stepped forward to grab the envoy and asked: "The Ming army refused, what conditions do they have?"
At this time, he had no choice but to calm down, Ming The Burmese army attacked at this time, and the Burmese army simply had no ability to resist.
Although everyone beat their chests loudly before, they are now remnants of the army, defeated, and many chieftains are still sending their men around to gather troops.
Due to the previous defeat, the Burmese army has been completely dispersed.
Now, the soldiers recovered by the chieftains and generals are only sixty-seven out of ten.
Under such circumstances, how could they form a decent military formation to resist the Ming army.
Some, but only 60,000 to 70,000 people. I hope to use the number of people to prevent the Ming army from acting rashly and create conditions for their peace talks.
With so many people, even if the Ming army can fight again, the losses will not be small in a real war.
“No, the generals of the Ming Dynasty did not negotiate at all. After they refused, they kicked us out and were not willing to negotiate terms with us at all.”
The messenger was grabbed by his collar by Mang Yingli and could only tell the situation quickly.
"Prince, it's better to retreat to the mountains. It seems that the Ming army is serious about it."
The guards around Mang Yingli stepped forward and whispered in his ear.
They are veterans with rich combat experience carefully selected by Mang Yinglong from among the Burmese soldiers.
They can still see the current situation clearly. The Ming army seems to have seen through their current weakness, and they should be planning to attack with all their strength to completely eliminate them.
Therefore, he came out at this time and whispered to Mang Yingli.
Although he spoke in a low voice, there were many people around him. Although everyone did not hear clearly, they could still guess what he probably said from the movements of his mouth.
"Prince, no."
Before Mang Yingli could speak, an official next to him stopped him and said, "Prince, the soldiers and horses here are our last elite. If Give up on them and run away."
Although he didn't finish his words, it did give Mang Yingli a reminder that they don't have the strength to give up the troops here.
In fact, if you pass through the city of Ava and return to the city controlled by Myanmar at this time, if you do not have enough strength, you will not be able to continue to control Myanmar.
Those officials surrendered at this time because he was still the strongest here.
Once you run away like a bereaved dog and there is no one around, you are not as good as the lord of a city.
At least, they still have hundreds of soldiers and horses.
As for taking tens of thousands of people to escape over the mountains and ridges, that is an almost impossible task.
Just think about what happened to the Chinese Expeditionary Force when they crossed the Stranger Mountains in order to return home. That was still hundreds of years in the future.
More than 30,000 people entered the mountain, but only 3,000 came out in the end, and 30,000 people were buried there.
Don’t think that the Burmese army will be more adaptable to Myanmar’s virgin forests. In fact, this is not necessarily the case.
The areas where the Burmese people move are actually developed areas. They can only move around the edges of the virgin forest and do not dare to go deep into it rashly.
Because they know the dangers of these places. Only someone as courageous as Li Rusong dared to lead an army over the mountains to sneak attack on Ava City.
No general who is familiar with Myanmar has the courage to do this.
Of course, Li Rusong was able to succeed because of his guide.
The area they traveled to was only inaccessible, but it was definitely not a virgin forest. After all, it was an area that caravans had traveled through before.
This is also the reason why he was able to successfully walk to Ava City.
"What to do? What to do?"
At this time, these three words were in Mang Yingli's mind.
“Surrender.”
Finally, someone said helplessly and lowly, “We can’t win.”
“Bullshit, surrendering means death, it’s better to fight to the death. One game, maybe there is still a chance.”
The man's words of surrender were immediately scolded by a chieftain.
At this time, the top brass of the Burmese army were still arguing over their own interests, because after the two opinions were mentioned, they quickly divided into two groups and started arguing with each other.
"Bang, bang, bang"
Finally, their argument was interrupted by the sound of cannons. The Ming army was approaching, and without giving them a chance to react, the Fran machine guns began to fire towards them. The Tatmadaw ranks opened fire.
Perhaps, someone is running here to inform them of the information that happened ahead, but it is still a step too late after all.
There was a dense sound of artillery fire, and the gunner kept changing the cartridges before firing again.
After nearly a hundred Franco cannons fired six sub-cartridges, the Ming army gunners finally started to move forward again. They passed the gunners and continued forward, approaching the area closer to the Burmese army.
Then the formation was completed, and under the command of the commander, they fired at the Burmese army in front that had retreated in chaos.
"Bah bang bang"
Another puff of green smoke rose from the Ming army's formation, almost blocking the view.
After the gunman finished shooting, the gunman and shieldman stepped forward to hold down the position, waiting for the gunner and gunman behind to finish loading the ammunition before coming up.
Li Chengliang and Qi Jimei followed the Ming army with their soldiers and advanced slowly.
Behind them, two Ming army formations followed, but the artillery was moved to the front to strengthen the firepower of the Ming army gunners.
These are the five troops around Qi Jimei now. The three military formations are advancing together, constantly exerting pressure on the Burmese army in this relatively narrow valley.
“That’s enough, stop talking and follow me to the front to see the situation.”
The messengers in front kept conveying the news from the front to Mang Yingli. Knowing that the Burmese army was suppressed by the Ming army's firepower and kept retreating, Mang Yingli felt bad.
Finally, Mang Yinglong stopped the argument between the two groups and spoke.
Now, he is going to the front to see the situation.
If there is really no chance, he can only choose to surrender in accordance with the requirements of the Ming army to avoid continuing such massacres.
The Burmese army has too little space to operate, and there is no way to respond.
Just when they were about to set off to the front to take a look, a messenger behind them squeezed out of the crowd and rushed over, loudly reporting the news that the rear army had been attacked by the Ming army.
The Ming army used sounding arrows as a liaison signal. After Li Chengliang led his troops to attack, Li Rusong also issued an attack order.
In fact, from the moment he received Li Chengliang's order, Li Rusong guessed what his father meant.
Although they captured Mang Yinglong, many Burmese officials escaped, especially the Burmese prince and the chieftains who followed Mang Yinglong to the Ming Dynasty.
The chieftain has always been a thorn in the side of the Li family and his son. If they want to fulfill Wei Guangde's order and rule Burma for a long time, this group of people must be eliminated.
With their presence, it would be difficult for the Ming Dynasty to truly achieve rule over the Burmese people.
In other words, the Ming Dynasty ruled the Burmese chieftains, and the Burmese chieftains controlled all of Myanmar.
This is not the result the Li family wants.
Although when he was in the capital, Wei Guangde once believed that the chieftains could be divided and used to control Myanmar.
But Li Chengliang was actually worried. Judging from the results of similar techniques in Liaodong and southwest regions, they were not outstanding.
Chieftains are still the main leaders of the southwest rebellion, and the same is true in Liaodong.
After that, there was a strategy to eliminate the original chieftain group and support the new Burmese people to rise to power.
They relied on the Ming Dynasty to ascend to power and benefited from the Ming Dynasty ruling Burma, so they must continue to rely on the Ming Dynasty to maintain their status.
Otherwise, Li Chengliang would not have known that a hundred years later, the Qing army would rule such a large China by relying on one million Ming Dynasty soldiers.
While this may be the last battle, kill as many chieftain leaders as possible. This is what Li Rusong guessed what his father Li Chengliang wanted to achieve.
If the purpose is clear, then the only choice is to go on a killing spree.
The offensive of the Ming army in Ava City was actually even more fierce than that of Li Chengliang’s troops. After clearing the way with heavy firepower, the infantry charged across the entire line and advanced layer by layer. Li Chengliang’s troops were not killing the enemy with firearms at all, the infantry was only responsible for providing Guard mission.
This is actually what Li Chengliang thought of after learning about the battles between the Ming Army and the Burmese Army many times. Taking advantage of the opportunity of this battle, he directly commanded the battle from the front line.
Although the nominal commander is still Qi Jimei, his every move is based on Li Chengliang's instructions.
After seeing that the Burmese army was helpless in the face of the sharp firearms of the Ming army, Li Chengliang finally recognized this method of warfare.
At this moment, he smiled at Qi Jimei and said: "You once followed your brother to fight the Japanese pirates. Didn't you learn this skill?"
"Commander, when I followed my brother to fight against the Japanese, I mainly used mandarin duck When facing the enemy in the Yangzhen formation, the Japanese pirates mostly dispersed and attacked, and they rarely encountered large groups of Japanese pirates."
Qi Jimei also told the truth that he failed to catch up with several large-scale battles against Japanese pirates.
Moreover, at that time, the Ming army did not concentrate its firearms troops to fight against the Japanese pirates. Instead, the Ming army surrounded them on multiple fronts and conducted sporadic battles with the Japanese pirates, accumulating small victories into big victories.
After all, the Japanese pirates are not stupid and will not take the initiative to confront the Ming army head-on, especially after the Ming army's combat power has obviously increased.
"Do you know about the military chariot that your brother Qi Yuanjing trained in Jizhen? In fact, it is similar to this tactic."
Li Chengliang said a little show off at this moment.
In fact, he came up with this strategy based on the combat methods of Qi Jiguang's troops.
However, he naturally would not say that he was referring to Qi Jiguang's tactics at this moment, but that he came up with his own tactics.
Qi Jiguang's troops were not just the vehicle and artillery battalions. Essentially, the main force in the decisive battle was the infantry battalion, while the pursuit was the cavalry battalion.
However, among Qi Jiguang's three major military branches, the firepower of the carriage camp is undoubtedly the strongest. After all, it is used to resist the charge of the Mongolian cavalry. Without enough Fran cannons, it is simply impossible.
"The commander is still wise. It is unimaginable for the general to wait for such a strategy without spending a single soldier."
Qi Jimei will not say too much at this time, only bragging about Li Chengliang's tactics. It's good to be old enough.
At this time, the front suddenly changed. After the Burmese army retreated, a group of people appeared in the front. Perhaps they did not realize it because there were still scattered Burmese soldiers fleeing backwards.
“Those should be Burmese dignitaries.”
Qi Jimei pointed at those people and said.