The military meeting convened by Huang Zhiting lasted for two hours, and with the habit of "Gao's army," two sets of combat plans were discussed, and a total of seven variables that may arise under the two sets of plans were demonstrated in detail, and arrangements were made in advance for each variable, and the participants were also clear about their tasks.

It was the first time for Huang Zhiting herself to hold such a military meeting, and she felt more and more at this time that although Gao Pragmatic was not good at specific tactical command, he was indeed the best commander, because today's military meeting could not be said to be a rehearsal called the "staff system" that he had mentioned to himself before.

Gao Pragmatic told her about such an idea, but she has not had time to implement it herself, and now she has put Gao Pragmatic's idea into practice for the first time.

The only regret is probably that this "general staff" still lacks some of the components mentioned by Gao Pragmatic, such as personnel in charge of military logistics, and so on, otherwise the plan drawn up will definitely be more rigorous and more impeccable, and all variables will be predicted in advance.

However, after the meeting ended, Huang Zhiting suddenly felt a little dazed, and she thought of a situation that sounded nonsense: If the General Staff really reached that level, what else would the commander do?

After having this idea, she couldn't help but start to think: Could it be that Gao Lang felt too tired after commanding several major battles, so he deliberately came up with the "General Staff" system to reduce her workload?

But at this time, after all, the Burmese army was pressing, and she didn't have time to think about it, so she quickly went to arrange the work before leaving the city.

The wolf soldiers can go on call, and it is enough to have the yellow leopard arrangement, but she does not have to come forward in person. Gao Sijin and Ruan Song can also arrange their own headquarters, and Huang Zhiting doesn't need to interfere.

Another thing she went to do was to call "His Highness Abrabang" over and tell him the battle plan of the "Great Tomorrow Soldier".

But before Huang Zhiting started to get down to business, Abrabon excitedly said another thing: he was going to give himself a surname, and it was a Han surname!

Huang Zhiting didn't particularly care at first, thinking that Abrabang was just to show his awe of Daming, so he changed his Chinese surname, who knew that Abrabang explained to Huang Zhiting very solemnly, and Huang Zhiting realized that Abrabang's surname is very important!

Before, whether Huang Zhiting listened to the translation or the translation, or listened to the self-proclaimed Meng people who knew Chinese, the biggest feeling was "Why are all the people here in Myanmar surnamed Wu?" As soon as Abrabon explained, she realized that it was a big misunderstanding.

It turns out that the name of the Burmese is neither the Ming style "surname + name", nor the Franc machine style "name + surname", and the people here actually have names and no surnames!

On the Myanmar side, whether it is the Burmese or the Mon, they usually just add an article in front of each other's names to compose each other to show the difference between men and women, the elder and the younger, and the inferior and inferior. Sometimes, the article can also be omitted for the sake of self-humility or kindness.

According to Abrabang, a Burmese name is used to give a rough idea of their gender, age and social status.

For example, the adolescent man's name is preceded by the article "appearance", which means "young man, younger brother"; Add "Guo" to peers or young men, which means "big brother, brother"; Elderly, superiors, or people of a certain status should be called "Wu", which means "uncle, uncle".

Therefore, "Wu" is not a Burmese surname, but just an article for Burmese people to express their honorific title for men. And the people who can appear in front of Huang Zhiting naturally have no low status, so when the interpreter makes an introduction, he is always called "Wu Moumou". And Abrabong is a little different, the first time he saw Huang Zhiting was in Chinese he used instead of using a translation, so he just called himself "Abrabang", which made Huang Zhiting a little misunderstood.

Abrabang also explained that like men, the names of women in Myanmar also change with age, but there are only two titles added before their names: young women plus "Ma"; Elders or those with status add "Du". "Ma" and "Du" mean "girl, sister" and "aunt, aunt, aunt" respectively. Regardless of whether they are married or not, older or respected women can be respectfully called "Du".

Only then did Huang Zhiting know why Abrabong just said "surname" instead of "changing surname".

However, she welcomed Abrabong's approach and immediately expressed her support. Abrabong said that he had decided to give the Han surname "Xia" and change the Han name to "Mu Ming".

The name "Mu Ming" is very easy to understand, Huang Zhiting knew his intentions as soon as she heard it, this is like the name of her hometown Siming Mansion, there is no need to explain more.

But as for why the surname is Xia, Huang Zhiting still couldn't help but ask, who knew that Abrabang-no, now it's Xia Muming-'s explanation was extremely magical, and even Huang Zhiting was a little dumbfounded.

Xia Muming said: "Among the hundred family names, the one before Xia is 'Gao', how dare I live in front of 'Gao'? It is based on the surname Xia. ”

Dumbfounded and dumbfounded, Huang Zhiting came back to his senses, he still admired this guy, he was a widow of a feudal state and could still think of this, he was born to be an official, and he knew the current affairs too well.

But when Huang Zhiting told Xia Muming that he would take 20,000 "Great Tomorrow Soldiers" out of the city to look for fighters, and hand over Bago City to the Bago garrison to guard, Xia Muming's face turned pale all of a sudden.

Fortunately, Huang Zhiting didn't intend to scare him, and instead told him that he had left 3,000 muskets, and that the city tower that had been renovated according to the principle of the fortress in the past month was enough to ensure the defense of Bago City.

In addition, Huang Zhiting also knew that the characteristics of these vassal people were the same as the new soldiers on the battlefield, they were more afraid of artillery than guns, so he also told him that he had left 20 cannons for Gao Silian, and asked him to fight according to Gao Silian's wishes, and it was impossible for the Burmese army to attack in.

Sure enough, as soon as he heard that there were still twenty cannons, Xia Muming's bloody face quickly returned, patting his chest and guaranteeing that he would definitely be able to mobilize the people of the Meng nationality in the city, and make due contributions to dragging the attention of the Burmese army.

By the time she had appeased the vice king of Bagu, the 20,000-strong army had been mobilized. Huang Zhiting took advantage of the fact that the Burmese army had just passed the Biao Pass today and would not be able to arrive in two days, so he simply set off ahead of schedule, on the one hand, heading towards the mouth of the Siddang River, and on the other hand, he also sent people to spread the news to let the Burmese army know that the main force of the Ming army had withdrawn in advance.

By the afternoon of the next day, the main force of the Burmese army had arrived at Dai U, and it was only one day away from arriving at Bago City, when Mang Yingli received the news that the Bago garrison was left with a temporary rabble, and could not help but be overjoyed.

The dignified Golden Mansion White Elephant King, of course, was a hundred times more domineering than Huang Zhiting, and without saying a word, he ordered to go straight to Xidang. He really responded to Gao Silian's speculation, and planned to use the main force of the Ming army, which had lost the fortified city, to save the face he had lost in northern Myanmar.

However, after this order, although no one in the Burmese army dared to talk in front of the White Elephant King of the Golden Building, what was unexpectedly was that the Portuguese military adviser did not do it.

The military advisor, Simão Reddy, strongly opposed Mangyingri's plan. He said that according to the information he had received before, the other side had an extremely large fleet here, and the Portuguese governor of Malacca even sent a letter saying that even he had to "temporarily submit to this powerful fleet".

The Governor of Malacca also mentioned that, judging by the size of the opponent's fleet and the number of side-chord guns, the enemy had at least 3,000 guns, and even according to the current custom of the Europeans, there would be no less than 500 long and heavy guns.

All in all, such firepower is used in the coastal waters to support land warfare, and it is simply invincible, and now chasing to the mouth of the Xidang River is completely looking for death.

He asked Mang Yingli bluntly: "Will Your Majesty's army be able to withstand the bombardment of more than 500 long and heavy artillery pieces, and still maintain without collapsing even when it is impossible to counterattack at all?" If not, I will never approve of the plan to pursue the Sidan estuary, and the Portuguese mercenaries will never take part in a doomed battle—I must be responsible to my boys, who have come to fight in exchange for pay, but not to die. ”

Speaking of which, the last time Mang Yingli was able to escape from Liu Wei's pursuit, it was the Portuguese mercenaries who were in danger of being able to move behind the three-wheeled gun line. After all, even a fierce man like Liu Wei would not dare to test the power of the Franc machine gun with his own flesh and blood. Besides, his subordinates were already "driving sheep" all over the mountains at that time, and they couldn't concentrate the musketeers to shoot at the Francophiles, so they had no choice but to recklessly flee.

Because of this relationship, Mang Yingli still attaches more importance to the Portuguese, temporarily withdraws his fate, and instead asks Captain Reddy what he thinks he should do next.

Captain Reddy, like most Portuguese mercenaries at this time, had little experience fighting European armies and more experience fighting various old-fashioned armies, and he took it for granted: "Of course we are going to siege the city, after all, we have artillery." ”

The Portuguese lost seven artillery pieces in northern Burma, but now they can still muster nearly twenty guns, which is the confidence of Captain Reddy's siege.

However, he did not just count on a hard attack, in fact, according to his experience, the Mon people did not have to worry at all, and the army composed of these backward aborigines was likely to be frightened and surrender directly at the sound of a round of cannons - this kind of thing happened countless times in the colonial expansion of the Kingdom of Portugal, and he believed that it will happen countless times in the future.

Mang Yingli was convinced. He wanted to fight the main force of the Ming army first, in fact, it was mainly for the sake of face, in fact, he also privately felt that it might be better to take Bago first, after all, if you take it one day earlier, you can loot it one day earlier, and the losses in northern Myanmar must always find a place to make up for it. Who made them dare to resist!

Therefore, the main force of the Burmese army was not confused by the news of the eastward withdrawal of the Ming army, and continued to go south and went straight to Bago.

The next afternoon, the Burmese army arrived outside Bago City.

However, when they saw Bago City, Mang Yingli was stunned for a moment, and Captain Reddy was stunned for a moment, and immediately scolded in Portuguese regardless of his identity.

"Damn the Italians, they're actually helping people build forts in the aboriginal land! His Majesty Philip II should send troops to completely conquer the whole of Italy, and trample it under his feet! After venting, he added in a whisper: "Well, except for the Vatican." ”

"What's going on?" Mang Yingli was stunned for a while, frowned and asked, "The Meng people didn't train the army well, but they built the city wall out of these sharp corners, did they eat too much and panic?" What's the use of this? ”

Captain Reddy looked at the Bago City, which had been temporarily built into a large fortress, with a grim face, and said with a frown: "Your Majesty, as your military adviser, I think it is my duty to remind you that the other party is likely to have firearms, and ...... The firepower will not be weak. ”

This time it was Mang Yingli's turn to scold: "Is Mingren crazy? They actually gave these lowly Mon people their precious firearms to use? But after scolding, he also began to worry, the Meng people have firearms, this battle is ...... I'm afraid it's not as easy to fight as I thought.

However, the fear was only for a moment, and the cruelty in Mang Yingli's blood quickly regained the upper hand, and he sneered: "The Meng people are just a group of chickens and sheep. My father used to defeat the main force of the Mon people with 10,000 troops in the Battle of Nangyou, but now I have an army of 150,000, and the Mon people are only 30,000 rabble, even if I have firearms, what can I do? ”

Captain Reddy is very disdainful of the habit of the "Native Kingdom" to claim how many troops, in his opinion, 70,000 is good to say 70,000, where to put this army is also a large army, but you have to say that you have 150,000, this is simply inexplicable - is it possible that you will be more powerful if you say more about your troops?

Besides, you claim to have so many troops, wouldn't it be even more humiliating if you were defeated?

However, Captain Reddy didn't show this kind of sneering, he just indifferently suggested that someone should be sent to test the attack wave first, to see the opponent's firepower density and tacit cooperation, so as to facilitate the next tactical deployment.

This kind of thing is obviously not going on the Portuguese mercenaries, and after Captain Reddy finished speaking, he went to arrange for his subordinates to prepare for detailed observation and evaluation.

Unexpectedly, Mang Yingli was not only accustomed to this, but also happy, and he immediately arranged for 3,000 Burmese troops to prepare for a tentative attack.

In fact, in Mang Yingli's mind, the dead and lowly soldiers are nothing at all, but although the Portuguese mercenaries are strong in combat, their numbers are too small, and they cannot be easily lost.

Seeing that the 3,000 Burmese soldiers began to press forward with rudimentary shields, Gao Silian was already standing behind the sandbag bunkers that had been temporarily piled up on the city tower. The telescope in his hand was still monocular, but something was much better than nothing.

Holding the binoculars and looking at it, Gao Silian ordered: "Order: The enemy is not allowed to shoot when entering the first firing area, and it is also not allowed to shoot when entering the second firing area, and they must wait until they enter the third firing area before they are allowed to shoot." In addition, once you start shooting, you don't have to wait for orders, just shoot with maximum firepower, and be sure to crash in one wave! As soon as they broke down and fled, the second and first firing zones immediately opened fire with all their might...... I'm going to make them remember it better! ”

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