Jingshi staged an offensive and defensive battle after the "Pseudo-Demon Book Case", and Myanmar, far away in the southwest, also staged a ...... No, it was a series of offensive and defensive battles, and its wars were one after another, and the offense and defense were exchanged, even more ups and downs than the political conspiracy of the Beijing Division.

On the third day of the first month of April, Liu Ling's troops broke the main force of Mangyingli who retreated from Mengding to the south at a distance of 70 miles south of Mubang City, and the Burmese army was in chaos under the blow of mines and artillery, and was killed by Liu Ling's brothers and sisters, who abandoned their armor and fled in embarrassment.

The Ming army was killed by more than 3,000 people, Liu Wei himself beheaded the Burmese king Shu Mangzhuo, and the Burmese army trampled on each other in the rout, and lost more than 2,000 people, and more than 7,000 prisoners. As for the part that was lost due to the rout of the army, the Ming army could not count it, but according to Liu Ling's report, it was expected that it was likely to be much greater than the previous three losses combined.

The Ministry of War calculated that the Burmese army lost at least 30,000 people in this battle, which was enough to be called a beautiful victory, even if it was not as shocking and decisive as the Battle of Monan, but it was also necessary to know that the actual main force of the Battle of Monan was the Tumut Iron Cavalry, and although the Ming army had such a shining point as "bayonet breaking through the formation", in the final analysis, it was still fighting.

The Battle of Mubang was different, although it was an ambush battle, it was a battle that was completely attacked by the Ming army, and won by the weak and strong. This battle completely shattered the myth of Burma's invincibility among the foreign vassals in the southwest for decades, greatly boosted the morale of the military and people in Yunnan, and shocked some of the sinister and vacillating feudal states and internal Tusi, and its influence outside the campaign even exceeded the campaign itself.

Because the war has not yet ended, the imperial court did not immediately give Liu Wei and other meritorious generals additional officials and knights, including Deng Zilong, who had been in the Yongchang and Shunning fronts for more than a month, including Deng Zilong, who had been the main force of the Yongchang and Shunning fronts for more than a month, the Yunnan border generals have only received "verbal awards" from the Ministry of War, and the only thing worth mentioning is that the second batch of military salaries for the Yunnan War of the Imperial Court is already on the way, and the amount is as high as 350,000 taels of silver - this amount may not be inconspicuous in the Beijing Division, but for the poor Yunnan border army, it is really worth celebrating.

However, Mu Bang's first battle wiped out the gunpowder and mines of Liu Wei's troops, so that he did not dare to pursue them immediately, but only advanced south to Xibo City and then stopped temporarily, and turned back to open up the communication line with the interior of Yunnan, so as not to interrupt the logistics.

After Deng Zilong cleaned up the rear and led the army south to Xibo City, Liu Wei gave Xibo City to Deng Zilong's department and led the army west into Anzheng Guocheng.

Anzheng Guocheng is directly north of Ava City, the last important town in northern Burma, and Sibo City is northeast of Ava City, these two cities are in the hands of Liu Wei and Deng Zilong, which means that the Ming army has occupied the initiative in the war, and can launch a pincer offensive at any time to attack Ava, and the reason why they are not moving at present is mainly a logistical problem.

From Yunnan to Donghu, in terms of topography, first the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, then the mountains and forests of northern Burma, and then the Shan Plateau, there is no good road at all, and it is difficult to maintain a large army at the front on this terrain.

In particular, the logistical pressures faced by the Ming army and the Burmese army were different: the Burmese army had very few firearms, only one Portuguese mercenary had 300 muskets and eight cannons, and the Burmese army's own firearms were almost negligible - which was an important reason why they were never able to break through Deng Zilong's defense.

In terms of grain and grass, in addition to carrying its own and its own logistical supplies, the Burmese army also asked the northern Burma vassal states that had taken refuge in them earlier. Roughly one-third of it was provided by the vassal states, and two-thirds by the Burmese themselves, and their logistical "transshipment center" was the city of Ava, an important city in northern Burma.

If Burma had lost a few feudal states, but had retreated to the city of Ava, the logistical pressure would have been minimal, roughly in Mandalay, the second largest city in Myanmar. This place was regarded as "central Burma" in later Burma, and at this time, those places in northern Myanmar were still foreign vassals under the control of Yunnan, so Ava was northern Burma.

Under the elimination of the other's strengths, the logistical pressure at this time was transferred to the head of the Ming army.

Where did the logistics of the Ming army come from? Dali City.

From Dali to Anzheng Guocheng and Xibo City, the straight-line distance has exceeded 1,100 miles, and it is in the plateau and mountainous areas.

According to Liu Wei and Deng Zilong's predictions, it will take two months at the earliest to launch the next wave of attacks on Ava City, and if the rear is not quiet or the transportation is unfavorable, then the predicted battle of Ava may be delayed until the autumn.

As the landlord, the Burmese side obviously knew this situation better, so Mang Yingli only rested for one day in Awa City, leaving 30,000 people and Awa City itself to defend the northern frontier, while he continued to move south non-stop, preparing to rescue Donghu.

Donghu City is the capital of Burma, the city defense is actually not bad, although every day to Mang Yingli warning, saying that if there is no rescue will fall, but in fact, it is just the city magnates are anxious to let the Burmese king come back and deliberately, in fact, the situation in Donghu City is not very critical.

Because Huang Zhiting's troops were limited, he did not coerce Donghu City too much.

Not counting the sailors on the fleet, the main force of land warfare in Huang Zhiting's hands is a total of 20,000. She relied on 20,000 people not only to take the old lands of the Bago Dynasty such as Bago, Daguang, and Bosheng, but also to raise a servant army of the Mon people in a very short time.

But the servant army is not something that can be used when recruited, and those who are recruited and used are called cannon fodder. Huang Zhiting didn't intend to use this Meng army as complete cannon fodder, because she had few troops at hand, if this Meng army could only be used as cannon fodder, then what was the use of her summoning it? Wouldn't it be okay to just grab the people directly on top like the Mongols?

Huang Zhiting requires this Meng army to have a certain combat effectiveness, even if it can't beat the Burmese army one-on-one, at least two against one must always be able to fight. Therefore, she only sent about 5,000 elite soldiers along the Xidang River to the north to Biaoguan, making it appear that she would attack Donghu City at any time, but the remaining 15,000 main forces were concentrated in Bago City, and at the same time, the Gao family's family would begin to train the army of the Mon people.

Most of the Gao family members in Huang Zhiting's army have participated in the formation and training of the two major garrison armies in Annam, and they are very good at how to train foreigners, and they are even more familiar with how to quietly "change banners" of an army dominated by foreigners.

From the beginning of its formation, the Mon army used simple Chinese as the battle command, and for the selection of Mon officers in this army, the first thing is the mastery of the Chinese language.

In other words, even if you are a remnant nobleman of the original Bago Dynasty, if you don't know Chinese, you can't be an officer in the Meng army. Fortunately, in this era, Han dialect is similar to the lingua franca of East Asia to a certain extent, even if the common people do not know it, there are usually some noble and high-ranking officials.

Perhaps it is because the Meng people have been "bitter and reckless for a long time", the formation of the Meng army was extremely fast, gathering nearly 50,000 people in less than a month, considering that the Meng people may only have a total population of just over one million at this time, this proportion can be said to be very amazing.

However, out of control, Huang Zhiting only organized 30,000 of them into a regular army, which was called the "Bago Garrison" in a highly pragmatic style. The remaining 20,000 or so were lost by her to the "Vice-King of Bago" Abrabang, and he asked him to use these 20,000 people to form a second-line army and be responsible for the local security of the "Bago New Dynasty", which God knows if it counts.

For such a thing as the army, it is not enough to have people, but also to have weapons and equipment, which is very troublesome.

Huang Zhiting actually considered the issue of buying the local armed forces before setting off from Annan, and also brought some of them, but after arriving in Burma, the situation developed too fast, and that part of the things was definitely not enough for the 30,000 army, and in fact, it could manage 3,000 people at most.

It's not that there are no surplus supplies, but they are prepared for the battle damage of their own army, and it is impossible to use them for the newly formed "Bago Garrison Army" - besides, this army has just been formed, and no one dares to guarantee how far its loyalty will be now, and how can the best weapons and equipment be given to them?

Fortunately, when he took the old Bago land, he controlled several Burmese munitions depots by the way, thanks to the Burmese army in these years, there was not much else in these warehouses, except for the spears, which barely avoided the embarrassment of the Bago garrison fighting empty-handed.

But that's all, Burma has been patronizing the war all these years, and the economic level is not even as good as Yunnan, expecting them to launch a big war while still being able to reserve a large amount of armor in the rear, which is not realistic at all, the armor found in the warehouses in Bago, Daguang, Bosheng and other places is less than 200 sets together, and even the officers are not evenly divided, and in the end only a set of armor can only be issued to those who have more than 100 households - this is what Huang Zhiting took out more than 100 sets from the fleet's inventory.

Huang Zhiting himself was only in charge of the establishment and equipment, and the training was originally handed over to the Gao family, but it was found out that it was not possible within a few days.

Because even in the two major garrisons of Annam, because Gao pragmatically emphasized the relationship between firearms, almost all of their tactical training was carried out around the formation of guns, and even paid attention to the "combination of infantry and artillery." And now suddenly replaced by a spear unit, it turns out that in addition to platoon training, it is almost impossible to carry out tactical training.

Huang Zhiting had no choice but to intervene in person.

Fortunately, the wolf soldiers of the Huang family are very good at training the spear troops, and this matter can at least be handed over to them to "sharpen their guns on the spot, and if they are not happy, they will be light".

However, the wolf soldiers are very different in style from the two major garrison systems in Annan. If the style of the garrison is to rely on strict discipline and array to win, then the wolf soldiers rely on their individual combat effectiveness and morale to win.

Whether it is a platoon of guns or a bayonet formation, the requirements for discipline and mentality are extremely high, and it is necessary to be able to fight back meticulously and neatly against the opponent's almost "face-riding" attack, so the characteristics of the garrison are stability, and it must first stand still, and then consider being able to attack.

The wolves rarely fight this kind of defensive counterattack, and their habit is only two words: attack!

Originally, Huang Zhiting was also worried about whether this Bago garrison could be competent for such tactics, but after patrolling several times, she realized that she might be too worried, because these Mon people seemed to really want the Burmese to die.

Although they lived in the coastal plains of southern Burma, and they really could not be compared with the wolf soldiers in terms of physical fitness, the murderous spirit they showed during the drill was no worse than that of the wolf soldiers, so much so that when Huang Zhiting heard his subordinate officers teach the recruits of the Bago Garrison Army, the most used sentence was: "You have to imagine that this spear is stabbed at a Burmese!" ”

Every time he said this, the other party's spirit became obviously excited, even so excited that it was distorted, and the force of a spear stabbing out even the wolf instructors grinned happily when they saw it.

This training lasted for another twenty days, and Mang Yingli finally returned to Taungoo City, where it was repaired for only three days, and then the Burmese army began to move south.

Mang Yingli suffered heavy losses in this Northern Expedition, losing more than 50,000 soldiers before and after, and this only counts the Burmese army, not counting the northern Burmese Tusi who were originally attached to him.

The Burmese army claimed to be 200,000 at that time, but in fact, the Burmese army itself was just over 100,000, probably more than 110,000, less than 120,000. No one knows the strength of the Tusi, just like the Cen clan and the Huang clan in the early years, it may be twenty or thirty thousand in peacetime, but if it is necessary, maybe 100,000 can be pulled out, and it can almost be said that the whole people are soldiers.

But no matter how much water the 200,000 army had, in short, his losses were obvious, the more than 100,000 Burmese troops lost at least 40% of the front and back, and the Burmese troops who fled back were only 60,000 or 70,000, plus Yue Feng and a group of large and small Tusi also brought almost 20,000 people, barely able to make up 80,000 or 90,000 troops.

However, he could not pull all these 80,000 or 90,000 people to the south, so he left another 30,000 in the city of Ava, so that the actual number of troops brought back to Taungoo from northern Burma was more than 50,000.

However, Donghu City itself also has an army, and there are more than 10,000 troops left behind. When Mang Yingli set off from Ava City to the south, he had already ordered to concentrate troops from all over the country, and important Burmese towns such as Bagan City, Lin Khan City, Xuanli Cha Tala City, and Beya City sent troops to support, so now Donghu City is not only "resurrected with full blood" and concentrated 80,000 troops, but also Mang Yingli brought out 70,000 at a time.

Although Mang Yingli was reckless and had just been defeated in northern Burma, he was the one who fought with his father Mang Yinglong for decades, and he knew that pacifying the rear should not be slow.

He and his father, Mang Yinglong, both strongly promoted the "assimilation of the Mon", but now that the old land of Bago has been lost, the Mon are out of control, and the oppressive force of forced assimilation has disappeared. It can be said that with each day of delay, his prestige will drop even more, and what is worse is that this decline in prestige will be accompanied by the rise of the Mon people's sense of rebellion, and it will become more difficult to continue to assimilate them in the future.

After all, the Mon assimilation by force rather than culture as in the case of Han assimilation, and once this force proved to be a paper tiger, the failure was predetermined in advance.

Besides, the loss of the rear also means that one's own strength has been weakened, and the longer it is lost, the more severe this weakening becomes.

It was Mang Yingli who couldn't even wait for the arrival of the last reinforcements from Bagan City, so he went south with an army of 70,000, known to the outside world as 150,000, and swooped down like a tiger descending the mountain.

Huang Zhiting sent 5,000 people stationed at Biaoguan to learn the news, and without saying a word, he directly retreated south according to the previous order, and the target was also Bagu.

The Battle of Bago, which decided the direction of the war in southern Myanmar and even the entire Burma, finally began.

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