In order to save face, the Burmese army took the initiative, and the right prime minister, Mahaduro, commanded 30 long-tail warships to go up the river in an attempt to recover the important town of Xinjie.

Behind the 30 long-tail ships, dozens of warships docked on the east and west banks of the Irrawaddy and quickly went ashore to set up a wooden fence.

These were the main forces of the Burmese army, and there were a large number of craftsmen in them, and with hammers and nails, and timber, they shouted eighty and eighty, and quickly erected three wooden fence camps on the east and west banks as fortifications, plus thirty warships on the river, forming a water and land defense formation.

The deployment of the Ming army was that the army of Xu Qingshan and Ma Xianglin was on the east bank of the river, Mu Tianbo's troops were on the west bank, and the sailors of Gan Hui and others were facing the Burmese vanguard head-on on the river.

On the wide Ayeyarwady River, the Burmese warships are staggered, the bows are all in the shape of Burmese lions or birds and beasts, and the oars of the sailors on both sides are constantly rising and falling, looking like a group of centipedes surging from a distance, which looks quite scary.

A large red flag was planted on the mast of the main warship of the Burmese army, and on the deck stood a general dressed in red, who was the forward general of the Burmese army's naval division, Ding Ding Ai, and the son of the right prime minister, Mahaduro.

Ding Dingai stood with his hands in his hands, a proud look appeared on his face, and said: "The navy of the Ming army has a few brushes, if you want to talk about sailors, they can't!" ”

The Burmese army official beside him stiffened his smile and said, "My lord, since the founding of the country, the Daming Navy Division has not tasted a single defeat, you must not be careless......

"Oh? Is it? You remember wrong! ”

Ding Dingai's face was displeased, and he said: "No matter what they have done in the past, if they dare to be arrogant in our country this time, General Ben will definitely let them be wiped out!" ”

"My lord is brave and ......," the Burmese official smiled and responded.

Seeing that this guy's attitude was perfunctory, as if he didn't believe it, Ding Dingai was unhappy in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "The king learned from the Tang Ming Emperor to lie down and taste the gall, so as to get the throne, I have been with the king for many years, and I have a deep knowledge of the truth, and I will deal with this Ming army?" Alone! ”

"My lord? It seems to be Cao Cao'......," the Burmese official reminded.

Ding Dingai's face was hot, and he snorted coldly: "Regardless of whether it is Emperor Tang Ming or Cao Cao who is lying on the salary and tastes the guts, the king has endured the humiliation anyway!" The whole Ming Kingdom is a frog at the bottom of the well? I don't know how strong our Burmese army is! Ben was going to make them look good today! ”

"Yes yes yes ......"

The Burmese official replied in a loud voice? Don't dare to offend this illiterate person easily.

While the two were talking, the Burmese navy had already launched an attack with great momentum.

This time, Gan Hui still did not give the Burmese army sailors a chance, and took the lead in ordering artillery to suppress it.

"Bang! Boom! Bang ..... "The artillery of the Ming army exploded in a large area, accompanied by a splash of water, and the fastest warship of the Burmese army's sailors was blown apart? Dozens of sailors on board floated on the river, and some of them became a pile of minced meat, soaked in the river water.

The artillery fire of the Ming army is very intensive? Don't recognize the six relatives? The Burmese army sailors are swimming against the current again? Although it is equipped with British shipborne guns, but the actual combat experience is too drawn? After the baptism of intensive shells, one by one they didn't know what to do? It is difficult to play to the advantage of equipment.

"Use maneuverability to press up? Swallowed the Ming army alive! Sacrifice the flag of the retreater! ”

The frustrated Burmese naval division retreated slightly, but regrouped under the call of the main general Ding Tingai and attacked again.

The Irrawaddy River has many mud and sand plains and shoals in this section of the river, and the bottom of the river varies in depth, which is very challenging to operate the boats, and the long-tail boats of the Burmese army are designed in this combat environment.

Gan Hui, who was observing the battle situation, found the coquettishly dressed Ding Dingai in the distance, and roughly judged his identity from his main battlefield flag.

Gan Hui was overjoyed and ordered three warships to rush over, trying to take down the enemy's main general, and capture the king first.

When the Ming army's warship was close to the shallows, the guard battalion beside Gan Hui jumped directly into the shallow place with a musket, and led a battalion of sailors to the river to kill the red-clothed general's Burmese boat.

The Ming warships opened fire in the back to cover it, and the battalion commander took the opportunity to shoot at the Burmese soldiers who were rising.

Ding Dingai discovered the intentions of the Ming army, and was furious, not to be outdone, he raised a flintlock pistol and fired back, and the two sides launched an exchange of fire.

"Dare to shoot at me, look for death!"

The defeat of the Ming army in Burma last time made Ding Dingai's self-confidence inexplicable.

However, with a "snap", Ding Dingai's body shook, and she looked at the blood-colored bullet hole in her chest with an incredible face.

The chief general of the Burmese army, Ding Ding Ai, who was conspicuously armoured, was shot and fell on the deck, and his legs kicked unnaturally, and the Burmese army was immediately in chaos.

The artillery fire of the Ming army was unabated, and the Burmese boats were once again in chaos, hitting each other, and many capsized ships.

The Ming army immediately followed up, captured six Burmese ships, captured a flag, and won a complete victory in the waterway attack, and the Ming army was greatly inspired!

Seeing that the battle on the river was lost, the eldest son was killed, and the body was taken away by the Ming army, the right prime minister of Burma, Mahaduro, was furious and ordered all the Burmese troops on the east and west banks to rush out of the Muzha camp, attack the Ming army from the land, and recapture the body of the eldest son!

"It's good to come!"

Seeing this, Ma Xianglin and Mu Tianbo, who were squatting on both sides of the Irrawaddy River, were so happy that their faces bloomed and they ordered to meet the Burmese army.

This time, the Burmese army was not defensive, but attacking, which meant that it could not take advantage of the muskets in the wooden barriers.

The Ming army relied on a few Xinjie strongholds and constantly shot the Burmese army, gaining an overwhelming upper hand in the field battle.

After shooting at the Burmese army's position, Ma Xianglin couldn't wait to order the white pole soldiers to charge on foot, so that the little Burmese could feel the warmth from the stone pillar!

The melee ability of the white pole soldiers is not to say, when they beat the Eight Banners Army, they proved their toughness, although they have rarely fought in these years, but they have also fought with the southwest Tusi for territory and fought a few battles.

These Sichuan men, in order to prove themselves to the imperial court, were not polite to the little Burmese, stabbed and stabbed with a white pole spear, and the hook with a blade on the barrel of the gun was not cut or pulled, and the hard iron ring behind the blade hook was directly used as a hammer, and the tricks were unpredictable, and the Burmese army who beat them did not know how to deal with it.

The Burmese army was unstable, after a shock and fight by the white pole soldiers, the Burmese army broke and fled, Ma Xianglin easily took the three camps on the east bank, and captured countless Burmese army equipment, rice and grain.

In this battle, the Ming army killed more than 1,500 enemies and successfully captured the area on the east bank of the Xinjie River.

Ma Xianglin was ready to take the opportunity to pursue the Burmese army, expand the results of the battle, and wait for the opportunity to go straight to Jiangtou City, but he heard Xu Qingshan's order to withdraw his troops.

The river next to Jiangtou City is surrounded by lush Myanmar primeval forests, which is a typical pass place.

When the two armies were fighting, Xu Qingshan found some reflective points looming in the forest through the telescope, and there was no doubt that they were the reflections of the Burmese soldiers' blades!

Xu Qingshan, who had been in battle for a long time, judged at a glance that there were a large number of Burmese ambushes in the jungle, and if he rashly pursued to the jungle, it was easy to fall into the ambush of Xiao Burma.

In addition, the weather is hot and cold, and the physical strength of the soldiers after this battle is not small, and the cavalry and infantry formations cannot be displayed in the jungle.

What made Xu Qingshan even more jealous was that in the Burmese military camps around Jiangtou City, there were still behemoths hidden in the military array!

It was the most elite and famous weapon of war in Indochina - an elephant array made of war elephants!