The Burmese army is not all rabble, but there are also elite units that use firearms.

Since the time of the Taungoo Dynasty, there has been a Praetorian Guard dedicated to guarding the royal family, and the capital Taungoo City also has a king's guard.

The Burmese king's elite troops were within the confines of the capital city of Taungoo, leaving the other princely states in the region, and the army was similar to a loose military alliance, and these princely states regularly paid the Burmese king's flower and horse gifts, and sent troops to help in times of war.

When the Burmese king was strong, he could control these areas, and once his power weakened, these areas would rebel, no longer pay tribute, and even raise troops to attack the capital.

Since the Bagan Dynasty, the Burmese army has been divided into elephant soldiers, infantry, cavalry and naval troops, and it is stipulated that infantry can only be promoted to cavalry after ten battles, and enjoy the important war resources such as horses.

After becoming a cavalryman, he had to go through ten battles before he could be promoted to the rank of elephant soldier and master the most important heavy weapons in Indochina.

In order to maintain their rule, the Burmese kings of the Taungoo Dynasty were shrewd, and they used the firearms brought by the Portuguese, including musket units and artillery, but most of the firearms troops at that time were directly served by Western mercenaries.

As a ruler, how can you let a foreigner take control of the military?

As a result, the Burmese king began to target the Portuguese, and was overthrown by the Burmese fifty years ago, 400 Portuguese mercenaries were captured, the leader was brutally executed by the Burmese king, and the remaining Portuguese soldiers were relocated to the vicinity of Sekaya County, where they served as musketeers and gunners for generations.

The Portuguese are doing very well in Myanmar and are gradually withdrawing from the Myanmar market.

In the current Mangbai period, it was England that provided firearms to the Burmese army, and as early as the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the British East India Company set up a branch in Burma.

The English assisted in the training of the Burmese army, which greatly improved the combat capability of the Burmese army's musket units.

And the so-called gateway soldiers of the Tusi in various parts of Myanmar, that is, the group of people opposite Ma Xianglin today, are barely a regular army, after all, the Burmese king Mang Bai has formed a brother with a different surname with these Tusi "blood alliance".

If the brothers' subordinates are not considered regular troops, how can they be justified, and how can they ensure unity?

It can only be said that what Ma Xianglin encountered was not the main force of the Burmese army, but just an ordinary unit.

These portal soldiers, with no armor or protection, only tattoos symbolizing the mark, were divided into three battalions, left, center and right, painted on the left and left abdomen, right on the right abdomen, and full paint in the middle, as a troop logo.

The act of tattooing has gradually become a symbol of soldiers from all over the Indochina Peninsula. The second is as a talisman of faith, and it is estimated that this thing can be invulnerable!

The Ming army is attacking in a big way, and the commander of the Burmese army is in a hurry? I can only use them to resist as cannon fodder first.

Name Reckless? But he was not a reckless man, but very military-minded.

Seeing that the Ming army moved? It was the beating of gongs and drums, and the Burmese army was taken aback? Will the Lord panic more? Afraid that the Ming army will strike first? Messing up your own position? So an order was issued and the Burmese army was ordered to attack.

The Burmese army began to roar and charge? A motley of infantry mixed with a dozen elephants rushed together.

Ma Xianglin very calmly let the Ming infantry line up in three in front of the formation? When the Burmese soldiers almost rushed to the firing range, the Ming army shouted one after another.

"Fire!"

The first row of musketeers began to shoot, emitting a volley of fire.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

The Burmese soldiers fell, and those who did not fall began to run left and right, but they did not retreat.

Are they just cannon fodder? There are also the regular soldiers of the Burmese army supervising the battle behind them, and it is death to retreat, so it is better to rush with your head stuffy.

The first row of musketeers after the Ming army finished shooting retreated, and the second row began to shoot!

After the second platoon finished shooting, the third platoon of Ming troops continued to fill in the position and shoot!

Gunshots rang out one after another, and this time the target was the unformed war elephants rushing towards them.

Although the Burmese army has flintlock guns, they are only limited to the main force, don't think about the portal soldiers, they are basically cannon fodder for naked charges, but they have war elephants!

However, the panicked portal soldiers did not bother to protect the elephant's limbs, and the elephant that was shot by the musket began to go berserk, rampage, and the natives were scattered and screamed.

They called theirs, the Ming army fought the Ming army, and after one round of volleys, there was another round.

The soldiers of the Ming army were tossed in the rain forest for more than half a month, and they didn't see a ghost shadow, but at this time, they saw so many enemy soldiers, and their eyes lit up one by one, and they fought very hard!

They are not fighting indiscriminately, they are very purposeful.

The second round of firing was mainly to suppress the Burmese army, which had not been concentrated before, and it was taken care of quite carefully.

In just two rounds, the Tusi soldiers, who had never seen the world, basically broke down after being shot, looking for cover everywhere, unable to form a group combat effectiveness, and even the Tusi who were ready to pick up the spoils of war with high interest also roared and shouted birds, and drove the elephants backwards.

"Little Burmese doesn't need to be beaten!"

Ma Xianglin smacked his lips, and then let his 1,000 white pole soldiers go out to kill the enemy.

The white pole soldier is a special type of army that is good at mountain warfare, even though the Ming army has undergone qualitative changes, from cold weapons to a full firearms unit, but the white pole soldiers still maintain cold weapons.

Their weapon was a white-pole spear, which was created by Qin Liangyu according to the local terrain characteristics, made of strong white wood as a long pole, with a bladed hook on the top and a hard iron ring on the bottom.

When fighting, the hook can be cut and pulled, and the ring can be used as a hammer weapon, if necessary, dozens of spear hooks and rings are connected, which can be used as a tool to climb the wall over the mountain, and the cliff can be climbed instantly, which is very suitable for mountain combat.

This time in Burma, the white pole soldiers showed amazing adaptability to the mountains of Burma, with very little damage, and were praised by friendly forces.

After Ma Xianglin's order was issued, the white pole soldiers did not pick up their spears and kill them, but took out their bows and arrows and rained several rounds of arrows on the Burmese army.

It stands to reason that muskets are better used than bows and arrows, and they crush bows and arrows in range.

But in such a complex terrain as Myanmar, the Burmese army is more afraid of bows and arrows!

During the march, the Ming army once captured a Burmese army leader, who broke the news: "Our soldiers are afraid of bows and arrows, arrows are not as good as guns, but they are silent and difficult to dodge." ”

What this old Burmese means is that the muskets and artillery of the Ming army have a sound when they are fired, and they can immediately lie down or find cover according to the terrain when they hear it, while it is difficult to hear the sound when bows and arrows are fired from a long distance.

Moreover, the power of the bow and arrow collective projectile is amazing, and it is a parabola, which is more effective than a musket to a certain extent.

"Whoosh! Sou! Whoosh......"

The sound of a large number of bows and arrows falling in parabolas came to the ground, and the arrows of the white pole soldiers began to shoot indiscriminately at the Burmese army, which was no longer in a line!

With the screams of the Burmese soldiers, more and more people fell.

Ma Xianglin raised the command flag and waved, and the cavalry on both wings rushed out, shouting and unscrupulously slashing and killing the Burmese soldiers who had broken up on a large scale.

The cavalry is best at chasing and killing the scattered infantry, the Ming cavalry is like chopping melons and vegetables to kill the scattered Burmese soldiers, thousands of Burmese vanguard troops are defeated and fled, and the Ming army occupies the important town of Xinjie!

In the battle of Xinjie, both sides were not happy, because it was too fast, and the infantry of the two armies had not had time to contact each other.

The Ming army was not happy, but the Burmese army was unhappy, thinking that the Ming army did not emphasize martial arts and did not give a chance to shoot.

To their relief, the Ming army behaved quite considerately, and the next day they sent troops to launch a large-scale attack on Jiangtou City.