When Gao Silian was thinking about when Huang Zhiting's main force would fight back, Mang Yingli was also not idle.

Although this person is stubborn and conceited, it does not mean that he has no military common sense. After all, he was a person who had fought with his father Mang Yinglong for twenty or thirty years, even if it was a pig, it was also an experienced pig, so he also considered the possibility that Huang Zhiting's troops might come to steal the camp.

After arranging the sentry posts and rangers of the various units in an orderly manner, the Burmese army's detection range has been expanded to at least ten miles outside Bago City, and Mang Yingli thinks that this is enough.

Fighting a war in a place like Burma is no better than in the Mongolian steppe, and it is a pure dream to expect that the reconnaissance range of horses is as high as tens or even hundreds of miles, first, the terrain does not allow it, and second, there is a lack of horses suitable for long-distance running. In addition, he also knew that the main force of Huang Zhiting's troops was almost the same as him, mainly infantry, so there was no need to send Tanma so far - can your main infantry force still fly over and sneak attack?

Ten miles, enough warning.

But what Mang Yingli didn't expect was that although the cavalry ratio of Huang Zhiting's department was also very low, her cavalry was not short of good horses - one of Jinghua's starting businesses was to resell Mongolian war horses, and now Gao Shishi is not only the king of Shunyi, but also the third king of the Mongols, how can he be short of horses?

Although Huang Zhiting's cavalry was less than 500, all of them were equipped with a characteristic war horse of the right-wing Mongols-Baicha iron-hoofed horses.

Unlike the more versatile but overall style of the Uzhumuqin horses that were given to Gao Shipra and were more versatile but the overall style was biased towards speed and endurance, the Baicha Iron Hoof Horse originated from Baichagou, which is located in the Langyin Mountain area at the southern foot of the Daxing'an Mountains, with an altitude of 1600-1800 meters, and is a kind of war horse that is good at running in complex terrain.

This hundred-way ditch is composed of countless ravines of different depths and shallows, criss-crossing ravines, the ditch is more than 300 miles long, surrounded by hills, scattered rocks, hard rocks, rugged roads, and is very close to the main battlefield of the last Monan War. After countless years of evolution here, the Baicha horse group has become good at walking mountain roads, agile pace, hard hoof, even if it is not equipped with horseshoes, it can also take mountain stone roads, so it is called "Baicha Iron Hoof Horse".

At the same time, the overall habits of Mongolian horses are all there: they are resistant to extreme heat in summer and severe cold in winter, from more than 40 degrees above minus to minus 40 degrees, Mongolian horses are not taken seriously. Therefore, there is no doubt that these horses were specially prepared for the complex terrain and hot climate of the Indochina Peninsula.

By the way, not long ago, Jinghua finally bought a batch of Arabian horses smuggled from thousands of miles in Malacca, and according to the high pragmatic requirements of "regardless of the price, as long as the horses are not gelding", it took more than 100,000 taels of silver to buy more than 200 horses, both male and mares.

Since both the Ottoman Turks and the Arabs forbade the flow of Arab horses, the average price of these horses was as high as nearly 500 taels each, which was absolutely sky-high - this was a decision made by the head of an Arab family who was enraged by the Ottomans, otherwise there would be no price at all.

In addition, the Qinghai Tumut Department of the Mongolian right wing has obtained a batch of Kazakh horses under the care of Gao Pragmatic, and Gao Pragmatic has now begun to let Jinghua breed new horse breeds to see if he can make a Ming version of the Don Hippopotamus - otherwise the Ili horse will also work, in short, the cavalry in the future can be used for two or three hundred years, and there can be no good horses to fight with the Russian Cossacks.

Although the Mongolian horse is also a good horse, but after all, it is short, and its user is the Mongolian kind of superb riding is not a problem, and it is difficult to reach that level in general, so in case you need to engage in wall cavalry in the future, you still have to have a good horse of moderate size and take into account the "durability" attribute of Mongolian horses.

Huang Zhiting's sentry cavalry relied on the advantage of war horses to know the tentative offensive and defensive battle that had just broken out, and after Mang Yingli decided to set up camp and send sentry spies, they quietly withdrew and went to the army.

That night, Huang Zhiting got the news and confirmed that Gao Silian did not brag, and he did have the ability to defend Bago City.

Then she called the generals to a meeting again, and this time, without asking for advice, she gave the order.

"The whole army set off immediately after the meeting, went north along the Xidang River, and went straight to Donghu City!"

Huang Zhiting looked at the sluggish generals of the Lu Division, and said with a cold face: "Commander Gao has sent many fleets to reconnoiter the water conditions of the Xidang River during the previous period.

Ladies and gentlemen, this waterway can't go straight to Taungoo City, but we can sail to the vicinity of Biao Pass, so that we can save about 60% of the road, and it will not be easily detected by the Burmese army outposts, assuming they have one. ”

After she finished speaking, everyone was a little overwhelmed for a while, and Ruan Song couldn't help but ask: "Dutong, don't we want to break the reckless thief headquarters first and help Gao Silian relieve the siege?" ”

Huang Zhiting said lightly: "If you break through Donghu City, the siege of Bagu will naturally be lifted, I don't believe that Mang Yingli can sit back and watch Donghu City fall into my hands for a long time." ”

Ruan Song wanted to ask a question, but unexpectedly Gao Sijin took the lead this time: "Could it be that it is false to take Donghu City, and it is true that he forced Mang Yingli to return to his teacher?" ”

Huang Zhiting said: "If there is any speculation, you might as well continue." ”

Gao Sijin didn't expect to be seen through at once, and couldn't help but smile awkwardly, but continued: "...... Yes, I still think that this move of the capital is probably a multi-purpose plan, or a multi-plan into one. ”

This time, he only paused for a moment, and then continued: "Attacking Donghu can be virtual or real, and if it is true, it is a sound of the east and a blow to the west.

If it is false, it is to encircle Wei to save Zhao and transfer the tiger away from the mountain - all of them pretend to attack Donghu, if the reckless thief hears it, he will abandon Bagu and return north to save Donghu, which is to save Zhao from Wei and Wei As long as he is in a hurry to return to the east, he will inevitably rush on the way back to the division, so that the capital can find an opportunity to ambush him on the way and catch him off guard. At this time, he lost his strong camp, and was attacked again, and his defeat was obvious, and the capital had a chance to be annihilated in one fell swoop! ”

Huang Zhiting finally showed a hint of a smile, and said with a bow: "Yes, yes, it seems that your host's years of teaching have not been in vain." But she paused, and then said: "However, you may still miss a point: as long as Reckless Yingli dares to withdraw, Gao Silian may dare to follow quietly." ”

Gao Sijin's expression became serious, and he frowned: "But according to the previous plan, Gao Silian should not leave the city until he ensures that our department is nearby, and Du Tong's plan just now is already an unplanned temporary change, and when the battlefield is at least a hundred miles north of Bago City, it is impossible for him to know the exact location of our department......"

Huang Zhiting said lightly: "No matter how perfect the plan is, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no variables, since Gao Silian dares to defend Bagu with 30,000 new soldiers, I expect him to be bold enough, and as long as the situation allows, he will definitely dare to follow...... If he really comes, this battle will be a great achievement. ”

Gao Sijin understood after a little thought, if Gao Silian followed in that situation, then once the main force of the headquarters succeeded, Gao Silian could take the opportunity to cast a net and capture and annihilate all the remnants of the army. Because although the headquarters is elite, the troops are not enough, even if the enemy army is defeated with the bonus of strategy, it is difficult to expand the results, and at that time, as long as Gao Silian comes, he must be the last person to close the net.

Thinking of this, Gao Sijin couldn't help but be a little hot, and secretly said that Gao Silian's luck this time was really good, first from a colonization envoy to the commander of an army, and then led the battle of the city of Bagu, if there is another battle to close the net, I am afraid that the owner will change his name and add the word king.

Gao Silian is going to add the word king next to it, if I don't play better, wouldn't I get up early in the morning and catch up with a late set? When he opened up Huaying, he was only a first-class staff officer, and I was already a division commander, how could I fall behind him!

As soon as he thought of this, Gao Sijin immediately got up and hugged his fists: "Dutong, please be the vanguard of our department!" Whether it is to attack Donghu or ambush the reckless thieves, our department is sure to fight the first battle, and Sijin dares to make a military order! ”

Gao Sijin said this, and the yellow leopard next to him was anxious, and quickly stood up, and said: "Dutong, when it comes to shooting in formation, the small one is willing to bow down, but if you talk about this kind of charge, the little one doesn't dare to be humble - my Guangxi wolf soldiers are really not afraid of anyone in this article!" ”

Since they both asked for battle, Ruan Song couldn't say a word, so he had to stand up and prepare to speak.

Who knew that Huang Zhiting waved his hand: "There is no need to fight, the capital has its own conclusion." ”

She paused for a moment and said, "If you really take Donghu, the second division of Jingang has the most artillery and should be the main force." If it is an ambush of a reckless thief, the wolf soldiers charge the most fiercely and should be the backbone. At this time, the second division can be arranged in advance to block the direction where the reckless thieves are most likely to escape, and give full play to the advantage of your defense line to stop the reckless thieves. As for the Nguyen Command Post Department, he will be the commander of the Chinese army of Pontutong, and the safety of Pontutong will be handed over to you. ”

When these words came out, everyone had to accept them. As for the arrangement of the wolf soldiers and the garrison, it is called the use of quantity, whether it is Gao Sijin or the yellow leopard, there is nothing to say.

And in the end, she obviously used Ruan Songbu as a second-line army and as a reserve, but she used an excellent saying, "Chinese army", and "the safety of Pontotong will be handed over to you" - this sounds like a descendant treatment.

What's more, Ruan Songbu was originally from the Annan army, in other words, the defeated generals of the wolf soldiers and the Gao family army, and even he himself did not have the confidence to compete with these two armies, and now that Huang Dutong can take care of his face like this, what else does he have to say? It's simply grateful.

So at this moment, the three main generals were persuaded together, and they all expressed their resolute obedience to the commandery.

At this time, it was finally Gao Jing's turn to speak, but no one could grab his job anyway, so he stood up mainly to explain the scheduling arrangements for the boat.

Because although the water surface of the lower reaches of the Xidang River in Donghu is wide enough, the water depth is not very deep, so the big boats cannot go, and only those smaller boats can only go. However, the trouble is that there are many large ships and few small boats on this expedition, so now there is a "shortage of resources" and it is necessary to "squeeze it."

However, everyone calculated, although the boat is a little slow in the reverse direction of the inland river (the wind direction is not quite right at this time), as long as you hold on for two days, you can reach the vicinity of Biaoguan, and it is not a big deal to squeeze it, so they have responded.

Things were properly arranged, Huang Zhiting decisively announced the departure, and a group of more than 20 small sea boats temporarily turned into inland river transport ships, carrying the main force of the expeditionary force to the north.

The journey was peaceful at first, but after arriving at a place called "Liang Libin", a Burmese army sentry finally found the convoy on the shore. It didn't take long for wolf smoke to rise from Biaoguan not far away.

Gao Sijin thought that this time Huang Dutong might directly ignore Biaoguan, get off the boat on the other side of the Xidang River, and then go straight to Donghu City in the north. Who knew that Huang Zhiting decided to lay down the level, but he asked Gao Sijin to "don't fight too fast".

Gao Sijin arranged the battle in a daze, and the No. 3 heavy artillery of the Second Division was useless, and only fifty No. 2 guns were placed to fight.

Who knows that this pass is only a small pass in Burma, far less solid than the pass built by the Ming Dynasty in western Yunnan and southern Yunnan, fifty No. 2 guns only fired two salvos, in addition to the holes smashed out by dozens of solid cannonballs on the wall of the pass, the wall of the pass itself actually appeared a large crack visible to the naked eye.

Huang Zhiting was so anxious that she temporarily called a stop, and called Gao Sijin over and reprimanded: "Tell you to slow down!" If you continue like this, you will fight another round or two, and the walls will collapse! ”

Gao Sijin explained embarrassedly: "Dutong, in order to reduce the logistical pressure on our expedition, we only brought the No. 2 and No. 3 guns......

Huang Zhiting interrupted: "Then reduce the number and reduce the salvo speed!" In short, I don't care how you act, I must let the other party have time to send someone to warn, and let them know that although we have artillery, our firepower is not strong, understand? ”

Of course, Gao Sijin could only explain it, and then hurriedly ran over and hurriedly withdrew the thirty cannons, and the remaining twenty cannons were also given stern instructions - only one cannon was allowed to be fired at most in a stick of incense, one more cannon was fired, and a fine of five taels of silver was fined!

Then, the studious Gao Sijin ran back to find Huang Dutong and asked why he was fighting like this.

Huang Zhiting said angrily: "I think you are too eager to fight, you can't see this?" If you put the No. 3 cannon as soon as you go up, it's just such a small breakthrough, the city wall will collapse after a salvo, and the people inside will die if they don't do it well, who will tell Mang Yingli that we are going to fight Donghu City? ”

Gao Sijin hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but ask, "Then can't we just take Donghu City?" Anyway, after taking Donghu City, Mang Yingli will learn the news sooner or later, and won't it be the same when the time comes? ”

Huang Zhiting shook his head and said: "Biaoguan is close to Donghu City, far away from the main force of the reckless thieves, if we fight too hard, the reckless thieves may be late to get the news, but Donghu City will still learn soon, so what will happen?" The Donghu City side will immediately make full efforts to strengthen the city defense, which may make the next siege more difficult.

However, if our firepower is relatively limited, it is possible that the Taungoo side will let down their vigilance, and at the same time send messengers to contact the reckless thieves, they may not be too concerned about the reinforcement of the city defenses, so that even if we want to take Taungoo City, it will be easier. ”

"Oh...... I see, I understand the lowly position. Gao Sijin now understood, and accepted the order with sincerity.

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