There are two major estuaries at the "tip of the bay" in Motama Bay, the mouth of the Siddang River due north and the east outlet of the Bago River due west. Although the "tip of the bay" here is the convergence place of the two major estuaries, the terrain is open, the water flow is stable, and the land is surrounded on three sides, it is actually a good natural sheltered estuary port.

However, because the Donghu Dynasty was a land power dynasty and was much more contemptuous of the sea than the Ming Dynasty, there was no port built here, and there were not many inhabitants around, only a few small villages, with a maximum population of hundreds.

More than 100 sea-going ships of the Jinghua Expeditionary Fleet arrived here on this day, almost covering the sea here.

On the flagship of the Lang Son, Huang Zhiting stood in front of the temporary point general's platform, and in front of him were dozens of generals of the land and water departments. Perhaps because of the hot climate in southern Myanmar, she did not wear armor today, but wore a serious red silk military general's official robe, and embroidered a tiger complement symbolizing the three-rank military general on her chest, which has a different kind of beauty.

But the command that came out of her mouth was not so "beautiful".

"Yellow Leopard, you take the wolf soldiers of your headquarters, take three boats to the north, occupy the small city of Xidang, and block the mouth of the Xidang River. Whoever is hindered, the armed one, is killed; Those who are not armed, chase. ”

"Yes, the last general commands!" Huang Leopard is the younger brother of Huang Hu, the number one general under Huang Zhiting, and his martial arts are slightly inferior to his brother, but he is calm, and he has even passed the Tongsheng examination.

"Gao Sijin and Ruan Song, both of you led your headquarters as the vanguard of the army, tracing the Bagu River to the west, and if the river is navigable to the outside of Bago City, it will reach its city; If the river is blocked and cannot be reached, drop anchor at the place where it cannot be entered, and disembark to go. Gao Sijin is the pioneer general, and Ruan Song is the deputy. ”

"Yes, the lowly command."

"In addition, no matter land or water, you are not allowed to bombard and siege the city without permission after arriving outside the city of Bago, and later the capital will give you 2,000 copies of the "Asking for Mang" that have been copied. You have to find ways to let Bago and even the surrounding people know that my soldiers are only here to beg for recklessness, and unless they are attacked, they will not take the initiative to harm the people of the Mon people, can you two understand? ”

"Understood, all of them."

"I'm talking about not hurting anyone?"

The two were stunned, but still replied: "The people, don't hurt the people." ”

"Wrong!" Huang Zhiting said coldly: "What I'm talking about is not harming the 'people of the Meng nationality'. ”

"Yes, yes, I understand it, it is the people of the Mon nationality who will not be harmed, and the Burmese people will not care."

Huang Zhiting glanced at the two of them, did not speak again, but continued to nod: "Gao Jing, after the main force of our army comes ashore, you will first build some temporary wharves in this harbor for docking, and then send a fleet to patrol Daguang (the old name of Yangon in later generations), Bibang, Zhitong, Donggua, Billin and other places. If there is a fishing village near the sea or a large or small city, it will shoot out the inscription to let the local Meng people know the intention of our army. Remember, you must not besiege a city unless necessary, and you must not kill anyone. ”

"Commanded by humility."

"The rest of the generals will lead their headquarters and Pontus to disembark and camp here, and after a day of repair, they will go west to Bago, and those with serious sea diseases will stay in the camp here for recuperation and treatment, and Pontus will leave five hundred people to protect the wounded and safe."

"Yes!"

After Huang Zhiting's order was given, he turned his eyes to a white old man next to him, and smiled slightly: "Father Alfaro, Debrito's affairs are in trouble for you." ”

Alfaro smiled and bowed, and said: "Your Excellency, please rest assured, 'The main force of the Ming army is not here, although there are more than 100 sea-going ships in the army, they are defenseless, and the ships also carry a large number of fine silks and porcelain used to buy various ethnic groups in Burma', this news is enough to make Debrito lose all his mind - with your clever plan, I think he will definitely come." ”

"No matter how good a plan is, it must be executed by the right person to make a difference, Father Alfaro, your credit will definitely be exchanged for unexpected benefits."

Alfaro smiled slightly: "The Franciscan missionaries are all astics, we don't love wealth, so I personally don't have any special rewards to look forward to, I only hope that the Ming Empire can allow me to go deep into the interior to spread the gospel of God." ”

"The Daming maritime merchant in Malacca has brought my handwritten letter back to Guangzhou, and it will be delivered to Gao Gao Cheng in a short time, and I think he will find a way for you."

Alfaro bowed slightly: "Thank you very much for your introduction and help, if the Holy Father learns this news, he will definitely wish the two of you all the best." ”

Huang Zhiting now knows that the Holy Father in his mouth is the "Roman monk" that the previous missionaries humbly called in the Ming Dynasty, that is, the "Pope of Rome" that Gao Shishi told her, and it is said that his status in Europa is more noble and sacred than that of the emperor.

Although she does not believe in foreign religion, like ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty, she is not afraid to worship God, and it is also a good thing that people are willing to "wish her a long time", as for saying that the attributes of Catholicism are monotheistic religion and the like, she doesn't care.

"I also wish His Majesty the Pope all the best." Huang Zhiting smiled faintly.

Alfaro thanked him, but sighed slightly in his heart, although the Italian war seemed to be over, His Majesty the Pope still had a lot of troubles, and I was afraid that it would not go well...... But there's no need to say that.

The next day, Huang Zhiting led the army that had been repaired for a day to the west of Bago.

Walking to a place less than thirty miles away from Bago, the vanguard army Gao Sijin and Nguyen Song sent people to report that Bago City Guard Abrabang had sent someone to contact them and express their willingness to surrender, but there were more than 2,000 Burmese troops in the city, controlling the palace and city gate of Kanbang Shadi in the city, and he still needed a little time to think of a way, hoping that the Daming soldiers would give him three days.

Gao Sijin and Ruan Song didn't dare to make this decision, so they immediately sent someone to report it.

Huang Zhiting asked left and right, who knows the details of this Abrabang, sure enough, no one knows, only a Guangdong ship owner who came to Myanmar with the ship a long time ago to do business said that he had heard of this name, saying that if I remember correctly, this person is a nobleman from the Mon nationality, and his ancestors have always been high-ranking officials of the Bago Dynasty.

Since it is a remnant of the Mon nationality left by the Bago Dynasty, his words are more credible, because Huang Zhiting heard Gao Shicheng say that the situation between the three major ethnic groups in Myanmar, the Burmese, the Shan, and the Mon is tense, and the current Donghu Dynasty is the Burmese regime, which not only suppresses the Shan, but also intends to annex the Mon, and it is not a strange thing for the Mon people to rebel under the suppression of external forces.

But Huang Zhiting didn't give him three days, but asked people to reply: No matter how you plan to surrender, if Bagu does not open the city at noon tomorrow, then the soldiers of Daming will have to "raze Bagu".

In the afternoon of the same day, Huang Zhiting's whole army arrived outside Bago City, and nearly 20,000 troops besieged Bago. Although Bago City is the old capital of the Mon people, the city is not too big - in fact, there are not even many big cities in Europe these days, and even Milan, a historical city ranked among the top few in Europe, has a population of more than 50,000 (urban residents).

Huang Zhiting looked horizontally and vertically, this Bago City was roughly the same as Haiyuan City, Siming Mansion, her hometown in Guangxi before, and it was not as "majestic" as Guilin. And more importantly, Bago is a plain city, and it is far less easy to defend than Haiyuan City.

That's easy to do.

Early the next morning, the Annam Expeditionary Force under the banner of the Ming Dynasty set up a formation, not to mention the nearly 20,000 troops, and the Burmese generals on the city tower were terrified by the pressure of more than 300 large and small artillery pieces alone.

The Burmese general has seen the artillery of his own Portuguese mercenaries, although he himself does not understand artillery, but at least in terms of size, the artillery of the Ming army outside the city is larger than the artillery of the Portuguese mercenaries, or even more than a circle, this battle is not easy to fight.

But he knows the importance of Bagu, if it is not easy to fight, he must fight, at least delay the time of the Ming army, and not let them easily sweep away Bagu and the surrounding obstacles and march to Donghu, otherwise he will not be able to atone for his sins even if he dies a hundred times.

Without saying a word, he ordered strict guards, and personally stood on the tower of the city to command.

It's a pity that just when he was nervously facing the "Great Tomorrow Soldier" and was guessing when the other party would attack, Abrabon behind him suddenly pulled out his waist knife and stabbed him violently, the tip of the knife pierced from behind and came out in the chest and abdomen.

The Burmese general had a voice in his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he only spat out sticky blood. Without saying a word, Abra Bang kicked out again, knocking the body down and pulling out his waist knife.

Abrabon held his waist knife in his right hand, and in his left hand, he suddenly held up a scroll of documents, and shouted around: "The Emperor's "Essay on Recklessness" is here, and the millions of soldiers of the Great Tomorrow have come from the north, east, and south to encircle and suppress it, and the death of Mang Yingli and the destruction of the country are just around the corner!"

Ladies and gentlemen! We and other relics of the Meng clan were originally subordinate to the Ming Dynasty, and in the past, they had to temporarily commit themselves to the thieves because of the coercion of the reckless thieves, but now that there is an edict from the Celestial Empire, why not raise the banner of righteousness, be loyal to the Emperor Ming, and restore the Bagu? Those who will be with me...... Kill Burma and sacrifice the city! ”

"Kill Burma and sacrifice the city!"

"Loyal to the emperor, revive Bagu!"

A large group of "Tuo" arranged by him immediately shouted, and they drew their swords one after another, and rushed towards the Burmese army.

On that day, the Ming army under the city stood still, and thousands of people were splashed with blood in the city, the Burmese army and Burmese people were killed and wounded, and the blood at the city gate flowed out of the city from the city, dyeing the moat that was not too wide into a blood-red.

Not long after, the gate of Bago South City opened, and Abrabang, the city keeper who was originally only in name, personally led a group of blood-stained Meng soldiers out of the city to welcome the "Emperor's Soldiers" into the city.

Huang Zhiting, the deputy commander of Annam, who is famous for the bloody battle of Langshan, took Bagu bloodless this time and controlled the important towns in southern Xinjiang.

Huang Zhiting didn't care whether he had that authority or not, and according to the customs of these southern Xinjiang countries, he ordered the appointment of Abrabang as the "temporary vice king of Bago".

Abra Bong was naturally overjoyed. Although his family was originally a high-ranking official of the Bago Dynasty, he had no real power, and his real status was actually unable to squeeze into the "first line", only because after Mang Yinglong conquered Bago and killed those real "first-line giants" cleanly, he, the son of the "second-tier wealthy family", was able to rise to the top and was entrusted with the position of Bago city guard.

But the Bago city guard was only in name, because Mang Yinglong didn't trust the Mon people at all, and using him as the city guard was nothing more than a move to calm people's hearts, so the main general in the city was still a Burmese general, and Abrabang was just a big turnip seal.

Although the current vice king of Bago is just a name, but the power of the Ming is there, and Abrabang feels that sooner or later he will be able to "turn positive" - he doesn't think that the Ming soldiers will be stationed here, because in his opinion, the Ming Dynasty does not look down on the land of Burma at all, and he should return triumphantly after fighting Mangyingli.

By then, won't this vice king live up to his name?

As for who won and who lost the battle of Ming-Burma, Abrabang was not worried at all. He has always felt that Da Ming has always reacted little to the "disobedience to the sky" of Mang Yinglong and Mang Yingli's father and son in the past one or two decades, but it is just because he has not paid attention.

This must be a high estimation of the Ming Dynasty's mobilization ability and logistics support capabilities, but the fact is that most of the small countries in the Ming Dynasty in this year think so, because throughout history, when the Ming army fought seriously, it really did not lose much, even if the battle of Tumubao that shocked the world, the Ming Dynasty even lost the emperor, and the result was not to back down at all, and forced to change the emperor to continue fighting.

Now the Ming Emperor is still surnamed Zhu, and he is still the descendant of Zhu Qizhen, who was once captured, and where is he at this time? Where are the descendants?

In the original history, the Later Jin Dynasty had already begun to beat the Ming army in Liaodong, but the surrounding Mongols and Koreans were unwilling to cooperate with the Later Jin at the beginning, the reason was that the "personality" of the Ming Dynasty was too hard, and the foundation was just as hard, and no one was optimistic about how long the Later Jin would last.

In fact, if it weren't for Hou Jin's Huang Taiji, Nurhachi would have died a few years later, and Hou Jin himself would have to play himself to death.

Therefore, at this time, the prestige of the Ming Dynasty in the vassal states was still quite high, at least when the Ming Dynasty had already shown a state of "anger", few people doubted that the Ming Dynasty could not crush the "rebellion".

The cleanup of the city was still underway, and Abrabang had already been able to meet with Huang Zhiting, the commander of the Ming Army's South Road and the deputy commander of Annan.

When Huang Zhiting was outside the city, he had already temporarily appointed him as the "Temporary Vice King of Bago", which had already made him overjoyed, and when he accepted his visit this time, he immediately gave another surprise.

Huang Zhiting ordered him to "gather the old ministers of Bago and establish the new army of Bago", and made it clear that the Ming (actually Annan) would give his new army military support. At the same time, considering that it has been more than 30 years since the destruction of the country in Bago, the sudden establishment of a new army may not be able to start for a while, especially in terms of training, I am afraid that it will be difficult to quickly form combat effectiveness, so the Ming Dynasty (in fact, it is still Annan) will help and send military advisers to guide the establishment, training, logistics support and other matters.

This was a great joy for Abraban. His family didn't have any real power before, and if he didn't have real power, he naturally said that he was not good at military training, and he got it himself, when he could make a name for himself, it was really uncertain.

People are easy to do and easy to get together, but it is difficult to say whether they can fight, especially whether they can fight against the invincible Burmese army in southern Xinjiang.

Now with the help of Daming, he personally came out to "bring apprentices", isn't this the best result?

He didn't consider that Da Ming would covet his military power, because in his mind, Da Ming didn't even look down on the territory of Burma, and he was a bird with this military power? What's more, according to Huang Deputy Dutong, Da Ming is not directly in charge of the troops, they seem to be just helping to compile and train, what else is there to say?

His Royal Highness Abrabang, the "Vice-King of Bago for the Temporary", nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice, and immediately agreed, and when he went out, he happily went to gather allies and cronies, and began to call on the "Mon warriors" to join the army enthusiastically.

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