Ainengqi left the camp and went to Xibo with food, hiding a part of the grain and gunpowder in the mountains and forests from time to time along the way, and when he approached Xibo, there were only more than 20 catties of dry food left on each soldier.

He hid the grain in advance and established hidden supply points, so that the army did not need to carry a large amount of baggage, and the marching speed was naturally faster than that of the Donghu people.

The Mubang and Mengyang areas were full of mountains and forests, and after five days of marching, the scouts found the advance of the Donghu people thirty miles away.

At this time, in the woods on the side of a mountain, several scouts looked down from the dense bushes, and saw that the valley was full of soldiers and horses, some of them were like a hundred heads, and the rest were foot soldiers, with bows and arrows and firearms in their hands, most of them naked, except for a piece of Burmese cloth around their waists.

These people look very wild, and at first glance they are uncivilized barbarians, which makes people feel a little terrifying in their hearts.

This team is the Eastern Route Army of Donghu Kingdom, led by the general Mang Cang, whose goal is to quickly outflank Meng Nai, block the road of Ai Nengqi to the east and to the Ming Dynasty, and cooperate with the other two route armies to encircle and annihilate Ai Nengqi.

Although the Taungoo country is not large, the ethnic composition of the country is very complex, there are Shan, Burmese, Mon, etc., Taungoo is a dynasty established by the Burmese people, and the Shan people in the north fell under the rule of Taungoo decades ago.

The relationship between the two ethnic groups is not very harmonious, which is also an important basis for the Ming Dynasty to make meticulous films, buy and lure the Shan people to support Ainengqi.

However, there are Shan people who support Ainengqi, and there are Shan people who take refuge in Donghu.

This time, Donghu marched in three ways and formulated an encirclement and suppression plan, that is, there was a Shan Tusi who secretly told the king of Donghu the location of Ainengqi's activities.

In the past, Donghu failed to encircle and suppress Ainengqi, a very important reason was that he didn't know where Ainengqi was hiding, but this time he knew the exact location, which was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Mang Cangqin led 10,000 elite Burmese troops to march quickly, preparing to outflank Meng Nai.

According to the information obtained by Donghu, the rebels only have about 3,000 people, and the strength of Donghu this time is ten times that of the rebels, and even if it is the Eastern Route Army, it is more than three times that of the rebels.

At this time, the scouts on the mountainside observed for a while, and saw more than 10,000 Donghu people marching forward from the valley, several scouts discussed, five of them stayed behind to follow and monitor, and the other five quickly left to inform Ainengqi.

Ai Nengqi's subordinates, there are not many old Western troops, not even Han people, most of them are Tusi soldiers from Yunnan, and there are Shan people in the Mubang area, they are very familiar with the terrain and adapt to the climate here.

The scouts went over the mountain, and at the foot of the mountain, two scouts looked at more than ten Dian horses, and five soldiers stepped on the Dian horses, and then walked along the path, walked more than 20 miles, and found more than 3,000 troops resting for most of the day in a forest.

As soon as they entered the woods, they saw more than a dozen native soldiers tied to the trees, and it was estimated that the Shan Tusi saw that Donghu was powerful, so he sent someone to inform Donghu's army that Ai Nengqi had left Meng Nai, but he didn't want to be caught by Ai Nengqi.

Many things, sometimes just a little thing deviates, as if it was destined by providence, maybe the national fortune of the Ming Dynasty was really beaten back.

If these native soldiers hadn't been discovered by Ainengqi and the news had been notified, perhaps he would have been able to be vigilant and not be as reckless as his name.

After the scouts returned, they first gave Qi Sansheng a rough report on what they had discovered, and then were brought to Ai Nengqi, who was sitting on the boulder.

"General Qiyu, the Burmese army has 10,000 people, there are 100 war elephants, and the rest are basically infantry troops, which are coming east." This scout is a Shan people, and Ainengqi, the general, is not sealed by the Ming Dynasty, the northern part of Donghu is the territory of the Shan people, there are almost no Han people, and the banner of the Ming Dynasty is of little use, he is self-established as a rebel general, and he is fighting for the Burmese Donghu country, which is for the Shan people, so he can gain a firm foothold in the Shan area.

In the words of later generations, he belonged to the Shan rebels supported by foreign forces.

Eneng narrowed his eyes and asked, "How is the army's equipment?" Is there also a purge of people and horses? "He has to know every detail.

"Most of the equipment is bows and arrows and birds, and the soldiers mostly carry short swords and rattan shields, most of them have no armor, and the team drags on very long, not very neat, and looks a little tired."

Enency asked again, "How much is the baggage?" ”

"I didn't see any baggage, but every soldier had a food bag and a water bottle hanging from his waist, and I didn't see a vehicle accompanying him."

Qi Sansheng thought for a moment, hugged his fists and said: "General, the baggage may still be in Xibo, and the Donghu people want to outflank us quickly, so they led the main force first." ”

Enchi nodded, "It should be like this!" With that, he waved his hand at the scout and said, "After a little rest, you go and continue to watch." ”

Qi Sansheng went but wondered, "General, the Donghu people are tired in a hurry, don't you set up an ambush now?" ”

Enchi smiled, "It's not time yet, wait a little longer." ”

On the other side, Mang Cang was afraid that Ai Nengqi would slip back to the Ming Dynasty and let the army lose all his previous achievements, and indeed as Qi Sansheng expected, he left his baggage behind, and the main force hurried to outflank Ai Nengqi's back road.

The army walked until noon, Mang Cangdi arrived at a Shan Tusi camp east of Meng Nai, the Shan Tusi named Yang Fuzhen, he was worried that the activities of Ai Nengqi would cause the Burmese to kill the Shan, and he was afraid that he would be implicated, so he secretly reported to Donghu early.

"Please rest assured, I have sent more than a dozen soldiers to Meng Nai to investigate, if there is any change in the rebels, they will come back immediately to report, and so far, no news has been returned, it is estimated that Ainengqi does not know the general's whereabouts."

Mang Cang nodded, he must send troops quickly, otherwise let Ainengqi get the news and slip to the Ming Dynasty, and it will be over.

Thinking of this, he called a person and ordered him to lead 3,000 men and horses to Meng Guang behind Meng Nai to cut off the way for Ai Nengqi to return to the Ming Dynasty. He said to the remaining 6,000 people: "Rest for half an hour, hurry up and eat, and then go west immediately." ”

Seeing the 3,000 Burmese troops heading northwest, and soon after, Mang Cang led 6,000 men to continue westward, and the scouts who were watching immediately went back to report.

At this time, Ainengqi got the news, and his face suddenly smiled, he expected that the enemy would definitely divide his troops to cut off his return route back to the Ming Dynasty, so he did not rush to ambush.

Because after all, the Burmese army on the eastern route is close to 10,000 people, which is three times his size, and if he can't eat one bite and attracts the other two roads, he will not be able to get out.

Donghu's army only thought that Ainengqi would go up several times and escape into the Ming Realm, so the deployment was to intercept Ainengqi, and he didn't think that Ainengqi would take the initiative to ambush this time.

Hearing that the Burmese army was divided, Qi Sansheng couldn't help but admire Ainengqi a little, and at the same time understood Ainengqi's intentions, and immediately said happily: "General, which way do we ambush." ”

Eneng looked carefully at a map spread out on the stones, put away the map after a while, looked up at the sky again, and said: "Let them go and cut off the back road, we will sneak up on their main force, and then go straight to Xibo and seize their baggage!" ”

"Counting the footsteps, when the Burmese army reaches Waak Peak, it should be dark. They have war elephants, we can't fight head-on, wait until it's dark and then do it! After speaking, Ainengqi immediately ordered: "Command the whole army, prepare to go!" Let's go to the ambush first! ”

Mang Cang rested in Tusi's stockade for half an hour, and then continued to march towards Meng Nai, he didn't know that Ai Nengqi had left Meng Nai and was waiting for him halfway.

Six thousand men and horses marched westward, with mountains and dense forests on both sides, and there was not a single man in the place where the army passed.

The Burmese occupy the plains suitable for cultivation near Ava, while the ruling Shan are driven into the northern mountains and forests, and the Burmese usually do not come to the northern mountains, so the sight on both sides is still a little panicked.

In order to kill the rebels, the Burmese army marched in a hurry, and after entering northern Burma, the mountain road was difficult to walk, and when they reached the vicinity of Wak Peak, it was already dark.

Seeing that the soldiers were exhausted, and Meng Nai was in such a state, he could not fight the rebels, so he ordered the soldiers to eat and rest on the spot.

As soon as the order was given, more than 6,000 Burmese soldiers lay in the valley, and many soldiers were tired and only drank a sip of water, and then fell asleep.

With more than 3,000 soldiers, Eneng took a step to hide in the woods near Wacker Peak.

At this time, one of the scouts went into the woods and whispered a few words to Enench, who nodded and waved his hand to signal the scout to retreat.

He looked at the sky too much, the sun had set, and a bright moon had risen, and he was even more confident.

In the blink of an eye, it was completely dark, and in the valley, hundreds of war elephants were sleeping together, and the sleeping Burmese army was all around.

They were in too hard a hurry, and most of the soldiers soon fell asleep, and only a few sentry guards, still leaning against the trunks of trees, maintained this certain vigilance. On the entire official road, there were sleeping soldiers lying in all directions, only the crackling sound of the fire burning, and there was silence all around, full of insects one after another.

At this moment, an arrow "swished" into the sky, and then nearly 100 objects with sparkling sparks were thrown from the mountains and forests on both sides and fell to the bottom of the valley.

Suddenly, the entire valley resounded "Boom! Rumble! Rumble! Dozens of earthquakes exploded in the valley, and the flames of the explosion illuminated the valley as if it were day. Countless sleeping soldiers were awakened by the explosion, and the frightened war elephants in the middle, let out a panicked roar, rampaged through the valley, trampling countless Burmese soldiers to death.

In fact, the earth-shattering thunder did not kill many people, but the crazy war elephants were terrifying, they were like chariots, crushing everything, and the valley was suddenly in chaos.

"Put!"

With a loud roar, countless flames erupted from the forest, and some Burmese soldiers who were avoiding the war elephants and climbing the slopes on both sides were instantly knocked down by the firecrackers.

The war elephants in the valley were rampant, and the 3,000 men and horses of Ainengqi on the hillside fired arrows and arrows, and the Burmese army had already failed before they could react······

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