Bianya fled back to the city of Yawa with the elephants and cavalry, but the 80,000 infantry were almost wiped out. It was more than 200 miles away from Minjian to Yawa City, and the infantry could not outrun the cavalry at all. Although Bai Wenxuan had 500 cavalry, Wang Xinyu also made up more than 80 cavalry, less than 600 cavalry, but the retreat of the Burmese infantry was a bloody road.

There were gunboats on the river to the north, cavalry on the avenue to the south, and a large number of Ming infantry chasing behind. The Burmese infantry, with the exception of those who were killed and those who fled, had no choice but to surrender.

The Ming army won a complete victory, annihilating more than 70,000 Burmese troops, including more than 20,000 killed and captured more than 50,000 people, and seized countless artillery, muskets and other elite imported firearms, as well as a large number of armor, swords, food, forage and other materials. In addition, five elephants, ten elephants and more than 300 war horses also became the trophies of the Ming army.

The remnants of less than 3,000 Burmese infantry fled, and those Burmese troops could no longer form combat effectiveness, except for a few who fled back to Yawa City, the rest were hiding in nearby villages, and were later searched out by the Ming army; Others fled into the nearby jungle.

In the city of Yawa, a group of ragged and embarrassed cavalry fled back to the city, and then the Bianya Fish returned to the city with a defeated war elephant team.

"Report to the king, our army has been defeated! All 80,000 infantry are gone! Bian Ya Fish wept and handed over the battle report to Mang Bai.

Mang Bai was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time, and his face turned pale. Originally, he wanted to dedicate Yongli to the Qing court in the north to curry favor with the Qing court, and the Burmese army had already prepared, and was not afraid of Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan coming to King Qin. Where did I know that I would kill Cheng Cheng to bite the gold halfway, and I didn't know where a fierce god like Wang Yu came from.

Originally, Mang Bai still wanted to annihilate Wang Yu's army on the way, but as soon as the war started, first the Burmese naval division was annihilated by the Ming army, and then the main force of the Burmese army land division was annihilated. At this point, Burma no longer had an army capable of fighting the Ming army, and Mangbai could only use the strong city defense to resist stubbornly.

After all, outside the city of Yawa is the capital of Myanmar, and the city is strong, with a total of three inner and outer walls. There are moats on three sides of the city, and an artificial lake connected to the Irrawaddy River has been dug outside the city on the east side, and there is a water gate on the east wall. Ships transporting supplies could enter the city, and it was impossible for anyone to attempt to besiege the city of Yawa.

But the minister said to Mang Bai: "Our navy division has been lost, and now the river is full of thieves' ships, and if they want to besiege us, I am afraid we will really be trapped by them!" ”

Bian Yayu also reported to Mang Bai: "Your Majesty, the thieves have excellent firearms, and they will not lose to our army at all. In addition, the thieves also have huge ships like mountains, and the big river in the east is not only not our natural danger, but the way of the thieves! ”

A minister who insisted on being tough on Nanming in order to win the favor of the Manchus stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty. The thieves wanted to besiege the city, so they besieged it! The thieves are not accustomed to the water and soil here, not to mention that we still have an army of 500,000! Time drags on, and when our army is transferred, we can encircle and annihilate the thief army! ”

Bian Yayu stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the thieves seem to have a solution to the problem of water and soil!" When Wei Chen was camping in the north of the thieves, he observed the thieves' camp and found that no one had fallen ill for a few days! These thieves are very well prepared, and it is clear that they are prepared! ”

The hard-line minister said, "If they want to besiege them, let them besiege them!" We have an army of 100,000 men in the northwest! And 150,000 troops to the east! In the southeast, there are still 250,000 troops! If they can all be assembled, let them come to the rescue of the royal city. If you deal with the thieves with the strength of the whole country, you will definitely be able to defeat the thieves! ”

Bianya raised an objection: "We have transferred the army from the northwest. Who will crush the Mixins, Hakata and Naga? Those enemies will call the British in at once! The army from the east has been transferred, and Annan will probably take the opportunity to attack us! The troops in the southeast have been transferred, and Siam will also take the opportunity to attack us! The sailors we used to contain the Aka people in the south have been wiped out by thieves, and now the Aka people are making a lot of trouble, and we can't hold it back! ”

Mang Bai was very angry: "What is the origin of this Wang Yu? Why did you come here so quickly? How did they get here? It's only been a month and a half, and the thieves have killed our city! ”

A minister who was more friendly to the Southern Ming court said, "Your Majesty." Now is not the time for us to ask what Wang Yu is coming from, the top priority is for us to find a way to get the Ming army to retreat. Didn't they come to King Qin? As long as we return the Son of Heaven to them, they will retreat. ”

Someone yelled: "Stupid! It's a stupid trick! We have killed all their ministers, and we have killed so many of them, and they will give up if they want the Son of Heaven back? No! Once their Son of Heaven is gone. will let his army wipe us out completely! Only when Yongli is still a hostage in our hands, they don't dare to act rashly! ”

"But if we don't return their Son of Heaven, how will they retaliate against us next?" Others are worried.

"yes!" Another minister who was more inclined to reconcile with the Ming State said, "We continue to detain their Son of Heaven here, if there is any three long and two short, I am afraid that we Burmese people will face a catastrophe!" ”

Even the Bianya Bream said: "This thief named Wang Yu, they have colluded with the Aka people in the south!" Wechen believes that they will ruthlessly wipe out us and raise up the Aka people in the south to establish a dynasty! ”

Just when the civil and military officials were at a loss, someone offered advice: "As long as their Son of Heaven issues an edict and asks them to withdraw their troops, they will definitely withdraw their troops!" As soon as they withdraw, we will immediately conscript troops and destroy the Aka people in the south!" Those rebellious ministers and thieves, they will only take advantage of the fire to rob! This time we're going to cut down the grass and kill them to the roots! ”

After hearing this, Mang Bai asked rhetorically: "What if the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom is unwilling to issue an edict?" This time, too, you did it ruthlessly! Kill all the courtiers of the Ming court! If they hadn't been killed, the Son of Heaven would definitely have issued this edict! ”

However, the matter has come to this point, and Mang Bai can only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor, so he asked people to go to Yongli, and let Yongli issue an order to order the Ming army to withdraw from Burma.

The envoy sent by Mangbai went to Yongli's residence, and as soon as he saw Yongli, the Burmese envoy threatened viciously: "Your country's Qiongzhou soldiers are invading our territory!" They have supported the rebels in the south of our country, killed our Burmese people, robbed our people of their property, and destroyed our monasteries and pagodas! What do you think should be done about this? ”

Yongli sat on the chair without saying a word, a month and a half ago in the curse water disaster, his ministers were all killed by the Burmese, even the entourage was killed more than 300 people, and two princesses committed suicide by hanging beams, most of the more than 200 palace maids were snatched away, and only more than 20 people remained. The wives and daughters of the officials who were killed in the Southern Ming court, some who did not want to be humiliated committed suicide, and the rest were snatched by the Burmese army. The rest of the retinue and the unarmed Imperial Guards and Jinyi guards were imprisoned, but the Burmese deliberately did not send guards to let them escape, and then looted their belongings on the way and killed them again.

Seeing that Yongli didn't say a word, the messenger threatened: "If the Son of Heaven of the Ming Kingdom is unwilling to issue an edict to let your army retreat, when the time comes, I am afraid that it will inevitably hurt the life of the Son of Heaven, and we dare not guarantee your safety!" ”

Last time, Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan entered Burma and wanted to take back Yongli, but it was Ma Jixiang who got in the way and forged the Yongli edict to let Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan withdraw from the army. If Yongli knew about that matter, it would be impossible to issue an edict no matter how he said it. And the Burmese people don't know, and they really regard Yongli as an idiot.

"Your Majesty! This edict must not be written! Written, our men retreated, and we were in danger! As long as our troops do not withdraw, the Burmese will not dare to do anything to us! Deng Kai, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, knelt on the ground and begged.

When the Burmese envoy heard what Deng Kai said, he was immediately furious, and he wanted to pull out his knife and cut this Deng Kai with one sword, but he didn't dare.

Yongli still didn't say a word, and didn't bother with the Burmese envoy at all. He knew very well in his heart that if he issued an edict to let the Ming army retreat, maybe his life would be in danger. As long as the Ming army does not retreat, the Burmese will inevitably take themselves as hostages, and they can guarantee the safety of their lives for the time being.

The Queen Mother, the Empress, and the Crown Prince all glared at the Burmese envoy and vented their wordless anger, but not a single word was spoken.

Seeing that Yongli was silent, the Burmese envoy suppressed his anger. He turned his head to look at the people who were glaring at him, and was immediately startled, so he left the Yongli residence in a daze and went back to report the matter to Mang Bai.

When Mang Bai heard the messenger's report, he summoned all the ministers to discuss the matter.

Someone proposed: "Your Majesty, it's better for us to move the capital to the northeast mountains and move closer to the Qing Kingdom!" By the way, take this eternal calendar, and hand it over to Wu Sangui in Yunnan! ”

But another minister objected: "Don't! This goal of the Son of Heaven is too big! That Li Dingguo did not go deep into our realm, he guarded the main road that was easy to defend and difficult to attack! We just can't get by! I'm afraid that while I'm still halfway there, the Son of Heaven of the Ming Kingdom will be robbed back by them! If you want to hand it over to Wu Sangui, you have to wait for Wu Sangui to defeat Li Dingguo! ”

"By the time Wu Sangui defeats Li Dingguo, we will already be surrounded by the Ming army here!" A Burmese minister said.

One of Mangbai's cronies said: "In this case, let's stick to Yawa City first, and we will send someone to find Wu Sangui, and on the condition of handing over Yongli, let him send troops into Burma as soon as possible to drive out the thief army!" That Wu Sangui's soldiers are strong and strong, if they enter Burma, the thieves will definitely not be opponents! At the same time, we will send some troops from three directions back to the capital to cooperate with the Qing army to deal with the thieves! ”

"But let Wu Sangui enter our country, isn't that the front door to drive the wolf and the back door to enter the tiger?" Objections were raised.

The cronie said: "This Wu Sangui is better than those thieves at our doorstep!" The Great Qing Dynasty has already accounted for nine out of ten of China, and now they are orthodox! And this Ming Kingdom is already a crumbling puppet dynasty! If we want to be recognized by the orthodox forces, we must let Wu Sangui come in and take Yongli away! ”

"Okay, then do it according to the plan!" Mang Bai promised to let Wu Sangui enter Burma. (To be continued.) )

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