The Eight Banners, who were eager to avenge the Lord, chased after each other, stepped on the trap one after another, and suffered heavy casualties.

However, the people in front will always stay at about 100 paces with the Eight Banners, and will not let the Eight Banners catch up with them, and will not throw the Eight Banners too far, and use traps along the way to eliminate the Eight Banners who are eager for revenge, and from time to time they will turn around and use rifled guns to fight two robberies, knocking down the fastest Eight Banners.

The Eight Banners took off the hard bow on their backs and shot armor-piercing arrows at the Ming army a hundred paces away, but the distance was too far and there was a woods, and the wolf's teeth and arrows shot were either pierced into the trees or fell in the pile of fallen leaves in the distance.

"Despicable Southern Barbarian! You will use insidious means to plot against our Manchurian warriors! Do you dare to come out and fight us with dignity! A commander of the Eight Banners was so angry that he stood in the woods, pointing at the distant backs of Liu Baorui and the others and roaring hoarsely.

With a crisp gunshot, the leader's forehead suddenly exploded, and Bai Huahua's brain was mixed with blood and splashed on the trunk of the tree beside him.

The Eight Banners pursued from behind them, always hitting and suffering heavy losses. It was proposed to outflank from both flanks. But when they outflanked from both wings, they found that the road was not going through at all, and they were run farther and farther away by the Ming army killers.

"Don't chase it! If you chase us any more, you'll be led into their ambush circle! A commander said.

The Eight Banners withdrew to the Chinese army, only to see Ai Xing Ah and Zhuo Luo Beizi lying on two wooden boards, both of them with a blood hole in their heads, and they were already dead and could no longer die.

"General Pingxi! Bei Ziye! The two Qing generals' personal soldiers cried together.

Several pro-soldiers asked Wu Sangui to fight: "Lord Wang! When we meet Minggou, let our brothers go first! We want to avenge the general and Bei Ziye! ”

According to the military discipline regulations of the Qing army, once the generals of the Eight Banners are damaged, all the relatives will be beheaded after returning, and these relatives can only keep the status of their families if they die in battle.

The two generals were lost, and the morale of all the Eight Banners soldiers fell to the extreme. The morale of the Qing army in the green camp was also depressed, and Wu Sangui had already retreated. intends to withdraw the army, anyway, the guilt for the death of Ai Xing A and Zhuo Luo Beizi will not fall on a warlord like Wu Sangui. However, they have already entered Burma, and if they can defeat the Ming army and seize Yongli, they will be able to gain the trust of the imperial court. With the psychology of gambling, Wu Sangui ordered to move on.

With the lessons of the assassination of Ai Xing'a and Zhuo Luo Beizi, the Qing army was more cautious when marching, carefully searching within 400 steps on both sides of the road, and the speed of the march was like a turtle, and it could only walk 20 miles a day. waited until the Qing army was grinding for more than 20 days. When he was about to enter the plain of central Burma, Wu Sangui found that the original unknown small city at the intersection in front of him had turned into a big city that was impregnable, and the road was just blocked.

At this time, the Ming army besieging Yawa City was replaced by the local Akha people in Burma, that is, the Mon soldiers, and Wang Xinyu's own Nanyang Army had already freed up their hands to encircle Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui tried to bypass the city, but found that he could not bypass it at all, and on one side of the city was a river, on which there were gunboats of the Nanyang Navy; On the other side is the mountain, and the baggage and materials cannot be passed. When the army enters the forest, it is likely to be ambushed.

Since there is no way to bypass it, you can only find a way to attack the city.

Wu Sangui set up camp three miles away from the city and sent Hu Guozhu to challenge.

When I arrived at the city a stone's throw away, I saw the banner of the Qiongzhou Army at the head of the city. Hu Guozhu shouted loudly: "Is the city the general of Qiongzhou Admiral? ”

"It's Wang Yu of Qiongzhou! Who are you? Wang Xinyu replied.

Hu Guozhu shouted: "General Wang can fight well, I have heard of it!" If General Wang is willing to open the city to surrender to Wang Shi and capture the puppet son of tomorrow, the prince of Pingxi is willing to promote General Wang as the governor of Guizhou! ”

"Hahaha!" Wang Xinyu laughed. "General Ben is now an Admiral! Does it make sense for the prince of Pingxi to give me another admiral? If there is sincerity, let the little Tartar emperor get out of the city of Beijing. Restore my Han clothes, this general can still consider whether to surrender to you! ”

Hu Guozhu's face changed, and then he shouted: "I have heard for a long time that General Wang is brave and good at fighting, but he is cowering in a fortified city, does this insult General Wang's first reputation?" If you and I have a duel under the city, and you win, we will withdraw our troops immediately! It's good for me Hu to lose a convincing mouth! ”

Wang Xinyu sneered: "There is a strong city that does not defend it, and you go out of the city to accept the challenge?" This is not the way General Ben acts! If you are not convinced, please come and attack the city! General Ben will accompany you to the end! ”

Hu Guozhu was speechless and retreated to the camp with his soldiers.

Ai Xing'a and Zhuo Luo Beizi's personal soldiers have been asking for battle, asking Wu Sangui to attack the city immediately, and they are willing to take the lead. Anyway, if they go back, they will die, and it is better to die on the battlefield.

Although these pro-soldiers were already a capital crime, Wu Sangui still did not dare to send the Eight Banners soldiers to the front as shields, so he ordered to build shield vehicles, ladders and other siege tools. Three days later, the Qing army built siege tools and began to siege the city.

The Qing army was preparing to erect general artillery and red-coated cannons, and the 24-pounder cannon at the head of the city took the lead in speaking, and the artillery position of the Qing army was smashed into smoke and dust.

Without the assistance of artillery, the Qing army could only use auxiliaries to push shield carts to fill the trenches. As a result, they were severely killed and wounded by the artillery fire at the head of the city, losing more than 30 shield carts and more than 400 auxiliaries, and not even touching the edge of the moat. The firepower of the Nanyang Army was very fierce, and the number of various cannons was unusually large, which was much more sophisticated than the weapons of Li Dingguo's army.

On the head of the city, in addition to all kinds of direct-fire artillery, the mortars of the Ming army also showed their might, and a burst of cannonballs continued to fall in the crowd of the Qing army, blowing up the flesh and blood of the Qing army.

Ai Xing Ah and Zhuo Luo Beizi's personal soldiers personally stepped forward to serve as the overseers, holding steel knives to press the formation, urging the auxiliaries to fill the moat. As a result, they were subjected to a fierce artillery bombardment by the Ming army, and at least half of their own soldiers died under the artillery fire of the Ming army.

Wu Sangui attacked for three days in a row, and finally filled in a section of the moat.

The Qing army entered the city, and the fire at the head of the city became more ferocious. Cannons, birds, and flintlock muskets shot tongues of fire from the bastion, and archers at the top of the fort rained down arrows. On the city wall, grinding stones, wolf tooth slaps, lime bottles, oil cans, national surname bottles and 10,000 enemies continued to fall, and the Qing army suffered heavy casualties.

Large siege weapons such as ladder trucks and trench bridge vehicles were pushed up, and they were destroyed by the artillery fire of the Ming army.

The Wu army quietly set up artillery positions at night and fired shells at the city walls. But as soon as the Qing artillery fired, it revealed its position, and the twenty-four-pounder artillery in the city immediately counterattacked, inflicting heavy losses on the Qing artillery.

Wu Sangui ordered a cave attack and dug tunnels to attack the city. But Wang Xinyu had already prepared, dug a pool behind the city wall, filled it with water, buried a water tank in the ground, and sent a blind man with excellent hearing to listen to the sound. When the tunnel of the Wu army was about to be dug, they dug a trench to cut the tunnel and poured water into it.

Wu Sangui's various siege methods were curtailed, and the Qing army suffered heavy losses under the city but made no progress.

Wu Sangui was greatly shocked by the sophisticated weapons and fierce firepower of the Nanyang Army, and he knew that it was impossible to break through the defense of the Ming army. Even if he can break through the city in front of him, it is estimated that he will not be able to defeat the Ming army besieging the city when he arrives at the city of Yawa.

When Ai Xing'a and Zhuo Luo Beizi's personal soldiers were almost lost, at Liu Xuanchu's suggestion, Wu Sangui decided to withdraw his troops from Burma and return to Yunnan.

In the big tent of the Wu army, Wu Sangui gathered all his henchmen.

"This siege war can't be fought anymore! Let's listen to Mr. Liu and Mr. Deng's opinions first! Wu Sangui looked around and spoke.

"Guys, it's pointless to keep fighting! The previous kind of city is the same as the one we have seen before, it is also a raised fortress, and there are many artillery pieces of this Qiongzhou bandit, if we continue to attack the city, I am afraid that more than 100,000 of us will fill here, and we will not be able to take the city. The pseudo-Jin king Li Shun and the pseudo-Gongchang king Bai Shun don't know where to go, if they cut off our grain route, the consequences will be even more unimaginable! Liu Xuanchu, whose face was solemn, said slowly.

"Not bad! General Pingxi and Zhuo Luo Beizi have already been killed, so we don't need to fight! Xia Guoxiang said.

"Yes!" Gao Dejie also arched his hand, "We can't do thankless things!" ”

"Yes, Dashuai, if all our people are gone, the imperial court will definitely take the opportunity to deal with us!" Wu Guogui said.

Deng Hong took a step forward and arched his hand: "Marshal, generals!" I feel that if our army retreats now, once the thieves cover up behind their backs, and the pseudo-Jin king and the pseudo-Gongchang king intercept them on the road, our army will inevitably suffer heavy losses! The way back is the same as the way you came, it's a difficult road to walk! Our top priority now is to send someone to make peace with the other side! ”

"Peace?" Wu Sangui snorted, "Is this the only way for Mr. Deng?" ”

Liu Xuanchu shook his fan and said: "Marshal, in fact, I have the same opinion as Deng Gongzi, the trip to Myanmar is so difficult, our army should have withdrawn a long time ago!" If General Pingxi hadn't forced us to attack, we wouldn't have come here to lose our troops! Now that General Pingxi and Zhuo Luo Beizi have been killed, we withdraw our troops, and the imperial court will not embarrass us! This Deng Gongzi is right, we can't just withdraw our troops, we should send people to negotiate peace with each other, so as not to lose both sides and lose the qualification to bargain with the imperial court. ”

"Alas! This king is an official of the court, but now he wants to make peace with the thieves! What a system this becomes! Wu Sangui sighed.

Liu Xuanchu said: "Handsome, in fact, talking about peace is the best policy!" Now the thieves have the upper hand, but the thieves' forces are insufficient, and if they chase and fight, they themselves will suffer losses. If we can turn hostility into friendship, it will be good for us. ”

Wu Sangui hesitated for a long time, and after thinking about it again, he still couldn't decide.

Liu Xuanchu walked up to Wu Sangui and whispered in his ear: "Dashuai, the matter of peace negotiations must not be known by the imperial court, you send a trustworthy person over and negotiate with them in secret." I believe they will not embarrass us either. ”

"Okay, then the king will send a cronie to negotiate with the other side." Wu Sangui finally relented. (To be continued.) )