After the Nanyang Navy defeated the Burmese naval division, it was already unimpeded on the Irrawaddy River, and the Burmese army no longer had the strength to fight the Ming army on the water.

The Ming army advanced on two roads on the shore, one in the water, and three roads in parallel to advance in the direction of Yawa City.

From Bago to Yawa City, there are more than 800 kilometers, and the Ming army is going upstream, according to the speed of the ship that year, plus there are a few resisters to deal with on the road, it will take about half a month to reach Yawa City.

The British East India Company and the Portuguese colonists followed the Ming army, passing along the road, and after the Ming army had cleared the Burmese army of sporadic resistance, the British and Portuguese explored for minerals on both sides of the Irrawaddy River. Employed by the South Seas Company, the East India Company, and the Portuguese colonists, the Acre volunteered to take on the task of prospecting for minerals, far from the main trunk of the river, and into the upper reaches of the tributaries.

Originally, the capital of the Taungoo Dynasty was in Bago City, but in 1599, the Akha people launched an uprising against the Burmese, and they united with the Portuguese to break through Bago City, captured and killed the Burmese king Mang Yingli, and forced the Burmese capital to move to Yawa City.

Because of their enmity, Wang Xinyu used the Akha people to deal with the Burmese.

Wang Xinyu's plan was to recruit a group of company managers from among the Akha people after conquering Burma, and they would serve as local officials and let them manage the Burmese. The Burmese started as slaves, and those who performed well and were willing to work hard could be given the status of free people and become equal to the Akha people.

Dozens of mercenaries may have been on the ship for a long time and deliberately wanted to come down and walk, so they were arranged by Wang Xinyu to walk and march with the Ming army and land divisions on both sides of the strait.

Along the way, the small group of Burmese troops saw that the Ming army was strong, and they did not dare to face the battle at all, so they all fled. The Ming army passed through some small Burmese villages, and did not go in to harass and plunder, but only cared about hurrying. The Burmese are also honest. Don't dare to provoke the passing Ming army. However, there are also Burmese people who do not know what to do.

When the Ming army passed through a riverside village, several muskets suddenly rang out in the small village, and the bullets penetrated into the crowd of Ming soldiers who were marching.

"Quick, help!" Several auxiliaries came up and carried the wounded down.

The Ming soldiers then launched an attack on the small village. More than 200 Ming troops entered the small village, and suddenly the Burmese village was full of chickens and dogs. Everyone was so frightened that they closed the door and didn't dare to come out.

The Ming army that was attacked was a soldier of Flying Tiger Town. Knowing that the Burmese dared to attack his brother, Wang Jinzhong was furious: "I want to see who is so bold!" Come on, gather all the people in the village! Be sure to find out the attackers! ”

All the Burmese in the small village were taken out of the house by the Ming army and gathered on the threshing floor at the entrance of the village.

Wang Jinzhong stood in the middle of the procession, with an Akha soldier who had a grudge against the Burmese acting as an interpreter.

"Go and tell them that as long as the attackers are handed over, we will not be punished! If the attackers are hidden, then don't blame us for being rude! Gao Jinzhong said to the Akha soldiers beside him.

"Yes! My lord! The Akha soldier replied loudly. Originally, the Akha people's own dialect was very similar to Yunnan dialect. These Akha soldiers who had defected to the Ming army had learned the simplest Chinese in just a few days, so they could converse with the Ming army relatively freely.

The Akha soldier turned his head and shouted in Burmese to the Burmese who were gathered on the threshing floor: "Listen up! If you find out who attacked the king of Laiqin, take the initiative to hand it over! We can let you go! If it is voluntary to stand up. We can let others go too! If you don't hand over the murderer, don't blame us for being polite! ”

Wang Jinzhong added: "Tell them that from now on, we will kill someone every minute!" Until they hand over the murderer! If not handed over. We're going to kill all the men! ”

"Tell you! Our General Wang is merciful and gives you a stick of incense to think about it! If you still don't appreciate it, we'll kill someone every other incense stick! The Akha soldiers raised their voices and shouted at the Burmese.

A Ming sergeant pulls out an hourglass. Twist the switch to start the timer.

The Burmese looked at the Ming army with a twinkle in their eyes, because in the previous naval battle, someone in this village had died in that battle. The Ming army was attacked by several Burmese soldiers who had been scattered this morning, and the villagers had hidden the Burmese soldiers.

A minute passed quickly, and still no one came forward.

"Pull that guy out and cut me down!" Wang Jinzhong pointed at a young man among the Burmese and yelled.

Two Ming soldiers stepped forward, pulled the man Wang Jinzhong pointed at out of the crowd, and cut off his head with a knife on the ground.

In the blink of an eye, another minute passed, and another Burmese man was pulled out and his head was cut off. About a quarter of an hour had passed, and thirty Burmese men had their heads cut off. All the Burmese people who were killed were young and strong young men. Headless corpses lay at the entrance of the village, blood was spilled all over the ground, human heads were piled up, and the pungent smell of blood filled the air, which made the Burmese people rush to fear.

"Honestly hand over the murderer! Otherwise, in less than an hour, all the young and middle-aged men in your village will die! The Aka soldier shouted.

Soon another minute passed, and the Ming army pulled out another person to prepare to cut off the head.

"Don't do it! I know where the attackers are! At this time, some of the Burmese people shouted.

"Let him come out!" Wang Jinzhong shouted.

Angry Burmese looked at the informant man, who would have been torn to shreds if his vision could have killed him.

"I know who the attackers are!" The Burmese stepped out of the crowd.

Wang Jinzhong nodded: "Very good!" You go and identify the attackers! ”

The Burmese walked up to the angry crowd, pointed to the three young men and said to the Ming army, "It's the three of them!" The three of them were soldiers! ”

The Ming army stepped forward, pulled the three Burmese soldiers out of the crowd, pressed them to the ground without saying a word, and cut off their heads.

Wang Jinzhong asked the Aka people to tell the Burmese: "You have done a good job! You are my friend! In the future, you can get the same status as our Ming people here! ”

Wang Xinyu, who rushed to hear the news, asked what was going on, so he stood on the stage and announced: "Your Burma is our Ming vassal state!" But your recklessness has been in rebellion, first killing your brother and usurping the throne, and then committing a crime against the kingdom and detaining our great son, which is a heinous act! We are here to do the right thing for heaven! If you are willing to cooperate, we will not embarrass you! If you harbor the murderer of our Wang Division's soldiers, then don't blame us for being rude! ”

Then, Wang Xinyu walked up to the Burmese who was informing, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Congratulations! From now on, you will be a regular employee of our Nanyang Company! Here you are the official! In this village, you are the village chief! All of them will be slaves to work for you in the future! ”

"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir! The Burmese was overjoyed and knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

Along the way, I came across several villages that attacked the Ming army. The Ming army officer who led the team entered the village and repeated what Wang Xinyu had just said. In the end, most of the villages honestly handed over the Burmese soldiers who attacked the Ming army. But not every village was willing to hand over the remnants of the Burmese army, so Wang Jinzhong, Gong Xiaoda, Wu Zhudan and others were unrelenting, and those villages that hid the Burmese army were retaliated against, all the adult men in the village were killed, and the women and children became slaves of the Aka people.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the march stopped and camped on the spot.

Not long after the army set up camp, Wang Xinyu heard someone arguing outside the camp. He walked out of the Chinese army camp, only to see several British mercenaries arguing with the Akha mercenaries.

After asking the reason clearly, Wang Xinyu knew that a few mercenaries were walking around the neighborhood just now, and one mercenary found a temple in front of him, and when he saw a golden pagoda in the temple, his eyes lit up: "Oh my God! Golden! Are these stupas really made of gold? ”

"Go, brethren, go up and have a look!" A British mercenary shouted.

The stupa in Burma was indeed covered with gold leaf, and after a while, the British returned with gold with a smile.

The Portuguese mercenaries were also red-eyed when they saw the British returning, so the Portuguese also joined in the plunder, and the nearby stupas and golden Buddhas were unlucky and became trophies of the British and Portuguese. Burmese monks came up to stop them and were wounded by the British and Portuguese.

Although Wang Xinyu's own Ming soldiers were jealous of these mercenaries, because of military discipline regulations, they were not allowed to rob, these Ming soldiers could only swallow their saliva and watch the British and Portuguese rob a lot of money.

The Aka mercenaries were dissatisfied, they believed that although the Burmese were enemies of them, they also believed in Buddhism, and would never tolerate such blasphemy by the British and Portuguese! So there was an argument between the two sides.

Wang Xinyu came forward to solve the matter, he told the Aka people: "The pagoda here is Burmese, in fact, it is also the head of the Burmese people. But Mangbai usurped the throne and killed the old king Mangda of the Mandate of Heaven, he has already blasphemed the gods! So he is not worthy to be the owner of these stupas! We are doing the right thing for heaven, and it makes sense to take their gold. ”

With Wang Xinyu's speech, not only the Ming soldiers joined the ranks of carrying gold, but even the local Akha people began to carry gold mercilessly.

The Ming army continued to advance northward, and at this time Mang Bai had learned that a Ming army was attacking from the south, so Mang Bai ordered to send the general Bian Ya Kun, commanding 80,000 troops, known as 250,000, to intercept the Ming army at the confluence of the Irrawaddy and Qindun rivers, two hundred miles away from the city of Yawa. (To be continued.) )