When the staff officers registered the population in Ava, the soldiers ransacked property in the city, but they ransacked only large households, ordinary people but not much wealth. If the soldiers disturbed the people everywhere, the city would be unstable. Mu Qiyuan would never allow the soldiers to do this unless he was going to slaughter the city.
These looted properties must be temporarily handed over to the staff in the army for safekeeping. They will be registered by the staff and handed over to the court in the future. After confirmation by the court, half of the property will be returned to the war fighters in the form of cash. The army, then distributed to the soldiers, if it is a strategic material, it must be handed over to the court free of charge.
What Mu Qiyuan is most happy about is the food.
Most of the food stored in Ava City was transported by Tarong to the front lines of the war. However, Ava City was an important food production area in Toungoo. The Ming army still found 200,000 shi of grain from military camps and homes of large households. These grains were enough for ten thousand. Wan Mingjun eats for five or six months.
When Mu Qiyuan started his army from Pu'er, he sent envoys to the Dacheng Dynasty to urge for food, but the army in Toungoo has not retired. Even if the Dacheng Dynasty has surplus food, it is impossible to transport it to the Ming army. It was robbed by Toungoo’s army, and these enemies were in vain.
Only when Talong withdrew from Dacheng would it be possible for Dacheng's grain to be delivered to the Ming army. Now the grain supply in Daming has not been delivered. These 200,000 shi grains are Mu Qiyuan's treasure.
Ava is an important town in northern Myanmar. The population of Guangcheng is close to one hundred thousand. It is difficult to rule effectively for a long time by military means. Mu Qiyuan appointed a businessman from the local Han people as a temporary civilian leader and formed Ava. Temporary civilian government, leaving Chen Zizhuang's 51st Division stationed in the city.
The 51st Division not only assisted the civil servants to maintain the stability of the city, but also eliminated the remaining Toungoo forces in the surrounding small cities, and gradually extended the rule of Ava City to nearby towns and villages.
The army of the Third Army began to advance southward along the Irrawaddy River, and the front of the troops pointed towards Toungoo.
As the vanguard, Lin Chengxiang’s 20th Army set off a day earlier than Mu Qiyuan. One day later, Mu Qiyuan’s 19th also moved south along the Irrawaddy River. The army expanded to the east of the Irrawaddy River, and Chen Zizhuang’s army, From the west side of the Irrawaddy River, advance south along the Baigu Mountains.
The three armies were about one day apart, in a horn-like situation, sweeping away the scattered Toungoo soldiers along the way, occupying various small cities and small towns, and they could meet at any time when needed.
Toungoo City is 800 miles south of Ava. It was originally the capital of Toungoo. It was only after the Tongyu Dynasty destroyed the Baigu Dynasty in the south that the capital was moved to Baigu. However, Toungoo is still a big city, and it is still the eastern part of the city. An important grain producing area for the dynasty.
From Ava to Tonggu, there are no strong and large cities in the middle. The main obstacles to the Ming army are the scattered Dongyu army and small towns. Because it is mainly plain terrain, the Ming army’s progress will be very fast. Mu Qiyuan estimated, If all goes well, Lin Chengxiang may arrive in Toungoo City in half a month.
The three armies will converge on the Dongyu River, and then concentrate their forces to besiege Bai Ancient City.
But here is not far from Tarong's main force. The Ming army must always beware of Tarong's withdrawal from the Dacheng Dynasty. That is the one hundred thousand elite of the Tongyu Army.
He Long really withdrew his troops.
When Mu Qiyuan entered the land of Dongyu, the Dongyu army in various small towns along the way fled, and these stragglers brought the news of the Ming army's invasion to Tarong.
Although Tarong is anxious, he does not want to withdraw his troops. Now is the critical period for the attack on the Ayutthaya Dynasty. All the land in the northern part of the Ayutthaya Dynasty has fallen into the Tongyu Army. The Tongyu Army has already come to Nakhon Sawan. Sawan, the national capital, would be directly under the threat of Toungoo Army.
At that time, Tarong's 50,000 troops deployed in the southwest were able to play a role. It was not a problem to win the big city by flanking on both sides. The question was when to take the big city.
If the Dacheng is taken, the Dacheng dynasty can cede some land and weaken the Dacheng dynasty step by step.
To realize these beautiful wishes, the key is time.
Talong was blocked at Nakhon Sawan and his eyes were red. He ordered the army to attack the city from all directions regardless of priority, hoping to use the advantage of numbers to defeat the defenders in the city.
The Dacheng army, which has always been weak in combat effectiveness, is particularly tenacious this time. There have been many dangers in the city, and they have been filled with flesh and blood. The 40,000 defenders in the city have already suffered more than half of the casualties. Seeing the defenders on the city. Fewer and fewer.
However, under the leadership of the commander, the defenders remained firm in their will and never took a step back.
He Longdu suspected that the defenders in the city were not the Ayutthaya soldiers he was familiar with.
After three days of forceful attack, the number of soldiers he lost under the city of Nakhon Sawan was close to 20,000. Adding to the previous casualties, he now has only 70,000 soldiers.
Looking at the crumbling Nakhon Sawan City in front of him, Talong was very anxious under the city. If he hadn't hugged him tightly, he would directly go up the attacking ladder.
In the setting sun, his long and burly figure left a long shadow on the ground, because he was separated from the soldiers at a distance, and he looked very lonely.
Toungoo’s soldiers were not incapable of fighting, nor were they brave, but the defenders on the front of the city just didn’t take a step back.
Their bows and arrows are becoming fewer and fewer. Soldiers have used stones, boiled lard, or even boiled water as weapons to defend the city. Everyone can tell that they are about to run out of oil and their lamps are dead. The accident can make the defenders completely lose the will to resist.
The defenders won't hold on for long.
But Talong couldn't hold on anymore, and he didn't have much time left.
Daming launched a heavy attack this time, but instead of directly saving Dacheng, he went straight to Awa. This was originally a plan to "encircle Wei and save Zhao". If he did not withdraw his troops and rescue Ava, the Ming army was completely likely to do a fake show.
Tarong also planned to mobilize fifty thousand troops from the south to rescue Ava, but he was quickly rejected by his plan. Without these fifty thousand troops, even if he could take the big city, he would have to spend a lot of time to clear away the walks around the big city. At that time, his main force was likely to face the attack between Daming and Dacheng.
The sky gradually darkened, and it was time to withdraw the troops again. Nakhon Sawan still hadn't captured, and he was very angry.
If you continue to attack, Nakhon Sawan is like an unbreakable rock. Although the foundation is moved, Thalon still cannot push it; if he gives up the attack, he will be unwilling to attack. As long as Nakhon Sawan is taken down, the army will be fine. All in one go, heading towards the big city.
With the current strength of the Dongyu Army, it should be able to occupy Dacheng for the third time, and it is not impossible to even destroy the old enemy Dacheng Dynasty.
The fat is just on his lips. Tarong has smelled the meat, but he just can't eat it.
Daming, the abominable Daming, at the most critical moment, he thrust a bar horizontally, and this bar thrust him forward and retreat.
Just when he was upset, he heard the sound of horseshoes from the north, "Da Da," the horses hoof hit the ground, making him flustered for no reason.
The horse rider turned over and got off the horse early, trot a few steps, and knelt down in front of him, "Your Majesty, it's not good, Ava is lost!"
"Oh...huh?" He long came back to his senses. He took a step forward and picked up the collar of the ranger, trying to lift him up, as if Ava was missing. It was entirely his responsibility, "You Say what?"
"Your Majesty... The Ming Army... The Ming Army has already occupied Ava." The Ranger shuddered in terror, and his words were uncomfortable.
"How is this possible? When did this happen?" Talong still couldn't believe it, maybe he didn't want to believe it.
"Three days ago, after Ava fell, the villain went all the way to the south, eager to tell your majesty." Seeing that Talong didn't intend to punish him, the ranger gradually settled down.
"Qingfeng persisted for a few days?" He let go of the clothes of the rider. He couldn't count it. The Ming army entered Dongkuu. It was only a few days. Even if the small towns and towns did not stop the Ming army at all, the distance would be Enough for the Ming army, how could he lose Ava so quickly
"One day, in fact, the Ming army only took half a day to break the city of Ava." Ranger did not dare to conceal, he reported the actual situation to Talong.
"Half a day? Impossible, you must be a spy of the Ming army!" He long glared at the ranger, his eyes quickly filled with blood because of his anger. There are more than 10,000 soldiers in Ava City, and 150,000 people in the city can help defend the city. The food and grass are sufficient, no matter how bad they are, they can last for ten and a half months, and they will lose it after half a day. He doesn't believe that he will kill him.
"Your Majesty, the artillery of the Ming Army is too powerful." The Ranger General Ava City originally told him about the battle situation, especially the section where the artillery bombed the city gate, he said vividly, if this is not a battlefield, but In the on-site composition competition, chances are that this ranger will win the grand prize.
Talong did not reward this eloquent ranger. His mind was stunned. After a long time, he woke up. He could no longer pursue the disadvantages of Qingfeng’s defense. The artillery of the Ming army really looked like Is the tourer as good as he said? Also, "Where are the more than ten thousand defenders in the city?"
"My Majesty, the defenders in the city and General Qingfeng all died in battle, and..." The ranger dare not say that the defenders were slaughtered by the Ming army. They are already dead, so don't pour dirty water on them. So that they will be sacrificed.
"And what? Say!" He saw the Ranger hesitate, knowing that there must be some bad news, Ava has been lost, and the bad news won't go anywhere.
"Your Majesty, the rich and powerful in the city of Ava were slaughtered to death by the Ming army, and the people in the city now have less than one hundred thousand."
When he turned his back, he fell into deep thought. Ten thousand defenders were wiped out, and tens of thousands of people were killed. The Ming army was not only rescuing the big city, they were about to destroy Dongkuu.
Talon became more and more convinced of his feelings that he had already decided to withdraw.
If he was still hesitating just now, then the message of Ava's fall was the last straw that crushed his ambivalence.
Now withdrawing troops, Toungoo’s main force is still there, and it can still fight the Ming army; if it does not withdraw, the Ming army will definitely attack Dongyu City southward, even the capital of Baigu.
The main force of the Tongyu army was in Dacheng, and the domestic defense was relatively empty. Once the Ming army occupied Baigu, Tongyu would be subjugated. No matter how much land he obtained in Dacheng, it would be meaningless. Losing the capital and food production area, even if the Ming army releases it. His army, his army of hundreds of thousands, could not survive.
Although he couldn't let go of the favorable situation in Nakhon Sawan, Tha Long ordered the withdrawal of the army, and he personally expelled the Ming army who had invaded Toungoo.
At the same time, Talong said to the rangers around him: "Go and tell General Gillenhae that all the army will withdraw to Baigu, leaving 10,000 soldiers to strengthen Baigu's defense. The rest of the soldiers will immediately go north and join our army. ."
Gillenhai is the general of the fifty thousand soldiers stationed in the southern part of Ayutthaya. He is on the line at Lemay and Kronwa, ready to open a second battlefield in the southern part of the city.