Lin Chengxiang's 20th Army had just occupied Pyinmana, and Tarong's 70,000 army crossed the Salween River and faced Pyinmana City across the Xidang River.
The Twentieth Army had only more than 30,000 soldiers, and they were only pioneers, so Lin Chengxiang had no plans to fight Talong. He guarded the city of Pingma, and at the same time sent Mu Qiyuan's message of Talong.
Tarong sent a small number of soldiers to test and found that Lin Chengxiang was not clothed along the Xidang River, so he crossed the Xidang River in one fell swoop and set up a camp 20 miles south of Pymana.
Pymana is bounded by the Baigu Mountains to the west and Bennong Mountains to the east. The city is located in the Xidang River Valley between the two mountains. It is a long and narrow terrain, with mountains in the north and Pingchuan in the south. It has a very important strategic position.
Although Talong knew that the terrain of Pingmana was high in the north and low in the south, the Ranger told him that the Ming army had two troops on the way. If he rushed to the north of the city, he would inevitably be attacked on three sides by the Ming army. Therefore, Knowing that it would be detrimental to stationing in the southern plains, he did not dare to move his army to the north of Pymana.
Because when they withdrew from Ayutthaya, they marched all the way, instead of attacking the city immediately, they let the soldiers rest for a day.
There are 30,000 Ming troops in the city, and Talong has 70,000 troops. It would be a good idea to destroy the defenders in the city before the Ming army’s reinforcements arrive, and then deal with the Ming army’s reinforcements, but he long knew that Ming The army’s reinforcements were only one day away from Binmana, and with the exhaustion of the Dongyu army and the retreat all the way, it was impossible to break the city in one day.
Talong did not choose to attack Pymana, but let the soldiers rest, preparing to wait for the Ming army's reinforcements to arrive before decisive battle with the Ming army.
He hoped to eliminate the main force of the Ming army through World War I. As for defeat, Talong never thought that the number of Ming army was about the same as him, but the Ming army went deep into Toungoo and fought on the land of Toungoo, so it would inevitably face food and soldiers. To supplement the difficulties, we must also guard against the harassment of the minority shareholder Yujun, and his army is elite in all battles. Even if the Ming army has the advantage of firearms, the Tunyu army cannot lose.
At this time, Mu Qiyuan and Chen Zizhuang accelerated their marching speed. They gave up the encirclement and suppression of some small villages and towns. One day later, the two armies arrived at Pymana almost at the same time. They were stationed at the southeast corner and interacted with the Ming army in the city. For the horns.
He had a good rest on his own, so he decided not to give the Ming army time to rest. He repeatedly sent troops to call the Ming army outside the city.
But Mu Qiyuan did not fight. His soldiers ran a long distance and needed a rest. He had to wait for the momentum of the Dongyu Army to run out before he could go all out, win the battle, and defeat it.
Mu Qiyuan asked the soldiers to stay close to the camp and ignored Ta Long's provocation. Even if Ta Long gave him a set of women's clothes, he would gladly put it on himself in front of the messenger.
The Dongyu Army challenged for two consecutive days. In addition to occasionally wandering around in the camp, Mu Qiyuan was hiding in the Chinese army’s tent and drinking tea and having fun. This badly broke the commanders and brigade commanders in the army. They all turned to Mu Qiyuan. Mu Qiyuan ignored the request for a fight. In the end, even Chen Zizhuang asked Mu Qiyuan for a fight.
Mu Qiyuan disagrees with the battle, they will not leave, but they will not let Mu Qiyuan take a cup of tea at ease.
"Have you all rested?" Mu Qiyuan watched the officers begging for battle like this, but he didn't say anything, but he was happy in his heart.
"Report to the commander, we are all well rested!" Neat and majestic, like a military parade.
Mu Qiyuan nodded slightly, yes, with a strong desire to fight, "What about the brethren? Have they rested too?"
"Report to the commander, the brethren have also rested well, just waiting for the commander to order."
Chen Zizhuang also added: "Tong Yujun's spirit is almost tossing."
"Well, tomorrow, I will have a meal, and I will send troops to fight to defeat the Dongyu Army with one drum. Once the Dongyu Army retreats, you must pursue it bravely." Mu Qiyuan said with a stern tone and decisively issued a combat order.
"Yes, Commander, promise to defeat Dongyu Army." This time, even Chen Zizhuang followed.
After daybreak, Mu Qiyuan and Chen Zizhuang's troops dispatched 30,000 troops, while Lin Chengxiang in the city left 10,000 soldiers and soldiers to guard the city. He led the main force of 20,000, joined Mu Qiyuan and came to the Dongyu army. challenge.
The fifty thousand Ming army stopped less than ten miles away from the Dongyu Army camp. Among these Ming army, they were basically infantry, with only thousands of cavalry on both sides.
The Tongyu Army did not expect that the Ming Army, who had not been able to leave the camp for several days, took the initiative to challenge and immediately reported him to him.
He couldn't take care of breakfast, so he hurriedly lit up 60,000 troops from the camp and went to meet the Ming army. Only 10,000 defenders were left in the camp.
The two armies confronted each other on the narrow plain south of Pymana. It was said to be narrow. It was compared with the Baigu mountain range to the west. In fact, the width of this plain area reached more than two hundred li, plus infinite depth, as ten. The main battlefield where more than 10,000 troops fight is still quite open.
It was the first time that Taelong saw the Ming army on the battlefield. He first looked at the opposite side to see where the Ming army was.
Gray cloth, without armor, motionless, just like a heavenly soldier.
He Long took a breath and looked at the level of training from the military appearance. These Ming troops were not moving like a mountain, and seemed to be stronger and more powerful than his Dongyu Army.
But Talong soon stopped being surprised. Compared with the Ming army, his subordinates were all warriors and experienced battlefields. It was a mule or a horse, so he pulled out for a walk!
Opposite is the main force of Dongyu's army. Mu Qiyuan dared not take care of it. The Ming army had been deployed long ago. At the front was a 6,000-man gunner formation. The gunmen were divided into three rows, each with 2,000 soldiers.
Behind them, 30,000 soldiers were also divided into three rows, using flintlocks at any time to form a new huge gunner formation.
Behind the gunmen are the artillery of the Ming army and the mountain run. The artillery is too heavy and the Ming army’s equipment has not been increased. Each army has only 20 guns, but the Ming army has added a large number of easy-to-carry mountain guns.
Almost side by side with the mountain artillery, there is also the secret weapon of the Ming army, temporarily hidden in the crowd, and covered with white cloth sheets.
He Long heard that the army’s firearms were powerful, but he had not seen it with his own eyes. He did not know whether the Ming army’s firearms were really powerful, or they were compiled by the defeated generals, To shirk their responsibilities.
He didn't attack across the board, but first sent a 5,000-person infantry to do a tentative attack. He Long wanted to see the firearms of the Ming army with his own eyes.
Five thousand soldiers were arranged in ten columns, wearing more than ten catties of armor.
They first went out with awe-inspiring attitude, and then ran to the Ming army on the opposite side, getting faster and faster. When the Ming army was still two hundred steps away, the Dongyu army slowed down like a demonstration. They didn't seem to be coming at all. Fighting on the battlefield, but to travel or negotiate with the Ming army.
The gunmen have been watching the Dongyu army on the opposite side.
The effective range of the flintlock rifle was only one hundred steps, but the opposite was all infantrymen who were not moving fast, and they didn't have the speed and impact of cavalry at all. Mu Qiyuan decided to put them at eighty steps before firing.
The closer the distance, the higher the hit rate of the flintlock, the smaller the chance of the Dongyu army retreating and fleeing.
The advancing Toungoo Army did not release arrows and has not yet reached the range of the bow and arrow, but the soldiers in the front have begun to open their bows. As long as they enter the range of the bow and arrow, they will shoot with arrows immediately, and they don’t care about the Ming army on the opposite side. do what.
"boom."
"boom."
"boom."
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The flintlock fired, and the hundreds of Tongyu archers wandering at the front seemed to have negotiated with the Ming army. As soon as the gunfire sounded, they immediately fell to the ground, not knowing whether they were really injured or pretending to be.
The Dongyu Sword and Shield soldiers in the back were shocked. Before they could see the Qingming Army's move, hundreds of soldiers had fallen on their side.
The Tongyu soldiers forgot their advancing pace, so the Ming army had to stop shooting. There were too few Tongyu within the range of the flintlock, so don't waste bullets. The gunmen who just fired should hurry up and squat on the ground to fill the ammunition.
After a wave of gunfire, the battlefield was strangely quiet.
The awakened Dongyu Army immediately wielded a saber and swooped towards the Ming army. They are the most elite army in Dongyu. In the battle against Dacheng, they were almost unbeaten. As long as Dacheng’s army saw them, they would only The tortoise is huddled in the city.
After suffering such a big loss, they must find it back from the Ming army. Under the stimulation of the officers, they forgot their death and the Ming army's flintlock.
But they are just shield soldiers, without bows and arrows, only swords.
To fight the enemy with a sword, you must face-to-face and go down with a single blow.
The most direct killing, the quickest enmity, the bloodiest victory.
It's not that the Ming army doesn't have war knives, but the Ming army's war knives have long been a display of soldiers. More often, they are only weapons to deter the enemy. They can only be used when slaughtering wounded soldiers.
Now the Ming army relies on flintlock to kill people.
The firing range of the flintlock not only surpasses the opponent's swords, spears, swords and halberds, but also surpasses the opponent's bows and arrows. This is a weapon that Zhu Youjian carefully built to kill the enemy when he was still the king of believers.
I can shoot you, but you can't attack me.
On the battlefield, watching their companions fall under the opponent’s guns one by one, all blood-type soldiers and combat-capable troops will pounce at the first time. The war is just or aggressive.
When Zhu Youjian was only a teenager, he interpreted the dynamics of the battlefield.
The more mighty the Dongkuo soldiers were, the faster they would die. The Ming army’s flintlocks, at eighty paces, intertwined into a dense firepower net. As long as they enter this firepower net, they can only come in standing. Lie down, even wearing armor like Dong Yujun.
No, it's not lying down, it's not getting out at all.
If they don't want to go to heaven, they can only go to hell.
The gunmen had just finished three waves of shooting. The five thousand Dongyu elites on the opposite side had been killed or wounded. In the eyes of the gunmen, there were no standing Dongyu soldiers.
The gunfire gradually became thinner and finally stopped.
No one knows when the gunfire will sound next time, and what kind of shock it will bring to Dongyu Army.
He had a sullen face. This was the most tragic failure he had ever experienced. The entire army of the five thousand Dongyu army was annihilated, but he did not see any casualties in the Ming army. Let alone see it before, he had never heard of it.
He knew what kind of opponent he had met.
Looking at the unequal casualties, Talong actually forgot to give the order to withdraw the troops and let the Ming army slaughter his five thousand soldiers.