"The messenger of Dacheng?" Mu Qiyuan was taken aback. When he sent troops from Pu'er, he sent messengers to Dacheng to discuss the joint dispatch of troops and urge for food and grass. However, the Ming army received a large amount of rations in Ava city, and it was also in war. Going smoothly, Dacheng has been forgotten. Talong has withdrawn his troops from Dacheng a long time ago. I don’t know why Dacheng’s messenger has only arrived now, "Let him come in!"
"Yes, commander." The soldier went out immediately.
After a while, a middle-aged man with short hair and a gray robe followed the guards and entered the big tent. He took the initiative to bow and hold his fists deeply to Mu Qiyuan: "I have seen the commander of the country!", He also saluted Lin Chengxiang and Chen Zizhuang.
Obviously, the soldiers had already told him the identity of the three people in the big account.
"You don't have to be polite, take a seat," Mu Qiyuan replied, but did not get up to greet him as he sat in a chair, "Your envoy came so quickly!"
"Commander," the messenger looked at the chair brought by Mu Qiyuan's personal soldiers, but did not dare to sit down, "When Talong withdrew, the soldiers in the Dacheng city of Nakhon Sawan had been killed or wounded, and they had no power to counterattack. I was worried that it was Ta Long's trick. When he was far away, the city sent someone to report to my king, and my king immediately sent an official."
Mu Qiyuan was still dissatisfied, "When I sent troops from Pu'er, didn't I send an envoy to Dacheng? It's so difficult that you don't trust the Ming army?"
"Commander," the envoy's face was surprised this time, "Although your envoy came to Dacheng, we don't know that the army of the country is as powerful as a bamboo in the territory of Toungoo. Unexpected, really unexpected." The envoy shook his head and sighed. It seems that he still doesn't believe that the Ming army has occupied more than half of Toungoo.
Mu Qiyuan didn't want to fight with the messenger. He was just a messenger. It was their king Parasai and the national teacher Puti who really took charge of the Dacheng dynasty. "What message do you need to convey?"
"According to the agreement reached between Dacheng and Daming, we have shipped food. This time, we have shipped 50,000 shi. Dare to ask the commander where to put the food?" The messenger saluted Mu Qiyuan again, and he sighed in his heart. The army defeated the great city and was unable to form an army, and this commander, in just over two months, had already killed Baigu, the capital of Tongyu, and wiped out the 100,000 elites of Tarong in Pymana. It was incredible.
"Fifty thousand stones? Let's put them in Dongyu City first, where we have our garrison!" Mu Qiyuan is not short of food now. Although he did not mention the rationing measures of "fighting by war", the Ming army is in Ava city. The 200,000 shi of grain obtained was enough for the Ming army to eat in the first half of the year. With the grain from Dacheng, Na Awa's grain would not have to be shipped south, and his expression slightly improved.
"The next official knows, the next official will transport the grain to Dongyu City." Then the messenger took a seat on the chair.
"What about the rest of the grain?" Mu Qiyuan remembered, it seemed that in the agreement between Daming and Dacheng, Dacheng needed to pay 300,000 shi for grain, and this 50,000 shi for grain should be the first batch.
"The rest of the grain will be divided into two batches. After about a month, we will begin to deliver the second batch of 100,000 shi grains. May I ask the commander, do we still have to send it to Tongyu Town?" The messenger said, the agreement between Dacheng and Daming , Is to solve the external trouble of Toungku forever. Now that Talong is still in danger, the foreign trouble is useless forever. How could Dacheng transport 300,000 shi of grain at once? Besides, Dacheng just wants to pay 300,000 shi, and does not have that much manpower.
"Ao, let's deliver it to Dongyu. As for the third batch of grain, please wait for the notice from the Ming army!" Mu Qiyuan hoped that the third batch of grain would be best placed in Bai Gucheng. There will definitely be a Ming army garrison here in the future.
"Yes, commander, the next official understands that after the next official returns, he will urge the grain to be delivered as soon as possible."
"Excuse me, according to the agreement reached between Daming and Dacheng, the two sides attacked Dongyu from the north and the south. Where is the army in Dacheng now?" Mu Qiyuan does not think that Dacheng's army is needed to defeat Thalong. The key is attitude. , Dacheng is willing to fulfill the secret contract they signed with Daming.
"Return to the commander, Dacheng's army is now on the eastern border. If the Ming army needs it, they can enter Dongyu immediately." The messenger didn't have any shame, and he saluted Mu Qiyuan again, which seemed to be thoroughly understood. The Han people's "little people do not blame."
"I'm just at the border now?" Mu Qiyuan's face changed color again, and the army in Dacheng was obviously watching.
"Commander, my big city is a small country with a small number of troops. The previous bloody battle with Toungoo made more than half of the casualties of the northern army. After Toungoo withdrew from the north and south, we reorganized the nation's army and selected 30,000 elites. It only affected the schedule. Don’t blame it, Commander!” The messenger glanced at Mu Qiyuan and grinned: “The army of the Heavenly Kingdom is marching too fast, and it seems that the army of my big city is coming slowly.”
Mu Qiyuan didn’t eat this set, but the delivery of 50,000 shi of grain was not considered a violation of the contract. Besides, it’s not too late for the army. It should be in time for the decisive battle with Talong. "Your envoy will go back immediately and order to be stationed. The army on the border moved quickly westward and crossed the Xidang River within three days and set up ambushes on the east bank of the Baigu River. Once the Dongyu Army retreats, it must stop the defeated troops of Dongyu and capture him alive."
"Talong is going to retreat?" The messenger looked at Mu Qiyuan again with a surprised look, and then looked at Lin Chengxiang and Chen Zizhuang. Bai Gu is the capital of Dongyu, and the last 100,000 of Dongyu has been gathered. Good soldier, once Talong is defeated, Dongku will probably destroy the country.
"This is a military secret. Your envoy can just send orders to the army." Mu Qiyuan is also not polite. Since the two sides are united in the battle against Toungoo, the army must of course have unified leadership. This supreme command can only belong to Daming. Belongs to the commander of the Third Army of Daming.
"The next official understands, and the next official will go to convey the commander's military order." The messenger saluted again. He did not doubt Mu Qiyuan's remarks about defeating Dongyujun. After only two months, Dongyu has lost most of his land. , Only the capital of the country was left in vain, and it was also trapped in the city by the Ming army.
If Talong has the ability to fight, he should confront the Ming army outside the city. Obviously, Talong’s days are not long, and Dacheng is about to usher in a peaceful day. Thinking of this, the messenger hurried back.
But Mu Qiyuan was not sure whether the army in Dacheng could arrive at the scheduled location on time. He sent ten rangers to go back with the envoys and keep in touch at any time.
What Mu Qiyuan did not expect was that the messenger came to the border between Toungoo and Dacheng, saying that the army was powerful and marching fast. On behalf of the Dacheng King, he ordered Dacheng’s army to immediately set off to the west, and in accordance with Mu Qiyuan’s request, Must arrive at the designated place within three days.
The messenger will not worry about the casualties of the Ayutthaya army. It is the Ming army who participated in the decisive battle. The Ayutthaya army was just an ambush. Although the fighting force of the Ayutthaya army is far inferior to the Ming army, or even worse than the Dongyu army, it faces Dongyu. There is no reason for Dacheng to be overwhelmed.
Sending off the messenger from the big city, Mu Qiyuan immediately sent additional rangers to investigate the situation of Tandoori in more detail.
The ranger reported that there were only five hundred defenders in the Tandoori Fort.
Mu Qiyuan settled down, except for a few rangers who continued to stare at Tandaoji and monitor the movement of the army in the fort, the rest of the rangers withdrew back to paralyze Tarong in the ancient city of White.
On the east side of the ancient city of Bai, the wandering horses sent by the Ming army seemed like a day, and there were even small groups of troops peeking across the shore in the evening twilight or early morning mist.
The Dongyu Army on the west bank of Bai Ancient City was very nervous. They dismantled all the pontoons on the river and completely interrupted the communication between the two sides. In order to prevent the Ming army from crossing the river at night and snatching the ferry boats on the west bank, they simply gathered the ferry boats on the west bank. , A fire burned.
Tandoori.
In the middle of the night, ten soldiers of the Ming army with excellent water quality sneaked into the water from the east bank of the Baigu River.
The soldiers each carried a bamboo pole without knots and a stone weighing 20 kilograms. After entering the water, they held the stone in their arms to avoid ups and downs in the water, and then held the bamboo pole in their mouths.
When the bamboo pole enters the water, it is filled with water, and the soldiers must drink the water before they can breathe fresh air.
It is not yet the flood season. The Baigu River is less than 30 meters wide, and the water depth is less than one meter. Ten soldiers, although they are cautious and slow, they crossed the Baigu River in the time of a cup of tea. Go to the opposite bank at the end.
The soldiers did not dare to go ashore in a hurry, because there were sentries from Toungoo on the west bank. After crossing the river, they slowly floated up from the bottom of the river along the gentle slope, trying not to make any noise. They waited until their heads came out of the water before they threw away the bamboo poles and sticks. The stone in his arms lay silently on the outside of the embankment, not daring to move.
After a while, footsteps came from the embankment. Although there were not many people, the sound of footsteps was particularly alarming on this quiet night.
The sentry from Dongyu's changing of the guard came.
The soldiers of the Ming Army lay in the dirt nest on the outside of the embankment, with one ear attached to the grassy hill, and the sound of the footsteps of the soldiers of Dongyu was collected by ears: there were only five soldiers.
The Dongyu sentry exchanged a few words, the original sentry returned, judging from the sound of footsteps, there were also five.
But the sound of their words and footsteps just revealed their position. Ten soldiers of the Ming Army slowly crawled to the shore. They were in teams of two, and the target was five Dongyu sentinels.
Wearing wet clothes, they have been lying outside the embankment, waiting for the change of guard of Dongyu sentry, so that the exact location of the sentry can be determined.
In the darkness, the soldiers of the Ming Army approached the Dongxu Sentinel. They got up quickly and thunderously drew their ears through the trachea of the Dongxu Sentinel with two enemies and one sharp dagger, all killing them in one move.
When Dongyu sentry saw the figure, it was too late. They had no time to yell. They just used the warm plasma in their blood vessels as weapons and sprayed Mingjun's face.
The soldiers of the Ming Army gently put down the warm corpses of the Dongyu soldiers, and then five of them took off their clothes and put on the dry clothes of the Dongyu sentries to replace them in the night.
But their bodies turned around. Instead of staring at the river, they stared in the direction of the west, Tandoori.
A Ming army soldier, probably their leader, tore off the kraft paper tied to his chest. A man came to the outside of the embankment. He took out a small piece of candle from the kraft paper, held it in the palm of his hand, found the fire fold, and lit it. This candle.
The light of the candle spread quickly to the other side.
The soldier covered the flame of the candle with his hands and repeated it three times.
Soon, the same fire appeared on the other side, also three times, then the fire went out, and the night returned to his usual darkness.