Three thousand Ming Army soldiers stripped off their clothes and began to swim across the Baigu River. This time they were not from the bottom of the water, but along the ropes just laid down in the river.
There are still many rafts floating on the river. Soldiers’ clothes, knives and guns are placed on the rafts. The water of these soldiers is far less than the ten soldiers just now, and there are noises on the river from time to time.
Fortunately, the sentry on the shore has been replaced by Daming soldiers, and the direction of their observation has turned from the river to Tandoori.
After the soldiers went ashore, they all put on clean clothes. Although April in Bai Gucheng is approaching the summer of Ming Dynasty, the river is still very cold when it is not overnight and a half. If the soldiers have been wearing soaked clothes, they are likely to catch a cold. .
After finishing the outfits, the three thousand soldiers each held their flintlocks, and under the cover of the night, they began to march towards Tandoori.
Tandaoji is not a city, but a larger village. It may be a defense against thieves. The village is surrounded by earthen walls, which are no more than one foot high. For the convenience of the people, there are wooden doors all around.
The soldiers prepared ropes and iron hooks to climb over the earth wall, but the top of the earth wall did not have a strong point, and the iron hook lost its target. However, the earth wall was less than 30 feet away, and the soldiers could also climb up the ladder.
The soldiers were in pairs, one squatted down, and the other soldier stood on his shoulder. The soldier below slowly straightened up along the dirt wall. The soldier's hands on his shoulders could already reach the wall.
On the top of the wall, the soldiers slipped down from the inside. They put their hands on the top of the wall and slowly lowered their bodies. When their arms straightened, their toes were less than three feet away from the ground. They went down gently, and there was a sound of landing. Not too big.
After more than a dozen soldiers crossed the earth wall, they quietly opened the gate of the village and received the Ming army outside. During the whole process, the Dongyu soldiers were not disturbed. It seems that the Dongyu soldiers here did not feel the danger approaching at all. Unexpectedly, the Ming army would cross the river from Tandaoji on a large scale.
After occupying the gate, the Ming army left a small number of soldiers guarding the gate. The rest of the soldiers were divided into teams and began to rush into the city.
The Dongyu soldiers in their sleep couldn't find their weapons for a while. Even if they found them, they couldn't see the Ming army clearly in the dark, and they couldn't withstand the flintlock shooting.
The soldiers of Tongyu could not find the generals, nor could they find the soldiers.
The chaos accelerated their casualties. In less than half an hour, the five hundred Dongyu defenders were all annihilated by the Ming army. In order to prevent the message of the Ming army crossing the river from leaking out, the only hundreds of people in the fort were also destroyed. The Ming army slaughtered.
On the Baigu River, as soon as the three thousand soldiers swimming in the water left, the engineers built a pontoon along the ropes in the river.
Regardless of whether the information of the Ming army’s attack on Tandoori is leaked out, as long as thousands of Ming forces cross the river and establish defensive positions on the west bank, the Ming forces behind will continue to cross the river, even if the soldiers of Tongyu find out, they will be deployed temporarily General, it is also difficult to break through the Flintlock Array of the Ming Army.
When the sky was dark, eight pontoon bridges had been erected on the river, and the soldiers began to cross the river.
The soldiers who crossed the Baigu River in the early stage quickly established defensive positions on the periphery to cover the soldiers who crossed the river afterwards. Together with Tandaoji and three thousand Ming troops, they established the first defensive position. The Ming troops crossing the river were very safe.
Obviously, the Ming army was overly worried. Dongyu's riders did not find the Ming army crossing the river for the time being. Their defensive center was still in the east of the city.
It wasn't until noon that Dongku's riders came to Tandoori. They found that the Ming army was crossing the river in Tandoori. They immediately turned their horses and hurried back to the city to report to Talong.
The Ming army was too lazy to catch up. Tens of thousands of Ming army had already crossed the Baigu River, and even the mountain artillery had crossed the river. Only the heavy artillery was still on the east bank.
Hearing that the army was crossing the river in Tandaoji, he was shocked and lost again. The Ming army was playing in the dark, so he planted a large number of suspected soldiers in the east of Baigucheng.
Talong listened to the advice of his subordinates, and wanted to take a half-way attack. He ordered Gillenhai to lead five thousand cavalry to attack the Ming army that had just arrived on the west bank and prevent the following Ming army from continuing to cross the river.
The distance of forty miles is less than an hour's journey for the cavalry.
Gillenhai saw that the Ming army was carrying artillery through the pontoon. With a wave of his long sword, the five thousand Tongyu cavalry let go of Tandaoji and rushed directly towards the Ming army on the shore.
The flintlockers of the Ming Army had been waiting for the Tunyu Army. When the Cavalry of Toungoo entered the 100-step range, the flintlockers in the front row fired, and the three rows of gunners basically formed uninterrupted shooting. .
Although the Tongyu cavalry were aggressive, they couldn't cross the death line of a hundred paces. The more they wanted to get angry, the more angry they had to attack, and the more they attacked, the faster they would die.
Vicious circle.
After Shulun shot, Dongyu's cavalry had more than half of the casualties. Mu Qiyuan's visual inspection showed that the number of Dongyu soldiers who fell from the horse should be more than three thousand.
Gillenhai was shocked. This was the first time he saw the Ming army’s flintlock on the battlefield. The Ming army shot and killed his 3,000 cavalry without any casualties. If it continues, the result will be the battle. It won't be any better, maybe his five thousand cavalry will all stay in Tandoori.
He had to issue an order to retreat. He wanted to leave some seeds for the Cavalry of Toungoo. In order to piece together five thousand cavalry, the rangers were all incorporated into the army by him. If all the five thousand cavalry were casualties, Dongyu's tour would The ride was almost exhausted, and he didn't need to be punished by Talong, and his Gyllenhae would have no face to live in the world.
The battle was not over yet, and the gunmen increased the range of the flintlock to the maximum. As long as they were close to a hundred paces, the soldiers of Tongyu kept falling.
"Boom... Long..."
"Boom... Long..."
"Boom... Long..."
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The Ming army mountain cannons hidden behind the haystacks rang, and they smashed into the remaining Dongyu soldiers like a rain of bullets.
Every explosion of a flower bomb will bring physical and mental torture to the Tongyu soldiers. They are completely stupid. Although they have stopped the offensive, the casualties continue. If they want to retreat, they must have military orders.
"Retreat, retreat." The unlucky Jilunhai finally gave the order. Fortunately, the cavalry of the Ming army has not been sorted out yet, and they have not hunted down. More than a thousand of Dongyu cavalry rushed all the way and fled back like fire fighting Bai Gu.
By the evening, the Ming army had 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers crossing the Baigu River, and Lin Chengxiang’s front army began to march towards the west gate of the ancient city of Baigu. When the sky lighted up again, the 70,000 Ming army was already 15 miles away from the west gate. The place camped.
In order to confuse him, Mu Qiyuan set up a large camp of 20,000 people in the north of the city. At noon and evening, a large amount of cooking smoke will be generated in the camp. After dark, there will be many lights in the big tent. The figure of Chuo Chuo was shaking.
Talong and Gillenhai frowned. Toungoo’s rangers were driven by the Ming army, and their range of activities became smaller and smaller. They could no longer accurately detect the Ming army’s information. They did not know whether the main force of the Ming army was outside the North City Gate. , Still outside the West Gate.
As a precaution, Tarong and Gillenhai divided their forces and stationed heavily in the north and west of the city. They had shrunk their defense lines, and the Dongyu Army outside the city was also gathered into the city.
Another afternoon, Mu Qiyuan, who had just woke up, was about to discuss matters with the generals. A personal soldier sent to Dacheng returned, "Report to the commander, Dacheng's army has been deployed!"
"The Dacheng Army came fast enough this time. Where are they now?" Mu Qiyuan yawned, his ruddy face was full of smiles. The Dacheng Army was an army he did not expect, although its combat effectiveness was weak. But blocking the Dongyu army along the river should be able to complete its mission. Even if it can't stop the Dongyu army's collapse, it can at least delay the speed of the Dongyu army's escape.
"The Dacheng army is lying in ambush in the bushes on the east bank of the Baigu River." The soldiers found the position of the Dacheng army on the march map and pointed it to Mu Qiyuan.
"Well, when the Dacheng Army arrives, the east bank of Baigu River should be the place where Talong was buried." Talong is not Mu Qiyuan's enemy, but he is Dongyu's military and political chief, and Daming's enemy. Only capture or Kill Thalong and the Burma War will truly end.
"Commander, when his subordinates left the Ayutthaya army, there seemed to be Toungoo's riders on the other side. The Ayutthaya generals were a little worried. With more than 30,000 people in this small area, it would be very difficult to avoid Dongyu's riders. ."
"You take a break first, and when you are full and drunk, go back quickly and tell the generals in Dacheng that we will begin to attack the city soon, so that they must be prepared. The Tongyu Army may move and retreat to Baiguhe at any time."
"Yes, Commander, the subordinates will go back now."
Mu Qiyuan immediately held a combat meeting.
"Commander, the Dacheng general's concern is somewhat reasonable. Once Dongyu's riders discover that there are tens of thousands of soldiers in the Dacheng east of Baiguhe, they will certainly not flee from the Dongcheng." Chen Zizhuang is already smug, and following Mu Qiyuan, he has nothing to do. Fighting, especially if you have not experienced a dangerous battle, the Dongyu Army is almost over.
Mu Qiyuan was not in a hurry, "Chen Junzuo tells me, if he can't go out of the east gate, then he will escape from which city gate?"
"Commander, we have discussed it last time. If there is no Dacheng army, Tarong must have escaped from the east gate. If Tarong finds that there is an ambush in Dacheng outside the east gate, he is most likely to escape through the south gate, outside the north gate. There are our suspects." Chen Zizhuang's analysis is still relatively comprehensive.
"Commander, if Tarong escapes from the South Gate, it will be most unfavorable to us. Our heavy soldiers are at the North Gate, the farthest from the South Gate. Should we divide our troops to the South Gate to intercept Tarong?" An army staff officer asked himself the opinion of.
"Your analysis is reasonable, but you didn't analyze Talong's owlet male character. What I worry most is whether Talong will die and break out of the North City Gate to fight with us." Mu Qiyuan was still tepid. , "If he flees, regardless of whether he finds an ambush in Dacheng outside the east gate, he will flee from the east gate."
"I understand, what the commander meant. Even if Taelong finds out that there is an ambush in Dacheng outside the East City, he will still flee from the East Gate, because Dacheng has the weakest army. It has been his defeat for a long time?" Lin Chengxiang was so excited that he almost wanted Stand up on your seat.
"Lin Junzuo is right. Talon will definitely consider the ambush outside the city. Compared with the Ming army, the army in Dacheng is definitely the weakest."
Chen Zizhuang was still worried that once he made a mistake, Tarong might flee to another country, and he would still cause trouble to the Ming army in the future. "Even if Tarong is bluffed by the camp outside the northern city, wouldn't he escape from the south gate?"
Mu Qiyuan smiled and said: "Since Ta Long can bully Dacheng, he should have a good strategic vision, but we have been in Tan Dao Ji secretly once. Wouldn't we use it again? In such a good situation, we will really Give him a way to escape?"
"What about the North Gate? Couldn't he guess that we were setting up a tent?" Chen Zizhuang was still a little unbelieving, but his voice was obviously much smaller than before.
"Yes, Talong also thought that there might be a false camp outside the north gate, but who can guarantee that we will not do a fake show... The initiative is in our hands, and this is the most painful place for Talong now."
Lin Chengxiang believed in Mu Qiyuan more, "So the commander is unwilling to divide the troops to prevent him from swelling out of the city and fighting us hard?"
"Well," Mu Qiyuan nodded, "He is a real man, if the war is unfavorable, he may choose to flee from the weakest East Gate... Although there are ambushes there, he might still look down on these ambushes, or he may choose to fight us decisively. If he can’t beat us, he might rather choose to die on the battlefield.”
Lin Chengxiang completely agrees with Mu Qiyuan's view, "It is best for him to go out to the north to die."
Chen Zizhuang also felt that Mu Qiyuan knew him better, "Commander, do you want to strengthen the defense of the East City Gate? The combat effectiveness of the Great City Army may not be reliable."
"The combat effectiveness of the Ayutthaya army is indeed not good, but they are Dongku’s feud. This is the only chance to get rid of Tarong. Will they miss this opportunity? Besides, the Ayutthaya army is defending by the river and should not be defeated soon. As long as they can stop it for a while, our chase will arrive."