Southern Ming, my destiny is too abstract

Chapter 29: The general in the battle is my uncle
The fourteenth year of the Yongli reign and the seventeenth year of the Shunzhi reign.

1022 in the Burmese calendar, 1660 in the Western calendar.

In December, the entire Hongsavadi and its surrounding areas were plunged into war mobilization.

Looking from an altitude of tens of thousands of meters, countless Han people, Hongsha people, Shan people, Rakhine people and Siamese people, like ants, formed long dragons and shuttled between the Luchuan Plateau and the Jinsha River.

The Daiqing army was gathering in Longchuan, Nandian, Sanxuan, while Li Dingguo was pacifying the northwestern counties of Hongsha and sending troops to garrison Manmomubang.

Mu Tianbo used his influence as the Duke of Qian to summon the chieftains of Luchuan and Lancang to go south to protect the emperor and prince of the Ming Dynasty.

Siam in the north sent troops and officials to form an alliance through marriage, hoping to take over the lost territory of Chiang Mai from the Ming Dynasty.

In the south, more than 10,000 troops were stationed at the border of Maduba, and small-scale frictions occurred with the army of Xiahongsha.

After receiving the letter from Mang Baijinjian and taking in the fleeing Hongsha nobles, the Kingdom of Arakan also continued to gather troops in the southeast.

After rewarding the army, Mangbai slowly sent troops to the two counties of Pyin U and Taungoo to gather troops. After the Ming army sent out troops, he responded quickly and sent a navy north along the Jinsha River into Pagan County.

Zhu Cixuan brought with him 800 imperial guards, 3,000 troops under Bai Wenxuan, 1,000 mercenaries from Tianzhu Village, and 10,000 troops reformed by the Sanqing Education, totaling 15,000 troops and marched south.

He even spent a huge amount of money to purchase muskets and artillery, recruit mercenaries, and heard that the Catholic prince of the Ming Dynasty was creating a new Mughal and a new Kara-Khitan.

European trading houses, military stations and missionaries from Batavia and Balat (India) arrived in Hongsha Daguan and Siam Mormyeon on multi-masted sailing ships.

Zhu Cixuan encountered little resistance in Yangmiding County. The Ming army quickly captured Mount Keren and the upper reaches of the Sittang River and reached Toungoo County.

And soon engaged in battle with Mangbai's vanguard troops.

Zhu Cixuan stood on the top of the mountain, holding a monocular telescope, observing the geographical situation of Toungoo County and the Hongsha army.

After King Thalon of Toungoo moved the capital to Ava and divided the royal family, the central administration was concentrated in the Jinsha River irrigation area around Ava in central Taiwan.

Secondly, the Xitang River Basin in Xiahongsha and the Jinsha River Delta are also firmly under the control of the central government.

The chieftains of various ethnic groups in the Luchuan Plateau and the Arakan Mountains still have a certain degree of independence in the eastern mountains, northwestern counties, and southwestern Bassein.

Therefore, Zhu Cixuan was not surprised at all that after he distributed the land, the princes and nobles of Hongsha flocked to Mangbai, who had an army of 100,000, and recruited soldiers and grain in Lower Hongsha and slaughtered the chieftains in the mountainous areas.

Compared with the thousands of miles of land in central Ava, the hundreds of miles of land in the Jinsha River Delta is not enough for the entire Toungoo royal family and nobles.

Not to mention the noble chieftain in Hongsha.

In the feudal monarchy of the Ming Dynasty, welcoming the King of Rebellion for not paying taxes obstructed the central government's collection of grain and taxes, and the court had to send a special army to suppress him.

In the feudal serfdom of Hongsavadi, what was involved were the real interests of the aristocratic landlords.

[Welcome King Chuang, you have the support of the people of Hongsha, but you are hated by all the nobles and landlords of Hongsha.]

[Acting! You're feigning an army of 100,000, attempting to intimidate Mang Bai into submission and start a military competition.]

After you conquered Yangmiding County, you once again threatened Mangbai to sign an alliance. Mangbai, believing he had seen through your superficial strength, launched a northern expedition after learning of Daiqing's military deployment.

Just as a certain American think tank has successfully predicted six major events, Zhu Cixuan, a qualified college student, has a political attribute of only 35.
However, the old precedents of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the two Song Dynasties gave Zhu Cixuan and the Ming Dynasty court too much experience.

As long as he heard that Dai Qing Gulun had sent troops, Mangbai of Xiahongsha would definitely not be able to resist launching a northern expedition.

Song Huizong allied with Jin to destroy Liao, and Song Lizong allied with Mongolia to destroy Jin.

Mang Bai will also join forces with the Qing to destroy the Ming.

Even if the Hongsha army is extremely weak.

Zhu Cixuan also understood how the defeated Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan bullied the weaker troops in Hongshawadi.

In the tube of the telescope.

Zhu Cixuan's army and the vanguard of Mang Bai's 200,000-strong army began to clash.

The Mangbai vanguard army, which is said to have 20,000 men, is flying the lotus flag.

It looked grand, but in fact it was just dust raised by donkey carts and ox carts.

Most of the soldiers were holding sickles, hayforks and bamboo spears.

The 20,000 vanguard troops included all the auxiliary soldiers and civilian laborers. There were only 5,000 actual combat soldiers armed with spears and swords and wearing bamboo armor, and even fewer soldiers with iron armor and muskets.

Zhu Cixuan's Sanqing Army, the army educated and reformed by the Sanqing of the Jifangsi, was affiliated with the Jinyiwei.

At least those arrested were middle and upper-level Ahmedans, including cavalry, infantry and elephant soldiers. They had received military training and had undergone the Three Purities reform, so they had strict discipline.

As soon as the attack began.

The front-line positions of the Hongsha Army were immediately shaken.

The elephant soldiers of the Sanqing Army drove six elephants into the enemy formation, trampling and sweeping them lightly, causing them to begin to collapse.

The Hongsha soldiers fled in panic to the rear camp.

Wang Qilong, who led 5,000 soldiers of the Sanqing Left Army, did not spare the lives of the Hongsha people. He urged them to attack forward and head straight for the general's flag, hoping to defeat the Hongsha vanguard army with one blow.

However, the offensive only advanced a hundred meters.

The Hongsha people reacted quickly and drove out ten elephants to fight the enemy. After chopping down dozens of deserters, two thousand soldiers drove donkey carts and ox carts, carrying the collapsed cannon fodder militia, and charged in the opposite direction.

When they approached the Sanqing Left Army, they cut the reins, stabbed the animals driving the carriages, and drove the cattle, horses, donkeys and elephants to break up the Ming army's formation.

The carriages carrying logs and wooden boxes suddenly became barriers, blocking Wang Qilong's troops.

Seeing that the Ming army was blocked, the general of the Hongsha army raised the lotus flag and led 3,000 combat soldiers and more than 10,000 militiamen to attack.

They planned to encircle Wang Qilong's troops.

"Let Midan lead the Shenji Battalion up the hillside on the left and blast away the Hongsha Army."

The hillside is in the middle of Wang Qilong's Sanqing Left Army.

There were already more than a hundred Shenjiying soldiers with artillery and muskets to provide fire cover for Wang Qilong.

Unexpectedly, the Hongsha front army collapsed too quickly, and Wang Qilong launched an attack with his entire army. When most of the Hongsha army wanted to surround Wang Qilong who had rushed too far ahead.

The mercenary Shenji Battalion on the hillside has already been in close combat with the Hongsha soldiers.

After receiving the order, the Portuguese mercenary Midan led his men up the hill, continuously reloading artillery and flintlock rifles, and suppressing them with volleys. The Hongsha soldiers fell to the ground one after another like mowed grass.

European mercenaries in Ava City plundered the capital of Hongsha Kingdom and mistakenly boarded Zhu Cixuan's pirate ship.

The lower flood sand blocked the Jinsha River and the coast, so even if they robbed the money, they couldn't leave.

The people of Tianzhu Village were freed and wanted to return to their hometown.

On one hand, for money, on the other hand, for freedom.

Although their discipline and enforcement were not as good as those of Li Bai's army and the Sanqing army.

But their subjective initiative far exceeds that of the Han and barbarians.

Relying on the power of firearms, he surpassed Wang Qilong in gains in just a quarter of an hour.

Seeing this, the Hongsha army realized that they could not attack the hillside in a short time.

They also retreated a hundred meters, called in three homemade cannons and a musket team, and started shooting at the African black uncles in the Shenji Camp.

He also mobilized archers, erected huge trees, and repelled the Sanqing Left Army that wanted to break out of the encirclement.

The breeze on the top of the mountain made Zhu Cixuan squint his eyes.

"Not all the generals of Hongsha Kingdom are useless."

Fought a war with the Ming Dynasty for a year.

The Hongsha soldiers also understood that a serious field battle would mean giving Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan their heads.

In addition to defending the city.

Like the Ming Dynasty's chariot camp, they used chariots and elephants to block the Ming army, and then used bows and arrows, earthen cannons and muskets to fight from the chariots.

of course.

Even if Wang Qilong's Sanqing Army was replaced by Bai Wenxuan's Dashi Army, they would not be surrounded.

The enemy was defeated with one blow and the general was beheaded.

Seeing the battle had reached a stalemate, Pan Huang asked:

"Your Highness, should we dispatch General Deng Kai's Three Purities Right Army?"

"Although General Wang Qilong hasn't lost too many soldiers, it seems he can't break out."

Zhu Cixuan glanced at Pan Huang.

The only second-rate civil official in the Ming Dynasty court.

Half a child prodigy.

I say half because he is indeed far inferior to the Ming Dynasty prodigy Zhang Juzheng.

But he is one year younger than him, but his IQ is far superior to that of the current Ming Dynasty emperors and ministers.

Really high IQ.

Zhu Cixuan led the Ava mutiny, killed Ping Dali, and forced Mangbai to retreat, and his command increased by two points.

Pan Huang just hung out with European mercenaries for a while.

Learning a foreign language can increase your intelligence by two points.

It is estimated that before Zhu Cixuan evolved into Li Shimin, he evolved into Zhang Juzheng.

His thoughts shifted slightly, and Zhu Cixuan turned his attention back to the battlefield.

There is really no need to worry too much about this battle.

Not to mention Bai Wenxuan's three thousand soldiers in the rear.

Right now.

If Zhu Cixuan's entire army of more than 10,000 Sanqing troops were deployed, they could easily repel Mang Bai's vanguard.

In the first game, both sides were testing the waters against each other.

However, Zhu Cixuan dispatched most of the troops, while Mangbai only sent one-tenth of the army.

Zhu Cixuan held a horsewhip and waved it towards General Hongsha's flag.

"Pan Huang, which general of Hongsha is this?"

Thanks to Sanqing Education, Pan Huang, who has not yet learned foreign languages ​​with his wife, has been cramming knowledge about places around the world and Hongsawadi during this period.

Pan Huang squinted at the red lotus on the flag and answered quickly.

"He must be the Yonggui Marquis of Hongsha State. Yonggui County is located east of Ava City. He must have fought many battles with the Jin and Gong clans."

Zhu Cixuan was slightly startled: "Marquis Yonggui? But he is from the Toungoo royal family."

Pan Huang thought for a moment and said:
"It is the royal family of Toungoo. No one except a royal descendant can be granted the title of governor in the vicinity of Ava."

"This Yonggui Marquis is the son of his brother, Prince Long, and the eldest son of Mingda, born to the wife of Prince Liangyuan, Mingkang."

Pindali's cousin.

My cousin?
Zhu Cixuan began to get excited.

(End of this chapter)