Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 9 Battle in Burma
During the Ming Dynasty, the governance system of "Three Propaganda and Six Comforts" was adopted for the southwest.The so-called three Xuanwei Divisions and Six Welfare Divisions refer to the Nandian Xuanfu Division, Qianya Xuanfu Division, and Longchuan Xuanfu Division. Dian Xuanwei Department, Mengyang Xuanwei Department, Laos Xuanwei Department.Sanxuan basically belongs to Yunnan, while Liuwei is distributed in Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and other places.

The "Three Xuan and Six Wei" are all chieftains, that is, their chiefs are hereditary from the leaders of the local tribes or political powers. The chieftains carry out internal autonomy, but they are responsible for "conscripts and tributes" and "tributes" to the court, which is a typical feudal system. The political system.The imperial court and local state governments had the right to dispatch chieftains' native soldiers.Due to the geographical distance and the degree of naturalization of the tribe, these chieftains are divided into inner and outer areas.Although the Ming Dynasty ruled them in different ways and had different degrees of control, they were all part of the Ming Dynasty's territory.

From this point of view, Ming Dynasty is actually a two-ocean country, with the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Indian Ocean to the Myanmar Xuanweisi on the west.

After the rise of the Toungoo dynasty, the system of three declarations and six consolations basically collapsed, and most of the local chieftains submitted to the Toungoo dynasty of Myanmar.However, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Toungoo dynasty was already weak and even the remnant army of the Southern Ming Dynasty led by Li Dingguo could not resist it. They could only rely on hijacking Yongli to resist.

Bai Mingxiu received the main task of the system, and consciously opened up a new situation in the Indochina Peninsula.This piece of land directly connected to the Central Plains can be said to be the best destination for Chinese immigrants.Bai Mingxiu intends to directly change the system of the Xuanwei Division to the colonial system of the Ming Dynasty, but it is impossible for him to appoint a noble from the local tribe to serve as the Xuanwei Division. Instead, he needs a Han to serve as the Colonial Governor.

Although Bai Mingxiu said it briefly, Li Dingguo thought about it and thought that Bai Mingxiu was right.He had always been under great pressure. After the defeat at the Battle of Mopanshan, he understood that Wu Sangui would sooner or later send troops to Burma to hunt down Nanming.If the battlefield cannot be prepared in advance and the advantage of this land being unfamiliar to the Qing army, the Ming army may really collapse in this foreign country.

Thinking of this, Li Dingguo looked at the young prince Zhu Cixuan, who was much shorter than him, and felt turbulent in his heart.

"Could it be that God has blessed us with the Ming Dynasty? With a wise and capable prince, perhaps there is hope that we can turn things around and revive the Ming Dynasty."

At this time, Bai Mingxiu had already sent scouts from the guard company to investigate the Burmese army's intelligence. After Li Sixing's cavalry became available, Bai Mingxiu asked Li Sixing to send more scouting horses. Although Bai Mingxiu had not actually commanded a battle, he still knew the information very well. of importance.

The Ming army camped near a slowly flowing river. Bai Mingxiu said to Li Dingguo: "The Burmese army is several times stronger than our army, but the Burmese army is composed of vassal armies of various chieftains. These chieftain troops will retreat once they encounter setbacks. The troops directly under the Burmese king Mangbai are not many. We mainly defeat the troops directly under Mangbai. This battle can be won in one battle. We set up a formation behind the river, attract the Burmese army to attack with a small number of troops, and make a plan to cross the river. When the Burmese army launches an offensive, the guard company under my command will suppress it with strong firepower. At this time, I hope that King Jin can use the main force of our army to attack the rear of the Burmese army from the rear and directly defeat the Burmese army. "

Li Dingguo did not expect Bai Mingxiu to have such insight, but he shook his head and said: "The Burmese army has twenty to thirty thousand soldiers and horses. Even if I leave a thousand troops to His Highness, how can His Highness resist?"

Bai Mingxiu smiled reservedly and said, "Of course I have something to rely on. The guard company that came back from overseas uses firecrackers that can fire dozens of rounds in one breath. If I lose to this burst of fire, as long as Company Commander Zhao arranges a position, sets up thorns and trenches, and is guarded by the courageous men of the King of Jin, even if tens of thousands of Burmese troops attack, my position can remain invincible. "

Li Dingguo had heard about the powerful weapons in the hands of the so-called Zheng He's survivors before, but he still didn't have an intuitive concept.Bai Mingxiu had no choice but to arrange a special weapon display. When the display was completed, Li Dingguo was eager to snatch the weapons from the guard company directly from Bai Mingxiu.

"A hundred people can count as a thousand!" Li Dingguo kept muttering.

Bai Mingxiu said with a light smile: "Prince Jin, please lead the army and move to the rear first, pay attention to the movement of the Burmese army at all times, and don't expose it too early. The Burmese army probably doesn't know that our two armies have merged, and they are still chasing after us. I Digging a trench here is enough to cover the ambush on our side."

Zhao Xu ordered people to dig a trench. After Li Dingguo watched it, he immediately saw the subtleties of the trench.

"These trenches can hide troops. Digging trenches is much faster than building a city. Guarded by quick guns, even if the enemy charges up, the swordsmen in the trench can fight with them in close combat. If one trench falls, reinforcements can come from another. It’s really a good way to defend yourself in a field battle.”

Li Dingguo is also worthy of being a good general in the late Ming Dynasty. His military genius is really not a cover.Li Dingguo left five hundred soldiers for Bai Mingxiu. These soldiers were mainly musketeers, and there were also some elite soldiers under his command.At this point in time in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, in fact, the Ming and Qing armies had achieved at least [-]% of their weaponization.It's just that the firearms they use are relatively primitive, mainly firearms such as shotguns and carrying guns that lack precision and power.Not to mention the guns of the US military level in World War II, even the front-loading smoothbore flintlock guns used by Europeans are not as good.

Although the firearms such as shotguns and three-eyed blunderbuss used by the Ming army were not powerful, they were still considered firearms to some extent.

In addition to these soldiers, Li Dingguo also left his profitable deputy general Jin Tongwu with Bai Mingxiu, asking him to protect His Highness the Crown Prince.As for Emperor Yongli and other entourage, Li Dingguo sent his son Li Sixing to protect them and continued to retreat to Dongwu.

The Ming army was almost ready, and the Burmese army's pursuit force finally arrived.

The Burmese Army's team is not even particularly neat. Except for a few elephants, the Burmese Army's brigades are basically infantry, and they are organized into different teams, and there is no cover or coordination between them.

When the Burmese army approached the river, they finally saw the Ming army camping by the water.

Na Jinya, a general of the Burmese army, said loudly: "The Ming people are by the river, don't tell them to cross the river, the whole army rushes for me!"

At this time, the guard next to him said: "But it is said that the demonstrators are particularly powerful with firearms. The two groups of people we sent out were defeated by them one after another."

But Jin Ya said nonchalantly: "Even if the firearms are powerful, so what? We have more than 2 people here, and even if we employ people, the Ming people will be piled up to death. If the Ming emperor cannot be captured, if the Qing army attacks us, we will die." It's really troublesome!"

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