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This long snake array has now become a way to kill.

The defeated Burmese army was chased to the nearest camp, where many of the Burmese troops were by the river.After being rushed by the rout soldiers, and seeing Datong cavalry chasing after him, he subconsciously turned his head and ran away, and ran towards Bagan City.

Such an escape route is tantamount to continuing to attack the Burmese army positions ahead.

In less than half an hour, Yang Zhan led more than 3000 cavalry and smashed three Burmese army camps and positions one after another.The Burmese army was routed and overwhelming, with a total of 6 or [-] people fleeing.

Seeing this, Ding Jiasheng in the downstream also seized the opportunity to order: "Raise the artillery and bombard the Burmese army positions, and the rest of the troops will cross the river and rush to kill!"

On the downstream shore, more than 1000 ships piled with firewood are docked.

While boarding the boat, the Datong army threw down the firewood and took the boat to kill towards the opposite bank.

Helutao's command position is at the confluence of the Ayeyarwady River and its tributaries.Seeing the densely packed broken soldiers upstream, he had no intention of continuing to fight, and shouted in panic: "Go back to the city and hold on!"

The Burmese artillery team at the edge of the woods, all the Burmese had fled, and a group of Portuguese and Armenian artillerymen came to surrender with their hands raised.

The main force of the infantry of the Datong Army upstream did not even look at the captives, but ran along the river bank in pursuit, throwing all the captives to the Mon servants.

Yang Zhan led the cavalry, broke through an enemy camp again, and chased to the confluence of the river.Tens of thousands of Burmese troops were defeated and jumped into the river. They had to swim across the river to enter the city.

"Collect Ships!"

In front of him was the broad Irrawaddy River, and Yang Zhan did not dare to swim across it rashly.

Downstream, Ding Jiasheng's troops passed by by boat.

There are only a few artillery pieces deployed by the Burmese army here, and there are about a few hundred musketeers, and the rest of the long-range troops are all archers.

The musketeers of the Datong Army squatted on the bow and fired at the enemy.

Although the Datong army suffered more casualties, the Burmese army guarding the shore was terrified.As the ships of the Datong Army continued to approach, there were cries and cries from the other side, and the naked eye could see that all the routs in the river were thrashing. The Burmese army here finally couldn't bear the psychological pressure, and gave up their positions one after another and ran for their lives.

After such a run, the originally well-organized Burmese army suddenly became a group of defeated soldiers.They didn't dare to turn around to stop them, they just wanted to escape into the city as soon as possible, and they would be safe after entering the city.

There are twelve city gates in Bagan City, and only four gates are built with urns.

After Hei Ludao led his troops back to the city, he only dared to open these four gates.Countless Burmese rout soldiers scrambled towards the city gate, and began to trample on each other outside the city gate, which greatly slowed down the speed of entering the city.

Seeing the Datong army chasing them, the Burmese army blocking the outermost area rushed towards the city gate regardless, and fled around the city in fright.

Ding Jiasheng's cavalry chased after them, and saw that the moat was full of rout soldiers, many of whom were squeezed down when crossing the bridge.Between the moat and the city wall, there are also Burmese troops running aimlessly everywhere.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

After a musket shot, the already chaotic Burmese army collapsed, like boiling water bubbling and bubbling.

Most of them have lost their minds, swinging their knives and looking at the friendly troops blocking their way.More people fled north along the city wall. They didn't want to go into the city anymore. It didn't matter where they fled, and it was best to escape all the way back to their hometown.

Hei Lutao organized troops to enter the city and guarded several urns, but he was helpless against the chaos outside the city.

Finally, the infantry under Ding Jiasheng's command and the servants of the Mon nationality also followed and shot and fired arrows at the Burmese army outside the city.

Crying, roaring, wailing... could be heard endlessly.

More routs fled around the city towards the north, and the Datong Army kept firing along the way, keeping those Burmese routs in a state of panic and dementia.

The cavalry followed the moat and went around the bridge to the north.

Tens of thousands of rout soldiers were fleeing across the bridge, and people were squeezed out of the moat from time to time.Even if they successfully crossed the bridge, they would be hacked and killed by Datong cavalry, and thousands of Burmese troops knelt down and surrendered.

On Hei Lutao's side, seeing Datong infantry chasing outside the moat, he hastily ordered: "Shoot the arrows, close the door!"

The arrows were not aimed at the Datong army, but at the Burmese army in the Wengcheng.

A large number of Burmese army arrows shot towards the gate of Wengcheng.The Burmese army in the vicinity was routed, some shot down, and some were frightened to squeeze outside. The Burmese army in the inner city took the opportunity to close the city gate.

After an unknown amount of time, the battlefield finally quieted down.

Of the more than 2 troops in Myanmar, less than [-] managed to escape into the city.

On the other side of the Datong Army, only more than 3 prisoners were captured.

The remaining Burmese soldiers who disappeared were either killed in battle, fell into the water and drowned, or fled to their hometowns.

Hei Ludao and Mangbai stood at the top of the city wall, the monarch and his subjects looked at each other.

Just yesterday, more than [-] of them besieged and wiped out the Datong army, but now they are besieged in the city themselves.

Ding Jiasheng stood outside the city on horseback: "Build siege equipment, and choose another day to attack the city!"

But I saw baskets hanging from the city, and a Burmese envoy came running.

The messenger knelt down and cried: "My king is willing to surrender, and my king is willing to compensate for all the losses of the Celestial Dynasty."

Yang Zhan sneered: "If you want to surrender, let King Myanmar come out!"

When the envoy returned to the city, Mangbai was at a loss.

Hei Ludao said: "If you send envoys out at night and pay a lot of money to bribe the generals of the Han army, there may be a glimmer of life."

"Yes, yes, give them all the money, and if it is not enough, send it from Ava." Mangbai said quickly.

This ten-year-old Burmese king has always been intelligent and steady.

But after all, he has never experienced major events, and now he is trapped in the city, and the country may be destroyed at any time, so he immediately becomes timid and afraid of death.

In the evening, the troops were withdrawn and returned to camp.

"General, catch Xi Zuo and claim to be the envoy of King Myanmar!"

"bring it here."

This envoy can also speak Chinese, and when he met, he prostrated himself on the ground: "My king is willing to open the city and surrender, and please ask the general to speak a few words to the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty. The land of the chieftain in the north can be returned to China, and then China will be compensated." Gold and silver treasures. If the royal family can be kept, my king is willing to give the general a thousand taels of gold and 5 taels of silver."

Ding Jiasheng blinked at Yang Zhan, and then looked delighted: "Really...ahem, this gold and silver is not enough."

The messenger said: "Then add 300 taels of gold and 1 taels of silver."

"No reason!"

Yang Zhan got up angrily: "Why only give him money? What about my share? If I don't have money to take, all the royal family in Burma will die!"

"Yes, yes, this general also has it!" The messenger said quickly.

"How much can I take?" Yang Zhan asked.

The envoy wanted to say that you should share the money equally, but he was afraid of offending Yang Zhan, so he answered bravely, "This... villain wants to go back and ask for instructions."

"Go, go!" Yang Zhan urged.

When the envoy left, Ding Jiasheng and Yang Zhan looked at each other and laughed, and ordered the craftsmen accompanying the army to speed up the construction of the siege ladder.

The envoy returned to the city and told the situation in detail: "There are two generals of the Han people, and tens of thousands of taels of silver is not enough. The chief general is very young, and his eyes lit up when he heard that there was silver. I want money myself, but if he can't get it, the king... the royal family will die."

The next day, the envoy continued to come over to negotiate the price.

Finally, it was agreed that Ding Jiasheng would be given 1500 taels of gold and 6 taels of silver, and Yang Zhan would be given 1200 taels of gold and 5 taels of silver.Since there is not so much gold and silver accompanying the army, I will give 5 taels of silver as a deposit first, and the rest will be shipped from the capital Ava.

After negotiating the price, Mangbai and Heiludao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, they sent troops to search the city and storm into the homes of rich families to extort money.

The soldiers took the opportunity to blackmail, and at least half of the gold and silver they obtained were distributed privately, and it was difficult to collect tens of thousands of taels of silver.The people in the city are miserable and full of resentment.

But those Burmese defenders are getting more and more relaxed, jealous that those search troops can make money.

More and more Burmese troops did not receive orders to make money, but under the leadership of middle-level officers, they extorted money in the name of the king.

The entire city of Bagan was polluted by the army.

At this moment, two consecutive fast boats sailed from the north to report.

The messenger was intercepted by the Datong army, and Huang Yao's main force had already reached Anzhengguo City (Xingu).And the inspectors on the east route of the North Road, with the chieftain allied forces, had already approached Meimiao City.

The Burmese army in Anzhengguo City, relying on the defense of the city, blocked Huang Yao under the city.

On the other side of Meimiao is the chieftain army, which originally belonged to the chieftain of Mubang.When encountering the joint army of inspectors, they surrendered without saying a word, and even served as a guide for the Chinese army.It is only 200 miles away from Awa, the capital of Myanmar, but they cannot take a boat and have to climb over the mountains. It takes about half a month to reach the city of Awa.

"Let these messengers go there," Ding Jiasheng said with a smile, "tell King Burma that the general is going to increase the price, and ask him to pay another 1 taels of silver."

Chapter 873 [Emperor Zhao, a good man and a faithful woman]

"Another...another 1 taels?"

Mangbai, King of Burma, was temporarily raised. His first reaction was not to be angry, but to ask: "The two Chinese generals, will the price be increased by [-] at the same time, or [-] each?"

The person who came to spread the word was the secret agent of the Yunnan Institute of the National Security Council, who had been in Myanmar with merchants for several years.This detailed work quickly caught up with King Burma's thinking, and quickly said: "A general raised the price by 1 taels. Our army has strict discipline and is not allowed to collect money in private. The friendly troops from the north and east are almost coming. The two generals need More money to manage."

"I understand, I understand." Mangbai immediately understood that the situation had changed, the more troops killed, the more generals needed to be settled with money.

You have to hurry up and search for money, otherwise the Datong army will kill all of them, and you won't have so much money to redeem yourself.

Damn it, because Yu Jia's personal conquest left in a hurry, he didn't bring any goods from the capital.The Chinese general didn't trust us, so he insisted on paying a deposit of tens of thousands of taels here, otherwise, when we returned to the capital, wouldn't we be able to collect all the money easily?

Mangbai rolled his eyes and asked, "Can treasures be used to deduct gold and silver?"

"What treasure?" Xi Zuo asked back.

"Thirty-six "Tripitaka" written by Bayeux, and a large number of eminent monks' relics." Mang Bai blurted out.

Xizuo was dumbfounded, he came to this city with merchants, and knew what these Buddha treasures meant.Subconsciously replied: "It should...can be deducted from gold and silver."

Mangbai thought for a while, and then said: "These scriptures and relics are taken as collateral. When I return to Ava City, I will redeem them with more gold and silver."

"Yes, yes." Seisaku nodded repeatedly.

Although there are many old capitals in Myanmar, Bagan City is definitely the one with the longest history and culture.

It is the capital of the Anuluddha Dynasty in Myanmar, which was the first unified dynasty in Myanmar including Burmese, Shan, Meng and other ethnic groups.The large and small Buddhist temples in the city have been built for more than 200 years, with a total of more than 1 pagodas.It is said that there are 3 million pagodas in a radius of hundreds of miles outside the city, so Bagan is also known as "the city of 444 million pagodas".

Later, when Western colonists came here, only more than 2000 Buddhist pagodas in Bagan were destroyed, and countless Buddhist treasures disappeared.

Before, they only searched for rich merchants in the city, and the soldiers did not dare to attack the temple.

Now at the order of the King of Myanmar, the Burmese army rushed into the 36 largest temples and forced the monks to hand over the Beiye scriptures and relics collected in the temple.

When the news came out, the crowd was excited.

Even many nobles and generals were full of resentment and anger towards King Myanmar.They do not object to the search for wealthy businessmen, and even actively participate in it, but they must not disturb the temple, let alone hand over the Buddhist treasures.

"It's impossible for us to win. Bagan City will be breached sooner or later."

"We can't let Mangbai continue to be the king. Mangda has been the king for a few years and forced us to pay more tribute. If Mangbai returns to Ava alive and continues to be his king, he will definitely increase the tribute. Otherwise, where will he come from?" money and food to rule the country?"

"That is, the tribute tax has increased year after year, and it cannot be increased in the future."

"Mangbai disrespected the Buddha, he is not qualified to be a king anymore!"

"There is also Hei Ludao, who controls the court and the king. His family members not only extort money from their own lands, but also extend their hands to other people's lands. This treacherous official who has brought disaster to the country and the people cannot be allowed to live any longer. "

"..."

It is true that Hei Lutao has prestige in the court, and it is true that he has connections in the Burmese army.But more than [-] soldiers were killed in the First World War, and the prestige was gone, and the military began to question this person's ability.

The most important thing is that the city is besieged by the Datong army. I heard that the capital will also be attacked.These aristocratic generals in Myanmar must push one or two people out to take the blame, maybe they can get the forgiveness of the Chinese emperor, and maybe they can keep their own fiefs.

As for the ones who are responsible, Mangbai, king of Burma, and Hei Ludao, the treacherous minister, are also counted as one.

Before Mangbai had time to send out the Bayeux Sutra and the relics, dozens of noble generals had already connected in series.

"Catch the tyrant alive!"

"Kill the traitor!"

The noble generals led the army and came from all directions, mingling with the personal guards of Mang Bai and Hei Ludao.

The Burmese army who was still guarding the city was tense by the shouts of killing in the city, and stood on the city wall completely unaware of what happened.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The musketeers used in this internal strife were crackling, and the movement could be heard even outside the city.

"This is... a fight?" Ding Jiasheng was a little surprised.

Yang Zhan also couldn't laugh or cry: "Let's take the opportunity to attack the city."

The two of them pretended to be greedy for money, but they had two purposes: first, to let the Burmese army relax their vigilance, give birth to the mentality of being able to seek peace, and then look for opportunities to attack the city; You don't need to rob civilians anymore, you can easily get more loot.

Unexpectedly, the Burmese army was brought into infighting.

The moat outside Bagan City is too wide, and the Datong Army has never filled it in. Now it directly uses bamboo and wood to build pontoon bridges.

The Datong army approached outside the city, and there were internal strife inside the city, and the defenders on the city wall were at a loss.When several pontoon bridges were built, the Burmese defenders suddenly began to flee, and most of them rushed into the city to take the opportunity to loot.

There were also a few mid-level officers who led the troops to open the city gate: "Anyone who wants to live, open the gate with me and surrender!"