The Prime Minister of Myanmar held a long sword in his hand, turned over and straddled his horse and took the lead in charging towards the Ming army...

He no longer cares whether the soldiers behind him keep up. The defeat has been decided and he will die sooner or later. He will not force them at this time.

Seeing a majestic Ming general among the Ming troops in front, the Prime Minister of Myanmar roared angrily, urged his horse to charge forward, and prepared to kill the Ming general with all his might.

General Ming saw this and waved the soldiers in front of him to disperse. He was ready to challenge the Prime Minister of the Burmese Army to a duel.

However, he did not draw the knife, but gently raised his right hand. He held a revolver tightly in his right hand and raised his hand to pull the trigger:

"Bang……"

There was a gunshot, and Burma's number one general, the national protector, and the prime minister of Burma had just raised his sword, but was shot to death by General Ming!

This Ming general is none other than Li Dingguo. He used to be a sharpshooter. He could pierce the Yangtze with a hundred steps and his arrows were all in vain...

After surrendering to the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Shenwu personally gave him a pistol. After using the pistol, Li Dingguo couldn't put it down.

Compared with bows and arrows, pistols are more powerful, less labor-intensive, and easier to carry...

With Li Dingguo's ability, even with cold weapons, the Prime Minister of Myanmar has no chance of winning.

Li Dingguo originally liked spears and bows. Seeing that Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi were completely invincible with their firearms, he decisively chose to use a pistol, and there was a sniper rifle hanging on his horse...

He could easily kill his opponent by raising his hand and pulling the trigger. This method was simple, crude and efficient, and he would throw away the cold weapon without hesitation.

Seeing the leader of the Burmese army urging his horse to kill him, Li Dingguo raised his gun and killed him. Blowing the smoke from the muzzle, he looked disdainfully at the corpse of the Burmese Prime Minister on the ground:

"Ignorant common man, how old are you? He still wields a knife and a gun..."

After Li Dingguo killed the Prime Minister of Myanmar, he immediately commanded the army to surround and kill the Myanmar army...

The fighting in the Burmese army camp was not fierce. The Ming army was chasing the Burmese soldiers. The city had become a mess...

Encircled and intercepted by three armies of the Ming Army, the Burmese army had nowhere to escape. From time to time, some people knelt down and begged for mercy, daring not to resist any longer.

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After the battle in Jiangtucheng, Li Dingguo, Lu Xiangkun, and Shen Tingyang once again divided their troops into three groups, starting from Jiangtucheng and marching towards Ava, the capital of Myanmar!

Mu Tianbo, the dignified Duke of Guizhou in the Ming Dynasty, could only serve as the leader of the Ming army at this time. He could hardly participate in the battle. The Ming army was too fierce and his Yunnan army could not keep up...

The road from Yunnan to Myanmar is rugged and difficult to navigate, with numerous jungles, making it difficult to travel almost all the way.

The road from Jiangtou City to Awa is a plain with pleasant scenery. The soldiers of the Ming Army immediately smiled when they saw this...

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When news of the defeat on the front line came, the entire city of Ava was in a state of panic.

I thought it would be difficult for the Ming army to break through the barrier of the virgin forest, but I didn't expect to defeat Jiangtou City so quickly.

The Burmese king immediately began to mobilize various armies and heavily defended the Ming army from attacking Toungoodu Awa.

After receiving the strict order, the Burmese army soldiers hurriedly stopped their production work, quickly reported to the designated location, and prepared to go out to stop the Ming army.

These doormen soldiers have traveled a long and dusty journey, with bedding and iron pots hanging on one end of their weapons, and personal military supplies such as rice and salt on the other end.

In this way, the Burmese soldiers marched to where they wanted to go without vehicles or tents, wearing daily clothes and with red strips of cloth on their heads as a soldier's mark.

When camping, we rest on the spot and cook our own meals after getting up. We are both warriors and logistics, and there is no burden of baggage at all.

The Burmese army's seemingly disregard for the safety of grassroots soldiers has greatly increased the army's mobility.

Such an army is most suitable for fighting in terrain like Myanmar. Unfortunately, the Ming army and equipment they faced this time were things they had never encountered before.

They had never even heard of it. How did they know that the Ming army's equipment was already one of the most powerful armies of that era?

Along the way, the Ming army's tiger and wolf divisions were invincible and effortlessly defeated the chieftain soldiers who came to support them one by one.

Sometimes the Ming army dispatched only one general and easily defeated the Burmese army, which numbered thousands.

This time, in addition to the warriors, there were also savages from primitive tribes who were recruited by the Burmese king to join the war.

These people have thick lips. The Burmese army used them as cannon fodder, but the Ming army called them savages.

The savages followed a very wild path, fought bravely, and rushed upward with sticks. They were not afraid of the Ming army at all. They really had the professionalism to be cannon fodder.

It's a pity that cannon fodder will always be cannon fodder. The Ming army unceremoniously turned them into real cannon fodder, allowing them to successfully complete their sacred mission of becoming qualified cannon fodder.

After learning that the reinforcements from all walks of life were defeated and fled, the Burmese king was angry and frightened. Lu Xiangkun, Li Dingguo and others were also angered by the bombardment regardless of life and death.

Since the Toungoo dynasty was so ignorant, they decided to use violence to fight violence and use more brutal methods to control them!

The four generals Lu Xiangkun, Li Dingguo, Mu Tianbo, and Shen Tingyang sent orders to the entire army:

"Don't take any prisoners. We will kill all enemies we encounter. If there are any chieftains who resist, their tribes will be slaughtered!"

The tactics of the Burmese army soldiers are very fixed. Whether they are cavalry or infantry, they all like throwing weapons such as javelins and darts. Their strategy is to throw and run away.

Then let the musketeers follow up and shoot. The gate soldiers are not qualified to let the elephant soldiers take the lead, and can only respond to the enemy with a simple formation.

But the power of the Ming army's mortars and rifles was beyond their imagination.

Both the javelin and the dart have a range of only more than 20 steps. How can they reach the range of a rifle of more than 100 steps?

The darts and javelins landed dozens of steps away from the Ming army. After a round of shelling by the Ming army, plus several rounds of volleys, the Burmese army fell in pieces in front of the formation...

After several rounds of alternating shooting, the Burmese army's gate soldiers finally couldn't hold on any longer and were quickly defeated.

They have no armor and can run very fast. If in later generations, Bolt would not be able to run as fast as them...

Countries in Indochina have not produced armor since ancient times, and generally use rattan armor, which is just a simple helmet, shoulder pads and joint protection.

With the gradual popularization of firearms, rattan armor has lost its effectiveness. The main force of the Burmese army has no armor, let alone the main soldiers.

Li Dingguo and Lu Xiangkun ordered the cavalry to pursue and kill all the Burmese troops.

Now the fate of the household soldiers was tragic. No matter how fast they ran, they could not outrun the four-legged horses. Under the pursuit of the Ming army's cavalry, almost the entire army was wiped out...

Toast, who participated in the battle, was uprooted by the Ming army. In the next few days, the reputation of the Ming army for being murderous spread far and wide, and the resistance they encountered significantly decreased.

On the tenth day of April in the seventh year of Shenwu, the Ming army encountered an ambush of Burmese troops on their way to advance. They were all royal guards of the royal city.

Myanmar's military structure is a loose military alliance. The elite troops of the Burmese King are all within the capital. Only the Royal Guards can keep the power of the Burmese King strong.

Therefore, the Royal Guards are the most powerful army in the Burmese army, and there is no one in Burma.

However, Myanmar's powerful army was nothing compared to the Ming army.

Mortars, rifles, grenades, a sudden burst, they immediately fled in all directions, completely unable to see how powerful they were...

Li Dingguo and Lu Xiangkun led the Ming army to easily defeat the ambush and even captured several prisoners for interrogation.

The Jinyi Guards who accompanied the army tortured the prisoners and learned that the Burmese king sent all 10,000 imperial guards to ambush the Ming army.

Now there are almost no soldiers available in Dongava City, and there is only one king's guard to protect the palace!

Lu Xiangkun and Li Dingguo were overjoyed when they heard the news and continued to urge the army to advance faster. Half a day later, the Ming army arrived thirty miles outside the city of Ava.

At this time, the forward troops of the Ming Army encountered a Burmese Guards force, and the two armies began to strangle. As a result, the battle became one-sided. Many Burmese cavalry were shot to death by random gunshots. They fled back to the camp in the rear in panic, and then switched from offense to defense.

Despite repeated provocations from the Ming army, the imperial guards remained motionless and refused to fight, life or death. They even shouted:

"If you have the guts to attack the city..."

On the second day, Li Dingguo and Lu Xiangkun led the main land army to the foot of Toungoo City. At this time, Shen Tingyang's navy, which was traveling by land and water, had arrived, and the three armies launched an siege posture against Ava City.

Maybe the Toungoo dynasty should die. There was heavy fog in Ava that day, creating excellent conditions for the Ming army to attack the city.

Lu Xiangkun, Li Dingguo and other Ming army commanders were overjoyed and immediately sent orders for the army to attack Ava City.

With an order, the Ming army's artillery set up large-caliber mortars and began bombarding the city of Ava:

"Rumble..."

"Bang bang bang..."

At first there was artillery fire back at the top of the Awa city. Under the carpet bombing of more than a thousand mortars, there was soon no movement at the top of the city.

In fact, there are no Burmese troops in the city. Most of them are civilians temporarily recruited by the Burmese king, as well as civil and military officials and their servants.

The only ones with combat effectiveness are the King's Guards. They are responsible for guarding the palace and King Burma, and will not defend the city at all.

At this time, in the palace hall, the Burmese king sat on his throne with empty eyes.

The warlord and the ministers began to settle accounts after the fall, and the main hall was in chaos.

At this time, a Taungoo general ran into the hall panting and reported:

"Report to your Majesty, the Ming Navy is too fierce. The artillery on their warships fires explosive shells and other rockets. Our coastal cities have been attacked by the Ming Navy, Yangon, Pathein, Mao Dan Mian, Pathein

, earth tiles, etc., have all been lost..."

The officials in Dongyu who were noisy just now suddenly quieted down after hearing the report of the visitor, and they were all dumbfounded...

I thought that they could not defeat the Ming army and they could retreat from the sea, but now even the retreat plan was ruined.

As for going into the virgin forest to hide, they don't even dare to think about it. It's not a place for people at all. It's better to surrender than to go into the virgin forest and wait for death...

After a while, the ministers gradually calmed down. Surrender was the only way to survive. The ministers all looked at Boss Toungoo...

At this time, the king of Burma was even more confused than the ministers, and he felt filled with regret.

He was originally a king who was close to the Ming Dynasty. During his tenure, his relationship with the Ming Dynasty was neither cold nor cold. After receiving the notice from the Ming Dynasty, he also thought about joining the Ming Dynasty.
To be continued...