In fact, Zhu Youlang was well aware of the Burmese people's dissatisfaction with them. As early as when they were crossing the border, Burmese officials along the way had repeatedly made things difficult for them.

If Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Guizhou, had not taken out the seal of the Southern General to confirm the identity of this group of people, I am afraid they would not even be able to see the King of Myanmar.

At first, the Burmese king's dissatisfaction with Nanming was hidden in his heart and did not show it.

In their impression, the Ming Dynasty was a giant. As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.

Although Emperor Zhu did not have many soldiers around him, there were still many forces in the Central Plains that fought against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty. These forces were nominally dispatched by the Ming Dynasty.

Since the war situation in the Central Plains was unclear, no one could guarantee whether the Ming Dynasty could regain its legitimacy. With this idea in mind, the king of Myanmar treated the Nanming Emperor with courtesy and did not dare to offend him.

The next year, civil strife broke out in Myanmar. Mangbai, the brother of the king of Myanmar, overthrew his predecessor with the support of private parties and proclaimed himself king.

The house leaked and it rained continuously all night. After the death of the old Burmese king, the war situation in the Central Plains took a turn for the worse. Many forces who opposed the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty were killed by the Qing army.

Seeing that there was no hope for the restoration of Nan Ming, the new king of Myanmar made a 180-degree turn towards Nan Ming.

On the day the new king came to power, he sent an invitation to Nanming's elders to attend the ceremony, but only a few ministers attended, and Zhu Youlang did not show up at all.

This move convinced the new king that Zhu Youlang despised him.

In fact, it wasn't that Zhu Youlang didn't want to come forward, but that he couldn't.

At this point, everyone wants to please the king of Myanmar, but Zhu Youlang has little money. When he came, the gold and silver were basically used to honor the old king. How could he have money to send gifts to the new king?

Unfortunately, Mang Bai didn't think so. He firmly believed that Zhu Youlang still had a lot of money, but he just didn't want to give it to himself.

Since then, Mangbai's attitude towards Nanming has become worse and worse. He feels that the Nanming regime has long existed in name only. Since there is no way to squeeze out the remaining value, it is better to eliminate it as soon as possible.

Mang Bai ignored the etiquette and sent an envoy to ask for gifts from Zhu Youlang.

However, Zhu Youlang was extremely poor and could not get money.

So, the messenger returned to Mangbai in disgrace, saying that Zhu Youlang did not want to take the money.

Zhu Youlang was speechless and could only send people to the Burmese court many times to say good things.

Without seeing any actual benefits, Mangbai simply refused to listen to these meaningless words.

In July of the same year, Mang Bai saw that Nan Ming was really unwilling to pay, so he decided to make a fool of himself and extract the last value from Zhu Youlang.

For this reason, Mang Bai sent people to the post house to invite Zhu Youlang to cross the river, saying that he had prepared cursed water by the river. As long as Zhu Youlang drank the cursed water, Mangbai and Emperor Nanming would become friends forever.

The two countries formed an alliance and shared the same hatred. If Zhu Youlang refused to keep the appointment, Myanmar would sever relations with Nanming.

Since the Ming people had been disarmed before, they could only be slaughtered by others. During the battle, Mu Tianbo took the weapons from the enemy's hands, fought with the Burmese soldiers for his life, and finally killed nine enemies.

Others picked up the stones and sticks around them and fought to the death with the Burmese. However, they could not defeat the heavily armed Burmese, and they all died tragically under the Burmese swords.

Emperor Yongli was also placed under house arrest and later handed over to Wu Sangui. In order to show his loyalty to Jiannu, Wu Sangui executed Emperor Yongli with a bowstring...

It was Mang Bai and the Prime Minister's idea to tear up the Ming Dynasty's report and kill the Ming Dynasty messenger last time. Without the Prime Minister's full support, it would be difficult for Mang Bai to succeed in seizing the throne...

The Burmese king was already old and was somewhat unable to control the Toungoo dynasty at this time.

Prince Mangda of Dongxu also doted on his younger brother, which further indulged Mangbai's ambition.

Without waiting for King Toungoo's permission, Mangbai rushed out of Ava City, the capital of Toungoo, with 5,000 imperial guards and 2,000 elephant soldiers.

This army was only controlled by Mangbai, and the Burmese king did not know about it. If he knew that Mangbai had another 7,000 troops, including 2,000 elephant soldiers, what would the Burmese king think?

Elephant soldiers are the most important force in the army of Indochina. When they fight each other, they often see whose elephant soldiers are more fierce.

With two thousand elephant soldiers in front and five thousand imperial guards following closely behind, Mang Bai prepared to use the elephant soldiers to defeat the Ming army in one fell swoop and seize the imperial power of the Toungoo Dynasty.

They rushed out from the south gate with great momentum and rushed towards the Ming army formation opposite.

The defenders of the south gate were none other than the three Li Dingguo brothers. Suddenly they saw the south gate of Ava City open wide, and then countless elephant soldiers came out.

Li Dingguo couldn't help but frown and hurriedly ordered:

"Instructions are given, five rows of gun soldiers fire a volley, each row has two thousand people, two hundred paces. The mortars bomb at the same time. The elephant soldiers cannot get close. If the elephant soldiers break through the fire blockade, the gun soldiers quickly move to the left and right.

Retreat on both wings and let the elephant soldiers pass. You must not let the elephant soldiers disperse..."

"Here!"

Elephants, with their strong and huge bodies, can be said to be invulnerable on the battlefield.

Moreover, the elephant's attack power is very strong. If it steps on it, the liver and gallbladder will be broken. If it throws it over with its trunk, it can knock people flying and half to death.

Two thousand years ago, Alexander swept across the Middle East and was invincible, occupying the entire territory of Egypt and annexing the Persian Empire without spending a single soldier.

When their army moved to the Indus River Valley in an attempt to conquer India, they encountered the Indian elephant array.

Alexander's expeditionary force used swords to kill the immortal war elephants. Even the proud Macedonian phalanx suffered unprecedented heavy losses under the impact of the elephant array, and Alexander was also seriously injured.

During the Yongle Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, the British Duke Zhang Fu led an expedition to Annan. Annan also set up an elephant formation to deal with the Ming army.

At that time, the British Duke Zhang Fu used imaginary weapons. The Ming army used painted lions to cover the horses, and then blindfolded the horses to launch an attack. They also used magical firearms to attack, and finally defeated the Annan Elephant Formation.

Although I don't know why the elephants in Annan are afraid of lions, the British male's trick was successful.

After two hundred years, the Burmese army once again used its final trump card to deal with the Ming army.

Moreover, there were actually as many as two thousand elephant soldiers. In order to prevent the Ming army from attacking, the elephant slaves also blindfolded the war elephants and drove them away at all costs.

The elephant army is no joke. When the elephant army launches a collective charge, the oncoming behemoths are still a large group. Who can bear it!

Not to mention the impact of the elephant herd, this kind of scene alone will cause great psychological panic to the enemy, and it will be easy to defeat...

Mang Bai arranged the war elephants in front of the infantry, and the cavalry on both wings. The formation of the army was like an elephant fortress...

The soldiers of the Ming Army looked at the tall war elephants of the Toungoo Army and felt a little frightened. However, the Ming Army was always an elite. They were undefeated in every battle. They thought that the firearms in their hands could crush everything, so they quickly calmed down...

At this moment, Mu Tianbo, Duke of Guizhou, heard the news and hurriedly urged his horse to come.

Seeing the arrival of the Duke of Guizhou, Li Dingguo brothers hurriedly saluted:

"I have met the Duke of Guizhou."

Mu Tianbo looked at the elephants in the distance and felt a little flustered. He hurriedly waved his hands and said:

"General Li, when the British Duke Zhang Fu conquered Annan and faced the Chen Dynasty's elephant formation, he covered his horses with lion skins and won. Why don't we avoid their sharp edges first, and then follow the British Duke's example and be fully prepared before sending out troops..."

It was also the first time for Mu Tianbo to encounter such a large-scale elephant army, and he was a little nervous, so he advised Li Dingguo to retreat temporarily.

Li Dingguo didn't want to retreat, so he raised his hands and said:

"We cannot use the British tactics now. Where can we find lion skins? The general can only order the musketry soldiers to fire intensively. If the elephant soldiers cannot be driven back, immediately retreat to the woods on both sides and use the big trees for cover.

Shoot the elephant soldiers..."

Although Mu Tianbo was the Duke of Guizhou, Li Dingguo was the commander of this army, and Mu Tianbo had no right to command him. Seeing that Li Dingguo had made up his mind, he didn't say much and simply said:

"So good..."

Seeing that the Duke of Guizhou stopped talking, Li Dingguo sent an order again, using the rifle's speed of fire, to shoot the elephant soldiers in the front row, shoot the elephants in the back three rows, and attack freely in the last row.

A large group of elephants, driven by the elephant soldiers, came galloping with a momentum that was earth-shattering.

Mu Tianbo felt flustered. He opened his eyes and stared at the elephant soldiers closely. He wanted to see if Li Dingguo's tactics were effective.

Liu Wenxiu suddenly said:

"Second brother, how about handing over the elephant soldiers to the snipers?"

Li Dingguo asked hurriedly:

"Are you sure?"

Liu Wenxiu chuckled and said:

"Elephant soldiers? One shot at a time!"

After hearing one shot after another, Li Dingguo said hurriedly:

"Okay, you can step forward immediately with 500 snipers, and kill the soldiers on the elephant's back before 400 steps."

"Got the order!"

Liu Wenxiu took the order and immediately moved forward with five hundred snipers.

They set up an ambush about three hundred steps away from the Ming Army's firearm array, and even many snipers quickly climbed up the big tree...

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Mang Bai also rode on an elephant and personally directed the elephant soldiers to attack, followed closely by five thousand imperial guards.

These elephant soldiers held long swords tightly in their hands and stared at the Ming army's battle formation ahead with bloodthirsty eyes...

A sneer appeared at the corner of Mang Bai's mouth, and he waved his big hand and issued an order:

"Send the order, the elephant soldiers speed up the attack, and defeat all the Ming troops with one charge."

"Go ahead..."

"Kill the Guangming Dog and protect the Toungoo Dynasty..."

"Da da da..."

Two thousand elephant soldiers and five thousand Janissaries, coupled with the roar of the elephants, made the formation frightening.

Especially the two thousand elephants, which flapped their huge ears and stuck out their two long tusks, quickly rushed towards the Ming army's formation.
To be continued...