Chapter 31                                                             �

In this era, at any time, the soldiers lag behind in the war.

After all, it will take more than ten days to transmit the news from southern Xinjiang to the capital even if it is 800 miles to speed up.

When Zhu Qizhen was discussing this matter, the war had already reached the city of Luchuan.

It’s not that Prince Xiang is too incompetent, it can only be said that Luchuan is too careless.

Since King Xiangxian established his foundation in Luchuan, the friction between Xiangguo and Myanmar has never stopped. Almost every few years, a battle has to be fought.

But both sides are very restrained.

King Xiang got used to it.

But this time, Prince Xiang also thought so. Faced with Myanmar's invasion, Prince Xiang ordered a general to have an army of territories. Xiangguo had about 60,000 troops.

Among them, the elite ones were the three guards of King Xiang. Although they were named Wei, their time was far beyond the editor. One guard in the Ming Dynasty was generally around 5,600.

This is why the most basic combat unit of the Ming Jing Camp is also a battalion of 5,000 people. The combat system is actually inherited from the two.

All of them are 5,000 people as a combat unit. The only difference is that one ward has land. The military pay is very low, only monthly food, but the family has tax-free land. However, the camp soldiers are war soldiers, who directly lead the military pay.

However, each of the three guards of King Xiang was organized by the 10,000 people. They were elite soldiers directly controlled by King Xiang, all near Luchuan.

The remaining 30,000 people were stationed in various places.

The prince of Xiang sent him one of the three guards of Xiang, and there were several garrisons.

As a result, the Myanmar side caught off guard.

The Ava dynasty in Myanmar almost all the troops went north, claiming to be a army of hundreds of thousands, and there were tens of thousands of elephants alone. Of course, this claim is very false.

But it is possible to have more than 100,000 troops and thousands of war elephants.

The elite soldiers of King Xiang were just the descendants of the Northern Army who were left behind in the Battle of Luchuan.

They and King Xiang placed Luchuan together. Luchuan was a narrow basin, and there were good arable land in this basin. King Xiang placed these people near Luchuan City.

These people are the team that King Xiang trusts the most.

However, if we really talk about these elite soldiers of King Xiang, they were just elite soldiers of the Ming army before Zhu Qizhen implemented military reforms. They could not be said to be unable to fight, but the number of firearms and equipment, war horse equipment, and even the number of martial arts officers were far better than the real elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

King Xiang had more than 10,000 elite troops, and was surrounded by the Burmese army at once.

After three days of fighting, more than 10,000 troops of King Xiang collapsed. After the Burmese army headed north, King Xiang's fiefdoms, except for Luchuan City, turned against each other or waited and watched.

Drive straight into the city of Luchuan.

The prince of King Xiang could only defend the city with the veteran Fang Ying while asking for help.

However, although Luchuan City is not a heroic city, it is also the result of two generations of operations.

After King Xiangxian came to Luchuan, he felt particularly insecure. This situation was reflected in the construction of the city. King Xiangxian, his son, the current King Xiang, and even the current ruler of King Xiang, did not give up the construction of Luchuan City.

Of course.

Luchuan's national strength cannot be compared with the Ming Dynasty. To be honest, Luchuan's manpower and material resources are just a mansion in the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Luchuan City has been built intermittently for decades, and it is not as good as a world-class city like Nanjing and Beijing, but some of the Central Plains prefectures are much better.

It is also a strong city.

The entire Luchuan City is divided into three parts. The middle is the royal city, that is, the Xiangwang Mansion. The outer edge is the inner city, which is the place where the people are active, and the outer edge is the outer city.

In fact, there are large open spaces outside the inner wall and the outer wall, which are only used for farming fields on weekdays.

But this longest outer city wall is definitely not useless.

And when used, it is now.

The Luchuan city gate was wide open, bringing the Han people in the entire Luchuan Basin and some local tribes loyal to King Xiang into the city.

This is the rule set by King Xiangxian.

Because, after decades in southern Xinjiang, he discovered that his most precious thing was the population, the population of the Han people.

It is nothing else. Having enough Han people is the foundation for King Xiang to gain a foothold in the southern border, and it is also the foundation for them to change Xia from the barbarians, rather than Xia from the barbarians.

Therefore, King Xiangxian spared no effort to build this outer city. It was empty on weekdays, but now with the Luchuan Basin, everyone hid in the Luchuan City, and the outer city suddenly became more crowded, with tents next to each other. Although it was not crowded, it was densely packed.

This is what King Xiangxian prepared. When a crisis arises, he all hid in Luchuan City and waited for the imperial court to rescue him.

Everything can be given up, and the only Han people need to be safe.

After all, it has always been a difficult thing to migrate people from the mainland of Ming Dynasty.

Even if the court comes to do it, the same is true.

It is difficult for King Xiang to get a share of the pie from the mainland immigrants. Once there is not enough Han people, it is difficult for King Xiang to gain a foothold in southern Xinjiang.

However, there are pros and cons.

The biggest disadvantage is that the city wall is too long and there are more soldiers needed.

Now the prince of King Xiang has only 20,000 troops, which is not enough to defend the city wall at all. He can only temporarily recruit civilians to the city. Fortunately, King Xiang is always prepared, there is no shortage of supplies and equipment to defend the city.

At this moment, the prince of King Xiang walked on the city wall with the veteran Fang Ying.

Fang Ying is not only the most famous general in Xiangguo, but also a general that many people will find difficult to surpass in the future. Zhuge Liang came out of the army and said that many talents in Shu Han were "all of them have been integrated into the elites of all directions within decades, not owned by a state."

Fang Ying is such a talent.

Fang Ying was born in a general, and he followed his father many times to train. He had seen the wind and sand in the north of the desert, the jungle in the southern border, and had seen the Washu cavalry and Luchuan elephant soldiers. He had fought among thousands of troops and personally participated in the battle of more than 100,000 people.

Such talents are by no means something that can be raised in a small area in Luchuan.

Therefore, King Xiang's ancestors and grandchildren were the Great Wall for three generations, and Fang Ying was also the father-in-law of the prince of King Xiang.

At this moment, the prince of King Xiang and Fang Ying patrol the city together. When the soldiers saw Fang Ying, they immediately felt at ease.

However, when Prince Xiang saw Fang Ying's head full of white hair, he was secretly worried. Fang Ying was already old, he was over 70 years old. Fang Zheng had two sons, Fang Jin and Fang Ying. Fang Jin had now faded out of the military industry in Beijing. It was because time was unforgivable that he was at ease to train students in martial arts.

But Fang Ying had to go into battle at this age and boost the morale of the army.

But Fang Ying had no feeling at all.

The weather in Luchuan is very hot all year round. In this weather, Fang Ying has not lost any armor. At this moment, Fang Ying's li-blood has been completely wiped out by sweat.

Fang Ying seemed to have no sense at all. He looked outside the city and said to Prince Xiang: "Please rest assured, the thieves of the Southern Barbarians will definitely not be able to break through the city." Then Fang Ying sneered and said, "A group of savages in the Southern Barbarians also know how to attack the city."

Fang Ying's ridicule is not without reason.

The Myanmar army looks dense, but its equipment is full of cold weapons. Although there are some firearms, you can tell from the style that these are firearms passed down from the Ming Dynasty.

No cannons.

But without cannons does not mean that there is no way to attack the city.

After all, although there are still some cannons in Luchuan City, there are not many real heavy cannons. The strategy of sealing is also pros and cons for border defense.

The advantage is that Luchuan has great autonomy and can do many things without Beijing’s approval.

But the disadvantage is that since Luchuan has been divided, it is not under the jurisdiction of Daming. Many new Ming weapons, Luchuan ranks the last in the Ming Dynasty's dress-up, and is not even distributed to Luchuan for free at all.

Luchuan wants to buy it at Shaofu.

Luchuan is considered a rich place in southern Xinjiang, but it is nothing to the mainland of Ming Dynasty, so Luchuan cannot buy many cannons.

Therefore, although Luchuan City is a strong city, the number of artillery is not large and it is not enough to rely entirely on it. If the traditional method of siege is used, it can be captured.
Chapter completed!