Chapter 45                                                             �

As the prince thought, the army in Luchuan was in a dilemma.

King Awa's plan cannot be said to be wrong. When Luchuan fought with the Ming army, from Luchuan betrayal to the Ming army, the entire combat plan was based on years.

Within this time unit, King Ava had enough combat time to capture Luchuan and rely on the geographical advantage of Luchuan to keep a guard. The army could do it to the south.

However, Awa used the combat speed and style of the Ming army from decades ago to measure the speed of the Ming army now.

This cannot be miscalculated in common sense.

After all, with the speed of changing times, there is no big difference between decades ago and decades later. It is also very normal.

But I never expected that the Ming Dynasty changed more than the previous one hundred years in decades.

This drastic change makes people in the game unable to feel many things. However, as bystanders, they look at them with unbelievable eyes.

King Ava had actually heard of some changes in the Ming army.

However, he didn't believe it more. This was also the speed of news spreading in this era. It was not fast at all. King Awa could hear the recent news, which was also the news in the Ming Dynasty one or two years, or even further apart.

More details are not something that outsiders, he, can know.

So in his judgment, within half a year after the war began, what he had to face was only the Yunnan Ming army. He had expected the Yunnan Ming army.

It proved that his expectations were not bad either.

Now the power of the Ming army in Yunnan is not enough to shake the Burmese army that is under the precarious control.

At this time, the Ming army in Jiaozhi had just arrived on the front line. Although it brought some pressure to the Myanmar army, the Myanmar army could still ensure that the Ming army would not break into the Luchuan Basin.

However, when King Ava heard the news, he was confused when he heard the news.

I can't believe it at all.

It was not that King Ava did not know about maritime trade, but he never expected that he would send tens of thousands of soldiers to his destination within one or two months.

This speed of action is like magic in this era, and it is not after King Awa's psychological expectations.

In a moment, it will be in a dilemma.

King Ava can only advance but not retreat.

Because in the area near Luchuan, the Myanmar Army, the Ming Army and the chieftain troops all spread out within a radius of one or two hundred and two miles, and they were anxious about each other.

It can be said that it moves the whole body with one move.

At this time, retreating at the last minute is simply a hell of difficulty.

If you want to withdraw your troops, there is only one way, which is to conquer Luchuan City. After eliminating this confidant, a large number of troops will be liberated. King Awa strengthens the defense on the front line and can mobilize 50,000 and more large troops to return to Awa City.

Although the troops brought here by King Awa are all the elite death-death troops in his hands, can these 50,000 or 60,000 troops be relieved of the crisis in Awa?

It is not guaranteed.

But this is the only thing King Ava can do.

But time will never be slower because of the urgency of the Ming army, nor will it be faster because of the rush of the Myanmar army.

There is still one or two months before the rainy season.

Under the supervision of King Awa, the entire water conservancy project in Guancheng had been completed, but the rainy season had not arrived and the water level was still a little worse. It was not enough to flood the Luchuan City Power.

However, when he got the Ming army to enter the city of Awa, it was no longer possible for him to delay.

No matter what the situation is, he must order the city to rush.

So, on a drizzling afternoon, at the command of King Ava, a section of the embankment was opened. The rolling torrent rushed out and rushed straight to the Luchuan city wall.

Overall.

Even if it is not the rainy season, there is still a lot of rain in Myanmar. In the past few months, the intercepted water flow is quite surging.

When the torrents hit the city wall, they shook the entire Luchuan City.

Prince Xiang and veteran Fang Ying stood on the city wall and watched the torrent. Fang Ying breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I don't know what I did outside, so I can let the Southern Barbarians release the water in advance. Otherwise, if I waited for a while, I'm afraid it would be unimaginable."

The military intentions of the Burmese Army are so obvious.

Fang Ying has been devoted to waterproofing projects in the past few months.

For example, all the city gates are blocked. It is necessary to ensure that there is no leakage. Then pile sandbags on the top of the city to raise the city wall as much as possible. In addition, various reserve materials are stored at high places as much as possible, etc.

It is to prevent today.

This flood seemed very dangerous, but in Fang Ying's opinion, it was not enough, at least it did not overwhelm the city wall.

In ancient times, city walls were not only military fortifications, but also flood control fortifications.

Many ancient cities have this function. Although Luchuan City is in the middle of the Luchuan Plain and is not in a low-lying place, generally speaking, even if it is flooded, it is impossible to flood Luchuan City.

After all, when choosing a site, any city will consider large-scale natural disasters.

But this flood is artificial, but there is no way to do it.

Even so, Luchuan City has considerable flood control capabilities.

Faced with such a flood, it is no problem to ensure that the flood does not enter the city for a period of time.

But Prince Xiang was not so optimistic and said, "Father-in-law, there are no outsiders here. Tell me, how long can this city wall last?"

Fang Ying was silent for a while.

Prince Xiang said, "You are just letting me die to understand."

Fang Ying said: "Water will definitely seep in half a month, within half a month."

In ancient times, the city walls were all rammed earth walls. Even if they had bricks outside, they could not withstand the flood for a long time.

Of course, there are some cities that are OK, but those are summarized over the years and I don’t know how many people have successfully experienced fighting floods.

The city of Luchuan is too new, and it has not been more than ten years.

Not to mention, this is the first time that Luchuan City has faced a flood. It is almost done to last for more than ten days.

Prince Xiang's face looked a little ugly. He tried hard to restrain himself, but he could not completely restrain his face. He had only one thought in his mind and said to himself: "Is it my death in more than ten days?"

Prince Xiang did not want to die at all.

At this moment, Fang Ying immediately said: "Prepare for the fight."

King Xiang looked closely and found that the Burmese army was coming.

These Myanmar troops came by boat.

Although the current water level cannot directly rush into the city, it has also turned the entire outside of the city wall into a marina, flooding several meters, so that the large ships in Myanmar have only a little lower than the height of the city wall.

In this way, the Ming army's city wall defense system was greatly offset.

Not to mention, the Myanmar army's use of ships also made a series of defensive measures outside the Ming army's city, such as trenches, sheep and horse walls, moats, etc., lose their effect, allowing them to rush straight to the city.

In this way, the Ming army was under even greater pressure.

The advantage of the city wall was that the battle between the two sides reached 10 to 1, or even 20 to 1, or even more. Many people died under the city of Myanmar, but the Ming army did not know whether one of them would die.

It was also because of such tragic casualties that the Burmese army changed course, gave up siege, and thought of other ways.

But now it's different.

Both sides were almost on the same level, and although the number of firearms in the King Xiang army of Luchuan was quite large, it was far from reaching the standards of the Beijing camp or the navy, and it could not reach the point of dominating the battlefield.

At this moment, the Ming army still has the advantage in the proportion of casualties between the two sides, but the advantage is no longer obvious.

And this advantage is already a disadvantage in the overall situation.

Because the Myanmar army had a significant numerical advantage around Luchuan, not to mention that the Ming army attacked from the southern route, many chieftains who followed the Myanmar anti-Ming were a little shaken.

How could King Ava not do anything?

His treatment was to bleed these tribes and let them attack Luchuan first.

With the Burmese army in the back, these tribes dared not do their best. Many of these tribes died, King Awa didn't care at all. The more they died, the more he felt at ease.

After several days of such bloody battle, the Ming army was still supporting the city. The one who put the Ming army in crisis was not the southern barbarians outside, but the flood.

When the Ming army was focusing on defending the enemy, the city wall could no longer support it.
Chapter completed!