Chapter 1072 Deadlock
Wu Sangui led a group of people to the beach and saw several Western Yi warships driving into the bay in the distance.
One of the Dutch ships had been severely tilted after entering the bay. In the end, before the other ships were moved out of the berth, they rushed to the shallows and ran aground to prevent the ship from sinking in the harbor.
The other Western Yi warships were also injured, with sail cables and ships seriously damaged.
Hong Chengchou said in a deep voice: "Two missing ships, the British flagships are gone!"
When Wu Sangui heard this, he speeded up and came to the edge of the dock. A large number of injured Western soldiers and sailors were carried off the ship.
Among them, the fleet commander, Erics, was placed on a cart, soaked in blood, surrounded by a large group of British and French.
"Your Majesty, right ahead!" Wu Guozhu led the crowd to the cart.
Wu Sangui entered the crowd and it was hard to believe that the person in front of him was the commander of the British fleet.
He looked around and saw that most of the Western barbarians were in a very embarrassing state, and his heart sank, and he looked like he was indeed defeated.
Moreover, it is quite miserable.
Hong Chengchou did not expect that the Western-Japanese Combined Fleet, which he had high hopes, lost its flagship when he fought with the Ming Dynasty for the first time, and the commander still did not wake up from his personnel.
"How could this happen?" Hong Chengchou asked.
A British man who was proficient in Chinese responded in response to Hong Chengchou's doubts: "We bumped into the main fleet of the Ming army and engaged in fierce battles, losing a Dutch warship and flagships. However, the Ming people were not feeling well and were sunk and injured by us. Overall, we successfully blocked the Ming fleet, protected the transport fleet, and successfully left the battlefield. This battle was considered a key victory for our joint fleet."
Wu Sangui looked at the British commander lying in a pool of blood. Is this also called victory?
The British commander was drinking with him not long ago. If he died, it would definitely affect the situation of the war and morale.
Looking at the commander, he vented more and had less air, and his life was hanging by a thread, and his body was covered in blood. Wu Sangui asked hurriedly: "Why don't you bandage it? Have you found a doctor?"
The British officer hurriedly said: "The priest has implemented bloodletting therapy on His Excellency General."
"Damn it!" Wu Sangui hurriedly ordered: "Call my imperial doctor quickly."
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When Zhao Ming led a large army, he encountered the Dongyu army who rushed to the gate.
Seeing that the sneak attack failed, Zhao Ming saw the Dongxu army rushed to the scene in a panic. Obviously, he had not made too much preparation before, but suddenly received an order to stop the Ming army.
This shows that the Dongxu army was not prepared enough, so Zhao Ming immediately ordered Li Ponu and Jin Shenghuan to directly attack the enemy's formation, and he led the army to follow up.
As soon as the Dongxu army arrived at the mountain pass, before they could even set up a formation, Li Ponu led the cavalry and broke into the enemy's formation. Jin Shenghuan followed.
The Ming army directly tore open the front line of the Dongxu people and then continued to advance northward. Jin Shenghuan led his troops to guard the gap. When Zhao Ming's army arrived, he continued to advance behind Li Ponu.
The Ming army suddenly went to the town behind Dongxue Army, and a large number of Ming troops rushed up to the front, and the Dongxue Army immediately fled north.
However, the Ming cavalry had already run to them. Tens of thousands of Dongxu troops did not fight much, and were divided and surrounded and quickly encircled and annihilated by the Ming army that followed.
Behind the Dongyu army, the Dongyu people never expected that without seeing their defeated army, the Ming army broke into their towns, and the unprepared Dongyu town fell one after another.
Li Ponu led the cavalry. Every time he broke through a place, he did not stop and handed over the subsequent cleaning to the infantry behind him. The cavalry only focused on all the attacks. Within three days, he advanced more than 400 miles and occupied Bogu, an important town in southern Dongxu.
At this time, Li Ponu originally planned to advance to Yangon in one breath, but met the Zhou army who had just landed here.
The two sides fought a great battle in Yangon East. Li Ponu knew that the infantry was still far behind him, so he took the initiative to retreat and retreat to Bogu to wait for reinforcements.
At this time, if the Zhou army continues to advance, they will definitely be able to regain Bogu. However, Wu Sangui has just landed and is not sure about the facts of Li Ponu. In addition, he is shocked by the rapid progress of the Ming army, so he not only did not send troops to advance eastward, but instead contracted to Yangon and retreated to this beachfront position.
Wu Sangui's wrong judgment gave the Ming army a chance. A few days later, Jin Shenghuan arrived in Bogu, and soon Zhao Ming also packed up the defeated army along the way, led a large army and tens of thousands of prisoners to advance to Bogu.
At this time, Wu Sangui learned about Bogu's situation from the scout. When he learned that Li Ponu had only 3,000 cavalry, Wu Sangui regretted it. When he wanted to send troops, Jin Shenghuan and Zhao Ming led their troops to arrive one after another, causing him to miss the excellent opportunity.
At present, Wu Sangui's Zhou army, as well as Dongyu's defeated army, gathered in the Yangon area and relied on sea supplies to establish a new position. Zhao Ming stationed his troops in Bogu, because he had no overwhelming advantage in military strength, so he could only temporarily stop advancing.
At this time, in the Boguming Army camp, Zhao Ming sat in the big tent and listened to his subordinates' reports.
"Regent, judging from the news sent by Minister Touo, who was instigated, the Regent's plan was originally very smooth, and Bai Mang had already fallen into the trap." Zhang Jiayu said in a deep voice.
Zhao Ming frowned slightly, "Where is the problem? Is it because when we were stationed in Siam, we made some mistakes, so that the people of Dongyu learned about the news that I had hidden troops in Siam?"
"The regent's hidden soldiers in Siam are very hidden, and many Siamese people think we are Siam soldiers!" Zhang Jiayu said.
Zhao Ming asked again: "Is it because Li Dingguo made a mistake?"
"Not it!" Zhang Jiayu said: "It was because of Hong Chengchou! This guy saw through the regent's strategy and went to see Bai Mang. When Bai Mang was asked to send troops to defend northern Myanmar, he pointed out that the real direction of attack of His Highness was south, and asked Bai Mang to immediately allow Zhou and British Yi to enter Myanmar to deploy defense, which caused such a situation!"
When Zhao Ming heard the words, the corners of his mouth twitched and said with hatred: "It's Hong Chengchou again! Why is he not dead yet!"
Zhang Jiayu said: "At present, Wu Sangui landed in Yangon and was supporting each other with Bai Mang. We can only rely on hope. King Yanping led a fleet to block Yangon by sea and cut off Wu Sangui's supplies, so that we can regain the advantage."
Zhao Ming nodded at the hearing of the word, "Counting the time, Zheng Chenggong should have arrived near Yangon, and he doesn't know what the situation of the sea war is?"
Now that the Ming army attacks Awa north, it will be attacked by the Zhou army in Yangon. Attack Yangon also faces the threat of Awa Dongshuo's army, so Zhao Ming can only hope to cut off Wu Sangui's sea supply line, weaken the Zhou army, and even force Wu Sangui to withdraw his troops.
At this time, the curtain was suddenly lifted up, and Wang Shuang stepped forward and said anxiously: "Report to the Regent, King Yanping has led the fleet here!"
Chapter completed!