The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 145 The Incomprehensible Southeast Asia Region

Three months ago, on the fifth day of the eleventh month, in the thirty-second year of Emperor Qianlong’s reign in the Qing Dynasty, 1767 AD.

Just when the Qing-Myanmar War was in full swing, Mo Zi Bu followed Taksin to Thonburi.

The (Myanmar) Royal Army of the Thai traitor Nai Thong In was defeated at the first blow. Nai Thong In tried to escape but was caught by Wu Wenyong.

Taksin then occupied Thonburi and subjected Nai Thongin and his followers to the elephant punishment, which means placing them on hard stone slabs and having war elephants trample them into a pulp.

Afterwards, Taksin, with Motsen Bu as the vanguard, led 10,000 soldiers and marched towards Ayutthaya by land and sea.

At this time, the Burmese troops remaining in Siam were divided into two parts.

Four thousand men led by Commander-in-Chief General Suki and more than ten thousand "Imperial Army" were stationed at the Three Bodhisattvas Fort west of Ayutthaya.

Two thousand elite Burmese troops led by Burmese General Monye were stationed at the Seng Temple in the north.

These Burmese troops, which actually had less than 7,000 people, were all the military forces of the Burmese army in Siam. This shows how great the pressure the Qing army put on the Burmese army was.

When Taksin captured Thonburi, everyone urged Taksin to be cautious and wait until all the follow-up soldiers arrived before slowly advancing along the Chao Phraya River (Mekong Phraya River) with 30,000 people.

It sounds like a mature and correct way of fighting, but in fact these Siamese people were frightened by the Burmese army.

Since the Battle of Yongjiya, the Burmese have been suppressing the Siamese for ten years. Even a Siamese warrior like Chen Lian inevitably developed a phobia of the Burmese army.

Although they received a lot of information indicating that the Burmese army had withdrawn on a large scale, they were still afraid that this was a plan of the White Elephant King to catch all of them in one fell swoop.

But Mo Zibu knew that the White Elephant King would not care about Siam. If the Konbaung Dynasty had not produced a strategic master like him, it would have been defeated by the Qing Dynasty.

So why bother with steady progress now? Just get started and get it done.

So, at Mo Zi Bu's strong request, Zheng Xin agreed to Mo Zi Bu's request and transferred Chen Lian and Khun Aphayebudi to his command.

After Zheng Xin's army expanded in size, Chen Lian led 3,000 soldiers and Khun Aphayebudi led 2,000 soldiers.

At the same time, relying on the prestige of his family and the Huang clan in Chaozhou, Luan Zhen also pulled out an armed force of more than 3,000 people, which nominally belonged to Zheng Xin but was basically controlled by him, to act together with Mo Zi Bu.

Mo Zibu didn't know yet that Luan Zhen was going to join him and stir up trouble for him. He thought that Luan Zhen was grateful for saving his life.

Mo Zibu led his troops in a hurry and caught a Burmese reconnaissance team after only walking more than 30 kilometers. Then Mo Zibu received a piece of news that he had never noticed before.

General Suki, the commander of the Burmese army guarding Siam, was not Burmese, but his mother was Mon!

This... the meaning is very clear!
Mo Zibu frowned and thought for a moment, then said to Chen Lian, Luan Zhen and other generals, "It seems that the information we received is very accurate. The Burmese army has already retreated on a large scale.

Humph! The White Elephant King had a good plan. He transferred all the main forces back to fight the Qing Dynasty, leaving Mon people like General Suki in Ayutthaya.

It would be even better if he could defend it, but it doesn’t matter if he dies if he can’t.

The White Elephant King's plan is to defeat the Qing army and then come back to fight for it."

Chen Lian looked at Mo Zibu, and now he felt extremely complicated. He was originally Zheng Xin's confidant, and although he had a deep friendship with Mo Zibu, he did not obey Mo Zibu's command too much.

But as more and more people gathered around Zheng Xin, especially Chen Lian and Tong, who did not get along well, and Zheng Xin particularly valued Tong, Chen Lian was gradually marginalized.

Until now, Chen Lian felt like he was Mo Zibu's subordinate. Thinking of the tearful look his sister Chen Hui gave Mo Zibu, Chen Lian didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

However, he admired Mo Zibu's strategic vision and decisiveness on the battlefield. Chen Lian felt that on the battlefield, Mo Zibu was far more like a king commanding thousands of troops than Zheng Xin.

"Phra Yai meant that the White Elephant King had actually abandoned the idea of occupying Siam in order to deal with the Qing Dynasty. He felt that if he could conquer Siam once, he could conquer it a second time."

"Yes! So we must defeat the Burmese army of Ayutthaya as soon as possible, and then recapture Singburi and even Kamphaeng Phet before the White Elephant King withdraws his hand.

Only in this way can we establish a solid defense line north of Ayutthaya." Mo Zi Bu nodded, then looked at Khun A Phayabudi and Luang Zhen.

"My suggestion is to abandon the baggage, select 5,000 soldiers, march north at night, and surprise the Burmese army!"

"We can fight!" Luan Zhen stepped forward and said, "Duke Ren De, I suggest that we can also persuade General Su Ji to surrender.

He lost Ayutthaya, and returning would be fatal. The Mon and Burmese have always been at odds, so General Suki has no reason to be a loyal minister to the White Elephant King."

"Haha, Luan and I have the same idea!" Mo Zibu laughed.
"The elite troops will set out in an hour. I will lead them myself, and Li Xianwen will stay behind.

Bring all our Burmese prisoners to the flag unit. In this battle, we must first attack the Burmese General Monye and force the surrender of the Mon General Suki!

When Li Xianwen heard that Mo Zibu wanted to select elite soldiers to march at double the speed, his face twisted. Needless to say, he was the only one qualified to stay here.

In Ayutthaya, things were exactly as Mo Zi Bu had imagined, and General Suki knew that he was just cannon fodder.

Therefore, the two things he had been begging the Buddha for the most recently were that the Siamese people should not come so quickly, and that the White Elephant King should defeat the Qing Dynasty as soon as possible.

However, General Suki's fantasy was soon shattered. He had just received the news of the fall of Thonburi and ordered General Monye to lead his troops to join him. Immediately, Mo Zibu's fast crab boat appeared outside the ruins of Ayutthaya.

When General Suki heard the scout's report that the incoming army was flying a white sun flag with a red border and a blue background, his cheeks twitched.

This is not only bad news, it is the worst bad news.

The ones coming were the most capable Chinese troops among the Siamese army, and this Chinese army was the most capable of all Chinese troops.

Whether in the south of Ayutthaya or on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River, General Suki and the Mon people under his command had suffered enough from the Chinese army.

"Dad, please quickly ask General Mengye to come to Sanpusa. Only when we join forces can we resist the Chinese army." Before General Suki could say anything, his son-in-law beside him made a suggestion.

General Suki's expression remained unchanged, but he was extremely annoyed.

His son-in-law was rewarded in Ava thanks to his promotion, but since the White Elephant King promoted his younger brother to be an officer in the Royal Guard last year, he gradually became at odds with him.

Why did General Suki forcibly drive the Burmese General Monye to the north? Firstly, it was to prevent Monye from competing with him for the treasures buried by the Siamese in Ayutthaya, and secondly, it was to protect his own power to command the army.

Haha, Mengye is the confidant of the White Elephant King, and his words are much more effective than those of him, the nominal commander.

If Mengye arrived at Sanpusa and joined forces with his good son-in-law and several hundred men, plus the "Imperial Army" below, he would definitely listen to the Burmese more.

As a coach, can his words still have any effect?
So, after pretending to think for a moment, General Suki said, "There's no need to come to Sanpusa. Delen, go inform General Mengye and have him lead his troops across the river to attack the Hua army. I'll be there soon."

. . . .

To the west of the Three Bodhisattvas, Mengye had already arrived with an army of 2,500, but he hid behind the Three Bodhisattvas' position and refused to move forward.

Looking at the so-called military order sent by General Suki's son Deleng, General Mengye sneered. He wanted him to go alone to resist the fierce Chinese army. He was dreaming!

If there is a fight, it will be fought by the Mon people, the second-rate people. It is a rule that the Burmese will attack before the Mon people do.

So, these two old foxes were unwilling to take action, but Mo Zibu would not wait. When he saw that the Burmese army had not deployed defenses by the river, he immediately ordered his men to start crossing the river.

Good man, General Suki and General Monye just watched Mo Zibu swagger across the river and land on the shore without the natural barrier, and stood there motionless as a mountain.

Damn it, Mo Zibu scratched his head on the wet riverbank, and suddenly felt like the elite soldiers of the Wanyan Jurchens, raiding the Song army without even paying the reward.

"Kun, take 500 musketeers to block that intersection to prevent the Meng people from the Three Bodhisattvas from coming out to reinforce.

The rest of you, join me in storming Mengye's camp and finishing him off within two hours!"

Mo Zibu really thinks he is a Jin soldier!
He had a premonition that General Suki would most likely not come out to reinforce, or at least would not attack with all his strength, so he directly sent Kun Apayebudi's 500 men to guard against General Suki's more than 10,000 men.

But the result was even more exaggerated than Mo Zibu had imagined.

He thought that he would lead 4,500 men to fight Monye, which would surely be a fierce battle, but he wanted to use this fierce battle to scare General Suki so that he would not dare to send large-scale reinforcements.

As a result, when Mengye's troops were stationed on a hill, they saw Mo Zibu's troops coming with twenty field guns, neat military formations and flying flags. He actually ran away.

This made Mo Zibu embarrassed. He made three contingency plans, but he didn't make a plan for Mengye to run away!

Fortunately, Chen Guangyao, Wu Wenyong, Wang Wubing and others under his command are good at fighting this kind of bad battles.

As soon as Monye ran, the genes of the excellent matching mechanism of the Southeast Asia region were immediately awakened in their bodies.

Because of the battles between Southeast Asian countries, it is normal for soldiers to run away before the enemy approaches unless they are particularly elite.

Many times, the competition is about who has a more disciplined military appearance and can scare the enemy before the battle begins, making the battle easier.

Then, the battle hadn't even started in earnest, but in just half an hour, the coach Mo Zibu was in disarray.

He could only delegate temporary command to Chen Guangyao and others, allowing them to divide and pursue according to the situation.

Then, Mo Zibu looked at the Meng army at the Three Bodhisattvas Fort, gritted his teeth, and a bold idea came to his mind.

"Wang Wuchu, go with the swastika flag and tell General Suki that I order him to surrender."

Wang Wuchu was also unlucky. He met such a commander who liked to use risky tactics. He could only grit his teeth and take orders and ride towards the Meng army camp.

(End of this chapter)