The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 190 The Gui Family Visitors
In Laoguantun, since Fuheng divided his troops and isolated them, the death toll of the Qing army finally began to decline.

The death rate gradually dropped from 30 to 40 people per day to more than 10 people. Two months later, the epidemic was basically over.

Of course, most of those who deserved to die have died.

When Fuheng divided the camp, he counted more than 4,000 sick officers and soldiers, and now more than 1,000 are dead. He himself is dying.

This cruel and brutal way of dividing camps is generally impossible to implement because it requires two conditions.

First, there must be a high-ranking person to stay with the officers and soldiers who have contracted the epidemic, so that those who stay behind will have nothing to say.

Second, there must be hope. For example, before Mo Zibu came, this battle would definitely not be able to continue.

Merit? Humph, the emperor won't hold you accountable for your mistakes. Even if you got lucky, you still want credit.

But with Mo Zibu, the entire Qing army knew that they could win this battle, and that huge rewards would be waiting for them after they returned.

At this time, as long as the commander promised that the soldiers suffering from the plague could also share in the military merits, it would encourage them to persevere.

Therefore, the Qing army had been resisting the wind and rain outside Laoguantun, and everyone was resisting for one goal.

The loss of this army was so great that even the most ruthless person would be moved to tears.

Of the 19,000 Qing troops, only 500 to 600 were killed in battle, and nearly 8,000 died from the plague.

The vast majority of them were not the Green Camp's penny-pinchers, but the real elite soldiers of the Eight Banners. They were not ordinary Eight Banners, but the elite soldiers among the Eight Banners.

Among Qianlong's beloved troops, the 4,000-strong Xishan Jianrui Battalion, the Internal and External Firearms Battalion, and the Vanguard Guard Battalion stationed in Beijing, more than 1,800 men died, and the total number of all bannermen was over 6,300.

In terms of generals, if Fuheng is included, the country has lost a pillar-like minister, a general (Aligun), and three admiral-level generals (Mingliang, Ben Jinzhong, and Ye Xiangde).

The remaining 37 people, including Manchu deputy governors and generals above the rank of fourth-class guards, died, as did 18 Green Camp deputy generals and above.

It is basically equivalent to half of the Battle of Hetongpo, which shows how heavy the losses were.

Historically, they only lost 3,000 people, and less than 2,000 of the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners died. Now, the number has more than tripled.

Of course, the Qing army would not just wait outside the Laoguantun fortress group. Although the Burmese army had blocked the fortress, the Qing army's scouts, ranging from a few to a dozen people, were still able to cross Laoguantun and appear on the Burmese territory.

Therefore, when Deng Jia Minkang led 5,000 people to leave, the Qing army got the news immediately, but Agui, who was in charge of the command, did not dare to act rashly.

He knew that there were only 10,000 Qing troops left at this time and he could not easily launch a siege.

At the same time, the entire army was indeed filled with anger. The losses were so heavy that everyone knew that if they didn't win a decisive victory, they would be doomed.

But it was just one fire. The painful life of war had driven the Qing army crazy, and once this pent-up fire was released, it would be a disaster.

If the Burmese cannot be burned to death, it will immediately become a case of self-immolation.

By then, the army's morale will collapse and it will no longer be possible to maintain it.

Therefore, Agui would never release the eagle until the last moment and he saw the rabbit.

Changbao was almost exhausted to death. Within three months, he crossed the Burmese blockade three times. Each one-way trip was more than five or six hundred miles. He was so thin that he was unrecognizable.

But he was very excited because he knew that huge wealth was just around the corner.

"Ataibao, the time has come!" Changbao started vomiting after running for a long distance, and pulled out flags from his arms. These were the big flags that only the royal members of the Konbaung Dynasty had.

Several mules were carrying the golden armor of the White Elephant King and the head of the White Elephant King's son, Fang Jiao.

Ah Gui quickly had someone help Chang Bao up and give him some syrup water. After a while, Chang Bao slowly woke up. His face flushed and he shouted to Ah Gui:

"Taibao, Ava City has been broken, the River Fairy King's army has entered the city, the White Elephant King has surrendered, and the Burmese are finished!"

Cheers shook the sky, and the Qing army was like crazy. Just at this moment, Mingde ran over crying.

"Grand Protector, First-Class Lord, has passed away!"

Poor Fu Heng, he didn't even live to hear the good news. Just like in history, he died of illness in the war.

Upon hearing this, Agui looked up to the sky and sighed, tears streaming down his face.

"Master, please watch me kill the enemy!"

After saying this, Ah Gui drew his sword and shouted, "Tomorrow, at 11:00 AM, we'll prepare dinner and at 7:00 AM, we'll march out. If you don't take Laoguantun, everyone from me down will die here."

Hailancha and other generals also shouted, "Revenge will be taken tomorrow. Anyone who dares to delay will not be able to escape military punishment, even if they are meritorious officials and nobles."

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In Laoguantun, the bad news has already arrived. The senior generals of the Burmese army tried their best to suppress the news. All of them gathered in the room of Meng Yun, the King of Badong and the younger brother of the White Elephant King, the governor.

Meng Yun's eyes were red and he cried several times and collapsed to the ground. This behavior successfully won the sympathy and basic trust of the generals in the army.

After everyone arrived, Meng Yun was finally able to stand firm. He looked at the generals and said:

"Now that the Holy King is in trouble and Ava has been captured, it is pointless to defend Laoguantun any longer. It would be better to negotiate peace with the Qing, then sail downstream and drive out the Khmer army."

Upon hearing this, Maha Xixiu immediately began to persuade him, "Your Majesty, the Cambodian army came to cooperate with the Qing army. They must have exchanged information. If the Qing knew that Ava had been defeated, how could they be willing to negotiate peace with us?

If they don't know, when we go out to negotiate peace, the news will be exposed immediately, and they will be even less likely to agree to our peace proposal.

In my opinion, it would be better to hold on to Laoguantun, inflict pain on the Qing army first, and nip their thoughts of capturing Laoguantun in the bud. Only then can we negotiate for peace.

Tihapati also nodded in agreement, "King, please keep this news secret. Deng Jiamin Kang was defeated and killed, and Ava has been destroyed for more than ten days. Even if we rush back now, we can't prevent the tragedy that has already happened.

Today, the 20,000 people in Laoguantun are the last elite of our country. We should do our best to preserve them. The Khmers will eventually withdraw. As long as we have elite troops in our hands, the country will be there.

If we hastily negotiate peace with the Qing, causing the news to leak out and the army to collapse, then we will be truly helpless."

It must be said that while the Burmese army's combat effectiveness was inferior to that of the Qing army, the strategic vision and political ability of these generals were far superior to those of Mingrui and others. However, they clearly underestimated the difficulty, as they had no idea how meticulous Mo Zibu was, and they had no idea that he would bring items such as the White Elephant King's armor and the human head with horn tusks to the Qing army.

On the second day, the Burmese army still wanted to defend, but the Qing army displayed these things under the city, and the Burmese army was immediately shocked.

Considering the ups and downs and rumors in recent days, the news can no longer be concealed.

Although Badong King Meng Yun took the initiative to deny it, the lower-level officers and soldiers of the Myanmar Army were unwilling to believe it.

The soldiers, in particular, were extremely worried about the safety of their families and began to make a fuss, causing the morale of the army to fluctuate.

Meng Yun had no choice but to call in the middle-level officers to discuss the matter, explaining the pros and cons to them, hoping that these people would cooperate with the senior officers to stabilize the morale of the army.

After a long time, Meng Yun was able to calm the army's morale, but the Qing army's offensive had already begun.

At this time, the Qing army had entered a state of madness and was fighting with a reckless attitude.

The group charge of hundreds of people was carried out more than a dozen times in a row. Almost everyone took part in the attack. The continuous offensive made the Burmese army suffer terribly.

Although the Qing army suffered much greater casualties than the Burmese army, the Burmese army was frightened by the Qing army, and the morale of the two sides was completely at a different level.

At night, the Qing army, which had fought a bloody day, refused to give up and lit torches to fight at night. The Burmese army finally couldn't resist, and all kinds of rumors spread wildly again.

By the middle of the night (2 a.m.), the Qing army had suffered hundreds of casualties and temporarily retreated, but the morale of the Burmese army had been broken by the Qing army's relentless attacks.

In desperation, Meng Yun selected more than 10,000 people who had not yet lost their minds and ran away.

In order to avoid being pursued by the Qing army, Meng Yun gave up the temptation of going downstream and instead led his troops westward to escape to the Minjin Mountains.

There was a fortress built by the Burmese army to prevent the Qing army from coming down from the west. There was some food stored inside and it was easy to defend.

When the Qing army launched the attack at the beginning of the Mao period (5 a.m.), most places in Laoguantun were deserted, and some Burmese soldiers who did not have time to escape were torn to pieces by the angry Qing army.

Afterwards, the Qing army pursued the Burmese army along the Irrawaddy River in a rage, and finally caught up with the remaining 4,000 Burmese troops in a small town called Inywa, and defeated them again.

The remaining Burmese army was completely wiped out, with corpses floating in the river and blood dyeing half of the river red.

When they reached this point, the Qing army rushed for fifty or sixty miles in one breath, and they could no longer fight.

In the previous Battle of Laoguantun, the unlucky Qing army set fire to the Burmese army with their fireboats, but a southeast wind blew and burned most of the Qing army's warships.

Without these warships, the Qing army's supplies, artillery, ammunition, etc. could not be transported at all.

They were not sure that there were no more fortresses ahead, so even though they knew Ava had been captured, they did not dare to move south.

At this time, Meng Yun appeared.

He was the younger brother of King Baixiang, and was granted the title of King Badong. He was also the one who, before King Baixiang's death, warned Xin Tamin not to confront him.

Historically, after the death of King White Elephant, the Konbaung Dynasty fell into turmoil and the country was almost on the verge of collapse. The person who turned the tide was Meng Yun.

He was on good terms with the Manchus, and unlike the White Elephant King's rebellious behavior, he treated the Manchus seriously according to the etiquette of a vassal, and sent people to Beijing to pay homage many times.

He was deeply loved by Emperor Qianlong, who thought he was obedient and sent envoys to Ava many times to show off the power of the upper country.

Meng Yun gritted his teeth and treated the guest with extremely high standards, even writing Chinese poems himself to express his respect and praise.

As a result, Qianlong lifted the economic blockade that had lasted for several years against the Konbaung Dynasty, relieving Meng Yun’s urgent needs.

At the same time, Meng Yun also began to take the initiative to make friends with Europeans, which led to the restoration of trade and a significant increase in tax revenue.

In short, under this man's leadership, the Konbaung Dynasty, which was basically on the verge of collapse, came back to life, destroyed the Arakan Kingdom, and once again reached its peak.

Meng Yun was honored with the title of Bodaopaya. Together with Yongjiya and White Elephant King Mengbo, he was one of the three great heroes of the Konbaung Dynasty.

In this time and space, Meng Yun also showed his sharpness and adaptability.

He sent people to the Qing army camp and respectfully asked for peace, declaring that as long as the Qing army withdrew, he was willing to surrender naked, return Qing prisoners, cede all the chieftain territories in the north, and even the Laoguantun fortress could be demolished.

Agui summoned all the generals to discuss the matter, and they all felt that it was acceptable. Ha Guoxing was even more outspoken.

“Although the Ha Tien Army is a friendly force and has made great contributions, they are ultimately remnants of the Ming Dynasty. Now that they have conquered Ava, their morale is high!

Our army is ravaged by the plague, and there are only tens of thousands of exhausted men left. What if, upon reaching Ava, the River Fairy King has evil intentions, what shall we do?
Even if the River Immortal King has no ill intentions, it's still another 500 miles to Ava. By the time we get there, we don't know whether the River Immortal Army has withdrawn, which would be even more risky."

Hailancha also advised: "Even if everything goes well, we can't stay in Ava for long.

The Burmese bandit King Padang still has over 10,000 soldiers stationed near our return route. If something goes wrong on the way back, and a great achievement turns into a great offense, that would be disastrous."

Agui looked around and saw that all the generals around him had the same expression. He knew that the fierce battles over the past year or so had really scared everyone. Now that their anger had been released, they really couldn't fight anymore.

"But, since the country has been destroyed, we have no choice but to go to Ava."

Ah Gui was politically savvy. He knew that given Qianlong's character, he must give an explanation, so he said to Mingde:

"You have been the one who has been in charge of contacting the River Immortal King. I will give you 500 people to go south to Ava with Changbao.

Do you know what to give to please the Emperor and maximize your achievements?

Mingde swallowed and nodded without hesitation. He knew that he had to take this risk.

As for Ava City, Mo Zibu certainly did not leave, because his act of offering sacrifices to Emperor Yongli and his ministers had attracted the attention of some people.

The remnants of King Li Jin's Gui family, who were hiding in the Shan Plateau, have sent people to contact him.

Mo Zibu wanted to wait for the Gui family to arrive and see if they could still be saved, so as to prevent the descendants of some of them from falling into the tragic and hateful situation in later generations.

　Which big guys still have monthly tickets? Tiger is only 50 to 2000 short. Please help!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)