Min Qide thought that if he defeated the Siamese army, he would slaughter the Siamese royal family and all the nobles, and turn all their people into slaves to serve Myanmar forever. Naresuan also thought that if he defeated Myanmar, he would annex their land and turn all their people into Siamese slaves, using their whole lives to atone for the mistakes they had made.
The two of them had the same idea and rushed in different directions. Two torrents of flesh and steel were about to meet at a place that was destined to be recorded in history, resulting in a violent collision! Everyone would understand that this battle would determine the future of two countries and two peoples, and it would determine who would replace who in the two eras.
On the 25th day of the eighth lunar month in the twenty-first year of the Wanli calendar, the Siamese vanguard of three thousand people and the Myanmar vanguard of five thousand people encountered each other at Koushara. Then, a fierce battle ensued. Perhaps because of the heavy rain, the two armies did not carry any firearms. It was a battle of pure cold weapons, and it was a hand-to-hand battle. The three thousand Siamese people and the five thousand Myanmar people engaged in a life-and-death battle. Both sides hated each other to the bone, and they used all their strength to fight and kill each other.
In the end, this fierce battle ended with the Siamese army losing more than two thousand five hundred people and retreating in defeat. On the other hand, the Myanmar people did not gain the upper hand either. They lost more than two thousand seven hundred people and were exhausted. When the Siamese army retreated, they wanted to chase after them, but they were worried that they would encounter the main force of the Siamese army and die for nothing. Therefore, they did not continue the chase. Instead, they rested and surveyed the terrain, preparing to fight the Siamese here.
They sent someone back to report to Min Qide. When Min Qide, who was still two days away from Koushara, received the news of the victory of the vanguard, he was overjoyed. He ordered the vanguard general to be rewarded and ordered the whole army to speed up their journey. On the other hand, when the four hundred Siamese vanguard soldiers who were defeated due to their small numbers returned to King Naresuan, he did not punish them. Instead, he praised them for their courage in fighting against an opponent that was more than two thousand people.
After that, the Siamese people had another reason to fight.
Revenge for the two thousand five hundred comrades who had died in battle.
At the same time, King Naruixuan didn't lose his mind. Through the analysis of this encounter, he deduced that Min Qide didn't foolishly wait in Peng Shiluo. Instead, he continued to head south without stopping. It didn't seem like a normal battle at all. Instead, it seemed like Min Qide was in a hurry to find a main force to destroy the country. Thinking of Xiao Ruxun's analysis, King Naruixuan keenly realized that he didn't have enough troops. However, things had already reached this point. He couldn't retreat. If he retreated, it would be showing weakness. It would greatly damage the morale of the army. He could only take advantage of the peak morale of the army to win and stabilize it.
He sent out the fastest troops to investigate the situation in Khorshala overnight. The general who led the troops didn't disappoint King Naruixuan's expectations. They hurried for a day and a night. At midnight the next day, they reached Khorshala. They saw the temporary barracks of the Myanmar army. After killing a few waves of guards, the Siamese army launched a surprise attack at two or three o 'clock in the morning. They successfully destroyed the army that had killed more than two thousand five hundred of their comrades.
More than two thousand two hundred Myanmar soldiers were all killed in this unexpected sneak attack. Only a few escaped. Of course, this wasn't important anymore. The Siamese army occupied Khorshala. They surveyed the terrain, set traps, and sent out sentries to search for the enemy.
Both sides hadn't started a full-scale war. It was just a battle at the front, but it was already so tragic. The Burmese army lost five thousand soldiers, and the Siamese army lost more than three thousand soldiers. The vanguard of both sides was basically annihilated. The battle at the front was already so tragic, let alone the full-scale war that would follow. Both King Naruixuan and Min Qide were aware of this.
After Min Qide learned from the few soldiers who escaped that the vanguard had been annihilated, he felt extremely angry. At the same time, he also understood that no matter how much he advertised Naruixuan as a shameless and lowly servant, Naruixuan wasn't an easy opponent to deal with. Naruixuan was a very dangerous guy. Compared to his incompetent father, Naruixuan was much more terrifying. He could lead the army to defeat the encirclement of the superior Myanmar army five times in a row. This was something that the previous King of Siam couldn't do.
When the Siamese fought against the Myanmar people, they were always on the defensive, and they were defeated more than once. Their country was destroyed, their king was captured, and their capital was burned. They became the protector and puppet state of Myanmar several times, and they had to listen to Myanmar. However, things were different after Naruixuan appeared out of nowhere.
He remembered when he was young, Naruixuan and a bunch of puppet princes. When he and he received Portuguese military education together in Bogu, Naruixuan always mastered very quickly. Although Min Qide didn't know why Naruixuan's results were always so low, he was very clear about Naruixuan's true abilities. Therefore, he had always been very cautious of Naruixuan and thought of ways to get rid of Naruixuan.
However, he didn't succeed in the end. Naruixuan was let go by his grandfather, which was something he felt very regretful about.
Until today, Naruixuan actually had the military strength to fight against Myanmar. He kept starting wars and defeated Myanmar's siege several times, which made Mang Yingli feel powerless. His worries in the past had become a reality. If Mang Yinglong knew all of this, how would he feel?
Looking at the defeated soldiers who were kneeling on the ground and trembling, Min Qide sighed and said, "It's not your fault that you were defeated. You are no match for Naruixuan. You can leave now!"
The soldiers felt as if they had been pardoned, and they hurriedly left in fear.
Min Qide stood up and looked at the military map behind him. He thought about the number of troops that Naruixuan could use.
The three thousand vanguard troops had taken the initiative to attack twice in a row. This proved that their total number of troops was definitely more than thirty thousand. The Siamese army had just gotten out of trouble not long ago. Their army was indeed strong, but their numbers were not too many. Fifty thousand should be a more objective number. Compared to his army of one hundred thousand, Naruixuan was at a disadvantage.
Thinking about this, Min Qide was still a little relaxed. However, he suddenly thought of the root cause of everything that had happened today, the Ming Army, and he began to worry again.
The Siamese army alone was not scary, and it was not worth his worry at all. It was not even worth it for him to send one hundred thousand troops to fight to the death. However, with the addition of the Ming Army, the huge army of the empire, it was worth discussing. At the moment, it was not clear the specific number of the Ming Army. However, according to accurate news, the forty thousand Ming Army had defeated the Japanese army of two hundred thousand and split Japan in half.
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