Many years later, in a monograph depicting Eastern history by Westerners, a Western historian used the notes and biographies of Westerners who fought as mercenaries on the eastern land at the end of the 16th century as the original material to evaluate such a famous fire - a fire from Phitsanulok, which burned not only a prosperous city, but also the fate and future of a country and a nation.

After King Narexun made up his mind, the strategy of the scorched earth resistance was determined. The sudden attack of the Burmese people made Xiao Ruxun and King Narexun have no preparation. Narxun lost his hometown and there were thousands of villagers. Although Xiao Ruxun had no losses, he also had some understanding of the decisiveness of the Burmese people.

When facing a desperate situation, some people will sit in vain and wait for death, while others will rise up to resist and fight for the last glimmer of hope. These Burmese people are obviously the latter. Whether it is Mang Yinglong or Mang Yingli, they are all heroes in troubled times. The ending of heroes in troubled times is either to create history or die in battle. There is absolutely no other ending. As the strongest warrior of his nation, Mang Yingli naturally chose to resist to the end.

Xiao Ruxun also knew that such an enemy would never surrender and would definitely fight until the last moment.

At the same time, the specific number of troops sent by the Burmese people was also roughly accurate. The spies of the Ming Dynasty and the spies of the Siam described the Burmese army raging in Phitsanulok's mansion, saying that it was an army that covered the sky and the sun. It not only had a large number of elephant soldiers, but also a large number of musketeers and gunners. The Siam army had about 5,000 people, and it collapsed completely after only one quarter of an hour of resistance.

Fortunately, the scorched earth strategy was successfully implemented. Before the Myanmar army occupied Phitanolou, Phitanolouou was burned. The raging fire burned for three days and three nights without stopping. Houses, warehouses, elephant fields, temples, etc. were all burned down. The estimated number of Siamese people who died in this fire was 10,000 or 20,000. For Siam, this is a disaster, a disaster that shakes people's hearts.

But for the Burmese, this is also a disaster. The Siamese would rather burn their hometown than hand over the land to others, nor hand over the food and weapons to the Burmese. This made Min Qide furious. Why did he lead his troops to rush and force his army? Why did he leave the serious soldiers and elite troops and rush and fight? What was it?

Seeing the burning fire, he almost immediately ordered the army to put out the fire and rescue food and weapons. However, the fire was fierce. Hundreds of people were burned to death by the fire, but they did not steal anything. The fire became stronger and stronger and could not be controlled. Until early on the fourth day, a downpour extinguished the fire. The heavy rain lasted for a whole morning. After the fire was extinguished, Min Kai-teh, whose eyes were bloodshot, ordered the search for the ruins.

What else is there under the ruins? Apart from the burnt, there are burnt pieces, and there is nothing to find. Occasionally, there is no use to find some broken walls, broken tables and benches. Not only did they get a grain of food and a weapon, they couldn't even catch a local person. The Siamese people who caught on the border said that Phosanulok had a large reserve, so they ran all the way. Now Phosanulok may have a large reserve, but all of them turned into ashes.

A rushing and forcing army, all I got was a ruin and nothing. It is conceivable what kind of mood Min Qide felt, and it is conceivable what kind of blow the morale of the Myanmar army has been hit. Under such circumstances, the Myanmar army is already at the end of its strength and cannot continue to move forward and snatch other things.

Min Qide looked at his army with red eyes and fell into decay. He wanted to organize troops to conquer cities and seize food and grass to boost morale, but was shocked to find that he had used the troops too hard before, and he lost all his energy. They rushed here for a long distance and had almost no complete rest for a whole day. The troops were extremely tired and had already reached the verge of physical collapse.

Under such a general premise, even if Min Qide was angry, he could only let the troops rest. Otherwise, it would inevitably cause a mutiny. He could only set up camp in Phitsanulok's ashes, and waited for the traitors who had fallen behind before and some of the main surveillance forces.

On the other hand, the scorched earth strategy did cause huge losses to Siam, but it locked the Burmese people and prevented them from further attacking south. This gave Siam a precious opportunity. Naresun urgently dispatched troops and armed troops, sent excellent weapons, and instructed his subordinates to prepare food and grass urgently and prepare for north attack at any time. At the same time, he also informed the Ming army that he hoped that the Ming army would accompany him and prepare for attack.

Xiao Ruxun and Yuan Huang studied the information they have obtained so far and conducted a complete analysis of the Myanmar army.

The main force of the Myanmar Army was about 100,000, which was probably all the elite forces that could go out in the country. They had a desperate plan to end the war in Siam and destroy Siam by the way, and resolve all the threats in one battle. This was an extremely bold strategic tactic, but it was unexpectedly effective. In a short period of time, it had already broken through Phosanulok, the important northern town of Siam, and isolated Chiang Mai and other places in the north, breaking the previous strategy of King Naresun and the situation was in danger.

The combat arms of the Myanmar Army include musketeers and gunners, with few people, but they have strong combat power and a large number of foreigners are organized in them; there are also elephant soldiers, with about three or five hundred elephants, which looks very terrifying from a distance. Once a war begins, the war elephant community will impact, which will produce extremely terrifying war effects. It is also possible to describe it as the ground moving and mountain shaking. There are also traditional swords, guns, swords and archers, with the largest number of people, and are the main force of the Myanmar army.

"For enemy gunmen and gunners, our army and the Siamese army have corresponding firearm units, which can be fought against, which is not to be afraid. In addition, our bird guns and Franc guns account for the overwhelming majority, so we will not be at a disadvantage in terms of firearms. As for war elephants, the Siamese people also have corresponding countermeasures. The Siamese army can compete with the Dongwu Kingdom war elephants. Our army only needs to assist and do not need to bear the main combat power. As for the main force, Ji Xin, your artillery tactics can be of great use."

Yuan Huang made a brief analysis of the current situation and concluded that any military branch of the Burmese Army, the Ming and Siam Army coalition forces could fight against each other.
Chapter completed!