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Volume 3: The Wind Rises in the South Chapter 59 Chapter 59: Exit

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    The insurgents finally woke up at this time. Several people who participated in the recent gun battle raised their arms and loudly shouted slogans against the temple, while some of the insurgents started arguing loudly with them.  For more than a thousand years, Buddhism has penetrated into the marrow of the Burmese nation and has become an inseparable part of the Burmese people. In the eyes of a considerable number of Burmese people, carrying weapons into a sacred place like Mohe Bodhi Temple is a violation of law, no matter what the reason.  Such blasphemy, let alone shooting inside the temple, is simply unjust.  "Quiet!" Earthwalker took a step forward, shouted loudly, and at the same time pulled out the pistol on his waist and fired a shot into the air.  The sound of gunfire calmed the scene, and he shouted to the insurrectionists with a dark face: "Is it a heinous crime to enter the Mohe Bodhi Temple with weapons? Well, if we didn't go in with weapons today, our eyes will definitely be red now.  If you are pecked by crows, as for you fools, you will be hanged by the Chinese on the big tree on the roadside, just like what Meng Ji did to the elders and village chiefs who couldn't hand over food!  The curses calmed down the insurrectionists, and those who had just cursed the blasphemy lowered their heads in shame.  The Earth Walker snorted coldly, put the pistol back into the holster, and retreated behind Song Shen. Song Shen stepped forward and said loudly: "We are not willing to desecrate the holy place, but this does not mean that we should be at the mercy of those monks.  After all, monks are people who serve gods and Buddhas. They should not interfere too much in secular affairs, let alone collude with the Chinese. Now there are two ways before us: First, occupy the temples in the city and connect them with the city.  Capture the evil monks from the Waishun Army and hold on to Bagan City; second, leave Bagan City as quickly as possible! Now please make a decision!" No one from the rebels responded immediately, they just whispered among themselves.  Song Shen didn't speak, just waited patiently. He had now seen through Chen Zaixing's plan.  The reason why Chen Zaixing told him that the monks and nobles in Bagan asked him to enter the town to suppress the rebels was not because of any good intentions, but because he was trying to use the rebels' swords to uproot the deep-rooted nobles and religious forces in Bagan.  rise, then lead troops into the city, and then suppress the reputation of the riots, eliminate the rebels, and achieve the purpose of controlling Bagan and even the entire Central Myanmar region.  Now that the opponent's intentions are understood, the countermeasures are also very clear - Song Shen has spent time within the Shun Army and knows that with these thousands of unorganized soldiers, it is impossible to resist the well-trained and well-equipped Shun Army.  military.  The only way for the rebels to survive is to voluntarily leave the city of Bagan and go to the countryside where the enemy is weak.  As for the difficulty of being unable to resupply that the Earthwalker had raised before, it could only be solved by dividing the troops. But in order to do so, we must first obtain the sincere support of most of the rebels.  "We should hold on to Bagan City!" one of the rebels shouted loudly: "We have several thousand people, we have enough food and bullets, and the city walls are very strong. If we want to recruit troops, we can have as many people as we need in the city. The maximum number of willing troops is two thousand."  People, as long as a few hundred of them are killed, they will have to retreat!" "Nonsense, when we were in Babu Village, we had tens of thousands of people, but we couldn't defeat the Shun Army, but now we can defeat a few thousand people?  In my opinion, you should leave here right away!¡± ¡°You coward, it¡¯s because of cowards like you that we lost the fight in Babu Village and let the Shun people come here!¡± ¡°Asshole, you dare to call me a coward!  I'll show you who is the real coward today!" Soon the argument turned into personal attacks and even a scuffle. The Earth Walker hurriedly stepped forward to pull him apart before it turned into a fight.  Even so, the person who was pulled away still stared at the other person fiercely, as if that person was his mortal enemy.  "In my opinion, we can't leave!" said a man in his forties, "You have never seen what happened when we attacked Siam. Once the army moved, there would be tens of thousands of civilians transporting food.  The rivers are tightly blocked by boats. Although we don¡¯t have that many people now, there are still more than 3,000 people. We need to load several boats with food every day, as well as salt, shoes, clothes, and livestock feed.  There are some in the warehouse in Bagan City, but once you leave, how much can you take with you? This is a big problem!¡± This middle-aged man¡¯s words were like a bucket of cold water poured on everyone¡¯s heads.  , such a picture appeared in front of everyone's eyes. Thousands of people were walking in the desolate wilderness. Hunger and the scorching sun tortured the people. On both sides of the road where the team passed, emaciated corpses were scattered everywhere.  This situation is all too familiar to them.  Compared with the bullets and cannonballs of the shun army, hunger is a more terrifying enemy, because neither courage nor guns can repel the attack of this invisible enemy.  "Yes, stay in Bagan!" "I also want to stay in Bagan, even if I die, I will be a dead ghost!" People's opinions quickly unified, and the earth traveler said to Song Shen with a happy face: "Boss  , see?Everyone agrees to defend Bagan City!  " Song Shen did not answer the soil walker. He took a step forward and asked the middle-aged man before: "Gray Eyes, you are a veteran. You have fought the most wars among us. What do you think of Bagan City?  Can you hold it?  " Gray eyes scratched the back of the hairless head. He was actually only thirty-six years old, but his wrinkled forehead, sunken cheeks, and slightly stooped back made him look much older than his actual age. Maybe he was.  Because of his mixed race, his eyes showed a unique light gray color, which is why he got this nickname. Facing Song Can's question, his gray eyes answered very cautiously: "Boss, I have never participated in Babu Village.  battle, but judging from the descriptions of the brothers who escaped and the recent battle to attack the dock, it is difficult to resist the Shun army's attack in Bagan.  It is true that the city wall of Bagan is very strong, but the Shun army captured the heavy artillery at the dock.  In a war, there are always more cannons, and the one with the bigger cannons takes advantage!  " When the earthwalker on the side heard this answer, he couldn't help but became anxious. He rushed forward and asked, "Is there no other way?  " "This is not impossible!  The only way is to let the infantry charge, but this will kill many people, and if the enemy has built breastworks and trenches, it will be almost impossible.  To deal with cannons, it¡¯s best to use cannons!  " "We also have cannons here!  " Gray eyes replied with embarrassment: "But our gunners are not good. If you want the cannon to fire accurately, gunners are very important. They have all gone to school and can write and do calculations. Almost all of them are students of aristocrats and church schools.  They all fled after the mutiny!  " "What can we do?  Are you just waiting to be beaten?  "The Earth Walker held his head in despair and squatted down. "Then leave Bagan. If there is not enough food, we will disperse into many small teams, so we don't have to worry about finding food!  Song Shen replied loudly. "Leave Bagan?"  " "Scattered?"  " When the rebels heard this proposal, they couldn't help but whisper among themselves. Everyone had a hesitant look on their face. It's no wonder they gave up the city they had controlled, gave up the warehouses full of food, and spread out.  This is not a good idea. If the speaker is not Song Can, who already has considerable prestige in their hearts, the rebels may have started to make noise. "Yes, Bagan is good, but we cannot hold it. If we continue to stay.  , will become a mouse that falls into an oil bottle and will be eliminated by the Shun people.  The only way to survive is to leave Bagan.  .  " "But after leaving Bagan, where should we go?  "An insurrectionist asked loudly: "Also, if we are divided into small teams, then the strength of each team will be weaker. Wouldn't that weaken our own strength?  " "Let's leave Bagan and go to the countryside, to everyone's hometown!  Songcan replied confidently: "Everyone takes up arms for the poor, for those who are as pitiful as us. When we return to our hometown, we can distribute the land of the nobles and temples to the poor so that they can eat  Grow your own rice and live a happy life.  If we don't spread out, how much area can we control? If we divide into small teams, we can control a large area of ??the countryside and collect enough food and supplies to survive.  Now there is no king's army in Myanmar, only the army of Shunguo. They are strangers and are not familiar with the roads of Myanmar. It is impossible for them to disperse into small groups and pursue us like us.  As long as we occupy all the rural areas and prevent rice from being sent to Mandalay and Bagan, the Shun people will have no food to eat. No matter how many cannons they have, it will be useless!  " "Yes, Leader Song Shen is right!  "An excited insurrectionist echoed: "Let's all go back to our hometowns, kill all those hateful masters and their henchmen, and distribute the land to the poor people in the village. This way there will definitely be more people.  Those who support us are not like staying in Bagan city and having to guard against the constant conspiracies of noble lords and monks!  " "But the Shun people will not just stay in the city and starve. They will come out of the city to grab food. We have few people and few guns, so we will definitely not be able to defeat them!  "Someone asked worriedly. "We can spread out and let the boys shoot at them behind the bushes and in the woods. They are not familiar with the terrain and cannot pursue us; we can also let the villagers block the wells and put the food away.  and salt were hidden, leaving them with nothing to eat and no water to drink, so that they would soon have to return to the city.  ¡± The lively discussion among the rebels soon came to a conclusion. They decided to follow Song Shen¡¯s suggestion: leave Bagan as soon as possible, and divide into dozens of teams according to their respective places of origin, return to their hometowns, and gather the nobles and the temple officials.  The land was distributed to the poor people, and they agreed on secret orders and slogans for liaison, vowing to defeat the invading Shunguo and the British and establish a"A new Myanmar where everyone is fed and warm, and no one is hungry or cold." Just as the rebels made the decision to leave Bagan and return to their hometowns and put it into effect, the British advance detachment commanded by Duncan also left from Yangon  Going north along the Irrawaddy River, we arrived near Bagan. There was another participant in this game that originally involved three parties (Shun army, Burmese nobles and monks, and rebels), and the situation became more complicated.
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