Qualla: Battle of Maymyo https://qualla.com/battle-of-maymyo en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:36 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Maymyo https://qualla.com/battle-of-maymyo Battle of Maymyo: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-maymyo/ Mingrui, nephew of the Qianlong Emperor and commander of 50,000 men, cut off his queue -- the braided symbol of Manchu loyalty -- sent it to Beijing as a final gesture of devotion, and hanged himself from a tree. It was March 1768, and the third Qing invasion of Burma had just been annihilated in the hills near Maymyo, modern-day Pyin Oo Lwin. The emperor who had assumed an easy conquest would spend the next year organizing a fourth invasion, which would also fail. But the Burmese general who engineered the destruction, Maha Thiha Thura, understood something his enemies did not: total victory can be more dangerous than a negotiated peace.

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/5/u/t/battle-of-maymyo-wp/w5ut-battle-of-maymyo-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Maymyo: An Emperor's Obsession https://qualla.com/battle-of-maymyo/ The Sino-Burmese War of 1765 to 1769 was born from the Qianlong Emperor's refusal to accept failure. Two earlier invasions using the Green Standard Army and Yunnan border troops had been repulsed, and each defeat only stiffened the emperor's resolve. For the third attempt in late...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/5/u/t/battle-of-maymyo-wp/w5ut-battle-of-maymyo-an-emperors-obsession.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Maymyo: Deep into the Burning Country https://qualla.com/battle-of-maymyo/ At first, the plan worked. Mingrui's main force defeated the Burmese army at the Battle of Goteik Gorge and raced toward Ava, sweeping aside resistance. But the Burmese did not break. General Teingya Minkhaung launched guerrilla attacks along the impossibly long supply lines stre...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/5/u/t/battle-of-maymyo-wp/w5ut-battle-of-maymyo-deep-into-the-burning-country.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Maymyo: The Trap at Maymyo https://qualla.com/battle-of-maymyo/ Mingrui abandoned hope of taking Ava and ordered a retreat toward China. A Burmese force of 10,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry under the newly promoted Maha Thiha Thura stalked the withdrawing column. Thiha Thura split his army: the smaller division under Maha Sithu engaged the Qi...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/5/u/t/battle-of-maymyo-wp/w5ut-battle-of-maymyo-the-trap-at-maymyo.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Maymyo: The General Who Chose Peace https://qualla.com/battle-of-maymyo/ When the Qianlong Emperor received news of the catastrophe, his shock turned to fury. He dispatched a fourth invasion in 1769 under his chief grand councilor Fuheng, with an even larger army. This force also bogged down at the frontier, unable to penetrate Burmese defenses. But t...

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