Just as the main force of the Ming army was marching smoothly along the flat Ganges plain, an army of about 60,000 people wearing light gray modern military uniforms was advancing rapidly from south to north on the Deccan Plateau.

This is the 60,000 elite troops brought by Aurangzeb from Andhra Pradesh.

At the end of the previous year (1631), he killed Datar. At the beginning of the next year (1632), he received personal letters from Philip and Ibrahim. By June of this year (1633),

Arms supported by Spain and Ottoman, and two Ottoman divisions arrived in Andhra.

The reason why it was so fast was due to the cooperation between Spain and the Ottomans.

First, Spain restored the two long railway tracks laid by the Ottomans in the Sinai Peninsula to receive aid from the Ming Dynasty, and allowed Ottoman troops and arms to pass through here. Then the Ottomans concentrated almost all of their own countries in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea.

Sea ships carried out rush transportation. Finally, within three months, a total of fifteen divisions of arms and two divisions of soldiers were transported to the east side of the Indian Peninsula.

After receiving this batch of arms, Aurangzeb immediately formed five modern divisions based on the two Ottoman divisions: this was Datar's hometown, and he had formed more than ten modern divisions here.

Divisions and troop sources are all readily available. Recalling these veterans can not only quickly form combat effectiveness, but also effectively improve social security and ensure social stability.

Datar's army was armed with weapons that were ahead of the Mughal army for an entire era, but the results achieved were still extremely limited. There are many reasons for this. But one of the very important reasons is: because of the extremely violent force all at once

This method wiped out the entire Brahmin and Kshatriya classes, so that Datar's army never had a reliable officer corps.

But this problem was not a problem for Aurangzeb: the Ottomans provided two full divisions.

Of course, as a historical hero, Aurangzeb's performance in this aspect was much better than Datar. At that time, Datar asked Abbas to dismantle the guards lent to him to make his own troops.

The officers not only disintegrated the combat effectiveness of the guard, but also allowed his own army to fall into the hands of the Persians, which made it difficult for him to control the army.

Aurangzeb's method was to keep one Ottoman division completely motionless, pull out some officers from another Ottoman division to serve as commanders of the new unit, and then add a certain number of domestic officials to join the Ottoman army...

In short, after all this trouble, Aurangzeb established five decent modern army divisions in Andhra Pradesh: ordinary infantry with a submachine gun, each company with two mortars, and each

The division's artillery regiment has forty 75mm guns - West and Austria have really spent a lot of money to support him.

But it’s not possible without spending a lot of money. As a time traveler, everyone knows that when India was a colony, the British Isles was the British Empire. When India and Pakistan became independent, the British Isles became the Great Empire.

In India, the natural conditions are really great, and the human resources are almost unlimited. If the Ming Dynasty, which already has almost unlimited human resources, takes this place, Western and Austrian countries will have no other choice but to wait for death.

However, now the two countries in Western Europe do not have enough mutual trust in each other. Secondly, both countries have urgent things to do: Ottoman wants to erode and control Persia and develop Ukraine. Spain wants to build a bridge to Suez and suppress the rebellion in the Americas. So, at this moment,

No matter how anxious the two families were, they really couldn't afford to send the main army to India.

This can only be supported by arms: Come on, Emperor Aurangzeb, please use the arms we sent to kill as many hateful Chinese as possible.

They not only prayed in their hearts and talked about it, but also worked hard in actual actions: in addition to the first batch of arms, they also continued to send a large number of bullets, artillery shells and a small amount of firearms to Aurangzeb. When they arrived.

In the end, they simply gave away money: used to win people's hearts.

In August 1632, Spain sent a group of three 5,000-ton ironclads, three 3,000-ton ironclads, and five 3,000-ton ironclad supply ships to the west of the Indian Peninsula.

At this time, Goa and Bombay on the west side of the Indian peninsula were both Portuguese colonies. Therefore, Aurangzeb was originally worried about the other party's proposal to acquire a port on the west side of the Indian peninsula, but it did not cost him much effort.

That was solved. But Philip's original intention was actually to open another port at the southern tip of the Indian peninsula: whether it was Bombay or Goa, the latitude was a bit too high, and the distance from the west side of the peninsula to the east side was still too long.

For this reason, Aurangzeb worked very hard to coordinate: the southern tip of the peninsula was not within the control of the empire.

However, before he could coordinate, Agnar's order came: the battle of Asansol Town had failed, the rainy season was over, and the enemy was about to move in. The empire would gather all its forces to fight the enemy in Kanpur. Andhra Pradesh

It is necessary to transport enough firearms and bullets to Agnar as much as possible.

This is troublesome: although the arms of the two countries in West Asia are much more advanced and more diverse than the products of Andhra's own factories, most of the weapons produced by the various gun factories built in Datar back then were

The calibers were different from the arms sent by Western and Austrian countries. Therefore, Aurangzeb could only send products from existing factories in Andhra as far north as possible, while all the troops under his command were equipped with Western weapons.

Austrian weapon.

Time entered January 1633. Aurangzeb learned through his own channels that the decisive battle between the two sides was imminent. In addition, since all the main forces of the Ming army had landed, the pressure on transportation and escort was greatly reduced. Originally, Ceylon

The Indian Ocean Squadron of the Ming Dynasty's Nanyang Fleet based on the island also returned to Ceylon from Yangon to garrison. Without launching a naval battle, it would mean that the maritime support of the two countries was completely cut off. So Aurangzeb made a decision

Determination: Send troops to sneak attack on the Cathayans’ rear troops!

At this time, Aurangzeb had seven divisions under his command (including two Ottoman divisions). After careful consideration, he set off with only four divisions: logistical pressure was on the one hand, and more importantly, there were three

The division has not yet been completely reorganized. If such a unit is brought to the battlefield, it will not be of much use and will easily lead to the collapse of the entire army.

The Deccan Plateau on the Indian Peninsula is said to be a plateau, but in fact the average altitude is only 500~600 meters. Although there are many dangerous areas due to terrain reasons. However, this is His Highness the Third Prince marching on his own territory. Therefore, in 1633

On March 13, 2011, this 60,000-strong regiment had already passed half of the plateau and reached the edge of the Ganges Plain.

"Your Highness, our scouts discovered the Cathayans' army more than forty miles away from here, but the situation we observed is a bit inconsistent with what you described to us."

"Where's the inconsistency?"

"Yes, you told us that according to Agnar's information, the flag of the Cathayans' army is a red background with a yellow sun and moon. But the flag of the army in front, in addition to the red background with a yellow sun and moon, is on its flag.

The lower right corner is white, and there is a symbol on the white area."

"Hmm..." After searching the memory of Datar in his mind, Aurangzeb smiled slightly: "It is said that the people of Cathay like to call themselves the Celestial Kingdom. They do not directly rule some small and poor countries around them, but just let them

These small countries pay tribute regularly... This army should be sent by the servant country of the Cathayans, which is very good. The Cathayans are really arrogant. They dare to use the troops of the servant countries to guard their flanks. The opponent is probably

how many people?"

"The opponent's military camp we observed can accommodate about 10,000 troops, but it is unclear whether there are other troops nearby."

"It doesn't matter, no matter what, the enemy is at the key pass for us to completely enter the plain. No matter how many people there are, no matter whether there are follow-up troops or not, we will defeat them!"

"Yes, Your Highness."

"Okay, you continue the investigation, and I hope you can obtain more and more detailed information. However, the prerequisite for doing all this is, first, do not alert the other party. Second, pay attention to your own safety. My brother, at this moment,

The life of every Xingyue believer is precious."

"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness, please rest assured that we will complete the task."

After the scout captain left, Aurangzeb immediately summoned a meeting with the commanders of the four divisions and the staff officers of the corps.

"Everyone, we are only forty miles away from the Cathayans' flanking force. I mean, the troops are deployed and ready to eat this flanking force. Now, do you have any problems there?"

"Your Highness, our artillery is still two days away from here."

"Your Highness, the soldiers have been traveling for two months and need to rest."

"...Okay, let's initially set the launch time of the attack in three days. During this period, the army stopped advancing and tried every means to hide itself. At the same time, the scout team stepped up their investigation, and the staff deployed troops and firepower based on the latest intelligence. Three days.

After that, all personnel must be in place and the troops must launch the attack on time."
Chapter completed!