Chapter 007 The bloody battle with Rajmohar (Part 2)
Liu Xin's words are indeed true. Considering the current national, military and geopolitical situation of the Ming Dynasty, it is really difficult to imagine any other formidable enemy that needs Gao Pragmatic, the Dinghaishenzhen-level chief minister of the cabinet, to personally take command.
To be honest, when Gao Pangshi personally led the army for the last time, he was only a bachelor of Wenhua Palace, ranking third among the cabinet ministers, not to mention the first minister, not even the second minister - of course, it turned out later that
Because the first assistant Wang Jiaping and the second assistant Liang Menglong were allowed to beg for their remains at the same time, Gao Pragmatic directly skipped the second assistant and took over as the first assistant, but that is another matter.
Of course Gao Yuan also understood the reason behind this, so he just said it, and then he cheered up and said, "Thank you for your kindness, aunt, but this may not be all bad. Children can't rely on their father to guide them in everything."
Liu Xin has always been grateful for Gao Yuan's willingness to call himself "child" in front of her. After all, in this era, the eldest son does not have to call himself a child in front of his father's concubines. Gao Yuan can do this, which shows that he has great respect for her.
I still have a high level of respect for my mentor.
However, Gao Yuan's last words just now inevitably made her a little sensitive - Oh, you said in front of me that you can't rely on your father to guide you in everything, then I seem to be in the position of "guiding from the side" now. Could it be that you have
What's your opinion?
In fact, it is no wonder that she is sensitive. Her special status in Beijing is already a bit out of line for the conservative empire of the Ming Dynasty. Now she has been clearly designated by Gao Pangshi as the actual commander of the Western Expeditionary Army in Southern Xinjiang, and her power overrides that of Gao Yuan.
This Prince Jingguo...
If Gao Yuan were two or three years younger, it might be okay for him to act as his "enlightenment mentor" on his behalf, but Gao Yuan was already thirteen years old when he went south last year, and he is fourteen years old this year, far from the Ming Dynasty man.
There are only two years left before the age of sixteen, which is not easy to handle.
During the recent period, even Liu Xin herself sometimes couldn't help but think that my current identity is a bit like that of Yang Guangping and Chen Shi's Gao Xi. In name, I was just Marshal Chang Shi, but in fact I was the "temporary guardian of Jin Wang Yang Guang".
", it means "all the advice of the three armies is taken from Jiong". But the problem is that although Yang Guang generally showed respect for Gao Xi at the time, he actually had a lot of resentment in his heart... and the person who later killed Gao Xi was also
It is he, the great emperor.
Although Gao Yuan is now a few years younger than Yang Guang during the period, he obviously has a certain talent for acting - although he is still very young, at least he is definitely not a straight person - so, is it possible that he also secretly does not
Are you satisfied with listening to a "feminine person" giving orders every day?
Gao Yuan noticed that Liu Xin seemed to be in a daze and called out softly: "Auntie?"
"Ah?" Liu Xin came back to her senses and nodded: "Well, what you said makes sense. After all, you are the prince of Jingguo. In the future, you will inherit your father's great business. How can someone with such great power be less?
All-round training... Well, just now we have analyzed the next thing to be done very closely, then you will decide the timing of the subsequent specific command, how about it? "
Gao Yuan looked a little surprised and asked, "It's all up to the child?"
"Yes, it's all up to you to decide." After all, Liu Xin is a tiger girl. Now that she has decided, there is no ambiguity.
Surprisingly, Gao Yuan hesitated for a moment, and then thought for a while before saying: "Thank you, aunt, for your cultivation, but this battle is very important, and the child lacks experience after all. If a large number of elites are lost in vain because of the cultivation of the child, for the sake of the Gao family's foundation, father
Prestige and reputation are all extremely disadvantageous.
My child thinks it is worse than this: if my child's decision is generally feasible, my aunt will silently acquiesce; if my child's decision is obviously wrong, my aunt should be asked to correct it immediately, without caring about my child's face. Aunt, what do you think?"
Liu Xin was very satisfied with Gao Yuan's attitude. She nodded with a smile and said, "You are able to put the overall situation first at your age. If your father knew about it, he would definitely give you a few compliments. Well, that's up to you.
Words and deeds... now you just give orders."
While explaining, Liu Xin couldn't help but re-evaluate: Looking at Yuan'er's attitude, it seems that he really doesn't have any dissatisfaction. I'm afraid it's too much to compare him with Yang Guang - unless his acting skills are better than those of Yang Guang in his early years.
Guang is still superb. Well, but if he learns all his father's skills, it's not impossible...
Liu Xin was thinking about her thoughts. On the other side, Gao Yuan had already begun to give orders. He once again sent an order to the defenders in the city to prepare for battle and act in accordance with the order just now. Then he sent another order for the servants led by Gao Shizhong to ride behind the city gate.
It is good to prepare for the attack, but it is temporarily on standby, waiting for the other departments to create conditions for its attack.
Following Gao Yuan's order, various units of the Southern Xinjiang Western Expedition Army began to act according to the plan.
Gao Sigang's artillery units began to be deployed at the west and north city gates. Their actions were deliberately discovered by the enemy's sentries in order to confuse the enemy.
As a result, the city gates on the west and north sides of the city were wide open, and groups of soldiers from the Southern Xinjiang Western Expedition Army filed out and marched towards the Mughal vanguard army outside the city. Their queues were neat and their morale was high, showing that the Southern Xinjiang Army
Elite momentum. Since their actions were unconcealed, the Mughal vanguard army immediately judged that the Southern Xinjiang Army was about to leave the city from these two directions to establish artillery positions.
At the same time, Takagi San stood on the city wall on the side of the river, waiting for the arrival of the Nanyang Fleet. The telescope in his hand was staring at the river in the distance. Finally, exactly two-quarters of an hour later, a huge fleet appeared
in his sight.
This fleet is composed of dozens of small and medium-sized warships. Among them, they are just conventional armed transport ships at sea, but when they reach the Ganges River, they are like behemoths on the water.
Sent here - after all, the rivers in Bangladesh are crisscrossed, and the river fleet is of great use. Now, whether it is an armed transport ship or a river gunboat, the black muzzles of the guns on the ship have been pointed directly at the Mughal vanguard army outside the city.
The Mughal Empire mobilized the country's elite for this battle, and the vanguard army was of course also experienced in combat. When they saw these actions, they immediately became vigilant. Jahangir naturally believed that the Southern Xinjiang Army would rely on artillery superiority and give himself first.
Let's show off our power.
The newly enthroned Padishah immediately issued a series of orders. The formation of the Mughal vanguard army began to tilt in the west and north directions, and at the same time, it was as far apart as possible to prepare for possible artillery attacks. At this time, Jia Jia
Although Khan Gil still had doubts in his heart, he had to react to the provocation of the Southern Xinjiang Army just in case.
"Command the fleet to prepare for bombardment!" As the fleet took up positions in the river, Takagizo immediately shouted the order and raised the flag.
Following his order, the fleet quickly adjusted its formation, and the gunners on the armed transport ships began to get busy. They loaded the cannonballs into the barrels, adjusted the angle and direction of the muzzles, and prepared to launch an attack on the Mughal vanguard army.
Takagi Sanze secretly calculated the time on the tower. When he estimated that the fleet's bombardment preparations were completed, he decisively issued the bombardment order. The flag bearer on the tower waved the flag ordering the bombardment, and the gunners on the fleet immediately entered combat mode. They skillfully
Make final parameter adjustments, aim the muzzle at the target, and ignite the barrel fuze.
As the deafening sound of artillery sounded, the artillery shells whirled and whizzed towards the enemy, falling in their camp, bringing with them patches of blood - yes, the artillery shells were spinning, because
This round of shelling used chain rounds.
Since the city of Rajmohar was built along the river, the Mughal vanguard army also deployed along the river, which means that the fleet is not too far from the Mughal army position. If it is not too far away, there is no need to use long and heavy artillery.
Instead of firing solid bullets, you can choose to use chain bullets with greater destructive power.
Chain bombs are generally used at medium and short range at sea to destroy the sails and cables of enemy ships in a similar tearing manner to eliminate the enemy ship's power. But if used on land, this kind of maneuver will
The force of tearing is enough to harvest the lives of at least dozens of people in its path like a death scythe.
The Nanyang Fleet has done this job not once or twice, and the result is naturally not what they expected. The soldiers of the Mughal Vanguard Army were torn apart by a large number of chain bullets and their flesh and blood were flying everywhere, and screams were heard endlessly. Their formation was instantly confused, and the soldiers
They panicked when the clothes around them suddenly turned into stumps and arms, and fled in all directions. The originally neat team became fragmented, and morale also dropped sharply.
Takagi San stood on the city wall, watching the movements of the battlefield with his telescope. He saw the soldiers of the Mughal vanguard army deployed close to the Ganges River collapsed under the attack of artillery fire, and he secretly admired Deputy Commander Liu's strategy.
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His only regret is that the shooting distance of artillery these days is still limited. Such effective chain bullet harvesting can only hit the Mughal army near the river. If it is further away, it can only be replaced by solid bullets with poor actual effect.
- But he won't do this, because Gao Sigang is in charge there, and he only needs to continue attacking the Mughal troops by the river.
Indeed, Gao Sigang's implementation of tactics was relatively smooth. Although land warfare artillery is usually smaller in caliber than naval warfare artillery, Rajmohar, as the front line of defense against the Mughal Empire, still had several No. 2 guns on each tower.
As for the heavy artillery, there are now eight in the west gate and north gate combined.
These eight heavy artillery were the first to open fire. With the power of the giant artillery, even though they used solid bullets with limited actual damage, it really made the Mughal army who was under fire very confused. When they left the city and set up the artillery positions for field battle
The artillery began to use dozens of No. 3 guns to speak, and the chaos in the Mughal infantry formation intensified a lot.
In fact, this bombardment not only effectively damaged the enemy's morale, but also created an excellent opportunity for the elite cavalry led by Gao Shizhong to attack. Because the frustrated Jahangir discovered that at the current distance, if the infantry was allowed to go up and kill Nan
If the Xinjiang army laid out an artillery position outside the city gate, these infantrymen would not only have to face the two batches of artillery on the city tower and outside the city wall, but also face the densely packed musketeers on the city wall to shoot - Jahangir, as Jinghua's previous commander
Ally, he knows how far the Wanli No. 2 musket can shoot.
Because of this, His Majesty Padishah, who couldn't swallow this breath, strictly ordered the cavalry to start gathering towards him, preparing to let the cavalry go up to harvest these desperate southern Xinjiang artillerymen - you didn't even have infantry cover, so you came so close to the artillery fire. I really don't think I can.
There is no one in the Wol Empire?
However, at this time, Gao Shizhong was already standing in front of the city gate, holding the sword tightly in his hand, and his eyes were as sharp as an eagle. Behind him, more than a thousand cavalry and cavalry were waiting in formation. They were dressed in black armor, holding curved sabers, and looked cold and stern.
,aggressive.
Seeing this, Gao Yuan immediately issued the order to attack. Gao Shizhong led the cavalry out of the city gate without hesitation. After leaving the city gate, the "quick step" immediately changed to "running", which means the beginning
Accelerate. Like a black whirlwind that is gathering strength, they sweep towards the Mughal vanguard army. When they are only a few hundred steps away from the Mughal vanguard army's formation, "running" is changed to "attacking" and the start
Run as fast as a sprint.
Gao Shizhong's cavalry were all elites who had experienced many battles. They had superb riding skills and were proficient in sword skills. They rushed into the Mughal vanguard camp and quickly divided and sliced the enemy troops in front of them, but they did not stop much, just like a scalpel.
It tore the Mughal army to pieces like a cut through flesh.
Although the soldiers of the Mughal Pioneer Army were large in number, they had just arrived, and they did not expect that the enemy would not defend the fortified city and instead went out of the city to engage in battle. Therefore, they did not even make preparations such as holding back horses.
Not done well.
Facing Gao Shizhong's elite cavalry, these Mughal vanguard infantrymen who rushed into battle appeared vulnerable. They were defeated one after another and fled in all directions. In contrast, Gao Shizhong's cavalry was doing the scalpel back and forth unhurriedly.
The maneuvers were like slicing meat, killing them more and more.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! During the battle, Gao Shizhong always charged forward. The sword in his hand was like a scythe that harvested life. He cut down the enemies one after another without looking back.
One glance. His body was covered in blood, but his eyes were shining with bloodthirsty light.
Seeing that his soldiers were defeated by the Southern Xinjiang Army, Jahangir was anxious and angry. He tried to organize the soldiers to fight back, but it was too late. Even the cavalry who had just been ordered to mobilize were finally
They failed to gather a force and were scattered by the fleeing infantry. This was due to the military system of the Mughal Empire. Its system was similar to the cavalry system in the European feudal era, which allowed the generals under their command to have varying numbers of cavalry.
It's quite troublesome to concentrate.
The naval guns of the Southern Xinjiang Army continued to bombard. Takagizo, who was furious, boldly let the fleet continue to approach the shore. Some inland river gunboats almost sat on the beach and fired. Such approaching bombardment obviously extended the strike range, which would
The position of the Wo'er Pioneer Army was even more riddled with holes.
Gao Shizhong's cavalry were like black gods of death, rampaging across the battlefield and killing the already chaotic enemies off their horses one by one.
The soldiers of the Mughal vanguard army lost their command and their fighting spirit. They fled one after another and fled in all directions. Some soldiers were overtaken by the cavalry of the Southern Xinjiang Army and felled to the ground; some soldiers jumped into the Ganges River.
He tried to escape by swimming, but due to poor water quality, he was swept away by the abundant river water during the rainy season.
Jahangir had already retreated to the farthest edge of the position under the force of the generals. He stood in the distance with a pale face and witnessed the whole process of the battle. He originally thought that the 100,000 troops he led could easily
They defeated the Southern Xinjiang Army, but now it seems that they may have completely underestimated the enemy's strength.
His heart was filled with anger and regret, but there was nothing he could do. He could only watch his soldiers being defeated, but he could not stop it.
The battle lasted less than an hour, and the Mughal vanguard army was defeated and suffered heavy losses. The various ministries retreated hastily without waiting for orders - or rather fled. Obviously, the Southern Xinjiang Army won this initial battle.
Gao Shizhong led the cavalry to clean the battlefield and count the spoils. They captured a large amount of weapons and equipment, as well as many prisoners. Naturally, these prisoners had to be escorted back to the city for further interrogation, and may be used as bargaining chips in exchange for other benefits in the future.
The initial victory in the Battle of Rajmohar not only dampened the arrogance of the Mughal Empire in launching the so-called "War of Revenge", but also greatly boosted the morale of the Western Expeditionary Army in Southern Xinjiang. They proved Southern Xinjiang's success with practical actions
The strength of the army also announced to the Bengalis and even more Mughals the dominance of the Southern Xinjiang Army in the Bengal region.
However, both Gao Yuan and Liu Xin knew very well that this battle was just the first battle. Although the Mughal vanguard army seemed to be defeated miserably, due to the limited formation, most of the enemy troops fled and soon
will be regrouped by Jahangir. Seriously speaking, the greatest significance of this battle is to reverse the morale gap between the two sides. The next battle will be the time to see the real story.
After the war, it is estimated that about three or four thousand Mughal troops died in the battle. It is difficult to count the number of people who died by drowning. It was probably more than a thousand people. In short, the Mughal vanguard army of about 30,000 people lost about 5,000 people.
, it’s not too slight, but it’s also not enough to collapse.
Now, just wait for Jahangir to regain his mentality, stop underestimating the enemy, gather his more than 90,000 troops, and launch a thunderous blow against Rajmohar.
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