Chapter 1549 The Battle of India - The Bengals' Defeat and Zhu Gaoxu's Plan
"Load the cannon!" Shah ordered again, and this time Mansur was not able to stop him.
They have been fighting with the Ming army for a long time, from early morning to now. Although it is not yet dark, the Shah knows that it will get dark in two quarters of an hour. At that time, he will have to stop and continue tomorrow.
Attack the city. But today is already the eighth day of his siege. Ming army reinforcements may arrive at any time. If he cannot capture the city today, he may not be able to capture the city of Majedi. So he must capture the city today, even if
Cannons must be used. Mansour Ye understood this and of course he would not stop it.
Upon hearing the Shah's order, the gunner immediately took out the projectiles from the iron barrel on the vehicle and stuffed them into the gun body. He also took out the gunpowder, checked whether it was damp, and loaded it into the gun body.
"Mansoor, you will definitely be able to break through Majedi City after using cannons, but a section of the city wall will collapse. Once you enter the city, you must immediately find the Brahmin Kshatriya named Singh in the city and ask him to organize manpower to repair the city wall.
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"Yes, Sultan." Mansour agreed, but then asked: "Singh helped the Ming army maintain order in the city. He committed a heinous crime. Of course I dare not refuse to ask him to repair the city wall, but will he use many excuses to shirk it, or
Make the people who repair the city wall very slack?"
"If he dares to do this, arrest his whole family!" Shah said sternly. He understood what Mansoor meant. Even if the Ming army failed in this battle and suffered heavy losses, they would not give up the attack on Bangladesh.
There is still a fight to be had. Singer will most likely put effort on either side, but not much on either side.
In normal times, he would still be able to tolerate the ambivalent behavior of the Brahmans, but now he has to face the Ming Dynasty, an unprecedented enemy, and must use all his strength. He must not allow the Singer organization's personnel to be passive and slow down.
As they were talking, they heard the sound of "bang bang bang". The gunner fired the projectile and hit the outer wall of Magedi City, causing the wall to tremble.
"Quick, reload immediately." Shah said. The gunners hurriedly started reloading.
At this moment, Shah suddenly felt the earth vibrating, turned his head and asked, "Have the Ming army's cavalry reinforcements been dispatched?"
"Exactly." Mansour said after receiving the report from the messenger: "It is true that thousands of cavalry are dispatched and are attacking our army's rear formation."
"No more than five thousand cavalry at most. If they don't retreat after the city of Majedi is breached, we will annihilate them all together." Shah smiled.
But his expression soon changed again, and he shouted: "No, this is definitely not just a charge of three to five thousand cavalry! Quick, send troops to the rear to stop the Ming army!"
But at this moment, another messenger ran over in panic and shouted: "Sultan, the Ming army is very large in number. The soldiers in the rear cannot resist it and have been defeated!"
"Quick, Mansoor, if you dare to send soldiers to the back line to support, you must stop the Ming army! You guys hurry up and notify Enis and Luqman Khan, and ask them to send soldiers to the back line to support!"
Shah shouted.
"Yes, Sultan!" Mansour agreed, and hurriedly led a small number of cavalry to support the rear formation, and the infantry followed closely.
"You continue to fire, and you must capture Majedi City!" Shah turned his head and ordered again.
But there was no time for them to fire. The cavalry led by Mansour was defeated by the Ming cavalry, which was far more numerous, in almost an instant, and fled in all directions. The Ming cavalry did not pursue the scattered Bengal cavalry, but continued to charge forward.
The main force of the Bangladeshi army in the west of Majedi City. The infantry following Mansoor marched in a hurry. When they saw the Ming army cavalry rushing over, they had no time to arrange anything, and the Ming army cavalry passed through the middle. After that
Seventy percent of the cavalry continued to charge forward, while 30% of the cavalry turned around and continued to attack the more than 10,000 infantry. Unless the infantry formed a formation, even ten times the number of men and horses would not be a match for the cavalry. Count the repeated attacks of the cavalry here.
Under the attack, more than 10,000 troops were almost wiped out, and only a handful of people escaped.
Seeing with his own eyes that more than 10,000 horses were dispersed by the Ming army almost instantly, and hearing the shaking sound from the charge of thousands of horses, Shah's face was ashen. Now it was not just about whether he could capture Majedi City.
It's a question of how many men and horses he can keep. There are so many cavalry in the Ming army, and the Bangladeshi soldiers are unprepared, so they are bound to be defeated. There are endless fields near Majedi City, with only a few forests.
After being defeated, he couldn't even escape.
"Sultan, lead your soldiers to evacuate quickly!" Khalid shouted loudly: "If you don't leave, it will be too late!"
"How can the Ming army move with so many cavalry?"
"Sudan, there are still more than a hundred cavalry in the army, which is enough to cover the Sudan's withdrawal; the remaining infantry is left to block the Ming cavalry. Of course, these thousands of infantry can't stop the Ming cavalry for long, but there is a river more than ten miles to the north.
After the Sultan withdrew across the river, he destroyed all the bridges on the river so that the Ming army could not pursue them. In this way, they could withdraw." Khalid said even more anxiously.
"Shut up! How could I leave so many brothers in the religion and escape alone!" Shah said: "I will work with all the brothers to repel the Ming army's attack and then lead them to withdraw!"
"Sultan!" Khalid shouted anxiously again. Although he is also a Tianfang believer, he obviously does not regard these Indians who look very different from himself as brothers, and feels that the lives of these people together are not his own.
It was important and wanted to escape immediately. But he was not a general in the Shah's army. He couldn't move a single soldier, and it was impossible to escape with his stomach empty, so he kept encouraging the Shah to escape. But for some reason, he didn't seem to pay so much attention to soldiers in the past.
The Shah of Life was acting uncharacteristically today. Khalid couldn't understand and could only persuade anxiously. But the Shah just said that he would lead the soldiers to repel the Ming army.
"Sultan, evacuate quickly. If you don't evacuate, it will be too late!" At this time, Mansour fled back with more than ten people on horseback. When he saw the Shah, he immediately advised him.
"Mansour, it's a good thing you're fine!" Shah first shouted in surprise, and then said: "No, I can't escape alone. I want to fight off the Ming army's attack with all my brothers before leading all the soldiers."
withdraw."
"Sultan," Mansour advised again: "Sultan, you are too selfish to think like this. Although I am not as good as the Sultan in fighting, I can see that it is impossible to defeat the Ming army today. Even if the army is not completely annihilated, it will definitely be
The casualties were heavy; and if Sultan had stayed on the battlefield, the Ming army would definitely have wanted to capture and kill Sultan. Of course, Sultan would not have been captured alive by the Ming army, and he would have died for all the Tianfang believers."
"It is very sad that you died in the battle, Sultan, but what is even more worrying is the Tianfang believers in the entire Bangladesh. The Ming army has always discriminated against the Tianfang believers. If they are allowed to occupy the entire Bangladesh, they will definitely make all brothers in the religion
Life is worse than death, and if Sultan dies here, Bangladesh will be leaderless and will definitely be occupied by the Ming army, and the brothers in the religion will also be oppressed; and if Sultan can escape back and organize all his brothers to continue resisting the Ming army's attack,
If we can prevent them from occupying the entire country, all believers will not have to be persecuted. So I implore the Sultan for the sake of all the religious brothers in Bangladesh, don’t abandon them for your own reputation! You must go back to organize the brothers to resist the Ming army! Except for you
, no one can shoulder this important task!"
After listening to Mansoor's words, Khalid was stunned and stood there. But Shah sighed and said: "In this case, for the sake of all brothers in the religion, I will withdraw to Dhaka immediately!" As he said this, he
He turned over and mounted a horse, and ordered several officials and guards to mount the horse as well. "Hurry up and tell Luqman Khan, Ennis and Maher who are responsible for attacking the other three sides, and ask them to lead their troops and withdraw as soon as possible!"
"Khalid, didn't you hear what I said? Hurry up and get on your horse!" Shah glanced around and saw Khalid still standing there, frowned, and said again.
"Yes, Sultan." After hearing this, Khalid came back to his senses, agreed and got on his horse. Shah turned back and glanced at the approaching Ming army, then looked at the military camp, and sighed.
, waved his riding crop and retreated north.
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"General Lan, His Royal Highness King Su, has defeated the northern camp of the Bangladeshi soldiers and defeated more than ten thousand Bengalis. Because it is dark, I don't know how many Bengalis have been destroyed, but at least there are nearly ten thousand troops."
"General Lan, His Royal Highness King Su, has defeated the western camp of the Bangladeshi soldiers and defeated more than 10,000 Bengalis. Because it is dark, I don't know how many Bengalis have been destroyed, but at least there are nearly 10,000 troops."
"General Lan, His Royal Highness King Su, has defeated the eastern camp of the Bangladeshi soldiers and defeated more than 20,000 Bengalis. Because it is dark, I don't know how many Bengalis have been destroyed, but at least there are nearly 20,000 troops." Several messengers came.
Go to Lan Zhen and Zhu Gaoxu and report loudly.
Many people around them were very happy. There were only 80,000 Bangladeshi soldiers in total. In this battle, at least 50,000 were defeated and nearly 40,000 were wiped out. Including the men and horses lost in the previous attack on Majedi City, the Bangladeshi army
It can be said that the entire army is close to being annihilated. There is no obstacle to their attack on other cities in Bangladesh, and everyone's military exploits are easily accessible.
"Haha, they must all be exaggerating their military exploits." Zhu Gaoxu suddenly laughed and said: "Shah's south army only has a total of 60,000 or 70,000 troops. In recent days, thousands of people have been killed in the attack on Majedi City, and at least 10,000 troops have just escaped.
,How can we defeat and eliminate so many Bangladeshi soldiers?"
"Order the soldiers to withdraw their troops and return to camp, and we will clear the battlefield tomorrow morning." Lan Zhen interrupted Zhu Gaoxu's words and spoke.
"Yes!" The ordering soldiers calmed down their emotions, agreed, turned their horses and went away. Lan Zhen also led the people back to the military camp.
"King Su, even if the generals' achievements are exaggerated, they cannot say it face to face. In any case, the merit is calculated based on the heads, so it is okay for them to exaggerate the number of troops defeated." Lan Zhen whispered to Zhu Gaoxu again.
"That's what the general said." Zhu Gaoxu agreed, but he was not convinced. He was the king of his vassal country and always required his generals to be honest when reporting their military exploits. Anyone who lied about their military exploits would be punished. For Lan Zhen
He did not accept his statement. But Lan Zhen was a hero and a veteran, and he did not want to offend, so he could only say this.
Seeing his reaction, Lan Zhen knew that he was not convinced, but she said nothing more and started chatting with him.
"Although we won a complete victory today, it was actually very thrilling. If the Shah had used artillery earlier, the city of Majedi might have been breached, the defenders in the city might have been annihilated, and Zhang Fu might have died in the battle or
Suicide. Fortunately, the Shah finally made up his mind to use artillery," Lan Zhen said.
"That's true. Fortunately, Shah finally made up his mind to use artillery." Zhu Gaoxu also said with lingering fear. It would be fine for ordinary soldiers to have a few more casualties, but if Zhang Fu died in battle or committed suicide, he would not be able to explain it to Wen.
Today's strategy for fighting the Bangladeshi soldiers was almost entirely thought up by Zhu Gaoxu alone. On the same day that the news that Majedi City was surrounded by Bengalis reached Noakhali City, Wen heard that follow-up troops had arrived in Nanhadi.
Ya Island, hurriedly returned to the island to let them set off as soon as possible to relieve the siege of Majedi City.
The army that rushed to South Hadiya Island at that time was the army of Su Fan and other five vassal states commanded by Zhu Gaoxu. After hearing Wen’s words, Zhu Gaoxu immediately led more than 10,000 troops to the city of Noakali by boat.
He personally led three thousand cavalry to Magedi City.
At that time, the Shah had already commanded the Bangladesh troops to attack the city. Ye Yiwei led the cavalry to attack the Bangladesh army's formation several times in an attempt to interfere with their siege, but failed. He was very happy when he heard that Zhu Gaoxu had arrived with three thousand cavalry.
He immediately said: "Your Highness King Su, your Highness and your ministers have a total of 6,000 troops, and they are all cavalry. They are enough to defeat a Bengali military camp when they are not prepared. The Bengalis must have paid more attention to their defenses after being defeated in a military camp."
, we must reduce the siege, so that Magedi City can probably be defended."
But Zhu Gaoxu thought about it for a while and said: "Ye Tongzhi, although this will most likely be able to defend Magedi City, that's all."
"I dare you to ask His Highness what your plan is?" Ye Yiwei asked.
"According to Gu's strategy, we can not only break the siege of Majedi City, but also severely injure the Bangladeshi soldiers, and even wipe out all the people outside Majedi City at this time." Zhu Gaoxu said this first, and then said
own strategy.
"In the next three days, at least 30,000 cavalry will come to Bangladesh. It is impossible to attack the Bengali formation with thousands of cavalry alone, but it will be enough to strangle the Bangladeshi army's probing horses. From tomorrow onwards, send out cavalry to strangle the Bangladeshi army's probing horses on all sides.
They concealed the battlefield and ordered reinforcements to arrive in batches. However, they all arrived thirty miles south of Majedi City at a certain time three days later. Then, when the Bengalis were attacking the city, they suddenly launched an attack on the back of the Bengal army, which was a heavy blow.
Its army only has a total of 80,000 troops in Bangladesh, and there are at least 60,000 here. If they can be defeated, Bangladesh will have no troops to use, and then it can take advantage of the victory to seize the city of Dhaka and destroy its country."
