Chapter 1555 Battle of India - Loss and Establishment
"General Lan, Dongying was attacked by thieves last night, with more than a thousand casualties. Some food and arrows were burned, accounting for about 10% of Dongying's storage." Yang Feng, who was sitting on Lan Zhen's right hand side, said in Lan Zhen's tent.
, his expression was slightly worried, but still calm.
But compared with him, Zhu Gaoxu, who was sitting on Lan Zhen's left hand, had an extremely gloomy face, like a black cloud brewing a storm, exuding an aura that no strangers should enter. After Yang Feng finished speaking, Zhu Gaoxu opened his mouth,
He said in a very slow and low voice: "General Lan, last night the Western Camp was attacked by thieves at night, with more than 4,000 casualties. A camp was almost completely destroyed by the thieves, and the firewood, ordnance, etc. accumulated in the camp were burned.
All the food was burned."
After talking about the heavy losses in the camp, Zhu Gaoxu continued: "The burned food accounted for about 40% of the total food in Xiying. Xiying only has five days of food left. I also asked General Lan to transfer some food to Xiying. In addition,
, because there are too many injured people, it is difficult for the military doctors in the camp to treat them all at the moment. It is best not to move these wounded people. Please also send some military doctors to the Western Camp."
"I will immediately order the deployment of enough soldiers to feed the soldiers of the Western Camp for five days, and military doctors will be dispatched immediately." Seeing Zhu Gaoxu pause, Lan Zhen said: "King Su does not need to be so low-key. The reason why the losses are slightly heavy is not King Su's."
The fault is that King Pu did not listen to the instructions of me and His Highness. Because of his negligence, he caused such heavy losses. Even if he does not want to, I will deprive him of his military power, even if his own troops cannot be mobilized.
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"Speaking of which, after causing such heavy losses, why didn't he come to the camp to see me? Is it because he was too embarrassed to come to see me?"
"General Lan," Zhu Gaoxu's expression became even more ugly when he heard him mention why Zhu Xianyao didn't come to see him, and he said slowly: "He couldn't mobilize troops and horses even if he wanted to. He was seriously injured. I came from Xiying
He was still unconscious when he arrived and was being treated by military doctors."
"King Pu is seriously injured? Is his life in danger?" Lan Zhen immediately showed a look of concern on his face and said: "There is a person in my camp who is very good at diagnosing and treating trauma. I will immediately ask him to treat King Pu's injuries."
"There is also a military doctor in my camp who is good at treating external injuries. I also asked him to treat King Pu's injuries." Yang Feng also said.
"According to the military doctor who treated him, his life can be saved, but he will be somewhat disabled and have sequelae," Zhu Gaoxu said slowly.
"Left disabled? But the leg was injured?" Yang Feng asked.
"It can be considered as a leg injury." Zhu Gaoxu answered vaguely.
"It's good that there is no fear of life." Lan Zhen didn't care where Zhu Xianyao was. He murmured softly and breathed a sigh of relief. Although Zhu Xianyao could be said to have brought it upon himself, he is now Zhu Xianyao's boss. As a clan member, Zhu Xianyao
If Lan Zhen died, there was no guarantee that Yun Xi would be angry with him. Since Zhu Xianyao could not die and Yun Xi didn't like him in the first place, Lan Zhen didn't have to worry.
Zhu Gaoxu couldn't hear what Lan Zhen was saying, but he noticed that his expression relaxed for a moment. He glanced at Yang Feng's expression again, and then remembered what the military doctor had told him about Zhu Xianyao's injuries. He trembled and sighed in his heart.
He said: "Zhu Xianyao is such a bad person. Except for people in the clan, no one is friendly with him. Perhaps, he was seriously injured this time as retribution."
At this time, Lan Zhen returned to the topic: "King Su, the Western Camp has suffered heavy losses and its combat strength has been greatly reduced. I will send a guard to the Western Camp to supplement the losses and restore its combat strength. You can arrange for the soldiers to build a camp for them as soon as possible."
"Yes, General Lan." Zhu Gaoxu agreed.
"Yang Feng, the losses in Dongying are not big, so we will not transfer the guard post to Dongying." Lan Zhen said again.
"Don't worry, General Lan. Although our Dongying camp suffered some casualties and its combat strength is indeed not as good as before, the soldiers are more cautious. If the thieves attack the camp again, none of them will be able to survive," Yang Feng said.
Lan Zhen nodded and was about to say something else when suddenly the guards guarding the tent came in and saluted: "General Lan, His Royal Highness King Su, Deputy General Yang, Deputy General Cao, Deputy General Zhang, Duke Lu, and General Xu Shen want to see you.
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"Let them come in." Lan Zhen ordered and explained to Zhu Gaoxu and Yang Feng: "Although the thieves did not disturb the camp last night, I immediately ordered them to be more vigilant after seeing the fire coming from the East and West Camps. They all personally
He led the troops on patrol from midnight to dawn. Cao Xing, Zhang Fu, and Zeng Shou were all very young, and were all around forty. Not only did they not sleep all night, but the cold wind blew in the middle of the night, and they were a little unbearable. So they went back
Rested for a while. When I asked King Su and Yang Feng to guard the east and west camps separately, I also thought that since they are not young, it would be easier for them to work less hard."
'Let me tell you. Why did General Lan see the two of us alone instead of together with Cao Xing and others? Indeed, they are not young anymore. When Xu Zengshou was with me, Ruona didn't sleep all night and the whole next day.
They all have no energy. But just a few years ago, when I went back to the capital and stayed up all night drinking with him, he was still in high spirits. Sigh." Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but sigh.
Just as he was thinking about it, Cao Xing and others walked in, bowed and sat down. Although they had rested for a while, Cao Xing and the others still looked a little tired and their heads were not clear. It was young Wen Yao who asked first: "General Lan, King Su
Uncle, Lieutenant General Yang, there were thieves who attacked the camp last night, how heavy the losses were?"
"Dongying's losses are not heavy, but Xiying's losses are slightly greater." Lan Zhen then talked about Xiying's losses.
"The losses are so heavy!" Wen Yao exclaimed, "What should we do! Moreover, the losses are so heavy because someone must be slacking off, and those who are slacking off must be dealt with severely!"
"It was King Pu who was slacking off a bit, which resulted in greater losses. Moreover, King Pu himself was seriously injured," Lan Zhen said again.
After hearing the first half of the sentence, Wen Yao wanted to say, "Why is Uncle Pu Wang so careless! General Lan, you have to teach him a lesson." Then he heard the second half of the sentence and hurriedly said: "Uncle Pu Wang is injured."
"Is it heavy? Is it life-threatening?" Cao Xing and others cheered up when they heard this and spoke with concern. Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly said that it would not be life-threatening.
They were concerned about Zhu Xianyao's injury for a while, and then Wen Yao asked again: "General Lan, when I rushed to the big tent, I saw a camp being set up in the northwest of Dhaka City. After observing it with clairvoyance, I found that they were all
The appearance of the local people should be that of the Shah's reinforcements, and that they should also be the troops who attacked the camp last night. This group of troops has a large number of people, at least 50,000 people, and the size of the camp they set up is much larger than 50,000, at least enough for ten people.
Thousands of people live there. But they have not yet displayed the national flag. There is only one flag with complicated patterns, which should be the flag with the surname of the general in charge. Because it is too far away to see clearly, we still don’t know where this army and horses come from. "
"They set up camp, and there are still 50,000 people!" Yang Feng said in surprise. He thought that the people who attacked the camp last night were only more than 10,000 people. The Shah sent people to contact all parts of Bangladesh who were still loyal to him to gather together.
The men and horses were obtained. But he did not expect that there were fifty thousand people, no, more than fifty thousand people. How could this not surprise him?
"These are definitely not local troops from Bangladesh. They should be troops sent by other countries in India to rescue the Shah," Cao Xing said.
"I wonder which country they are from?" Wen Yao asked again.
"There is no need to guess which country's troops they are from, they will let us know sooner or later." After saying this, Lan Zhen talked about the next arrangements: "Since the Shah has reinforcements coming, and there are a lot of them,
Give up the attack on Dhaka City. The west camp retreats thirty miles south and places the camp southwest of Dhaka City, close to the main camp; the east camp also withdraws thirty miles south, close to the main camp. Cao Xing, you lead this headquarters
The men and horses were separated from the main camp and set up their own camp south of the main camp."
"Each battalion has at least enough food for ten days. If it is not enough, tell the forage officer immediately and allocate it immediately. The ordnance for siege will not be used for the time being, but each battalion must have enough arrows. You can go back and take inventory..."
"Yang Feng, if you handled the attack on the camp well last night, I will credit you with a credit. If any of my officers and men have made meritorious deeds, please inform me immediately, and I will reward you in the afternoon or tomorrow morning. Your Highness, King Su, although your Highness handled the attack well last night,
But King Pu was also a subordinate of His Highness at that time, and His Highness also had to record a fault, and the officers and soldiers who had committed the offense could be dealt with. However, the officers and soldiers who had made meritorious deeds would also be rewarded."
"The bodies of all fallen soldiers will be brought back and buried as soon as possible."
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After making new arrangements, Lan Zhen finally said: "Although the battlefield of this battle is still in Bengal, since there are soldiers and horses from other parts of India participating in the battle, this battle is no longer just a battle to pacify Bengal. With these troops now,
It may not be possible to defeat the enemy. According to His Majesty's instructions before leaving, it is time to send someone to report to His Majesty and send out the next batch of soldiers and horses to participate in the battle. Until new soldiers and horses arrive, unless a God-given opportunity arises, we will temporarily fight with him.
The enemy forces are facing off outside Dhaka. Now that most of Bangladesh is occupied by our army, there is no need to worry about insufficient food."
"Since my father had the intention to attack the whole of India, why didn't he send hundreds of thousands of horses to India where the war started, but only sent less than 100,000 horses?" Wen Yao asked. At that time in the capital, he heard that the plan was
He wanted to ask when he said this, but he was a little afraid of his father, so he didn't dare to ask, and he couldn't ask others to ask, so he kept the question in his heart. When Lan Zhen mentioned it, he couldn't help but ask.
"His Majesty's considerations at that time were: First, if hundreds of thousands of troops were sent to attack a small Bengal, other countries in India would be surprised, and they would never think that these hundreds of thousands of troops would stop after just conquering Bengal, which would lead to
The countries near Bangladesh joined forces with Bangladesh in advance to fight against the Ming Dynasty. Secondly, His Majesty did not want to attack other Indian countries after conquering Bangladesh. Instead, he waited until His Highness had been operating in Bangladesh for a few years. Then hundreds of thousands of troops would stay there.
India was just wasting food and it was of no use. So it only sent 100,000 troops." Lan Zhen explained.
"That's it." Wen Yao muttered softly and said nothing more.
"Your Highness," Lan Zhen spoke to him again: "Although the city of Dhaka has not been captured, most of Bangladesh has been captured by our army. Your Highness should be the king of Bangladesh."
"No, no." Wen Yao shied away: "How can we call the king and establish a vassal state now?"
"Your Highness, you must establish a vassal state." Lan Zhen said, "Although our army has occupied Bangladesh and has appointed many officials, the name under which it governs the local people is still very unclear. Even the appointed officials
I don’t know who the monarch is. As the saying goes, if the name is not correct, things will not go well, and if the words are not correct, things will not work. If you want your decrees to be smooth, you must establish a country. What’s more, Your Majesty has already sealed the land of Bengal as His Highness’s fiefdom, so why should Your Highness refuse?”
"This? Even so, the imperial decree of the emperor is needed to establish a vassal state, and the country does not have a title. It needs to be given by the emperor. It is too abrupt to call the king and establish a vassal state now." Wen Yao continued to evade. He wanted to wait for the fall.
After conquering the city of Dhaka, the vassal state was formally established.
"There is no imperial edict from His Majesty to confer His Majesty the title of King of the vassal state, but Your Majesty has already chosen the title of the country." Lan Zhen took out a document in front of everyone's surprised eyes and unfolded it for everyone to see. Everyone looked up.
, I saw only one word 'heng' on it.
"His Majesty said: The word 'heng' was originally written as '亘', which comes from Er and Yue. Er represents heaven and earth, and month is the moon. Together they make the moon hanging between the sky and the earth for hundreds of millions of years. The moon waxes and wanes back and forth.
And it means eternity. The meaning is very good. Moreover, the Indians also call the river that flows into the sea here the Ganges River. This word not only has a good meaning, but also matches the local place name, so it is suitable for the name of His Highness’s country." Lan Zhen said.
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Wen Yao carefully identified it and confirmed that the calligraphy was written by his father, and Lan Zhen did not dare to deceive him. He immediately did not dare to object anymore and could only say: "Then I will call myself the king and establish a vassal state."
"Congratulations to nephew Wenyao." Zhu Gaoxu said immediately. Although Wenyao himself seemed unhappy, he still wanted to congratulate him.
"Congratulations, Your Highness." Everyone said one after another. Wen Yao quickly returned the gift.
"I will immediately order people to prepare and calculate the auspicious days of the zodiac." Lan Zhen said again.
"It doesn't have to be too extravagant." Although Wen Yao accepted to be crowned the king now and establish a vassal state, he wanted to do it again after the city of Dhaka was captured. That time would be considered as the official title of king, so he didn't want to be too extravagant this time.
Moreover, there is still a war going on. It would be too extravagant to establish a vassal state for oneself to be the king, and it would have bad consequences.
"It depends on what the local Kshatriyas and Brahmins think." Lan Zhen said with a smile. Of course he won't be too extravagant, but the local Kshatriyas and Brahmins may not be too extravagant.
Zhu Gaoxu was about to say something with a smile, when suddenly a guard came in and whispered: "General Lan, Your Highnesses, Lieutenants, the newly erected camp sent someone to deliver a letter, which contains this
