"The respected Sultan of Firuz Shah, blessed by God, thank you very much for following the ancient teachings, treating me as a brother, and leading so many soldiers who could block the flow of the Ganges River from flowing to the sea to rescue me." At this time.
At this moment, in one of the most splendid tents in the camp that was still under construction, the Shah was speaking to someone in the most cheerful terms that he could think of.
This man is tall, with slightly dark red skin, and deep facial features. He wears a tight-fitting shirt, armor, and trousers on the lower body. This man is the Sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate, Taj-din Firuzshah.
The Bahmani Sultanate is located in central India, close to the Great Sea of Sea to the west. It was originally part of the Delhi Sultanate. However, after the Delhi Sultanate began to decline more than 60 years ago, Firouz, who was the governor of Gulbarga at the time,
The Shah's ancestor took the opportunity to establish himself as Sultan, and it has now been passed down to the eighth generation.
At this time, Firuz Shah took off the helmet on his head and handed it to the waiter. He smiled at the Shah and said: "Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah, you don't have to compliment me like this. Muslims should help each other."
of."
"But other sultanates did not respond to my call for help, especially the Delhi Sultanate." Shah said with some dissatisfaction. The Delhi Sultanate had changed its owner at this time, and the Tughluq family that originally ruled Delhi had been overthrown.
Said, the former governor of the Punjab of the Timur Khanate introduced by Yunxi, has captured Delhi and declared himself the Sultan of Delhi. Said's power is close to Afghanistan and Persia, and he can recruit mercenaries from these areas, and he has many
The soldiers who had experienced hundreds of battles in the Iwu War had very strong military strength. The Shah's first target for help was him, but Said did not agree to send troops.
"You have to understand Said." Firuz Shah said: "Although Timur's descendants are still fighting each other, Shaharul of Herat is getting stronger and stronger, and is about to complete the war against Afghanistan and eastern Persia.
Control of other places. You know, these Turks from Afghanistan have never paid attention to the unity among Muslims. Once the reunification is completed, they will probably go south to attack Delhi again."
‘Aren’t you yourself a Turk from Afghanistan?’ Shah complained in his heart. However, Firuz Shah claimed that his ancestors were Persians, but he did not dare to say it publicly and slap him in the face.
"Another thing worth paying attention to is the Han people in the east. They established a country in Central Asia, occupied Samarkand, and continued to migrate Han people from the east to Central Asia. A king named 'Shang Bing' has stabilized his rule
, as someone who established a country by attacking the Timur Khanate, he will definitely not allow the remaining forces of Timur to reunify, and is likely to go south to fight Shaharul."
"Isn't this just right? The two of them are fighting, and it just so happens that Said can stand on the mountain and watch the wolf and dragon fight." Shah interjected.
"That's not the case. When two wolves fight with each other on the grassland, the one that remains in the end must be the stronger and more ferocious one. The same goes for the fight between a wolf and a dragon. Once their fight is decided, the one that remains must be the stronger one.
A more terrifying country. Said needs to always pay attention to their fights." Firuz Shah added. But seeing that the Shah was still a little dissatisfied, he stopped explaining and said instead: "And Said is not
He did not provide help. He gave me some arrows and ships, so that I could rush to Bangladesh as quickly as possible and sneak attack the Ming army. Among the reinforcements that came later, there were tens of thousands of troops from the Delhi Sultanate."
"Really? Thank God that Said can still care about the friendship between Muslims." Shah prayed to God, complimented Firuz Shah a few more words, and said: "Firuz Shah,
You said that you have led a total of 100,000 soldiers to come to support, when will the remaining 50,000 people arrive?"
"You can reach outside Dhaka within ten days." Firuz Shah replied.
"This is really great!" Shah said happily: "Firuz Shah, when your army is assembled, my newly recruited army will almost be trained into an army. We can take advantage of the Ming army's suffering.
When we lose, we will drive them out of Bengal in one fell swoop, or even eliminate them all.”
"Shah, I'm afraid this won't work." Firuz Shah said something similar to Lan Zhen: "Although the total strength of our army is greater than that of the Ming army, the number of people is not overwhelming. We want to drive them out immediately.
Bangladesh is very difficult. The subsequent war will be to drive the Ming army out of Bangladesh bit by bit through small-scale wars. This process will last for a long time. Unless the Ming army makes major mistakes, it is absolutely impossible to drive them out in one fell swoop.
"
"But this delay is too long." Shah said: "The local Brahmans do not support my rule. If they are allowed to stay under the rule of the Ming Dynasty for a long time, even if the Ming army is driven away,
It will be much more difficult to bring them back than it is now. It is better to drive them away as soon as possible. And the army you lead has been staying in Bangladesh for a long time, so you are not worried about the safety of your country?"
After hearing the Shah's words, Firuz Shah did not answer immediately. Instead, he remembered what Said said when he and Said met at the border between the two countries. At that time, both he and Said received the Shah's request for help.
Letter. Firuz Shah sent someone to ask Said if he wanted to send troops for rescue and how many soldiers he planned to send. Afterwards, Said asked him to meet at the border.
"I suspect that the Ming army's sudden attack on Bangladesh this time is a prelude to taking control of the entire India." Said said immediately after seeing Firuz Shah.
"Control the whole of India?" Firuz Shah was startled: "The emperor of the Ming Dynasty had such great ambitions?"
"If you think about it, before the Ming army defeated Timur, how many Ming merchants were doing business in your country? After the Ming army defeated Timur, how many merchants were there? Are there Ming merchants who want to buy some of all goods?
, also bought land and rented docks at the port for a long time? If they were really just doing business, and the distance from the west coast of India to the Ming Dynasty was so long, they should only buy a few goods with the highest profit, instead of buying all goods.
And there is no need to buy fields and rent docks," Said said.
Firuz Shah fell into deep thought. He had known what Said said before, but had not thought about it deeply. Now he thought deeply about it and noticed something unusual.
Seeing that Firuz Shah did not speak, Said waited for a while, and then said: "And I caught a person who was undoubtedly a spy sent by the Ming Dynasty. He confessed that starting from the second year after defeating Timur,
The Ming Dynasty greatly increased the number of spies sent to India, and funded many businessmen to serve as spies. Collect information including but not limited to the area of the city, the thickness and height of the city wall, the number of people, food production, the wealth of the people, the number of soldiers and their equipment, etc.
."
"This spy doesn't know what the purpose of Ming Dynasty is for doing this, but apart from fighting, is there any other explanation? And such spies are not only in Bangladesh, nor just in Punjab and Delhi, but include you
There are many countries including the Bahmani Sultanate. It is enough to prove that the Ming Dynasty’s goal is the entire India.”
As he spoke, Said took out another document and handed it to him. "This is the confession of the spy. He can't write Urdu, so I asked him to write Chinese characters, and I asked him to write it according to his dictation.
Confession in Urdu.”
Firuz Shah took the confession but did not read it carefully. If Said deliberately lied to him, a confession could not explain anything. He felt that what he said was probably true because of other evidence cited by Said.
"I will go back and investigate again," Firuz Shah said at that time.
After returning to the country, Firuz Shah immediately launched an investigation and found that what Said said was true. He immediately believed Said. He quickly asked Said to meet at the border for the second time and agreed on an agreement between two companies.
Send troops together to rescue Bangladesh. Since the Ming army's goal is the entire India, they must not let the Ming army get the bridgehead of Bangladesh. Of course, he is also worried that if he is the only one to lead the rescue, Said will send people to sneak attack his country, so the two families
They sent troops together to rescue. As for the countries in the south established by Brahmans, Firuz Shah had always despised their fighting power and felt that the soldiers he left behind were enough to defend against them.
Firuz Shah thought for a while, came back to his senses, and said to Shah: "Are you still worried that the Brahmins can resist your rule without external support? The fighting power of the Brahmins is too weak.
It’s not worth mentioning at all. As long as we can drive away the Ming army, it will be easy to restore their rule.”
"Moreover, do you think I am unwilling to drive the Ming army away as soon as possible? But this is impossible. Counting the 50,000 people you have, our total strength is about 150,000. After the loss of the Ming army, it is 7
To about 80,000, not counting the Brahmans gathered. Although our army has twice the advantage, it is not enough to drive the Ming army out of Bengal as soon as possible, especially the city of Dhaka that must not be abandoned. The most reasonable tactic is to rely on numbers
The advantage was gradually taken back the land and population controlled by the Ming army, so that they could not get enough food, and the Brahmans recruited could not serve them with peace of mind, forcing them to retreat."
"As for my long-term stay with Said's army, I have reached a binding agreement with Said. He will not take the opportunity to go south to attack my country. You don't have to worry."
After hearing this, Shah no longer expressed any opinions on tactics, but asked curiously: "How did you reach a binding agreement with Said? I believe that Said will not take the opportunity to go south to attack your country?"
Firuz Shah was about to consider whether there would be any benefit in telling the Shah about the ambitions of the Ming Dynasty. Suddenly he saw the guard at the door walking in, saluting and saying: "Sultan, this is the reply sent by the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty."
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"How dare you send someone to deliver the message!" Hearing the words of the guard, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly became furious: "How dare you despise our army like this! Someone came, cut off the head of the person who delivered the message and hung it at the camp gate!"
"Slow down!" Lan Zhen said: "If you don't kill the envoy during the war between the two countries, you can't kill him."
"The Bengalis tortured our envoys, why can't they kill their envoys?" Everyone present knew the inside story, so Zhu Gaoxu did not say that Bangladesh killed their envoys, only tortured them.
"The envoy from the country that is supporting troops at this time is not an envoy from Bangladesh. The Ming Dynasty will certainly not forgive the country that dares to torture the envoys of the Ming Dynasty, but there is no need to implicate other countries." Lan Zhen said this and said to the guard: "General
Pass the letter to me."
The guard immediately handed the letter to Lan Zhen. Lan Zhen glanced through it for a while, her face became a little cautious, and ordered the guard to take out a pen and paper, write a reply in person, and then ordered: "Send back the soldiers of the Bahmani Sultanate."
The camp."
The guards took the order and went down. When the guards retreated, Wen Yao immediately asked: "General Lan, the reinforcements are from the Bahmani Sultanate? What was written in the letter? Why did this country send so many soldiers to rescue Bangladesh?"
Lan Zhen handed the letter to everyone in turn and said at the same time: "The reinforcements are indeed coming from the Bahmani Sultanate. The Sultan of this country, Firuz Shah, personally led troops to help, and reinforcements from the Delhi Sultanate are about to arrive.
A total of 100,000 people. Persuaded the Ming Dynasty to withdraw its troops."
Everyone took turns to read the letter, and Xu Zengshou said: "General Lan, although it is indeed strange that Firuz Shah and Said sent 100,000 troops to rescue Bangladesh, there is no need for your face to become so solemn.
This is?"
"It's not because of these 100,000 troops that my face became solemn, but because of this sign." Lan Zhen said: "The countries established by the Tianfang believers in North India seem to have the intention of uniting to fight against the Ming Dynasty. This is very strange."
"Could it be that a spy sent by the Ming Dynasty took refuge with them? Let them know the Ming Dynasty's intentions?" Zhu Gaoxu's expression changed and he said.
"That's true! That!" The expressions of other people also changed and became ugly. This means that if the Ming Dynasty wants to seize Bengal, it must defeat all the countries of Tianfang believers in North India. It has lost every opportunity to defeat them and the difficulty has greatly increased.
Casualties will be much higher than originally estimated.
But in this ugly face, Lan Zhen's face slowly returned to normal. He said loudly: "Why do you have to look so ugly? Since they are willing to unite, then Ming will fight together and defeat several countries at once.
! These countries combined are not as strong as the Tamerlane Khanate back then, so there is nothing to worry about! The Ming Dynasty will definitely be able to defeat them!"
"General Lan is right! The Ming Dynasty will definitely be able to defeat these countries!" Wen Yao said hurriedly. When the others heard him mention the war with Timur, their faces recovered as they remembered the glorious victory of the Ming army in the end.
"Of course, the current 70,000 to 80,000 troops alone will never be able to defeat these many enemies. We will jointly submit a report to His Majesty and write down all the facts of the situation here, asking Your Majesty to send troops!" Lan Zhen said again.
"Yes, please Your Majesty to send troops immediately for support!" Everyone said in a hurry.
"General Lan, if this is the case and there are so many enemies, will the establishment of the vassal state be postponed?" Wen Yao suddenly asked.
"No need! Because of this, Your Highness must establish a vassal state as soon as possible!" Lan Zhen said.
"But……"
"I also understand His Highness's concerns, but even if the city of Dhaka cannot be taken, or even some land is lost, the army will never be driven out of Bangladesh! Your Highness does not need to worry too much. Besides, reinforcements from Bahmani Sultan and other countries have arrived, which is correct for people's hearts.
If you are worried, Your Highness' establishment of a vassal state will help calm people's hearts and make the local people feel at ease to serve Your Highness. Therefore, Your Highness must establish a vassal state as soon as possible."
"Okay, then I will establish the vassal state as soon as possible!" After thinking for a long time, Wen Yao made up his mind. (To be continued)
