"Gentlemen, the city of Sibaloi was defended and was not captured; but the city of Jiandepur was captured by the Ming army. General Hashim led the remaining army to retreat from Jiandepur city and has now withdrawn to the east bank of the Garni River.
East of Layanganj.”
"The city of Sibaloi was not captured, and its connection with the country and the Bahmani Sultanate was not cut off; but the city of Jhandpur was captured by the Ming army, which is bad news. From Jhandpur to the north,
There is no place to hold on on the east bank of the Garni River. The Ming army can occupy all the land east of the Garni River. Then as long as they cross the Garni River and capture Narayanganj, they can besiege the city of Dhaka again." A
The middle-aged man, who looked quite handsome and had an attractive temperament, had a very tired look on his face and said in a low voice.
This is the general headquarters of Dhaka City, the Delhi Sultanate, the Bahmani Sultanate and the three-nation coalition of Bangladesh. In the past few months, because the Ming army has been retreating or holding on, and has never counterattacked, this headquarters
The people here are very leisurely. Even when the news of the Ming Dynasty's continuous increase in troops came, they were very nervous and made countless plans, but they were not busy after all. But in the past month, as the Ming army launched another attack, every day
Countless news came to this room like a tide, and they became busy again.
"Harun, it's not that easy for them to cross the Garni River. Although the Ming Navy's navy is stronger than the coalition forces, the ships of the Ming Navy are obviously not used to fight inland rivers. They do not have an absolute advantage. Even if
They were able to successfully cross the river, and the city of Narayanganj was not easily captured. The situation is still under control."
"But even so, the situation our army faces is still very serious. The Ming Dynasty is so powerful that it can send 300,000 soldiers to India, and it seems that there are still troops that have not yet arrived in Bangladesh. And the coalition forces are in an allied country.
During the war, the total strength was actually 50,000 fewer than the enemy. As the Ming army's follow-up troops arrived one after another, the situation would eventually be unsustainable." The speaker suddenly smiled bitterly: "The rich people of Bangladesh are so rich at this time.
It had a negative impact. If the Ming army could not obtain enough food locally and needed to transport food from the mainland to Bangladesh, then even with the strong strength of the Ming Dynasty, it would be difficult to maintain such a large-scale army far away from the mainland for a long time.
The coalition forces must be defeated as soon as possible. As long as the coalition forces can withstand the fierce attack of the Ming army, they will win without a fight. They may even find opportunities to counterattack due to the anxiety of the Ming army during the fierce attack."
"But now because they can obtain food in Bangladesh, they don't have to worry about logistical supplies, so they can carry out the war steadily. Coupled with the superior strength and excellent command, can we win this war?" When talking about this, the speaker did not
He continued talking and just shook his head.
"What are you talking about?" Suddenly the door of the house was opened, and a sentence like this came in. This sentence sounded very ordinary, but the people in the house did not dare to speak anymore, lowered their heads and went about their own things.
Immediately, a man wearing armor and gray hair walked in, but his face didn't look very old when he looked closely. This man was not very tall, but standing there, he looked like a mountain with no one.
can be ignored.
"General," the man who had just informed the generals in this room of the latest situation came over again and told him what he had just said again.
"The city of Jiandepur was captured by the Ming army? This is not surprising. The commander-in-chief of the Ming army and his generals are very formidable opponents, and they have so many soldiers. It is natural for them to capture Jiandepur city.
It’s strange that they couldn’t defeat it. On the contrary, I was surprised that the troops stationed in Sibaloyi City were able to defend the city. All the soldiers stationed in the city are worthy of praise. Of course, it may also be because of the Ming army that attacked Sibaloyi City.
There are many soldiers whose civilization is still very backward, so they could not capture the city." The general commented, as if he was very familiar with the Ming army, the general who commanded the Ming army, and the soldiers and generals on his side.
It was a bit derogatory, but no one in the room expressed any objection, because this person was really familiar with the Ming army.
'Sarha, a Turkic man born in Punjab, ran away from home at the age of sixteen to join Emperor Timur's army. He started as an ordinary soldier and was promoted to captain of ten thousand men at the age of thirty-seven, commanding Emperor Timur.
The 10,000 people with the strongest combat effectiveness. Three years later, they participated in the Battle of Hami (Iwu). After the war, they luckily survived and returned to their hometown. Later, their identity was discovered by Said and he was hired as his staff. Said learned that the Ming army invaded Bangladesh.
Later, troops were sent to rescue Bangladesh together with the Bahmani Sultanate, and Salha was sent to command the reinforcements.' One of them was thinking about his resume.
This resume made everyone present dare not refute his words. Although Timur has been dead for nearly ten years, his reputation is still remembered by them. Especially with the Ming army's invasion of Bengal, the Delhi Sultanate, and Bach
The rulers of the Mani Sultanate and Bangladesh began to promote Timur's bravery, intentionally or unintentionally, to make Timur's reputation even higher. As Timur's former favorite general, Salha was of course highly regarded.
Have a look.
What's more, he has also fought against the Ming army, and it was a Ming army that was much larger in scale and with more brilliant generals than now. This made the generals who wanted to compete for the command of this battle have no choice but to give up the competition. What's more,
Said firmly supported Salha in commanding this battle.
Salha's performance did not disappoint Said. He wrote a letter to Sultan Firouz Shah of the Bahmani Sultanate, suggesting that he use the night to sneak attack the Ming army after arriving at the gates of Dhaka. At that time, Firouz Shah
Zishahe was dubious about this suggestion, and only carried out a tentative sneak attack, so he only attacked the East and West Second Battalion but not the South Camp. But afterwards, it turned out that Salha's suggestion was correct. After this incident, there are still other things left.
Some people who thought that Salha returned home after surviving that horrific war because he had lost his fighting spirit and could no longer be a general shut up. Salha also became the commander of this war without controversy.
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Sarha commented a few words on the performance of the Ming army, and the person who reported the report said: "General, the Ming army is currently led by Cao Cao, Zhang Fu has 100,000 troops stationed in Jiandepur City, and Su King Zhu Gaoxu has 60,000 troops stationed in Mada.
Ripur, Yang Feng commanded 50,000 troops and was stationed in Foridpur, Min King Zhu commanded 50,000 troops in Sirajganj, and other generals commanded thousands or 10,000 troops to be stationed in... These cities, Lanzhen and the Ming Dynasty
Duke Lu is still in Gornaudi City." The person who reported it marked it on the map.
Salha stared at the map marked with many marks, not knowing what he was thinking. After a while, he said to the other generals in the room: "Where do you think the Ming army's next main attack direction will be?
"
After hearing this, everyone in the room gathered around. In fact, everyone has been discussing the main attack direction of the Ming army for a long time. They think there are only two possibilities, one is Dhaka City, and the other is from Sibaloi City to Pabna.
There are many cities in this area. The former is the center of the entire Bangladesh, and the latter is the chokepoint for Bangladesh to communicate with the Delhi Sultanate and Bahmani Sultanate. They are both very important.
"General Salha, I still believe that the goal of the Ming army is to cut off Bangladesh's communication with the Delhi Sultanate and Bahmani Sultanate," one of them said.
"General Salha, I think it is Dhaka City. Because Dhaka City is in the hands of the coalition forces, the Ming Army has to be stationed in four places and cannot be integrated into one. As long as Dhaka City is captured, the Ming Army can ensure the land it controls.
There is no need to disperse the troops to ensure safety. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty has already crowned the Duke of Lu as king. Only by capturing the city of Dhaka can he legitimately rule Bangladesh. Didn’t the people of the Ming Dynasty always attach great importance to this legitimate principle? So I think the Ming army will attack the city of Dhaka next.
." Another person said.
"General Salha,..." Others also expressed their opinions one after another, supporting one of the views. And gradually began to speak against each other.
"Yang Feng, who commanded the troops in Foridpur, was not a famous general in the Ming army. He was only a deputy general because he was the brother-in-law of the Ming emperor. How could the goal of the Ming army be to cut off Bangladesh's communication with the Delhi Sultanate and the Bahmani Sultanate?
?On the contrary, the generals in charge of Jiandepur City are all generals of the Ming Dynasty, and they must attack Dhaka City!" "This cannot be said for sure. There is a saying in the Ming Dynasty, which is that what is true is false and what is true is false. Maybe the Ming army
It is precisely to rely on our understanding of their generals to mislead the coalition forces. Moreover, the army led by Min King Zhu is in Sirajganj, not far from the Ganges River, and it will not take a few days to move south with all its strength."
They argued for a while, and Salha suddenly coughed. Everyone stopped and looked at Salha. But he didn't say anything. He just sat down and arranged other things. Everyone thought that he had not made a decision, nor did he.
Then they dispersed.
"It seems that it is useful to listen to other people's opinions. Where should the main attack of the Ming army be?" He whispered. He then added: "Great Khan, your revenge was in Bengal. I want to take your place.
You reported it!"
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"Mu Ang, is what you said true?" Zhu asked in surprise and joy in the city of Sirajganj.
"Of course it's true." Mu Ang said immediately: "Most of the people under our rule believe in upper Buddhism, and those people also believe in upper Buddhism, and they are severely suppressed because of their belief in Buddhism. What are they deceiving us for? And they will send their families to us.
They have all been sent to the domain, and they will not deceive us."
"That's good." Zhu smiled and said, "It seems that it's time for us to make a great contribution in this battle."
