"No, I didn't have such an idea at the time, nor did I expect such a thing. It was just out of habit that I collected the battle cases of Ming generals." Salha said: "In Hami and Alashankou, I was captured twice.
The Ming army was defeated and I almost died. Although I survived and was unwilling to fight again, all I could think about was the performance of the Ming army in that battle, so I subconsciously found someone to collect Ming generals.
At that time, I really did not expect that I would fight the Ming army again; I also did not expect that the battle examples I saw at that time could still be useful."
"This is really God's intention for this Ming army to be defeated." Harun didn't know what to say, so he could only say this.
"Perhaps this is really God's will, allowing me to lead troops to fight the Ming army again after living in my hometown for seven or eight years." Salha himself said.
"Harun," after sighing for a while, Salha said to him again: "The Ming army has been driven here. They have no way to retreat. Even if they want to escape by boat, it is impossible; according to my instructions on commanding this Ming army, they have no way to retreat.
Zhu, Mu Ang and others of the Ming army know that they will never surrender to our army, so starting from tomorrow, there will be a fierce battle with the Ming army."
"There are no hills around the Ming army's camp. Although they tried their best to build a camp and dug out soil to surround the camp, the defense is still not solid. The total strength of our army is nearly twice that of the Ming army, and the Ming army
During the rapid march, they did not carry heavy cannons, but only small, light cannons. However, our army had cannons dismantled from Babna City. Its attack capability was still higher than that of the Ming army. In three days at most, the camp of this Ming army would be destroyed.
It was captured by our army."
"But the generals of the Ming Army cannot be all fools. Even if they don't think that the camp will be broken by our army in three days, they definitely don't think that they can hold it forever. Therefore, they should stand firm and wait for reinforcements to the south.
Reinforcements arrived. According to the worst case scenario, Zhu or Mu Ang sent someone to ask for help after discovering that they were surrounded by our army on three sides. Lan Zhen or other generals immediately led troops to come to the rescue after receiving the call for help. The first step of our army's attack on the camp
They will be here in three days."
"It was the last day to break the camp. The Ming army's reinforcements must not be allowed to interfere with the camp, so someone must lead troops to block the reinforcements. Harun, I want you to block the reinforcements."
'So that's it, I never understood why he told me so much. It turned out that he wanted me to lead troops to block the reinforcements.' Harun thought. When Salha first told him, he was confused, but he couldn't understand it.
Because he felt that Salha would not talk to him casually, he did not interrupt but kept listening. Only after listening to it did he know Salha's purpose.
"General Salha, I take the liberty to ask: Why did you choose me to block the reinforcements?" he asked.
"This has nothing to do with the relations between the three countries of Delhi Sultanate, Bangladesh and Bahmani Sultanate." Salha said: "For me, I agreed to Saeed's request to lead troops this time.
, just to defeat the Ming army, I have no sense of belonging to the Delhi Sultanate, and I will not plot against your Bahmani Sultanate and Bangladesh for Said. The reason why I chose you is, first, because the army under your command is the most powerful.
One of the strongest troops, and the second reason is that you are very courageous in using troops."
"General Salha, you can just say that I am more reckless in fighting. I don't mind. I'm just curious. Don't you usually dislike people like us who fight recklessly? Why would you choose me to block reinforcements for this reason?"
"Because blocking reinforcements is a special situation, it is different from commanding a war in peacetime. Zhu's identity is a prince. The Ming Dynasty cannot allow a prince to be killed or captured by our army, and will rescue him at all costs. Although many generals in peacetime wars seem to
You are very bold, but you may not be able to withstand the crazy attack of the Ming army; only you can survive the crazy attack of the Ming army and not be defeated by the Ming army."
"The combat effectiveness of the Ming Army is so strong?" Harun said in disbelief. It's not like he has never fought with the Ming Army, and he didn't feel that the Ming Army's combat effectiveness was as powerful as Salha said.
"Their fighting power is not so strong at ordinary times, but when the general issues a death order, they will fight with a madness you can't imagine, even crazier than a fanatic believer." Salha seemed to have thought of something while talking.
, the expression on his face changed.
"This." Harun didn't quite believe what Salha said, but Salha had never told lies. For a moment, he didn't know whether he should believe it or not.
"You may still doubt my words, but you will know when you see the Ming army's crazy attack. It doesn't make much sense for me to explain more. You just need to tell me, do you accept this mission?" Salha saw it.
Harlan was dubious, but he didn't care. No matter who heard this before seeing it with his own eyes, he wouldn't completely believe it.
"Okay, I accept this mission." Harlan said. He wanted to see with his own eyes whether the Ming army's crazy attack was really as terrifying as Salha said.
"Great. You accepted it." Salha breathed a sigh of relief and said. Although he is the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, since the troops come from three countries, the generals who arrange tasks may not obey him, especially if he blocks Ming army reinforcements.
A dangerous mission. He had to discuss it with Harlan. If Harlan didn't want to do it, he had no choice. So when he heard Harlan agree, he let out a sigh of relief.
They talked for a few more words, and Harun asked the last question. "General Salha, in order to encircle and destroy this Ming army, you mobilized 120,000 troops. The troops originally stationed on the south bank of the Ganges were completely mobilized.
That large piece of land was abandoned; half of the troops stationed near Dhaka City were also deployed. Now there are only 20,000 troops stationed in Narayanganj City, and only 14,000 troops stationed in Dhaka City.
.It can be said that except for the north bank of the Ganges and the west bank of the Brahmaputra River, other places are very empty and are not enough to stop the Ming army's attack. When our army has completely wiped out this Ming army, it will return to other battlefields.
By that time, the entire south bank of the Ganges and the east bank of the Brahmaputra River including Dhaka City may have been completely occupied by the Ming army, and our army will almost lose the entire Bengal. In my opinion, at the expense of the entire Bengal
In exchange for annihilating 60,000 Ming troops, it may not be really cost-effective."
This was not only Harun's last question, but also his most puzzling question. Originally, their total military strength was smaller than that of the Ming army, and it was difficult to defend the Ming army's attack. Salha also deployed 120,000 troops to encircle and annihilate the Ming army's first division.
, so that except for the north bank of the Ganges and the west bank of the Brahmaputra River, they only had about 100,000 troops left. The Ming army could concentrate its superior forces to defeat them one by one and seize the entire Bengal. Harun felt that such an exchange
Not cost-effective.
"Harun, why did you say that the Delhi Sultanate and the Bahmani Sultanate sent troops to rescue Bangladesh?" Sarha did not immediately answer Harun's question, but asked rhetorically.
"Because the Ming army seems to want to occupy the entire India, in order to prevent the Ming army from seizing Bangladesh and using this place as a springboard to attack the Delhi Sultanate and the Bahmani Sultanate, they sent troops to rescue Bangladesh." Harun replied. Said had already planned
This purpose was told to all generals and the evidence was listed.
"So, our purpose of rescuing Bangladesh is to prevent the country from being invaded by the Ming army, right?"
"You are right."
"In this case, in my opinion, it is cost-effective to annihilate 60,000 Ming troops at the expense of the entire Bengal being occupied by the Ming army. If you want the Ming army to give up occupying the entire India, no matter how long the struggle with the Ming army in Bengal continues,
It is not of much use. The Ming army will not give up because of the casualties of the Indians. Even if all the Indians in Bengal die, the Ming army will not give up. Only if their losses are large enough to exceed the Ming army or the Ming Dynasty
Only the bottom line that the emperor can bear can be achieved. So I would rather let half of Bengal be occupied by the Ming army than annihilate all these 60,000 people!"
"Perhaps the stalemate lasts long enough and the Ming army will retreat after realizing that it is impossible to capture Bengal." Harun was silent for a while and said.
"No. India is too rich. Even if they did not occupy the entire Bengal, even if they did not overly exploit the Brahmans, the Ming army already received a lot of property, which was enough to cover their military expenses. In such a rich place, unless they let them
The troops will be withdrawn only if the losses are huge, otherwise the Ming army will never withdraw." Salha said.
"I understand. Thank you, General, for clearing up my doubts." Harun bowed and thanked him, then turned and left.
"But in fact, in addition to what I told you, there is another reason why I have to encircle and annihilate these 60,000 Ming troops." But at this time, Salha suddenly whispered to himself. "In order to give the Great Khan, and those years ago
Revenge for the generals and soldiers who died in Hami and Alashankou. I said that I agreed to Said's request to lead troops this time just to defeat the Ming army. As long as more Ming soldiers can be killed,
I don't care about anything else. Even if all of you Tianfang believers in India are dead, I will be even happier. When you disobeyed the Khan's order and insisted on going against the Khan, you deserve to die. You Tianfang believers in India deserve to die.
It would be the best thing for the believers and the people of the Ming Dynasty to die together."
After saying these words in a low voice, he turned his head and glanced at the Ming army camp to the north, and walked down the hill.
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Starting from the early morning of the second day, the allied forces of the Delhi Sultanate, Bahmani Sultanate and Bangladesh stormed the Ming army camp. Salha ordered all the artillery brought, no matter how big or small, to be deployed in front of the formation to bombard the Ming army camp.
The soldiers also charged towards the camp under the command of the general. Salha even mobilized the navy originally stationed on the dock near Pabna City to let the warships cruise on the Adrai River and bombard them with the artillery on the warships.
The camp was built to block the Ming army's escape route.
Faced with being surrounded on all sides and unable to escape, the Ming army's officers and soldiers were all aroused to fight bloody battles with the coalition forces. The Ming army's artillery range was not as good as the enemy's, so they simply ignored the enemy's artillery and used it only to bombard the enemies attacking the camp.
The Ming army even pushed artillery to the side of the camp and bombarded it with shotguns. The Indians had not yet developed shotguns and were unprepared for this. Almost in an instant, the soldiers who were demolishing the fences were hit by countless stones.
, screaming and falling to the ground.
Seeing how powerful the Ming army's artillery shells were, the soldiers behind immediately cowered and were unwilling to charge forward. While Salha forcibly recruited Brahmans from nearby villages as cannon fodder, he issued a death order: If there is any more fear,
Anyone who came forward would be put to death. He even selected some soldiers from the armies of the three countries to form a supervising team, just behind the charging soldiers. Once anyone retreated, all Brahmans and Tianfang believers were killed on the spot.
At the same time, Salha also publicly said in front of more than 100,000 soldiers: "After the Ming army is annihilated, except for the Ming army's weapons, everything you get from the camp is yours.
They will not be taken away by the generals. Not only things, if any Ming army soldiers surrender, these people will also become your own slaves, and the generals will not ask for them! Soldiers who believe in Allah, you charge forward bravely to get your own spoils.
Bar!"
"The Lord is great!" After hearing Salha's words, countless people shouted excitedly.
'Salha's words really inspired the fighting spirit of the soldiers, but also strengthened the Ming army's determination to fight to the death.' Most people were very excited, but Harun thought: 'Originally, if the camp was breached, Ming army would have no choice but to fight to the death.
The soldiers of the Ming army might surrender even if they were defeated, but after hearing his words, the soldiers of the Ming army knew that even if they surrendered, they would become slaves, and even if they surrendered, they would be killed, so they would never surrender.
'
But no matter how much backlash Salha's words had, at least the morale of the soldiers was boosted. Even if the Ming army approached the camp with artillery and fired shotguns again, killing and wounding many enemy soldiers, the soldiers behind seemed not to be afraid of pain.
Charge forward one after another without fear of death.
The Ming army's shotgun shells were quickly exhausted, and they had to use solid shells for bombardment. However, the damage done by solid shells to enemy soldiers was far inferior to that of shotgun shells. Although many enemy soldiers were hit by shells and smashed into pieces, they could be placed
Among the surging crowds charging forward, these dead people were nothing at all. Soon the coalition forces overthrew the troops, demolished the barriers surrounding the camp, and fought outside the camp.
The battle entered a more brutal stage. Countless Tianfang believers and the Brahman believers they had driven rushed to the Ming army's camp, either climbing the camp or hacking with knives. The Ming army fought with the enemy soldiers while firing arrows to injure the enemies.
The piles of corpses inside and outside the camp were like mountains. If the corpses were not cleaned up every night, they would be almost as high as the camp. Blood flowed all over the ground, dyeing the land dark red.
That would be fine if it continued like this, but starting from the afternoon of the second day, the Ming army's arrows were exhausted, and the battle entered the most dangerous situation.