However, before the end of the rainy season, the Mughal Empire's army finally launched an attack on Dhaka.
This army of the Mughal Empire was commanded by the second prince Shashuja and the Governor of Bengal, with a total of 50,000 horse and infantry troops, known as half a million.
The army of the eldest prince Dara Shuko has already moved here. If Shashuja and the Governor of Bengal still do not attack after arriving, they will definitely be taken down and charged.
Due to the situation, the two had no choice but to attack.
In the past, people were only sent on a small scale to spy on the military situation of the Ming Dynasty army, but it did not go well.
The patrol posts of the Ming army were all armed to the teeth. Even their rain gear was something Shashuja had never seen before. It is said that the rain gear was very soft and did not hinder movement at all when worn on the body. But what?
, the rain can’t penetrate inside at all, it’s very magical.
Sha Shujia and others, of course, did not know that this kind of rain gear was a rubber raincoat. As the rubber trees in Qiongzhou and Dongpan and other places matured, more and more rubber was harvested. In addition to making wires, other rubber products were also used.
The team headed by Song Yingxing is already trying to do it.
Some of these rubber raincoats were brought here because of the rainy season in the South Asian subcontinent, but only the most elite Ming troops could wear them at night.
Of course, when production capacity is sufficient in the future, it will definitely be no problem to issue rubber rain gear to all soldiers.
Back to the present moment, Shashuja and the Governor of Bengal were actually not sure about the victory of the Ming army, but they had to go out. Along the way, both of them prayed that under the influence of the rainy season here, the Ming army would be as good as they expected.
As expected, those who are sick will die and those who are sick will die.
No, just listen to the Governor of Bengal comforting Shashuja: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I have already inquired that many untouchables have escaped from Dhaka and other places, and they must have done so because they could not survive."
After hearing this, Shashuja frowned and asked, "Is there anyone else who escaped? Is there any specific news?"
"It's just some untouchables who escaped!" The Governor of Bengal heard this and replied with a grimace, "When we set off, no one else escaped!"
After hearing this, Shashuja asked: "Did you ask those untouchables?"
"I just asked my subordinates to ask, and they said it was very chaotic over there. The Ming army was arresting people and killing people everywhere." After saying this, the Governor of Bengal hurriedly added, "This is pretty much what we guessed!"
After hearing this, Shashujia asked dissatisfiedly: "Guess, why don't you ask more clearly?"
"Your Majesty, what do those untouchables have to ask?" the Governor of Bengal said nonchalantly, "I asked them and they couldn't answer!"
Obviously, the distinction between noble and humble is deeply ingrained in his mind.
After hearing this, Shashuja still frowned and said nothing. Obviously, he should also agree with the words of the Governor of Bengal. However, his ignorance of the Ming army still made him very uneasy.
At this time, suddenly a fast horse came running through the rain and reported to Shashu Jia: "Your Highness, there is something strange happening up front!"
"Weird?" When Shashujia heard this, he asked in surprise: "What's weird?"
"The road ahead is no longer muddy. It's such a strange road!"
Upon hearing this, the Governor of Bengal immediately shouted at the man: "Why is the road no longer muddy? Have you never seen a stone road?"
"No, it's not a stone road. It's really a strange road!"
Shashuja and the Governor of Bengal heard this. They looked at each other and then drove forward to see what was going on.
On the road ahead, I saw the troops who were opening the road stopped here, whispering in the rain.
When they saw a group of guards approaching the Governor of Bengal and the second prince, they all raised their heads and looked at them. Everyone had a look of surprise on their faces.
Sure enough, after Shashuja passed by, he discovered that the ground turned out to be a layer of white pavement with rainwater flowing on it. However, when the army stepped on it, whether they were war horses or people, they could see that the soles of their feet had not sunk into the ground at all.
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Seeing this scene, Shashuja was also curious. Regardless of the possibility of getting wet, he immediately got off his horse and stepped on the ground with his feet.
Sure enough, it felt hard, as if I were stepping on a rock.
Looking up, Shashuja found that all the roads in front of him were like this. Shashuja felt strange and turned to ask the Governor of Bengal: "If I remember correctly, this road wasn't like this before, right?"
At this time, he was a little doubtful that he had remembered it wrong. If there was such a magical road, he would not fail to remember it.
The Governor of Bengal was obviously more familiar with Shashuja. When he heard his question, he immediately replied in a positive tone: "Your Highness remembers it right. There used to be ordinary roads here, definitely not this kind of strange road!"
As they talked, they thought about it for a while, but in the end they still couldn't figure out why this road turned out like this.
So Shashuja and the Governor of Bengal finally led the army and continued to advance.
Later, they discovered that there seemed to be the dividing line between a dirt road and this strange road. After setting foot on this strange road, the road leading to Dhaka became so strange.
Even later, they discovered that fields, river banks, etc., were also on this kind of hard road. When people and horses walked on it, they no longer had to worry about getting stuck in the mud, and walking became less strenuous.
Looking at this scene, both Shashuja and the Governor of Bengal vaguely felt that this strange road might have something to do with the people of the Ming Dynasty.
When the sky got a little dark and the rain finally stopped, the army needed to find a place to camp.
The whole army was wet, and most of them were complaining.
The light infantry in the army had to serve the knights and their horses before they had any rest.
For the Mughal Empire, knights were a symbol of status. The distinction between dignitaries and official positions was based on how many knights they had.
For example, the prince of the Mughal Empire, Dara Shuko, the eldest son of Shah Jahan, was rewarded with 20,000 cavalry. Later, due to the threat of Aurangzeb, an additional 10,000 cavalry were added.
Finally, when it was about to get dark, Shashuja's 50,000 troops set up camp on the high ground, in a place not soaked by water. They buried pots to make rice, boiled water for the master to take a bath, and so on.
It's noisy.
However, what they didn't expect was that at this moment, an alarm suddenly came from the forward side.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack..."
When Shashuja heard the noise coming from the front, he couldn't help but be surprised. It was getting dark and there was still a war. Can he see it?
When he really wanted to send someone to ask about the situation, he saw the Governor of Bengal running towards him in panic and reported to him: "Your Highness, it's not good, Ming warships are attacking along the river!"
In the Dhaka area, during the rainy season, there are rivers everywhere, and even the local indigenous people mostly use boats as means of transportation.
Shashuja's army happened to be camping on the embankment, because the official road was flooded, so they couldn't camp.
At this time, Shashuja was shocked when he heard that the Governor of Bengal said that the army was coming by boat to attack. Before he could react, he heard the loud sound of cannons.
"Boom boom boom..."
At this time, the sky was getting a little dark, and Shashuja could not see the ship in the distance clearly, but he could see the flash of fire.
The people and horses in front were all in chaos. No one dared to stay on the river embankment anymore. They even ran away from the river embankment and fled in all directions.
In this horrible weather, firearms and artillery are easily affected by moisture, including bows and arrows, making them useless.
However, the Ming army came by boat. Their artillery was inside the boat, protected from the rain, and they bombarded them in rows. Almost everywhere they went, all Shashuja's troops were in retreat.
When Shashujia saw this, he was about to curse his mother, but his bodyguard quickly advised him to run away. The warships of the Ming Dynasty came over.
At this time, Shashujia also saw clearly that the warships of the Ming Dynasty were all small ships, about the size of a warship with two cannons, spitting out tongues of fire.
It was almost dark, and the Ming army's artillery was definitely not accurate. However, Shashujia was afraid. What if there were artillery shells that didn't have eyes?
So, he also ran away.
When it was completely dark, the Ming warships went down the river again and disappeared from sight.
However, the army on Shashuja's side fled all over the mountains and plains.
We were tired, hungry, and wet from the rain. We didn’t know if it would rain at night. What a damn Ming army!
In the end, after a silent night, the Ming army did not make any more sneak attacks in the dark.
At daybreak, the leaders of Shashuja's men began to gather their troops. After working hard all morning, they only gathered more than 10,000 troops.
The total number of dead and wounded soldiers found was only about 400, but that was the only number that was gathered. Needless to say, those who were not gathered in yesterday's chaos all fled, and most of them were light infantry.
That is, those at the bottom of the Mughal Empire army.
After hearing the report from the Governor of Bengal, Shashuja's face turned as ugly as possible.
After being harassed by the Ming army, the army was completely defeated. How could we fight this war?
The Governor of Bengal looked at the gathered more than 10,000 people, and his morale was very low. After weighing it in his mind, he admonished Shashuja: "Your Highness, if we continue to attack Dhaka, we have no chance of winning!"
In fact, when they decided to lead troops to attack Dhaka, they had no chance of winning. It was only under pressure from the eldest prince that they had no choice but to send troops.
At this time, Shashujia heard what he said and said angrily: "What if I don't fight? Dara Shuko wants me to die!"
The Governor of Bengal obviously had an idea, so he whispered to him: "Your Highness, why don't we go south, just say that the army was scattered by the flood, go to gather the army, get out of the way, and let His Highness the First Prince go and fight the Ming army first?"
In the original history, Shashuja proclaimed himself emperor in Bengal because he had the support of his confidants here. When he heard this suggestion, he rolled his eyes and agreed.