"You're right, it's not just because he was born early, what ability can he have!" Shashuja said angrily, "I'm sure that if he comes, he will definitely fail. By then, no one can say
who!"
After hearing this, the Governor of Bengal hurriedly echoed: "What we lead is just the local army, but His Royal Highness the eldest prince has the Royal Guards mobilized by His Majesty. If we change it, His Highness will definitely win the war!"
The meaning of this sentence is that if Shashuja has Dara Shuko's army, he will definitely win, and he will be much stronger than Dara Shuko!
So, just like that, after discussion, the two led their troops south and escaped.
Shashujia's move even surprised the Ming Dynasty Expeditionary Force. He actually fled without a fight?
But looking back, just by harassing them with warships, more than half of the army was able to get rid of them. They were just a mob, so it was not surprising that they chose to escape.
Even Ma Shouying, He Yilong and others were confident that even if their subordinates had not been recruited, they would probably be able to defeat this Mughal Empire army.
This invasion could only be regarded as an interlude for the Ming Dynasty Expeditionary Army. Then, the Ming Dynasty Expeditionary Army would continue to do whatever they wanted to do. Everything was being prepared for the war after the rainy season.
The rainy season is really not suitable for fighting, not only due to the difficulty of walking on the road, but also because the Ming army has basically realized the use of firearms in the army. Even in the era of flintlock guns, it will still be affected.
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The Ming Expeditionary Army was like this, and the Mughal Empire's army was actually like this too.
Especially the army affiliated to the Mughal Imperial Guards had more firearms than the local army. After all, the only firearms workshop in the Mughal Empire was controlled by the royal family.
Therefore, the army led by Darashuke was actually moving slowly towards the east. Firstly, it did not want to fight the Ming army during the rainy season; secondly, it forced the second prince Shashujia to lead the army to fight the Ming army first.
One battle.
If the army led by the second prince can defeat the Ming army, that would be the best. The eldest prince can rush there in time to pick peaches based on the battle report from the front; if the army led by the second prince cannot defeat the Ming army, it will be the best.
Army, then after consuming the Ming army and weakening it, the eldest prince can then lead the troops to conquer, and the difficulty will be reduced a lot.
As a result, what the eldest prince Darashuke never expected was that Sha Shujia did not run to fight the Ming army, but ran away south.
"How dare he?" Darashuke heard the news and said angrily, "Ignoring my father's decree is a disobedience and must be considered treason!"
His men did not dare to speak after hearing this. Although the eldest prince was already the prince, before he ascended the throne, there had never been a time in the history of the Mughal Empire where he could be the emperor for sure.
Who doesn't know that Shah Jahan's three princes are currently fighting overtly and covertly for the position of emperor?
Although with a high probability, the eldest prince has the best chance of winning, but everything is under the Holy Will. Who can guarantee that Shashuja will never become emperor?
Therefore, after Darashuke finished his rage, one of his subordinates cautiously reported: "Your Highness, the local army of the third prince was harassed by the Ming army's forwards. It is said that it was defeated after being bombarded. He just wanted to attack Dhaka.
There’s nothing you can do about it!”
"Trash, just a trash!" After hearing this, Darashuke commented in a very contemptuous tone.
In the original history, Shashuja established himself as emperor in eastern Bengal and was put down by his troops.
Although this matter has not happened yet, it does not prevent him from despising this younger brother.
After Darashuke vented for a while, his subordinates gave him advice: "Your Highness, now we are facing the Ming army in Dhaka. They are waiting for work, and there are ships in the river to support them. If we attack in rainy days, the morale of the army will be reduced."
There is a big problem. I think it would be better to wait until the rainy season has passed before launching an attack!"
"Yes, Your Highness, the roads are muddy, making marching inconvenient, and the logistics are heavy, which is not conducive to the war!" Other subordinates also agreed.
After hearing this, Darashuke glanced at them and saw that they all had the same idea. He finally nodded and said: "Okay, then we will wait until the rainy season is over before attacking. At that time, we must let the Ming army know that the Imperial Guards are not Shashujana."
No other motley crew can compare!"
After finishing speaking, he paused and immediately ordered: "In the meantime, I will impeach Shashuja and make him pay the price he deserves!"
To be honest, at this time, in Darashuke's mind, his two most powerful brothers were his biggest concern. As for the Ming army, they had to be ranked behind. This reason was also why he followed the advice of his subordinates and truly
reason.
Shah Jahan had a headache after hearing the news.
Aurangzeb in the south actually destroyed several countries in the south before the decree arrived, and achieved full success. Now on the way to the army, everyone inside and outside the capital was praising Aurangzeb's great achievements.
This put great pressure on Shah Jahan.
After Aurangzeb arrived in the capital, I still didn’t know how to deal with him!
If we say that the other side in the east also had great victories, and the contribution of his sons was almost the same, then it would appear that his father, the emperor, was wise and mighty, which is a good thing!
However, that Shashuja turned out to be so unreliable. Not only did he conceal the loss of Dhaka, but he also showed that the army was not accustomed to Dhaka and was not acclimated to the climate. He could easily recapture it with weakened combat power, but he was defeated.
The Ming army was frightened and dispersed.
In anger, Shah Jahan personally wrote a decree to Dara Shuko, telling his eldest son to fight a beautiful war in the east and never let Aurangzeb be the best, otherwise
, his position as prince is probably unstable.
For this reason, Shah Jahan also authorized Dara Shuko to use his imperial envoy authority in several eastern provinces and mobilize any force to ensure his victory in this war!
After receiving Shah Jahan's reply, Dara Shuko couldn't help but be very grateful to his father Khan. At the same time, he was also very afraid of Aurangzeb. This battle in Dhaka was inevitable, and it was best to win.
What a beautiful victory!
To be honest, he is actually a bit stressed!
The expeditionary force of the Ming Kingdom is not comparable to those of the small southern countries. As Prince Dan of Dalashuke got the information, at least he knew that the Ming Kingdom army must be elite, otherwise it would not be possible to easily capture Dongwu, and then he
The incompetent brother was so defeated that he didn't even dare to speak out even after losing Dhaka.
During this Eastern Expedition, the Royal Guards he led totaled nearly 50,000 horses. Most of them were cavalry and were highly mobile. However, the Dhaka area was crisscrossed by rivers, so cavalry alone was definitely not enough.
It just so happened that Shah Jahan gave him the greatest power, so he forcibly recruited local armies in several surrounding provinces, including cavalry and light infantry, as well as minzhuang to transport logistics supplies, even more than 200,000 tall, forming what was known as the
An army of 500,000 people is preparing to give a heavy blow to the Ming army as soon as the rainy season ends and before the Ming army recovers, and win the battle of Dhaka beautifully.
However, during this preparation stage, although everything was going smoothly under the authority of the Crown Prince, the spying on news from the Ming Kingdom was not going well.
The scouts he sent encountered the Ming Dynasty's strong defense. Every time they fought, the entire army was basically either wiped out or forced to flee. They were unable to penetrate deep into the Dhaka area to detect the actual situation of the Chinese army.
As for the spies sent there, they disappeared without a trace, and not even one could return.
These situations made Darashuke really uneasy. He couldn't figure out the specific situation in Dhaka, and he felt confused.
You must know that he not only had to defeat the Ming army in Dhaka, but also had to win a beautiful victory in order to withstand the prestige gained by Aurangzeb's side by destroying several small countries in the south.
However, his subordinates also interpreted this situation from another perspective.
"Your Highness, the Ming Army is on tight guard and does not allow us to inquire about the situation in Dhaka. This may mean that the situation of the Ming Army is not optimistic!"
"That's right, the rainy season here is too much for even us. I don't know how many people die from cold and fever diseases every year! The Ming army came all the way, and the impact will definitely be more serious!"
"It must be like this. Faced with the pressure from His Highness, the Ming army wanted to prevent His Highness from knowing the truth and not dare to attack. In this way, after the rainy season is over, they can be given more time, and maybe they can recover, or
Get more reinforcements."
"..."
Listening to the explanation from his subordinates, Darashuke felt that it made sense.
If the Ming army hadn't worked so hard on intercepting information, how could it be possible that no information could be revealed at all?
Not to mention the battle between the scouts from both sides, let’s talk about the spies who were all disguised as civilians or even untouchables. They didn’t have the word "secret" written on their foreheads. How could the Ming army be in this foreign country?
Find it out?
Darashuke probably never dreamed that the spies he sent out were not found by the Ming army at all, but the people under the rule of the Ming Dynasty took the initiative to report outsiders, and they were all killed.
Otherwise, if it were not for the power of the people, how could the Ming army have eliminated all the spies!
In this world, neither the East nor the West has much understanding of the power possessed by the people at the lowest level. In other words, the East has a far deeper understanding of this than the West.
The princes, generals and ministers would rather have the seed!
Water can carry and capsize a boat, which also illustrates the greatness of the underlying power.
Today's Ming army, under the guidance of Liu Weichao, makes full use of the power of the bottom.
Darashuko, who knew nothing about the Ming army's methods, made preparations as planned. When the rainy season stopped, he immediately launched a thunderous attack on the Dhaka area. At least in his opinion, that's how it was!