I saw the city gates of Dhaka wide open, and groups of Ming cavalry swarmed out. Under the eyes of the Mughal Empire army, they formed an attack formation based on the city wall.
The Ming army was all uniformed in red uniforms. Their agility and superb horse control skills made the Mughal Empire army, whose cavalry was the main force of the imperial army, feel strong pressure when they saw it.
If the Mughal Empire army dared to retreat at this time, the Ming Dynasty cavalry that was still leaving the city would surely pursue them, leading to the collapse of the Mughal Empire army.
Under the gaze of a powerful enemy, the generals of the Mughal Imperial Army did not dare to look down upon him, and immediately put up a defensive posture and waited.
As a result, the Mughal Empire army was unable to retreat, but the Ming warships were still sailing upstream at a speed they could not imagine, sailing into the rear of the Mughal Empire army.
When Darashuke saw this, sweat started to fall from his head.
He is not a rookie in the army. Even if his commanding ability is not as good as Aurangzeb's, it is not much worse. In this situation, the Ming army used a conspiracy.
They used that strange warship as a traction, allowing their warships to quickly raid along the river. Needless to say, the purpose was to attack his rear army responsible for transporting grain and grass supplies; and the army that was pouring out of the city was
It is necessary to contain his main force and prevent him from returning to defense.
If this continues, the rear army will definitely be defeated by the Ming army. And if there is no food and grass supplies and the rear is cut off by the Ming army, the collapse of the army will be inevitable!
This time, Darashuke became anxious.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they arrived at the check-in area, the army was immediately in danger.
At this time, he never thought that it was because of his rash advance, because he wanted to win a beautiful battle while the Ming army had not recovered from the rainy season, that his army was in danger from the beginning.
environment.
But now it seems that the Ming army, which has fought so many battles, has not been affected by the rainy season at all!
"What should I do?" When Darashuke saw it, he immediately became anxious and shouted quickly.
The experienced generals of the Royal Forest Army under him quickly gave advice, leaving part of the army to stop the Ming army leaving the city, while the other troops retreated for protection.
In this situation now, there is no other choice but to do this.
So Darashenko immediately began to pass orders.
On top of the city of Dhaka, Yang Weizhi, who observed the enemy's situation through a telescope, immediately gave the same order: "The chariot camp is out, attack and advance!"
The chariot camp was created during the Qi Jiguang era and was specifically used to deal with the cavalry. Now that the Ming Dynasty knew that the main force of the Mughal Empire's army was the cavalry, they would not use the chariot camp as a lethal weapon.
All roads in the Dhaka area have been built with cement roads. In addition to civilian use, they also facilitate vehicle and business operations. This is also one of the purposes of building cement roads.
The Ming cavalry is very valuable, and it will definitely not be wasted in a battle with the Mughal Empire's cavalry. That would be too uneconomical.
The Ming Dynasty's tactics, from the very beginning, were designed to pursue and kill the Ming Dynasty's cavalry.
As the car camp left the city, they immediately formed two horizontal lines, with their flanks covered by cavalry, and launched an attack on the Mughal Empire army. At the same time, another Ming warship appeared on the river, ready to respond to the troops on land.
robe, flanking the Mughal Empire army.
Seeing the Ming army's formation, the experienced Mughal Imperial Guards general's expression suddenly changed.
If they had seen the number of Ming cavalry before and felt confident in stopping the pursuit of Ming cavalry, now they saw the movement of Ming cavalry and they had no confidence at all.
The cars were lining up and advancing, and the cavalry could not charge at all. The Ming army was hiding behind the cars and obviously knew how to shoot with muskets, which was equivalent to killing the cavalry who had to stop in front of the car camp.
Used as a living target.
In other words, the Mughal cavalry could not threaten the Ming army, and the Ming army was approaching step by step. What should we do?
If we follow the normal fighting style, this kind of tactics is actually not irresistible. Just mobilize heavy artillery to bombard the vehicles of the Kaiming Army for defense. However, the road is muddy and the heavy artillery is still behind. There is no heavy artillery at all on the front line of the battle!
Even at this time, the soldiers with long-range weapons were transferred to both sides of the river embankment to intercept the Ming Dynasty's warships. There were none at the rear, and they used their heads to deal with the Ming Dynasty troops huddled behind the cars, and
The Ming cavalry watching eagerly from both sides of the car?
At this moment, these generals of the Royal Forest Army, who had the most combat experience among the Mughal Empire, were also a little panicked. The upcoming war would be difficult to handle!
The Ming army's car camp was not a long-range operation, so the sidecars only had artillery and gunpowder, and there was no need to bring food and grass supplies at all. It can be said that whether they went into battle lightly or on the cement road, the pursuit speed was not slow.
The Mughal Empire army, facing the pressure of the Ming Dynasty cavalry, did not dare to turn back and escape, and could only slowly retreat in the face of the Ming army.
The pursuit speed of the Ming army was easily better than that of the Mughal Empire army, which was slowly on guard and retreating while still chaotically dispatching troops.
It is foreseeable that the two armies will be at war before long.
The distance between the armies of both sides is getting closer and closer...
At this time, the Ming warships on the river had already sailed a long distance. However, what the Mughal Empire army did not expect was that these Ming warships did not continue to move forward, but
It started to dock.
Originally, due to the shelling and flintlock firing from the Ming warships, the Mughal Empire army was already far away from the river bank. Therefore, as soon as the Ming warships pulled over, the soldiers on board disembarked one after another, and started at the riverside.
Array.
This action was very fast. By the time Darashuke received the report and quickly observed the situation on the river bank behind him, the Ming soldiers had already disembarked about halfway from the boat.
Moreover, the Ming army officers and soldiers who disembarked did not continue to wait after the formation, but immediately launched an attack on the chaotic Mughal Empire light infantry in front of them.
The wheeled artillery was pushed to the front of the position and fired at the chaotic enemy troops.
"Boom boom boom..."
The fusiliers crossed the artillery position and opened fire on the enemy.
"Bah, bah, bah..."
Suddenly, under a sudden flank attack by the Ming army, the Mughal Empire's light infantry, these troops from the local area, fell into chaos.
Seeing this, Darashuke's face changed with fright, and he quickly wanted to mobilize the imperial guards in front to rush over and stabilize the position.
However, the troops on the front of the Ming Dynasty, including chariot camps, cavalry and other units, were determined to bite the Mughal Empire army. If they dared to change direction to support the rear, their backs would be exposed to the Ming cavalry. This
It's definitely fatal too.
Seeing this scene, Darashuke's face turned green.
For a moment, he was at a loss. He looked behind and then in front, shouting loudly: "Hold it, hold it, hold it..."
The Royal Forest Army at the front was okay. Facing the pressure of the Ming Dynasty army, they still maintained their formation without collapsing.
However, the light infantry at the rear, under the sharp attack of the Ming army, only took a short time. It can even be said that they did not collapse at all.
As soon as the Ming army came ashore to attack, the light infantry of the Mughal Empire army had already collapsed.
Amidst the roar of guns and artillery, the Ming army inserted into the light infantry camp of the Mughal Empire. Most of the Mughal Empire's light infantry fled back for their lives, but there were also about less than 20,000 light infantry who were driven away by the Ming army.
, began to attack their main force of the Royal Forest Army.
The Dhaka area is crisscrossed by rivers, which is not very conducive to cavalry battles. The small area limits the mobility of the cavalry, and once it is squeezed by the light infantry of the Mughal Empire, the Mughal Imperial Guards will also be in chaos.
Formation.
Before Darashuke could react, the generals in the Ming army were all experienced generals who had gained experience in many years of war. They immediately seized the opportunity without the need for the commander to issue military orders on tactical details.
The Mughal army launched a fierce attack.
All of a sudden, there was a loud sound of gunfire in the Dhaka area.
"Boom boom boom..."
"Bah, bah, bah..."
"Kill..."
The Imperial Army of the Mughal Empire had never fought such a useless battle. From the very beginning, the army fell into a passive position, and throughout the entire process, they had no power to fight back!
Looking at the Ming army attacking from all sides, with at least a little bit of experience, I could see that the defeat was irreversible.
What kind of battle is this?
"Your Highness, retreat immediately. If you are surrounded by the Ming army, you will not be able to escape!"
"Yes, Your Highness, it will be too late if you don't leave!"
"..."
Listening to the admonitions of the generals around him, Darashuke wanted to cry but had no tears.
He led the army here not only to win the battle, but also to win a beautiful battle. However, just as the army arrived in Kakar, they were faced with a beautiful battle by the Ming army. In this case, there was no way to go back.
Explain!
Looking at the entire battlefield, even the elite soldiers of the Royal Forest Army were already panicking. He also knew that the defeat was absolutely irreversible.
"It's over, it's over, it's all over!" Dara Shuko looked at this scene and murmured to himself very decadently, "Aurangzeb should be laughing..."
Hearing his words, the general of the Royal Forest Army beside him immediately became anxious and shouted to him: "Your Highness, if you don't retreat, you will lose everything if you die here. At least if you escape, Your Highness will still have a chance!"
Under this shouting, Darashuke came to his senses and immediately nodded in panic and said: "Retreat, retreat, retreat quickly!"
The Ming army was simply not the army they had seen before. Under the unexpected use of new military equipment, the Mughal Empire's army was completely defeated when they arrived in the Dhaka area!
This is something the Mughal Empire never thought of!