In their view, Aurangzeb led a million-strong army to conquer the Ming army. How much time had passed, and the war might not have started yet. How could the Ming army appear in the Agra area?
If the Ming army could bypass Aurangzeb's army, it was impossible!
A million-strong army marching eastward in mighty force, how could they possibly bypass it?
Therefore, no matter from any aspect, it is impossible for the Ming army to appear in the Agra area!
However, how could the military newspaper lie about such a big matter?
Therefore, a group of people led by Darashuke were confused!
The person who reported the news quickly replied: "It's true. The uniforms of the Ming army are all red. They are very special. They are all cavalry. Now they have surrounded Agra!"
At this point, he thought of something and immediately added: "As soon as the Ming army arrived, they seemed to persuade them to surrender. There was a lot of chaos on the city. However, the Ming army began to guard the surrounding areas. We did not dare to explore any more, so we withdrew!"
"
After hearing his words, Darashuke's men didn't understand.
"What on earth is going on? Did this Ming army fall from the sky?"
"It's impossible to defeat a million-strong army and come here! Even if we can defeat His Highness the Third Prince's million-strong army, it's impossible to come to Agra so quickly. Let alone, how can we defeat a million-strong army!"
"We came from the south, but we haven't heard any news about the Ming army, so it's impossible for the Ming army to come from the south!"
"..."
While they were discussing, Darashuke, who had been silent, suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and immediately thought of something. He immediately clapped his hands and said: "I understand, these Ming troops must come from the north! Father Khan is still there.
When I was in China, I was worried that the Ming army would attack from Tibet."
"This is not right!" After hearing this, a general had a different opinion and said, "Today, the mountains in the north are still blocked by heavy snow and the roads are difficult to walk. How can the Ming army come down from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau?"
Upon hearing this, everyone including Darashuke was stunned.
That’s right, there’s no way to explain this problem!
So, everyone was confused again!
But this time, the scene was not silent for long. Dara Shuko was heard to say: "The Ming army only has 30,000 to 40,000 horses, and they are all cavalry. They don't have much food and supplies, but they want to attack Agra. Maybe in
In this war, we have a chance to make a profit, what do you think?"
As the prince designated by Shah Jahan, he must have never forgotten the capital city of Agra. If possible, he really did not want to defect to the enemy's country.
Upon hearing his words, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up: When two tigers fight, one of them will be injured!
If the Ming army cannot capture Agra, it will suffer heavy losses and be short of food and supplies. A sudden attack at this time may lead to a great victory.
In this way, for them, it is definitely a great opportunity to increase their reputation: look, Aurangzeb led a million troops to attack the Ming army, but to no avail; however, Dara Shuko's side did not
A great victory has been achieved against the Ming army!
As long as this news spreads, local military leaders will inevitably reconsider their position, and the disadvantage against Aurangzeb may be reversed.
Even if this was not the case and the Ming army captured Agra, with their cavalry's siege capabilities, they would have suffered heavy losses.
This is the best opportunity. Not only can they defeat the Ming army, but they can also take the opportunity to occupy Agra!
Thinking of this wonderful prospect, all the generals were overjoyed and praised Darashuke for his wisdom and prowess.
Darashuk felt very pleased with their flattery, so he ordered the entire army to stop retreating westward. After resting for a day, they marched towards Agra again.
However, in the afternoon, when we were still more than a day away from Agra, we received another report from the scouts ahead.
"What?"
"What?"
"..."
Suddenly, if the eyeballs could really fall to the ground in shock, the ground would definitely be covered with eyeballs.
Everyone who heard the news, including Darashuke, had their eyes wide open, almost out of their sockets, as if they had heard such incredible news.
Even when I heard about the appearance of the Ming Army before, I was not as shocked as this time!
"This is impossible, this is absolutely impossible!" Darashuke waved his hands and shouted loudly, "That is Agra, the capital of the empire, not cats and dogs. No matter how powerful the Ming army is, they cannot attack it so quickly.
Come down!"
Hearing this, other generals also agreed.
"Yes, according to the estimated time, it only took about a day or two. The Ming army captured Agra? It didn't even take enough time to set up camp!"
"Is it possible that the Ming army was all descended from the gods and could fly, so they flew to the city of Agra and used magic to subdue the defenders of Agra?"
"It's not like we have never tried to attack Agra. There is no possibility of defeating it. How could the Ming army defeat it?"
"That's right, it only took a day or two to capture Agra. Not to mention 40,000 to 50,000 troops, even if it were twice as many, it would be impossible!"
"..."
Listening to their questioning, the messenger cautiously added: "The Ming army seems to have captured Agra in a night attack."
As soon as he heard this, people immediately started to criticize him.
"What happened to the night attack? Can the night attack be defeated?"
"Ignorant child, do you know how many soldiers are on the top of the city? How many people can participate in the night attack? If there are too many people, they will be discovered before they get close; if there are few people, even if they can attack the top of the city, they will be beaten down.
.The speed of reinforcements on top of the city and outside the city are simply not the same!"
"..."
The scout didn't say anything. In fact, even he himself clearly saw the Ming flag flying on top of the city, but he still couldn't understand why the Ming army was able to defeat Agra.
After a period of noise, the scene became quiet again.
Although the people present, including Darashuke, really didn't want to believe that the Ming army captured Agra in just one or two days, they also understood that such a big thing could not be done by scouts.
Lying.
In the end, Darashenko and his generals decided to see it with their own eyes, otherwise it would be unbelievable!
So, they abandoned the army and hurried off alone, taking a look at Agra from a distance.
Sure enough, the flag of the Ming army was indeed flying above the city of Agra. Outside the city, there were groups of Ming troops, who seemed to be executing some people.
Seeing this scene, the group of them were speechless for a long time. It wasn't until a group of Ming soldiers who stayed late at night seemed to have discovered them, and they were frightened and left quickly. After that, Darashuke moved as fast as he could
, as far away as possible, fled far away, and never dared to stay in the Agra area again.
……………………
Their guess was correct. This Ming army really came from Tibet. It was led by Qinghai-Tibet Governor Li Yan and had a total of 45,000 cavalry troops. If it weren't for the fact that there couldn't be too many hidden troops, they could actually be mobilized.
More military power.
According to the agreement with the expeditionary force, Li Yan led an army to raid the capital of the Mughal Empire.
As the saying goes, if you don't have three points and three points, how can you dare to go to Liangshan! The Ming army came from afar and wanted to conquer the enemy's capital in the first battle. How could they be unprepared?
On the first day after arriving in Agra, Li Yan carefully observed the city defense of Agra, and based on the information he collected, he knew that Aurangzeb was leading a million-strong army to the east to fight the expeditionary force. After comprehensively judging all the information,
, Li Yan decided to attack the city that night.
The most important point in night battles and sieges is not whether you can attack the city, but whether you can hold it after attacking it, allowing more subsequent troops to board the city and ultimately defeat the enemy.
Generally speaking, in this kind of war, the attackers will definitely not be able to defeat the defenders, unless the defenders are all asleep and the city is actually stolen.
However, as a country's capital, the guard strength is sufficient, and it will not be so sloppy that enemies outside the city can steal the city without being discovered.
Therefore, once the stolen city is discovered, basically the defenders can immediately reinforce it and use superior force to annihilate or drive the enemy troops who stole the city back into the city.
After all, compared to the defenders and the siege, reinforcements from the defenders are definitely the fastest!
However, this night attack by the Ming army was different from ordinary night attacks.
This is not to say that the Ming army officers who stole the city were all Zhao Yun-style generals who could defeat a hundred, but that they benefited from the Ming army's new weapons.
Heartless cannons and grenades are the most convenient for stealing cities.
The soldiers of the Mughal Empire had never seen or heard of such firearms at all. After discovering that the Ming army had stolen the city, they charged in droves, only to be knocked down one after another by grenades.
As more and more Ming soldiers marched onto the city, unscrupulous cannons were also moved onto the city, and their ability to drop explosive packets from long distances made the Mughal soldiers howl like ghosts and wolves.
Originally, the soldiers of the Mughal Empire were already panicking about the sudden appearance of the Ming army in Agra. They didn't know what happened to their emperor leading an army of millions. Now they were attacked by new weapons that they had never seen before.
Unprecedented power appeared in front of their eyes. Under the black light, how many soldiers could continue to rush forward and fight like robots?
In addition, the Ming army had timed it well. After controlling a large section of the city wall, when the city gate was opened, the sky became brighter, and the Shenwei rifle began to show off its power.
Not to mention that the elite troops in Agra were taken away by Aurangzeb. Even if they were still in the city, they would be bombarded by the Ming army. If they dared to resist, they would be dead.
It was such a situation that the incredible war for Darashuk and others ended within a day or two.