In this foreign country, when Li Yan took action, he showed no mercy.
As soon as Agra was captured, the captured generals of the Mughal Empire army, who were of slightly higher rank, were all taken out of the city to Kacha; the princes and ministers in the city were all taken out to Kacha. In short, they originally had influence.
Yes, they are all blocked.
Then resources were reallocated to provide some benefits to ordinary soldiers and ordinary people, and Agra was quickly stabilized.
Without this kind of thunderous means, it would be impossible to stabilize the situation so quickly. After all, in this foreign country, it is too difficult to distinguish between those who appear to surrender and who are sincere and who are not.
The most important thing is that the resources of Agra are concentrated in their hands. Only by obtaining resources from them can the Ming army use these resources to do things. How is it possible for them to willingly give up these resources!
This is somewhat similar to the behavior of thieves after they mature. In the original history, Li Zicheng relied on this method to eventually develop and grow, and eventually forced Emperor Chongzhen to hang himself.
This method was used in the Mughal Empire, and the effect was surprisingly good! This has a lot to do with the lives of ordinary people in the Mughal Empire!
Don't think that the Mughal Empire was the most powerful during the era from Shah Jahan to Aurangzeb, but this was actually the result of the Mughal emperors' aggressive military activities and the use of all national resources on martial arts.
The prosperity of territorial expansion and economic neglect eventually led to the collapse of Aurangzeb's rule.
It can be said that the Mughal Empire was ruled by warriors. Its nobles all started their careers through military service, and it was impossible for them to treat people's livelihood as well as ordinary civilian governance. Not to mention that Shah Jahan was still building a large scale of military affairs at the same time.
In this dimension, due to the arrival of the Ming Expeditionary Force, continuous wars caused civil strife in the Mughal Empire. No, the Agra area had just experienced the plunder of Darashuk. And the people in the city had
Because Aurangzeb went out with an army of one million and collected food and supplies, the ordinary people of the Mughal Empire were actually very poor.
The arrival of the Ming army, through robbing the rich and giving to the poor, and the intimidation of their illustrious martial arts, made ordinary people in the Mughal Empire immediately turn to the Ming Dynasty.
After Li Yan took care of this, he immediately summoned some Mughal activists and asked them to rush to the east to spread the news that the Ming Dynasty's 100,000-strong army had captured Agra.
The intention of doing this is obvious, which is to use this news to shake the morale of the army led by Aurangzeb and create opportunities for the expeditionary force on the eastern front.
Later, he sent Yuan Zong's 10,000 cavalry troops to attack the surrounding areas and expand the Ming Dynasty's occupied territory.
What Li Yan never expected was that on the third day, Yuan Zongdi rushed back to Agra himself.
Before entering the lobby, just seeing Li Yan handling official business, he was already shouting: "Master Zhongcheng, good news, good news..."
Li Yan was very surprised when he heard this.
Seeing the very excited Yuan Zongdi striding into the lobby, he felt that this so-called good news might not be small, otherwise Yuan Zongdi would not be so happy.
With this thought in his mind, Li Yan also became interested. He immediately put down his brush, looked at Yuan Zongdi and asked, "What's the good news?"
At this time, Yuan Zongdi had already strode closer, and he cupped his fists and saluted Li Yan and said: "The general finally caught the messenger sent by the Mughal Dog Emperor to Agra to ask for help. Only then did he know that the Duke of Guizhou was in flames.
It took only two days for the Mughal army to be defeated and the Mughal army was routed thousands of miles away. Now the dog emperor has fled to Allahabad, with less than 30,000 remaining soldiers defeated."
While he was speaking, he saw two of his personal guards escorting a Mughal man to the front of the hall. Obviously, they could not keep up with Yuan Zongdi.
After Yuan Zongdi finished speaking, he took out a copy of the decree issued by the Mughal Emperor from his arms and handed it to Li Yan with both hands.
Of course Li Yan couldn't understand, but there was a translator nearby. In addition, Li Yan interrogated the messenger and finally judged that the message was correct!
After figuring this out, he was also overjoyed. After thinking about it for a moment, he immediately took out the map of the Mughal Empire and started reading it.
Subsequently, Li Yan immediately issued an order to convene an emergency military meeting!
The generals in the army were busy reorganizing the former Mughal soldiers. After receiving the military order, they did not dare to neglect and rushed there immediately. Unexpectedly, they heard such great news. Suddenly, everyone was shocked.
He was as excited as Yuan Zongdi.
You know, at this time, they already knew that Aurangzeb was the most capable prince in the Mughal Empire. Now he was the emperor, leading an army of almost one million to attack Bhagalpur, and the expeditionary force
There are only tens of thousands of troops on the border, and the difference in strength is too great. It is estimated that there will be a hard battle.
Unexpectedly, in just two days, Aurangzeb's million-strong army was defeated. It was an absolute victory!
With such good news, who in Ming Dynasty can’t be excited?
Li Yan made them happy for a moment, then walked to the map, slapped the location of Allahabad, restored his serious expression, and said to his generals: "Now that Aurangzeb has escaped here,
It's almost halfway between Agra and Bhagalpur, a little closer to our side. Judging from the news that he came to deliver the message to Agra, it seems that he is unwilling to fail and is trying to assemble his army and fight again!"
Withdrawing his hand, he glanced at his comrades and said solemnly: "If you hit the snake, you will kill it, and if it is sick, you will kill it! I estimate that even if they want to pursue the victory in Bhagalpur, they will probably be held captive for a while.
Time. Therefore, we should advance first and attack Allahabad without giving Aurangzeb a chance to reorganize his army and fight again!"
"General, I obey your orders!" Upon hearing this, the generals in the hall were immediately excited, and they all clasped their fists and loudly accepted the orders.
Their army's surprise attack on the capital of the Mughal Empire was originally considered a great achievement. However, now that they have achieved a great victory at Bhagalpur, it seems a bit overshadowed.
Of course they don't want to be outdone by the Bhagalpur side, and now Lord Zhongcheng wants to go to war, which is exactly what they want.
Therefore, Li Yan immediately spread the news of Aurangzeb's defeat widely, and continued to establish the impression in the hearts of the Mughals that the Ming army was invincible.
Later, he asked Tian Jianxiu to lead the 5,000 Ming army and the reorganized Mughal soldiers to guard Agra. He personally led the remaining 40,000 cavalry to attack the Mughal army in Allahabad.
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The reason why Tian Jianxiu was left behind was because Tian Jianxiu was generous, steady, not impetuous, and could stabilize people's hearts. In the original history, when Li Zicheng led his troops to the capital, Tian was the one who stayed behind in Xi'an.
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Li Yan's army was originally formed to attack the capital of the Mughal Empire and cause trouble behind the enemy's rear. Therefore, not only were they all cavalry, but they were also equipped with one person and two horses. Only in this way can they have enough mobility.
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It just so happens that this is just for traveling.
On the way east to Allahabad, after leaving the Agra area, the local officials of the Mughal Empire had received Aurangzeb's order and asked for a new supply of grain, supplies and soldiers, and learned about the defeat.
People were panic-stricken. Later, they heard that Agra had been captured by the Ming army, and they became even more uneasy. When they saw the Ming cavalry rolling eastward, they were immediately scared to death.
If Aurangzeb had not been defeated, they would not have been too scared even if they knew that the capital fell into the hands of the Ming army. After all, Aurangzeb led an army of one million people, which was where the confidence lay!
But now, the Ming army easily defeated Aurangzeb's million-strong army, which severely damaged their confidence. The fall of the capital became another piece of news that severely damaged their confidence.
Under such circumstances, it would be strange not to be afraid when seeing the Ming Dynasty cavalry passing by!
In their view, the Mughal Empire today seems to be full of Ming armies!
The world of the Mughal Empire is about to change! This realization is something that even ordinary people can imagine.
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As for Aurangzeb, after escaping to Allahabad in one breath, he finally stopped. Of course, he had to stop because he couldn't run anymore.
A million-strong army was defeated by the Ming army in such a short period of time. When they were escaping, they might not have had time to think about it. But now that they have stopped and thought about it, one can imagine the impact on the Mughal Empire army.
What a huge blow to morale!
How much confidence you had before the war started, how big of a blow it will be now!
After gathering together for a long time, we finally got around 30,000 defeated soldiers. From the generals to the soldiers, they were all very frustrated and frightened. For several days after the stop, the soldiers who escaped did not have a good night's sleep.
Every night when I go to bed, I always feel as if the Ming army has come and set fire to me again!
There is no doubt that this defeat was a blow to Aurangzeb. However, it was obvious that he had no way out. He was not willing to fail like this, so he cheered up again, issued orders to various places, and gathered forces.
The defeated army needs the local government to provide supplies and troops again. No matter what, it will definitely have to compete with the Ming army again.
However, what he didn't expect was that this time the recruitment of troops, the collection of food and fodder, and even the gathering of the defeated troops were not very smooth. Not to mention that the defeated troops were unwilling to return to his command, the local military leaders were also grumbling.
Yes, very disadvantageous.
After these situations were reported to Aurangzeb, he became furious.
His generals also advised him that given such a disastrous defeat, he might return to Agra first.
The Dutch also suffered heavy losses. Most of them ran away and were probably captured by the Ming army. This made Kui Yi, who escaped, also very frustrated and also asked to go back to Agra first.
Just when Aurangzeb could not resist the demands of his men and was considering returning to Agra, the army led by Li Yan arrived.