Lu Sheng sent people to pursue the fleeing Golconda soldiers, and led 1,500 cavalry to guard the Suryavamusha camp.
It's ridiculous. This camp is well-defended and has more than 15,000 soldiers, but it was so frightened by Lu Sheng's 1,500 cavalry that it only dared to defend.
"Lu Shangshu, the enemy camp wants peace talks?"
"Bring someone here."
A Green Religion officer was brought to Lu Sheng and saluted: "Great General, our Sultan requests to leave this place."
This man spoke Telugu, which the military translator could understand.
Lu Sheng sneered: "Come whenever you want, and leave whenever you want?"
The Green Religion officer said: "We are willing to divide five thousand troops to help your country fight the war. Please allow us to return home with the remaining soldiers."
Lu Sheng said: "You can surrender."
The Green Religion officer said: "Our main force must return home as soon as possible."
Why should you return to your country as soon as possible?
Because the armies of the two countries have fled, one of them has a feud with Suryavamusha, and they are expected to go directly north to attack. In other words, the friendly forces just now have become enemies. If they don't return quickly, their royal city may be attacked.
Down.
Lu Sheng repeatedly asked the reason, and the other party finally told the truth.
Lu Sheng was dumbfounded. How could he still fight like this? Not only did he leave his friendly forces behind and run away, but he also took advantage of the empty territory of the friendly forces, even without the baggage, to grab food along the way and attack the friendly forces' capital?
"I want to tell the king that I can't make the decision myself." Lu Sheng said.
The Green Cult officer said anxiously: "It's too late, we must return to the army immediately. As long as our army is allowed to leave safely, our army will only take away food and weapons, and all other looted goods will be given to you."
Lu Sheng thought for a while: "I will retreat one mile, and you guys will move the belongings out first."
"Okay." The Green Cult officer readily agreed.
This country's more than 10,000 troops only have a thousand cavalry, and they simply don't dare to compete with the more than 3,000 Tianzhu cavalry.
Lu Sheng doesn't need to attack head-on. He only needs to follow and harass all the way, which can greatly slow down the opponent's withdrawal speed, and he can also look for opportunities to launch a fatal surprise attack. The Suryava mother sand kingdom can't afford it, and they can simply attack friendly forces when they see them.
If you run away, you will guess that your country will definitely be attacked. If you return one day late, you will have to suffer countless losses.
Half a day later, a large amount of goods were moved out, waiting for Lu Sheng to come and receive them.
Yin Bingheng and Rama also chased the enemy back, killing more than 3,000 defeated soldiers and capturing more than 5,000 defeated soldiers.
As soon as Lu Sheng explained the situation, Rama immediately smiled and said: "What the enemy said should be true. They really like to attack each other because they all want to unify the Deccan Sultanate."
Yin Bingheng suggested: "You can agree to them. After all, the other side has more than 10,000 soldiers, and the camp is heavily defended. If we really fight, we will suffer losses. Although we can follow and pursue you all the way, your Majesty can't wait too long. We have to return to Tongzhou to participate in the decisive battle."
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In this regard, the two parties reached a deal.
Suryava's mother kingdom handed over all its belongings and left with only weapons and food. Lu Sheng promised not to pursue them.
More than 5,000 captured Green Sect soldiers were responsible for carrying their belongings back, and Lu Sheng led the cavalry to escort them all the way.
This time the harvest was quite fruitful, not only the goods handed over by the mother kingdom of Suryava, but also all the materials from the Golconda Kingdom, enough to support 20,000 troops with military rations!
The Sultan of Golconda was shot to death by Yin Bingheng with an arrow. Most of his elites were defeated, with a total of 9,000 people either dead or surrendered. This country has been ruined and is expected to be invaded by neighboring countries soon. It only depends on whether the successor sultan can bear it.
Liveable.
"General, general, save us!"
More than 5,000 Green Sect captive soldiers were escorting supplies back, and many of them actually shouted for help to Rama.
Lu Sheng asked: "What's going on?"
Rama smiled bitterly: "Among the soldiers captured today, some were former soldiers of the Ananda Kingdom, and they themselves believe in Hinduism."
The sequelae caused by Tianzhu cotton.
At first, the elite of the Ananda Kingdom were transferred to the northern border by powerful ministers. As a result, the royal city was attacked by the Tianzhu Cotton Society.
Navisa, the commander of the front line, originally wanted to go back and surrender, but halfway there, he heard that his whole family had been killed by the Tianzhu Cotton Association.
In anger, this guy led part of his army and tens of thousands of people, turned around and attacked Golconda. He destroyed the country and became the sultan himself. He also continued to erode the borders of Ananda and expanded the land area of Golconda.
One-third. It is equivalent to one-third of the country's territory. It should be Wang Yuan's territory.
The sultan whom Yin Bingheng shot to death was the son of the rebel general Navisa!
Rama was also Navisa's subordinate twenty years ago, and many captured soldiers knew him.
The captive soldiers continued to shout: "General, we are forced to believe in Green Christianity. We can believe in Hinduism again."
After getting the translation, Lu Sheng smiled and said: "Which of you is willing to believe in the Han sect?"
The translator roared, and hundreds of prisoners instantly knelt down and shouted: "I do, I do!"
Prisoners who were willing to convert were immediately assigned relatively easy jobs, so hundreds more people were willing to convert, and the second batch were real Green Sect prisoners.
When faced with life and death decisions, what does religion mean?
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Tongzhou.
Thousands of Rama's old subordinates guarded the city, and tens of thousands of local private soldiers and refugees lined the river outside the city.
The two tributaries of the Heitian River meet here, and Tongzhou City is built between the two rivers, with a long and narrow lake to the east.
The coalition forces of Bijapur and Ahmednegar chose to camp in the upper reaches of the tributary, while Wang Yuan faced them across the river in the lower reaches of the tributary.
There are many forces, each with their own agenda.
Wang Yuan actually wanted the coalition forces of the two countries to attack, help him kill the exiled nobles outside the city, and help him clear the way for his future development to the north.
However, the allied forces of the two countries remained stationary, and the exiled nobles outside the city did not dare to move. They were not allowed to enter the city, nor were they allowed to cross the river. Now they are starving by the river outside the city.
"Are these two sultans fools? They stayed there all the time and wasted food." Song Ling'er couldn't help complaining.
Wang Yuan guessed: "There must be something we don't know about."
There was nothing else going on, the two sultans were just quarreling.
They have a relatively good relationship, and they are also sons and daughters. One is Chande Bibi's father, and the other is Chande Bibi's father-in-law.
But brothers still settle accounts openly, what do children and their relatives count?
The main reason is that during the siege a few days ago, one side suffered greater losses, so it wanted to play an assisting role, while the other side insisted on co-mainly attacking.
This matter must be made clear, otherwise it is very likely that you will be cheated. Once the losses are too great, you will be attacked by the opponent when you return.
"Your Majesty, there is an Indian monk who wants to see you. He has been on hunger strike outside the camp for three days." The guard came to inform.
Wang Yuan smiled and said, "You've been hungry for three days and you're not dead yet?"
The guard said: "I fainted from hunger. I poured a bucket of cold water on me to wake me up. I ate some dry food and then made a fuss to see His Majesty."
Wang Yuan said: "Bring him in."
An old man in a white robe was helped in by two guards. He was holding half a piece of pancake in his hand and chewing it in his mouth. It looked like he was really hungry after being on a hunger strike for three days.
When the old man saw Wang Yuan, he carefully put away the pancakes and said in curry-flavored Chinese: "Tari Sinha, pay homage to His Majesty the King."
Wang Yuan smiled and asked: "Who did you learn Chinese from?"
Talisinha replied: "A Chinese named Chen Huairen bought 70,000 acres of land in the north."
Wang Yuan asked: "Where is Chen Huairen?"
Tali Sinha said: "He died. He led troops to resist and was killed by the Sudanese coalition forces."
Wang Yuan felt a little regretful. It didn't matter how many natives died, but every Han Chinese was precious. He asked, "Why did you come to see me?"
Talisinha said: "Your Majesty, please accept my believers and give them food."
Wang Yuan was so angry that he laughed, but instead of refusing directly, he asked: "Are you not a Hindu?"
Talisinha replied: "I am a follower of the White Sect of Jainism."
It is a pity that Wang Yuan has never heard of Jainism.
This thing spread widely in ancient India and once became the state religion of Gujarat. Wang Yuan's capital Peiyang was also his main missionary location.
The founder of Jainism was named Phattamana, who was respectfully called "Mahabira" by his disciples, also known as "Mahavir". This man lived at the same time as Sakyamuni. As a prince, he begged for alms.
Finally, he attained enlightenment under a Salo tree, and Buddhists called him "Niganda Ruotizi".
Jainism soon split into two sects, namely: the White Cloth Sect and the Heavenly Cloth Sect.
The White Clothes Sect advocates equality between men and women, and all surnames are equal. All monks wear white robes, and monks can get married and have children.
The Tianyi sect is relatively conservative. Most of them are ascetic monks. They don't wear clothes. They also discriminate against women and agree with the caste system. They are called "naked heretics" by Buddhists.
By the way, these guys don't believe in God, they only believe in their twenty-four ancestors.
Up to now, the White Sect of Jainism has reformed again, opposed idol worship, simplified sacrificial rituals, and become very secular.
Wang Yuan was very interested after hearing the explanation: "You don't believe in God?"
Talisinha shook his head: "I don't believe it. Whether there are gods in the world cannot be proved. They may exist or they may not exist. All things in the universe can be divided into life (soul) and non-life (non-soul). People have souls, trees have souls, and ants have souls.
There is also a soul. After a person dies, the soul does not die, but is thrown into another body, maybe a pig, maybe a dog, maybe a flower or a tree."
Wang Yuan frowned and said, "Isn't this the Buddhist theory of reincarnation?"
Talisinha shook his head: "We are different from Buddhism and Hinduism. We have no gods. The universe is composed of matrix (atoms). The matrix (atoms) is eternal, has no beginning and no end, and has the properties of color, fragrance, and touch. The matrix (atoms)
) According to different combinations, all things in the universe are derived. There are good substrates (atoms) and bad substrates (atoms). They are opposite to each other, but one is indispensable."
Wang Yuan smiled and nodded: "It's interesting, what other teachings are there?"
Talisinha was very satisfied with Wang Yuan's reaction. This guy wanted to persuade the king to believe in Jainism, and even wanted to make Jainism the state religion of India.
As he listened, Wang Yuan felt something was wrong.
Jainism is actually more "compassionate" than Buddhism. All things have spirits and cannot be harmed. Their followers, first of all, cannot serve as soldiers, which is somewhat understandable. But they cannot even farm, which is nonsense.
What kind of land will accidentally kill insects?
The followers of this religion are mainly engaged in industry, commerce and art.
This has been done for generations, and until the 21st century, there are still several bosses of conglomerates in India who are Jains.
If compassion is a good thing, then their understanding of life is even more nonsense.
Death is nothing but the transformation of souls, which can purge sins during soul transformation, so it is a very good thing. The White Clothes Sect is a little better, at least within the normal range. The Tianyi Sect has all gone crazy, and one by one is doing penance and starving to death.
It is considered a great honor.
After careful consideration, Wang Yuan felt that Jainism was more controllable than Hinduism, and that the White Sect's equality of men and women and caste equality were very appealing.
Wang Yuan said: "I can give your believers food, and I can also arrange for them to go to Liangye County to work and do business. However, they are not allowed to go on a hunger strike, and they are not allowed to preach to the Han people! Once you are found to be preaching to the Han people, I will ban it nationwide.
Jainism!”
Talisinha prostrated and said: "Thank you to your kind Majesty, the White Clothes Sect does not advocate penance and hunger strike. That is the evil path that the Tianyi Sect has entered."
"Go." Wang Yuan waved his hand and said.
Not long after Tali Sinha left, the guard suddenly came to report: "Your Majesty, the enemy has made a strange move!"