739 [This is the decisive battle?] (For the leader Tiboshu Wu
The Sultanate of Ahmednegal, also known as the Nizam Shahi Dynasty.
It was split from Bahniman, and its founder, Ahmed, was a subordinate of the prime minister who tried hard to reform but was killed by a conspiracy.
Until now, it is only the second generation of sultans.
Chand Bibi's father Burhan Shah was the Sultan of the Shahi Dynasty.
But you would never imagine that during most of his reign, this guy formed an alliance with the Hindu Ananda Kingdom and attacked the surrounding Green Sultanate. And his son was historically the terminator of the Ananda Kingdom.
And single-handedly pushed the coalition forces of the four major sultanates to move south.
In the Deccan Plateau at this time, there is no morality, no order, no integrity, only endless betrayal and chaos!
This phenomenon was caused by Krishna, the great monarch of Ananda, Wang Yuan’s cheap father-in-law.
King Krishna defeated the Sudanese army many times. Since it was difficult to occupy the land of the Green Religion, he liked to put back the Sudanese who lost the war. After the defeat of these Sudans, there were often people in the country who seized power. If they were put back and reset, it would mean civil strife. And the person who took the throne would
, and often have the support of neighboring countries. Once the Sudan is successfully restored, he will turn around and seek revenge from his neighboring countries.
As a result, under the instigation of King Krishna, the sultanate in the Deccan region fell into complete chaos. There were so many betrayals that no one trusted anyone, and the power of a country was often stolen by nobles of other countries.
The Deccan Sultans thus bestowed upon King Krishna the title: Founder of the Foreign Dynasty.
It is a pity that the huge territory that King Krishna conquered was occupied by a ragtag group of Tianzhu Cotton Society after he died of illness. Even his daughter Kong Fu was given to Wang Yuan as a concubine, and his son was even taken over by the Cotton Society.
Raise a fat pig.
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The huge river fleet sailed slowly towards Tongzhou City, with thousands of cavalry and more than 40,000 infantry following along the river.
The two coalition forces in the northwest only have such a small number of people.
But its combat effectiveness far exceeded the more than 80,000 four-nation coalition forces defeated by Lu Sheng. Especially their cavalry, which completely inherited the essence of the Bahniman Kingdom, was small but extremely fierce (Bahniman Sultan, has always been called the Bahniman Sultan by the Hindus)
as 'Horse King').
Hussein stood at the bow of the ship and frowned: "Father, I heard that the Ananda Kingdom has changed its king, and the new king is the prime minister of China. Do you really want to fight again this time?"
Burhan Shah was over sixty years old and was a cunning Sultan. He smiled and said: "A foreign prime minister actually became the king of Ananda. How many people do you think will listen to his orders?"
Although the Kingdom of Ahmednegal is also a coastal country, it has never had a colonial port and has never fought wars with the Portuguese and Han armies.
Hussain said: "I don't think there is any need to take risks. Why should we help Bijapur expand its territory?"
"Trading always comes and goes," Burhansha said with a smile. "Your sister (Chande Bibi) is already the princess of Bijapur. Our two countries should support each other."
With fart's support, interests take care of it.
The country of Bijapur relied on doing business with Portugal and the Ming Dynasty. Although it was deprived of several ports to serve as colonial settlements, it still became very wealthy.
The Ahmed Negal country is relatively poor, so they have to go south to grab something. The Heitian River Basin where Tongzhou is located is the most developed agricultural region in the central part of the Indian subcontinent.
Burhan Shah not only was able to plunder goods this time by sending troops, but also got a promise from the Sultan of Bijapur. That is: Ahmed Negal will send troops to neighboring countries in the future. Even if the Neral country is completely annexed, the Bijapur country will also
No interference is allowed. In return, the Bijapur state can also annex neighboring Bidar.
The sultans, son and daughter, want to form an alliance and expand separately!
Seeing the allied forces of the two countries approaching, the refugees outside Tongzhou City were so frightened that they jumped into the river and ran away, hoping to cross the river to seek refuge from Wang Yuan.
The exiled nobles outside the city were reluctant to abandon their belongings. Wang Yuan had already emptied the nearby ships. The nobles' gold and silver treasures could not cross the river, so they could only guard their treasures and huddle together to wait for the war.
The allied forces of the two countries stopped outside the city, and the warships were used to guard against Wang Yuan on the other side of the river.
Old-fashioned mortars were rolled out one after another. This thing has a long history and was a siege weapon that Zhu Yuanzhang liked to use.
Wang Yuan stood on a high platform on the other side of the river and observed the situation with a telescope.
The origin of these Deccan Sultanates is the Delhi Sultanate further north. Their military style inherited a lot of the Delhi Sultanate, and at the same time absorbed some characteristics of Hindu countries.
Perhaps because of the expedition, the two coalition forces did not bring war elephants.
In front are rows of long shield bearers. Those long shields are chest high, and the formation is very defensive. Then there are javelins, spears, swords, shields, bows and arrows and other arms, and even a small number of fire gun soldiers, but fire gun soldiers.
They are all located in the central army and seem to be only used as surprise troops and reserves.
The thousands of cavalrymen were obviously in an Arabian style. The generals all wore full body chain armor, and their helmets also had chain mail hanging down to protect their necks.
"Boom boom boom!"
Mortar volley.
It did not aim at the city wall, but at the northern exiled nobles outside the city.
The morale of the private soldiers of the exiled nobles was not high, and they were greeted by another round of mortars. Although not many people were killed, there were already signs of collapse.
A noble shouted towards the city: "Send troops to rescue us quickly!"
The defenders in the city turned a deaf ear.
If there were no reinforcements from Wang Yuan on the other side of the river, the defenders in the city would definitely rescue their compatriots. But since there were already elite reinforcements, why should they rescue the exiled nobles?
These private soldiers of the nobles are useless in fighting and are a sheer waste of food.
It is better to let them die and receive the goods left behind after their death. If the exiled nobles did not die, they would be embarrassed to rob them. It would be good for everyone if those guys died.
Wang Yuan had the same idea and asked his enemies to take care of the exiled nobles, so that he could easily immigrate to the north.
After two rounds of shelling, the coalition cavalry suddenly charged.
Two thousand cavalry troops rushed close and fired collectively, and the arrows fell on the private formation of the exiled nobles.
These cavalrymen fired an arrow and left. Two thousand more cavalrymen rushed forward, and they rushed closer than before. They also fired an arrow and turned away.
Finally, the third round of cavalry rushed in, and the entire private army of the exiled nobles collapsed.
The nobles couldn't restrain themselves, so they had no choice but to abandon their belongings and run away. They didn't even care about their wives, children, and family members. They took off their armor and jumped into the river one by one.
The Sudanese coalition cavalry did not lose a single soldier, fired only two rounds of arrows, and charged three times, completely killing the Indian exiled nobles outside the city.
A large number of Sudanese cavalry dismounted and looted the treasures. Although these guys were powerful, their discipline was really tough.
"Swish, swish, swish!"
Arrows were immediately fired from the city, aiming at the cavalry who were robbing the goods. After killing dozens of people, the cavalry all left, not daring to rob the goods outside the city.
The two sultans immediately ordered an attack on the city.
But Tongzhou City is located at the intersection of two rivers, surrounded by water on almost three sides, and has only one and a half walls to climb.
After a feint attack, which cost the defenders some arrows, the Sudanese coalition forces withdrew again.
"Boom boom boom!"
More than a dozen old-fashioned mortars aimed at the city gate and fired a salvo. Unfortunately, the aim was too far, and none of the shells missed. Instead, they made several dents in the nearby city wall.
After a futile effort, the coalition soldiers attacked the city again.
The allied warships gradually approached, shooting nobles and refugees who jumped into the river.
Immediately afterwards, the coalition warships circled to the northeast side of the city wall and suddenly dropped more than ten siege ladders.
But it was the dry season at this time, and the city wall at the intersection of the two rivers revealed a large section of tidal flat after the water receded. The defenders had all gone to defend the front, but they didn't expect the enemy to build ladders behind them. They were caught off guard for a while.
"Aren't you going to save me?" Song Ling'er asked nervously.
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "There is no rush, but we can make preparations."
Small boats were carried upstream to the river bank one by one by the Han army, and then filled with dead grass branches and poured with cans of kerosene.
Unfortunately, in the dry season, the river flow is not fast, so each boat has to be rowed down.
The coalition soldiers relied on sneak attacks to scale the back city wall. The defenders hurriedly reinforced the place, and both sides were fighting anxiously.
Wang Yuan frowned and said: "Quickly notify Lu Sheng and tell them not to return to Tongzhou and go directly to the northwest to cut off the enemy cavalry's retreat."
Wang Yuan had a huge appetite and wanted to wipe out tens of thousands of enemy troops.
Unfortunately, Lu Sheng's army was too slow to return, and the coalition forces of the two countries attacked the city in advance and attacked the city wall at once. Wang Yuan had to use fire attack ships in advance. Although this move could destroy the opponent's navy, it left behind
There are thousands of enemy cavalry outside the city.
"What is that?" Hussein pointed to the river behind him.
Burhansha looked back and felt his scalp numb. He saw hundreds of small boats carrying flames going down the river, and there were people on the boats paddling frantically.
"Get out of the battleship quickly!" Burhan Shah shouted.
The father and son and their guards hurriedly jumped into the river, swam desperately to the shore, and then ran to join the cavalry troops.
The flames burned so fiercely that the Han soldiers in the rowing boats couldn't hold on, so they jumped into the river one after another, swam and pushed the boats forward. Gradually, the fire became too fierce, and under the smoke and fire, the Han soldiers did not dare to get closer and let them go.
The fire boat drifted slowly downward.
The Sultan of Bijapur, Ibrahim Adil Shah I, was on board a ship directing the siege.
His view of the ship was blocked by the corner of the city wall, so he couldn't see the fire ships coming, and he kept urging the soldiers to attack the city.
"Blow the trumpet!"
"woo woo woo woo!"
A trumpet sounded from Wang Yuan's base camp. Two thousand Han gunmen in Tongzhou City immediately climbed onto the city tower and fired volleys at the enemy attacking the city from the front. The Indian defenders in Tongzhou rushed to rescue the city wall behind and blocked the climbers.
The enemies on the city wall are slowly killed back.
Two miles upstream, thousands of Han soldiers, who had been lying in wait for several days, started to cross the river collectively, pushing big planks of wood.
There was no way to cross the river in advance because there were too many enemy warships and they would be easily discovered by the enemy. Those fire attack ships were also hidden in the woods.
Hearing volleys of gunfire from the city and seeing several warships being hit and burned, it was obvious that they had fallen into a trap set by the opponent. Burhansha decisively ordered: "Retreat the entire army!"
The father and son led the cavalry and ran first, followed by the infantry, leaving the friendly troops on the battlefield to act as rearguard units.
The Bijapur army was dumbfounded. Their sultan was still on the warship at the back, and no general on the front battlefield dared to order a retreat.
"Sultan, Sudan, the front is defeated!"
"What?"
Ibrahim Adil Shah I did not understand why an army of tens of thousands was suddenly defeated?
At this time, a large number of coalition warships caught fire. After Ibrahim Adil Shah I figured out the situation, he could not drive the warship to fight back and said: "Go around to the north and take all the soldiers back to the ship."
One south and one north, two tributaries meet.
The fire attack took place on the southern branch. Ibrahim Adil Shah I rowed towards the northern branch, but he managed to escape twelve warships.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
After landing on the northern branch, Ibrahim Adil Shah I had his horns blown in order to withdraw his infantry to the ships.
Unfortunately, the sudden withdrawal of the friendly forces caused chaos among the soldiers of Bijapur. Before the Sultan sounded the rally call, a large number of soldiers fled, and then the entire army collapsed. More than 20,000 people were chased and killed by more than 2,000 Han troops.
The cavalry troops did not dare to turn around and charge.
Being abandoned by friendly forces was only one of the factors. The more direct reason was the emergence of Han gun soldiers.
The small country of Bijapur was colonized by the Portuguese who occupied three ports and later handed them over to the Ming Dynasty Navy.
The soldiers of the Bijapur country naturally tried to resist, but were beaten back by Portuguese and Ming Dynasty guns and artillery every time. Over time, the country's soldiers have recognized the reality, and the new musketry troops are invincible!
Therefore, as soon as the two thousand Han soldiers in the city came out and fired several volleys of guns, even the cavalry were scared away.
Can you not run?
How many people did the Portuguese colonial army have? Thousands of them were killed. Even they couldn't defeat them. How could they dare to fight against the larger number of Han soldiers?
More than two thousand Han musketeers rushed out of the city to pursue 20,000 enemy troops.
Thousands of Indian defenders were stunned for a moment, then burst into cheers and followed the enemy out of the city with high morale.
Thousands of Han soldiers who crossed the river in the upper reaches and circled back encountered the Ahmednegal army that had abandoned its friendly forces and retreated.
The country's cavalry immediately charged, with Burhan Shah and Hussein and his son taking the lead, killing the unsteady Han army.
"Array up!"
"Bang bang bang bang!"
The cavalry charged against a musket array twice as large as their own, and they also attacked rifled muskets at a greater distance.
For a moment, everyone was on their backs. Sultan Burhan Shah was directly shot and fell from his horse. Prince Hussein was also blown off his left ear by a bullet. Who let the father and son rush so far forward?
Hussein was so frightened that he did not dare to retrieve his father's body. Taking advantage of the gap between the Han army's rotations, he accelerated and fled to the side in disguise, followed by only the remaining thousands of cavalry. And their more than ten thousand infantry.
, was so frightened that he ran towards the north and was chased all the way by the Han army.
Most of the cavalry from the two countries fled, and none of the Bijapur cavalry was lost. Wang Yuan transferred all the cavalry to the north to raid the four countries. Now he can only watch the enemy cavalry escape.
However, the infantry of the two countries were not so lucky. They were driven all over the ground. Many of them could no longer run and simply lay down to wait for death.
Ibrahim Adil Shah I also wanted to use boats to pick up the infantry, but two thousand Han troops in the city chased him and fired at the crowded crowd on the river, scaring countless enemy infantry to jump into the river one after another.
The warship left the shore, anchored in the middle of the river, and dropped ropes to rescue the soldiers. They actually picked up two to three thousand people.
Song Ling'er stood on a high platform on the other side of the river, holding up a telescope and frowning: "These Green Religion coalition forces are only slightly stronger than the Luzon natives, and their morale is not as high as the Guizhou rebels. How can they have the courage to invade south?"
"Who knows." Wang Yuan was also speechless. He had made so many preparations and still had 10,000 reserve troops in hand.
As a result, the opponent fell down and hit the porcelain before even exerting any force.
With such fighting power and morale, Wang Yuan is not worthy of being on the battlefield in person. No wonder he will be blamed by the Mughals in the future.
Wang Yuan and Song Ling'er felt uncomfortable, but they frightened the Indian defenders of Tongzhou and the exiled Indian nobles.
The surviving Indian nobles climbed up from the river in embarrassment, prostrated themselves in the direction of Wang Yuan's camp, and yelled some unintelligible words. They were simply willing to obey and serve as Wang Yuan's dogs.
(A 4,000-word chapter counts as an extra update. Today’s normal update will be late. I have to go out soon.)