No matter how ambitious Kamalhan is, he would not dare to attack the city now. There are foreign troops on both sides of him. What should he do if he is stabbed in the anus in the middle of the siege?
But choosing to withdraw immediately doesn't seem to be a good idea.
A local governor rebelled, fought in the capital, and suddenly returned home. There were only two endings waiting for him: one was that the Sultan returned to victory and then went to conquer him, the traitor; the other was that Tianzhu annexed Bijapur, and then went to conquer him, the governor.
Unable to fight or move, Kamalhan actually retreated for several miles and sat quietly watching the show.
"Which country's army is over there?" Ning Botao was also confused.
Lu Sheng had retreated quite far and was observing the battle situation with a telescope. He found Kamalhan retreating and said confusedly: "Why didn't he fight?"
Yin Bingheng said: "Maybe they are afraid that we will suddenly kill them back."
Ning Botao and Lu Sheng sent sentry riders at the same time and ran to Kamalhan to check the situation, and then the two sentry riders quickly discovered each other.
"Brother is Han Chinese?"
"I am a subordinate of Lu Shangshu of the Ministry of War of Tianzhu. Where are you from?"
"I am Tianzhu Navy."
"Isn't that a coincidence? You all arrived here from the sea?"
"Make a big detour halfway, otherwise we would have arrived early."
"..."
The two sentinel riders actually started chatting and did not regard this place as a battlefield at all. It was really because the Green Cult soldiers they encountered were too useless.
But it is said that in history, Bengal, known as the most powerful state in India, fought a battle with the British colonists.
The battle losses of both sides were as follows——
Britain: 900 British troops and 2,000 Indian servants. In this battle, 22 people were killed and 53 wounded, for a total of 75 casualties.
Bangladesh: 70,000 local soldiers and 40 French artillerymen. There were more than 500 casualties in this battle and the entire army collapsed.
Can you believe that 900 British troops with 2,000 servants dared to face the 70,000-strong Bangladeshi army? A burst of artillery fire caused the Bangladeshi soldiers to suffer "heavy losses". The cavalry generals directly surrendered to the enemy, and a large number of local soldiers watched the show, and they lost more than 500 casualties.
The entire line fled.
I can only say that India is a magical land, and of course I, the Qing Dynasty, will not be too generous.
Hearing that Ning Botao had come in person, Lu Sheng, the Minister of War, did not dare to neglect and rode around the city in person to meet him in the north.
Lu Sheng cupped his fists and said, "Old Ning Ge."
Ning Botao smiled and said: "I am the one who leads troops to fight. When did I become old?"
Lu Sheng explained: "His Majesty has appointed you as the second assistant."
Ning Botao was stunned and couldn't help but feel a little happy, and asked: "Who is the chief assistant?"
Lu Sheng replied: "Mr. Zhongde."
Ning Botao nodded and said: "I didn't expect Wang Zhongde to abandon his official position and come to Tianzhu. It is right for him to be the chief assistant."
Lu Sheng said: "Your Majesty has won a great victory, but there are still some remnant soldiers in this country who have not returned. If you want to attack the city, you must hurry up."
Ning Botao said: "I only have a ragtag group of people under my command. If there are a lot of casualties, morale will probably collapse. It's okay to fight outside, but it's definitely not easy to fight in a city."
Lu Sheng said: "My cavalry can't attack the city either."
Ning Botao pointed to the northeast: "Who is over there?"
Lu Sheng explained: "The governor of this country happened to be in rebellion."
Ning Botao smiled and said: "Then let him be the main attacker. It's just a matter of being appointed an official and making a wish."
Lu Sheng returned to his troops, sent people to persuade Kamalhan to attack the city, and ensured that the Han army would not attack halfway.
Kamalhan is not a fool. He will not do such a thing and continue to squat there and wait for the opportunity.
As a result, a strange scene occurred. Three armies surrounded the royal city, but no one was willing to take the initiative to attack.
Ning Botao didn't want to go to waste, so he asked people to pull up the artillery: "Fire a few cannons and listen to the sound."
"Boom boom boom!"
A burst of artillery fire was quite loud, but unfortunately the caliber of the artillery was too small to pose a threat to the city wall.
Prince Ali was so frightened that he left the city wall and called his wife down, asking: "What should I do? There are too many enemies!"
Chand Bibi said: "The city wall is strong and we can only wait for the Sultan to return with his troops."
Prince Ali pointed to the southeast: "Thousands of cavalry came over there, but they didn't want the Sultan's army. The Sultan must have been defeated!"
Chand Bibi was silent.
Prince Ali said: "It is better to surrender."
Chand Bibi said angrily: "If the Sultan is defeated and dies, then you are the Sultan now. How could the Sultan take the lead in surrendering?"
Prince Ali was speechless.
After a burst of shelling, Ning Potao sent local people to shout outside the city: "Your Sultan has been killed, and the tens of thousands of troops have been wiped out. Now Kaicheng surrenders, promising not to kill anyone. If you dare to resist, the whole city will be massacred."
Leftover!"
After shouting several times in a row, Prince Ali finally heard clearly and his legs became weak with fear.
After hearing this, ministers, generals, defenders, and civilians were all frightened and panicked, and many even began to think about a way out.
Chandbibi climbed up the city wall and ordered: "This is a rumor of the enemy, shoot him quickly!"
There was a burst of bows and arrows, and the person who was shouting came too close and was shot into a hedgehog on the spot.
Southeast of the city.
Yin Bingheng said: "Lu Shangshu, we are wasting our time waiting here. It is better to go south and ambush the remaining defeated soldiers of the Sudan."
Lu Sheng's eyes lit up: "What a plan!"
The Sudanese remnants of the army returned along the river. After taking a detour to the south, they had to walk more than a hundred miles overland before they could go north to this place.
As a guide, Rama led the Han cavalry back, lurking in the woods on a small hill, and sent more than a hundred sentry cavalry forward to observe the situation.
Two days later, the sentinels at the front had already discovered the enemy.
These guys walked along the road, heading straight into Lu Sheng's ambush, like a group of silly roe deer who had thrown themselves into a trap.
Of course, they also had cavalry to explore the road, but these cavalry were very lazy, probably because they returned to their own country, and they never thought that there would be an ambush ahead.
The dispatched sentries rushed back one after another, but the opponent's march was too slow, leaving Lu Sheng waiting in the woods for more than half a day.
Lu Sheng couldn't help complaining: "What the hell is the speed of returning the army? If we didn't come, the rebel rebellion would probably have succeeded."
The Sultan's ships stayed by the river. There were probably more than 2,000 cavalry on this trip, more than 6,000 infantry, and several thousand auxiliary troops transporting grain. Many of the auxiliary troops were probably recruited after returning home.
More than a thousand cavalry opened the way, and more than a thousand cavalry broke up the rear. The arrangement was quite similar.
Lu Sheng let go of all the enemy troops in front, mounted his horse with a smile and said, "Be careful, don't fall off your horse and die on the way."
The generals laughed and rushed out of the woods together.
The enemy's thousand cavalrymen who were responsible for breaking up the rear were directly stunned by this surprise attack. In order to save horse power, they did not wear armor, and even led the horses while marching. They got on their horses in panic and chose to run away, without caring about the Sudan in front of them.
Life or death?
Lu Sheng was furious: "You are a rabbit, you run so damn fast!"
Yes, these thousand cavalrymen all ran away without any thought of fighting the Han army.
Lu Sheng could only lead his troops to kill the enemy's infantry, where the Sultan's chariot was. The peasants transporting grain were the first to break up and run all over the mountains and fields. Then the enemy's infantry also fled, and even most of the Sultan's personal guards fled.
Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah I looked ashen, suddenly jumped off the chariot, got on his horse and ran after him.
As for the thousand enemy cavalry who were clearing the way ahead, how could they dare to delay when they saw this situation? They immediately accelerated and ran wildly.
Not a single shot was fired, not a single arrow was fired, and the entire enemy army collapsed.
Moreover, they were completely defeated and running in all directions. Lu Sheng could only divide his troops to capture the prisoners.
Yin Bingheng spotted the Sultan because he was the best dressed. He lay prone on the horse, which was Ah Hei's great-great-grandson. It galloped for thousands of miles, gradually closing the distance with the Sultan.
He drew his bow, nocked an arrow, and shot it out.
The arrow was accurately inserted into the Sultan's back. Unfortunately, the guy was wearing chain mail, so he didn't suffer any fatal damage.
Ibrahim Adil Shah I was hit by an arrow and was so frightened that he stabbed the horse's buttocks wildly, and the horse immediately accelerated and ran wildly.
Yin Bingheng didn't care about the enemy troops along the way. He spotted the Sudan and chased him, and soon shot another arrow.
In order to avoid the bow and arrow and to speed up the desertion, the Sudan also lay down on the horse. The second arrow shot out and hit the Sudan's raised buttocks. He screamed miserably and did not fall off the horse.
Yin Bingheng was angry and helpless, so he could only shoot a third arrow, this time aiming directly at the war horse.
"Hissing!"
The war horse was hit by an arrow, roared sadly, threw the Sultan off the horse, and then stepped down firmly with a hoof.
"puff!"
The Sultan was half-conscious after falling off his horse, and then was trampled by the horse, causing him to vomit blood and not know whether to live or die.
Yin Bingheng immediately ran to him, dismounted from his horse and checked his breathing. When he found that Sudan was only half-breathing, he probably couldn't save him, so he pulled out his sword and chopped off Sudan's head.
This guy fought twice and killed two sultans with his own hands.