While looting along the way, Wang Yuan was still spreading the news: after the King of Tianzhu occupied northern India, he would continue Sher Shah's policy of religious tolerance and abolish Sher Shah's centralization policy. The tax amount of each princely state would be higher than that of the Mughal period.
Down 20%!
For the nobles of the northern Indian states, as long as Wang Yuan fulfills this promise, then Wang Yuan will be the most benevolent monarch!
Religious tolerance? A large number of Hindu nobles were happy.
Abolish centralization? All the princes and nobles of the feudal states are happy.
The tax amount has dropped by 20% compared to the Mughal period? Oh my god, the King of India is my father!
As the news spread, a large number of local nobles were ready to take action. However, they did not dare to take action for the time being, mainly because they were afraid that Wang Yuan would be defeated and the Sur Dynasty would settle the old score.
As long as Wang Yuan wins one or two victories, countless nobles will surely come to seek refuge with them, bringing their own food and troops.
Because he was afraid of sending the enemy's main force back to the castle, Wang Yuan did not surround the point to call for reinforcements, but sat back and watched the Qinwang's troops from all directions gathered.
This move made the Afghan nobles laugh out loud, and they firmly believed that Wang Yuan would not fight, because Wang Yuan made almost all military mistakes: going deep alone, with poor logistics, missing fighter opportunities to defeat them one by one, and voluntarily giving up the mobility of the cavalry to fight.
decisive battle!
Another half month passed, and Wang Yuan was still grabbing food around Delhi, but the food he could grab was getting less and less.
At this moment, if Sultan Islam Shah chooses to defend the city and not leave, Wang Yuan will have no choice but to withdraw his troops and flee to other areas to grab food supplies.
Wang Yuan naturally couldn't afford it, but Islam Shah couldn't afford it either. As a sultan who had just succeeded to the throne, he would not allow more than ten thousand cavalry to roam the country, not to mention causing huge damage to the local area, and enemies roaming all over the country.
The longer it goes on, the more his prestige as the Sultan will be weakened.
Not only could he not hold on to the city, Islam Shah had to fight decisively as soon as possible to consolidate his throne with military victory.
Finally, when King Qin's army from all walks of life gathered to 110,000 people, Wang Yuan also returned from nearby Qianliang.
The army of the Sur Dynasty was inherited from the Mughal Dynasty, but the details and sources of troops were slightly different. It mainly consisted of: light infantry, war elephants, artillery, and cavalry.
The two sides set up formations and faced off on the plains outside Delhi.
The formation of the Sur Dynasty is very simple, it is a classic Mughal war, divided into left wing, center army and right wing.
At the front are light infantry, with sword and shield bearers and spearmen, followed by musketeers and archers. At the back are war elephants and artillery. The war elephants are slightly ahead and protected by light infantry. At the rear are cavalry, which can be
As a reserve team, they can also attack the flanks from behind.
Wang Yuan observed through a telescope and found that the enemy's war elephants and cavalry were not many. This was probably due to the loss of horse breeding land due to years of war.
There are also three types of enemy cavalry
One is the city cavalry, which is mainly Afghan and Turkic cavalry. It is an armored cavalry and is supported by state taxes.
One is the feudal cavalry, which is the cavalry unit of the princes and nobles of the feudal state, mostly light cavalry units.
One is the Sudanese personal cavalry, both men and horses wearing heavy armor.
"Expand your formation and don't let the thieves escape!"
Islam Shah felt that he was sure of victory. He had 110,000 soldiers against 16,000. How could the Flying Dragon Cavalry lose? He was only afraid that Wang Yuan's full cavalry lineup would use their mobility to run away and continue to wreak havoc on the place.
Islam Shah is not a mediocre man. He followed his father to fight in the war when he was more than ten years old. He has experienced hundreds of battles by now.
Not only that, his father Sher Shah was a Mughal emperor in the past, and he was omnipotent in literature, Taoism and military strategy. Islam Shah had been immersed in it for many years, and he learned a lot no matter how bad he was. He abolished his father's reforms, which was purely
In order to win over the nobility, I actually wanted to continue reforming and centralizing power.
Your father used to be an imperial master?
What a coincidence, I was also an imperial master before!
Wang Fang put down the telescope and said to Wang Yuan: "Father, the enemy has more than a dozen Folang machine guns, and the Portuguese dare to sell artillery to Sher Shah!"
Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Maybe it was smuggled secretly by merchants from the Ming Dynasty. No matter how strict the investigation is, there will always be fish that slip through the net."
"Your Majesty, someone has escaped." Chand Bibi said suddenly.
Chand Bibi is indeed very talented in languages. After following her all the way, she can actually communicate in Chinese. She is currently wearing a military uniform and an Arab-style helmet. It is impossible to tell that she is a woman unless she gets closer.
Wang Yuan turned around and said with a smile: "Just run away, we will retreat too."
But it was hundreds of noble cavalry who joined the group halfway. Seeing the huge disparity in strength between the two sides, they left the battlefield before the fight started.
The enemy's formation advanced steadily. In addition to the Sultan's personal guard cavalry, the city cavalry and the feudal cavalry were all outflanked. Wang Yuan was not as stupid as the Rajputs back then. Eighty thousand cavalry rushed towards the opponent's position, only to be defeated.
The muskets and artillery fire destroyed the entire line.
When the enemy's cavalry outflanked him, Wang Yuan's entire army retreated to create a distance between the enemy's cavalry and infantry.
"Chase, don't let them run away!"
Islam Shah immediately gave the order, and the sound of horns sounded across the battlefield in an instant. The cavalry frantically outflanked Wang Yuan and blocked Wang Yuan's retreat. The infantry barely maintained their formation and accelerated the approach, but the artillery force seriously slowed down the advance.
In terms of the number of cavalry alone, Wang Yuan had the advantage, but the advantage was very small.
The total number of outflanking city cavalry and feudal cavalry has obviously exceeded 10,000, and the Sudanese guard cavalry has not yet been dispatched. As long as they are held back by the cavalry and the enemy infantry presses forward, Wang Yuan's troops will be in trouble.
Wang Yuan suppressed his horse's speed and tried not to waste the horse's energy. He retreated while observing the enemy cavalry coming from both wings.
Then, he soon discovered a strange phenomenon.
The entire army of armored city cavalry actually ran harder than the feudal cavalry (light cavalry). Those feudal cavalry were all troops of local nobles, and they obviously seemed to be working hard but not working hard.
"Turn, slash!"
Wang Yuan decisively gave the order, changed direction and killed towards the flank. The messengers around him immediately waved their flags. The king's personal cavalry, the Han cavalry, and the brother cavalry followed the fastest, while the 8,000 Gujar cavalry seemed a little slow and hesitant. These
The foreign cavalry attached to Wang Fang obviously did not want to fight.
"Raise the gun!"
As soon as the command flag was waved, 1,000 king's cavalry, 2,000 Han musketeers, and 5,000 brother musketeers all raised their flintlock rifled muskets, and in front of them were the enemy Shiyi cavalry running.
Assessing the distance, Wang Yuan ordered again: "Fire the gun!"
Several heralds around him waved their flags at the same time, and 8,000 firecrackers fired immediately.
"kill!"
Wang Yuan shouted loudly and rushed out at the head of the horse, his bravery no less than before.
There were only a thousand or so Shiyi cavalry on that side, and they were directly stunned by the volley of 8,000 fire muskets. When shooting at moving targets during the charge, the hit rate of the 8,000 fire muskets was extremely low, and they only killed and overturned more than a hundred enemies, but
The unexpected attack made the enemy panic.
The Shiyi cavalry panicked, some continued to run forward, some turned to meet the enemy, and some turned around and ran away.
The feudal cavalry led by the local nobles was more numerous than the feudal cavalry and was not attacked. However, when they saw their friendly troops being beaten into chaos, their first reaction was not to rescue them, but to turn their horses and run away. They had a little sense of responsibility.
Yes, he just threw an arrow and ran away.
Wang Yuan held the Dragon Bird Sword in his hand and cut down one person with one strike. He then cut down another person with the sword. After killing several knights in succession, the whole army suddenly began to cheer up.
Even the Gujjar cavalry, who were afraid of death, fell into disarray when they changed direction to charge, and were ready to leave the battlefield at any time. Seeing the king's bravery at this moment, it seemed that victory was just around the corner, so they also shouted and charged together.
Qi Jiguang has been following Wang Yuan. He uses a long spear. He keeps his mission in mind as a personal guard and does not actively seek out enemies to kill. Instead, he is alert to the surroundings to protect Wang Yuan's safety.
As a result, Wang Yuan did not need his protection at all after charging for dozens of steps, and all the enemies he encountered were killed in an instant.
Qi Jiguang became so heroic that he no longer restrained himself, but charged side by side with Wang Yuan, knocking down several enemy cavalry with his spear one after another.
Chand Bibi used a spear and a scimitar hanging on his waist. Don't think that the main weapon of the Green Cult cavalry is the scimitar. Even the famous Mamluks are accustomed to using spears to charge.
Chand Bibi lay prone on his horse, like a battlefield at this moment, sandwiched between friendly cavalry. When encountering the enemy, he would quickly poke and then withdraw his strength to survive. This style of play requires strong skills and is very effective against
Riding skills are extremely demanding, and you must also control the speed and strength when charging.
In the blink of an eye, more than a thousand feudal cavalry on the flank were killed, more than 4,000 feudal cavalry fled the battlefield in fear, and thousands of enemy cavalry on the other side also surrounded and attacked.
Wang Yuan did not take the opportunity to evacuate, but took advantage of the situation and moved around to the side of the enemy's infantry formation.
"All troops stop, unite!"
Islam Shah was also a veteran on the battlefield. The sultan immediately stopped his advance and asked the infantry to stop and form their formation.
At the same time, he mobilized artillery units and tried to target Wang Yuan who was outflanking him, but it was impossible to do so in a hurry. So he sent melee infantry to protect the matchlocks and compound archers, adjusted the formation and waited for Wang Yuan to rush. Then
Mobilize the Sudanese cavalry to block the rear of the infantry formation to prevent Wang Yuan from attacking from the side and rear.
Seeing that the enemy was experienced in combat, Wang Yuan did not order a charge, but crossed the battlefield from the side and stopped between the enemy army and the castle.
After this battle, the enemy was frightened by Wang Yuan's ferocity. Except for the Sudanese cavalry, all the other cavalry gathered together and did not dare to divide their troops to surround Wang Yuan.
The entire enemy army reorganized their formation and turned back to face Wang Yuan, but they did not attack rashly again.
Wang Yuan found that the enemy was not moving, so he smiled and said: "Dismount and rest."
In front of 110,000 enemy troops, Wang Yuan's 16,000 cavalry dismounted and stood quietly on the battlefield. While recovering their horses' strength, they reloaded their muskets.
What are you panicking about?
Wang Yuan's 16,000 horsemen carried three days of dry food with them. They had just gone to grab a lot from the surrounding areas.
As for the enemy's 110,000-strong army, since it is close to our own city, all the food and grass are stored in the city. Now that they have left the city, Wang Yuan will not let them go back to see who will starve first in the wild.
It has to be said that the army of the Sur Dynasty was very capable, comparable to that of the Ming Dynasty's border army.
Just now Wang Yuan went around to the flank, and the opponent was able to quickly transform the entire team. This not only requires the coach to have super high military literacy, but also the entire army must have a good military order transmission system, and must also conduct long-term training and actual combat. They are a little slow in changing formations.
One point, or a large-scale mistake was made during the formation change. At this moment, Wang Yuan was probably rushed to the point of collapse.
Islam Shah also had a telescope. He carefully observed Wang Yuan's troops, his expression becoming more and more serious.
Muskets do not require a match rope and can be loaded quickly, and half of the cavalry are equipped with such muskets. Islam Shah is both envious and fearful. He has been fighting with his father for more than ten years, and only today did he know that the cavalry can also
Use muskets to kill enemies, and you will understand better what the meaning behind this is!
I underestimated the enemy!
The two sides faced off like this for a while. Islam Shah ordered a slow advance, and the cavalry prepared Wang Yuan to charge from both wings. This time, he did not seek to kill the enemy, but slowly approached his own castle, and then returned to the city before re-arrangement for battle.
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As soon as the enemy moved, Wang Yuan immediately divided his troops.
Wang Yuan led 1,000 king's cavalry and 2,000 Han musketeers to circle the enemy's left flank. Wang Fang led 5,000 brother musketeers to circle the enemy's right wing.
The 8,000 Gujjar cavalry were not equipped with muskets and were unwilling to risk their lives in a charge, so they were arranged to wait behind the enemy's rear to wait for a fighter plane.
These Gujjar cavalry are all the aristocratic troops of Gujarat. They are willing to follow Wang Yuan to fight a smooth battle, but are unwilling to follow Wang Yuan to fight a bad battle. They are sent by Wang Yuan to bypass the rear. They are all very happy to have the opportunity.
Stab the enemy in the chrysanthemum and quickly evacuate the battlefield when in danger.
Han Xin ordered troops, the more the better.
Different soldiers need to be used in different places and must make the most reasonable combat deployment.
Wang Yuan knew this well and understood the thoughts of the Gujjar cavalry. He simply followed the trend and gave them enough freedom to avoid forcing the order to backfire.
Doing this will not only help fight, but also make it easier to calm down.
The noble generals of the Gujjar cavalry now felt that it was too comfortable to fight with Wang Yuan, far more comfortable than fighting with Wang Fang.
The 16,000 cavalrymen, under Wang Yuan's order, were instantly divided into three teams, which in turn surrounded the 110,000 enemy troops.
Islam Shah had nothing to do about it. He had more than 90,000 infantry and more than 10,000 cavalry. However, once the infantry formation advanced, Wang Yuan immediately turned around and ran away. If he sent cavalry to block it, Wang Yuan would turn around and attack him.
Without the cavalry, Wang Yuan could advance and retreat freely, coming and going according to the wind.
The new sultan of the Sur Dynasty finally realized the dilemma that the Ming army faced with the Mongolian cavalry for hundreds of years.
If you can't fight or catch up, if you divide your forces, you'll be eaten!
"Retreat to the castle first!" Islam Shah looked depressed.
Wang Yuan did not allow him to successfully withdraw. As soon as the horn blew, Wang Yuan's troops and Wang Fang's troops immediately charged from both sides, and 8,000 Gujar cavalry also feinted from the back.
The 110,000-strong army formed a panicked formation, and more than 30 artillery pieces were reassembled.
The trumpet sounded again, and Wang Yuan's 16,000 cavalry retreated. The enemy's artillery could not find a chance to aim and fire.
After this intimidation, the enemy artillery did not dare to dismantle it anymore, but just pushed it slowly, and had to carry it when encountering bumpy terrain.
Facing the enemy army that was rushing back to the city, Wang Yuan dismounted from his horse to rest, and had time to feed the horse with salt. Suddenly, he mounted his horse again and rushed towards the enemy formation with a roar.
This time, they rushed directly into the range of the opponent's artillery, but the enemy did not dare to push the artillery out of the formation. They all cowered in the center and fired at angles in panic.
More than thirty artillery pieces had to cope with charges from three sides, and they had to stop to adjust their muzzles first.
After a volley of artillery fire, only one unlucky man of the three thousand cavalry commanded by Wang Yuan was killed by a stone bullet.
Yes, the enemy used stone bullets, and their power and range were greatly reduced. The main reason was that lead bullets and iron bullets were too expensive, and they were only used during sieges. They felt that they were not needed in the field.
"Bang bang bang!"
The musketeers also started firing, without aiming, they just fired at the outermost infantry.
Immediately after firing, they walked around the formation. Due to the difference in weapons, the enemy's matchlock guns and compound bows were unable to fight back. Wang Fang's side also performed similar actions, which made Islam Shah unbearable.
Finally, Islam Shah mobilized his cavalry and asked them to intercept Wang Yuan's cavalry troops.
Wang Yuan and Wang Fang immediately distanced themselves and led the enemy towards the rear of the 8,000 Gujar cavalry. The Gujar cavalry also followed the trend and came towards them. The Sudanese cavalry were so frightened that they hurried back to the formation.
A few moments later, there was another similar charge, which frightened the enemy formation into panic and sent out cavalry again to intercept.
Moreover, both sides have changed this time.
Islam Shah also sent out the Sultan's personal guard cavalry, abandoned Wang Fang's troops and ignored them, and used all his strength to surround Wang Yuan's three thousand cavalry.
When Wang Yuan charged, he only allowed 500 cavalry to fire. Waiting for the opponent's cavalry to double-team, he immediately asked the remaining 2,500 cavalry to fire. Under head-on shooting at close range, hundreds of Sudanese cavalry were killed in an instant.
"O Allah..."
There were only 3,000 Sudanese Guards Cavalry, and one-fifth of them were killed at once, and they were on the verge of collapse.
Moreover, Wang Yuan was still charging towards them, completely ignoring the light cavalry chasing behind them.
"kill!"
Wang Yuan took the lead, Qi Jiguang followed closely behind, and Changde Bibi hid among the friendly troops to poke fun at them.
Wang Yuan did not have a musket in his hand, but he had a rhinoceros bow and shot an arrow into the face of the captain of the Sudanese cavalry.
The Sudanese cavalry completely collapsed. Wang Yuan followed and chased them all the way, and suddenly charged diagonally towards the enemy's formation. Before the opponent's arquebusiers and archers had time to turn around and form formation, Wang Yuan penetrated into the gap between the opponent's left-wing troops.
How could a 110,000-strong army, which was still marching back into the city, be so densely packed? There were countless gaps in the middle. Once there were no archers and musketeers to kill the enemy from a distance, it would be too easy for the cavalry to rush into the gaps in the formation.
Wang Yuan slashed left and right, killing several people in succession. The enemy infantry on both sides gave way and allowed him to go towards the Chinese army's main formation.
Qi Jiguang's blood surged, his spear shot out like a dragon, and wherever it passed, thousands of troops broke out.
While Changde Bibi was charging, he had time to glance at Wang Yuan, his eyes full of fanatical admiration for the hero.
The Shiyi cavalry responsible for chasing Wang Yuan are still chasing desperately. They are all Afghan and Turkic warriors.
As for the larger number of feudal cavalry, they were all troops of local nobles. When they saw the collapse of the Sultan's personal guard cavalry and saw Wang Yuan charging directly into the infantry formation, they immediately began to hesitate and were unwilling to help the Sultan in the war.
Suddenly, a local noble shouted: "Long live the King of Tianzhu!"
"Long live the King of Tianzhu!"
The nearby feudal cavalry responded one after another, turning their swords and rushing towards the friendly forces, killing an unsuspecting infantry formation. The arquebusiers and archers in the rear row were so frightened that they fled in panic, causing a chain reaction in an instant.
The enemy's left wing was in chaos, and Wang Fang, who was circling the formation and pretending to attack, gradually felt it. There was no enemy cavalry on his side to block him, so it was easier to actually charge, and he quickly looked for opportunities to break into the junction of the enemy's formation.
At the same time, local chaos broke out on the left and right wings of the 110,000-strong army.
The 8,000 Gujjar cavalry on the periphery had been watching the show and pretending to attack. At this moment, they also felt that the situation had changed. Although they did not want to fight a fierce battle, they still liked the smooth battle and immediately rushed over with shouts to expand the victory.
It collapsed, this thing was like a virus, and the infantry formations collapsed one after another.
Especially in the face of Wang Yuan's charge, the enemy troops resisted at first, but gradually became driven away by Wang Yuan. Wang Yuan only led 3,000 cavalry, and drove away hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of enemies in a swarm.
Surge towards the Sudanese army.
The Sudan also tried to reorganize his army with a small number of heavy infantry, but how could he stop the tens of thousands of defeated troops?
Even the hundreds of elephant soldiers were so frightened that they trampled them indiscriminately, causing maximum casualties to the Sudanese central army.
The 110,000-strong army that was originally in neat formation turned into countless broken troops, fleeing in all directions. In the rolling crowd, Wang Yuan went straight to the Sultan's flag and even threw away his own men. Only one Qi Jiguang was left who reluctantly followed.
Got it.
The Sultan was almost trampled to death by his own elephant. With the help of his bodyguards, he mounted his horse in heavy armor and rushed towards Wang Yuan.
The few remaining guards were stunned for a moment, one of them chose to run away, and the remaining five followed the Sultan and charged.
The Sultan held a spear and rushed towards Wang Yuan. When the two sides approached, he suddenly threw the spear out, pulled out his scimitar and swung it at Wang Yuan. At the same time, he took off his round shield and held it in his hand.
When the opponent made a throwing motion, Wang Yuan was already alert, and he split the spear with a dangerous move. Then he slashed off the Sultan's right hand, and then raised it towards the Sultan's throat.
The Sultan hurriedly raised his round shield to separate Wang Yuan's sword, and the two sides passed each other on the wrong horse.
Qi Jiguang followed closely behind him, stabbed the Sudan to death with one shot, and then accelerated his horse to help Wang Yuan kill the enemy.
Five of the Sultan's personal guards came towards Wang Yuan in a double-team formation, and two of them simply poked at Wang Yuan's crotch horse.
Wang Yuan raised his left arm to fire the hand crossbow, and then threw the dragon bird knife to kill another enemy. Then he took out the rhinoceros bow, swung the bow and threw it out, knocking the third enemy off his horse with one blow. Then he reached out again.
Grab the spear of the fourth enemy and drag the enemy off the horse, including the enemy and the spear.
The last enemy was so frightened that he subconsciously pulled the reins to avoid the murderous god in front of him.
Wang Yuan grabbed the spear and the flying spear nailed the man to death.
Qi Jiguang originally wanted to call a horse to rescue him, but Wang Yuan completed five kills in a blink of an eye, which made Qi Jiguang fascinated.
The three thousand cavalry led by Wang Yuan were still twenty steps away from the commander at this time. Since the nearby enemy troops had almost fled, they saw Wang Yuan killing the enemy from a distance, and they were all stunned. Chand Bibi
I was even dumbfounded.
Is this the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, a civil servant who was born as a champion?
"Long live your Majesty, long live your Majesty!"
Three thousand cavalrymen shouted wildly, then raised their sabers to chase down the defeated troops.