"Allahabad, built at the confluence of the Ganges River and the Yamuna River, is located more than 500 miles southeast of Delhi and is the eastern gateway of Delhi. If you want to attack Delhi, you must first break Allahabad! ”

At the military meeting of the coalition forces, the commander of the army of Punggara stood in front of the map and introduced the Ma army and the generals of the coalition army beside him.

"This is the holy land of Hinduism, and even though Tughluk carried out a bloody suppression of Hinduism and claimed to kill every kaffir, Allahabad was still preserved.

This is the foundation on which they maintain the rule of the system, and if Allahabad is destroyed, then all the Hindu caste slaves will retaliate madly against the destroyer.

The city is home to the ruins of Emperor Ashoka and the glory of the Mauryan Empire, where millions of Hindus from all over the country gather to bathe in the Ganges during the twelve-year Great Pot Festival.

Even in the many states south of the Delhi Sultanate, including Bahmani, people from those countries would come from far and wide to make pilgrimages. ”

Ma Dajun shook his head again and again, and then frowned.

"So, if our army wants to break Allahabad, we can't use artillery?"

"Absolutely not."

Dardock, the chief of Banggara, shook his head again and again, and solemnly dissuaded: "Once the cannon is fired, if a cannonball accidentally falls into the city and destroys the holy site of the city of Allahabad, then we will become the worst enemies of the Hindus, and this hatred is even worse than the fact that we kill their compatriots."

Our army will not only be an enemy of the Delhi Sultanate, but will always face a frenzied attack by millions or even tens of millions of indigenous peoples. ”

The gunners of the Ming Dynasty did not have the experience and technology to ensure that every running bullet would not miss, let alone that every gun would be easy to control.

The muzzle is unstable and the trajectory is unstable.

This is a difficulty that the Ming Dynasty cannot solve at the moment, if it is attacking other irrelevant cities, then how to shoot the cannon, no matter where he is defeated.

But this is Allahabad!

Here, there are Ashoka stele pillars and sacrificial temples.

Destroying any of them is a catastrophe that will pour heaven on.

The purpose of fighting for the commander is always to exchange the minimum price for the greatest result.

Ma Dajun calculated in his heart, if he chose to attack the city with artillery, it would naturally be the least expensive to fight only one city of Allahabad, but in the long run, the Ming Dynasty would isolate itself from the whole of India.

This land, the Ming Dynasty will never be able to conquer.

"Last year, the Hanlin Academy compiled an anthology of His Majesty's quotations and sent it to the military chiefs of the provinces, and there was a sentence in it that could be called a commanding position.

'War must give way to politics, and politics must give way to the overall situation'. ”

Since getting this "Quotations of Emperor Jianwen", Ma Dajun has been studying it over and over again, and he knows that his cultural level is low, so he naturally wants to work hard to improve his political level.

At least in the area of comprehending the spirit of the central government, it is necessary to have a certain height.

"We can't focus all our attention on the gains and losses of a local war, even if it is difficult to fight Allahabad, even if it is filled with human lives, we must not destroy this city, on the contrary, we must protect this city after entering it."

What is the overall situation, the overall situation is to ensure that after the conquest of India, the Ming Dynasty has a prosperous leek field, and not a dead place full of rebellions and conflicts.

Tens of millions of cheap caste slaves, that is the foundation of the Ming Empire!

ruined this leek field, Zhu Yunwen could wake up distressed in his dreams.

"In that case, let's lay out the battle plan according to this principle."

Ma Dajun made a decision and directly ordered: "All artillery is forbidden to be used, let's use swords and guns to fight, the whole army will be camped on the spot, and tomorrow morning, from the time of the beginning to the end of the hour, 20,000 people will be in a round."

A thousand households are filled with two of my Ming hundreds, led from top to bottom, and they are never allowed to retreat half a step until they fight for an hour. ”

Speaking of this, Ma Dajun's eyes bloomed bloodthirsty and murderous: "Ben Shuai knows that this Allahabad is an important city of the Delhi Sultanate, with heavy guards and easy to defend and difficult to attack, but this city must be taken, either die on the way to the siege, or die under the sword of the law enforcement team."

Ben Shuai threw his words here, if he didn't break Allahabad, anyone who dared to say a word that shook the hearts of the army would not be forgiven by military law, and there would be no forgiveness. ”

Everyone looked solemn and shouted loudly.

After everyone left, Chen Chunsheng, who served as the deputy commander-in-chief, said with a serious face: "This Allahabad is not easy to fight." ”

"Of course it's not easy to fight, this city is stuck in the throat of Delhi, sitting on the Ganges, and surrounded by rivers on both sides, there are too few places to attack."

At this time, Ma Dajun did not regain the arrogance of Fang Cai, and his frowning eyebrows showed that he was also very little sure at this time.

"There are nearly 40,000 defenders in this city, and they can send people to Delhi by boat at any time to deliver military information, it doesn't take four or five days to go and go, and Delhi's reinforcements can reach it in seven days at the earliest, and it is not realistic to conquer this city in seven days."

War is never a game of numbers, and although the coalition army has 200,000, it is more difficult to attack such a fortified city with 40,000 defenders with 200,000 than to ascend to the sky.

Ma Dajun was even worried that in the process of besieging the city, the coalition army would be the first to collapse due to the ultra-high casualty rate!

"Great army, in case this battle is lost......"

Although Chen Chunsheng's words were not finished, Ma Dajun still knew the meaning of his brother's words.

At this time, the military of the Ming Dynasty, the army of Tama is the most dazzling star, who has let only him in the southwest have been fighting all these years, and he is the most brilliant piece of the battle.

Yunnan set up the capital division, and the army of his horse forcibly overthrew the Xiping Hou Mu family, which can be said to have made the latter, the martial arts family of Wang Ying of Qianning and Gongchun of Dian State, a great shame on his face.

The formation of the Seven-Nation Alliance, the commander-in-chief of the position was also given to his head by the emperor against public opinion.

With hundreds of thousands of strong soldiers in hand, this is not only glory, but also a life-threatening talisman.

Since joining the army, Ma Dajun has not lost a battle, and once he is defeated, then the group of martial arts inherited from the founding of the country in Nanjing City will definitely join him ruthlessly!

The 200,000-strong army could not attack a city guarded by 40,000 people and fight to the edge of the sky, which was also a disadvantage for the Tama army.

Military law is ruthless!

"If I can't beat it, my head will be gone."

Ma Dajun smiled casually, without the slightest fear: "As a general, every battle is invincible, every attack is not overcome, what face is there to live in the world?" ”

"But the situation here is complicated, even if it can't be fought for a while, it is a crime of non-war."

Chen Chunsheng sighed and persuaded: "If you can't do anything, let's use the cannon." ”

"For my own head, harm the country's century-old plan?"

A question made Chen Chunsheng stunned, he looked at Ma Dajun in astonishment, and what he saw from the latter's face was all resolute.

"The Punggara people have introduced it in detail, this Allahabad is the holy place of Hinduism, it is the place of their faith, and if Allahabad is destroyed, I will no longer be able to grab the slightest benefit from this land.

Then there is no need for this war to arise, Your Majesty has said that if war does not provide the slightest value to the overall situation, then the act of carrying out war is a useless exercise. ”

"Is it worth it?"

Chen Chunsheng couldn't understand Ma Dajun's thoughts, and he asked his brothers who had depended on each other for all these years: "If we can't attack it, our brothers will have to move their heads, and the nobles in Nanjing will not let us two go." ”

As soon as he said this, Chen Chunsheng suddenly felt a chill in his vest.

He saw the brazen murderous intent in Ma Dajun's one-eyed eye.

"Are you scared?"

Ma Dajun stared at Chen Chunsheng and said word by word: "All these years of powerful life have made you forget when we were still a hundred households, right?" So, you're not only worried about me, but also about your own head! ”

Back then, the two brothers dared to rush into the palace of Annan with their arms on their shoulders to assassinate the king and cut down Hu Jili, but today, Chen Chunsheng is afraid of defeat in order to win.

People are always changing.

"I just don't think it's worth it."

Forced by Ma Dajun's might, Chen Chunsheng swallowed his saliva with some difficulty, he had the heart to defend himself, but Ma Dajun's gaze made his voice smaller and smaller.

"Without the mountain army set up by His Majesty, you and I are a mountain household, and I have to work hard for three meals a day in this life.

Today, you are Bo, I am Hou, we are the noble generals of the Ming Dynasty, enjoying the honor and wealth that ordinary people can't dream of in this life, and how many people are even willing to risk their lives to experience the luxury of life every day.

Now that you are afraid of death, are you worthy of all these years of holy cultivation? ”

The soldier dies for his confidant, Ma Dajun is a rough man, and he feels that he is not worthy of the rank of sergeant, but he only knows that the grace of knowing the encounter should be repaid in pieces!

"Ben Shuai has made up his mind, don't be persuasive, if we don't rely on artillery, we will definitely be able to defeat Allahabad."

didn't use me but used Ben Shuai, Chen Chunsheng didn't dare to talk more.

Brother, he knows Ma Dajun.

After so many years, his brother has not changed at all, he is still the strong-blooded soldier when he first joined the army eight years ago.