Chapter 893: The Mughal Empire Littered with Corpses (2)
In the heavy rain, although the artillery of the Qing army could not be used, the Qing army had elite iron cavalry, as well as a larger number of Persian and Indian infantry.
As for the Mughal army, because the Mughal emperor did not dare to fight a decisive battle with all his might, there were only 300,000 Mughal troops in Grimnagar City defending the city, of which the flintlock pistol team was only 50,000.
"Kill!" The Qing army took the opportunity to launch an attack and entered the city in a steady stream.
"Stop the Qing army!" Mughal generals brought thousands of ordinary Mughal soldiers armed with scimitars to fend off the Qing army.
Unfortunately, without the protection of the flintlock pistols, the ordinary Mughal army itself, which relied solely on cold weapons, was no match for the Qing army and could not stop the Qing army's attack.
"Rush!" The Qing cavalry rushed into the intercepted Mughal army, wantonly slashed and killed the Mughal soldiers, and in less than an hour of fighting, more than 200,000 ordinary Mughal troops were routed, and the Qing army that rushed into the city also exceeded 200,000.
"Bang bangββ- some Mughal flintlock pistol teams hid in the houses and shot at the Qing troops passing by, but unfortunately in this way, their lead bullets could not be dense, less than a few at a time, more than a dozen at a time, even if they could shoot some Qing troops, but to no avail, on the contrary, the Qing army could avoid the muzzles of the Mughal flintlock pistols from the wall, and suddenly killed into the houses.
"Poof! Burst! Blood splattered and screams rang out.
In close combat, the Mughal flintlock pistols were slaughtered.
The Mughal climate was rainy, and Dolgon, in particular, deliberately chose to launch an offensive during the rainy season, allowing the rain to limit the combat effectiveness of the Mughal flintlock pistols.
When the Mughal army inside the city exceeded 60,000 dead and wounded, the Mughal army began to rout, towards the outside of the city, and the Qing army took the opportunity to pursue and kill.
The heavy rain did not stop, and more than 200,000 Mughal troops poured out of the rear gates, including Mughal flintlock pistols armed with flintlock pistols.
The Mughal troops who had fled the city trampled on the rain and ran desperately to the other cities around Grimnagar, intending to escape into their own control before the Qing army could catch up with them.
"Whew! Shout! More than a dozen arrows came out of the city gates, killing the last of the Mughal soldiers.
"Da Da - Da Da ββ-" The Qing army's war horses also carried the Qing cavalry out of this city gate, and began to chase and kill the more than 200,000 Mughal troops who fled in all directions.
Tens of thousands of Mughal routs were killed on the way to escape.
Blood mixed with rain seemed to stain the whole land.
Fortunately, the nearby city was not far from the city of Grimnagar, the nearest was only a dozen miles, in addition to about 70,000 Mughal troops who had fled were killed or captured, and more than 100,000 Mughal soldiers successfully escaped into the nearby cities.
After the Qing army conquered the city of Grimgal, they continued to attack in the direction of the new Mughal capital of Vijayawada, and now there was only one important town left in front of Vijayawada that could not be bypassed and had to be conquered, and a dozen other large and small cities.
In the first battle of Grimgell, the Qing army lost 40,000 soldiers, and the Mughal army lost 130,000 soldiers, which was more than three times that of the Qing army, and the Qing army was absolutely cheap.
Even if the Mughal Empire had a huge flintlock team with a total of 150,000 people, plus a million ordinary troops, the overall strength was really no worse than the 700,000 Qing army with 400 cannons, but the Qing army had Dorgon, a heroic lord known as a great talent, and a large number of fierce generals with eight banners.
On the contrary, the Mughal army did not have many famous generals.
The Mughal Emperor did not fight a decisive battle with the Qing army, but decided the victory or defeat with a battle, and the Mughal Emperor chose the right one.
After all, the Mughal generals who led the Mughal army could not compare to Dolgon in terms of talent and strategy, and the decisive battle would only speed up the fall of the Mughal Empire. Relying on the gradual resistance of one city after another can greatly delay the progress of the Qing army, so that the Qing army has to spend a lot of time attacking one city after another.
Indeed, after the capture of the city of Grimgel, the Qing army continued to attack the Mughal city on the route.
In order to prevent the Mughal army's large flintlock pistols from inflicting excessive losses on his own army, Dorgon relied on his ingenuity to come up with a brilliant offensive strategy.
During the rainy season, it rained almost every three or two days, sometimes even for half a month, with rain for half an hour to an hour or two every day.
When it rains, the heavy rain wastes the combat effectiveness of the Mughal flintlock pistols, and then the army takes advantage of the rain to enter the city and engage the Mughal army in the city, giving full play to the advantage of their own short-range troops, quickly defeating the Mughal army in the city and capturing the city.
Dolgon's method is simply incomprehensible, the Mughal flintlock pistol team cannot be loaded in the rain, even if the flintlock pistol is loaded with bayonets, the flintlock pistol team's combat effectiveness is also reduced, and it is not the opponent of the Qing army at all.
"Kill, ββ-"
After only half an hour of fierce fighting, even if the rain had stopped, the Mughal army in the city was inevitably defeated, and the Qing army captured another city.
Finally, about eight days later, Dolgon led the Qing army to the last important city of Khamman, in front of the new Mughal capital of Vijayawada.
As long as the city of Kanman was captured, and then a few smaller cities, the Qing army would be able to attack the city of Vijayawada.
Defeated one after another, the Mughal emperor only had 80,000 flintlock pistols and 600,000 ordinary troops left in his hands at this moment, although the Qing army at this time also dropped to 5,670,000, the number was still less than that of the Mughal army.
However, the Mughal emperor was afraid of the Qing army and still did not dare to fight a decisive battle with the Qing army.
So much so that the Mughal emperor made another astonishing but expected decision, that is, to continue to move the capital. Even if there was a Khaman town in front of the new capital Vijayawada at this moment, the Mughal emperor felt unsafe and had to move the capital first.
The Mughal Emperor immediately left a part of his army to continue to defend the cities of Khamman and Vijayawada, and then under the protection of other armies, he moved the capital south along the coastline to avoid the Qing army.
When Dolgon learned the news that the Mughal Emperor had 'moved the capital' again, Dolgon almost didn't vomit out a mouthful of old blood, and couldn't help but want to scold in his heart, if the Mughal Emperor wasn't so timid, he would have been able to destroy the Mughal Empire as early as the first time.
However, it was precisely because of the timidity of the Mughal emperor that the Mughal Empire was able to survive to the present day.
Even if Dolgon was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, he still had to break through one city after another to 'catch up' the Mughal emperor who was constantly 'moving the capital'.
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