Shah Jahan's will, whether it is ready or not, it will be fought.

This sudden situation surprised Yan Yingyuan's side, and while ordering the battle preparations, he also immediately took the telescope and took a closer look.

As the saying goes, when there are more than 10,000 people, it is a sea of people.

On the side of the Mughal Imperial army, the infantry army and the cavalry army were mobilized, and the dust was flying, and the momentum was still very large.

On the side of the Ming army, although they were already mentally prepared, when they saw this scene, they all had serious faces and began to prepare nervously for battle.

After a while, Yan Yingyuan, who had been observing, suddenly burst out laughing.

Seeing the Governor laughing so loudly before the strong enemy attacked, many people around him were a little puzzled, and among his personal guards, someone immediately asked, "My lord, why are you laughing when the enemy is coming?" ”

Yan Yingyuan listened, turned his head to look at him, turned his head again, pointed ahead with a smile and asked, "Can you see that the enemy is obviously still preparing, but after a messenger came, he immediately rushed to attack, why is this?" ”

The Mughal Empire military camp, the Ming army is also watching.

The messenger was delivered in a hurry, and there were flags on his body, so that the road could be unimpeded. Moreover, the eight-hundred-mile urgent messenger is extremely rare in any country. When the people of the Mughal Empire saw it, they were naturally surprised, and under their gaze, they were naturally able to attract the attention of the Ming army's lookout post, and immediately reported the news to Yan Yingyuan's side.

This matter, as Yan Yingyuan's personal guard, of course, also heard it. At this time, when he heard Yan Yingyuan ask, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, and after thinking about it, a guard with a fast brain replied first: "My lord, could it be that something big happened in the Mughal Empire that would make them attack in a hurry, right?" ”

"That's right!" When Yan Yingyuan heard this, he smiled and approved, then raised his voice and said loudly: "The emperor has a clever plan, saying that once the enemy attacks on a large scale, the Gushi Khan of Tibet will send troops to respond and raid the northern part of the Mughal Empire, especially the area around their capital. If this official expects to be correct, the enemy's messenger must have come to report the news. Nashah Jahan was in a hurry to go back, so he hastily attacked! ”

Seriously, Yan Yingyuan was really surprised, and at the same time very convinced, in this place thousands of miles away, the emperor can grasp the timing so accurately, and there is really no one in this world!

Hearing that it was the emperor's arrangement, and there was a clever plan to give it, all of a sudden, the soldiers around who heard it were overjoyed, and they shouted: "Long live my emperor!" ”

If there is the emperor's overall command, there will be no lost war! Just this news gave them infinite confidence, and their morale soared.

The soldiers of the Ming army who were a little farther away felt strange when they heard the shouting "Long live my emperor" here, the emperor was not here, what was the matter with them, so happy?

So, naturally, many people are very curious and inquired.

When Yan Yingyuan saw it, he smiled, waved his hand to his guards, and said, "Let the soldiers be happy!" ”

When his guards heard this, they hurriedly answered, and then went to pass the word.

All of a sudden, all kinds of surprised voices sounded on the side of the Ming army.

"What, really?"

"Is it the emperor's trick? That's definitely right! ”

“……”

After a while, someone first shouted "Long live my emperor", and then the other soldiers shouted together. Later, all the soldiers shouted in unison with joyful expressions: "Long live my emperor!" ”

This voice was so loud that it reached the Mughal Imperial army that was deploying troops, and they were all very surprised: what happened to the Ming army over there, they were ready to attack them, why were they so happy, what were they shouting?

They all heard it, and so did Phillips, who remained in Mumbai. I have been with the Ming army for so long and know the importance of the Chinese language, so I have studied hard and have been able to understand a little. It just happened that he could understand the Chinese dialect of "Long live my emperor", and he was suddenly strange when he heard it, and hurriedly asked what was going on?

However, as soon as Phillips understood it, he didn't know where Gushi Khan was, so it took him a long time for the interpreter to explain it to him, and he finally understood.

To be honest, he didn't believe it. However, it doesn't matter if you believe it or not, the important thing is that the Ming army as the main force believes it! Looking at the high morale now, this makes Phillips feel reassured that this war, before the start of the war, he already knows the result.

Phillips was right, and he was worthy of being a perennial leader of the army. Shah Jahan's hastily launched offensive resulted in a large number of corpses being left outside the earthen walls, and they had to be silenced.

In this battle, Shah Jahan tried it out, and the quality of the individual soldiers of the Ming army was very strong, which was enough to be called elite. And it was so well equipped that the musket could be fired without ignition. Also, the artillery of the Ming army can also shoot far away, and what surprised him the most was that the accuracy was still very high.

With such a Ming army, on the premise that the fortifications are complete, he knows that no matter how much he fights, it is impossible to fight in a hurry. Therefore, he had to withdraw his troops.

Hurry, it's not in a hurry. Shah Jahan can only comfort himself, on the northern side, there are only more than 10,000 people in the Gushi Khan's department, and it will not have a big impact, don't be impatient!

However, he put aside the affairs of the north and devoted all his energy to the present. While re-preparing for the war, he strictly ordered the Allied side not to allow the Ming army in Mumbai to escape or receive supplies.

In this way, the Mumbai war began a new round of stalemate, and if it was fought again, it was impossible for him to take Tucheng at once, and the best way was to surround the Ming army until there were no supplies.

………………

Just as they were at a stalemate, the time slowly came to the end of November of the twenty-fifth year of Chongzhen, and on this day, the Chongzhen Emperor had already led the army to the northern border of the Mughal Empire.

Here, it's already cold, it's already below freezing. You have to go south for the weather to be comfortable.

While the army was making its final rest, Emperor Chongzhen was holding a military conference in preparation for entering the Mughal Empire.

In front of a simple map of the Mughal Empire, Emperor Chongzhen drew a circle with a thin stick and said: "Now the more than 10,000 troops of Gushi Khan are in a stalemate with the army of the Mughal Empire in this area, and the enemy's strength is about 50,000, and the troops are relatively elite, so Gushi Khan's troops have turned to the defensive. ”

Speaking of this, he stretched out his stick again, nodded on the map, and said: "Here, Shah Jahan of the Mughal Empire has about 100,000 troops and is besieging the headquarters of the governor of Dongwu. Now it is also in a stalemate, and it is basically difficult for Shah Jahan to defeat the Governor of Dongwu before the supplies under the Governor of Dongwu are exhausted. ”

Listening to the emperor introducing the entire battle situation, at this time, there was no telephone or telegram or anything, which could be described as unbelievable. However, these Ming army generals in the Chinese military tent are now accustomed to it, so they all listen attentively.

"And here." Emperor Chongzhen finally pointed to the Bengal region and said: "Now the Duke of Yunnan Qianguo has arrived with reinforcements and merged with the governor of Dongwu, with a total of 100,000 troops, which has formed a lot of pressure on Bengal and can be on the offensive at any time." Their immediate enemy was Aurangzeb, the third prince of the Mughal Empire, with about 60,000 soldiers and horses. ”

Speaking of which, it is roughly the end of the entire situation between the Ming Dynasty and the Mughal Empire. It's probably a situation where two are on the defensive and one is on the offensive.

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at the generals in the tent and let them digest the entire situation before continuing: "On the side of the Mughal Empire, it is basically impossible to think of our army. Therefore, at the beginning of the war, it is necessary to quickly disrupt and catch the enemy by surprise. ”

"The last will obey!" Hearing his request, all the generals in the tent clenched their fists in unison.

"And!" When Emperor Chongzhen said this, he held a thin stick and said solemnly, "This battle is aimed at destroying the country, but our army has limited strength, therefore, Zhuqing must remember that every time you attack a place, you can take it lightly, and if you can't take it lightly, you don't have to attack it!" Every time you conquer a place, the rich and noble people will be killed; Half of the materials obtained were for the military, and half were scattered among the people. Do you hear me clearly? ”

"The last general understands!" All the generals, once again responded in unison.

The so-called destruction of the country is the rule of the Mughal Empire, which is to kill their upper echelons, not to kill all the people of the Mughal Empire.

And giving half of the money to the low-level civilians of the Mughal Empire is to buy people's hearts and minds, but to disintegrate the other party. Although they will not rule them immediately, even if the people of the Mughal Empire run away after the Ming army, it will take a lot of effort to re-establish order. As long as the living force of the Mughal army is defeated, it will be much easier to turn back and attack the Ming army again.

It was based on such considerations that Emperor Chongzhen made this will.

After talking about these strategic aspects, he began to deploy specific tactical things for the first battle.

After two days of rest, more than 20,000 cavalry troops broke into the Kashmir region of the Mughal Empire in three ways, officially starting the war in the northwest of the Mughal Empire.

The route led by Emperor Chongzhen was the route on which Babur, a descendant of the Mongol Timur, went south to conquer India and establish the Mughal Dynasty.

For the Mughal Empire, their forces in the northwest have been transferred, either south with Shah Jahan, or they have been transferred to the northeast to deal with Gushi Khan's troops.

The three Ming armies, all of which captured their respective targets with lightning speed, basically had little resistance.

At this time, there was not much benevolence and morality, and as soon as he took control of the city, when everyone was trembling in awe, he raided the homes of the rich families in the city. According to Emperor Chongzhen's explanation, half of them were collected in the army, and half of them gathered the people of the city, and made it clear to them that the Ming Dynasty came to avenge the revenge of the people of Dongwu and destroy the country.

At the same time, the Ming Emperor knew about their suffering under Mughal rule and came to liberate them and lead them to a good life. And as he spoke, he divided the goods, and proved them by deeds.