833 stands on the tuyere
However, Dalantai was still very cautious, although he knew the general situation, he was still worried about whether the army of the Mughal Empire would be cheating.
Because generally speaking, there is a stalemate between the two armies here, and it makes no sense to just evacuate, right?
Dalantai thought, I really don't care about my side, they feel that they are very safe and will not take the opportunity to make trouble? Or is it that you are weak and the impact is negligible?
Of course, it was obviously negative, so Dalantai sent out scouts and sent them far away to find out the movements of the Mughal army.
However, what surprised him was that the news brought back by Tanma not only did the army of the Mughal Empire withdraw, but even drew the elite from the local area as much as possible.
"......" about this, Dalantai really didn't know what to say.
However, the Ming envoy guessed something, and said to Dalantai: "This must be because the emperor has put enough pressure on them, so that they feel that the troops are not enough, so they are desperate to transfer local troops!" ”
Attack the enemy and save it! When Dalantai heard this, he couldn't help but have such a sentence in his heart.
However, this is easy to say, but it is difficult to do, to have such an effect, it is estimated that there is a famous Ming Emperor to do it!
Thinking like this, Dalantai suddenly wanted to meet this Ming Emperor, what was it like? How powerful is it?
Soon he made a decision, gave the order, and resumed his attack, attacking the towns on the northeastern side of Delhi, all the way to the west.
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At this time, Emperor Chongzhen had already changed his strategy. In the vicinity of Lahore, those towns that could be captured, in addition to "public trial" of the rich and powerful and their property, as before, also organized the people, and without training, let them camp outside Lahore with the captured tents.
In this way, on the Lahore side, it is even more difficult to figure out how many people and horses the Ming Emperor brought? Seeing that there was such a huge momentum outside the city, he was even more anxious. The messengers sent out at the risk of death, they were batch after batch, and the urging was more urgent each time. I'm afraid that the Ming army doesn't know when to launch an offensive, and whether Lahore can block it or not, I really don't have a score in my heart.
At the same time, Lahore was besieged, and the rich and noble people around it had to be careful not only whether the Ming army would turn around to attack, but also be careful of the untouchables in their own city rebelling.
Because so much time has passed, no matter what, the way the Ming army will deal with it after capturing the city must have spread. These rich nobles look at those untouchables, no matter how they look at it, it seems that they will become the internal appearance of the Ming army. Especially in those towns with few troops, they are even more afraid.
Eventually, many wealthy magnates abandoned their territories and fled to safety, Delhi.
Here in Delhi, as more and more wealthy people flee, the atmosphere is becoming more and more tense day by day. Even one day, outside the city of Delhi, I don't know when a cavalry army of the Ming Kingdom appeared, not much, only more than 5,000.
But even so, it frightened Delhi to close his door tightly, as if he were facing a great enemy. But fortunately, this Ming cavalry army just wandered for a while and left. But even so, it scared them enough, and the urgent messenger was sent out back and forth.
This situation was not until the second prince Shashuja led the army back.
Seeing that the army of at least 100,000 horses had arrived, all the rich and noble people in Delhi breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts and rushed to the city gate to warmly welcome the arrival of the savior.
Seriously, Shashuja was shocked by such a warm welcome. He secretly didn't feel so enthusiastic in his heart compared to the time of Shah Jahan.
This feeling made him a little fluttery. The desire for the throne of the Mughal Empire was even more fervent. At the same time, he feels good about himself.
Rushing back from Oud's side, local elites will be drawn along the way, and no matter what, the army will still have to rest.
However, the wealthy nobles who had fled to Delhi from the west, fearing that their homeland would be breached by the Ming army and their property would be plundered, immediately went to the occasion and urged Shashuja to immediately send troops to Lahore to destroy the Ming army.
"Second Highness, the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom will not be your opponent at all, if the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom is eliminated, the Great Khan will definitely be very happy!"
"If Your Second Highness can save Lahore, what does Your Highness need in the future, just ask us!"
"Weichen has already seen that the Second Highness is the Taizu alive, and it is none other than the Second Highness who saved the Mughals!"
“……”
The sycophants slapped over one after another, making Shashuja laugh from ear to ear: I'm embarrassed for you to tell the truth like this!
However, some people were surprised, so they asked Shashuja, how is the Gushi Khan's department? Went out with 50,000 horses, how did you come back with 100,000 horses, what's going on?
When Shashuja heard these words, he was very uncomfortable. But he didn't answer them, and these questions were sprayed back by those powerful people who had vital interests in the northwest.
It's rare for the second prince to come back so quickly and settle people's hearts, what else do you want?
The second prince came back with so many soldiers and horses, as long as the Ming Emperor's department was eliminated, other places would definitely be frightened and surrender when they heard the news, and they didn't understand this reason?
All this made Shashuja really feel the feeling that he could fly while standing on the tuyere and doing nothing!
So, in order to stop the mouths of a few people, second, to resist the persuasion of those rich and noble, and third, to suppress the desire for glory after the elimination of the Ming Emperor in his heart, Shashuja only rested in Delhi for three days before deciding to lead the army westward.
"His Royal Highness the Second Prince, you are invincible!"
"Northern subjects, wait for His Royal Highness the Second Prince for a long time!"
"His Royal Highness the Second Prince is mighty, His Royal Highness the Second Prince is Chitose!"
“……”
In the midst of the horse's farewell, Shashuja led the cavalry, elephants, and infantry troops, more than 100,000 men and horses, to slaughter Lahore, which was about 800 miles northwest of Delhi.
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As Shah Shujah was departing from Delhi, Shah Jahan, who was far away in Mumbai, received another 800-mile expedited report.
In the tent of the Chinese army, Shah Jahan stood up from his seat in fright, and in a hurry, he even knocked over the desk in front of him, he didn't bother to look at it, he just stared at the messenger and shouted: "The emperor of the Ming State personally led the army to invade Kashmir?" ”
This news is really too unimaginable for him.
First of all, the Ming Emperor would personally lead the army to attack the Mughals, which was beyond his expectations. What made him even more incomprehensible was how the Ming Emperor could appear in Kashmir? If he appeared on Donggo's side, he wouldn't be so surprised, and he wouldn't be so panicked!
You know, Dongwu's side is too far away from his ruling center, if there is really any situation, he can lead the army to drive back! However, Kashmir is much closer to Delhi and the most prosperous part of the Mughal Empire!
"Hui Great Khan, it is indeed the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom himself!" The messenger made an urgent announcement with both hands, which were still shaking, but his tone was affirmative.
When Shah Jahan heard this, he couldn't wait for his guards to deliver the urgent report, so he strode over and took it at once.
At this time, the curtain at the door of the Chinese tent was lifted, and Shah Jahan's personal guards welcomed two Westerners in. These two men, Max and Anthony, had been summoned by Shah Jahan to discuss the attack on Mumbai.
Seriously, the two of them can see it clearly. After attacking Mumbai so many times, Shah Jahan still couldn't even capture the earth city, and both of them had already lost confidence a little. He was ready to suggest to Shah Jahan that the armaments, grain, grass and other materials of the Bright Army should be consumed, and only in this way could Bombay be captured. As for letting them attack the islands at the same time as the war on land, they will not do it.
Because once before, they also tried. However, the shore defense artillery built by the Ming army on the island taught them how to behave. And neither the British nor the Dutch were willing to risk heavy losses to attack Bombay, so both sides invariably withdrew their troops and complained to Shah Jahan, explaining how powerful the army's artillery was, and how much they suffered in naval battles, anyway, the Mughal Empire did not have a navy, and even if they talked nonsense, as long as they did not expose each other, Shah Jahan would not be able to see it.
At this time, the two of them had just entered the Chinese military tent and were about to give Shah Jahan a salute, when they found that the atmosphere in the Chinese military tent was very wrong.
I saw that Shah Jahan's imperial case was overturned there, and the guards didn't have time to clean it up, and an eight-hundred-mile urgent messenger had seen it once before, so he knew it at a glance, and knelt there, covered in sweat, as if he had been fished out of the water. Shah Jahan himself was looking at a document with a very ugly face, and the other guards around him were all looking like someone owed them a lot of money or not coming it back.
Is this something wrong again? Max and Anthony thought so in their hearts, and they couldn't help but glance at each other and read the look in each other's eyes.
Suddenly, their brows furrowed, why are their allies so unreliable, so many things?
At this time, Shah Jahan had finished reading the report, and he felt his head on fire, and he walked quickly in the tent of the Chinese army with the report, even if he saw Max and Anthony, it was as if he didn't see it, and it was obvious that his mind was only about the things in the report.
In the tent of the Chinese army, everyone held their breath, not daring to make a sound, waiting for Shah Jahan to have a result.
I don't know how long it took, Shah Jahan suddenly stopped, turned to look at his personal guard commander, and was about to speak, when he suddenly remembered that there were two outsiders in the Chinese army tent.
So, he turned his head to look at Max and Anthony again, frowned and looked at the two of them for a while, before suddenly speaking: "Ben Khan has decided, I don't know what you two think?" ”
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