This battle, in fact, is not interesting at all.

If the difference in strength is too great, the Mughal army is strong enough, then it will not need Abbas II's army to help the war, and it will directly defeat the Ming army.

And if the Ming army is strong enough, what are you doing with the Mughals, just kill them.

But the problem now is that both armies have a certain strength, and it is undeniable that the gap is not so big.

Therefore, the armies of both sides began to perform.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Under the bombardment of the Hongyi artillery of the Ming army, although there were not many people who were ploughed to death by iron bullets, the momentum was terrifying, and the Mughal troops in array were in a commotion. After the Ming army pressed on, the Mughal army began to fight and retreat.

When Dalantai, who was waiting by Emperor Chongzhen's side, saw it, he hurriedly reminded Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the enemy army is afraid of defeat, so be careful!" ”

"Oh?" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but smile and asked, "How do you say it?" ”

"Your Majesty, please look!" Dalantai hurriedly pointed to the front and said, "The Mughal army used bows and arrows and muskets to shoot at the position, although the whole army retreated, it was not chaotic, and the military order was unimpeded, this kind of defeat is not a defeat!" ”

"Makes sense!" Emperor Chongzhen listened, looked at the battle in front of him, nodded and said, "Let's take a look!" ”

I saw that on the battlefield, the Ming army was approaching, attacking in all directions. Just looking at the surface, it was really offensive, as if it really saw that the enemy was about to retreat, so it pursued it.

The rumble of the cavalry was loud.

Gunfire one after another, even if it was far away, were being fired, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the air, covering half of the battlefield. Just listening to it, it was quite intense.

"Your Majesty, beware of the enemy's counterattack!" Seeing this, Dalantai couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart, according to his feeling during the eastward journey, the Ming army should not be like this, at this time, although he couldn't figure it out, he still reminded.

Emperor Chongzhen seemed to see the look of doubt between his eyebrows, so he asked him with a smile: "Do you think that when you are so far away, the cavalry has already accelerated your charge, and the musketeers have already fired, which is not like the previous war?" ”

"Your Majesty is wise! Wechen just didn't figure it out! When Dalantai heard this, he quickly replied.

This Ming army, not to mention the elite brought by Emperor Chongzhen himself, is those Mughal soldiers, in fact, they are all veterans, how can they not know that they have made low-level mistakes?

Or, I've never seen this before, why is this like this at this time? It's not a new army, so there's no reason to panic when you see the army!

Emperor Chongzhen's eyes looked at the battlefield and saw that the Mughal army had retreated to the area of the Zhumu River, so he opened his mouth and said to Dalantai: "Actually, it's very simple, the other side doesn't really want to fight, and we don't really want to kill, so, that's it, everyone is making a show!" ”

"......" Dalantai was speechless, how could this be? Could it be that what happened to him when he was in the rear army was known to his subordinates?

Feeling that Emperor Chongzhen was also easy to speak, Dalantai finally couldn't help but ask curiously: "Your Majesty, why is this?" ”

"Because......" said Emperor Chongzhen, pointing his hand at the side of the Mughal army, "they just want to defeat and attract us to pursue them all the time." ”

Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at Dalantai, who was a little surprised, and said with a slight smile: "And I, I don't want to solve them so quickly, I will plan it, I will be deceived by him, and pursue it all the way." ”

"This ......" Dalantai listened, and after a moment of surprise, he confirmed: "Your Majesty, could it be that there will be a trap ahead?" ”

"Hmm!" Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "Abbas II of the Safavid Dynasty personally leads the army and waits in front, ready to ambush us!" ”

When Dalantai heard this, he was immediately startled. Although he hadn't heard of Abbas II, since the emperor of a dynasty personally led the troops, the number of troops would definitely not be small.

When he thought of this, he looked at Emperor Chongzhen, and silently added a sentence in his heart: Except for His Majesty the Ming Emperor.

If the combined forces of the two countries are combined, they will definitely exceed this side by a lot. So how is this battle fought?

In the art of war, it is necessary to use one's superior forces to fight weak enemies, and pay attention to bullying the weak with the strong.

Why did the emperor know that there was an ambush army ahead, but he still had to catch up with it with all his plans, was he sure that he could win such a powerful enemy?

Thinking of this, he became a little anxious, and hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, are you still chasing?" ”

"Hehe, rest assured! The location of their ambush was presupposed to be west of Delhi, and it was still early! Emperor Chongzhen listened and said with a smile, "Then Aurangzeb didn't expect me to stop suddenly, and he didn't worry about letting Abbas II lead his troops deep into the Mughal territory. ”

Speaking of this, he looked into the distance and saw the Mughal army shooting arrows and guns desperately to prevent the Ming army from approaching, and then the army hurriedly withdrew from the pontoon bridge over the river to the opposite bank.

Later, Emperor Chongzhen said: "It's still early to leave Delhi here, and along the way, even if I fake a fight, I will inevitably bite off a piece of their flesh!" ”

Hearing that the enemy's preset ambush was so far away, Dalantai was much more relieved. But suddenly, he was suddenly startled, could it be that the emperor had already known about the enemy's plan, so he suddenly stopped here?

Thinking so, he calculated the time, and suddenly, his eyes looked straight at the silhouette of Emperor Chongzhen, as if he had seen a fairy.

………………

In the ensuing war, as Emperor Chongzhen said, the Mughal army began to retreat westward, and the Ming army clung to it, along the way, in order to delay the attack of the Ming army, Aurangzeb had to bring out the non-descendant army and the non-elite army.

He fled all the way west, and by the time he reached Delhi, he had only a little more than 100,000 troops left.

Odom was surprised to see Aurangzeb so embarrassed. In his imagination, His Royal Highness the Third Prince, no, the current Mughal Great Khan is a very powerful leader in the war!

Aurangzeb did not wait for Odom to speak, but first opened his mouth and asked in a low voice, "How is that man?" ”

When Odom heard this, he knew who he was referring to, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, the Great Khan, Wechen will take strict care of him personally, and there will be no surprise." ”

Aurangzeb listened, his eyes glowed with a vicious light, and he commanded in a low voice: "Ben Khan will deal with the Ming army outside the city again, and pretend that he can't defeat the westward escape." When you see this, you kill him, and then you abandon the city and follow him. Speaking to the outside world, it means that the army attacked quickly, and he died at the hands of the Ming army. ”

Odom actually knew that Aurangzeb was going to kill Shah Jahan sooner or later, so it was not surprising to hear it at this time, and he quickly nodded and agreed.

After arranging the things he was most concerned about, Aurangzeb immediately turned back to his henchmen and generals to give them an order, telling them to hurry up and rest, and to go back to acting.

………………

On the opposite side of the Taj Mahal, there is a building surrounded by soldiers, walking guard posts. In the yard, too. The door to the second floor has been nailed with wooden planks, even the windows.

Sunlight penetrates through the gaps, illuminating the rooms on the second floor. Inside was an old man, with a cloak of hair, his whole body was dirty, and the stench could be smelled from a distance.

At this time, the old man was lying on the window, looking at the Taj Mahal opposite, just like that, all day long.

It was only when Aurangzeb's army entered the city, and the people shouted and neighed, and the noise was loud, that he withdrew his gaze and listened attentively. But after a while, a hint of self-deprecation appeared on his face, and then he continued to look at the Taj Mahal opposite.

This old man is the former king of this empire, and now the prisoner of the ranks, Shah Jahan.

In its original history, Shah Jahan was also placed under house arrest in this room with a view of the Taj Mahal. During his five years in detention, Shah Jahan was accompanied only by his eldest daughter, Jahanala Begum. Legend has it that Shah Jahan was thirsty and wanted to drink water, so Aurangzeb told him to drink ink.

At that time, Shah Jahan was overthrown because he was seriously ill, and his health was not good, so he did not have to worry that Shah Jahan would regain the throne, and Aurangzeb treated him like this.

In this plane, Shah Jahan is in good health, and Aurangzeb is naturally more suspicious of him, and it is inevitable to strictly guard against him.

When the sun was setting, the guards brought food and passed it through the crack in the window.

If it was in the past, Shah Jahan knew that it was useless to speak, and after experiencing the initial unwillingness, he was also silent. However, this time, when he took the rice ball, he suddenly asked, "Is that beast back?" Listening to the movement, it seems that there are a lot of horses missing, right? ”

The guard listened, and as always, ignored him, and walked away.

Shah Jahan was not angry, but leaned against the wall and slowly slid down, as if thinking about something, and did not gobble up because of hunger and panic as before.

When night fell, Shah Jahan in the darkness suddenly became angry, threw the rice ball in his hand to the ground, and then stepped on it with his feet, regardless of whether he stepped on it or not, he stepped on it, and at the same time roared and shouted: "Die, die, trample you, trample you to death......"

The soldiers guarding outside did not react to this movement at all, and let Shah Jahan go crazy there.

The next morning, the Ming army arrived. Aurangzeb followed his own plan and went out of the city to meet the battle.

Odom, on the other hand, also hurriedly prepared. The first thing to do was to deal with Shah Jahan, he hurried to the house, checked the doors and windows, etc., and found that it was all right, so he ordered the door to be opened, and it was time to send the old thing on the road.

Shah Jahan ate and drank all in the room, and the smell could be imagined.

Odom hid at the top of the stairs with his mouth and nose covered, waiting for the soldiers to break down the door and then go over to verify Shah Jahan himself.

But who knows, after hearing a burst of door opening, suddenly, Odom heard the soldiers let out exclamations.

When Odom heard this, he was immediately frightened, could it be that Shah Jahan had run away, right?