The fact that Emperor Chongzhen was sick was, of course, a rumor that he deliberately let go. As he expected, Aurangzeb and Abbas II finally decided to attack Delhi.

Generally speaking, in the battle of siege, if there are no reinforcements from outside, the lonely city cannot be defended, which is common sense.

But what if the army in the city is strong enough, what if there are no reinforcements from outside?

At least in the face of the 250,000 troops outside, even if it looks overwhelming, the Ming army in the city is not afraid.

Because the soldiers and horses of the Ming headquarters believe that as long as the emperor is there, it is invincible! As a result, the self-confidence they showed influenced the soldiers of the Dongwu and Mughal origins. Coupled with the fact that Aurangzeb's army had been chasing Aurangzeb like sheep during this time, it made them even more confident.

When the coalition forces outside the city arrived, Emperor Chongzhen repeated his old trick, set up his emperor's guard of honor at the head of the city, and asked his subordinates to shout and ask Abbas II to come forward and answer.

This time, it was different from Aurangzeb's time. Abbas II was still very interested in the mad emperor of the Ming Kingdom. In addition, Aurangzeb was about to run away at any time, and Abbas II was besieging the Ming army. Therefore, after hearing the rumor, he also stepped forward, of course, at a safe distance, there is no doubt about it.

"The Ming Dynasty has no grudges with the Persian Empire, why did you want to lead troops to attack me?" At the head of the city, after Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he asked loudly with a row of microphones.

Hearing this, Abbas II replied with a sneer: "Isn't it good for you to stay in your own country?" You have to run to the wrath of the people! You say, "Who is this to blame?" ”

"The Mughals dare to attack the Ming Dynasty and kill my Ming people, how can I spare them!" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he said sternly, "I will give you another chance, and before you can do anything substantial, immediately withdraw your troops." Otherwise, I will lead my troops westward and destroy your nine tribes, and Persia will be removed from now on! ”

When Abbas II heard this, it was simply arrogant, and he didn't believe that the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom really had this ability. At this level, he can't get by.

Therefore, when he heard this, he immediately replied with laughter: "It seems that you are really arrogant, and you can say such big words, let's get past the current level first!" If you really have the ability, I'll just wait! ”

There was a conversation here, Aurangzeb heard the report, of course, he also ran over to gossip, and when he heard this, he also followed and laughed: "The emperor of the Ming Kingdom is really worthy of being an arrogant person, I don't know how thick the sky is, do you think it was Ben Khan who was really defeated before?" That's a deception, just to welcome you, and now you have become a turtle in an urn, right? ”

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen heard Aurangzeb speak, he immediately shouted: "The brute who killed the king and killed the father, and the face came out, and it was dirty to scold you." Wait, I will cut you with a thousand knives for posterity! ”

When Aurangzeb heard this, he was immediately annoyed and angry, after all, such a thing is dishonorable.

He didn't scold back, but immediately said to Abbas II: "This Ming dog emperor, how arrogant, it's useless to talk more, take Delhi and screw off his head as a night pot!" ”

For Abbas II, of course, he was also very disgusted with the murderer of kings and fathers, so in his heart, he was also very disgusted with Aurangzeb, plus looked down upon. But now that it is a state of cooperation, he nodded and said: "Yes, it is useless to take advantage of words, let's see the real chapter under your hands!" ”

Speaking of this, Abbas II's brows furrowed, and then he asked: "You are most familiar with Delhi, how do you think it will be done?" ”

Aurangzeb listened, turned his head to look at the figure of Emperor Chongzhen, sneered, and then turned back to Abbas II and said: "Of course Ben Khan is familiar with Delhi, and before he withdrew a few days ago, the city had been destroyed by Ben Khan. The most important thing is that Ben Khan knows that there is a secret way to enter the city! ”

Upon hearing this, Abbas II was first surprised, then overjoyed, and could not help but stroke his palm and say: "Oh, yes, yes, so good!" ”

"In this way, we will attack the city on all sides and cover it!" Aurangzeb said proudly, "But your side must be elite to attack the city, to make a real appearance, to do a little more, so as to attract enough attention from the Ming army, of course, Ben Khan's side must also try to attack the city, there is no doubt about this." In the heat of the battle, Ben Khan sent the elite into the city from the tunnel, attacking inside and outside, so that Delhi would be broken! ”

Speaking of this, seeing that Abbas II didn't seem to have the intention of agreeing immediately, he hurriedly added: "Ben Khan's elite are all sent to the city, and outside the city, I can only trouble you." So, it's fair, yes or no? ”

Hearing this, Abbas II was no longer silent, nodded and said, "Okay, then do it!" ”

Then the two of them began to discuss the details.

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Whether it was Aurangzeb or Abbas II, even if they were killed, they would never have imagined that Emperor Chongzhen at the head of the city seemed to be standing beside the two of them, listening to the two of them discussing the specific details. Their battle plan had no secret from Emperor Chongzhen at all.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the eavesdropping system, and after seeing that they had finished their discussion, Abbas II also confirmed to Aurangzeb: "Is the matter of the secret passage secret enough to be kept secret?" ”

"Of course!" Aurangzeb listened and said confidently, "This secret passage is known only to us Mughal Khans. The man is dead, and only Ben Khan knows. ”

The man he spoke of was naturally Shah Jahan. In addition, in fact, there are a few people who know that it is the eunuch who guards the secret passage in the palace. When Aurangzeb captured Shah Jahan and returned to Delhi, the eunuchs offered secret passages to take refuge in Aurangzeb.

After Aurangzeb and Abbas II had finished their discussions, they returned to their respective armies and began to deploy for the siege.

However, when the two of them deployed their subordinates, the details they had discussed with them were discrewed.

Abbas II, for example, did not send his elite to attack the city. He is not stupid, the casualties of the siege must be very large, how can he kill his elite.

And on Aurangzeb's side, he did select the elite from the men who attacked from the secret passages. But those who were attacking the city outside, he told them that it would be good if the thunder was loud and the rain was small. Wait until the city is on fire, and then start the siege with all your might.

At dawn the next day, after the army outside the city had eaten their stomachs, they began to mobilize men and horses, and the sound of horns, horses' hooves, and the clash of armor were intertwined, and the atmosphere became smashed.

By noon, the army outside the city, whether Mughal or Safavid, began to press down on the walls of Delhi, and the seemingly mighty siege began.

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

At the place of the battle, the east and north sides of the Mughal Empire were responsible, and the rumbling cannons were the first to sound. Or it can be said that only they have heavy artillery with a long range.

After all, Delhi was the capital of the Mughal Empire, and there must have been heavy artillery deployments. Since Aurangzeb had decided to abandon the city, of course he would not leave his heavy artillery in the city.

On the side of Abbas II, even if the nearest city is Lahore, there is also heavy artillery, but it cannot pull it to Delhi, which is eight or nine hundred miles away. Not to mention, when Abbas II set out, he thought it was a field ambush, and he didn't need siege artillery.

On the side of the Ming army, although Emperor Chongzhen had already decided to defend Delhi. However, the Hongyi cannon was too cumbersome to pursue the enemy with the army, so it was left to Zhang Huangyan's side.

In this way, only Aurangzeb's side is "booming boom".

However, the artillery of the Mughal army was obviously not very good, and it had to fight with the Ming army before Emperor Chongzhen's crossing. The shells were either high or low, and the reload speed was incredibly slow.

This made the triumphant Aurangzeb very angry, bullied the city of Derry, which did not have a long range of artillery, and ordered his heavy artillery units to move forward, so that they could shoot more accurately.

Under the roar of artillery, the infantry troops outside the city also began to roar and attack, because there were so many people that the sound almost overshadowed the roar of artillery.

However, in fact, after most of the infantry troops rushed closer, it was the long-range troops and the Ming army on the head of the city to shoot at each other, and there were not many infantry troops to climb the city with ladders, after all, this was the most casualties.

In this way, the siege battle on the first day began with great momentum.

Aurangzeb heard that Abbas II's side was also shouting to kill the sky, and his heart was a little satisfied. But then, he heard his subordinates running to the surveillance side and saying that Abbas II's side was the same as this side, mainly focusing on long-range attacks, and when he hadn't sent troops to climb the city and fight, he couldn't help but curse his mother.

However, he actually knew in his heart that Abbas II was definitely not an honest man and would really act according to the agreement. But one thing is certain, as long as there is chaos in the city, Abbas II will definitely attack the city with all his might.

Thinking this in his heart, Aurangzeb looked at the city of Delhi, where there were Ming soldiers everywhere, so he summoned his elite troops and asked his eunuchs to take them and start attacking from the tunnel.

However, he would never have known that on the square of the imperial palace in the city, Emperor Chongzhen led an army and waited quietly here. The general who leads the army is the fierce general Zhou Yuji, a heavy soldier.

In addition, in the open space of the square, as well as the open space of the street, there are piles of wooden piles, and each wooden pile is guarded by Ming soldiers.

Emperor Chongzhen saw the beginning of Aurangzeb's tunnel battle through the eavesdropping system, so he said to Zhou Yuji: "Here, start preparing!" ”

If Dalantai was here, he would definitely be surprised by Emperor Chongzhen's ability. However, Zhou Yuji was not surprised, and immediately got the order, so he left with some of his subordinates and went to guard the entrance of the cave.

These holes, of course, were found by Emperor Chongzhen when he heard Aurangzeb say it over there, and he got a hint and spent some time finding them.