The Donghu Dynasty, where Dongwu was located, had a small population because of years of war, and it was thanks to King Talong that he recuperated for some years, so Dongwu did not continue to die in the war.

But then, Ava fought a battle, destroying the Donghu Dynasty and severely damaging the population of Dongwu.

Although Yan Yingyuan rarely fought during his reign in Dongwu. There are also Yunnan people who go to Dongwu, and mainland businessmen who go to do business, but the population is not so easy to have after all.

Therefore, the population of Dongwu is mainly concentrated in a few cities, and most of the places are high mountains and dense forests.

After Dongwu became a province of the Ming army, the Ming side, of course, was also wary of the neighboring Mughal Empire.

and the borders of Bengal, where troops are stationed. At the same time, a large number of spies were also sent into neighboring Bengal to spy on the military intelligence of the Mughal Empire, just in case.

However, the Mughal Empire finally did not react at all to the fact that the Ming Dynasty destroyed the Donghu Dynasty. And it wasn't for a short time, but it didn't respond all the time.

This situation naturally made the soldiers of the Ming army on the border a lot more relaxed.

Later, Yan Yingyuan was promoted to the governor of Dongwu and led his troops to the sea to run Ceylon. And Zhang Huangyan, the new governor of Dongwu, went to Beijing to meet the emperor before he took office, and was reminded by the emperor to be careful of the Mughal Empire.

Zhang Huangyan himself also knew that Yan Yingyuan was going to hand over Ceylon and Mumbai with the Francophone people. Whether it was him or Yan Yingyuan, they had predicted that this time the Mughal Empire would react, so they were on guard.

In addition to sending material reserves to border towns to prepare for war, Zhang Huangyan also reminded border generals to be vigilant! Of course, it is impossible for him to go to the border, after all, he is in charge of the entire Dongwu, and there are too many things to worry about.

Of course, the premise of this is to estimate that the reaction of the Mughal Empire this time may be more intense. But there will be no big deal either. Even if there is a big event, such as sending troops, the spies in Bangladesh can get the news in time and respond.

As a result, Shah Jahan sent to the Eastern Front his third son, Aurangzeb, who was the most capable of fighting.

It must be said that this is a cunning opponent.

In the original history, he was indeed able to fight well, and was able to lead troops to defeat his three brothers in the battle for the throne, and finally imprisoned his father and killed his brother, and greatly expanded the territory of the Mughal Empire, achieving the territory of present-day India.

This Aurangzeb obviously knew that there would be spies of the Ming army on the Bengal side, so he simply did not want to march the army, but led the cavalry army to quickly cross Bengal with lightning speed and launched an offensive against Dongwu.

This kind of undeclared raid really allowed him to succeed. The border towns that he raided at the beginning were attacked by sneak attacks, and several small towns that followed were also slaughtered by him under his successive raids.

When Zhang Huangyan on Ava's side heard the news and immediately gathered a large army to meet the battle, Aurangzeb retreated to Bangladesh, and then stationed on the Bengali side to reorganize the defense. At the same time, he also sent people to bite back, and sent an envoy to ask the Ming side, garrisoning troops in Mumbai, and invading places, is this an attack on the Mughal Empire from east to west or what does it mean? If Ming Guo doesn't give an explanation, don't blame him for destroying Dongwu's Ming army.

After Zhang Huangyan heard this, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood, can there still be a reasonable person?

However, he also felt that the opponent he was facing was very difficult to deal with, so while dealing with it cautiously, he sent people to report to Jingshi and Ceylon.

Compared with Zhang Huangyan's nervousness and prudence, Aurangzeb was much more relaxed. As soon as the battle was over, in front of the generals of the Imperial Forest Army, he wrote a document to report the victory, exaggerating the merits of the generals of the Royal Forest Army, asking for credit for them, so as to continue to buy people's hearts.

At the same time, he also emphasized in the good news that the Ming army would definitely counterattack, so the Imperial Forest Army could not go back. Not only that, but he even asked for help in preparation for the next battle.

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Because of the golden finger of the eavesdropping system, there is no need to send people to report so far, Emperor Chongzhen learned about the battle situation of Dongwu through the first-class eavesdropping seed on Zhang Huangyan's body here in Beijing, and at the same time, he also learned about the situation in Mumbai from the first-class eavesdropping seed on Li Dingguo's body.

"It's time to loosen up again!" Emperor Chongzhen dropped the imperial pen in his hand, stood up and stretched, and said to himself.

Seriously, I've been engaged in internal affairs this year, and now I think of the years of the Jin Ge Iron Horse, and I really miss it a little nostalgic!

Subsequently, Emperor Chongzhen issued a decree, saying that the Mughal Empire invaded the Ming Dynasty and slaughtered the people of the Ming Dynasty, and he decided to drive the expedition in person and destroy the Mughal Empire to avenge the people of the Ming Dynasty!

If this will had been issued in the early years, everyone would have questioned it. Because there is no news from the Jingshi side at all. Besides, Dongwu is so far away, no matter how clever the emperor is, how can he calculate what happened so far away.

However, Emperor Chongzhen has already shown miraculous means in the Battle of Nanyang, and there are immortal weapons that can listen to news thousands of miles away, and this matter has been confirmed. Therefore, no one doubted that such a thing had happened on Dongwu's side, and they all believed in Emperor Chongzhen.

And Emperor Chongzhen is not far away to go on an expedition, only to avenge the people of the Ming Dynasty, and practice the oath of "those who commit the Ming Dynasty, although they are far away, they will be punished", for the people of the Ming Dynasty, they are all very moved, and they have prayed for the emperor's triumph.

Of course, some people think that the emperor is the Son of Heaven, how can he go out on the expedition in everything, otherwise, what is the use of those courtiers?

Not only did the people have this saying, but those civil officials and military generals also felt embarrassed, so they asked for war one after another, and even Lu Xiangsheng, who had just returned to Beijing from the south, was willing to go on the expedition on behalf of the emperor.

In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Lu Xiangsheng and the others and said, "I'm afraid I don't know the situation of the Mughal Empire, right?" ”

"Wechen has heard of it, but I don't know it!" Lu Xiangsheng also told the truth.

As for other civil and military generals, Lu Xiang rose to play against the emperor, and it was enough for them to listen and not intervene.

"Okay, I'll tell you about it." Emperor Chongzhen said to Lu Xiangsheng and others: "The Mughal Empire was founded by the descendants of the Mongols, and its territory is about half the size of the territory before I opened up the territory, and it is also an agricultural country. And when its national power was at its peak, it fought in the south and the north, wiped out many small countries, and is still expanding. In other words, the Mughal Empire was not a weak country! ”

Lu Xiangsheng listened to it, he didn't expect that this barbarian country was a big country, and it was still capable of fighting well, it seemed that it was really not to be underestimated.

But even so, for Lu Xiangsheng, so what, it is impossible to be afraid!

Therefore he opened his mouth and continued to fight.

However, Emperor Chongzhen understood what he was thinking, so he was one step ahead of him, and then said: "To conquer the Mughal Empire, Qing and others think that how many troops will the Ming Dynasty send and how much grain will be consumed before they can be sure of destroying it?" ”

Hearing this, even if Lu Xiangsheng was used to fighting in the south and the north, he was still very cautious about this issue. Immediately frowned, estimated in his heart, and found that it was not easy to estimate. Because he didn't know anything about the Mughal Empire, including the terrain and customs. All of this will have a very significant impact on the war, and it is impossible to ignore it.

If you don't know this, you can only estimate it in Dali, the other party is a big country, and the territory is vast, so not only will there be more troops, but also more grain and grass consumption.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at all the courtiers, including Lu Xiangsheng, with a cautious expression, and no one answered for a while, so he smiled in his heart, and then made up for them and said: "One more point, don't forget that the provinces near the Mughal Empire are poor in materials, and some still need to be transported from the mainland." And the transportation is backward, so the secretary and others should consider the grain and grass materials consumed on the road. ”

"......" got this reminder, and Lu Xiangsheng and the others were completely speechless.

In this era of inconvenient transportation, the transportation of food, to the destination is actually very small, most of the food will be consumed on the road, especially the farther the destination, the higher the proportion of this consumption on the road.

The Mughal Empire is far away from the Ming Dynasty's grain-producing area, and there are many large armies, and grain has to be transported over, even if it can win, it is estimated that the Ming Dynasty will be broken.

Thinking about it this way, even if it is Lu Xiangsheng, how can he ignore these facts!

Seeing that none of them answered, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "Therefore, this war with the Mughal Empire must be carried out by my relatives." I don't want to drag down the good economic momentum of the country because of the war of the Mughal Empire! ”

If there is anyone in this world who is most sure of destroying the enemy, then there is no one else except Emperor Chongzhen!

Anyway, from Emperor Chongzhen to lead the troops to fight together, all of them won huge victories at a very small price, and there were no exceptions!

So, just like that, no one and Emperor Chongzhen argued about sending troops.

So, Emperor Chongzhen led the army and set off.

On this expedition, he didn't bring many troops. There are only about 5,000 people in the hussar battalion, and the total soldier is Zhou Yuji.

The other general soldiers, many of whom were already old, were fifty miles away. In fact, even Zhou Yuji is no longer young, but relatively young.

In this army, there is also a young general in his thirties, named Li Laiheng, a staff general under Zhou Yuji. Emperor Chongzhen went on an expedition, in fact, he intended to cultivate him.

In addition, he also issued an order to transfer Wu Sangui and Kong Youde to lead more than 5,000 horsemen to accompany the expedition. The two of them, after destroying Jianyu, were appointed as the commander-in-chief of Denglai and stationed in Denglai, among which Kong Youde was responsible for the training of sailors there.

Among them, Kong Youde is just fifty years old, and Wu Sangui is forty years old, one year younger than Emperor Chongzhen.

This expedition to the emperor's royal car, compared with the past, there are sections of the road where you can take the train, which is not only fast, but also saves physical strength. And he doesn't have to bring food and grass materials, just go. The army is not large, and only needs to raise grain and grass in the local area.

What is unexpected is that Emperor Chongzhen did not lead the army south!