858 Sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight
Odom was the one who was angry himself, and he was certainly quite annoyed. Hearing his master's words, he hurriedly echoed: "Yes, you must teach this arrogant Ming Emperor a hard lesson!" ”
After finishing speaking, he seemed to be relieved a little, and when he came back to his senses, he suddenly hesitated a little, and then said to Aurangzeb: "Your Highness, Weichen is here, I see that the Ming army is indeed huge, and they also have war elephants!" If we really want to fight, even if we can win, will it be cheaper? ”
In the eyes of the people on their side, the war elephant is the most powerful class, and there is no one.
When Aurangzeb heard this, he immediately calmed down. The reason why this is so is not that he is afraid that the Ming army has war elephants, but that he heard Odom say that he will be cheaper. Needless to say, this is his father Khan.
It can be said that Aurangzeb at this time, the person he feared the most was not the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom, but his father Khan.
At this time, as soon as Aurangzeb calmed down, his eyes flickered, and suddenly, he slapped the case suddenly, and shouted: "Cheap that Ming dog emperor, wait until this king ascends the throne as emperor, and then fight with him!" ”
Hearing this, Odom couldn't help but feel a little relieved, it seems that the master he followed was not with the wrong person, and he was able to grasp the key point after all, and knew what was the most important.
Although in his heart, he didn't think that the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom was invincible, and the third prince of his family was also very powerful. But if it is said that Aurangzeb will definitely be able to defeat the Ming Emperor, it is also a question mark. However, if you calculate it, there is a high probability that you can win!
But even so, if you kill a thousand, you will lose eight hundred. The strength of the Ming army is quite a lot, if Aurangzeb wins in the process of defeating the Ming emperor, although he also loses heavily, it will only be cheaper Shah Jahan, who is sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, which is unacceptable, after all, he finally took advantage of this opportunity to seize enough military power. If you don't have the troops in your hands, you won't have such a good chance next time.
As he was thinking this, he heard Aurangzeb suddenly say to him: "This king has decided to lead 150,000 elites to the west in order to make great things." Leave the rest of the people for you, and then bluff and intimidate the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom. Don't ask for anything else, as long as you can stabilize the Ming Emperor. ”
"This ......" Odom was a little dumbfounded when he heard this. But when he thought about it, it seemed like it was the best way to go. If there is no force to break off, the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom will lead the army to follow behind, and His Royal Highness the Third Prince will not be able to do great things at all!
Thinking of this, Odom took a deep breath, and immediately saluted Aurangzeb and said: "Your Highness, rest assured, as long as there is a breath of Weichen, you will definitely not let the Ming army cross Bengal!" ”
Aurangzeb still admired his confidant very much, and at this time, hearing his loyalty, he was even more satisfied, and after a little silence, he said: "Don't worry, before this king leaves, there will be deployments." At least a month, if you can keep the Ming army here for a month, it will be a great achievement, and the position of prime minister of Ben Khan must be yours! ”
Speaking of which, he was directly "Ben Khan", and his ambitions were so great that he didn't hide it at all.
When Odom heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and hurriedly thanked him.
Subsequently, Aurangzeb immediately began to deploy, quietly deployed, strengthened the sentinels of the horse probe, and shielded the Ming army's spying. Subsequently, he led the army westward, and the apparent reason was that there was rebellion in various places, and he wanted to sweep away the surrounding areas, and then fight the Ming Emperor to win or lose.
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The abnormal movement on Dhaka's side was soon discovered by the keen Ming army at night, and then reported to Emperor Chongzhen. In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen not only did not send Ye Bu to collect spies, but instead gave Ye Bu an order, don't "scare" people if they have nothing to do, so that they can pretend that they can't beat the Mughal exploration horses and narrow the scope of their activities.
Many people don't understand this, but this is the emperor's will, so it must have its intentions, so no one in the army raised any objections. In private, Dalantai, who was not very familiar with Emperor Chongzhen, asked Wu Sangui and said, "What does Your Majesty mean by this?" There is an abnormal movement in the Mughal army in Dhaka, so there must be something, right? ”
"Hehe, if you fight with Your Majesty, you don't have to worry about this." When Wu Sangui heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "Your Majesty has your own intentions, you will know when you go back!" ”
Hearing such an answer, Dalantai was also helpless, so he had to watch it first. Of course, I also have an idea in my heart, that is, I really have to see how high is the Ming Emperor's ability to fight?
The intention of Emperor Chongzhen this time is actually very simple, that is, to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.
Through the first-class eavesdropping seed on Odom's body, he already knew Aurangzeb's overall plan, and of course he was happy to find Shah Jahan first, and let them fight for the throne.
Since Aurangzeb wanted Odom to block his side for a month, Emperor Chongzhen decided to give him half a month. As for the moment, of course, it should be regarded as not knowing that Dhaka is empty.
In addition, there is another point, that is, when Emperor Chongzhen moved all the way, he also left a lot of Grade A eavesdropping seeds along the way, and gave them to the leaders of the cities that were not defeated. In this way, he would be able to prevent him from mastering the situation in the hinterland of the Mughal Empire.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was equivalent to cheating, almost using the mode that can be seen in the whole picture, and from the perspective of God, observing the battle situation of the entire Mughal Empire.
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On Odom's side, there are only seventy or eighty thousand horses in total, except for those troops who shield the battlefield and prevent the Ming army from spying at night, most of them are not elite, so he is worried almost every day, for fear that the Ming army will find out and kill the past.
However, as the days passed, there was no movement on the side of the Ming army, and Odom slowly calmed down. In my heart, I have another thought for the Ming Emperor: I lost the Ming Emperor what the Dog Emperor said to ask for a defeat and could not get it, hehe, in the final analysis, in fact, I was still afraid of His Royal Highness the third prince, so I kept moving.
This is the best, Odom's mind flew to Aurangzeb, who did not know where to go, and prayed every day, hoping that Aurangzeb would take the throne as soon as possible, so that his side could be freed.
Needless to say, Aurangzeb was more anxious about this matter than he was, of course. Even in Aurangzeb's own opinion, he didn't think that Odom's ability to lead troops in battle was very strong, and once the Ming army attacked, it was estimated that it would not be possible to resist for too long, so as soon as he advanced westward, he advanced with thunder.
And his way to the west, not to mention, turned out to be surprisingly smooth.
The cities that were beaten down by the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom were occupied by some miscellaneous fish, and they were not vulnerable at all; As for the cities that were not taken down by the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom, when they saw that His Royal Highness the Third Prince led the troops, they were all overjoyed and hurriedly went out of the city to greet them, and this city naturally fell under the control of Aurangzeb.
Without exception, at this time, Aurangzeb had a showdown and asked bluntly whether to support him as emperor of the Mughal Empire, or to be stubborn and loyal to the incompetent emperor who had made the Mughal Empire pay a heavy price?
In the context of Aurangzeb's control of the situation, coupled with the fact that Shah Jahan did not defeat the Ming emperor, they suffered heavy losses, so the vast majority of local governors, without even thinking about it, immediately swore allegiance to Aurangzeb.
Only a few people, who did not satisfy Aurangzeb's ideas, were directly clicked by him. In the end, whether it was to conquer the city or surrender the city, Aurangzeb would send elite soldiers and horses out and march west with him.
In this way, in the process of leading the army to the west, Aurangzeb had more and more troops, and his confidence in winning the throne naturally increased.
On this day, when he had marched to the region of Alabahad, that is, almost halfway to Delhi, the striker Tanma finally returned that Shah Jahan had come with a large army.
Hearing the news, Aurangzeb not only did not get nervous, but his spirits lifted up, and it was finally about to start, and he had been waiting for this day for a long time!
Of course, he didn't immediately shout and kill the army and rush over, that would be too stupid.
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Speaking of which, for more than half a year, Shah Jahan has been running around without stopping at all. First, he led his troops to the south to conquer the Ming army in Mumbai. As a result, before he could fight, he had to return north to save his lair. As a result, he was still a step too late, causing him heavy losses and having to flee to recruit troops.
Thanks to the prestige he had accumulated before, after all, he was known as the "ruler of the world", so even if his capital was captured by the Ming army and the north was in a mess, he finally recruited an army of 100,000.
At this time, he felt that he had the ability to fight with the Emperor of Ming, so he immediately came to the Emperor of Ming again for a decisive battle. However, he didn't expect that his eldest son Darashiko was really a complete straw bag, and he had only been gone for a long time, but he was defeated by the Ming army, and the troops in the area of Mumbai were consumed, and now they have all become the sphere of influence of the Ming army.
Although Shah Jahan was so angry that he vomited blood, he finally knew the seriousness of the matter, and knew that the Ming Emperor in the north was the first thing he had to solve. Therefore, he finally led his troops to continue northward to find the Ming Emperor for a decisive battle.
But to his surprise, the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom had already led the army all the way east, and did not stay in the most prosperous area under his rule. As a result, he easily recaptured Delhi and swept away the untouchables around him.
At this time, he also heard that the Safavid dynasty had taken advantage of the fire to seize those territories in his west. In this regard, Shah Jahan had to swallow his breath, leave the west alone, go all the way to the east, chase the traces of the Ming emperor, and sweep away those untouchables to the east.
On this day, he finally met his son, Aurangzeb.