Assam, for the vast majority of Ming people, is an extremely unfamiliar term.

The Amoum are a branch of the Mongols who migrated to Assam from Upper Burma in the 13th century. Being braver and more belligerent than the Assam natives, they soon succeeded in establishing their rule over the country.

As a country in the northeastern corner of the Mughal Empire, bordering the Ming dynasty's Yunnan, the region was well protected by nature: dense and impassable forests, wooded mountains, and rocky valleys surrounded it, making it difficult for the invading army to enter the interior. Thus, for a long time, this Assamese kingdom did not receive real influence from the Mughals.

During Shah Jahan's rule, the Mughals had to fight for a long time against the Ahume, who were obsessed with harassing the Mughal border in Kamlap. Ten years earlier, during the War of Succession between Aurangzeb and his brothers over the throne, they took advantage of the undefended state of their eastern border to attack Mughal territory and seize part of Kamlap.

However, because there is a large no-man's land between it and the Pingnan Mansion of the Ming Dynasty, they have never posed a threat to the Ming Dynasty. Because of this, in the past, few people had heard of this place except for the officials of Binh Nam Province. But in the past few years, the term has always appeared again and again in the official recitals of Pingnan Province, and in the information reported by the military officials.

Assam, a Turkish emirate located in the north of Binh Nam Province, has attracted people's attention not because of how powerful he is, he is just a small princely state, far from being powerful, and the reason why it has attracted the attention of the Ming Dynasty is because of a person - six years ago, that person led an army over the mountains and mountains into the kingdom of Assam, this person is Wu Sangui.

At that time, Wu Sangui, who led an army of 100,000 people over the mountains and mountains to flee to Assam, did not know that he had come at the right time - the kingdom of Assam was on the verge of extinction. And Wu Sangui's arrival changed everything, saving Assam from the brink of ruin.

"Ying Xiong, do you still remember the tragic situation when we first came here?"

In the palace that once belonged to the king of Assam, although he had been here for almost six years, Wu Sangui still could not adapt to this Indian-style palace, but it also reminded him of how rushed he was back then.

"The child naturally remembers that the 100,000 army left Yunnan, all the way over the mountains and mountains, 10,000 people died of starvation in the barren mountains, 20,000 people died of serious diseases, even the living are almost like skeletons, its tragic situation can be described as unbearable!"

When Wu Yingxiong answered his father's question, he knew that his father must have remembered the past again. On the way to the west, he even regretted why he did not flee west with the imperial court.

Fifteen years ago, he was married by the Queen Mother, and he married Princess Jianning. Because Dolgon was wary of Wu Sangui, Wu Yingxiong could only stay in Beijing as a concubine, and he was actually a hostage of the imperial court. When the imperial court fled west six years ago, Wu Yingxiong took advantage of the chaos and fled all the way to Yunnan with his wife and children, but he had not lived a stable life in Yunnan for two days, and fled west with the army again.

"It's really miserable!"

Wu Sangui nodded, and then said slowly.

"Although it was miserable when we escaped, it was also the right time to come here, when the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb ordered Mir Jumula to recover the lost territory lost by Assam and invade the ...... of Assam."

Recalling that year, Wu Sangui fell silent.

Seven years ago, Mir Jumula set out from Dhaka with an army of 12,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry, as well as the artillery, siege equipment and ships necessary to fight in these areas. Less than a month, first arrived in Kuchbihar. King Kuchibihar had fled to Bhutan, and his son had surrendered. After half a month of annexation by the Mughals, Mir Jumura left Kuchbihar to punish the Assamese. In March of the following year, the capital of Amoum was reached. The defenders were easily defeated, and the more important fortress of Amoum was captured and repositioned by Mughal soldiers. King Raja Jayadwaj fled, leaving Assam to the Mughals.

"At that time, Raja Jayadwaji could be said to be at the end of his rope, and if it wasn't for his father's help, they would definitely have been captured and killed by Mir Jumurah."

His son's words made Wu Sangui smile slightly, and he shook his head and said.

"The truth is not as simple as you think, Mir Jumura may have captured Assam, but as the rainy season approached, the Mughal army had to enter a makeshift camp, where they suffered from bad weather and lack of food. By the time we attacked, the Mughal camps were already plagued with diseases, fever and diarrhoea killing hundreds of people every day. Even without us, Raja Jayadwaji regrouped his forces and resumed the offensive. Discontent among the Mughal army, on the other hand, was growing, and it was only a matter of time before the camp was pulled out. It's just ......"

After a slight pause, Wu Sangui said.

"We have come at the right time, Raja Jayadwaj has just escaped from the capital, and has not yet gathered his strength in a hurry, and the Mughals are pursuing, so he will use me as reinforcements in desperation to protect himself. If we had arrived a few months later, the outcome would have been completely different, and then we would not only not be able to gain a foothold with it, but we would have become enemies of the Assamese, beware of their attacks everywhere, and if we did, I am afraid, we would not have survived even the first year. ”

Luck!

Many times, luck always plays an unexpected role, even until now, Wu Sangui secretly screamed for luck, after escaping from the Ming Dynasty, it seems that luck has always been very good, when he fled to Assam, the panicked Raja Jayadwaji immediately asked him for help, instead of seeing him as an enemy. Wu Sangui, who was named a general, was able to gain a foothold in Assam. Even in the process of expelling the Mughals, it was extremely smooth, he had the advantage of troops, easily defeated the Mughals, not only drove them out of Assam, but also captured Kuchbihar, and even attacked Bengal, not only killing Mir Jumula on the battlefield, but also forcing the Mughals to sign a treaty to occupy some castles and towns in the fertile areas near the Bengal border.

Wu Sangui, who had fled to Assam in a hurry, gained a foothold, but instead of staying in Assam, he stayed in Kuchibihar after forcing the Mughals to sign a treaty, and like the Mughals, signed an agreement with the local chieftains to make them loyal to him, thus gaining a foothold there.

In the past six years, in order to rule here, he has established his "Eight Banners" just like the Manchus, of course, he did not divide the Eight Banners, but took the Kuchi Bihar natives as slaves, and distributed the land and people here to the generals and soldiers.

And now, Wu Sangui is here because just three days ago, the Zhou army had just captured Amsa, and as for Raja Jayadhwaji, who had helped him and established himself in India, he had been executed three days earlier.

"There is providence in the dark!"

Wu Yingxiong had a smile on his face.

"When my father left Yunnan, Xu is God had already expected today, thinking that my Great Zhou is now wearing 70,000 armor, and now he has captured the Assamese soldiers, and the people under his rule are not less than two million, which can be described as a strong soldier, in the eyes of the child, it is now possible to send troops to attack the Mughals, in the eyes of the child, the Mughals, it seems that the soldiers are strong and strong, but in fact they are vulnerable, and their local princely states have different minds, and the generals also have their own minds, if the war goes well, it is still considered to be one heart, if there is a slight disadvantage, it must be each with its own mind, each with its own plan, In Assam, the generals under Mir Jumura decided to withdraw the camp after consultation and abandon Mir Jumula and let him find his own way, as it was then, and it is the same now. ”

His son's suggestion made Wu Sangui silent for a moment, he knew that what his son said was the truth, the Mughals were far from being as powerful as they imagined, they seemed to be a behemoth, but in fact they were vulnerable. The reason for this could not be simpler, that is, the local governors and generals have their own ideas.

"My lord, what the prince said is very true, although Aurangzeb claims to have hundreds of thousands of troops, in the eyes of the ministers, the maximum number of troops he can deploy is only 50,000, if it is ......"

Without waiting for Xia Guoxiang to finish speaking, Wu Sangui shook his head and said.

"Now that Assam has just occupied, although the people here have the same skin color as us, they have also been soiled for a long time, and we and others are not the main land, and the use of less to govern more will definitely cause dissatisfaction among the people here, so this place still needs a large army to suppress it before it can be maintained. Now the Mughal side ......"

After a moment of silence, Wu Sangui said.

"For the time being, it's better to maintain a good relationship with them."

"But, Great King, even if I don't wait to attack, once Aurangzeb ends his army in the north, he will inevitably turn his target to my Great Zhou, what should I do then?"

Xia Guoxiang is Wu Sangui's son-in-law. It can be said that he is both civil and military, good at planning, and is also the actual number two person in Wu Sangui's camp, unlike others who advocate befriending the Mughals, he has always advocated taking the initiative to attack, taking the initiative to fight when Aurangzeb did not have his free hand.

"Now, as far as my Great Zhou is concerned, the best choice is to take advantage of its inability to look eastward, send troops to attack the city and plunder the land, and strengthen its own strength.

Facing Xia Guoxiang's persuasion, Wu Sangui shook his head and said.

"We are not a thorn in Aurangzeb's side......"

Taking a look at this Indian-style palace, Wu Sangui said.

"Like Aurangzeb, we are all foreign races entering India, so naturally the rule is unstable, for him, the real enemy is the others, as for us, ......"

Again, looking at the palace, Wu Sangui smiled.

"Just deepen this impression of him, and tear it all down!"