In late December of the eighth year of Tai'an, 100,000 Sichuan troops entered Assam.

At the same time, the commander Sun Dingzong received a letter from Zhang Lingyang, ordering him to continue to command the army to march to Bengal in eastern Tianzhu.

At this time, it is already the end of the eighth year of Tai'an, and the Spring Festival is just around the corner.

After comprehensive consideration, Sun Dingzong decided to let the army recuperate for seven days, and as soon as the Spring Festival of the ninth year of Tai'an passed, he began to attack Bengal on a large scale.

In this regard, the adjutant general was a little worried: "General, at present, the total strength of Yingyi in Tianzhu is less than 40,000, and it is a good time for us to attack on a large scale."

Once repaired at this time, the last general was worried that Yingyi would take advantage of this time to transfer troops to Tianzhu in a big way. When the main force of Yingyi arrives, we want to take Tianzhu at the lowest cost, but I'm afraid it will be a little late. ”

Sun Dingzong was not worried about these at all, and explained to the deputy general: "Then you don't have to worry. Yingyi's mainland is tens of thousands of miles away from Tianzhu, and even if Yingyi knows the actual situation here at this time, if he wants to increase his troops to Tianzhu, it will be three or four months later.

Besides, even if Yingyi's navy is invincible in the world, if you want to transfer troops to Tianzhu, how many troops can you increase to Tianzhu at one time? ”

"Besides!" After a pause, Sun Dingzong said again: "Shouldn't these 100,000 brothers who just came from Sichuan and Shu be repaired in order to adapt to the climate here?"

Although the climate here is very similar to that of Sichuan and Shu, it is very different, so don't you worry about the brothers breaking out into large-scale water and soil dissatisfaction?

Rest assured! And board for a few days, give the brothers who just arrived enough time to recuperate, and it is better to spend the New Year, and by the way, give the governor of Tianzhu time to gather troops.

This time, the old man wants to let Yingyi's 40,000 army have no return! ”

When it came to the end, Sun Dingzong's words were full of confidence.

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"Assam Urgent!"

In Xinde, the capital of Tianzhu, an English soldier rode into the city gate on a war horse and hurried into the city gate, heading straight for the governor's palace in the center of the city.

At this time, Frank, the governor of Tianzhu, had just returned from the military camp outside the city, and when he saw the military situation in the Assam area, he hurriedly ordered someone to present it.

"What do you say? Da Zhou actually added another 100,000 troops to the Assam region? Hearing this, Frank suddenly couldn't sit still.

It turned out that the strength of the Great Zhou in the Assam region was only 35,000 men, and in addition to the troops guarding the place, the troops that the Great Zhou could mobilize were actually less than 20,000.

At this moment, the strength of the Great Zhou in the Assam region has reached 135,000 men, which is more than three times the total strength of the British army in Britain.

"Someone came, and ordered the troops stationed in various parts of Tianzhu to arrive in Kolkata, an important town in the western part of Bangladesh, within half a month. No one is allowed to prevaricate for any reason, and violators will be killed. Not daring to think about it, Frank hurriedly gave an urgent military order.

"But your Excellency the Governor, in half a month, we can only gather less than 20,000 troops in Calcutta. The remaining 20,000 troops, because of the distance, simply could not reach Calcutta in half a month. General Hill, who is in charge of Tianzhu's actual defense work, worried.

Tianzhu was also a big country, with a large population and a vast territory, and in this era when there were no railways and highways, it was not possible to transfer troops to a place in a short period of time.

"Say it again!" General Hill was all worried: "Once the Imperial army leaves the station, I am afraid that the local natives will have other ideas. Once that time comes, even if we defeat the Great Zhou, I am afraid that we will still spend countless manpower, material resources, and financial resources to suppress the indigenous rebellion. ”

"That's better than being indifferent!" Frank retorted, "Once Bengal falls into the hands of the Great Zhou, the north can attack Delhi, and the south can attack Olisa and other states."

Coupled with the fact that the empire's forces in Tianzhu are now scattered, how long does the general think that relying on the strength of each state alone can withstand the Great Zhou army?

Rather than watching the states of Tianzhu fall into the hands of the Great Zhou, it is better to fight to the death with the Great Zhou in Bangladesh.

If it wins, it will be easy to say anything as soon as the army of reinforcements from the empire arrives. Once we lose, those rebellious states have their own armies of the Great Zhou to clean up, what do we have to lose? ”

"But Lord Governor, even if you were to do this, wouldn't it be better to ask the House of Lords for permission first?"

"Where is the time now?" Frank said, "Now, what we lack most is time, and with the support of the domestic army, I'm afraid that the daylily will be cold." ”

Frank's words are to the point, even if England wants to increase troops to Tianzhu, it will take a month or two to adjust and assemble domestic forces alone.

If you add the time of sea voyage, it will add up to at least a month before the reinforcements can reach Tianzhu.

At that time, I am afraid that the situation in the entire Tianzhu will have festered to the point of failure, and how much role can the reinforcements play when they come?

Besides, there are dozens of states in Tianzhu, and although the English in Tianzhu also has an army of 40,000, they can be dispersed to various states, but the strength of each state is less than 5,000 people.

Relying on 5,000 men and horses alone, how can it be the opponent of more than 100,000 troops, doesn't this just give the Great Zhou army a chance to break through?

That's why Frank made up his mind to do it.

Frank also understands that less than 20,000 of the more than 100,000 troops in Da Zhou have actually received rigorous firearms training. If the British army gathers together, it is not impossible to defeat the Great Zhou army.

But once the forces are dispersed in the states of Tianzhu as they are now, the result will be a sure loss.

That's why Frank made this decision resolutely.

Unlike the tense atmosphere in the English governor's palace in Tianzhu, although all the states of Tianzhu had received the news of the Great Zhou's large-scale attack on Tianzhu, the commoners and local nobles in Tianzhu did not care much about this, and still enjoyed their own leisurely life.

In the eyes of the local nobles of Tianzhu, the difference between being ruled by England and being ruled by the Great Zhou is not very big, as long as they do not affect their leisurely life.

This is especially true of the civilians below, even if many of them hate the colonists who invaded their country, but for religious reasons, they have long been accustomed to it, and they are not at all indifferent to it.

Even if Tianzhu still has some prescient people, in their opinion, the war between the Great Zhou and England is nothing more than a dog eating a dog, and they are naturally happy to see it happen.

Besides, the influence of these people alone cannot change the outcome of Tianzhu's colonization: whether the colonizers are Great Zhou or England.

Of course, there are also many speculators who see a 'business opportunity' in it, so they start to go to England or Da Zhou, and work for it wholeheartedly, in order to get a good return from it......