The southern front is all the way to the bottom of the city of Delhi, so what about the eastern front?

In fact, Cao Wenzhao was also on the eastern front, because there was no big city between Ava City and Daka, so the army on the eastern road did not encounter any resistance at all along the way, if he hadn't waited for the railway to extend, he would have rushed to Dhaka in one go.

After going through many hardships along the way, breaking through the barriers of mountains and rivers, Cao Wenzhao finally led an army of 400,000 and 300,000 prisoners on the East Road to build the railway near Dhaka.

At this time, Aurangzeb was already in the city of Dhaka, and the last encounter outside Mysore had already cast a shadow on the Ming army, so he never dared to go to the field to fight against the Ming army, but it was different with the city wall, 200,000 troops were stationed in a city, and it was difficult for 400,000 troops to take down, at least he thought so.

Cao Wenzhao didn't think so, 200,000 troops without muskets and artillery wanted to resist the 400,000 army under his command, it was a dream, and the artillery under his command was not vegetarian!

This city of Dhaka was founded in 1608 AD by the Bengal governor of the Mughal Empire, Subeda. Built by Ilan Khan, it is only about 30 years old, it is a new city, but the city wall is not very high, less than five meters, and the city wall is not higher than the small county town of Daming.

On the one hand, he ordered the Annan Army and the Donghu Army to hurry up the production of siege equipment, and on the other hand, he led the Guanning Army and the Dingliao Army to set up a position outside the city of Dhaka, preparing for artillery to bombard the city wall.

The Guanning Army is a first-class army with 1,000 artillery pieces of various types, and the Dingliao Army was also promoted to a second-class army in the Battle of the Monan Grassland, with 900 artillery pieces of all kinds, and the two army corps add up to 1,900 artillery pieces, which is extremely terrifying.

Cao Wenzhao didn't bother to besiege the city, because he still had 80,000 cavalry under his command, and if the enemy abandoned the city and fled, he would just chase and suppress it all the way, which would be much easier than attacking the city.

He directly chose the east of Dhaka City as the main target, nearly 2,000 artillery pieces directly a mile west of Dhaka City, lined up in order of firing range, five rows of musketeers in front of him, 80,000 cavalry on the left and right, and he himself led the remaining musketeers to press the formation in the rear.

Aurangzeb saw the dense artillery under the city wall, only felt a tingling of scalp, last time in Mysore Ming army seemed to have only a few hundred artillery pieces to make him suffer enough, this time there are nearly 2,000 guns, how can this fight?

Cao Wenzhao didn't care whether Aurangzebu's scalp on the city wall was numb or not, as soon as the formation was set, he directly ordered all artillery to be loaded with solid bullets, aimed at the city wall, and bombarded non-stop!

The artillery of the Ming army is called a mala, setting up cannons, loading gunpowder, loading shells, aiming, ignition and test firing are like flowing water in the same industry.

Aurangzeb saw in the telescope that the Ming army began to set up artillery, and he was frightened to drop the sentence "pay attention to concealment", and then ran directly down the city wall and went back to the governor's palace!

He knew that it was impossible for the Ming army to attack the city without building siege equipment, and it was very likely that the artillery bombardment at this time was to intimidate and intimidate the defenders in the city, let them intimidate, everyone was hiding behind the arrow stacks and the female wall, what can you do even if you have artillery?

Cao Wenzhao naturally did not intimidate him, but wanted to flatten the arrow stacks on the city wall, so that there would be fewer casualties when attacking the city, after all, the defenders hiding behind the arrow stacks and releasing arrows could also cause certain casualties.

After the test firing, the artillery commander calculated the firing points according to the landing point of the shells, and then reported a series of parameters for various types of artillery to be adjusted.

"Boom, boom", 1,900 artillery pieces roared together, the sound was powerful, the entire city of Dhaka was trembling, and Aurangzebu, who rushed to the governor's palace, was frightened, this Ming army is crazy, just fire two cannons to scare and scare people, and there is a round of salvo, too many shells or how to drop?

The artillery shells prepared by the Ming army are really not ordinary, with the current production speed of the Ming Dynasty, how many shells can be made in a year, it is really uncountable, there is train transportation, Cao Wenzhao does not have to worry about not enough shells at all, so his order is directly non-stop bombardment!

"Boom boom", "boom boom", the Ming army bombarded that called a Huan, the bombardment did not stop for a day, this day down, the arrow stacks on the city wall were also bombed almost, Aurangzeb received a report from his subordinates, his face suddenly turned pale, it turned out that the Ming army was going to flatten all the arrow stacks, the arrow stacks were gone, how to release the arrows, and the head was shot indiscriminately? How can this city be defended!

Early the next morning, the Ming army continued to set up a formation, preparing to bombard, Cao Wenzhao raised the telescope and looked at the situation on the city wall, this look, he couldn't help but shake his head again and again, this Mughal Empire soldiers are really lazy, I don't know if I can repair the arrow stacks overnight, although it doesn't have much effect, it can also make the enemy spend a little more effort.

According to the laid-back custom of the Mughal Empire, if you let them work overtime at night to repair the city wall, it would be better to kill them, so the generals defending the city didn't think about it at all, boom, boom, boom, anyway, if it is going to be flattened, why bother with that effort!

The Ming army naturally would not be polite, set up the artillery, adjusted the shooting of Zhuyuan, and bombarded again.

Boom and boom, the commander of the artillery found a problem, he immediately put away the binoculars, ran to the Chinese army, knelt down on one knee in front of Cao Wenzhao, and said in surprise: "Qi Qi Deputy Marshal Cao, the walls of this Dhaka City don't seem to be very reliable, and his subordinates found that the women's walls in many places have been smashed through by cannonballs!" “

Cao Wenzhao was overjoyed when he heard this, if even the female wall could be blown down, then there was no need to attack the city, just use cannonballs to smash all the defenders on the city wall into flesh, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Hahahaha, very good, go, adjust the angle, and cut off their female wall too!" “

The artillery commander said yes, and ran back to command the artillery to adjust the shooting Zhu Yuan, and then, the shell was directly at the female wall is a fierce bombardment, the city wall of Daka City is really not as solid as the city wall of the Ming Dynasty, and the bombardment took less than an hour, and the entire western female wall was bombarded with holes, and it was only a matter of time before the whole was flattened.

When Aurangzeb received the news, he was directly desperate, how can this city be defended, the city wall is bald without the female wall, and the defenders on the city wall have not become the target of cannonballs!

That night, Cao Wenzhao received a secret report from the scouts that the defenders in the city had fled from the west of the city!

He did not order the cavalry to pursue immediately, but ordered the scouts to follow far behind, to determine the direction of their escape.

Early the next morning, at dawn, Cao Wenzhao and Qin Gongming personally led 80,000 cavalry along the marks left by the scouts, all the way to the fierce chase, and in less than an hour, they chased the 200,000 troops of the Mughal Empire.

At this time, they were preparing to camp and rest by a small river, when they heard the sound of horses' hooves like thunder, and the 200,000-strong army immediately fell into disarray, and no matter how the officers shouted, they could not be organized.

In the face of such a scattered enemy army, Cao Wenzhao and Qin Gongming directly led the cavalry to rush forward, a row of guns fired, and then the unified thunder rained down, the entire Mughal Empire's army immediately collapsed, and everyone spread their feet and ran.

Cao Wenzhao, the enemy who pursued and fled, was the most experienced, when he followed Lu Xiangsheng to suppress thieves in the northwest, he led 30,000 cavalry to catch more than 100,000 fleeing thieves, this time he could take 80,000 cavalry to catch 200,000 fleeing Mughal Empire soldiers, that is not to be captured!