In April, the weather in Tianzhu had begun to turn hot, and it seemed that the men's tempers had begun to become irritable with the temperature, and from Kurna to Bariselle, the mighty Maratha troops were like ants heading straight to the north, angry and murderous.

It's just that what is not comparable to the strong morale of the Marathas is their rudimentary equipment.

In the tropics, there is no need to mention armor, most of the light infantry that occupies the main force of the army are unarmoured, and even many people are directly shirtless and tanned in the sun.

Then in terms of weapons, in Chinese martial arts, almost all kinds of Qimen weapons can be found in this army, fist swords, tiger claws, curved daggers, iron rods, bone machetes, and Emei stabbing short sickle judge pen, the huge army seems to be composed of martial arts masters, and the momentum is overwhelming.

It's just that the really modern lethal weapon, the firebolt, the Maratha army of nearly 40,000 people only has a few hundred, or the most primitive musket, and there is no cannon.

The Marathas originated in the Delhi Sultanate, and the Turks and Afghans who invaded Central Asia also faced the problem of lack of manpower when they conquered India, so they recruited warriors from the middle and lower castes of India and promoted them to military aristocracy.

In fact, artillery was also considered a valuable war resource throughout the Mughal Empire, when Timur conquered the river and established the huge Timurid Empire. Even once sent 500,000 troops, but also to conquer the Ming Dynasty, relying on the tactical advantage of artillery and cavalry, just like the Greek fire of the Byzantine Empire, the artillery technology of the Mughal Empire is also only mastered by the royal family, and only has the right to produce, how can these hostile and monitored princely states obtain these advanced weapons?

But in a word, the ignorant are fearless, they have not been on the battlefield for nearly a hundred years, and they usually rob everywhere in the name of samurai, bullying other princes, even the imperial officials are unwilling to provoke these ruffians and hooligans, and over time, this arrogance has been raised, and a large group of heroes are full of confidence, and go straight to Jida, the ruling center of Bengal Province.

On the one hand, they did successfully capture a series of important Bengali towns such as Karifatabad and Barisal.

But the Marathas, who were on the march, did not know that before them, a huge army had been dormant in front of Chittagong, waiting for them.

The vast majority of the troops of the Mughal Empire are similar to the Marathas, and they are also this kind of young armor and unarmored light infantry recruited by civilians, and even compared with the Marathas in military traditions, the imperial light infantry is more rudimentary, each person is issued a short spear more than one meter long, and a few who have their own shields still carry the lid of their own pot.

But as the conqueror of Central Asia, the main force of the Mughal Empire never relied on native light infantry, but cavalry! With the conquest of the Turks in India by Babur the Great, the Mongols and Afghans were divided into two large empires, which were composed of two ranks: the cavalry of the small landlord class, which owned a small amount of land and hired natives to farm, and the cavalry, which owned more land and managed a certain area like a magistrate.

In addition, after the loss of the territory of Afghanistan and the inability to recruit the fierce and warlike mountain frontier people from Central Asia, the Mughal Empire also recruited a special army of hired cavalry from the Hindu subjects of northern India, the Lapujets, who were basically descendants of the White Huns, Kushans, Persians, Gazats, and even more distant descendants of the Greeks who had come with Alexander the Great, and the self-proclaimed noble-born Lapjets were no less powerful than their Central Asian counterparts.

With 5,000 Lapjet cavalry, more than 16,000 feudal knights, and more than 50,000 urban civilians, Nawab pulled out an army of more than 70,000 people in half a month.

In particular, there are more than a dozen war elephants in this unit.

The heavy elephant was blindfolded, and on both sides of the elephant tower on the elephant's back, there were two thick and black cannons, and as the cannon tossed a little, the face of the cloth sitting on the elephant's head became more and more gloomy and murderous.

Since the layout failed, and the two opponents did not kill each other until they fell as he hoped, then it was up to him to personally take the horse and completely destroy these two forces, and with such a strong strength at hand, he didn't believe that anyone else could resist it.

But Nawab forgot that the enemy on the battlefield is not terrible, but the enemy in the same uniform is terrible! Wu Sangui came to Bangladesh for three years, but it was not in vain, compared to the Dongjiang officials under Mao Jue, this old bureaucrat was born, and he often ran to give gifts and worship the eunuch as his father-in-law.

Not far from the central army formation in Nawab, the military governor Mir. Jabr, however, bowed his head and flipped through a parchment scroll to read it endlessly.

The letter was written by a monk Hewlett-Packard, and its content was naturally only Mir. Jabr himself knew, but this letter obviously pierced the heart of the Bengali military governor, his fist clattered in the parchment roll, and his thick beard twitched with the muscles on his face, but suddenly, the military governor, who was also a distant relative of the Mughal Empire, suddenly turned his head sharply, stared at the huge central military array, and his deep pupils revealed a murderous killing intent

The hot Indian subcontinent has been sharpened its knives, and when the soldiers are about to meet, the business trip team of Changping and Chiyoji also arrived in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province smoothly at this time.

The Ming Dynasty arranged more than 600,000 troops on the nine sides, including nearly 200,000 people in the three towns of Xuanda Shanxi, but Mao Jue took the policy of elite soldiers, this important place in the north, he only transferred the previous Lushun Guard Corps, only 80,000 people were stationed, so in order to make up for some gaps in defense, the Northern Railway from Beijing Taiyuan to Yulin was almost not completed later than the first longitudinal Xu Lei Railway.

The railway also brought new wealth to the hometown of these Jin merchants, because of the popularity of the steam engine, the demand for coal in the entire Northern Ming Dynasty increased dramatically, and a large number of coal bosses emerged here.

As soon as I got out of the car, the local tyrant atmosphere of the coal boss was already coming! Wearing a big-brimmed hat on her head and a dress like a flower butterfly, Chiyohime, who had been on the train for more than two days, jumped off the train with great interest, and she was immediately attracted by the train that came down.

It was a huge glass water tank, filled with seawater, and it was only possible to lift it up with seven or eight strong men with a pole, and the things in the water were strange enough, such as the large shrimp of the East China Sea the size of a train hook, the big yellow croaker and the small yellow croaker swimming around with their tails, and the grouper that was almost mixed with the stones, and a large number of large abalone attached to the glass wall.

"Wow, Sister Changping, come and see, shark!"

It's also a rich family, but Chiyohime has never seen so much raw seafood in her life, and she can't help but shout with joy.

The two guards followed behind him with a large box, also wearing a lady's big-brimmed hat, wearing a dark top, a black skirt, and black gloves on his little hands, Changping also got off the train like a black beauty, but looking at Chiyohime shouting there, Changping shook his head with a helpless wry smile.

She can also be regarded as a figure who has experienced the three dynasties, her father Chongzhen, advocating simplicity, thrifty food and clothing in the palace, and even patching the dragon robe when it is torn, eager to save every copper plate, but the court is getting poorer and poorer, and in the end he can't even get out one million taels of military expenses.

But her husband! I can't describe him with extravagance, just the grand racing competition, the poor and extravagant want to say that he is too appropriate, up and down, these rich businessmen are also extravagant enough, thousands of miles away to transport live seafood to the land of the three Jins, along the way there are special people who continue to blow air into the water tank, this cost, I am afraid that a fish will have to account for several times its own proportion of silver.

However, in the huge station, the people were wearing new clothes in later generations, carrying bulging salutes, eating full, and their faces were healthy and ruddy, which was much happier than the people in the Chongzhen period.

Why is that?

But before Changping could figure it out, a respectful salute interrupted her thoughts, and at some point, a big man in a scarlet robe walked up to him with a dozen subordinates and bowed heavily to himself.

"Meet Concubine Ming! Meet Concubine Fu! ”

"Oh! Lord Qu, please get up! Chiyo, come over quickly, Lord Qu is here to pick us up! ”

In the Mao Jue era, the relationship between men and women was finally much more normal, just like now, Qu Shiyun can sit in the same car with the two beautiful and bubbling imperial concubines in the open and right, walking opposite, and he is not afraid of any scandals.

However, this former Liaodong supervisor with an iron pot face was also a little too self-indulgent, and he didn't take the identity of the princess seriously at all, as soon as he got in the car, he had a gloomy old face, and asked bluntly like a businessman.

"Now that the imperial court has a great plan to appease the Mongolian tribes, the officials are busy, and more than two imperial concubines are coming to Jindi, what are you doing!"

That subtext, Lao Tzu is busy! You two don't have to look for trouble, can you?

Where did he encounter such disrespect, Chiyoji immediately pouted his little mouth angrily, but Changping smiled unchanged, and said with a smile: "Conquering Mongolia is a major event for the empire for thousands of generations, I think it was the ancestor Emperor Yingzong who mishandled it back then, and tens of thousands of Warat troops hit the capital division, so this time, on the orders of His Majesty, the Imperial Capital Daily will follow up and report on the opening of the entire Baoketu coal mine, and also show the merits of Lord Qu by the way!" ”

"Don't worry, my lord, Chiyo and I will only interview some questions, and we won't dictate to adults!"

Even if it's not good for money, reputation is also an irresistible temptation, I heard that Changping made a special trip to report on himself, even if he is a dead man, he can't help but smile slightly.

"In this case, today I invite the two Niangniang to stay at the Mansion Hotel first, and tomorrow, the next official will ask General Shen to send a team of imperial soldiers to escort Niangniang out of the customs!"

"There's Lord Lao!"

Everything is in line with future generations, behind this mansion, a special official guest hotel has been built, for lower-level officials to come to the provincial capital to meet and study and have a place to stay, Changping and Chiyoji have noble status, the best two top suites on the third floor were directly assigned to them, this luggage has not been moved, Chiyoji ran out with the ball to play, but Changping stared at the staff of the guest house to move all her things in and put them away.

After everyone walked away, they locked the door vigilantly, stretched out their hands and pulled down the curtains, Zhu Yujun took out the key, opened the locked big box, and just pushed the lid open, and a black thing came out.

"Woo woo woo !!"

The eyes are covered with eye patches, the small mouth is full of walnuts, the saliva is crystal flowing on the chest, the outline of the bulging rabbit is exposed, and it has been tied and locked in the box for more than two days, and even the toilet is tied.

But now, Changping still doesn't believe her, no way, there are too many intrigues and tricks she has experienced recently, she reached out and took off her blindfold, in the chirp of this chick's little face was red, Changping is a tree with a cold finger in front of her eyes.

"I'll be out of the customs tomorrow! You have to be honest with Hongu, or I'll kill you!" ”

Seeing Changping's serious little face, murderous eyes, and a smart shudder, this chick immediately clicked her little brain like a chick.

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