On December 29, the eleventh year of Chongzhen, the day before the Ming New Year, Emperor Chongzhen received two messages through the chat group.

The first news is that the Cossack tribes, except for a few ethnic groups, most of the ethnic groups led by Khmelnitsky are willing to accept the request of the Ming Dynasty to defect to the Ming Dynasty.

In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen was still very happy. The Cossacks, because of their difficult living conditions, were also brave and good at fighting. However, unlike what he remembered, most of the Cossacks were not the famous cavalry of later generations, but infantry troops.

In the original history, in the Cossack uprising against Poland led by Khmelnitsky, he realized that the Cossacks, with excellent infantry and strong chariot forts, would be defeated like the previous uprisings if they faced the famous Polish hussars.

Because Khmelnitsky asked to take revenge and then go to the Ming Jingshi, Emperor Chongzhen did not force it, agreed to his request, and gave him the surname Zhu of the Ming Dynasty, and after he made new contributions, he would be rewarded together.

Of course, if the Cossacks want to make military achievements, they must be trained by the Ming Dynasty and dispersed into various units.

After learning that it was a very glorious thing to be given a national surname by the emperor, Khmelnitsky was so happy that he simply changed his name and gave him the name Muming under the staff of Man Gui, and from then on, Khmelnitsky was officially called Zhu Muming.

It was also because of his example that most of the Cossacks who defected to the Ming Dynasty followed with great interest to change their names, and all of them changed their names to Chinese. This point made Zhu Muming unexpected, because it actually brought about the trend of changing his name. This trend even affected those serfs who defected to the Ming Dynasty. All these Xiyi are proud of the Ming Dynasty, whether it is clothing or surname, they are all the same, not to mention changing their names and surnames, and even their living habits have begun to imitate the Ming Dynasty.

Two days later, on the first day of the first month of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Man Gui reported another news, saying that the Ottoman Empire sent people to say that they were willing to unite with the Ming Dynasty and crusade against European countries together. However, he made a condition that he would get half of the land of Europe, and according to the Ottoman Empire, the most fertile places were to be given to the Ottomans.

In the chat group, Man Gui said to Emperor Chongzhen: "The envoy of the Ottoman Empire said that these Western Yi in Europe are garbage to them, as long as our Ming Dynasty is willing to become an ally of the Ottoman Empire, we will definitely be able to conquer the whole of Europe!" ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he scoffed at this, the Ottoman Empire really had this ability, why didn't it take the initiative to fight Europe by itself, and take the initiative to come over to talk to the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking so, he replied to Man Gui in the chat group: "Man Qing will reply to them, in the eyes of my Ming Dynasty, not only the nobles of European countries are garbage, but even the nobles of his Ottoman Empire are garbage, and my Ming Dynasty sent troops to the west to kill all the garbage." ”

If it had been before, maybe Daming wouldn't have had this confidence. But now, a scientific and technological power, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty has been fully told to develop, and it was originally planned to occupy the world and liberate all mankind. Since the Ottoman Empire was so ignorant, it was natural to show its attitude.

When Man Gui heard this, he was very angry, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly agreed, conveyed the emperor's words to the Ottoman envoy, and drove him away.

The envoy of the Ottoman Empire was very surprised by this, and he hated it in his heart, and after leaving the sight of the Ming army, he scolded and scolded that he must look good in the Ming Dynasty, and hurried back to tell Murad IV.

In a blink of an eye, on the 15th day of February in the 12th year of Chongzhen, the northern army of the Mughal Empire finally withdrew and rested. After much consideration, Shah Jahan made the decision to pro-conquest.

In the palace, he said to his subordinates: "This time to send a national army to conquer the Ming Kingdom, Ben Khan needs a general who can share the pressure on Ben Khan's flank, withstand the start of the war, and attack on the flank of the Goa Ming army." Is there a suitable candidate? “

Shah Jahan made the decision to fight the snake seven inches, and he believed that the focus of the attack must be the Ming army in Bengal. Only by defeating the Ming army here and advancing the battle line to Dongwu, it is better to defeat Dongwu, in this way, Goa is a lone army, and it will be easy for him to go back and destroy the Ming army in Goa.

On the contrary, if he attacks the Goa Ming army first, the Ming army on the Bengal side will continue to send troops to attack the flank of the army, which is a very dangerous thing.

As soon as Shah Jahan's words fell, a young man from the nearest crowd immediately stood up and volunteered to respond: "Great father Khan, sons are willing to lead an army against Goa!" Erchen promised that even if Goa could not be defeated, the Ming army in Goa would not have any impact on the army of his father Khan! ”

When Shah Jahan heard this, he found that it was his third son, Aurangzeb, and couldn't help but nod slightly. This son, who is usually known for his resourcefulness and is especially good at martial arts, is indeed a good candidate.

He saw that the other sons were hesitant at first, but now that Aurangzeb had stepped forward, they seemed a little moved, and he couldn't help but be disappointed, so he smiled and asked, "Very good, how many men do you need?" ”

"It is reported that the Ming army in Goa that can maneuver is only a thousand cavalry troops and two thousand infantry troops." Aurangzeb said confidently, "Therefore, the retainers only need two thousand cavalry, and three thousand local troops are enough!" ”

He didn't ask for a lot of troops, but Shah Jahan was satisfied, and believed in his son's ability, so he nodded and agreed. The ministers below also patted their ass, saying that as long as Prince Aurangzeb came out, Goa would be fine. Maybe it can be defeated by Prince Aurangzeb, and Goa is not necessarily.

In the original history, this Prince Aurangzeb was indeed a capable man, he not only defeated several of his brothers in the battle for the throne, but even imprisoned his father Khan. It can be said that his throne was actually taken by him by force.

Later, under his rule, the Mughal dynasty expanded abroad. However, the Mughal Empire was also under his rule, and civil strife began to occur, and the forces that rebelled against him within the empire rose one after another, and they could not be extinguished at all. As a result, the Mughal Empire turned from prosperity to decline.

After the plan was completed, the Mughal Empire declared war on the Ming Dynasty, anyway, the excuse was that the Ming Dynasty deceived people too much, and the Bengal that occupied the Mughal Empire was not returned.

Shah Jahan personally led an army of 100,000 and countless auxiliaries to the east to Bengal, claiming to be one million. At the same time, Aurangzeb led 5,000 men and horses and twice as many auxiliaries as he marched to Goa, while attacking the Ming army.

As soon as Shah Jahan took the oath of departing, Emperor Chongzhen received the news. In response, he immediately created a new temporary group, named the "Mughal Campaign". Among the people who entered the group were Liang Xiaozhen of the Navy, Zhang Fengyi (representing Ma Xianglin) and Deng Kelu of the Army, Min Hongxue, Gu Shi Khan, and Lu Xiangsheng, the secretary of the Military Department.

Among them, it was the first time that Gushi Khan was pulled into the temporary group because of the war, and when he saw the name of this temporary group, he couldn't help but be secretly surprised.

You must know that in the past, if there was a battle in a certain place, it was called a battle in a certain place, such as this battle, the main battle was in Bangladesh, which can be called the Bengal campaign. But Emperor Chongzhen directly named it the "Mughal Campaign", and it was obvious that for him, this war was to solve the entire Mughal Empire.

Gu Shi Khan felt that there was a great force rushing to his face. But when he thought about it, it didn't seem strange. This battle should indeed be able to solve the Mughal Empire, not to mention the full occupation, at least it can be disabled, he thinks there is no problem.

In this battle, Min Hongxue commanded it in a unified manner. Ordinary people were silent, only the Jinyi Wei secret agents from all over the country told the information about the army of the Mughal Empire from time to time, and then, except for Emperor Chongzhen, only Min Hongxue was issuing orders.

Gushi Khan also personally led the army this time, gathered all the elites under his command, and marched on the uninhabited Tibetan plateau. The distance is calculated, and after getting off the plateau, we will take a break. When the war in Bangladesh starts, he can do it.

And Liang Xiaozhen's side has also transported the Ming army and the Tang army that were originally in Bangladesh to wait in the Lion Country. When the time comes, the army commander will be Deng Kelu. The reason for this distribution is that the Bengali army, which has been stationed here for a long time, is familiar with the situation of the Mughal Empire, and after returning to land, it can also be well understood.

The second reason is that you don't have to wait for the Ming army in the Ming Dynasty to come over, and you can deploy your troops to the Lion Country. And the domestic army came over just in time to take over the defense of Bengal.

All these preparations were planned according to the itinerary of the Mughal Empire's army, and everything was prepared before the Mughal Empire's army came.

Shah Jahan naturally didn't know anything about this. He led the army across the country, and with so many people along the way, it was like a vicious wolf crossing the border, stirring up chickens and dogs in the place.

When I heard that the Great Khan was coming, I had to prepare grain and grass! The magistrates should meet the Great Khan! Let the people of the land avoid the army! Anyway, there are a lot of things, and because of the war in the local area for many years, life has been difficult, and now it is even worse.

The march was very inked, and it was not until a month later that it reached Bengal. Then it began to enter a state of war.

"Report, I found out that the Ming army didn't collect it at night!"

"Report, our army scouts and the Ming army are not collecting at night, and they have all been killed and wounded, and now the Ming army has retreated without collecting at night!"

"Report, the villages and towns in front are uninhabited, and it is suspected that it was caused by the Ming army's drive!"

“……”

Shah Jahan listened to the reports one by one and didn't pay much attention. The strength of the whole country to commit crimes, relying on strength is strength, no matter what conspiracy the Ming army has, it is to directly crush the past with strength.

As the army continued to penetrate into Bengal, Shah Jahan and others saw that the villages and towns along the way were uninhabited. In this regard, he said disdainfully: "Want to clear the wilderness? Hehe, I don't want to think about where Ben Khan is behind it? ”

However, he was also a veteran of the war after all, so he issued another order, requiring additional scouts to be sent to probe the area around the army and prevent the Ming army from sneaking around the back to cut off his food route.

"The Great Khan is wise, as long as there is no problem with our grain route, this battle will be won!"

"Yes, the Great Khan has sent heavy troops to escort grain and grass, how can the Ming army sneak attack!"

"There are only 10,000 people in the Ming army, even if the Tang State reinforces them, 20,000 people will reach the sky. The Great Khan led us all the way over, how dare the Ming army divide its troops! ”

"Yes, just look at the strategy they used to clear the wilderness, if the troops are sufficient, how can they use this strategy of clearing the wilderness!"

“……”

Listening to the discussion of his entourage ministers and generals, Shah Jahan smiled silently. You must know that you are attacking with the strength of the whole country, just thinking of crushing it with strong strength, so that the Ming State will not have time to transfer troops from distant countries. Killing chickens with a knife is nothing more than that!

Generally speaking, he was right. However, if Shah Jahan knew that Emperor Chongzhen had such an artifact as a chat group, he would not think so. But alas, he didn't know!

Shah Jahan led the army, pushed all the way over, or marched all the way, basically without fighting, until Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, finally saw the banner of the Ming army.

The cavalry of the Mughal Empire roared back and forth around Dhaka, sometimes going far away, or from a distance. Outside the city of Dhaka, there are all cavalry troops of the Mughal Empire.

Shah Jahan sat on his horse and looked at the heavily guarded city of Dhaka. Then he sneered, pointed at Dhaka with a horsewhip and said: "All the armies rest and recuperate, build siege equipment, Ben Khan wants to hang all the Ming troops in the city on the city wall!" ”

His subordinates agreed with a bang, and then the army set up camp, and the entire Dhaka field, densely packed, was all the camp tents of the Mughal imperial army, so to speak, there was no end in sight.

A day later, the scouts reported that there were no other Ming troops within a hundred miles of Dhaka.

When Shah Jahan heard this, he was more sure in his heart, and immediately laughed and said: "The army of the lonely city, without reinforcements, there is only one end of the city." ”

When his courtiers heard this, they all chimed in.

"With the Great Khan here, even if the Ming army sends people back to ask for help, it won't be useful!"

"Yes, by the time the Ming reinforcements arrived, we would have already broken through the city!"

"That is, it is estimated that the Ming army in the city is trembling at this time, haha!"

“……”

However, what they didn't expect was that at this time in Dhaka City, Min Hongxue was playing chess with Ma Xianglin, and Zhang Fengyi was pouring tea on the side. Looking at this leisurely appearance, people who don't know still think that they are resting there!

It's not that they're pretending, but there's really nothing to worry about. Things have been arranged, and the enemy outside the city has not attacked the city, with the military strength and materials in the city, even if it is a frontal bar, it will not be afraid, and now it is alone in the city, not going out to fight, just showing that the enemy is weak!