Chapter 222: The Great Defeat of the Delhi Sultanate

After Zhu Han entered the city, Duan Gong led his civil and military generals to come to meet him immediately.

For Duan Gong, Zhu Han's first impression of him is still very good.

Duan Gong led his more than 10,000 remnants of the defeated generals to open up a situation here in India and Bengal.

It shows that Duan Gong still has some ability in his hands.

It's just that before the arrival of the Ming army, several raids launched by Duan Gong were defeated, which made Duan Gong and his men a little discouraged.

If it weren't for the timely arrival of the Ming fleet led by Zhu Han, maybe his morale might really fall into a state of collapse.

Zhu Han also asked Duan Gong about some of the troops of the Delhi Sultanate and its deployment.

Soon.

Zhu Han has a clear understanding of the situation between the enemy and us.

The Delhi Sultanate had a total of more than 100,000 troops, and the strongest fighting force was the Tianfang mercenaries under the command of Timur, with a number of about 20,000.

The second was the Grangu Praetorian Guard, commanded by the Delhi Sultan, with about 30,000 men.

The rest of the Delhi Sultan's *** team are all militia and strong men drawn from all over Tianzhu, almost all of them are Brahmans, and their combat effectiveness is very low, these Delhi Sultans have a tendon in their heads, and they do not dare to resist the rulers of the Heavenly Sect who drove them to death, and they walked very thoroughly on the road of sending cannon fodder to death, which consumed a lot of energy and gunpowder under Duan Gong.

On the side of the Ming army, Zhu Han led more than 8,000 people to land, and Duan Gong's remnants were less than 10,000 defeated.

In addition, Duan Gong also recruited a group of local Tianzhu soldiers around the city of Xindali, these soldiers are also Brahmins, and their combat effectiveness is naturally not high, if they want to go out of the city to fight, let alone meet Timur's river cavalry, even if they fight against the Gragu Praetorian Guard, they will be defeated very ugly.

"Our army is 20,000 people, the enemy army is 100,000, one fights five, our advantage is still very great."

Zhu Han still smiled very confidently after making a comparison of the strength of the enemy and me.

Duan Gong and his generals were all shocked by Zhu Hanran's confident attitude.

They all felt that Zhu Han was full of determination to win this battle.

Duan Gong was thoughtful, and it was not easy to achieve this goal, and then asked, "Your Highness, how can we win?"

Zhu Han smiled and said, "You don't need to worry, I have my own way. What I need you to do now is to cooperate with my actions and lead the soldiers and horses to defend the new Dali City."

Duan Gong was shocked, and hurriedly asked, "Your Highness, what do you mean by this, do you want to go out of the city to attack the Tianzhu barbarian?"

Zhu Han nodded with a smile and said, "The Tianzhu barbarian is just a local chicken and a dog, and that lame Timur still has some skills, but it is not enough to see in front of my Ming soldiers, so this king personally went out of the city and led the army to defeat them."

Duan Gong and his generals couldn't believe that it was Zhu Han who said that this plan was true.

That's a dozen of ten.

10,000 Ming troops against 100,000 Delhi Sultan*** team.

Duan Gong and his subordinates had their heads broken, and they didn't know how Zhu Han would operate in order to win this war.

….

Zhu Han smiled mysteriously and didn't explain too much.

Duan Gong and his subordinates are all the army of Dali, Yunnan, although under the banner of the Ming army, but it is not the same thing as the orthodox Ming army at all, and they naturally can't understand how strong the combat effectiveness of the Ming army has become.

The army of the Delhi Sultanate was rotten, and the real threat was the more than 20,000 river cavalry led by Timur the Lame.

"Lame Timur, this miraculous historical trajectory."

The only person Zhu Han feared in his heart was this Timur, as a famous tyrant ruler in the history of Central Asia, Timur laid a very vast Timurid empire in history.

The Golden Horde was defeated in the north, the Ottomans in the west, Tianzhu in the south, and only in the east

When the Ming Dynasty provoked, without further action, he suddenly fell ill and died.

History has left a huge mystery, that is, the lame Timur vs. the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di, who will achieve the final victory?

And Zhu Han led the Ming army to Tianzhu in person this time, and met the young Timur by mistake, Zhu Han naturally would not let go of this opportunity to defeat Timur and correct the name of the Ming Dynasty.

Early the next morning.

Zhu Han sent an envoy to deliver a report to Sultan Firuz Shah of the Delhi Sultanate in the name of Prince Daming Auxiliary Prince.

Zhu Han asked for a dignified head-to-head showdown with the Delhi Sultans.

If the Ming army is defeated, then he will not only hand over the land in and around the new Dali City, but also ensure that the Ming army will never set foot in Tianzhu again.

If the Delhi Sultanate fails, the Bengal region is to be ceded to the Ming Dynasty.

Such an arrogant attitude immediately made Delhi Sultan Firuzisha very angry.

"Dare to challenge the Great Sultan?! Only a coward would back down and go back and tell your master that I, Firuzisha, have been blessed by *** and accepted his challenge!" Firuzisha shouted loudly in the barracks.

After Zhu Han learned that Firuzisha had accepted his challenge, he immediately ordered Lan Yu to hurry up and prepare to go out of the city to fight.

Although the Ming army sailed at sea for a relatively long time, when sailing, a large number of canned fruits and vegetables were hoarded on board, and sepsis and other diseases common in navigation in this era did not break out.

The soldiers of the Ming army were full of physical strength and had high fighting spirits.

Zhu Han ordered that many light guns on the battleship be dismantled and transported to land.

Less than 10,000 soldiers of the Ming Army were equipped with more than 130 large and small artillery pieces.

Moreover, these guns are all very advanced new Hongwu artillery, with light gun mounts, which can accompany the infantry on the battlefield.

Zhu Han and Firuzisha agreed that the date of the battle would be two days later.

Two days came quickly.

Zhu Han led his Ming army out of the city to line up.

The Ming army was dominated by infantry, with Lan Yu commanding the infantry.

The small number of cavalry on the left and right flanks was led by Duan Gong's subordinate general Yang Wuving.

Zhu Han personally commanded the artillery to sit in the Chinese army.

Seeing the Ming army marching out of the city and slowly advancing towards him, Firuzisha smiled arrogantly.

….

The Delhi Sultanate had an army of 100,000 and the Ming army on the opposite side was only 10,000, and Firuzisha could not think of any reason for his defeat.

What's more, the Ming army has been sailing on the sea for a long time, and its physical strength must be seriously lacking, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers must be very low, how can it resist their own 100,000 troops?

It's a battle without suspense!

However, Firuzisha was unusually cautious and ordered his men to send more people on patrol.

In Firuzisha's opinion, the Ming army would never be stupid enough to engage in hand-to-hand combat with them, so their means must be long-range shooting.

The small number of muskets and artillery equipped in Duan Gong's army had already caused Firuz Shah's Delhi Sultan's *** team to suffer a lot of losses.

The musket was so powerful that Firuzisha had suffered so much that he hated firearms.

Therefore, in order to prevent the Ming army from using long-range firepower to attack him, Firuzisha ordered Timur to lead the river cavalry to charge the Ming army immediately after the battle began, so as not to give the Ming army a chance to give full play to its firepower superiority.

However, Firuzisha would never have thought that the firepower of the Ming army was not at the same level as Duan Gong's firepower at all.

There were only one or two hundred muskets in Duan Gong's army, and the artillery was only a dozen or so small cannons.

The Ming army commanded by Zhu Han had more than 3,000 musketeers, and with more than 130 field artillery, it was enough to form a barrage of death that made all enemies desperate.

Firuzisha did not realize what a terrible enemy he was facing.

In sight of the Ming army

Closing in on him, Firuzsha gave the order to attack.

The army of the Delhi Sultanate was like a black tide, slaughtering the Ming army under the command of Zhu Han.

Firuzisha's eyes were full of excitement, in his opinion it was a one-sided massacre, and the Ming army was destined to be wiped out by itself.

The two sides are getting closer and closer.

The morale of the Ming army was high, and under the command of the military order, they pulled the trigger one after another and shot lead shots at the enemy.

Bang bang bang!

After a volley, the infantry of the Delhi Sultanate fell in large numbers, and the accumulation of corpses blocked the charge.

It's just that these Tianzhu soldiers are some cannon fodder for the Delhi Sultanate, and no matter how much they die, Firuzisha will not feel distressed.

But.

The powerful firepower of the 3,000 musketeers of the Ming army still shocked Firuzisha.

With such a powerful firepower, it is simply impossible for the body to withstand it.

Those *** Tianzhu indigenous soldiers, even if they are numb, will definitely be demoralized by these powerful firepower.

In order to prevent the infantry of the Delhi Sultanate from collapsing prematurely, Firuzisha ordered his younger brother, Prince Manuel, to command part of the Gracchus Guards and attack the Ming army from the left flank, while Timur commanded the river cavalry to attack the Ming army from the right flank.

All of a sudden, the elite cavalry of the Delhi Sultanate charged the Ming army with overwhelming momentum.

Regarding the changes in the situation on the battlefield, Zhu Han did not panic at all, and he commanded his artillery to respond calmly.

When the cavalry of the Delhi Sultanate entered the firing range, Zhu Han gave an order, and the Ming artillery immediately roared.

….

Thundered......!

The dense cannonballs made an arc in the air and smashed into the middle of the cavalry of the Delhi Sultanate, killing hundreds of cavalrymen in an instant.

"Bastard, damn it!"

Seeing this situation, Firuzisha couldn't help but scold.

This kind of artillery is so ferocious, it is like a scythe of death that harvests life, as long as it is hit, it is a serious injury if you are lucky enough not to die!

But the artillery of the Ming army was fired one after another, and in the eyes of the Delhi Sultan's army, it seemed as if it would never stop, and every few moments, another wave of shells struck.

These shells cut arcs in the air and continued to fall fiercely on the army of the Delhi Sultanate, immediately setting off a bloody rain.

This cannon is so terrifying, it is like a hellish weapon made by a magician, and it can kill many people with one piece.

However, even if the artillery of the Ming army was fierce, Firuzisha still thought that this was a war without suspense.

Firuzisha was convinced that as long as the cavalry of the Delhi Sultanate rushed to the Ming positions, it would be a one-sided massacre.

Whether it is ironclad cavalry or light cavalry, their combat power is extremely amazing, as long as it is in close combat, no one can defeat the cavalry.

As the cavalry of the Delhi Sultanate approached, Zhu Han continued to command artillery fire steadily.

It's just that this time the Ming artillery fired not solid bullets, but scattered bullets filled with hundreds of iron sand.

With an order, another round of artillery bombardment by the Ming army began.

Although the range of this scatterball is shorter, it is more powerful and more lethal.

After the gun is discharged, the projectile will present a huge fan-shaped impact surface, and the enemy within a few dozen steps will be hit, and there is no escape at all.

In just a few seconds, the cavalry of the Delhi Sultanate suffered huge losses.

"Retreat, retreat, don't get close to the enemy's artillery!"

Seeing the power of the Ming artillery, Timur was so frightened that he hurriedly turned the dock and led his river cavalry to distance himself from the Ming army.

Boom Boom!

The artillery is still firing.

The artillery of the Ming army was so powerful that hundreds of enemies fell to the ground in a single salvo.

This two-wing charge of the cavalry of the Delhi Sultanate not only failed to achieve the goal of intimidating the enemy, but paid a heavy price for itself.

Prince Manuel had the same idea as Timur, and immediately commanded the cavalry of the Gracchus Praetorian Guard to hurriedly retreat.

It's just that it's too late.

The artillery of the Ming army had already locked on the cavalry of the Delhi Sultanate and did not allow them to go out of range at all.

The artillery of the Ming army kept pouring shells at the fleeing cavalry.

"Boom boom~~!"

The cannon roared, and the smoke billowed out.

The artillery of the Ming army was like a torrential rain, spewing deadly iron.

Under such intensive shelling, the cavalry of the Filuz country could not dodge at all, and whether they escaped or continued to charge, they were in a dangerous range.

When Manuel saw the deaths of his soldiers one after another, his heart suddenly became fierce.

Manuel exclaimed, "Allahu Akbar!"

….

Then, he led the Gracchus cavalry and charged hard.

It's just that this desperate charge doesn't help.

In front of the artillery of the Ming army, they looked so vulnerable.

After paying a heavy price for casualties, although part of the Gragu cavalry rushed to the Ming infantry position.

But.

The infantry of the Ming army under the command of Lan Yu calmly faced these cavalry.

The spearmen of the infantry of the Ming army used their spears to block the approach of the cavalry of the Delhi Sultanate.

The musketeers behind the spearmen used their flintlock pistols to shoot the cavalry of the Delhi Sultanate in front of them.

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As one by one the cavalry of the Delhi Sultanate fell off their horses, the sword and shield men of the Ming army shuttled out of the camp and completely killed these lone cavalry of the Delhi Sultanate.

The Ming army's spearmen, musketeers, and sword and shield soldiers coordinated seamlessly, and a whole set of processes for harvesting the enemy went smoothly.

The first assault of the Delhi Sultanate ended in a complete defeat, with hundreds of cavalry and infantry killed in the confrontation, and the Ming army did not even suffer a single hair.

Prince Manuel, the younger brother of the Sultan of Firuz Shah, was also lightly wounded in the charge, and fled with the remnants of his defeated army.

"Your Majesty, the enemy is too strong!"

Prince Manuel's face was pale, with blood hanging from the corners of his mouth, and he looked embarrassed.

"Dare to provoke the great Sultan."

Firuzisha was furious: "How can I, the Sultan of Delhi, lose to so few Orientals? I am absolutely not convinced, and today, I want to use the blood of the enemy to tell all *** believers who is the true prophet guardian!"

Firuzisha's eyes were red, and he roared angrily, "Give me the order, and the whole army will charge!"

Under Firuzisha's frantic shouting, the infantry that had fled turned around again, preparing to reline and rush to the position of the Ming army.

Da Ming: Brother, the monk has no future, let's rebel.

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