Chapter 779: South Asia (3)

News of Peshawar's fall and slaughter soon reached Delhi, and the Mughal Emperor Sharjah Khan summoned the crown prince Olon Zeb.

Olenzeb has just turned 35 years old this year, and he is in the prime of life. In recent years, he led the army of the Mughal Empire to conquer the princely states of Marat, Bijapur and Ahom, and almost the entire South Asian subcontinent was incorporated into the territory of the Mughal Empire.

According to the original historical trajectory, it would take another five years for Olentzeb to usurp the throne, and then conquer the east and west, expanding the territory of the Mughal Empire to the extreme.

"Abu, why are you in such a hurry to call your retainer back to Delhi?" Ollenzeb was a little displeased, because the war between the front army and the princely state of Gorkunda had entered a critical period, and it would be possible to distinguish the victory and defeat after a while, but now that the army returned to the division, the previous efforts were in vain.

Sharjah Khan sighed lightly and said helplessly: "I'm afraid our Mughal Empire is going to be in big trouble." ”

"What do you mean?" Orenzeb frowned and asked,

"Who qualifies to be the big trouble for our Mughal Empire? Was it the Sawifa Empire in Persia that invaded? Or the Hoshut Khanate of the northern plateau? Seeing that Sharjah Khan just shook his head, Olon Zebu said: "The Taungoo Dynasty of Burma? ”

"It's not the Donghu Dynasty either." Sharjah Khan shook his head again,

"The Taungoo dynasty is not yet a threat to our Mughal dynasty."

"Where is that enemy?" Olenzeb said,

"My son really can't remember, apart from these, what other country can threaten us?"

"It's Da Ming." Sharjah Khan said word by word,

"The Ming Empire."

"Da Ming?" Oren Zeb said incredulously,

"How is that possible?" After a pause, Olenzebu said again: "There are tens of thousands of miles between us and the Ming Dynasty, can the Ming Dynasty army still fly from the sky?" Could it be a mistake? Sharjah Khan shook his head and said: "Olon Zeb, you have been fighting with the southern princely states for the past few years, so you don't know much about what is happening in the north, but in fact, in recent years, the Ming Dynasty army has conquered many khanates on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Pamir Plateau in the Central Plains, and now its troops are directly aimed at our Mughal Empire." ”

"Were the khanates of the Tibetan Plateau and the Pamirs conquered by the Ming Dynasty?" Orenzeb couldn't help but look awkward,

"If that's the case, it's really possible for the Ming to threaten our Mughal Empire."

"Son, it's not possible, but it's already a mortal threat to our Mughal Empire." Sharjah Khan said,

"Less than three days ago, a Ming army had captured Peshawar and slaughtered hundreds of thousands of untouchables, thousands of high-caste nobles and tens of thousands of monks in the city!"

"Is this the case?" Ollenzeb's expression began to grow grim,

"How many troops did the Ming Dynasty send?"

"It is said that there are hundreds of thousands of troops." Sharjah Khan said worriedly,

"It also included the vassals of the Pamirs, the Transo, and the Khorezm khanates."

"Hundreds of thousands?" Orenzeb was stunned,

"And the Servant Army?" Sharjah Khan said: "It is said that the firearms of the Ming Dynasty army are very sharp, which is different from the enemies we have encountered before, and the 30,000 elite soldiers of Peshawar are said to have been defeated by the Ming army in less than an hour. Olon Zeb no longer wanted to listen to the nonsense of Sharjah Khan, and said: "Abu, I will gather the army of the whole country, and the armies of the various princely states, and gather almost half a million men, and levy another million untouchables to carry the baggage, but this requires your authorization, your will. Without thinking, Sharjah Khan handed over the power in his hands to Olentzeb.

"Olonzeb, I have handed over all the troops of the Mughal Empire to you, and I have also entrusted you with the future of the Mughal Empire, and I hope that you will defeat the Ming army no matter what."

"Of course." Olenzeb nodded happily. But in Ollenzeb's heart, the first thought was to usurp the throne.

In Olenzeb's opinion, Sharjah Khan is already old, and it is better to give him the emperor's throne to sit on him, and as for himself, it is better to live in the castle of Agra and play with prostitutes.

…… Zhu Cijiong received a new toy. Two student soldiers were seen turning the handle of a machine, and then passing through the so-called

The "wire" connects this machine to another machine, and then the sound of the beep is heard.

After a while, responsible for the operation of the so-called

The trainees of the "radio station" took off their headphones. Then, the student translated the transcribed Arabic numerals into words one by one in front of a "Biography", and finally corrected it and handed it to Zhu Cijiong.

Zhu Cijiong took the copy paper with some surprise. But I saw that only a simple sentence was written on the paper: The Mara Dynasty of Nepal has been extinguished, and is leading the 2nd Cavalry Army to march towards Delhi, Li Yan, March 10, Chongzhen 26.

"What's going on?" Zhu Cijiong asked with a confused expression.

"King Ding, this is the military situation of General Li Yan's department." The student replied.

"Of course I know that this is the military intelligence of Li Yan's department." Zhu Cijiong said,

"I mean, you can only know the military situation of Li Yan's department after tinkering with these two machines for a while?" The student soldier said with a smile: "King Ding, not only the military situation of Li Yan's department, but even the military situation of the three major fleets of the Navy and the 3rd Division of the Army personally commanded by the Holy Lord can be known in time, and even what major events have happened in the two capitals can also be transmitted in time through the radio station, which can be transmitted thousands of miles in an instant. ”

"Really?" Zhu Cijiong obviously didn't believe it. Xia Wanchun, Hu Guozhu and other cavalry generals were also suspicious.

Spread thousands of miles in an instant, isn't that the tailwind ear in the Journey to the West? The student soldier said, "If King Ding doesn't believe him, you can contact the Holy Lord now." ”

"Okay, you can send a telegram to your father now, in addition to greeting your father, then ask where the main forces of the three major fleets of the navy are now? Did you run into trouble along the way? ”…… In Manila, the officers and men of the 3rd Division are cleaning up the battlefield.

Not long ago, the 8th Brigade of the 3rd Division, with the cooperation of the navy, captured the city of Manila and slaughtered the Dutch and indigenous people in the city.

Chongzhen actually didn't want to slaughter the city. But war is a monster, and no matter how sane a person is, he will become a beast once he falls into it.

Due to the sacrifice of many soldiers during the attack on the fortress of Manila, the soldiers of the 8th Brigade could not suppress the desire to kill in their hearts after the city was broken, so they went on a killing spree.

But Chongzhen thought about it, only this once, not as an example. Jiang Tianyi suddenly came forward with a telegram copy paper: "Shengshang, the radio station allocated to the 1st Cavalry Army has also been sent to Dingwang's army, and Dingwang sent a telegram to Shengshang asking for peace as soon as possible. ”

"Really?" Chongzhen asked with a smile,

"What else did King Ding say?" Jiang Tianyi: "King Ding asked where the Holy Lord is fighting now?" Did you run into trouble along the way? ”

"This kid is quite concerned about me." Chongzhen said with a smile,

"Immediately give Wang a call back, just say that the Dutch expeditionary fleet has been completely wiped out by our Ming Navy, let him not worry, but the Mughal Empire is a small hegemon in South Asia, let him and Li Yan not underestimate the enemy no matter what, be cautious." …… In less than a moment, Chongzhen's reply was placed in front of Zhu Cijiong.

"Huh? This ......" Zhu Cijiong was completely shocked at this time,

"Is this really a call back from my father?"

"Of course, this is a call back from the Holy One." The student soldier said helplessly,

"Who in the whole world would dare to pretend to be the Holy Given King to reply to the telegram?"

"It's true." Xia Wanchun and the others were also surprised. At that moment, Zhu Cijiong and several division commanders and deputy division commanders were all around the radio station, curious.

Xia Wanchun said: "This radio station is simply a tailwind, we have this thing, even if multiple armies are divided into joint attacks, we will not worry about losing the deadline." "In ancient warfare, why was it taboo to divide troops?

The most feared thing is to miss the deadline, that is, to be unable to reach the designated area at the specified time, once one army reaches the designated position at the specified time, and the other road does not arrive, it is easy to have problems, and it is easy to be broken by the enemy.

This is how the Battle of Salhu, which was related to the fortunes of the Ming Dynasty, failed. The opposite example is that the battle of Mobei during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty won the victory, when Wei Qing and Huo Quai's two armies were also divided into joint attacks, but the two armies reached the designated position at the specified time, and finally hit the Xiongnu hard, the fly in the ointment is that Li Guang sent by Wei Qing missed the time limit, resulting in the Xiongnu army not being completely annihilated.

It can be seen that Yang Hao's split attack tactics are actually no problem, and they are a good tactic. It's a pity that Yang Manuscript has a problem with the coach selected by the Four Roads Army, especially Li Rubai is simply a coward, and Juniper and Liu Wei are just generals, not handsome, which ultimately led to the fiasco of the Battle of Salhu.

But now, the Ming army has a radio station, so there is no need to worry about missing the deadline. Because which army reached what position at what time, the other road or more roads can be known in time, so that the faster army can stop in place and wait, and the slower army needs to speed up, and finally ensure that two or more armies arrive at the designated position at the same time and launch an attack.

Zhu Cijiong even asked: "By the way, how many radio stations did the Internal Affairs Office send?" ”

"Four radios." Xia Wanchun asked,

"King Ding, are you planning to divide your troops?"

"Yes, I want to divide the troops." Zhu Cijiong smiled,

"Didn't my father say in the telegram, the Mughal Empire is a small tyrant, and its strength is still very strong, so let's give him a virtual plan, if nothing else, after the loss of Peshawar, the Mughal Empire will definitely gather heavy troops to fight with our army, we will leave one side division to attract the attention of the Mughal army, and the other side army will detour from the flank and take Delhi directly, and the other two partial divisions will ambush in the middle of the road, and then suddenly kill the ......Mughal army when they return to Delhi."