Chapter 428: Liwei

"Drive! Drive! Drive! ”

Soon after the Qianqing Palace discussed the government, led by two fast horses, a group of hundreds of cavalry rushed out of Beijing City at a galloping speed, and then, along the Baoding-Kaifeng-Nanyang-Xiangyang-Jingzhou-Guiyang-Kunming-Ava line, almost from south to north across half of the Qing Dynasty, in less than half a month, they rushed to the garrison of Yuzhong.

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"Hehe, the two elder brothers came so quickly......"

It seemed that he had expected that someone would come to him, Yu Zhong did not seem so surprised, but he still warmly greeted people to arrange accommodation for hundreds of people in this group, and the two leaders were invited by him to his residence.

"With the Holy Mandate in place, how can you not be in a hurry? General Yu, when do you plan to raise troops to destroy Dagon's Xikou army? The last general is willing to lead the troops into battle! "Yinyu's 'sex' is anxious, and as soon as he finishes the holy decree, he asks for his life from Yuzhong.

"Raise the army Dagon? The fourteenth elder brother seems to be eager to fight. It's really ambitious. But,......" Yu Zhong smiled and looked at the young man in front of him, "The emperor only ordered me to lead the troops to support India, but he didn't let me go to the enemy army in Dagon!" ……”

"General Yu ......" Yinxiang, who was listening, was suffocated by Yu Zhong's words. It was not easy for him and Yinyu to get Kangxi to agree to serve in front of the Chinese army, naturally hoping to take this opportunity to make great contributions. However, when they came, the two of them also thought very clearly, that is, although Yu Zhong's subordinates did not dare to say that they were fierce generals, they often proposed that one was not a good stubble. It can be said that there are really no ordinary characters who can be released by Yu Zhong to block one side alone. The previous Nian Qianyao, the later Yue Zhongqi, and the nearest Murcha...... These people are even Nian Qianyao, who has made the least meritorious contributions, and he is also a well-known general. And the two of them are newcomers, Yu Zhong and the others don't know their skills, plus they are princes, if Yu Zhong is afraid, he doesn't dare to let them go to war. So, didn't the two come for nothing? Therefore, the two of them plan to ask Yu Zhong for war as soon as they arrive at the place, and before the additional reinforcements sent by Kangxi arrive, it is best to make a contribution first, so that they can not only establish their authority, but also lay the foundation for the future march and war. So. When the two of them just left the capital, they took Dagong to heart, and as soon as they arrived at the place, they wanted to ask Yu Zhong to fight. But now listening to Yu Zhong's words, he seems to have no intention of engaging Dagon's enemy forces.

"If we don't destroy Sikou in Dagon first, won't our army's rear road be in danger at any time? General Yu, don't be joking! Yinxiang originally wanted to be close to Yu Zhong and call him "auntie" a few times, but he was familiar with Mo Ying, but he was not very close to Yu Zhong, and the last time the two met was ten years ago. He was still young then. It's reasonable to call him "auntie", but now that he has become a person, it's a little embarrassing to call him like that. Again. Recently, Kangxi's attitude towards the middle of the people has made him still have to be more distant from the middle group of people. You must know that the last time I went to ask Old Man Fei to help ask Kangxi for war, after returning to the palace, he and Yinyu were severely reprimanded by Kangxi.

"Dangerous back road? Well...... There is some truth to it! Yu Zhong grinned and smashed his mouth, "It's just, two elder brothers, do you think Dagon's enemy army dares to come and cut off my back road?" ”

"General Yu, do you mean to divide a group of soldiers and horses to stay behind, so that Dagon's Xikou will not dare to come?" Yinyu asked.

"I don't want to leave the troops left behind. They didn't dare to come either! Yu Zhong said with a smile.

"Why?" Yin Xiang asked puzzledly, "Xikou has the advantage of occupying the sea in this Indian Ocean, and can send a large army into Dagong anytime and anywhere...... Not to mention not leaving the garrison, even if they stay, I'm afraid it will be difficult to support it...... General Yu, if you don't eliminate them first, won't you put your back in danger at any time? When the time comes, won't the tens of thousands of troops be in danger of being wiped out? ”

"Hehe, Thirteenth Elder Brother, you have such thoughts...... It's very average! Yu Zhong said with a smile.

"General Yu ......" Yinyu didn't expect Yu Zhong to be so faceless, and he hit the two of them at once. I felt a little unhappy in my heart, and I couldn't help arching my hand towards Yu Zhong at the moment, "I don't know what's wrong with my two thoughts?" Please advise! ”

"Don't dare to be a ...... By the way, I wonder when the imperial court's reinforcements will arrive? "Just now, in the holy decree handed down by Yinxiang and Yinyu, Kangxi said that he would send an additional 20,000 troops to support the Burmese department, and at that time, with reinforcements from Qinghai-Tibet and India, there will be no less than 100,000 troops under Yuzhong, which is enough to compete with the European coalition forces. However, Yu Zhong was a little unimpressed with these supports.

"This time, the imperial court issued a strict order, although the reinforcement army is far away, it should be possible to arrive in about January, about October." Seeing that Yu Zhong didn't seem to want to dwell on the topic just now, Yinxiang didn't care about himself. After all, Yu Zhong and his gang are notoriously unsolicited. Although they are princes, if they have a conflict with the lord from the beginning, I am afraid that they will have no chance to go on the expedition. However, even with this thought, he was still a little depressed in his heart. Anyway, his relationship with Yu Zhong should still be relatively close, why is it so wrong to meet this time? I knew that when I passed through Kunming, I should have stopped to meet the "eldest aunt", who didn't know that Yu Zhong was the biggest wife in the world?

"A month? That's it! …… Seven days later, we will march with all our troops! Yu Zhong thought for a while and said.

"Seven days later? General Yu, aren't you waiting for reinforcements? Yinyu shouted.

"What about waiting? Let those armies come and make trouble? …… The emperor is a reinforcement transferred from the Huguang area this time, right? I don't dare to take in the soldiers and horses there! But rest assured......

I'm not going to disobey it. I'll leave someone to lead the way for the reinforcements, so let them follow us and take care of the safety of the rear!" Yu Zhong replied.

"Just following behind?" That's a little crazy, isn't it? Sikou is said to have an army of 100,000 in India! The two Yinxiang brothers already felt that there was something abnormal about the general in front of them. The whole army was drawn without waiting for reinforcements, and, depending on what he meant, he wanted to solve the Western coalition army in India alone...... What's more, even the Dagon enemy army in the rear does not plan to clean up, is he not afraid that Burma will be beaten down again? So what's the use of the imperial court spending money and food, and working hard?

"That's right! Let them follow us all the time......" Yu Zhong smiled again, ignoring the surprised expressions of the two princes, turned around and walked out. "After seven days, the army will be raised, and then the whole army will march westward ......"

"General Yu......"

Yinxiang and Yinyu glanced at each other again, and there was only doubt in their four eyes.

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Yu Zhong was a little crazy, but he didn't break his promise, and sure enough, seven days later, when the reinforcements sent from Huguang and Guang had not yet appeared, the army stationed in Burma was deployed. And. Not a single one is left behind...... Well, it's not that there is no one left, because Yu Zhong also left behind a so-called Ava prefect surnamed Zhang Mingtinglu, and less than two hundred "officials" who maintained the authority of the prefect!

Then, under this strange and dangerous arrangement, which made many people feel a little frightened, more than 20,000 troops set out from Ava, crossed the border of Burma, and entered India. Yinxiang and Yinyu asked Yu Zhong questions during the march. Although Yu Zhong did not answer.

However, to the surprise of the two, according to the information received from the rear. Things are actually as Yu Zhong said, although Ava only has one prefect Zhang Tinglu and two hundred so-called "servants", but the Europeans in Dagon really have no reaction! Moreover, even the Burmese did not react at all. And just as the two princes pondered the reasons for this, the army reached the vicinity of the Indian city of Aizawl, which had surrendered to the European coalition. Here, the Yinxiang brothers finally learned how ruthless the legendary "Killing King" is! Due to the previous European coalition forces attacking Burma from the southwest and two directions, the nobles of this Aizaol city chose to surrender in order to keep their wealth, and also provided part of the logistics support for the European coalition forces.

After the arrival of the Qing army, these nobles dared to unite with less than 200 soldiers of the local coalition army to resist, Yu Zhong actually thought that this excuse, after conquering the city, ordered the nobles in the city, regardless of size, even their relatives to be slaughtered, and all the soldiers who participated in the resistance were chopped off from their right thumbs. Afterwards. Yu Zhong continued to advance westward without leaving any defenders. Almost everywhere you go, it's bloody. However, what is incomprehensible is that Yu Zhongyue's blood-devouring brutality turned out to be more and more unexpectedly unexpected. Before the army reached Dhaka, the great city of eastern India, even if there was some resistance, almost all of them were weak, and no one dared to come to him halfway to trouble him. Of course, during this time, it was not that no one came to fight hard, but the number of such people was really very small, and in the face of more than 20,000 troops ready to kill at any time, it was not even enough to make a plate of appetizers.

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Dhaka!

The largest city in Eastern Indo! This great city, which later became the capital of Bangladesh, is located in the fertile delta of the Ganges River, with the turquoise Briganga River running through the city from north to south, with a population of one million. The lord of the city was the governor of Bengal, who was also known as the local king of the land, Bedasu. Compared with the small cities that Yu Zhong encountered before with only a few thousand soldiers and a city height of no more than two or three zhang, the city of Dhaka has thick walls and artillery, and Bedasu's men have nearly 20,000 soldiers, and they are well-equipped, and even he has some musketeers, and after learning of Yu Zhong's arrival, he immediately organized a new army of 30,000. In addition, due to its location in the Ganges Delta and its proximity to the sea, Bedasu was supported by a coalition fleet from Calcutta.

However, even though the strength of the enemy army is very strong, Yu Zhong still acts like he doesn't care. As soon as the army arrived, it set up a position outside the city of Dhaka.

"You go and tell Bedasu to surrender immediately!"

Standing in front of the army of more than 20,000 people, followed by two princes and a general, Yu Zhong glanced at the city of Dhaka in front of him with great contempt, and ordered the interpreter beside him.

"Yes!" Although the opposite side was already out of the sheath and the arrow was wound, since Yu Zhong had given the order, the interpreter did not dare to disobey it, so he had to ride his horse and run under the city of Dhaka.

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"This Bedasu has met with me a few times before...... A few years ago, when I pacified India, this kid had just become the governor of Bangladesh. At that time, he actually wanted to unite the cities of Bengal to fight with me, but few people listened to him, and several major generals in Dhaka City at that time had also been persuaded by me to send people, so this kid had no choice but to surrender to the imperial court, and promised to serve me as the lord of the Qing Dynasty, pay taxes every year, and pay tribute from time to time. However, I know that this kid has always been dissatisfied with the imperial court. As long as there is a chance, I will definitely jump out and make a fuss. Originally, I didn't take this kind of "color" seriously. It's a pity that this kid is unlucky and doomed to be unlucky! While watching the translation station reach the city and shout to the city wall, Yu Zhong said to the two princes beside him.

"Dashuai, this Dhaka City is well defended, I'm afraid it will not be easy to overcome!" Yinxiang said.

Since it was officially subsumed under the command of Zhong. He and Yinyu have also learned from others, and began to call Yu Zhong "handsome"!

"What? Thirteen elder brother is afraid that we will not be able to defeat this place? Song Ai, who is located in the center left back, asked.

"It's definitely going to be beating...... However, I am afraid that there will be a lot of casualties! Yinyu replied.

"Hehe, we still have to fight a few battles with the army of Western barbarians, how can we lose troops here?" Yu Zhong said with a smile.

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"Great marshal, the lord of Dhaka City, Bedasu, is in the city, he said...... If you want him to surrender, it's up to you to have the ability! While talking, the interpreter came back and relayed the other party's answer to Yu Zhong.

"I already knew that this guy didn't know what to do! …… What about the choir? Yu Zhongleng snorted.

asked Orge, who was standing behind him.

"It's right in the back! Do you want to bring it with you now? Orge asked.

"Bring it on. Let them go up to the city wall and shout to me......" Yu Zhong ordered.

"Yes......" Org replied, and immediately ordered his men to pull out from behind the so-called "choir" of several hundred all-Indians. After that, the hundreds of Indians were divided into more than a dozen groups. He was escorted to the city of Dhaka by the Qing soldiers and shouted loudly into the city.

"Dashuai, do you want to make a move to 'embattle'?" Listening to the ghost-like howl in the distance, Yinxiang and Yinyu were very puzzled, and couldn't help but ask Yu Zhong. Zhang Liang doesn't seem to use this trick like this, right?

"Embattled? Hehe, the grade of that strategy is too high, I don't have the leisure to show off! Yu Zhong smiled, "I just asked these people to call to the people in the city to listen, and tell them that Westerners dare to offend me in the Qing Dynasty." It has already provoked my Emperor Kangxi to be extremely angry. Now, the emperor has ordered our department to be the vanguard, and after that, 300,000 troops will come through Burma, and another 200,000 iron horsemen will pass through Nepal from Qinghai and Tibet into India. It will turn all enemies to dust. Therefore, it is better for them to surrender, otherwise, when the time comes, the whole of Dhaka will surely become a sea of blood. …… I also told them that this way up. I have exterminated no less than 100,000 resisters and slaughtered hundreds of nobles, many of them from the upper castes. Therefore, it is better for them not to try to challenge, but as long as there are people who are willing to surrender and join forces in the midst of our siege, I will allow them to inherit the upper caste families that have been exterminated, and let them always be on top...... And if anyone can take the head of Bedassu and his family, I will make him inherit the surname of Bedassu and take the helm of Dhaka as the new Governor of Bangladesh! ”

"This works?" Yinxiang asked.

"I don't know. …… It may not be very useful, or it may not be small! Yu Zhong replied.

"And you're still doing that? If you don't use it, won't you waste your energy? "Maybe it's going to make people laugh! Yinyu was a little displeased. Just now, he saw that Yu Zhong was still looking high, posing so much, he thought that this handsome man had a powerful trick. Is it just a bluff? Don't even want more than 20,000 reinforcements from Huguang, and 300,000 follow-up troops? Not to mention the 200,000 cavalry, if the Qinghai-Tibet region can make up 20,000 cavalry, it would be good, and this marshal was embarrassed to multiply it tenfold at once...... This method of fighting a war is in the text, but it is all blown. How can it be used in reality? An army of 500,000 people, and those enemies are not stupid, how can they believe it? With so many people, logistics alone can crush the treasury.

"I'm not just talking to people in Dhaka!" Looking at Yinyu's uncertain face, Yu Zhong smiled indifferently, "This expedition, the enemy against the Westerners is secondary." The point is that these native-born Indians. If these guys stab us in the back, even if we have ten times more soldiers, it won't be enough for people to eat. So, I'm just going to make the Indians not dare to trouble us anymore. The previous killing was not only a warning, but also to "force" Bedasu not to come with me in a two-faced way, but to resist to the death. The Indians have been conquered by other countries many times, and their national "nature" is cowardly, and they have always been scattered, and they will never dare to oppose us again if they only need to knock out their superficial arrogance and arrogance, and then show them threats. Even if there are some half-heartedness, they don't dare to show it easily. It's just that in order to do this, we must first have a tough battle and let the Indians see our strength. This Dhaka is a big city in the East Indies, Bedasu has superior strength, and there are Westerners to help, just to use Liwei! And the main purpose of my shouting to the city was not to provoke internal 'unrest' among the enemy troops, but to let the Indians know what my constitution was. There are a lot of businessmen in Dhaka, and it's just right for me to spread my word to other places. ”

"Boss, do you have a way to conquer this city?" Yinxiang heard the meaning of Yu Zhong's words.

"Absolutely. Moreover, we have to win in the shortest possible time. Otherwise, how can we make those Indians feel that we are unstoppable? Yu Zhong smiled.