The coalition forces have encountered a lot of troubles one after another, which can be said to be very unlucky, but there is still such a saying in the world, called "A person is unlucky, and he will stuff his teeth when he drinks cold water"! Although the coalition is not one, it is a whole of individual people. Therefore, this sentence should be applied to it.

The high-ranking members of the coalition army had already been overwhelmed by the known trouble, but God was obviously not enough, and played another trick on them, sending someone to send them a big problem. …… Soon after the news of the blockage of the Suez Canal came back, Calcutta, the Allied fleet in northeastern India, was also captured by the Qing army.

At the beginning, not long after the Jingzhou general Songzhu led Huguang's 30,000 reinforcements to Asansol, Yu Zhong sent them back. After that, the army remained unmoved until Marlborough retreated, and the army was reattached to Yu Zhong's command to pursue the European coalition with him. …… Although Yu Zhong's move made some people feel a little inexplicable, it was precisely because Yu Zhong sent the vast army of Hu away for no reason. Marlborough had to maintain a high degree of vigilance without knowing the other party's purpose, and at the same time, because of such a strong army, the coalition forces no longer dared to spy on the rear of the Central Army at will, even if they had the convenience of the navy. However, the generals of the coalition army did not expect that when Marlborough evacuated Asansol and went west to join Prince Eugen, the Huguang army that had been reattached to Yu Zhong was actually only 15,000 people, which means that half of the Huguang army remained in eastern India, and in addition, even Yue Zhongqi's men had thousands of cavalry that had not been included in the formation.

What did these armies stay for now?

For Kolkata!

Since the time of his invasion of India, Yu Zhong has not taken any military action against Calcutta, the naval garrison of the Allied forces, nor has he even left any army in his rear to guard it. As a result, this created an illusion among the coalition navies that had been in the rear of the center that Yu Zhong would not attack Calcutta until Marlborough had been defeated. After all. Most of the troops stationed in Kolkata are coalition navies, how can it be so easy to fight the navy with the army? If you force it, I'm afraid you will be exhausted by the navy.

However, Yu Zhong still yin this group of navies!

After Marlborough retreated, Yu Zhong led the "all" army to pursue, and the rear was naturally extremely empty! Although in some places also part of the guards remained. But these guards are not enough for the coalition navy. Although the coalition forces knew that it was under strong pressure. Most of the Indians no longer dare to join forces with them, and even if they disrupt the rear of Central Land, it is impossible to deal any powerful blow to the other side, and it is impossible to change the predicament faced by the land army led by Marlborough. But. When the news of the riot reached Calcutta, the commander of the coalition forces was still moved.

What did the coalition forces come to India for?

In order to get rich!

However, since the beginning of the fight, this group of Europeans has not received anything good! Because the top level of the coalition army adopted the strategy of "first pulling together, and then striking after defeating the Chinese". Therefore, the coalition forces, from the generals to the soldiers, did not gain much from the beginning of the war. However, now that the Indians have taken the lead in tearing the skin with the coalition forces, there is nothing to talk about. Although it is impossible for the navy to penetrate deep into the interior, there is no need to be too polite in the cities along the coast. Dhaka itself is India's premier city. The amount of wealth gathered in it is probably not much less than that of Delhi today, and the Qing army did not leave many defenders, so when I heard that the remaining nobles in Dhaka did not know how to carry out another anti-Qing riot, the naval commander of Calcutta, Dutch Admiral Liotel, ordered his thirty warships to march north along the Ganges. The general had no good intentions to help the Indian nobles who had started the riots, he just wanted to take advantage of the riots to conquer Dhaka without difficulty and plunder a lot of wealth.

However, although Liotel's idea was not bad, he did not expect that the riot in Dhaka was originally intended to lure him into the army. Even if he doesn't send troops, there will be people who pretend to be coalition soldiers to go to Calcutta to agitate and stir up the greedy nature of those soldiers. In addition, Yu Zhong did not leave any defenders in Bengal, and the Indian army alone would definitely not be looked at by the coalition forces, so unless Liao Tel used forceful means, there would definitely be people under his command who could not resist the temptation of wealth. Moreover, the coalition is composed of multinational armies, so the possibility of Liotel using forceful means to govern the army is really very small, and he is more likely to agree to send troops.

It's just that Liotel didn't expect that there was still one left of the Chinese army, which seemed to have left the whole army. At the same time as he sent the thirty warships, he had already set up an ambush on both sides of the Briganga River, which crossed the city of Dhaka and eventually joined the Ganges, and this army had blocked the river leading to Dhaka with great graciude. When the time comes, as soon as these 30 warships come over, and then block the back, the 30 coalition warships will not be able to go up or down, so they can only stay honestly on the wide river and be beaten!

That's not all, the 10,000 Huguang army and thousands of Qinghai-Tibetan cavalry led by Song Zhu himself secretly changed their clothes into the appearance of the Indian army with the assistance of those Indians, and they had secretly sneaked in batches to the city of Howrah, which was less than a hundred miles away from Kolkata, waiting for an opportunity.

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It didn't take much to wait, and the battle began. It is impossible for the navy to stay on the ship all the time, so when thousands of Qinghai-Tibetan cavalry suddenly attacked Calcutta, the officers and men of the coalition forces stationed in the city were blinded for a while, and could only hurriedly organize a counterattack, but because the commander of the Liao Tel was almost captured alive by a group of coalition soldiers who seemed to be his own, he only cared about escaping, and could not play a role for a while, so in the absence of unified command. The forces of the coalition appeared to be very scattered, and they were unable to form a strong counterattack. And by the time Liao Tel finally got rid of the commando team pretending to be a coalition army and returned to the command post, the 10,000 Huguang Army led by Song Zhu himself had also been attacked. Under the long-planned onslaught of the enemy, in order to keep the fleet, Liotel had to abandon Calcutta and order the whole army to go offshore.

However, the Qing army's plot was not just to seize a Calcutta. Just as Liotel was about to lead the fleet away from the shore, nearly a dozen coalition warships suddenly opened fire on his own people, causing the fleet formation to be "chaotic". "Messy" on the shore, as a result. Songzhu, who was chasing after him again, was bombarded with shore artillery, but because the coalition fleet was "killing each other" again, the formation was also very unbearable by the nearly ten warships that had mixed in, and it was impossible to effectively counterattack at all. Outcome. After finally escaping, Liotel discovered through investigation that the warships that had "eaten inside and out" had "just happened" to return from Dhaka when Calcutta was being raided by the Qing army, and the situation was very chaotic due to the attack on the city at that time. Everyone's attention was focused on the shore, and as a result, no one paid much attention to the fleet, and they mixed it up with the fleet, and then, when he was about to lead the team to evacuate the shore, he suddenly attacked...... In this regard, Liotel was so angry that he smoked. Ordered the fleet to retaliate against Calcutta, but the Qing army didn't care about the loss of the city at all, as soon as he hit the guns, they retreated, and there was almost no loss of soldiers, and he didn't dare to go ashore again, so in the end, he could only hide on the ship and blow his beard and stare at a loss! …… In this battle, the coalition lost more than 20 warships at once, and if you add the 30 ships that were sent to Dhaka but were not returned, and the few that were sunk by Yu Zhong for the previous help in the battle against the Bengal governor Bedasu, more than 60 warships were destroyed in this way.

For this kind of victory, Liotel has never encountered in his life as a navy, but no matter how angry he is, in the end, he can only knock out his teeth and swallow blood. Calcutta already has the protection of the Chinese army, even if he can carry out a certain amount of incursion, but how many 'hairs' can this hurt the Qing army? So, after weighing left and right, he had to abandon Kolkata and lead his team back to Temasek.

Lucknow, the great city of Uttar Pradesh, India, is less than fifty miles from Marlborough and Kanpur, where Prince Eugen was stationed, where Yuzhong's army was stationed. On this day, however, Yu Zhong received an unexpected visit, and Richard, who had been following Marlborough as an adviser on the march.

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"I have heard of Mr. Sir for a long time, but I didn't expect that this time I would follow the army of your country to the East as a guest, it seems that Your Excellency's interest in our Qing Dynasty is really strong...... It's just that I wonder why Your Excellency Sir suddenly came to me to someone? ”

Although Yu Zhong had not met Richard, he had also heard of this diplomat who had a few exchanges with Ma De...... Seriously, Yu Zhong really didn't take this person very seriously. Now that he has absolute military superiority, even if Richard can say a big thing, what can he do?

"Your Excellency the General, I have come this time to discuss a deal with you on the orders of Marshal Marlborough!" Yu Zhong did not give up his seat to Richard, so the diplomat could only stand opposite Yu Zhong and talk to him.

"Humph! Business? You can't advance now, and it's not easy to retreat, are you still qualified to talk to us about any business? What the hell do you barbarians want to do? "All the generals under Yu Zhong's command have to lead the troops, so Yu Zhong didn't call them here. However, Yinxiang and Yinyu have been following Yu Zhong's side, so when they heard that Richard was coming, the two rushed over. And after hearing Richard's words, Yinyu immediately couldn't help but ask.

"Your Excellency, General, we all know that now you have the upper hand. However, I think you are aware that although you have been using delaying tactics, it is not so easy to drag down the coalition forces. Do you want this war to continue? Richard ignored Yinyu and just stared at Yu Zhong and asked.

"Hehe, that's interesting. You started the war, but you want to ask me if I plan to let this war continue......" Yu Zhong glanced at Richard with a smile, "Okay, then I'll listen to Sir Richard, what business do you want to discuss?" ”

"Marshal Marlborough asked me to convey to you: the coalition forces intend to withdraw from India!" When he said this, although Richard's face was expressionless, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Not long since. When the army first arrived, in the face of what could almost be called a huge victory, every member of them was once full of ambition. Think that the huge central empire in the East is no more than Erle! But who could have imagined that their huge victory results would not be lost long after the Chinese became serious. The coalition forces began to assemble in February last year, and three months later began to fight the Chinese, and now almost ten months have passed, but. Except for driving the Chinese navy out of the Indian Ocean, they lost almost all their ground gains. And this was accompanied by huge losses for the Navy...... In fact, not only the French, but also in Britain, Spain, the Netherlands, Austria-Hungary and other countries have already had a huge anti-war voice. If it weren't for the fact that the army led by Marlborough and Prince Eugen suffered modest losses. Let some people have hope for them, and I am afraid that this battle, which has been organized with great difficulty, will have to be stopped. However, those who were in the rear did not know that he, Marlborough, Prince Eugen and others who were on the front line knew very well that their army was in a more awkward situation than the navy. The Navy has lost a lot, though. But at least they can compete with the Chinese navy, but their local army is under great pressure! The Yu Zhong in front of him took advantage of the Indians' "character" and various local factors to lay a huge trap for them, so that they fell into the quagmire step by step, and they were unable to give full play to the combat effectiveness that the army should have, on the contrary, the morale of the army was consumed by the other side's delaying tactics, and there was almost nothing left. And that's not all. Now, the Indians who had been friendly with the coalition forces have turned against them. …… In this situation, the army could no longer communicate with the rear, although Marlborough had intended to concentrate his entire forces and defeat Yu Zhong, in order to regain the initiative on the battlefield, and to deter the Indian kings, so that the coalition could regain the advantage. However, his decision was opposed by Prince Eugen and other army generals, because the decisive battle is not something that one side can decide, not to mention whether they can win the Chinese army led by Yu Zhong, and even whether they will fight a decisive battle with them is still a question. In these days, most of the coalition forces, from the generals to the soldiers, have been worn out by Yu Zhong. However, even if you don't fight, it will not be so easy to retreat back to Mumbai now. According to reliable sources, on the way to Mumbai, the Indians had organized a coalition of 50,000 men on the way home, according to Yu Zhongdi's orders. This situation is clearly that Yu Zhong wants to use the Indians to consume the strength of the coalition army, and then follow behind to pick up the cheap. Therefore, although Marlborough insisted on fighting Yu Zhong, he had to abandon this idea when Prince Eugen and other generals dissuaded him. Because, everyone knows that if the army is allowed to spend time on Indian soil, even if they can defeat Yu Zhong, they may really not be able to leave here again.

"Going? Tsk, it's not easy to come by, isn't it a little unwilling to leave like this? Why don't we give you another ride? Yinxiang looked at Richard coldly and sneered.

"Your Excellency, I don't want to talk to you about anything else, I said, I just want to talk to you about a deal!" Richard said calmly, he ignored Yinxiang and the others at all, and just stared at Yu Zhong.

"You're going to evacuate, which means you want me to let you go...... So what are you going to trade for this way of life? Yu Zhongxiao asked.

"It's not a thing...... What we intend to exchange is His Royal Highness the Tenth Prince of your country and His Excellency the First Duke Oro Dai! And the 2,000 soldiers of your country who were captured by our army with these two earlier! Richard said with an unchanged expression.

"Handsome ......" Yinxiang and Yinyu looked at Yu Zhong at the same time.

“…… What if I don't agree? Yu Zhong asked in a deep voice.

"Kill!" Richard replied briefly.

"How dare you ......"

"You're looking for death!"

The Yinxiang brothers were immediately angered by Richard's words, no matter how I say it, Yinxiang is also their brother, even if the feelings are not deep, they can't allow others to hurt, let alone be killed.

"I also have captives from your side here...... Yu Zhong said lightly. The implication of his words is very clear, that is, if the coalition forces dare to kill Yinqi and me, he will also kill those coalition prisoners.

"Your Excellency, our Marshal Marlborough will probably leave the army forever when he returns this time...... Therefore, in order to be able to bring the remaining coalition forces back safely, he had to make some necessary sacrifices, and in doing so, he was court-martialed, and he also had a reason. So, your threats are useless. However, as far as I know, the situation in your country is completely different from ours in Europe...... In the case of victory without a fight, in order to be able to gain some more credit, but you do not save your royal highness, I think you will be in great trouble, right? Richard asked rhetorically.

"......" Yinxiang and Yinyu's eyes turned to Yu Zhong at the same time. Richard's words are right, compared to Marlborough, if Yu Zhong really sits back and watches Yinwei and me being killed, the trouble will inevitably be much greater. Moreover, if Yu Zhong refused, even the two of them did not dare to guarantee what kind of action they would take.

"Remarkable! I underestimated Your Excellency! Now that it's all about it, okay......" Yu Zhong smiled, "I did this business!" ”

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