The Indian peninsula has a very advantageous geographical conditions, with a large amount of arable land that crops three times a year, and is also rich in mineral resources.

But such a natural environment could not give birth to a powerful native empire, which really surprised Li Shizu.

Growing up in Liaodong, he saw with his own eyes that the soldiers and civilians of Liaodong were farming and begging for a living in such a harsh environment as the "Xiaoice River".

In addition to the severe cold, the people of Liaodong even had to face attacks by the Mongols and Jurchens.

Every year, the spring sowing time in Liaodong is very short, maybe less than half a month, once this optimal sowing time is missed, then the harvest of the year will be affected.

In order to catch up with the time for sowing, at this time, the Liaodong Yamen will mobilize everyone to rush to plant grain.

Even if he was the son of the Duke of Liao at the time, he would also be arranged to work in the field.

But you will never see this in India, where fertile land is often not well cared for by farmers!

Even the lazy people in Liaodong definitely belong to the wave of people who are most active in farming when they come here.

Although the Mughal feudal landlords constantly wielded their whips, their grain production was really not proportional to the fertility of the land.

Fortunately, Huaxia controlled this rich land in time, if Li Zicheng was allowed to develop here for a few years, he would really be able to turn over.

Li Shizu also understood that Li Zicheng could not be given too much time to breathe.

Although the state of India's roads is very bad, the European colonizers have built a large number of ports for India, and there are dozens of medium and large maritime ports along the east and west coasts of India.

In terms of port density alone, even China itself is not enough compared to India.

This allowed Li Shizu to take advantage of the advantages of the Huaxia Navy Division to easily transport a large number of troops from Calcutta in eastern India to the port of Mumbai in the west.

The combat strength of the Mughal army was too low, and Li Shizu still decided to borrow troops from Li Dingguo, the governor of Burma, and Xiong Tingbi, the governor of the Western Regions, as the main force for this expedition against Li Zicheng.

In terms of rank, all three are governors and belong to the same rank.

However, after all, Li Shizu is still the second prince of the Chinese Empire, and he is deeply favored by Li Xianzhong, so the two are still very active in cooperating with Li Shizu's actions.

Li Dingguo saw that Li Shizu, the 30,000 Japanese soldiers under the jurisdiction of the Burmese Governor's Office, was very easy to use, and simply transferred these Japanese soldiers directly to the South Asian Governor's Office.

And Xiong Tingbi also ordered Li Yan to lead 20,000 elites to be stationed in the Green Ridge, ready to attack Li Zicheng's Afghanistan at any time.

Li Shizu's three-way army to conquer Li Zicheng was also assembled.

The 20,000 main forces led by Li Yan on the North Road attacked from the Green Ridge and went straight to Kabul, Li Zicheng's hometown.

The 30,000 Japanese soldiers of the South Route set out from the port of Bombay and transported them directly to the southern port of Karachi by the naval division, from which they marched north to attack the Indus Valley.

In the middle, Li Shizu personally led 20,000 main forces to attack Multan, the central city of the Indus Valley.

The 20,000 main force led by Li Shizu was the 20,000 forbidden army brought out by Li Xianzhong from Beijing, which can be described as the "ceiling" of China's combat power.

Facing the menacing three-way army, Li Zicheng also had a headache.

He only had 30,000 men at his disposal, and if he met the enemy separately, he would definitely be defeated.

However, if we concentrate our forces to deal with the people of Huaxia all the way, we will inevitably take care of one and lose the other.

In the end, Li Zicheng still chose to keep his old nest Kabul first.

Although the Indus Valley to the south was rich, there was no danger to defend, and even if he concentrated his men and horses to the south, it would be difficult to resist the Chinese army, and he had to use the mountains of Afghanistan to stop the Chinese.

The Northern Route Army and the Central Route Army in China were both regular armies, and the reason why Li Zicheng dared to face the Northern Route Army in China was also relied on.

During his tenure as Governor of Afghanistan, he took the opportunity to loot a lot of wealth.

Although Huaxia blockaded Li Zicheng in every way, he could get the flintlock pistol and ammunition he coveted from Westerners.

After the Chinese took control of the Mughal Empire, the British East India Company lost almost all of its strongholds in India.

Although the Chinese kept their personal assets in India and allowed them to trade.

But it is certainly not as profitable as their direct colonization and enslavement of these indigenous Indians.

Therefore, they urgently needed to find a partner who could stop Huaxia's expansion.

Li Zicheng, the governor of Afghanistan, who still occupied the northwestern part of the Mughal Empire, was naturally their first choice.

The British East India Company not only resold its flintlock pistols and artillery stored in India to Li Zicheng at a low price.

He even sent a mercenary force of 1,200 British, Dutch, Portuguese, and Spaniards to join Li Zicheng's army.

Therefore, Li Yan was not facing a rabble composed of a small number of Dashun troops and a group of Afghan natives at this time.

Rather, it is a coalition army with a high degree of firearms.

Not only did the coalition have a large number of rifles, but they even had a number of 18-pounder Hongyi cannons.

Now Huaxia has been reequipped with the latest Qianxi 1635 rifle.

The reason why it was renamed a rifle and no longer called a firearm is because it is a "rear-loading gun" in the true sense of the word.

This type of rifle uses a paper shell to set the cartridge, and the shooter pushes the bullet into the chamber from behind through the bolt, and then pulls the trigger, and the long rod-shaped firing needle on the bolt bolt punctures the paper shell bullet, strikes the primer, ignites the propellant, and shoots the projectile out.

The firing process of this rear-loading rifle is much simpler than that of the front-loading gun, and the firing speed is also four to five times higher, allowing the shooter to reload while kneeling or even running.

The problem of slow rate of fire of the gun has been completely solved.

But the rear-loading gun alone cannot be called a modern rifle.

That kind of round projectile is not high enough in terms of lethality or shooting accuracy.

However, the problem was eventually solved.

A Chinese soldier named Wang Hui invented a completely new bullet, which was called the "Wang Hui bullet".

The uniqueness of the Wang Hui bullet lies in its conical bottom design, which allows the warhead to expand and adhere to the rifling in the rifling chamber when fired, thereby sealing the gap between the bullet and the rifle, and at the same time making the gas unable to leak out, and making the warhead rotate at high speed under the pressure of rifling.

This design solves the problem of difficult reloading of front-loading rifled guns and low range accuracy of smoothbore guns, making the rifle more effective on the battlefield.

The design of this ammunition is inspired by the blow arrows used by South Indian tribes, and its tail is made of soft and elastic wood pith that prevents air from escaping and thus launching the arrow.

Wang Hui was inspired by this blow arrow, and finally put forward the design concept of "Wang Hui bullet".

Huaxia's "Qianxi 1635" was originally Li Xianzhong's tribute to "Mauser 1899", and now the problem of bullets has been solved, which has greatly increased the lethality of Huaxia's rifles.

Although Li Zicheng's Afghan coalition army occupied favorable terrain, the Chinese army still relied on its "Qianxi 1635" to inflict heavy losses on its opponents.

The effective firing range of the "Qianxi 1635" reached 200 meters, and the interval between firing was only a few seconds.

Therefore, even if Li Zicheng's men and horses are equipped with Westerners' sui pistols, they can still only be beaten passively.

With the "Qianxi 1635" in their hands, the Chinese soldiers could accurately kill the enemy 150-200 meters away.

However, Li Zicheng's Afghan coalition still relied on dense volleys of fire to kill and injure the Huaxia army.

It is clear that the two sides are completely different in their approach to attack.

Equipped with a scope, the Huaxia sniper can even use the improved sniper "Qianxi 1635" to kill enemies hiding in the shadows at a distance of 300 meters.

As soon as an enemy shows their heads, they can blow their heads out.

The Afghan coalition, on the other hand, can only fire its guns indiscriminately at possible positions where the enemy may be.

After several battles, Li Zicheng lost 2,000 men and horses, while the casualties of the Huaxia army were less than 100.

Of course, Huaxia Jun also ran into its own troubles.

Their artillery had no advantage, and the heavy artillery transported by Huaxia to the Western Regions was basically used to defend the city.

They were not sent over the green mountains to the front lines in Afghanistan.

The field artillery equipped by the Chinese army is still a small-caliber 6-pounder Franc rapid-fire gun.

Although these guns had a fast rate of fire, they were not as powerful as the opponent's 18-pounder Hongyi cannons.

Li Zicheng's men relied on these heavy artillery to firmly control several strongholds, including Kabul.

For these strongholds, Li Yan is also at a loss.

He did not expect Li Zicheng to have large-caliber artillery at all.

No matter how powerful the Huaxia rifle is, it will not be able to withstand the powerful firepower of the artillery after all.

As a result, a stalemate has formed on the battlefield in Afghanistan.

Fortunately, the other two roads in Huaxia are going very well.

After landing in Karachi, the Japanese army on the southern route went all the way north, conquering everything they went.

All the towns that dared to resist were slaughtered by them, which also made the cities behind basically look down when they saw these Japanese people.

And the main force of the Middle Route Army led by Li Shizu also successfully took Multan, an important town on the banks of the Indus River.

After the two armies met in Multan, they joined forces and marched north.

Facing the Huaxia army going north, Li Zicheng was also a little panicked.

Although he used the heavy artillery in his hand to hold Kabul, if he faced the encirclement of 70,000 Chinese troops, would his artillery shells be enough?

Niu Jinxing was originally at odds with Li Yan, and the two sides had a mortal enmity.

When he learned that the commander of the North China Route Army attacking Kabul this time was Li Yan, he couldn't wait to get rid of it as soon as possible!

He said: "Your Majesty, we must rush to crush the enemy in front of us before the army of the southern line of China arrives in Kabul. ”

Of course, Li Zicheng understood the truth, but the firepower of the Huaxia Army was so strong, it was not easy to get close to them.

At the same time, Li Yan was also thinking about how to lure Li Zicheng's men and horses out of several fortified castles such as Kabul.

If it really waited for Li Shizu's army to arrive, it would also declare the complete failure of the Northern Route Army's attack on Kabul.

When Li Yan was at a loss, Xiong Tingbi actually sent Guiyi Bo Gaojie to escort grain and grass to Afghanistan.

After Gao Jie greened Li Zicheng, he killed Zhang Xianzhong and mixed all the way to Guiyibo.

Originally, he was relatively comfortable in Hanzhong.

However, on the way back to Beijing, Li Xianzhong felt that he could use Gao Jie to disgust Li Zicheng, so he sent him to the Governor's Mansion of the Western Regions under the command of Xiong Tingbi.

Xiong Tingbi is an old man, and when he saw Gao Jie, he guessed Li Xianzhong's thoughts.

Your Majesty is still so unscrupulous in his use of soldiers!

At this time, Li Yan's attack on Li Zicheng was at a stalemate, and Gao Jie came in handy!

Gao Jie is certainly a fierce general, but his biggest role at this time is to provoke Li Zicheng.

After all, Gao Jie seduced Li Zicheng's queen Xing, and then defected to Zhang Xianzhong with 50,000 soldiers and horses in Hanzhong, which was the main reason for the collapse of Li Zicheng's Dashun.

At least that's what Li Ziwei himself thinks!

Gao Jie has now not only become the Guiyi Uncle of Huaxia, but Li Zicheng's former queen Xing also gave birth to two sons, Gao Huan and Gao Le!

How could Li Zicheng not be angry?

Soon, the news that Gao Jie escorted grain and grass to the front line reached Li Zicheng's ears.

Li Zicheng, who was still hesitant to go out of the city to attack Huaxia, no longer hesitates.

At this time, he only felt that his head was green, and there was a large green grassland on his head!

So he decided to personally lead more than 10,000 main forces out of the city to attack Gao Jie, who was transporting grain and grass at night.

The reason why Afghanistan is called the "graveyard of empires" is that it is all mountainous and the terrain is quite complex; On the other hand, it is also because of the bravery and good fighting of the people who live here.

Li Zicheng relied on his familiarity with the terrain and was not afraid of night battles.

Soon he led the men and horses to the road that Gao Jie must pass through and set up an ambush.

Li Zicheng waited left and right, and he couldn't see Gao Jie's shadow at all.

At this time, Li Yan didn't know where Li Zicheng would set up an ambush when he sneaked out of the city? But one thing he is sure of is that as long as he goes to attack Kabul at night now, Li Zicheng will definitely return to the division for reinforcements.

So he decided to send troops to attack Kabul.

Coincidentally, two groups of men and horses collided in a valley 30 miles outside Kabul.

It is true that the rifles of the night Huaxia are not very useful.

However, the Afghan coalition army under Li Zicheng is far inferior to the Chinese army in terms of equipment and combat power.

In the melee, Li Zicheng couldn't take any advantage at all.

The two sides killed and shouted in the valley all night, and finally decided the victory and defeat at dawn the next day, with the corpses of more than 8,000 Afghan coalition troops lying in the valley, and nearly 3,000 Chinese troops who fell.

Li Zicheng escaped back to Kabul by luck under the desperate protection of his own soldiers.

Losing his troops, he had to shrink his forces and hold on to the city.

Although Li Yan's men and horses had already surrounded Kabul at this time, they could only look at the city and sigh without heavy artillery support.

As time passed, the scale of victory gradually fell to the Huaxia army.

Li Shizu's main force is also moving closer to Kabul.

At this time, in addition to nearly 20,000 Afghan coalition troops in Kabul, there were also 1,200 mercenaries from Western countries.

Li Zicheng is not ready to run away, he is ready to fight to the death with the Huaxia army in this "imperial cemetery".

However, he never expected that tens of thousands of troops would suddenly appear in the northwest direction of Kabul, and judging from their clothing, it was definitely not the Chinese army!

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