India, a magical place, certainly has magical terrain!
If we don’t consider the oceans on the east, west, and south sides, and just talk about the north, northwest, and northeast, it’s simply surrounded by natural dangers and is impregnable!
Directly north of India are guarded by the Himalayas and Karakoram Mountains, which are so high! Moreover, to the north of these two mountains is still a snow-covered plateau with overlapping mountains. Walking on it will make you out of breath, let alone climbing over the mountains and ridges into Tianzhu... In the early years, when the weather was warm, the snow-covered plateau The population is still larger, with a large Tubo area, and from time to time you can also enter Tianzhu. But that hasn't happened since the weather got colder.
The northeastern part of India and the border areas of Myanmar and Arakan also have natural dangers of mountains. Not only is the terrain difficult, but it is also a place of miasma. If you don’t take the waterway of the Bay of Bengal, but go over the mountains and ridges to enter India, the disease alone will be It can kill 70% or more of the intruders. How can the remaining people still be in the mood to invade?
In the northwest of India, God finally left a gap called the Khyber Pass. The so-called mountain pass is actually a valley located between the Hindu Kush Mountains and the Pamir Plateau, called the Khyber (Kabul) Valley. The valley runs from northwest to southeast, with a total length of more than a hundred miles, and the narrowest point is just over a mile. Moreover, there are hillsides of moderate height on both sides of the valley, making it very easy to deploy defenses.
In addition, the Khyber Valley is not a remote backwater. To the west of the valley is Kabul... It was a less developed city in later generations, but in the long history, Kabul was more prosperous than London, Paris, and New York at the same time for most of the time!
To the east of the Khyber Valley is the Gandhara Basin, which is the base camp of the Gandhara kingdom famous for its Greco-Buddhist art. Its richness is evident.
In the 17th century, although the Gandhara Kingdom had long since disappeared. However, thanks to the India-Central Asia trade route and the agriculture of the Gandhara Basin, the Gandhara Basin is still very rich, and there is also a large city, Peshawar, whose prosperity is at least equivalent to that of a second-tier European city.
Moreover, the city of Peshawar is very close to the Khyber Pass and is almost blocked outside the Khyber Pass. It can completely become part of the Khyber Pass defense system and provide strong logistical support to the troops stationed at the Khyber Pass. .
So... After learning that Aurangzeb had spent a lot of money to invite reinforcements from the three vassals from Burma, Kangxi Khan really couldn't sit still. Although the leaders of Bukhara, Khiva, and Afghanistan The local chiefs patted their chests and assured him that it would be absolutely fine to wait until the autumn weather was clear before marching. However, he refused to wait any longer and just kept urging his subordinates to prepare for the march. He also said that soldiers are valuable and quick... They made a group of "printing activists" in Central Asia and Afghanistan dumbfounded.
Here in India, there is no concept of "super speed"!
How is it possible to be "super fast"?
As for the Indians building castles and fortifications in the Khyber Valley under the scorching sun, in the eyes of those "Zhiyin Printing" guys, it was just the Khan's imagination... How did the Indians Maybe build a wall at Khyber Pass? They haven’t cultivated it for two or three thousand years. They’ve been invaded countless times and they haven’t cultivated it. How can they cultivate it now?
However, under the endless urging of Kangxi Khan, the people of the Eight Banners, the Bukharas, the Khivas, and the Afghans had no choice but to pack their bags and leave the cool Kabul. Under the scorching sun, they listlessly entered Kabul. Burr Pass.
As soon as he entered the Khyber Valley, Kangxi Khan, who was listless due to the sun, suddenly became alert.
Because he found that the terrain of the Khyber Mountain Valley is very suitable for setting up an ambush... Because most of the hills on both sides of the valley are not high, most of them are twenty to thirty feet tall, and they are not too steep. You can rush down from the top. . Moreover, there are many small valleys on both sides of the river valley, where troops can be hidden. In addition, although the Khyber Valley is a very important transportation artery, no one has repaired the official road for thousands of years. Although the width of the mountain pass was not small, there was no good road to walk on. Kangxi's army could not advance in a wide column and could only form a relatively slender column.
If there were ambushes on the hillsides on both sides of the river valley, then Kangxi Khan would be in big trouble!
Kangxi became a little nervous when he thought of this, and his brows gradually knitted together.
At this moment, at the front of the team, there were already many riders running back and forth, constantly bringing over the progress of the forward troops and the situation of the Mughal defenders in India.
"Great Khan, General Fei's troops have passed the narrowest part of the river valley and have fortified themselves on the hills on both sides. The army can pass safely!"
"Great Khan, there is still no sign of sending troops from Peshawar today. They just closed the city gate tightly, and there is no sign of any activity of the Hindustan Army outside the city!"
The Hindustan Empire is the official name of the Mughal Empire in India. Mughals or Mughals are what others call them, and they are also a bit contemptuous...probably on the surface, you, the descendants of Timur. This is not an Indian Asan at all, but a Mongolian barbarian!
Therefore, most of Aurangzeb's enemies called his country Mughals or Mughals (homophone), but Kangxi was an exception. Because he claims to be the Great Khan of Mongolia and the Mughal Khan... He openly admits that he is a Mongolian barbarian!
Therefore, when his army marched towards India, they no longer called their opponents "Mughals"...otherwise it would be Mughals fighting Mughals!
Kangxi Khan now calls Aurangzeb's people the Hindustan Army.
After hearing the report, Kangxi Khan just frowned: "Kyber is not protected by nature... but it is setting up defenses in Peshawar. What is Aurangzeb planning?"
Next to Kangxi Khan was an Afghan with a white cloth turban and a gray beard. The old man named Khan Khatak was a learned and talented imam. He could understand what Kangxi was speaking in Mongolian and immediately answered with a smile. Crossing the topic, he said: "Sweat, Aurangzeb doesn't know how to make an abacus."
"Ah," Kangxi Khan said with a smile, "Grandmaster of Kathak, that's not what I meant... What I meant was, does Aurangzeb have any conspiracy?"
This Tianfang sect leader is a great scholar in Afghanistan, proficient in multiple languages, a poet, and Aurangzeb’s mortal enemy. He spends his days thinking about getting Afghanistan out of the rule of the Hindustan Empire...and then go "Print"!
However, Amir Khan under Aurangzeb still had a few tricks up his sleeve, and he managed to win over all the Afghan chiefs by issuing subsidies. At the same time, he also used sowing dissension to make various Afghan ministries fight among themselves. So the old man's appeals were in vain until Kangxi Khan's army entered Kabul!
Although Kangxi Khan is not a Tianfang believer, Afghans these days are not so stubborn, and "printing" is the top priority! The person who took them to "print" last time was Aurangzeb's grandfather!
How many years have passed, and the Afghans are almost crazy about "printing", but there is no capable leader to lead everyone to do it! Now that we finally have a "real Mongol Khan", everyone no longer cares about his beliefs... No matter what, let's grab it first!
Therefore, this old man Khan Khatak, who had high prestige in Kabul and Peshawar, took the lead in joining Kangxi Khan's "printing team" and became a bachelor of Wenhua Palace!
Hearing Kangxi Khan's question, the great scholar of Kathak stroked his gray beard and said with a smile: "Great Khan, you don't need to worry... because this is India after all, and any conspiracy of Aurangzeb will not work. It will become empty talk for one reason or another. Your army can march straight into the city of Peshawar. The garrison of Peshawar is Singh who believes in Hinduism, and his troops are all Rajputs... .They all believe in Hinduism and are incompatible with Aurangzeb, who believes in Devabha religion. If you trust me, I can go into the city to persuade Singh to surrender."
"He is willing to surrender?" Kangxi thought for a while, "What conditions are needed?"
The grand maester of Kathak smiled and said: "You must protect the Hindus and their traditions..."
