What everyone basically admits is that Gao Yuan's idea does have a certain probability of success, but things are not that simple.
The navy was naturally delighted that Gao Yuan suddenly thought of such a clever idea, and at this point, no matter whether it could be implemented smoothly in the end, the people in the navy must remain grateful to Gao Yuan. But the trouble is that the army generals still have some doubts in their hearts.
It's not surprising that there are knots, because according to Gao Yuan's idea, although the army does not have to be a wedding dress for the navy's merits, it can safely take its own military merits. However, the corresponding result is that the Navy got a great contribution out of thin air, while the Army did not even play a role in this contribution and became a mere spectator.
Not to mention, if there is no navy to intervene, then Dhaka or the whole of Bangladesh, shouldn't it be the name on our army's merit book in the end? It's good now. Once this matter goes well, I'm afraid it will eventually become "the army takes Arakan and the navy takes Bengal."
Are you kidding me? Although Arakan is close to southern Xinjiang, it should be part of Myanmar from a geographical point of view (the main body of Arakan is the Rakhine State of Myanmar in later generations, but does not include Chittagong, which belongs to Bangladesh), but Arakan regardless of its territory Which one can compare with Bangladesh in terms of area, population, product richness, etc.? Since it can't be compared, then of course the credit cannot be compared. Wouldn't this be a huge loss?
There is a saying in later generations: I am afraid that my brothers will have a hard life, but I am also afraid that my brothers will drive Land Rover. Most people are actually like this, with both a kind side and a comparison side. It’s natural to be kind, and maybe so is comparison.
The land and sea armies in southern Xinjiang actually have this mentality, or at least something similar: everyone knows that the other party cannot suffer a big loss, otherwise their life will definitely be difficult; but at the same time, it is best for the other party not to take advantage of it. Otherwise, I will definitely feel even worse.
Originally, according to the pre-war plan for the Western Expedition, the Navy was really just to give the Army a leg up, because they had no serious opponents in the South Asian subcontinent and were mainly engaged in transportation. The results are good now. First, they made great achievements in the surprise attack on Chittagong. They are about to capture Dhaka, and then they can capture the whole of Bengal by contacting Isa Khan and the Assamese people... You have taken advantage of all the good things, right?
However, although the Army wants to object, there must be a reasonable reason for the objection. You can't say that it is more uncomfortable for us to see your Navy being proud than to feel deflated, right? That's outrageous.
As the chief of staff, Gao Lian had the strongest awareness of the overall situation and was the first to think of a "cracking strategy." I only heard him cough lightly and said: "The commander-in-chief has an overview of the overall situation and a far-sighted vision. The general is very impressed. If the local rebels in Bangladesh can be mobilized in this way, and then join forces with the neighboring country of Assam, under the cooperation of internal and external cooperation, there will also be the Marine Corps As a backbone, it is true that there is a great chance to defeat Bangladesh.
To take a step back, even if things don't go as smoothly as expected, with this level of strength, at least they can wait until the army has dealt with Arakan before moving west to support them, and they can win in the end. "
Wanting to restrain himself before he could advance, Gao Lian first praised him like this. Before the navy could confirm the matter, he continued: "However, I think this matter is still a little troublesome. I wonder if you have considered it. "
The superior could not blame or question, so at this time he did not say "Has the Commander-in-Chief considered it?" but replaced it with "Everyone."
Everyone moved their eyes to his face, waiting for him to ask questions. Gao Lian smiled slightly and asked: "Now that our army has captured Chittagong, how long will it take for this news to reach Dhaka? In my opinion, once the news reaches Dhaka, the Mughal defenders in Dhaka will most likely be vigilant Get up, if you want to make a surprise attack then, it will be difficult.
In other words, our army must contact Isa Khan and the Assamese people very quickly. By the time they take action, the Mughal defenders in Dhaka still have no time to learn that Chittagong has been captured by our army. information. "
As he spoke, he stood up and pointed his slender pointer at the Kanyu map on the wall, pointing out several places such as Chittagong, Dhaka, and Assam, and then said: "Look at the distance."
There is no need for him to say this. Everyone is already silently calculating the distance and the speed of the messenger's movement in their hearts.
Gao Lian did not wait for everyone to think carefully, but just waited for a moment before continuing: "Everyone, first of all, do we know where Isa Khan is currently? Is he in Dhaka or... Somewhere in Bangladesh? I don’t think he’s staying in Dhaka?”
Not many people know about this matter. Gao Yuan himself learned about it through the Ministry of Internal Affairs' system in southern Xinjiang, but this kind of news will obviously not be widely disseminated. So Gao Yuan had no choice but to stand up and walk to the Kanyu map, pointing to a place and saying: "According to the last news a few days ago, Isa Khan should be near here now."
Everyone followed his hand and pointed towards it. The name of the place was marked on the map: Tamori. Located west of Dhaka, it is another seaside port.
Gao Lian nodded and said: "Tamali, I remember seeing this name in a book before. It was also a powerful country in Tianzhu a long time ago. It was called Tamolidi in the Tang Dynasty. According to "Book of Jin" According to records, in the fifth year of Yixi (409), Faxian (a native of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, surnamed Gong, from Wuyang, Pingyang County, Jin Dynasty, and now Xiangyuan County, Shanxi Province) returned from the Damolidi Kingdom via the sea route via Guangzhou. .”
Everyone was stunned. Gao Yuan said "Oh" and thought thoughtfully: "This place...I remembered that my father called it 'Calcutta', but I didn't ask about the origin of this name." Everyone was stunned again.
In fact, even if Gao Yuan asked, Gao Pragmatic would most likely not answer, because Gao Pragmatic didn't know the origin of the name Calcutta. As I said before, one thing that is very bad about the history of Indians is that they do not have the habit of recording history. All they have are various things similar to long mythological poems, most of which are passed down orally, and a few are recorded. .
What was recorded was okay, but what was passed down orally was too unreliable. It was either lost or distorted. In the end, it was almost unbelievable. Of course, the Indians themselves dared to believe it, and they were too brave.
For example, the mythology says that there is a certain god somewhere who likes to see people throwing stones at each other, so they can organize a festival. Every year, they divide into two groups and throw stones at each other. If a few are not killed, it seems disrespectful to the god—— This is modern India. Later, the Indian government also felt that the people in this place were too unruly and imposed some restrictions. Finally, the number of people being beaten to death became less frequent. Generally, people only need to lose their luck and then go to the hospital to lie down in the ICU. There are not many people who go to lie down, maybe a few dozen every year, and sometimes it can exceed a hundred.
Speaking of which, since Gao Yuan said that Gao pragmatically called this place Calcutta, everyone present no longer cares what it is called. From now on, this place can only be called Calcutta - at least before the Marquis changes its name, it must be Call it this name.
Gao Jing, the commander of the Western Expedition Fleet, also stood up at this time, walked to the Kanyu map and made some gestures, saying: "Looking at the Kanyu map, the straight-line distance between Calcutta and Dhaka is about five hundred miles, and because it is a We are at a seaport, so we might consider sending an armed transport ship to pretend to be a merchant ship, and then contact Isa Khan to ask him to launch a resistance earlier."
Since Gao Lian was talking about "speed", Gao Jing was also talking about speed. He said: "The main force of the fleet can wait at the nearby sea. As long as they don't go to busy sea roads, generally speaking, they will not be discovered. Of course, Wan Once they are discovered by a stray ship, it's no big deal... just capture them and let them go after the battle is over.
In this way, it would be too late for us to wait for the news of Isa Khan and launch a surprise attack on Dhaka by sea. Of course, the premise is that the news of the capture of Chittagong cannot be sent to Dhaka too early. "
Gao Lian immediately frowned and said: "Isa Khan's matter can be handled this way, but what about Assam? This state is far northeast of Bangladesh. We need to contact them, either through Bangladesh from south to north, or from Mani on the east side. Crossing the Poole Mountains. The former is impossible, and the latter is a rugged mountain road. God knows how long it will take. I am afraid that by the time we contact them, the day lilies will be cold."
Gao Jing retorted: "Assam can't be contacted for the time being, but it doesn't matter. It won't be too late to send someone to contact us after we capture Dhaka. After all, the real key ally for our trip is Issa Khan, not Assam."
Bangladesh was originally a powerful country in India and once conquered almost the entire northern part of India. It was only conquered by the Mughals in recent years. Since Isa Khan is one of the local leaders of Bengal, he has always wanted to resist the Mughals. It can be seen that his subordinates More or less powerful.
As for Assam, whether looking at its territorial location or listening to intelligence, it doesn't look like it has a large population. Even if there are elite soldiers in the remote countryside, I'm afraid there won't be many of these so-called 'elite soldiers'. After all, they are not as strong as Isa Khan. Strong.
Therefore, I thought that we could cooperate with Isa Khan to expel the Mughal army in Bengal while taking Dhaka. At this time, we would contact the Assamese to strengthen our strength to deal with the possible counterattack of the Mughal army. "
Gao Lian secretly thought that something was not good, if things continued like this, he was afraid that things would really happen. He hurriedly said: "So, how to prevent the news from Chittagong from reaching Dhaka prematurely? This is a prerequisite for all the previous ideas."
Gao Jing pondered slightly, and finally said coldly: "If it doesn't work, Chittagong... just don't leave anyone alive."
As soon as he said this, everyone was shocked. What does this mean? Do you want to massacre the city? If this kind of deed was done, and if the Marquis knew about it afterwards, he would be very angry.
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