"With millions of troops surrounding the city, Delhi will be defeated!"
"The most taboo thing about defending a city is to defend it alone. You have no foreign aid and you can't defend it!"
"General, benevolence and righteousness, those who surrender will avoid death!"
"Open the door to welcome King Chuang, but King Chuang will not pay you any food when he comes!"
"..."
In all directions, selected Mughal thieves were shouting loudly.
On top of the city of Delhi, the garrison soldiers looked at the endless bandit camp outside the city, and all of them remained silent.
It can be seen that their morale is not high.
If it was a sneak attack by bandits and guerrilla warfare at the beginning, the Mughal officers and soldiers were unconvinced by their defeat. However, later on, the addition of the Persian army still did not wipe out the bandits. Instead, they made the bandits stronger and stronger. .
Later, when the Persian army withdrew, leaving the Mughal court alone to face the bandits, morale had already begun to decline.
The royal family's customary regicide further depressed the morale of the Mughal officers and soldiers.
In the city of Delhi today, those who still have fighting spirit are all the troops directly under the new emperor Aurangzeb, while the other troops with low morale are the subordinates of the original emperor or prince.
Although Aurangzeb was announcing that his father, Shah Jahan, had died of a sudden illness, everyone with a discerning eye knew that it must have been Aurangzeb who had won the throne.
Because Shah Jahan's eldest son Dara Shuko was tied to the back of a dirty baby elephant and paraded through the streets of Delhi, saying that it was his fault that caused Shah Jahan to become seriously ill, and then he was directly executed.
After the city was besieged by bandits, Aurangzeb suddenly announced that his second brother Shuja and his youngest brother Mudra Bakhsh tried to surrender to the bandits, and he ordered them to be executed immediately.
In this way, although military power was concentrated in the hands of Aurangzeb and he made a promise to treat other non-direct armies well, not many people believed his lies.
Instead, his acts of regicide and brother-killing earned Aurangzeb a reputation as cruel and suspicious.
During the propaganda offensive outside the city, Aurangzeb's men patrolled the city, but no accidents occurred.
Aurangzeb also encouraged his ministers: "The more bandits coming outside the city, the heavier the logistical pressure will be on them. As long as we hold on, the bandits will eventually run out of food and retreat!"
It must be said that he still has some military talents and can see the weaknesses of the army outside the city at a glance.
But it's obvious that he lacks a lot in other aspects.
………………
After several days of shouting outside the city, at the suggestion of military advisor Song Xiance, Li Zicheng concentrated his artillery on the east gate and bombarded only one place. The numerical advantage quickly suppressed the artillery at the head of Delhi and destroyed the outer wall.
However, the bandits did not continue the attack, but gave the Delhi defenders a final warning.
"Surrender, you can't hold it!"
"If you don't surrender, once the city is captured, the whole city will be killed!"
"The general has brought in more artillery, and it's easy to knock down the city wall!"
"Those who follow it will prosper, those who go against it will perish!"
"..."
Along with this final warning, Li Zicheng also transferred all his elite soldiers and generals to the city, and placed them in front of the Delhi defenders as a demonstration.
Aurangzeb didn't care at all about these methods of the bandits, they were nothing more than intimidation. Anyway, there is only one attitude, just wait for the thieves to run out of food and retreat.
However, what he never expected was that in the early morning of the next day, Suleiman Shuko, the eldest son of Dara Shuko, gathered some people and opened the west gate to welcome King Chuang into the city.
Aurangzeb woke up from his bed and rang the bell to summon his men to prepare for a fight to the death.
As a result, after knocking for a long time, no one came to gather at all. There was only a lonely old eunuch following him.
His reputation as cruel and suspicious eventually caused his men to abandon him. Of course, this also has a lot to do with the deterrence of the bandit army outside the city.
Hearing the cry of killing outside the palace, Aurangzeb knew that his end had come. He immediately drew his sword in despair and killed all his children and concubines, and then hanged himself in the palace.
It turned out that he had asked the old eunuch to set fire to the palace after his death.
As a result, the old eunuch did not listen to him at the end and kept the palace. As a result, Suleiman Shuko led his men into the palace and cut his body into pieces with knives.
Just like that, the Mughal Empire fell.
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Li Zicheng fulfilled his promise and did not go on a killing spree after occupying Delhi.
However, he still has problems to solve.
It's what Aurangzeb said, military supplies for the army!
Although Delhi was captured, all the property was in the hands of the dignitaries.
If you capture the city but can't get the property, then what's the use of capturing the city?
In the end, Li Zicheng's specialty, chasing stolen money and paying wages, was performed in Delhi.
His confidant General Liu Zongmin presided over it. At first, he only targeted people who originally belonged to Aurangzeb's line and asked them to hand over the prescribed money for military use.
However, just like in the original history, once this kind of opening is opened, it can easily expand.
Therefore, later on, the official position that originally required only five taels of silver became one that required fifty taels; the one that originally required one hundred taels of silver became one thousand taels.
At the end, it was just a matter of shaving it dry and clean.
If not, then they will be tortured. Some officials could not bear the torture and handed over the buried gold and silver property. As a result, Liu Zongmin thought that these were just cheap bones and would not hand them over unless they were dealt with severely, so he continued to torture them severely.
Not to mention, the effect is absolutely great. Within a few days, I gained a lot.
Of course, the targets of these stolen money subsidies are only the dignitaries and wealthy households in Delhi. Ordinary people have all joined the bandits.
But for Niu Jinxing, it was time to perform.
He immediately led all the civil and military officers to persuade Li Zicheng to advance. Finally, amid the wails of the former Delhi officials, Li Zicheng ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. The country was named "Dashun" and the reign was named Yongchang. That is to say, Li Zicheng became the Dashun Kingdom of Yongchang in India. emperor.
Li Zicheng issued an order to change Delhi to Chang'an, which was the capital city, and to imitate the Ming system to establish six cabinet ministries and a governor's office, etc. A group of people are all appointed to worship the generals, and they go out to the generals and into the prime ministers.
Those who followed Li Zicheng basically received rewards. For example, Song Xiance was named the founding military advisor and was awarded the title of Duke Zhi; Niu Jinxing was named the chief minister of the cabinet and was also granted the title of Duke Wen; Liu Zongmin was made the governor-general and was awarded the title of Duke Wu...
Suddenly, the atmosphere in Delhi, now called Chang'an, was filled with loud gongs and drums, and it was extremely festive.
By this time, the matter of chasing stolen money and providing subsidies was also ended by Li Zicheng's grace.
Subsequently, Li Zicheng held an imperial meeting and began to divide his troops to occupy various parts of the original Mughal Empire and take control of the local areas.
Not to mention, Li Zicheng's momentum is now so strong that it is at its peak. When the troops he sent arrived at various places, they always faced the wind.
In less than a month, the news that reached Chang'an from various places was all good news. Basically, all the territory that originally belonged to the Mughal Empire became part of the Dashun Kingdom.
So, while Li Zicheng was in high spirits, he turned his attention to the northwest.
For him, as a new dynasty, he was naturally interested in taking back the territory originally ceded by the Mughal Empire. And another point is that Lahore is the barrier to the northwest of Chang'an. If it is not recaptured, Li Zicheng will have trouble sleeping and eating in Chang'an.
And if we want to take back Lahore, it would be best to take back the important town of Kandahar as well. Because as long as Kandahar is in hand, as long as Kandahar is defended, Persia can be prevented from attacking Dashun. And if Li Zicheng is willing, he can also invade Persia from Kandahar.
Therefore, Li Zicheng began to discuss marching to the northwest and retaking Lahore and Kandahar from Persia.
The result of the discussion was to appoint Liu Zongmin as general and Song Xiance as military advisor. They would lead 100,000 elite troops, including 30,000 cavalry. They were scheduled to send troops to regain the lost territory in the northwest three days later.
After the discussion, Li Zicheng said proudly: "Dear ladies, I am waiting for your good news in Chang'an!"
Liu Zongmin and Song Xiance both came out and responded in unison, saying that they would live up to the emperor's high expectations and would never return to the army unless they captured the lost territory.
On the third day, Li Zicheng drove out of the city and saw Liu Zongmin off in person.
But who would have thought that before Liu Zongmin led the troops far, a horse came to report to Li Zicheng, who was looking at the army in the distance at the city gate: "Your Majesty, something serious has happened. Sun Gouguan led the troops to fight out of Dongwu." !”
Upon hearing this, Li Zicheng suddenly changed his color.
In his heart, he has always been worried about two things.
The first is Zhang Xianzhong, who is afraid that after making trouble in Persia for a while, he will come back to make trouble again.
Second, the Ming Dynasty was always worried that the court would not let him go and would chase him from all corners of the world.
Relatively speaking, Li Zicheng was more afraid of the imperial officers and soldiers than Zhang Xianzhong.
Because Zhang Xianzhong knew how many kilograms and taels his troops had. As for the officials and soldiers of the imperial court, he was driven here and was already frightened.
At this time, when he heard that Sun Chuanting, who had killed only eighteen of his riders, came in with his troops, he was of course very worried.
Niu Jinxing on the side was also shocked when he heard this, but when he came to his senses, he immediately comforted Li Zicheng and said: "Your Majesty, at this time and at that time, the imperial officers and soldiers dared to pursue me again this time. I dare to guarantee that they will definitely come." There’s no coming back!”
"Oh?" When Li Zicheng heard this, he immediately felt happy and asked quickly, "Why is Aiqing so sure?"
"Your Majesty, please take a look!" Niu Jinxing immediately analyzed, "When we were in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the officers and soldiers held great righteousness and were able to incite unsteady traitors in the army. It was also for this reason that our army suffered repeated defeats! But now..."
Hearing this, Li Zicheng couldn't help but think of Li Guo. I couldn't help but have an impulse in my heart. I really wanted to grab Li Guo's collar and ask him, now that I am the emperor, how can I say that I am the most glorious person for my ancestors?
