Dongwu's Toungoo dynasty originally had a small population due to continuous wars. Thanks to King Talong to rest and recuperate for some years, Dongwu did not continue to die in the war.
But then, the battle of Ava destroyed the Toungoo dynasty and also severely damaged Dongwu's population.
Although Yan Yingyuan rarely fought wars during his governance of Dongwu. There are also people from Yunnan going to Dongwu, and merchants from the mainland doing business, but after all, the population is not so easy to get.
Therefore, the population in Dongwu is mainly concentrated in a few cities, and most of the places are high mountains and dense forests.
After Dongwu became a province of the Ming army, the Ming Dynasty was of course wary of the neighboring Mughal Empire.
There are troops stationed on the border with Bangladesh. At the same time, a large number of spies were also sent into neighboring Bengal to spy on the military situation of the Mughal Empire, just in case.
However, the Mughal Empire ultimately had no reaction at all to the Ming Dynasty's destruction of the Toungoo Dynasty. And it wasn't just for a short period of time, but there was no response.
This situation naturally made the Ming army officers and soldiers on the border relax a lot.
Later, Yan Yingyuan was promoted to governor of Dongwu, and he led troops to sea to manage Ceylon. Before taking office, the new governor of Dongwu, Zhang Huangyan, went to the capital to see the emperor and was reminded by the emperor to be careful of the Mughal Empire.
Zhang Huangyan himself also knew that Yan Yingyuan was going to hand over Ceylon and Bombay with the Fo Langji people. Both he and Yan Yingyuan had predicted that the Mughal Empire would react this time, so they were wary.
In addition to transporting material reserves to important border towns in preparation for war, Zhang Huangyan also reminded border generals to be vigilant! And of course it was impossible for him to go to the border. After all, he was in charge of the entire Dongwu and had too many things to worry about.
Of course, the premise of this is to predict that the reaction of the Mughal Empire this time may be more intense. But nothing big will happen. Even if there is a big event, such as sending troops over, the spies in Bangladesh can get the news in time and respond.
As a result, Shah Jahan sent his third son Aurangzeb to the Eastern Front, who was most capable of fighting.
I have to say, this is a cunning opponent.
In the original history, he was indeed good at fighting and led troops to defeat his three brothers in the battle for the throne. In the end, he imprisoned his father and killed his brother and brother. He also greatly expanded the territory of the Mughal Empire and achieved what it is today. territory of India.
This Aurangzeb obviously knew that there would be spies of the Ming army in Bengal, so he simply did not need the infantry. He just led the cavalry with lightning speed, quickly passed through Bangladesh, and launched an offensive against Dongwu.
This kind of undeclared surprise attack really allowed him to succeed. The first important border town he raided was destroyed by a sneak attack, and several subsequent small towns were slaughtered to pieces by him under his continuous raids.
After Zhang Huangyan from Ava heard the news, he immediately gathered an army to fight, but Aurangzeb retreated to Bangladesh, and then stationed in Bangladesh to reorganize the defense. At the same time, they also sent people to bite back, and sent envoys to accuse the Ming Dynasty of garrisoning troops in Bombay and invading local areas. Is this a flanking attack on the Mughal Empire from east to west or what does it mean? If Ming doesn't give an explanation, don't blame him for destroying Dong Wu's Ming army.
After Zhang Huangyan heard this, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood. Can there be a reasonable person?
However, he also felt that the opponent he faced was difficult to deal with, so while dealing with it cautiously, he sent people to fly to the capital and Ceylon.
Compared with Zhang Huangyan's nervousness and caution, Aurangzeb was much more relaxed. As soon as the war was over, he wrote and sent a victory document in front of the generals of the Imperial Guard, exaggerating the achievements of the generals and asking for credit on their behalf, in order to continue to win people's hearts.
At the same time, he also emphasized in the victory report that the Ming army would definitely counterattack vigorously, so the Imperial Guards could not go back yet. Not only that, he even asked for help to prepare for the next battle.
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Because of the golden finger of the eavesdropping system, there was no need to send people to report so far away. Emperor Chongzhen learned about Dong Wu's battle situation from the Class A eavesdropping seeds on Zhang Huangyan's body in the capital. At the same time, he also learned about Dongwu's battle situation from the Class A eavesdropping seeds on Li Dingguo's body. Eavesdropping Seed has learned about the situation in Mumbai.
"It's time to relax your muscles and bones again!" Emperor Chongzhen put down the imperial pen in his hand, stood up, stretched, and said to himself.
To be honest, I have been engaged in internal affairs this year, and now I feel a little nostalgic when I think of those days of fighting and fighting!
Later, Emperor Chongzhen issued a decree saying that the Mughal Empire invaded Dongwu of the Ming Dynasty and massacred the people of the Ming Dynasty. He decided to personally conquer the Ming Dynasty and destroy the Mughal Empire to avenge the people of the Ming Dynasty!
If this decree had been issued a few years ago, everyone would have questioned it. Because there is no news at all from the capital. Besides, Dongwu was so far away. No matter how clever the emperor was, how could he predict what happened so far away?
However, Emperor Chongzhen had already demonstrated miraculous means during the Battle of Nanyang. He had immortal weapons that could listen to news from thousands of miles away, and this was confirmed. Therefore, no one doubted whether such a thing happened in Dongwu, and they all believed in Emperor Chongzhen.
Moreover, Emperor Chongzhen traveled thousands of miles to go on an expedition, just to avenge the people of the Ming Dynasty, and to fulfill his oath of "those who offend the Ming Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away". For the people of the Ming Dynasty, it was very touching, and they prayed for the emperor's triumphant return.
Of course, some people think that since the emperor is the emperor, how can he go out to fight for everything? Otherwise, what use are those ministers?
Not only did the people say this, but the civil servants and military generals also felt embarrassed and asked for war one after another. Even Lu Xiangsheng, who had just returned to the capital from the south, was willing to go on the emperor's behalf.
In response, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Lu Xiangsheng and others and said, "I'm afraid you don't know the situation in the Mughal Empire, right?"
"I have heard about it, but I don't know much about it!" Lu Xiangsheng told the truth.
As for the other civil servants and generals, Lu Xiangsheng took the lead and confronted the emperor. It was enough for them to just listen without interrupting.
"Well, I will tell you." Emperor Chongzhen said to Lu Xiangsheng and others: "The Mughal Empire was built by the descendants of the Mongols. Its territory is about half the size before I opened up the territory. It is also a farming country. . And when its national power was at its peak, it fought in the south and in the north, wiping out many small countries, and it is still expanding today. In other words, the Mughal Empire was not a weak country!"
Lu Xiangsheng was shocked when he heard this. He didn't expect that this barbarian country was a big country, and it was also capable of conquering and fighting. It seemed that it should not be underestimated.
But even so, for Lu Xiangsheng, so what, it is impossible to be afraid!
Therefore, he had to open his mouth and continue to ask for a fight.
However, Emperor Chongzhen understood what he was thinking, so he took a step ahead of him and said again: "To conquer the Mughal Empire, how many troops do you think the Ming Dynasty will send out and how much food will it consume before we can be sure to destroy it?"
After hearing this, even though Lu Xiangsheng was used to fighting in the north and south, he was still very cautious about this issue. He immediately frowned and made an estimate in his mind, but found that it was difficult to estimate. Because he knew nothing about the situation of the Mughal Empire, including the terrain, customs and so on. All of these will have a very significant impact on the war and cannot be ignored.
If you don't know this, you can only estimate on the big side. The opponent is a big country with a vast territory, so not only will it have more troops, but it will also consume more food and grass.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at all the ministers, including Lu Xiangsheng, who showed cautious expressions. No one answered for a while, so he smiled in his heart, then gave them a stab and said: "One more thing, please don't wait. I forgot that the several provinces close to the Mughal Empire are poor in supplies, and some need to be transported from the interior. Moreover, the transportation is backward, so you have to consider the food and supplies consumed on the road."
"..." After receiving this reminder, Lu Xiangsheng and others were completely speechless.
In this era of inconvenient transportation, very few grains are transported to the destination. Most of the grains are consumed on the road. Especially the farther the destination, the higher the proportion of food consumed on the road.
The Mughal Empire was a grain-producing area far away from the Ming Dynasty. It had a large army and had to transport grain there. Even if it could win, the Ming Dynasty would probably suffer a lot.
Thinking about it this way, how could even Lu Xiangsheng ignore these facts!
Seeing that none of them answered, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said: "Therefore, the war with the Mughal Empire has to be fought by me personally. I don't want to drag down the good people in the country because of the war with the Mughal Empire." Economic momentum!”
If there is anyone in this world who is most confident of destroying the enemy, then there is no one except Emperor Chongzhen!
Anyway, ever since Emperor Chongzhen led his troops in battles, he has won huge victories at a very small cost, without exception!
So, just like that, no one could argue with Emperor Chongzhen about sending troops.
So Emperor Chongzhen led the army and set off.
In this expedition, he did not bring many troops. There was only one part of the Hussars Battalion with 5,000 people, and the chief soldier was Zhou Yuji.
Many of the other general soldiers are already older, over fifty. In fact, even Zhou Yuji is no longer young, but relatively younger.
In this army, there is also a young general in his thirties named Li Laiheng, a staff general under Zhou Yuji. Emperor Chongzhen actually intended to train him when he went on an expedition.
In addition, he also issued an order to mobilize Wu Sangui and Kong Youde to lead more than 5,000 cavalry to accompany them on the expedition. After the two of them eliminated the Jianlu, they were granted the title of Denglai Commander-in-Chief and stationed in Denglai. Among them, Kong Youde was responsible for the sailor training there.
Among them, Kong Youde was just fifty years old, and Wu Sangui was forty, one year younger than Emperor Chongzhen.
This time, the emperor personally drove the expedition. Compared with the past, there were some sections where you could take the train, which was not only faster, but also saved energy. And he doesn't need to bring food and supplies, he can just leave. The army is not large, and it only needs a place to raise food and grass.
What is unexpected is that Emperor Chongzhen did not lead the army southward!
