In the blink of an eye, a personal guard quickly rushed into the central military tent. His face seemed a little panicked and he reported to Shah Jahan: "Great Khan, we came from Delhi 800 miles away in a hurry. Now we are waiting for orders outside the tent!"
Upon hearing this, Shah Jahan couldn't help but be stunned. What can happen in Delhi at this time?
Border issues? The Persian Empire has been beaten to the point of suing for peace, and Kandahar is already in its hands. Could it be that the new emperor of the Persian Empire sent out troops again to recapture Kandahar?
However, the new emperor, whose name seems to be Abbas II, may not have just taken over the throne. How could a young boy have the ambition to take back Kandahar? It seems impossible!
If this was not the case, then it was his sons who made trouble and started a rebellion while he was leading the army out?
Not to mention, Shah Jahan himself had rebelled, so he was quite worried about this matter. But when he thought back, it wasn't right!
The eldest son Dara Shiko has the highest voice to succeed the throne and has the most power in the court. It is possible to unite the courtiers to plot rebellion. But now that he was by his side, that was impossible.
The second son is a loser, and the younger son is too young to be able to do it.
Among all the sons, the one with the strongest ability to lead troops and fight, and the most likely to raise an army to rebel, should be his third son Aurangzeb. However, he was currently in a stalemate with Mingguo Donggo's army in distant Bangladesh, and he had just given him a decree, so it shouldn't be possible!
Then this is impossible, that is impossible, what on earth is going on that would cause Delhi to send an urgent request of 800 miles?
In just a short moment, these thoughts flashed through Shah Jahan's mind, but in the end he still couldn't figure it out, so he immediately issued an order: "Send the message!"
Max and Anthony on the side didn't have much worries when they heard what the translator conveyed. The eight hundred miles of the Mughal Empire were rushed. Firstly, they didn't understand it, and secondly, even if something happened, it was none of their business. Therefore, neither of them worried about it, but just summed it up in their hearts. When they talked about it later, How to get more benefits from Shah Jahan is their focus.
After the guard left, he quickly appeared in the central military tent with a messenger.
The messenger was sweating profusely. Even though he had been waiting outside for a long time, he was still breathing heavily. After entering the Chinese military tent, he immediately knelt down and reported to Shah Jahan: "Great Khan, there is an emergency in the north. Gushi Khan from Tibet has sent troops to invade!"
After finishing speaking, he handed over the urgent documents he had with both hands.
"What?" Shah Jahan was shocked when he heard this. He couldn't sit still at all. He immediately stood up, looked down at the messenger, and asked sternly, "This Khan and his wells are not invading the rivers, so why did they come?"
After asking, he remembered that it seemed that the messenger couldn't answer this question at all, so he had to ask Gushi Khan.
In fact, the reason why there is no conflict with Gushi Khan's well is because Tibet is a plateau and the Mughal Empire is a plain. If he wants to attack Gushi Khan's side, it is not only because he is attacking from the rear. , and will be very unadapted to the plateau climate, and I am afraid that non-combat casualties will be very high. In addition, Tibet, which is close to the Mughal Empire, is an uninhabited place, and supplies will be difficult. Therefore, we can avoid infringing upon the well's water.
However, under this kind of terrain, there is no obstacle for soldiers and horses from the plateau to wreak havoc on the plains. At first, when Gushi Khan invaded Tibet, Shah Jahan was worried for a while, but later he was relieved when he heard that he had no intention of going south. Now, he didn't expect that when he was leading his troops to march south, Gushi Khan would send troops to invade!
What made him even more unexpected was that he thought the messenger could not answer, but he heard the messenger reply: "Great Khan, there are people from the Ming Dynasty in the Tibetan army, and they claimed that the Great Khan sent troops to attack Dongwu and kill the people of the Ming Dynasty. Those who dare to offend the Ming Dynasty. , No matter how far away you are, you will be killed!"
"What?" Shah Jahan's hands shook when he heard this, and he almost dropped the urgent report he had just received. But at this time, he didn't care about it. He just stared at the messenger and shouted sternly, "Then Gushi Khan is the Great Khan of the Oirat tribe, and now he controls Qinghai and Tibet, and he actually surrendered to the Ming Emperor?"
While he was questioning sternly, the translator on the side also secretly told Max and Anthony their conversation.
When Anthony heard this, he immediately stayed there. Max noticed something was wrong and quickly asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"
"Anyone who dares to offend the Ming Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away he is!" Anthony smiled bitterly and repeated this memorable sentence, and then said to Max, "The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was born in the year of the dog, and he will be punished. I have heard this more than once That’s it. I didn’t expect that the Mughal Empire would offend the Ming Dynasty, so they sent troops to fight.”
Having said this, he paused and said mockingly: "Now I am still on the wanted list of the Ming Emperor. It seems that they are chasing me to the Netherlands and they are going to arrest me. But now you are leading the army and the Ming Army in Bombay After being beaten, you must have been on the Ming Emperor’s wanted list!”
When Max heard this, he was a little dumbfounded. Is this okay?
But he didn't care, and immediately said nonchalantly: "Are we afraid of the Ming army? They only have that little strength, let alone pursue them in Europe, right here, our two families join forces, you see they dare to come out and fight What?"
After hearing this, Anthony shook his head, feeling that Max was too optimistic, and immediately answered him: "Do you think this is all the Ming Army? Let me tell you, this is only a very small part of the Ming Army, and you really don't want it. We underestimated the Ming army. In the first battle in the Far East, we in the Netherlands joined forces with Spain, but we were beaten by the Ming army and were unable to fight back."
If we say that in today's world, the maritime power that makes the British fearful is not Spain, which was once known as the "Invincible Fleet", but the Netherlands, known as the "Sea Coachman". At this time, when Max heard what Anthony said, he immediately no longer dared to look down upon him. With a solemn look on his face, he confirmed: "Is the Ming army really that powerful?"
This time, Anthony did not explain, but nodded with a stern expression. And then he nudged his lips a little bit toward Shah Jahan, saying, look, here's an example.
When Max saw it, he turned to look at Shah Jahan, only to see that Shah Jahan had already read the emergency report, was sweating on his forehead, and was pacing back and forth quickly, thinking.
Seeing this, Max suddenly had a bad feeling. Could it be that Shah Jahan wanted to withdraw his troops? If that happened, what would happen to the Ming army in Mumbai? Why don't you have been busy for so long this year, only to give up halfway and go back to different places?
Just when he was worried, Shah Jahan had already made a decision. He stood up, turned around and walked to the back of the desk, and at the same time shouted to his subordinates: "According to this Khan's decree, order Shashujia to mobilize the northern elites to surround and suppress Gushi Khan's troops and drive them back to Tibet!"
At this time, he had already figured out that Gushi Khan's troops totaled more than 10,000 troops. Because of the sudden incident, the neighboring provinces in the north had already fallen into several towns, and their targets were directly aimed at Delhi.
If possible, Shah Jahan certainly wanted to lead the army to fight in person, but more than 10,000 troops came. If possible, he could keep them on Mughal land forever.
However, Bombay is too far from the north. Even if he leads the cavalry back, it will take about a month. And if he leads the troops away, what will happen to the Ming army in Bombay? The Ming army came to attack Bombay with great fanfare, but ended up withdrawing their troops before the battle started? Is it necessary to leave time for the Ming army in Mumbai to continue to grow?
Therefore, as a last resort, Shah Jahan could only let his second son take the lead in organizing troops to deal with Gushi Khan's army. Even if his son was incompetent, after all, Gushi Khan's army only had more than 10,000 troops. Even if it was eliminated, Without this team, it should be no problem to stabilize the battle situation.
After writing the edict and using the seal, it was immediately sent back to the north eight hundred miles away. After finishing these tasks, Shah Jahan turned to look at the two Westerners who were whispering in the Chinese military tent.
To be honest, at this time, Shah Jahan felt a little displeased with these two Westerners. Did these two guys secretly laugh at the Mughals after hearing the news just now?
However, although he thought so in his heart, Shah Jahan endured the fact that he still needed to use others. Even if he wanted to settle accounts with these two people, it would have to wait until after he captured Bombay.
Thinking like this, he forced a smile and pretended not to care very much and said: "A little harassment, only more than 10,000 troops. Our Mughal Empire has millions of troops. The Khan has ordered the north to counterattack. It will be inevitable." It can destroy those invading enemies."
"If you believe it, you are a ghost!" When Anthony heard this, he couldn't help but said in his heart, "If you really thought it was nothing, you would have been sweating so anxiously just now. Do you think we are all stupid?"
However, even though he was thinking this in his mind, he nodded quickly and said in agreement: "The Khan is so powerful that he will definitely be able to destroy the invading enemies and teach them a lesson!"
The northern part of the Mughal Empire was attacked, and neither Antony nor Max cared. On the contrary, it would be best for the Mughal Empire and the Ming Dynasty to lose both sides. That is what they are most happy to see.
Anyway, they didn’t like that the Mughal Empire was a powerful centralized state!
At this time, after listening to Anthony's words, Shah Jahan just nodded lightly, and then said to them: "Now the preparations for attacking the Ming army in Bombay are almost complete. Looking at it, it is better to start attacking Bombay tomorrow and eliminate the Ming army." ,how?"
Hearing this, Anthony and Max couldn't help but look at each other.
When I came here just now, the Mughal army was in full swing. Rafts and other siege equipment were still being built. Why did they just say that they were almost ready?
It seems that Shah Jahan is still anxious!
