I saw that all the Ming cavalry in front no longer ran in the middle of the road, but moved to the left and right. However, there was still dust flying in the distance on the road ahead. What's happening here?
Shashujia and the others were a little suspicious and suddenly became wary.
At this time, they saw a lot of Ming troops coming out from the side of the mountain forest in front of them. Every two Ming troops were in groups. One was carrying a huge musket, and the other was holding the handle of the gun from behind, aiming at them. .
In the Mughal army, there was a unit called the Hui Hui Pao Camel Soldiers. This refers to the camels equipped with large muskets on their backs. These muskets were passed over from the Persian Empire, so they are called Hui Hui Pao Camel Soldiers.
Therefore, when Sha Shujia and others saw the movements of the Ming infantry and the large muskets in their hands, they immediately reined in their horses and did not dare to rush forward. Otherwise, the closer you are to those muskets, the more powerful you will be attacked. Even though the number of these Ming troops was only a few hundred, the bombardment from the large muskets was no joke.
"Bah, bah, bah..."
But even so, the Ming army's musketeers still opened fire, smoke rose into the sky, and loud noises were heard. Even though Shashujia's troops had reined in their horses, there were still some unlucky ones who were hit by those large guns and sprayed out. shotgun. In an instant, at least twenty Mughal cavalry fell.
Seeing this scene, Shashujia couldn't help laughing. He pointed his riding crop at the Ming infantry who fired, and said loudly: "These Ming troops are really stupid! What if they suddenly come out of the forest when we are passing by?" Shooting, that is the wise thing to do. However, these Ming soldiers not only did not do this, but they were so far away, so they opened fire! Ming soldiers, this is just the way it is!"
The men around him, including the general of the Royal Forest Army, all burst out laughing after hearing this. Because what Shashujia said is reasonable, it seems that the Ming army is stupid!
However, their laughter had just ended, and before they could take the next step, they felt the earth shaking.
Cavalry, this definitely requires a large number of cavalry, very, very many cavalry, to have such a rocking feeling!
Shashuja and others immediately turned their heads and looked around after hearing the sound. In the direction from which the rumbling thunder came, that is, in front of them, through the flying dust, they could see a long dragon coming towards them.
This cavalry army, looking at the red color, knows that it is the cavalry army of the Ming Dynasty. At this moment, Sha Shujia and others suddenly understood, they all understood: It was not the Ming army that was stupid, but they themselves were stupid!
On my side, I fell into the Ming army’s plan from the very beginning!
From the beginning, the Ming army must have had a premeditated plan, rather than an encounter. Everything is played by the Ming army.
Judging from the chaos in their camp and the various appearances of not being on guard, it was actually to attract the cavalry under their command to continue the pursuit. Then when they escaped, they scattered gold, silver, jewelry and other property, which further divided the cavalry and left them with no fighting capacity at all.
In the end, the infantry of the Ming Dynasty appeared in advance and fired, not to kill their own side, but to stop their own side.
All of this is for the charge of the Ming Cavalry at this moment.
At this time, even if Shashuja and others figured it out, they had no choice but to yell, turn around and run away.
However, the Ming Dynasty Cavalry had enough time to speed up and had been waiting for work. It can be said that the Ming Dynasty Cavalry at this time was a real tiger coming out of the mountain and pounced on their prey with an unstoppable momentum.
As soon as Shashujia turned around and fled, the Ming cavalry was like a red torrent, flooding towards the two to three thousand Mughal cavalry that had been chasing them.
Not to mention that these Mughal cavalry were frightened out of their wits by this unstoppable offensive of the Ming cavalry. Even if they were not scared out of their wits, facing the Ming cavalry that had already accelerated and rushed over, it was impossible for them to have any fear at all. The power of resistance.
The two or three thousand Mughal cavalry troops were like buildings made of sand. When the Ming army was hit by the waves, nothing was left.
Not far away, halfway up the mountain, watching the Ming cavalry continue to roll forward and rush towards the Mughal cavalry who were still fighting for gold and silver in the camp, Wu Sangui, sweating, looked at Emperor Chongzhen who was standing there watching the battle. He said with admiration: "Your Majesty, this battle is decided!"
"Thank you for your hard work, Wu Qing!" Emperor Chongzhen turned to look at him and said with a smile, "This battle is the first battle of our Ming Dynasty to destroy the Mughals, and you are the first to do so!"
After a series of layouts, the largest mobile force of the Mughal Empire in the north was this army led by Shashuja. If this army is eliminated, the Ming cavalry will be able to come and go freely in the north of the Mughals and gallop freely.
To eliminate this army, we must first eliminate the cavalry. However, the Mughal cavalry also numbered more than 20,000, and their strength was similar to that of the Ming cavalry. In addition, this cavalry is an elite cavalry force drawn from various places by Sha Shujia. Although Emperor Chongzhen is confident that he can win if he fights hard, he will lose a lot of men and horses. This is definitely not what he wants to see. Not willing to bear it either.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen decided on this strategy after learning the character of the enemy commander and the mentality of most of their generals from the eavesdropping system.
Of course, he would definitely not do it himself to lure the enemy. Even if he wanted to do this, the generals would definitely try their best to stop it.
Now that the plan was successful, the Mughal cavalry had been chasing for so long. Not only were they exhausted, they even lacked any formation. Most of the cavalry were dismounted and were scrambling for gold, silver and jewels. Not to mention the Ming cavalry, which had 10,000 troops. Even if there are only 5,000, they can kill more than 20,000 Mughal cavalry without leaving a single piece of armor behind!
Without the cavalry to support the infantry, no matter how elite they were, Emperor Chongzhen believed that it would only be a matter of time before they could be defeated. What's more, their coach also came after him.
About half an hour later, I heard shouts in this area: "The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"
"Long live the Emperor!"
"..."
The Mughal people who were running around, thinking they were suspicious soldiers, returned to the camp one by one. Looking at the corpses of the Mughal cavalry everywhere and the Ming cavalry officers cheering everywhere, they all opened their eyes.
In this battle, it can be seen that the Ming cavalry did not lose anything at all, because the bodies of the Ming soldiers could not be seen. So many cavalry troops were massacred so unilaterally! This fighting power is truly unimaginable for them.
When they saw the Ming army officers and soldiers appearing surrounded by the Ming Emperor, they all knelt down on the ground very devoutly, murmuring to themselves, as if they were kneeling to worship the legendary gods.
At this time, beside Emperor Chongzhen, Zhou Yuji was excitedly reporting on the battle: "Your Majesty, our army suffered thirty-two casualties in this battle, but it wiped out more than 10,000 enemy horsemen, captured more than 6,500 people, and captured one war horse. More than 15,000 horses."
This is a great victory, a great victory!
However, Emperor Chongzhen was numb to such a great victory.
With the eavesdropping system in hand, you can make full use of asymmetric information and maximize your own advantages. It is also because of this that every battle Emperor Chongzhen fought was a great victory, which made him famous!
At this time, seeing the soldiers happy, Emperor Chongzhen also smiled and praised: "Well done!"
As he was talking, he suddenly saw Li Laiheng personally escorting someone over. When he got close, he kicked the man on the crook of his hind legs, shouted "Kneel down", and then reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, this man is the commander-in-chief of the Mughal army, their second prince. What’s the name Shashuja!”
Sha Shujia was also lucky. He was not killed in the charge of the Ming Dynasty cavalry, but his luck was just that. He was caught when Li Laiheng led the army to clean up the battlefield.
Although he couldn't understand Chinese at this time, looking at the scene in front of him, he could almost guess that the leader was definitely the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, he quickly kowtowed and shouted for mercy.
Emperor Chongzhen looked down at him, hesitant for a moment.
When he first invaded the Mughal Empire, his original plan was to support a local puppet of the Ming Dynasty to colonize India. However, as he went deeper into the Mughal Empire, he discovered that this place was really a fertile land. Isn't it a bit of a waste to just colonize such a good place?
If the original plan is still followed, this incompetent Shashuja is definitely a suitable puppet candidate. But at this time, Emperor Chongzhen wanted to change his mind again.
The Middle East, including the Arabian Peninsula, and preferably the Persian Empire, has an unknown amount of oil underground. Therefore, it must be under direct local jurisdiction.
However, the Ming Dynasty itself is too far away from the Middle East. I originally thought it would be easy to occupy, but judging from the actual situation, it was not as easy as imagined.
Take Mumbai as an example. It is far away from the mainland, and Yan Yingyuan is fighting alone. If there were no reinforcements, the entire army would probably be annihilated. After all, the enemies are not fools. When they know that the attacking Ming army is very powerful, they will often unite. This time, it was not just the Mughal Empire and the Western colonists who united.
Therefore, if the Ming Dynasty wanted to occupy the Persian Empire and the Arabian Peninsula next, it would not be enough if it only used Bombay as its advance base. In this way, the territory of the Mughal Empire became very important.
However, the Mughal Empire was not easy to manage due to historical reasons. The Ming Dynasty's national power was not strong enough to occupy a place and give equal treatment to the people there. After all, resources are limited!
Thinking about this, looking at Shashuja who kept kowtowing, and being stunned for a moment, Emperor Chongzhen finally made a decision on how this land of the Mughal Empire should be ruled.
