Next, is the reorganization of the Mughal infantry.
The original organization was disrupted, and the soldiers under each temporary generation were immediately assigned. Although doing so will greatly reduce combat effectiveness. However, Emperor Chongzhen didn't care about their combat effectiveness at all.
In addition, each centurion will also join a supervisory army, which will be served by one thousand Mughal new army officers who performed best in this war. The reason why Ming Dynasty headquarters soldiers were not sent was because of the language barrier between the two sides. In addition, Emperor Chongzhen did not want to weaken the combat effectiveness of the cavalry.
This reorganization only took two days, but this time could only complete the basic reorganization. After all, there were as many as 100,000 people. Subsequently, Emperor Chongzhen led his army towards Delhi. During this march, the new centurions of the infantry were also given the opportunity to become familiar.
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While they were marching towards Delhi, there was also an army marching towards Delhi to the east of Delhi. They were naturally led by Dalantai.
The journey to the west was unexpectedly smooth. Most of the cities in the Mughal Empire would only huddle within the city. If he found that the city's defense was not good, Dalantai would drive the prisoners captured along the way to attack the city.
The reason why he did this was that he never expected to capture the city. Therefore, when he first rushed down from the Tibetan Plateau, except for the first few times, he never succeeded again.
But even so, the main purpose of the army led by Dalantai is to create a huge momentum. Therefore, even if they cannot defeat the city, they still have to fight a dozen. Anyway, it's not his men. By consuming the prisoners, you can save a lot of food.
But what he never expected was that on his way westward, he used prisoners to attack cities, but he actually captured several cities, so that he captured more and more prisoners.
He was a little puzzled at first, but after interrogating the prisoners, he learned that all the elite troops along the route had been transferred away by Shashuja, the second prince of the Mughal Empire.
Hearing the news, Dalantai was a little worried.
Originally, Shashuja had mobilized the elite troops from the northern part of the Mughal Empire. He had fought against Shashuja's troops and knew this very well. Now, Shashuja has transferred all the elites from the towns along the way, so the number of troops will be even greater.
Thinking of this, Dalantai asked the Ming envoy: "I wonder how many soldiers and horses your Majesty brought when he led the troops from the northwest of the Mughals?"
After hearing this, the Ming envoy thought for a while and replied: "When your Majesty set out from the capital, he brought 10,000 cavalry with him."
"What?" Dalantai was dumbfounded upon hearing this.
He always thought that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty would lead a personal expedition, which would definitely bring a lot of troops. Unexpectedly, when we set out from the capital, we only brought 10,000 cavalry troops?
After coming back to his senses, Dalantai thought for a while and asked again: "Does your Majesty still mobilize troops from various places?"
"No." After hearing this, the Ming envoy immediately shook his head and said, "Of the ten thousand cavalry troops led by your Majesty, five thousand were mobilized from other places."
"..." Dalantai was speechless. If this was really the case, judging from the speed, it was obviously impossible for the Ming Emperor to lead the infantry. Otherwise, it would be impossible to attack from the northwest of the Mughal Empire so quickly. But if it is a cavalry army, the only place where cavalry troops can be recruited along the way is the Tianshan Mountains. Even if the world is turned upside down, judging from the population and logistics, we can only add another 20,000 at most, right?
Thirty thousand cavalry troops entered from the northwest of the Mughal Empire. With the depletion of troops and the capture of the city, they created such a huge momentum that they forced the second Mughal prince to leave him alone and immediately lead the army back, and even mobilized troops along the way. Military strength, to achieve this step, the Ming Emperor must have fought a lot of big wars. In this case, how much combat strength can his troops have?
Dalantai understands this very well. Every time we fight, even if we win in the end, we will definitely lose a lot of troops. It was also for this reason that he didn't dare to fight a tough battle anymore, he just picked on the weak.
Thinking of this, Dalantai immediately said to the envoy of the Ming Dynasty with great worry: "Now that Shashujia has led an elite army back, he must be going to deal with His Majesty, and His Majesty's troops must not be many, will this be okay? ,what should we do?"
After hearing this, the Ming envoy just smiled and said: "Don't worry, your Majesty is the real dragon emperor. He is a god descended to earth, and he is victorious in every battle. How can he lose! We just need to follow the plan and go all the way west to meet up. !”
"..." After hearing this, Dalantai couldn't help but look at the Ming envoy a little stupidly, and he was a little speechless.
You said that the emperor is a true dragon emperor, okay, I believe it, anyway, every emperor is a true dragon emperor!
However, since ancient times, there have been so many emperors. Which emperor is truly invincible? Even the greatest Genghis Khan was defeated in battle and couldn't even save his wife! Not to mention, even if the emperor of the Central Plains Dynasty has fought some victorious battles, can he be said to be victorious in every battle?
They are all those who lead troops in war. Who doesn’t know the dangers of war? Who can be 100% sure of winning any war? Not to mention, the current situation is actually not optimistic! Not to mention the many fortresses in the northwest of the Mughal Empire, the troops led by Shashuja alone were already very powerful. Can you, the Ming emperor, really win?
Thinking like this, Dalantai wanted to confirm again and explain the specific situation clearly. However, when he saw the confident look of the Ming envoy in front of him, he immediately thought about it and let it go. Ask again, the answer is the same!
There is no other way, I just hope that the Ming Emperor will not encounter Sha Shujia's main force! Or avoid fighting and wait until the two sides join forces and then think of a solution. Or, if there is a lot of commotion on his side, Shashujia will eventually have to divide his troops to find him, so that the pressure on the northwest Ming Emperor will be lighter.
Thinking of this, Dalantai couldn't help but murmur in his heart. Perhaps this is the reason why Emperor Ming made such a big show of force on his side, but if he encounters a strong enemy, he will still be unable to fight and will have no choice but to withdraw!
With this in mind, the army continued to advance westward as planned.
Along the way, Dalantai has been worried.
As a result, just as he thought, even though he was getting closer to Delhi and even though he was very happy, he still didn't see any reinforcements from the Mughal Empire. In other words, all the troops of the Mughal Empire should go to deal with the Ming Emperor!
This time, I'm afraid it's hanging, right?
Dalantai thought so in his heart and wanted to talk to the Ming envoy, but seeing the Ming envoy's confident look, he was speechless: Why is this Ming envoy so pious to their emperor?
He had a premonition that something was not going to be good, so he quietly began to make arrangements.
This is not far from Delhi, the capital of the Mughal Empire, but there is still no reinforcement sent by the Mughal Empire, indicating that the Mughal Empire is dealing with the Ming Emperor's troops. Once the war over there is over, they will inevitably come to deal with themselves. With only over 10,000 troops, we must be prepared to retreat at any time.
To this end, Dalantai secretly found one of his most trusted subordinates, Jimuda, who was in charge of the sentinel, and said to him in a very stern tone: "Don't think that we are sailing smoothly now, but in fact we are probably wandering near the abyss. You Release the sentinels twice as far away to ensure that our army is not ambushed by the enemy, let alone discover the enemy's army when it arrives in front of us, do you understand?"
He was afraid that the victory in front of him would blind his men, so he elaborated on it and pointed out the current crisis.
Immediately, Jimuda immediately understood the key point of the war in the Mughal country, and quickly nodded in agreement.
Starting from the next day, Jimuda personally led his men to scout in the direction of Delhi. Because Delhi was the capital of the Mughals, the enemy situation here was the most important.
On this day, according to the information obtained in advance and the interrogation prisoners, they were only more than a hundred miles away from Delhi. But there was still no reinforcement from the Mughal Empire, which was extremely abnormal. Therefore, Jimuda made a decision and sent his men back to remind Dalantai to be careful, while he himself, leading the remaining sentinels, simply traveled to Delhi to find out what was going on.
During the period of caution, he also took a rest. After seeing that all his men were full of energy and the horses were full of energy, he led them to explore.
It usually takes the cavalry a day to cover a distance of more than a hundred miles. However, the sentinel is equipped with multiple horses, so if he is allowed to run freely, it will naturally not take him a day.
But Jimuda didn't do this. He just spent a day and a half, leaving the strength of the men and horses for escape in case of unexpected events.
In the afternoon, we arrived around Delhi. This made Jimuda even more cautious, because he didn't meet anyone along the way, not just the Mughal army, but also ordinary pedestrians. What's going on?
Turning around a hill, you can probably see Delhi!
While he was thinking this, he suddenly heard his men coming over to report: "There seems to be some movement!"
When Jimuda heard this, he listened carefully. It seemed that there was real movement, coming from a very far away place. This direction...
After realizing this, he turned towards Delhi and quickly said to his men: "Let's go, there is a situation in Delhi, go and take a look!"
As he finished speaking, he took the lead and drove the horse forward.
Along the way, even though there was the sound of horse hooves, the faint noise became increasingly clear.
Turning around the top of the mountain, our eyes suddenly opened up. Delhi in the distance was the most eye-catching point. Jimuda and others first saw the city of Delhi, the capital of the Mughal Empire.
At this sight, everyone, including Jimuda and the other sentinels, were all stunned: What is going on?
