The shouts of killing were loud outside, but in the tunnel there were only the sounds of footsteps and the metallic sound of armor clashing.
This tunnel was actually only used by the Mughal royal family to escape in times of trouble. Therefore, when the excavation was first carried out, the excavation was not very large. Basically, only one person could pass through, and it would be difficult for two people to walk side by side.
If the tunnel is not used for a long time, the air inside will certainly not be very good. It can be said that these people in the tunnel are suffering a lot.
However, they were all elites selected by Aurangzeb from the entire army, equipped with the best equipment, and used to form an elite army to win by surprise. Therefore, although the environment was very bad, they had no complaints at all, and were even vaguely excited. They just wanted to get out of the tunnel quickly and make a surprise attack on the city. It would be best to kill the Ming Emperor at once to achieve the best surprise effect.
Because of the large number of people and in order to avoid excessive consumption of air, the number of torches in the tunnel was very small. However, the torch at the front was unavoidable, and a eunuch was holding it to lead the way.
Faintly, I could feel the fighting outside. These soldiers suppressed the excitement in their hearts and prepared to fight. But at this time, no one knew who it was. There was a "pop" and a rapid fart sound. Suddenly, there was a lot of curses in the tunnel, but they immediately stopped and quickly passed through the contaminated area with their mouth and nose closed.
Suddenly, the eunuch in front stopped, turned around and said to the general following him: "Here we are, open the stone door in front of us, there is a garden outside, covered with vines."
Hearing this, the generals behind him breathed a sigh of relief. They had finally arrived, so the news spread back. At the same time, they began to push open the stone door, preparing to hide behind the vine flowers to observe the activities in the garden.
All the Mughal elites at the back were very excited after hearing the news from the front, and they all clenched their weapons and prepared to fight.
At the front of the team, the general took it upon himself to push the stone door out as carefully and slowly as possible according to the eunuch's instructions.
"Try harder. I haven't moved this stone gate for a long time. I'm afraid it's a little tight." The eunuch warned carefully from behind.
When the general heard this, he couldn't help but feel contempt in his heart. I am not your eggless one. Of course I am stronger than you. You guys feel it's a little tight, but I don't have any trouble pushing it.
He never thought that there was not that big a difference in physical strength between eunuchs and ordinary people. He felt very relaxed. It wasn't because of how strong he was. There was another possibility that the stone door had been pulled by someone.
Without wasting any effort from Shi Men, the general pushed Shi Men open. According to the eunuch's reminder, they should be behind the arabesques, because the light was definitely not good due to the arabesques covering them.
However, the general felt that the light outside was so dazzling that it did not look like it was covered with vines at all. Squinting his eyes, he tried to adapt to the light outside immediately.
But at this moment, suddenly, he heard a voice, but he didn't understand it.
Then, a loud "boom" was heard. At the same time, he felt sharp pain all over his face.
In fact, not only him, but also several people behind him, all started wailing with the "boom".
Thinking about it, there is a Franco machine gun placed at the entrance of this cave, which is loaded with shotguns, that is, gravel, iron filings and the like. The bombardment at such a close range covers the entire range. How could the first few people in the tunnel be spared?
Before the people in the tunnel came to their senses, the Ming army soldiers outside quickly put on a new musket, and then fired, with another huge roar, and a lot of dust fell in the tunnel.
After releasing five blunderbuss in a row, the cave looked at Zhou Yuji and immediately ordered: "Moisten the firewood, blow up the wind, and go faster."
It turned out that there were piles of firewood piled up at the entrance of the tunnel. After hearing the military order, wet firewood was added immediately. When the fire was burning, a lot of thick smoke came out. The Ming army soldiers on the side were fanning. Thick smoke poured into the tunnel.
Other Ming army soldiers covered their mouths and noses and dragged the corpses out of the tunnel entrance. Then they faced the smoking firewood inside and poured thick smoke into the tunnel at a faster pace.
Hearing the coughs one after another in the tunnel, Zhou Yuji sneered and said: "Add cow dung, pig dung, etc. to make the smoke thicker. Pour it in and guard the entrance of the cave."
"Yes!" Upon hearing this, the Ming army soldiers outside the tunnel responded excitedly and loudly.
Afterwards, Zhou Yuji led the others away to light all the firewood scattered around, and then asked the Mughal soldiers to shout fighting, and finally returned to Emperor Chongzhen to deliver the order.
After hearing his report, Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile: "Okay, let's act for a while, then deal with it severely, and then let Li Qing attack."
Zhou Yuji naturally knew that Li Laiheng had been waiting there for a long time, so he quickly clasped his fists to accept the order and said: "General, I will go and deliver the order right now!"
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Outside the city, Aurangzeb had been waiting, looking a little anxiously at what was going on in the city. Attacking through tunnels is his biggest trump card, which can greatly reduce casualties during sieges.
He estimated the time in his mind, and when he felt it was almost time, he stretched his neck and looked into the city.
I really had calculated the time correctly, and I saw thick smoke starting to come out from the direction of the tunnel exit in the city. Overjoyed, he looked more carefully. As a result, more and more smoke began to rise.
"Haha, we've got it, we must have got it!" After seeing this clearly, Aurangzeb finally couldn't help laughing.
The dog emperor of the Ming Dynasty never expected to have such a trick!
Delhi is the capital of the Mughals. How could it be so easy to capture? Now you have to pay the price!
He thought proudly in his heart, and then his attention shifted to the city wall. Just as he thought, the Ming troops on the top of the city were obviously panicked, and many of them turned around and disappeared on the top of the city. Obviously, they should have sent troops there to put an end to the fighting in the city.
"What a beautiful idea!" Aurangzeb sneered after seeing the situation clearly, and then ordered, "Pass this Khan's will and let me attack the city with all my strength!"
The generals who had been waiting for him for a long time certainly knew what was happening in the city. Their morale was greatly boosted. They immediately responded loudly, and then hurriedly led their men and began to attack the city with all their strength.
On the other side, Abbas II, who was pretending to attack the city with all his strength, of course also noticed the changes in the situation in the city. He immediately understood that Aurangzeb must have succeeded in the sneak attack.
Therefore, he did not hesitate and immediately ordered his men to attack the city with all their strength and strive to be the first to enter the city. In this way, he would be able to take the initiative in the subsequent negotiations with Aurangzeb.
Just like that, outside the city wall of Delhi, countless ants swarmed over. It was just a simple ladder. When you put it on the city wall, you can climb up.
Even their war elephants were driven over. Those elephant soldiers stood on the backs of the elephants and used their height to shoot at the top of the city to cover their siege troops.
In their opinion, the city was in chaos and the garrison at the top of the city had been mobilized. Under such a powerful offensive, they would surely be able to attack the city quickly.
The war in Delhi became very intense in just a short time.
However, no matter how the army outside the city attacked the city regardless of casualties, after all, Delhi was the capital of the Mughal Empire, and the city wall was still relatively strong and tall. Therefore, under the tenacious protection of the Ming army, the casualties of the siege soldiers skyrocketed, which made both Aurangzeb and Abbas II bleed in their hearts.
Regardless of what they believed, as long as they persisted a little longer, the Ming army would definitely be unable to resist.
However, the Ming army seemed unable to resist, but in the end they resisted. The casualties of the siege troops continued to rise, and the hearts of Aurangzeb and Abbas II continued to bleed.
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In the city of Delhi, Emperor Chongzhen had been counting the time silently in his mind. He estimated that after a while, the situation in the tunnel would be reported to Aurangzeb, so he gave an order to the eunuch Fang Zhenghua beside him: "Bang the drum!"
So, after a while, rhythmic drumming sounded in the city: "Dong...dong...dong..."
Hearing this sound, the soldiers who had been waiting on the four walls of Delhi sent things to the top of the city one after another, and then lit them and threw them down the city.
After those things were thrown down, thick smoke soon came out, and then fire erupted and began to spin.
The smoke was poisonous, and the fire was like a spray of gunpowder, which instantly killed and wounded a large number of enemies under the city, making them unable to even care about attacking the city. Especially those war elephants, who had never seen anything like this before. Under the double attack of poisonous smoke and fire, they began to run away madly and trampled to death countless people.
That's right, this thing is the Ming Dynasty's city defense weapon "Ten Thousand Enemies".
Taking advantage of the chaos caused by "thousands of enemies" below the city, the Ming army soldiers on top of the city suddenly had several times more troops. The rain of arrows and bullets composed of bows, arrows and muskets hit the enemies below the city with countless casualties. !
In just a short period of time, the enemy's casualties outside the city had exceeded the previous total casualties.
Seeing this situation, both Aurangzeb and Abbas II immediately felt that they had been cheated. If the elite soldiers in the tunnel really had to rush into the city and set fire everywhere, the reaction of the Ming army on top of the city would never be like this.
Just looking at this situation, it looks more like a trap by the Ming army, just waiting for a crazy attack outside the city.
Although I couldn't figure out what was wrong with the elite soldiers in the tunnel, one thing was very clear. Aurangzeb and Abbas II both quickly ordered their siege troops to withdraw. Otherwise, the casualties would be too great for them to bear.
But at this moment, the rhythmic drumming in the city suddenly turned urgent: "Dong dong dong..."
