Hearing the rapid beating of war drums, when Aurangzeb was thinking about what the Ming army on the city wanted to do, he saw one of his men running over to him angrily and reported: "Sweat profusely, there is thick smoke coming out of the tunnel." Smoke, only about twenty people escaped from inside..."
Upon hearing this, Aurangzeb immediately turned his head and looked in the direction of the tunnel entrance. Sure enough, at this time, although he was far away, he could see thick smoke coming out. This shows how much smoke there is in the tunnel!
Suddenly, he turned his head to look in the direction of the palace in the city, and was extremely shocked: Judging from the time when the thick smoke penetrated the entire tunnel, it seemed that when he sent his elite troops to arrive in the city, the city had already made these preparations? This means that the Ming army already knew about the existence of this tunnel?
Thinking this, Aurangzeb couldn't help but get angry. He was basically certain in his heart that the eunuch should have betrayed him long ago, otherwise, the Ming army would not have known such a hidden tunnel exit.
Pity that eunuch, he died for him, but he was still suspected, his death was in vain!
At this time, there was another movement in the direction of Delhi, and Aurangzeb quickly turned his head to look. I saw that the city gate that was originally pressing was slowly opening. The slowly opening city gate hole reflected bright light.
Aurangzeb narrowed his eyes, and just when he was about to see clearly, he saw the lights moving. When he saw it clearly, he was shocked.
Those who came out of the city were the Ming Dynasty cavalry, tall war horses and burly soldiers. The bodies of men and horses were covered with armor that reflected the light. Just by looking at it from a distance, you can tell that the armor's defense is definitely very powerful.
From the moment they exited the city gate, the heavy armored cavalry was slowly speeding up, and the front pointed at the Mughal troops who were retreating.
That's right, among the more than 20,000 cavalry troops led by Emperor Chongzhen, there were 500 heavily armored cavalry. Until now, these 500 heavily armored cavalry had never been put to use. Now, it's finally their turn.
The flag of the Ming Dynasty was fluttering, and the rumble of horse hooves became more and more rapid. At a sudden glance, it looked like several moving iron walls, crashing into the retreating enemy faster and faster.
Behind the five hundred heavily armored cavalry, there were ten thousand light cavalry following. It was divided into two gates and filed out, just like two long dragons rushing towards the Mughal army.
In a hurry, those Mughal siege troops who were lagging behind and had no time to escape quickly gathered together to fight to the death.
However, what the armored heavy cavalry is for is to rush into battle. After sprinting, it is simply not something that flesh and blood can stop. The hastily assembled Mughal troops were washed away like paper.
With iron hoofs like thunder, they continued to pursue the fleeing Mughal siege troops. Just like a group of prairie lions chasing their prey.
Seeing this, Aurangzeb could not help but be frightened out of his wits.
Originally, his army suffered heavy losses due to the siege setup. Just when it was about to withdraw and rest, the Ming army actually launched a cavalry charge using heavy armored cavalry as the spearhead. Such a powerful charge would make it difficult for the two armies to fight, let alone when they retreat.
"Quick, war elephant, where is the war elephant? Come on, war elephant!" Aurangzeb shouted as if he was crazy.
At this time, perhaps only the war elephant troops can stop the Ming army, allowing him to gather his troops and reorganize the team.
However, the war elephants sent out were dispersed by the "ten thousand enemies" dropped on the city of Delhi. The war elephants that were not sent out were all kept in captivity in the camp behind. After all, who could have imagined how many war elephants would be used in a siege.
At this moment, Aurangzeb's premeditation was of no use at all. The Ming cavalry troops who left the city in two groups drove away the Mughal soldiers who fled in fear, allowing them to influence more enemies. On the entire battlefield, there was no resistance at all, only massacre, one-sided massacre!
In the city of Delhi, after the cavalry troops left the city, they also followed the infantry troops out of the city. As the soldiers advanced, those Mughal soldiers who were lucky enough to escape the cavalry charge would no longer be able to escape.
On the other side, Abbas II, like Aurangzeb, was ordering the withdrawal of troops. Just as he was feeling distressed about the heavy casualties suffered by the siege troops, he heard huge noises coming from the two directions where the Mughal army was responsible.
Hearing the sound of horse hooves that caused the ground to shake, and hearing the shouts of killing that resounded throughout the world, Abbas II felt a little baffled at first, and then immediately felt that something was wrong, and quickly sent people to check the situation. At the same time, he accelerated the gathering of troops.
In fact, before the people he sent to see the situation came back to report, one of his men came to report: "Your Majesty, it's bad, the Ming army came out of the city to launch a surprise attack, and the Mughal army was defeated!"
"What?" Abbas II was shocked when he heard this, and quickly ordered: "Quickly, prepare the army for war!"
At the first moment, he made a decision that no matter what, the Mughal army could never be defeated. If that really happened, he would have to bear the decisive battle with the Ming army.
At the same time as he issued the decree, he drove his horses and hurried over to check the situation.
But before he could go around the city, he heard the people next to him shout again: "Your Majesty, there is something strange happening in the Ming army. The Ming army is leaving the city..."
Hearing this, Abbas II quickly turned around and looked, and sure enough he found that the two Delhi city gates he faced had been opened, and the Ming army inside was swarming out.
Seeing this situation, Abbas II quickly issued another decree to stop the troops moving towards the Mughal army and stand ready to prevent the Ming army from taking the opportunity to make a sneak attack.
The continuous movement caused the morale of the Persian army, which had been frustrated in attacking the city, to drop a lot. The hasty execution of the army also seemed a bit chaotic.
Just as the Persian army was adjusting, there was a very loud movement from their side.
Abbas II heard the sound and looked around, and saw countless soldiers of the Mughal army, without any organization, running towards them and running away. Behind these Mughal deserters, there were rows of Ming cavalry, chasing them.
Seeing this scene, how could Abbas II not know what was going to happen next? He was shocked and quickly ordered that the Mughal deserters must not be allowed to attack the military formation. Anyone who dared to attack the military formation would be shot.
However, the Ming Dynasty cavalry, at this time, was already driven by light cavalry, which was to drive these defeated soldiers towards the Persian Empire army formation. How could it be so easy to change the trend of escape if done intentionally.
Although Abbas II's men continued to warn and even began to shoot the Mughal soldiers who escaped the fastest, a large number of Mughal soldiers still fled towards them, driven by the Ming cavalry. past.
In the direction of Delhi, the Ming infantry had also left the city. After reorganizing, they began to move under the cover of the remaining cavalry. Obviously, whenever the Mughal deserters broke through the Persian army's formation, they would pounce on it.
Seeing this situation, Abbas II could no longer wipe his sweat and immediately gave orders one after another.
On top of the city of Delhi, Emperor Chongzhen was watching from the top of the city.
Because he knew that the morale of the Mughal army would not be high after being continuously pursued by the Ming army. Deep in his heart, there will also be fear of the Ming army. In the case of heavy losses in the siege, and knowing that their army's sneak attack through the tunnel failed, morale will be even lower.
At this time, there is absolutely no problem in sending out cavalry and infantry with heavy armor as arrowheads, and taking advantage of the retreat of the Mughal siege troops to launch an attack.
Therefore, he didn't care about that side and came over to look at the Persian Empire to see if he could defeat the Persian army in one fell swoop.
But this time, Emperor Chongzhen was still disappointed.
Abbas II obviously has some abilities as the leader of the Persian Empire's renaissance. Under his command, they retreated slowly, withstood the impact of the defeated Mughal soldiers and kept their formation intact.
Seeing that there were not many opportunities, Emperor Chongzhen was not upset. He just smiled and ordered the troops outside the city to sweep away the remnants of the Mughal army and then return to the city.
This battle definitely crippled Aurangzeb's army, and it should not pose much of a threat to the Ming army in the future. All that's left is to deal with the Persian Empire army.
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At this time, Aurangzeb was indeed fine. After seeing that organizing a counterattack was useless, he ran away immediately.
In the evening, the Ming army withdrew its troops and returned to the city. It was only then that he came out of hiding, raised his royal banner, and summoned his fleeing men to gather under his banner.
Until the next morning, Aurangzeb's men could not exceed tens of thousands. Looking at the corpses scattered outside the city, he knew in his heart that not even half of his men were truly dead, and more of them had escaped and never returned.
Now, there is still a thorny problem waiting for him to solve. After hearing Odom's report, Aurangzeb turned his head and looked at the Persian Empire army camp far away from Delhi. If it were before, he would definitely go there by himself. But now, with less than 10,000 troops left, he no longer had the confidence, and finally sent Odom over.
About half an hour later, Odom finally met Abbas II and felt the change in his attitude. He finally plucked up the courage to make a request.
"What? Asking me for food?" Abbas II said angrily when he heard this, "This is the Mughals, and I am a guest army. It is not like you asking for food. It is already good, but you still think about it?" Want food from me?"
He knew it would be difficult to get food, but Odom had to bite the bullet and said: "Yesterday's battle, if you hadn't killed so many of our soldiers, we wouldn't have been completely defeated. We couldn't save the camp and were robbed by the Ming army. …”
"Ah..." Abbas II has never seen such an unreasonable person in his whole life. Suddenly, he was so angry that he laughed out loud.
"Hehehe..."
