Li Dingguo was also tired due to limited military strength. For him, both Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb were enemies, and they were threats whenever they led the army south.
In this regard, he had to lament that it was really tiring to fight in a distant foreign country. The language barrier is different, the customs are different, everything is different anyway. With the few troops in his hands, it is already difficult to control these places, not to mention having to face enemies from the north who may suddenly move south at any time.
At this time, he had a clear understanding of why the emperor would lead the army eastward so quickly. He must have encountered a problem like his and couldn't stand, right?
Without the emperor's restraint in the north, the Mughal enemies would surely move south soon. Therefore, Li Dingguo began to prepare to withdraw to Bombay at any time.
The natives under his rule slowly became aware of his deployment. So, the restless people appeared again. Even the Ming army themselves are ready to leave at any time, which means that their future master is basically the Mughal Empire. Therefore, these restless people began to move again, trying to get Aurangzeb. They most likely thought so, and they could have a meeting gift when they went south. The situation is getting worse and worse for the Ming army.
At this time, the morale of the Ming army was slowly declining due to being overseas for a long time and in such a situation.
However, later on, instead of leading his army south, Aurangzeb fled west. The latest news said that the Ming Emperor led an army of one million and fought from the east to the west.
This news shook the entire south like an earthquake. The morale of the soldiers of the Ming army was low, and they suddenly came back to life with full blood, as if they had been given a shot of chicken blood. As for the natives, they were all dumbfounded, because according to this calculation, the entire Mughal Empire must belong to the Ming Dynasty in the future!
As a result, some natives began to betray the restless ones again, and Li Dingguo showed no mercy and killed a large number of them again. At the same time, he also reported the news to Yan Yingyuan in Mumbai.
Yan Yingyuan was overjoyed when he heard this, so he mobilized more than 5,000 troops and personally led the troops northward. In this way, Li Dingguo's troops were strengthened, allowing Li Dingguo to finally cross the river and continue to expand northward.
News from the north, although repeated, was that the Persian Empire's army appeared and together with Aurangzeb's army besieged Delhi, which was occupied by the Ming Emperor. However, before they had any idea, the news that the Ming army defeated Aurangzeb and pursued the Persian Empire army that fled westward spread southward at a faster speed.
At this time, the overall situation of the Mughals was basically decided, and the Ming army would rule from now on. In this way, Li Dingguo's actions became very beneficial. At the same time, more specific news about the Ming Army in the north finally reached him.
When Li Dingguo heard this, he couldn't help but be speechless for a long time. He did not expect that the emperor did not need the surrender of the rich and powerful, but instead ransacked their homes and gave half of their property to ordinary people, in order to attack the Mughal dynasty.
As soon as he heard it, he immediately thought of what he did when he was a bandit. Suddenly, he understood why it was easy for the emperor to control the Mughals, but there was still rebellion on his side, and he felt the difficulty of ruling the place.
After such a comparison, Li Dingguo couldn't help but sigh, the emperor is so powerful!
Then, he immediately reported the matter to Yan Yingyuan. Unmentioned, as soon as Yan Yingyuan arrived and was a higher official than Li Dingguo, he immediately adjusted his strategy in the Mughals and imitated Emperor Chongzhen's tactics.
Don't tell me, the effect is immediate. With the support of the largest class of Mughals, Yan Yingyuan's power immediately expanded rapidly, and the situation became very good.
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Emperor Chongzhen was able to understand the situation on Yan Yingyuan's side in time through the eavesdropping system, and was relieved to know that they had adjusted their strategy. From this, he also had concerns in his mind. In future foreign wars, you must tell your ministers to adopt this approach in order to truly gain a foothold in wars far away from home.
If they only rely on the support of local dignitaries, they are likely to rebel if the Ming army's force is insufficient to deter them due to conflicts of interest. On the contrary, those classes who have nothing will protect the interests of the Ming army as long as they are given a little more benefits.
This kind of thing is not only done by oneself, but also by others. For example, Yan Yingyuan's side, Hong Chengchou's side, Sun Chuanting's side, etc.
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen issued a decree to clarify his guidance to the various frontier officials. Then, his attention returned to the present.
Although Abbas II was a capable king, he was just a mortal after all. Under the pressure of the enemy's pursuit, it was impossible to lead the army to retreat westward so fast!
Under such circumstances, Abbas II had a lot of headaches.
First, demoralization is inevitable. But everyone knows that they must persist at this time, otherwise, once the army is defeated, they will all be finished.
Second, the military rations brought by the previous eastward march were slowly consumed. At their current marching speed, they would not be able to sustain the army back to Lahore.
No matter which thing it is, it is very fatal to the army.
Therefore, Abbas II also wanted to solve the problem. The most effective thing was to defeat the pursuing enemies. For this reason, he thought very hard and thought of many tricks, whether it was to fake defeat or to set up an ambush. In short, he thought of all the tricks he could think of. He just wanted to trick the pursuers. Even if he couldn't defeat them completely, he would only be able to defeat them. Being able to deal with the pursuers severely will also make the Ming army have some scruples, and they will not bite as hard as they are now, and they can give him a breather.
However, the Ming Emperor was too powerful. The tricks used by Abbas II did not work. There were even a few times when the Ming army seemed to know what would happen and made targeted counterattacks, which actually caused Abbas II to suffer a loss.
This situation made the morale of the Persian Empire's army become lower and lower, and made Abbas II regret more than once before heading eastward. However, at this time, he had no regrets to take and could only force himself to continue leading his troops back west.
But there was one thing he couldn't hold on to, and that was the constant consumption of military rations. Once the military rations run out, the entire army will collapse.
Therefore, Abbas II sent his envoy to convey the message to Lahore and escorted the food and grass to come over.
What he never expected was that Emperor Chongzhen knew all the things he did. In addition, Emperor Chongzhen was also best at killing powerful enemies by attacking their grain and grass supplies. Jianlu back then is the best example.
Keeping abreast of Abbas II's movements, Emperor Chongzhen continued to maintain pressure on the Persian Empire to prevent them from moving faster. In this regard, we have to thank Aurangzeb for his cooperation.
Aurangzeb, who was originally used by Abbas II to cut off his queen, had no real intention at all. After all, if all his troops were defeated, he would be finished. Therefore, Aurangzeb's passive response made the Ming army's pursuit easier.
It is not that Abbas II has never been angry or even threatened. However, Aurangzeb is already a piece of meat. You can threaten him as much as you want. He even threatened in return, saying that if Abbas II cut off the ration supply to his army, he would turn around and attack the Persian army regardless of everything. Let's die together.
Abbas II was not afraid of Aurangzeb, who only had about 10,000 troops, but what he was afraid of was that once the two of them fought, it would definitely give the Ming army an opportunity to take advantage of it, and maybe he would be finished. , Therefore, he could only hold back this breath and prepare to settle accounts with Aurangzeb after returning to his own territory.
The army took more than twice the time as usual, and after walking less than half the distance, the food and grass were in a bit of a crisis. Abbas II was so worried that he finally received good news: "What, the food has been shipped? OK, OK, keep urging and speed up the delivery to the army!"
Abbas II, who was happy, thought for a while and issued a new decree. Although the Ming army was hanging at the back, maintaining a sense of oppression, and did not seem to pose a threat to the food road, the food delivered in this batch was used to save the army, and there must be no mistakes.
Therefore, he decided to adjust the army's retreat deployment and expand to Hengli, trying to block possible detours by the Ming army and ensuring the safety of food transportation.
Of course, after this decision was made, it would still take a lot of trouble to adjust the strategy without giving the Ming army an opportunity to take advantage of the Ming army's pursuit and pressure.
What Abbas II never expected was that at the same time he received the news of the shipment of grain and grass, Emperor Chongzhen also took out a map and began to look at the terrain.
Among the pursuing armies, many cavalry officers and soldiers were originally natives of the western Mughals. Emperor Chongzhen called them over and asked them about the specific road conditions. Not to mention, there was more than one way to go around the front of the Persian army.
If it were before, there would actually be no need for the Ming army to take a detour. Because there are not as many troops as the Persian army, if the Ming army divides its troops, it will not be able to stop the enemy, and it may be defeated by them individually.
But the situation at hand is different. The enemy wants to transport food to support the retreating army. Emperor Chongzhen naturally knew clearly how much food was transported and the strength of the escorting troops. Therefore, he did not hesitate to make a targeted strategy, letting Li Laiheng lead 3,000 elite Ming headquarters cavalry troops, together with 2,000 Mughal soldiers from the west, quietly take another road to go around the front and cut off the enemy. Grain road, burn its grain and grass.
Without five thousand cavalry, it would be difficult for the pursuing army led by Emperor Chongzhen to detect them. Moreover, Emperor Chongzhen completed the deployment faster than Abbas II. Not only that, but he also used an attack to cover it. Therefore, no one knows Li Laiheng's actions.
