If the food and grass were robbed, it was doomed that the next war would be impossible to fight.
It was only then that Abbas II understood why the Ming army suddenly made a sudden move. Contrary to its previous style, it suddenly became sticky and prevented the army from moving again. This was to destroy his own army here. ah!
The 150,000-strong army was the sum total of the elite troops brought by Abbas II from the country and also drawn from the newly occupied Mughal areas. If everything is destroyed here, then all the previous hard work will be in vain, and the empire's strength will also suffer a major blow, at least in the short term it will be difficult to recover!
After frightening his men, Abbas II thought about this and was decisive. He immediately sent people to see Emperor Chongzhen and asked for surrender. Emperor Chongzhen was the master and he surrendered to the Ming Dynasty! But the condition is that he is allowed to lead the army back, and he is willing to open up territory for the Ming Dynasty.
In this case, Emperor Chongzhen would be foolish to agree. It's easy to surrender, just put down your weapons!
After hearing the reply, Abbas II immediately made a decision and immediately led the cavalry to retreat immediately, abandoning the infantry.
Seeing Abbas II leading the cavalry to run away, his infantry were stunned. They didn't expect that their emperor would be so ruthless!
Needless to say, the emperor ran away and clearly abandoned them, so why fight? The infantry soldiers of the Persian Empire dropped their weapons and surrendered. Some even thought angrily that they must pay tribute to their former emperor. Return with revenge.
Emperor Chongzhen also admired Abbas II a little. He didn't expect him to be so decisive. When he saw that he was about to fall into a dead situation, he would cut off his tail without hesitation to survive. How cruel!
If this happens, the Ming army will really be slowed down. There will be at least 100,000 infantry troops, which is almost the same strength as the Ming army. They must be properly arranged.
This time, Emperor Chongzhen did not kill all the officers. Instead, it gave them warmth and prepared them to lead the troops to attack Lahore.
While he was deploying this action, suddenly he was speechless again.
After coming back to his senses, Emperor Chongzhen immediately ordered the 20,000 cavalry in his hands and ordered them to rush to Lahore immediately.
Because that lunatic Abbas II was going on a killing spree in Lahore, burning everything that could not be taken away.
That's right, Abbas II's plan was to use a scorched earth strategy to put the Ming army into trouble.
Although the cavalry has been sent out, there are about 50,000 cavalry in the Persian Empire at a distance of two hundred miles, and they cannot rush into battle for two hundred miles. It will be difficult to defeat the enemy. Therefore, when the Ming cavalry arrived, Abbas II had already led his cavalry to retreat westward, leaving behind devastation, blazing fires and ruins.
This time, it was Emperor Chongzhen's turn to be in trouble. The reason is no other than the problem of military food and fodder.
On his side, there were more than 100,000 troops at once. It was originally difficult for the Ming army to provide food and grass, but this way, it became even more difficult.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen could only order to leave Wu Sangui's troops and more than 20,000 Mughal infantry for him to garrison and rebuild Lahore.
The remaining troops, led by Emperor Chongzhen, retreated to Delhi and shortened their own supply lines in order to feed so many people.
Abbas II's strategy of survival by cutting off his tail was successful!
But in the long run, he will definitely lose more than he gains. From now on, he will never think of coming to Lahore to establish himself.
By the time Emperor Chongzhen returned to Delhi, Zhang Huangyan had already arrived. Due to the continuous fighting, there was not much supply from the local area, and it was too far to transport food from Dongwu, and the food and grass would be wasted on the road.
In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen had to sigh. It seemed that he was best at attacking others, but now he was also experiencing the severe shortage of food.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen immediately made adjustments and began to reorganize the army, reorganizing half of the troops into garrison troops and letting them open up wasteland and farm fields. The other half of the army began to attack other areas of the Mughal Empire, mopping up the old dignitaries of the Mughal Empire, obtaining supplies of grain and grass materials from them, and incidentally turning the entire Mughal Empire into a part of the Ming Dynasty.
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The Chambal River is a large river that runs from north to south, eventually joining the Narmada River and flowing into the Indian Ocean.
At one of the river sections, a group of Ming soldiers stayed up all night and just dismounted, allowing their horses to drink water and rest.
But not long after, the soldiers on guard suddenly issued a warning signal. The rest of the night did not listen and immediately entered a fighting state. After all, they explored from the south to the north, and this area was still the territory of the original Mughals.
However, after they just watched the movement for a while, they suddenly cheered and waved loudly to say hello, showing great enthusiasm.
It turned out that what they saw was a team wearing the same military uniforms. The most important thing was that the other party's face and skin color were exactly the same as theirs! It can be said that you should not be too happy to suddenly meet your real colleagues in this foreign country. In other words, from now on, they no longer fight alone.
This day was December 23, the twenty-sixth year of Chongzhen. The Ming army going south from Delhi and the Ming army going north from Bombay met.
However, it took more than half a year to actually plant the entire Mughal Empire under the banner of the Ming Dynasty, until August of the 27th year of Chongzhen. This is where the Ming army comes from, and there is basically no resistance in the local area. Because the consciousness of the Mughal untouchables has been awakened, and they know that the Ming army is coming, they will have a good life, and it is normal to "open the door to welcome the Ming army".
This time, Emperor Chongzhen's personal expedition was considered to be the longest ever. However, he still won't be able to go back in the short term.
The Mughal Empire was so big that Emperor Chongzhen simply didn't have enough manpower. Moreover, the Ming army, which has been on a long-term expedition, has to return home for rotation. They cannot always fight in a foreign country. After all, they are all human beings. Even if they keep winning battles, they will get tired after being away from home for a long time.
In addition, there is another point. The main reason for the attrition of the Ming army is still the acclimatization. The Mughal Empire, especially as you go south, gets hotter and it is simply not a place for people to live.
After arranging these things, the domestic vassal kings also decided the winner. The ones who came to Mughal to join the vassal were King Tang and King Fu. Emperor Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief after he marked out the territory for them and left local affairs to them.
By this time, the entire Mughal Empire had completely disappeared in the long river of history. The area to the west bounded by Delhi was the Tang Kingdom that was vassalized by the Tang king. The area from Bengal to Arabhad was the Song Kingdom of the prince Zhu Cizhen. , in the middle is the blessed country of the blessed king. Among them, Zhu Cizheng was the first to arrive and led the army to fight south. With the help of the Ming Army's great victory in the East, the southern part of the Indian Peninsula was basically eaten. In this way, Fuguo ended up being the smallest piece of territory.
In addition, Bombay and surrounding areas, as far north as the Narmada River area, were directly under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty and had a permanent navy, commanded by Zheng Chenggong and assisted by Kong Youde. Yan Yingyuan returned to Ceylon to continue to consolidate the Ming Dynasty's rule here. At the same time, he coordinated Dongwu's transportation of supplies by sea.
The Lahore area is also temporarily under the direct control of the imperial army, led by Wu Sangui and assisted by Li Laiheng.
Dalantai of the Heshuote Department has now completed his mission and led his troops back to Tibet to recover Gushi Khan.
After completing these arrangements, Emperor Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief, and the Mughal Empire could be considered settled!
However, this attack on the Mughal Empire also gave Emperor Chongzhen some thinking.
Even if the war is too far away from the mainland, it will inevitably be restricted by transportation, whether it is the replenishment of troops, the transportation of materials, or the impact of acclimatization, language barriers, etc. Even if you have a golden finger, you will basically have to march and fight on your own. A great victory with minimal losses. But even so, there was no way to continue westward to attack the Persian Empire after basically defeating the Mughal Empire.
The Persian Empire must be conquered, and the Arabian Peninsula must also be occupied. This is the established goal. However, at the moment, we have more ambition than strength, so we can only build up momentum.
If supplies are replenished from China, the price will be very high even if the transportation conditions of later generations are improved, not to mention that with the transportation foundation of today's era, this matter is simply unrealistic.
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen felt that it was necessary to focus on the food cultivation of the three major vassals. In the future, military food would have to be provided by these three major vassals.
In terms of military strength, although it is better than the supply of food and grass supplies. But there are also problems such as this, which makes it not very good to mobilize large-scale forces from home to attack the Middle East.
Thinking about this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but frown, and made a decision in his heart. In this regard, the elite divisions still have to rely on the country, but it is also necessary to reorganize the army locally and use the army here as the main force to attack the Middle East.
However, this takes time, especially because of the different languages and the negative impact of poor communication, which also takes time to digest.
In addition, if we want long-term peace and stability, we still need to immigrate on a large scale and move the domestic people here. In addition, Ming culture must be popularized so that this place can become a true Ming cultural circle.
However, immigrating such a long distance must be a very huge project. What to do?
Thinking about these things, Emperor Chongzhen climbed to the top of the city of Delhi, looked into the distance, and thought about these things. Only when everything is sorted out can he return to the country.
The King of Tang accompanied him and waited carefully, not daring to disturb the emperor's thoughts.
After a while, Emperor Chongzhen came back to his senses, looked at King Tang and said with a smile: "The vassal state is newly established, and everything is waiting to be prospered. You don't need to accompany me, go and do your work!"
After hearing this, the King of Tang felt happy, and he quickly agreed, and then said with emotion: "What your Majesty said is absolutely true. There are things happening everywhere, and I am so busy that I have two heads and one head. Well, there are many women and children under the rule. , the labor is not enough!”
Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen's eyes suddenly lit up, "Yes!"
