Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 874
If food and grass were robbed, it was doomed that the next battle would be impossible.

It wasn't until this time that Abbas II understood why the Ming army suddenly moved. Instead of the previous style, it suddenly stuck up and prevented the army from moving again. This was to destroy his own army here. ah!

The 15 army is the sum of the elite troops brought out by Abbas II from the country and the troops drawn from the newly occupied Mughal region.If everything is destroyed here, then all the previous hard work will be in vain, and the strength of the empire will also suffer a major blow, at least it will be difficult to recover in the short term!

After frightening his subordinates, Abbas II thought about this, but he was decisive. He immediately sent someone to meet Emperor Chongzhen and ask for surrender.But the condition is that he is allowed to lead the army back, and he is willing to expand the territory for Daming.

In this case, Emperor Chongzhen would only agree if he was stupid.It's easy to surrender, just put down your weapons!

Upon hearing the reply, Abbas II immediately made a decision, and immediately led the cavalry to retreat immediately, abandoning the infantry directly.

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 emperors all ran away, obviously abandoning them, so why fight? The infantry soldiers of the Persian Empire dropped their weapons and surrendered one after another. Some even thought angrily that they must surrender to their former emperor. Come back with revenge.

Emperor Chongzhen also admired Abbas II a little bit. He didn't expect him to be so decisive. When he saw that he was about to fall into a dead end, he would cut off his tail to survive without hesitation. How cruel!

If this is the case, it really slows down the speed of the Ming army. At least one hundred thousand infantry troops are almost equal to the strength of the Ming army, and they must be properly placed.

This time, Emperor Chongzhen did not kill all the officers.Instead, give them warmth and prepare to let them lead the army to attack Lahore.

When he was deploying this action, suddenly, he was speechless again.

After coming back to his senses, Emperor Chongzhen immediately ordered the [-] cavalry in his hands and ordered them to rush to Lahore immediately.

Because Abbas II, that lunatic, is killing and burning everything that cannot be taken away in Lahore.

That's right, Abbas II's plan was to use a scorched earth strategy to put the Ming army into trouble.

Although the cavalry was sent out, there were about [-] cavalry in the Persian Empire at a distance of two hundred miles, and they couldn't rush into battle for two hundred miles. It would be difficult to defeat the enemy.Therefore, when the Ming cavalry arrived, Abbas II had already led his cavalry to retreat westward, leaving behind devastated, raging fire and ruins.

This time, it was Emperor Chongzhen's turn to be embarrassed.There is no other reason, and it is also the problem of food and grass for the army.

On his side, there are more than one hundred thousand troops at once, and the food and grass in the Ming army were relatively difficult, so it will be even more difficult at once.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen could only order to keep Wu Sangui's troops and more than 2 Mughal infantry to him, let him garrison Lahore, and rebuild Lahore.

The rest of the army, led by Emperor Chongzhen, retreated to Delhi and shortened their own supply lines in order to feed so many people.

Abbas II's tail-docking survival strategy succeeded!

But in the long run, he is definitely not worth the loss. From then on, he will never even think about coming to Lahore to gain a foothold.

When Emperor Chongzhen returned to Delhi, Zhang Huangyan had already arrived. Because of the continuous fighting, there was not much supply from the local area, and it was too far to transport grain from Dongwu, and the grain and grass would be consumed on the road.

In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen had to sigh. It seems that he is the best at attacking others, but now he has also tasted the severity of food shortage.

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 from north to south, and finally flows into the Narmada River and flows into the Indian Ocean.

At one of the river sections, a group of Ming troops had just dismounted at night and let the horses drink water to rest.

But not long after, the officers and soldiers on the sentry wheel suddenly issued a warning call, and they immediately entered the fighting state without listening to it for the rest of the night.After all, they have been investigating from the south to the north, and this is still the territory of the original Mughals.

But after watching the movement for a while, they all suddenly cheered, waving loudly and greeting with incomparable enthusiasm.

It turned out that what they saw was a small team wearing the same military uniform, and most importantly, the other party's face and skin color were exactly the same as theirs!It can be said that in this foreign country, I should not be too happy to suddenly meet a real comrade.In other words, from now on, they are no longer fighting alone.

On this day, December 26, 23th year of Chongzhen, the Ming army that went south from Delhi joined forces with the Ming army that went north from Mumbai.

However, it took more than half a year for the entire Mughal Empire to be planted under the banner of Ming Dynasty, until August of the 27th year of Chongzhen.This was where the Ming army came forward, and there was basically no resistance in the area.Because the consciousness of the Mughal untouchables has been awakened, knowing that the Ming army is coming, they will have a good life, and it is normal for them to "open the gate to welcome the Ming army".

This time, Emperor Chongzhen's imperial conquest was the longest since all previous expeditions.However, in the short term, he still can't go back.

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, also 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, that is, the most important reason for the downsizing of the Ming army is that the climate is not acclimatized.This Mughal Empire, especially as it went south, got hotter, and it was simply not a place for people to stay.

After arranging these things, the vassal kings in the country also decided the winner, and it was Tang Wang and Fu Wang who came to Mughal to become the vassal.After Emperor Chongzhen set up a good territory for them and left the local affairs to them, he breathed a sigh of relief.

By this time, the entire Mughal Empire has completely disappeared in the long river of history. The area west of Delhi as the boundary is the Tang State, which was ruled by the Tang King, and the Bengal to Alabahad area is the Song State of the prince Zhu Cizhen. , in the middle is the Fuguo of King Fu.Among them, Zhu Cizhao was the first to arrive, and led the army to fight south.With the help of the Ming army's victory in the East, the southern part of the Indian Peninsula was basically eaten up.In this way, Fuguo ended up being the smallest piece of territory.

In addition, Mumbai and its surrounding areas, north to the Narmada River area, are directly under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty. The navy is permanently stationed, led by Zheng Chenggong, and assisted by Kong Youde.Yan Yingyuan returned to Ceylon to continue to stabilize Daming's rule here, and at the same time coordinate Dongwu's transportation of supplies by sea.

For the time being, the Lahore area is also under the direct control of the imperial army, led by Wu Sangui and assisted by Li Laiheng.

Da Lantai of the Heshuo Special Forces has completed the task so far, leading the troops back to Tibet to restore Gushi Khan.

After completing these deployments, Emperor Chongzhen was relieved, and the Mughal Empire could be regarded as settled!

However, the attack on the Mughal Empire this time also gave Emperor Chongzhen something to think about.

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 influence 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, it was impossible 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 the supplies are replenished from the country, the cost will be very high even with the transportation conditions of future generations, let alone the transportation foundation of this era, this matter is simply unrealistic.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen felt that it was necessary to focus on the grain cultivation of the three major vassal states. In the future, the military rations must be provided by these three vassal states.

In terms of military strength, although it is better than the supply of food and materials.But there are also problems of one kind or another, which make it not very good to mobilize large-scale forces to attack the Middle East from the country.

Thinking about this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but frowned, and made a decision in his heart. In this regard, the elite division still had to rely on the country, but it was also necessary to reorganize the army locally, and use the army here as the main force to attack the Middle East.

But it takes time, especially because of the different languages, and the negative impact of poor communication also needs time to digest.

In addition, if we want long-term peace and stability, we still need large-scale immigration and the relocation of domestic people.In addition, Ming culture must be popularized to make this place a real Ming cultural circle.

However, such a long-distance immigration must be a very large project.What should we do?

Thinking about these things, Emperor Chongzhen stepped on the top of the city of Delhi, looked into the distance, and thought about these things.Only when things are sorted out can he return home.

The King of Tang accompanied him and waited on him carefully, not daring to disturb the emperor's thoughts.

After a while, Emperor Chongzhen came back to his senses, looked at Tang Wang and said with a smile: "The feudal kingdom is newly built, and a lot of waste is waiting to be done. You don't have to accompany me, go get busy!"

Hearing this, the king of Tang was delighted, so he quickly agreed, and then said with emotion: "What your majesty said is very true, there are things everywhere, and the minister is so busy that his head is as big as two. Ah, most of the people under the rule are women and children. , labor is not enough!"

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen's eyes suddenly lit up, yes!

(End of this chapter)