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On Dhaka's side, Shah Jahan was still preparing, but on Goa's side, fighting had already begun.

Aurangzeb was very ambitious. Even before setting off, he secretly vowed that he would fight this battle well, impress his father Khan, and establish his position among his father Khan in one fell swoop.

For this reason, he led the army to go on an expedition. When he was approaching Goa, he decisively took his cavalry, abandoned the infantry, and accelerated his attack into Goa.

Speaking of which, here in Goa, it has not been long since the Ming Dynasty was defeated, and it is still in the digestion stage. If one had not known it beforehand, Aurangzeb's decisiveness might have caught the Ming army by surprise.

However, the Ming Army has a chat group for instant contact. As soon as the Jinyiwei spies lurking along the way saw Aurangzeb leading the cavalry to set off alone, before they had gone far, the Ming army in Goa got the news and accelerated their attack.

Therefore, Aurangzeb led two thousand cavalry, holding his breath, and indeed attacked like a dragon, without any stagnation, and kept attacking forward.

But what made him a little depressed was that the Ming army was hiding in the city. He was just a cavalry soldier and couldn't attack the city at all. In response, he ordered the infantry behind him to catch up quickly, while quickly continuing to penetrate deeper, trying to catch other Ming troops off guard.

However, no matter how fast he was, he never encountered the Ming army in the wild. The Ming army in Goa were all huddled in a limited number of cities.

Although Aurangzeb was a little regretful about this, he didn't pay much attention to it. Looking at the Ming Dynasty flags fluttering in the wind in the city in front of him and the red military uniforms on the city top, he pointed his riding crop at the city head and shouted confidently: " Even a turtle hiding in its shell cannot avoid being eaten by an eagle!”

After finishing speaking, he pulled the reins, turned the horse's head, and at the same time ordered: "Let's go, join the infantry and eat the turtle shell!"

Like his father Khan, he did not expect that when they began to prepare to attack the city, the Ming army had actually taken the first step, but was not on their scheduled battlefield.

One day earlier, countless Ming naval forces appeared on the sea in Mumbai. Without any resistance, the army led by Deng Kruru landed here.

Bombay was originally occupied by the Portuguese. After Shivella escaped from the Lion Kingdom, he knew that Portugal's strength in the Far East could not compete with the Ming army. Therefore, when he fled to the base of Bombay, he plundered everything here and evacuated with the Portuguese here.

After the Portuguese left, the Mughal Empire heard about it and sent a local army to take advantage. In fact, there is nothing cheap to pick up. When the Portuguese left, they never thought about coming back, so naturally they would leave nothing behind. Therefore, there were not many people from the Mughal Empire in Bombay. They were petrified when they saw the red sea landing, so they dared to resist.

The Ming army led by Deng Kruu only rested briefly in Bombay and then immediately launched an attack northward. This area was not an area that the Mughal Empire paid much attention to, so the defense was very weak. When the officials of the Mughal Empire heard that the Ming army was attacking, they fled back quickly and hurriedly sent messengers to report the news.

As more and more Mughal troops retreated, they finally felt that their numbers were large enough and wanted to stop and stop the Ming army. After all, if they kept escaping, Shah Jahan would be furious and their lives might not be saved.

Not only that, they were somewhat self-aware and felt that the Ming army was more elite than theirs, so they also assembled surrounding armies, such as the army at Kandla Port.

However, what they did not expect was that before the army could be assembled to deal with the Ming army on Dengklu's side, the Ming Marine Corps landed at Kandla Port. Under a pincer attack from the north and south, the Mughals, who were originally a ragtag group of men, The local army was instantly disbanded.

The Ming army killed all the captured officials, as long as they had status in the Mughal Empire. As for the ordinary people, they told them that the Ming army came here to execute the Mughal nobles who had done many evil things, liberate them, and give them Have a good life. Then, regardless of these people, the army immediately headed north.

Regarding the Ming army's words, the Mughals did not believe it at all at first, and their first thought was to escape. After seeing no Ming army controlling them, they stopped escaping and gathered together in twos and threes, curiously discussing what it meant for these Orientals to come to them.

"Do you think the Ming army will really give us a good life?"

"Who knows? Maybe he lied to us? Since ancient times, who would treat us as human beings?"

"Whatever, they didn't kill us or enslave us anyway, so forget it!"

"..."

Among them, there was a businessman who had a different opinion and said: "Don't tell me, you should know that Bengal has long been occupied by the Ming army. When I went to the neighboring states to do business, I heard that I told you some news!"

As soon as he said this, everyone around him was very interested and gathered around to inquire about the affairs of the Ming Dynasty. When the businessman saw it, he didn't hide anything and told him everything he knew.

"I heard from the government that these Ming people from the East, as you can see, look different from us, just like those Western barbarians. Think about how the Western barbarians treat us. Therefore, the same is true for those Easterners. , they don’t regard us as human beings at all. The people over there in Bangladesh are living in dire straits!”

After hearing this, everyone around them took a deep breath, shook their heads and sighed, and a few people even cursed and said that they almost believed them.

However, before they had finished complaining, the businessman raised his voice again and interrupted their discussion: "However, the news about the Ming army that I heard privately from local business partners is different from what the government said. It’s completely different!”

As soon as he said this, he immediately attracted everyone's attention. Those who were sighing also raised their heads, with curiosity on their faces.

"My business partners said that there are no low-class races in Bengal. Only those who have committed crimes and are punished are low-class. Everyone else, no matter who they are, as long as they are under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, are treated equally. If you abide by the laws of the Ming Dynasty, you will be protected by the Ming Dynasty!"

After hearing this, someone immediately confirmed in surprise: "Does that mean that what the Ming army said is true?"

After hearing this, the others looked at the businessman with breathless expressions, with expectations in their eyes, wanting a confirmed result.

When the businessman saw it, after hesitating for a while, he nodded slightly and said, "If you ask me, nine times out of ten, it's true. But I've said it before, I haven't seen it myself, so I can't be 100% sure!"

Although he said this, these people immediately showed joy, and one of them expressed their feelings: "If this is true, that would be great!"

As these people dispersed, news about the Ming army began to slowly spread in the hinterland of the Mughal Empire.

In Delhi, the capital of the Mughal Empire, the officials who stayed behind were frightened when they heard that a Ming army had landed from the sea and then fought all the way to Delhi. The main army of the empire was taken away by Shah Jahan. After the news was passed several times, and with the addition of panic, the number of the Ming army was enlarged, especially when it was heard that the Ming army specialized in killing nobles. Those nobles along the way fled into Delhi.

Officials in Delhi issued death orders and asked local troops on the Ming army's attack route to actively resist the Ming army. At the same time, they also mobilized local troops from the north, hoping to strengthen the defense of the south. Shah Jahan reported.

However, they never expected that after Deng Kruu discovered that the Indian army in front of him increased, he told Gushi Khan who was waiting in the north through the chat group.

So, the next time was Gushi Khan's performance time.

His army was secretly resting in Nepal. After hearing the news, they immediately sent their troops south and attacked Delhi. Compared with the strict discipline of the Ming army, Gushi Khan's army was worse. The resulting panic effect is even better. Especially in the eyes of the Mughals, the Ming and Tibetan countries united to attack them, and they felt even more desperate.

Without an elite army in hand, and feeling unstoppable, the only way was to send messengers one after another, rushing eight hundred miles away, to report the news to Shah Jahan and other people who had elite troops at hand.

The old nest is about to be destroyed, and the Mughal hinterland is already in chaos. If you don't come back, what's the use of winning!

In Goa, Aurangzeb led two thousand cavalry troops and deployed them around the city. Scouts were sent far away to cut off the possibility of Ming reinforcements in several other cities. Seeing the infantry and civilians busy preparing to attack the city, I couldn't help but feel very happy.

The Ming army in this city, despite the fact that there are flags everywhere on the city, he has actually discovered that there are not many Ming troops inside, there are many flags, it is just a bluff: "Haha, have you seen that, in general city defense? , at least three groups of soldiers must be on duty in rotation. But have you seen that although there are many Ming troops on the city, I have already memorized the faces of some of them. The Ming army actually only has two groups of soldiers on duty in rotation. , This shows that Ming Mingjun pretends to be a lot of people, but I didn’t expect that this prince would see through it!”

When his men heard this, although they were not impressed, they still believed in the intelligence of their coach and immediately began to flatter him.

Aurangzeb enjoyed this and was in a good mood, so he imparted his experience to his subordinates: "Generally speaking, the first city on the border deploys heavy troops. This is human nature. The commander-in-chief of the Ming army is probably Using this bit of common sense, I wanted to play a little trick. Thinking that our army should also know this, they would not attack the heavily guarded city, but instead attack the city in the hinterland of Goa. In this way, they happened to encounter Ming The city is really heavily guarded by the army, so the Ming army may be able to defend the city!"

At this point, he sneered and said: "If the war lasts longer and we have lost our spirit, the Ming army in this city will be able to take our army's back. In this case, our army will be in danger! The tactics of the Ming army, It’s nothing more than that!”

Hearing this, all his men suddenly realized that free flattery is like the water of the Yellow River, with endless waves. It made Aurangzeb proud, and he felt that he had to be the Khan of the Mughal Empire. At last, the other princes are just scum.

"Your Highness is so powerful, even if the Ming army is as cunning as a fox, it will be useless!"

"With His Highness here, our Mughal Empire will definitely become stronger and stronger!"

"Yes, the Great Khan would definitely be very pleased if he knew His Highness's true talents!"

"..."

After talking for a while, one of his men came to report that the siege equipment was ready.

When Aurangzeb heard this, he looked at the flag of the Ming army on the top of the city and sneered: "As I expected, there are only so many Ming troops inside, and so many people are sent to take turns on duty, but it is a waste of energy. The city must be defeated in one battle!"

After finishing speaking, he galloped to the front of the formation. After inspecting the infantry, he was about to order an attack when he realized something was wrong. He saw a horse riding in the distance, carrying a hundred thousand urgent flags, galloping towards him.

This surprised Aurangzeb. The first thing he thought of was, could it be that his father Khan had lost the battle?

After being surprised, he came to his senses again. If his father was defeated, would he have to rush back to Delhi immediately?

In just a short period of time, Aurangzeb's mind circled around that shining golden spot.

The messenger was in front of him in an instant. He rolled his saddle and fell off his horse. Regardless of the sweat dripping down his face, he gasped and reported: "Your Highness, it's not good. The Ming army landed from the sea and is now marching towards Delhi. It is invincible. Please come back for help immediately!"

After finishing speaking, he held the urgent letter in his hands.

Upon hearing this, Aurangzeb, like his men around him, immediately showed a look of surprise on his face, and several of them even opened their mouths in surprise!

The Ming Army... How could the Ming Army suddenly appear in the hinterland? Are they not afraid of the imperial army, or do they know that the imperial army has left, but considering the time, this is impossible!

Unable to think of the reason, Aurangzeb temporarily forgot about it, immediately took the letter, tore it open and read it.

One glance and ten lines, the content of the letter is more detailed than the verbal report of the messenger. At least the strength of the Ming army, the approximate attack route, etc., as well as the war that has occurred, and the combat strength of the Ming army are roughly described.

It can be said that the Ming army is indeed invincible. Attack the cities along the way if you can, and let them go if you find them difficult. Anyway, there are no opponents in the wild, and the troops are advancing straight towards Delhi. This situation is just like in the original history, during the Chongzhen period, the Manchu and Qing troops entered the customs several times.

But one difference is that the Ming army's behavior in the Mughal hinterland was completely different from the Manchu army. Instead of plundering all materials, plundering the population, and destroying everything that could be destroyed, the Ming army selectively targeted all the nobles of the Mughal Empire and killed them whenever they caught them. On the contrary, the civilians and lowly people were fine. Even some untouchables who could not survive were able to get some property from the seizures of the Ming army.

This is great! After Aurangzeb read it, he never glanced at the city in front of him again, and immediately ordered the cavalry to be assembled. He was going to rush back to Delhi to reinforce it.