Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 813
The pontoon bridge on the boundary river was finally built, and the army could finally cross the river.

It was three days later when Shah Jahan received the news.

Because they had to bring all the elephant soldiers over, the formal pontoon bridge could not just pull an iron chain and tie a wooden raft.

They had to pull a dozen iron chains under the pontoon, and they had to use thigh-thick logs to nail a row of brackets underneath for support.

It is quite troublesome to build such a pontoon bridge. Even if there are ready-made wooden rafts, it will take about three days.

Ah San's fight is really outrageous.

The so-called speed is so important, it took them nearly a month to cross the border river, and what a fart!

Of course, they can also comfort themselves.

This was mainly caused by the obstruction of the Ming army cavalry on the opposite bank, not because they advanced slowly!
Shah Jahan did not blame Aurangzeb and Mogli, he even comforted the two with gentle words, and let them join forces as forwards to continue to open the way ahead.

After all, the two of them lost nearly 8 horses.

Aurangzeb was a little better, only lost about 12 yuan, leaving [-] yuan.

Mowgli was more tragic. The 10 horses were almost killed by the Ming army, leaving more than 5.

As a striker, he definitely can't do anything, so Aurangzeb can only let Aurangzeb lead him to open the way ahead.

Shah Jahan thought that this wave of blocking by the Ming army was considered strong, and unless they attacked other people's cities later, they should not encounter such tenacious resistance again.

Aurangzeb also believed that it was considered good that the Ming army could send so many cavalry to stop them in a hurry, and it is estimated that they will not be able to organize any decent resistance later.

After all, it is tens of thousands of miles away from the capital of the Ming Empire, and there are no rivers to connect it, and it takes a detour of tens of thousands of miles to go by sea. In such a short period of time, apart from sending cavalry, what else can the Ming Empire send to snipe them? ?

He also thinks that the reinforcements of the Ming Empire consisted of about [-] cavalry. These cavalry were beaten away by them. They should be able to go deep into the hinterland of the southeast Chengxuan of the Ming Dynasty and fight down one by one around the other cities. .

After all, they fought undeclared wars, and there were more than 50 troops when they came up.

Although they lost nearly 8 horses when they crossed the boundary river, there are still more than 40 troops.

How many people could the Ming Empire organize in such a remote southeast place to resist their attack?
The result naturally left them stunned.

It took them nearly three days to cross the river with more than 40 troops, plus the transportation of food, grass and luggage, plus the dismantling and moving of the camp.

On the morning of the fourth day, Aurangzeb sent a large number of scouts to explore the way.

And he also set up a forward battalion of more than 17 horses, arranged a neat formation, and slowly pushed forward.

The reason why he was so careful was that he was afraid of a sneak attack by the Ming army cavalry. After all, he withdrew suddenly, and he might not have been beaten away by them. He might also want to make a sneak attack on the road.

It is very possible that people suddenly ran over to carry out a sneak attack during the march.

In the end, it was not the cavalry of the Ming army that came, but the scout cavalry he sent out himself.

He led an army of more than [-] to advance in less than an hour, when there was a scout riding a horse galloping in front of him.

The scout rode straight to his car and stammered, "Report, Your Highness, ahead, a city wall built by the Ming army was found more than [-] miles ahead."

city ​​walls?

What's there to panic about?

It is not surprising that the Ming army built a small city defense on the border.

Aurangzeb couldn't help scolding with a cold face: "Why panic, haven't you seen the city wall?"

The scout shrank his neck, and then said carefully: "Your Highness, the city wall built by the Ming army is too long, and you can't see the end at a glance!
The villain rode his horse and ran along the city wall for a while, but he still couldn't see the end.

Moreover, the city wall of the Ming army was built along the river bank, and the river in front seemed to be blocked by the city wall. "

And such a thing?
Aurangzeb is not convinced.

After all, if a river is to be completely blocked, at least a city wall of more than a hundred miles must be built. Could the Ming army build such a long city wall?

If he had seen the Great Wall, he probably wouldn't be so ignorant.

A city wall of tens of thousands of miles can be built, so what is more than a hundred miles?
What's more, the city wall was built on the bank of the river, so it didn't take much effort at all. Most of the Great Wall was built on the mountains.

Ah San has this kind of virtue.

What they think they can't do, others can't do.

However, this time he couldn't help but believe it.

Because it didn't take long for the scouts he sent out to come back one after another. These scouts also saw the city walls of the Ming army, and they were all walls that couldn't be seen at a glance.

Could it be that the Ming army really built a city wall more than a hundred miles long to block the river in front of it?
Aurangzeb frowned and pondered for a while, but decided to move forward with his army.

Anyway, the river was about fifty miles in front of them, so it would be no problem for them to drive across it in a day.

He wanted to see what kind of city wall it was.

At this moment, they were indeed only fifty miles away from the line of defense built by Lu Xiangsheng.

Because more than [-] troops crossed the river and set up camp at least [-] miles away from the joint camp, and the boundary river was less than a hundred miles away from the line of defense built by Lu Xiangsheng, and the forward camp was naturally only about [-] miles away from the line of defense.

At about [-]:[-] in the afternoon, Aurangzeb led the vanguard battalion to a place less than ten miles away from the defense line.

At this time, a faint black line appeared on the horizon ahead.

He raised his binoculars and swept forward, stunned.

There is really a city wall in front of you that can't be seen at a glance, and the telescope can't see the end.

Although he couldn't see it very clearly, it was definitely a city wall.

This time, he was really dumbfounded.

People have blocked the other side of the river with city walls, how do they build pontoon bridges to cross the river?

Even if they don't have artillery, they can still cross the river against the rain of arrows, but what should they do after crossing the river?
Anyone who throws a huge boulder from the city wall can hit them with heavy casualties!
By the way, artillery!
The range of the artillery of the Ming army was very far, and they could not advance any further.

He hastily raised his hand and ordered: "Order, the whole army stops advancing and camps on the spot."

The army has stopped advancing, and the barracks have begun to be built. What should we do next?

To be honest, he didn't know what to do, he had never encountered such a situation.

He frowned and pondered for a while, and then ordered loudly: "Command, all the scouts disperse, and check around a mile away from the city wall to see if there is a bridge on this river."

After all, this is not a boundary river, and they saw a lot of farmland and houses along the way, but the common people inside have all run away.

In order to make it easier for the common people on both sides to come and go, the Ming Empire should have built several bridges on the river.

The result is naturally no.

Lu Xiangsheng has ordered people to demolish all the bridges, and even if there are ten fortresses, none of them are open on the side facing the river, just a solid wall!
It doesn't matter if there is no bridge, and there are no doors. Aurangzeb really has no choice.

He can't order someone to row a wooden raft to dig a hole under someone's city wall,

In desperation, he had no choice but to report to his old father, Shah Jahan, in the central army camp.

Shah Jahan is having a sweet dream at the moment, the most difficult border river has been crossed, and Ming Dongnancheng announced that the political envoy is an open door, and it seems that it is only a matter of time before it is taken down.

At that time, how many resources, how much wealth, and how many people will be there!

As a result, Aurangzeb ran over to see him, and said with a serious face, "Father Khan, the Ming Empire built a city wall on the other side of the river, blocking the entire river."

What?
Shah Jahan couldn't help being surprised and said, "The 100-mile-long river is completely blocked?"

Aurangzeb nodded without hesitation and said, "Yes, the other side of the 100-mile-long river is full of walls two or three people high, without bridges, gates, or gaps.

Moreover, there are many cannons on the city wall, at least tens of thousands of them. "

This!
Shah Jahan was also a little dumbfounded.

How does this river cross?
He frowned and pondered for a while, and then he gritted his teeth and said, "Let Mowgli take someone to detour through the mountains and forests to the north and cross the river to try it out."

Do you know how to do this?

Will the Ming Empire be unprepared?

Aurangzeb felt a little disdainful in his heart, but on the surface he nodded without hesitation and said, "Of order, Father Khan."

Anyway, it was Mowgli who was going, not him.

It didn't matter much to him that Mowgli's men were all dead.

After he returned to the forward camp, he recruited Mowgli to the commander's tent and solemnly confessed: "You led all the men and horses to go around the mountain forest in the north with ten days' dry food, and waded across the river to the other bank to test it out. Are there any defenses behind the walls of the Ming army?"

Don't you treat my subordinates as human beings?
I've lost half of my team, okay?

Mowgli was so angry, but he dared not say anything.

This pair of father and son is more ruthless than the other, if he dares not to go, he probably won't save his life.

Early the next morning, he set off with his men and horses.

This detour took another three days, and he finally brought his men to the edge of the jungle on the other side.

However, he was not as reckless as his leading generals.

He led his men and horses to hide in the woods for a day and made tens of thousands of simple thick wooden shields. He took everyone out of the jungle early in the morning of the fourth day.

Moreover, after he escaped from the jungle, he didn't order people to rush forward in a mess.

He ordered people to form a five-layer shield formation in front, and then slowly pushed everyone forward.

Does this formation work?

Sun Zushou glanced carefully with the binoculars, and couldn't help curling his lips.

The cavalry cannot simply charge from the front, as long as there is enough space, the left and right wings and the rear cavalry can go around and charge.

He only thought about it for a while, and then he ordered decisively: "Order, the first team to the tenth team will circle to the left of the enemy, the No. 11 team to the No. 20 team will circle to the right of the enemy, and the No. The 20th team deployed directly in front of the enemy, led the left and right wings to launch a charge, and then rushed up."

This time, Mowgli was taken aback.

Fortunately, his task is to test, and he doesn't have to fight with others desperately.

As soon as the cavalry of the Ming army charged, he decisively ordered: "Quickly, retreat to the woods."

After finishing speaking, he turned his horse's head around and galloped away.

His subordinates also turned around without hesitation, and ran away.

This move really stunned the soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion.

What's the matter with these guys, when they pushed forward, they were like tortoises crawling. It took half an hour to advance less than two miles. When they ran away, they were like frightened rabbits, and ran into the jungle in a flash. .

Even the wooden shields they worked so hard to forge were discarded, and they were all thrown on the ground.

In this wave, the soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion didn't even catch a hair.

Aurangzeb really did not expect that Mowgli could escape back unscathed.

However, he had already guessed that it was impossible for the Ming army to be unprepared behind the city walls.

It turned out that the [-] Ming army cavalry who blocked them at Jiehe were waiting behind the city wall. If they wanted to sneak attack, they would have to push all the troops of the Qianfeng battalion up.

Just kidding, if the Ming army had other ambushes, wouldn't they be completely wiped out.

Aurangzeb would not do such a stupid thing, so he ran back to the camp of the Chinese army and reported to his old father again.

After hearing his detailed report, Shah Jahan frowned even deeper.

Obviously, the Ming army had long prevented them from going around the city wall to attack.

How to do?
Are you going to retreat here?
That is impossible!

Shah Jahan frowned and pondered for a while, then simply waved his hands and ordered Aurangzeb to retreat, and then ordered someone to call Captain White over.

He bluntly said to others: "Captain White, you should have heard that the Ming army built a city wall on the opposite bank of the river ahead, blocking the entire river."

This Captain White naturally heard about it a long time ago. After all, Mowgli detoured for three days and built a thick wooden shield for a day.

It takes seven days for people to come and go back and forth, and it will be strange if he never hears about it.

He didn't expect that the Ming army would be so ruthless that they built a city wall more than 100 miles long on the other side of the river, and there were tens of thousands of cannons on the wall.

How is this fight going?
He could only helplessly ask: "Dear Khan, what are you going to do?"

Shah Jahan said calmly, "I just want to ask you, how many weapons are there for the next batch and when will they arrive."

The next batch of weapons will be given to you according to the battle situation. If you fight well, naturally they won't sell you much.

Now that this is the case, it is estimated that I will sell you as much as you have.

Captain White said vaguely: "I'm not very clear about this. I think there are probably a thousand artillery pieces and ten thousand muskets. However, it will take at least two months before they can be delivered."

well.

Shah Jahan nodded slightly and said: "Then I will recruit some more troops, gather an army of millions here first, and I will launch an attack when your weapons arrive."

You still launch an attack on this line of defense!
Captain White couldn't help being dumbfounded when he heard this.

That's right, Ah San's head is so iron!
It's all here, they won't retreat if they don't get beaten to the ground.

Shah Jahan never thought of retreating.

What he thinks in his mind are things that ordinary people and ordinary people cannot understand.

For example, gather an army of one million, and then send 40 to [-] people to go around in the mountains and forests in the north to carry out sneak attacks.

Another example is to gather all the horses to attack a section of the river head-on, use more than 1000 cannons and more than 1 muskets to suppress the firepower on the city wall, then directly fill the river and rush to the city wall!

He never thought that he would fail, he was even fantasizing that this must be Daming's last line of defense in the southeast, as long as he could fight across the entire southeast, he would definitely have it at his fingertips.

At that time, the territory of the Mughal Empire will almost double in size!
(End of this chapter)