Volume 4: Hot! The whole world is a warring state Chapter 610: Bihar Sends Troops
August 27, 1632, Patna, Bihar, Mughal Empire.
The hot and humid rainy season is still going on, and the already uncomfortable body of Bihar Governor Syed has become even more irritable because of the many news he has received recently.
A few days ago, the chief of a border city in our state came to Patna in person to report that many fully armed Chinese people had come from the neighboring state of Bengal and attacked a village in Bengal close to our state.
As a member of the Xingyue sect and a senior government official, Sayyid had a lot of knowledge. Of course, he knew where Aurora was, but it was precisely because he knew where Aurora was that he thought it was absurd when he first heard the news: Aurora? How could it be so far away from us and come to our Mughal?
Of course, as a qualified official, after receiving the news, he immediately sent a team of 30 people to escort an official from the Governor's Office to investigate and negotiate: During the rainy season in Bengal, the internal management of the entire state was basically out of control. The villages close to Bihar had to go to the markets in the cities of Bihar. In fact, the place where the Ming army appeared was much closer to him than to Dhaka, the capital of Bengal.
Two days later, the officials who went out to negotiate came back: the people of China were very polite to us and did not make things difficult for us. However, their leader said that the empire had killed the envoys they sent to Kemptir to mediate the land dispute between the empire and Kemptir. Their emperor was furious and sent a large army to attack us. He demanded that our country hand over the culprit and pay a huge compensation. Otherwise, their army would continue to advance along the Ganges and go to Delhi to seek justice from the emperor.
Hearing this answer, Sayyid felt like he was screwed: I didn’t even know about the killing of the messenger, did he really exist?
You know what, he really wasn't exaggerating: Since the split of the Malla Dynasty in Nepal, the strongest country among them is Kamptil. All the territory of this small country borders the snowy area of the Ming Dynasty in the north, and in the south, it borders Bihar. Killing the messenger of Zhendan, don't say there is no such thing, even if there is, it must be killed by my Bihar, but I obviously didn't do such a thing! Let alone killing the messenger, I didn't even see the messenger's hair.
So, he quickly sent an envoy again to explain and ask if there was any misunderstanding.
Of course, the Mughal Empire was still in its ascendant at this time. Although it was not as centralized as the Ming Dynasty, it was still a centralized empire with a fairly strict government. Therefore, when Sayyid sent the second group of envoys, he also sent light cavalry to Delhi: Your Majesty, this matter is strange. It may be a massive invasion of us by the Aurora people.
At the same time, he also began to mobilize the army in Bihar: if a war really came, who would the followers of the Prophet be afraid of?
On the other side, in Asansol Town, Liu Zhaosun had already arrived here with the main force.
"General, after counting by the camp office, our First Indian Expedition Army had a full complement of 45,000 men when it arrived in Yangon. But at this time, only 31,000 men have arrived in Asansol. The shortage is mainly due to the fact that all three heavy artillery regiments could not be transported here by inland boats, so there is a shortage of 6,000 men. On the way upstream, a total of 625 men fell into the river, were washed away, drowned, or went missing. In addition, all the others were sick."
"Well, how can the heavy artillery regiment arrive?"
"General, after confirmation from the engineering team and the guide, our small boats can only transport the heavy artillery regiment here after the rainy season ends."
"Okay. Why are there so many patients at the Military Medical Department? "
"General, the main diseases are colds and diarrhea, and there are also skin diseases of varying degrees caused by excessive moisture. The mortality rate of these diseases is very low, but they are easily contagious. In order to avoid large-scale epidemics in the army, we have proposed that sick soldiers be separated from their original organization, and the sick be placed in a separate battalion and temporarily not participate in the battle."
"...Well, the emperor is your division commander, and I will listen to what you disciples of the emperor say." After saying this, Liu Zhaosun turned around and said to the director of the camp affairs department: "If the artillery can't be brought up, there are still heavy machine guns, right?"
"Yes, there are 31,000 men who can be deployed at any time, and each squad has a heavy machine gun. But the ammunition..."
"What happened to the ammunition?"
"General, the current was too fast on the way here, and some boats loaded with ammunition lost control and capsized... Now, after coordination with the camp office, each heavy machine gun only has five bases of ammunition."
"F*ck me!" Liu Zhaosun quickly controlled his emotions after yelling, "Where's the submachine gun? How much ammunition is there?"
"Ten."
"Huh~" With a sigh of relief, Liu Zhaosun waved his hand to let the logistics support officers withdraw, then stood up and walked to a middle-aged man with a high nose, deep eyes and fair skin below: "Your Excellency, how many Indians are there in the town now? Are they obedient?"
Yes, after receiving Lu Xiangsheng's report on the sea, Liu Zhaosun urgently sent people back to Yangon, and then Xu Xianchun sent a team of more than 20 white people headed by Richelieu, who had been recruited by the Ming Dynasty in Yangon in the past ten years, to quickly transport them to Liu Zhaosun.
Of course, the natural conditions of India are so good, and the people here are so docile. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty, from top to bottom, never thought of making wedding clothes for others. After sending Richelieu and others out of desperation, Xu Xianchun also sent a speedboat to the Central and Southern Governor's Office and the Jinyiwei in Beijing: Please ask the court to quickly select some officials with fair skin to take over the affairs here.
"Oh, Commander, please rest assured. Currently, nearly two thousand locals have gathered in this town. In recent times, they have been very obedient and hardworking. They have basically completed the tasks we assigned them on time."
MB's damn color discrimination.
After complaining in his heart, Liu Zhaosun nodded to Richelieu and sat back in the main seat: "Everyone, now that the logistics are almost done, then we should also march forward."
"General, please give the order."
"After sufficient investigation, we have found out that thanks to the effective intelligence of the Jinyiwei, we have successfully bypassed the Ganges Delta and arrived at the lower middle reaches of the Ganges. And we have also found out that ahead, the capital of the so-called Bihar State of the Mughal State, Patna, is located on the south bank of the Ganges. Therefore, my opinion is that, given that our troops and ammunition are limited due to various reasons, we should withdraw all the troops on the north bank of the Ganges and concentrate on the south bank."
"Great advice, General."
"Haha, that's not really a brilliant idea. In that case, then, Huang Degong."
"I will be here in the end."
"I will reorganize the existing 30,000-plus troops into three pure infantry divisions without artillery regiments, with 10,000 soldiers in each division. I will now give you one division, and you will lead the army to the northwest towards Patna. Be careful not to move too fast, and be sure to keep in touch with the headquarters at all times."
"I will obey your orders."
"Zhang Hong."
"I will be here in the end."
"I will use your Marine Corps First Division as the main force. I will supplement you with some engineers and civilian laborers. Then you will turn south and plan a river course near the village in Kolkata, build a port, and choose high ground to build barracks. Be prepared for the arrival of General Cao's main force."
"I will obey your orders."
"Li Chunzhong."
"I will be here in the end."
"The Guards Division will be stationed here temporarily, and we will continue to send a small number of troops to 'invite' nearby Indian people to work here. We want to build this town of Asansol into a fortress that can be used for both attack and defense."
On September 1, 1632, after resting for a while in the town of Asansol, especially after "drying" the moldy army, Liu Zhaosun began to send troops forward again.
At the same time , the Mughal Empire also responded.
The first to complete the assembly of troops was the armed forces of Bihar. However, Governor Sayyid's troops were only more than 30,000 people at this time, of which more than 25,000 were temporarily assembled militia personnel.
There was no way. Although the Mughal Empire had 400,000 standing troops at that time, the Mughal Empire had a strict government. On the one hand, the standing troops were mainly concentrated in Delhi and Agra, and on the other hand, the local governors did not have the right to mobilize too many standing troops.
However, although this resulted in a lower efficiency in the mobilization of the empire, it was still much better than the 18th century in history, when the governors of various states of the Mughal Empire fought each other in the face of the British invasion and became a loose organization.
As for the 30,000 people mobilized in Bihar, there is no need to say more about the more than 20,000 militiamen: in this era, those who use cold weapons can basically only be regarded as cannon fodder when facing the army of time travelers. What really gives Governor Sayyid some confidence is that among his 5,000 standing troops, there is an army composed of 2,000 Sikhs.
The so-called Sikhs, in terms of race, are not very different from other branches of the Hindustani people. What really distinguishes them from other races in India is Sikhism.
This sect, which combines some of the teachings of the Star and Crescent religion with those of Hinduism, is mainly popular in Punjab: Punjab means the land of five rivers in Urdu. From ancient times to the present, this is the richest place in the Indian peninsula, with the most hardworking people and the most developed economy. Sikh men are also famous for their simplicity and courage to fight. They are considered one of the most combative ethnic groups among the many ethnic groups in South Asia.
Because Bihar is close to Nepal and is geographically located in a low position, there is a certain amount of border defense pressure here. So Shah Jahan placed a standing army of 5,000 people in this place, and there were 2,000 Sikhs in this army.
This force is Governor Sayyid’s greatest confidence.
On September 3, a rare sunny day in the rainy season, Governor Sayyid led his 30,000-man army south, ready to have a good talk with those unreasonable Azerbaijani people.
