Volume 4: Hot! The whole world is a warring state Chapter 634 The Battle of the Three Princes
“Boom~”
Hundreds of cannons roared at the same time, blasting the Japanese-North Korean coalition forces' positions into flying dust and smoke.
"Your Highness, it's very dangerous here. Please retreat to the rear and take command. Your servant Zheng Guotai promises that today, our two divisions of Fuguo will not retreat a single step unless they are completely wiped out !"
"I will not retreat! Today I swear to live and die with this position! Uncle, don't worry about me. As long as you hold on in the front, I will..."
“Boom boom~!”
Before Zhu Changxun could finish his words, a shell exploded only fifty or sixty meters away from the temporary shelter where he was. The Prince of Fu's personal guards, who were standing upright outside the shelter, fell down immediately.
"Your Highness, I am not asking you to retreat too far. It's just that the enemy's artillery has now reached the edge of our first line of defense. Its muzzle range has already covered your position. Therefore, you only need to retreat out of the range of the enemy's artillery."
"..." Zhu Changxun was born in 1586 and was already 48 years old this year. But there was no doubt that today's battle was his first battle. For a newcomer on the battlefield, it would be abnormal not to be afraid of the shells falling so close.
However, after his expression changed several times, he gritted his teeth and said, "No need to say more. The more dangerous I am here, the safer Yousong in Seoul will be. As the saying goes, wealth and honor are determined by fate, life and death are determined by God, I will fight! Uncle, just receive the emperor's order! Of course, if I don't retreat, whoever dares to retreat one step from the two divisions of Fuguo will be killed without mercy!"
"...I understand. Take care, Your Highness."
On the other side, only five kilometers away from the first line of defense, a temporary cement bunker was surrounded by a cloth curtain printed with the pattern of Go-Shichi-Tung: the Japanese are still very traditional. Even though they have entered the era of hot weapons, the generals in the rear still have to build a command post .
"Your Highness, the Indians' attack was very fierce, and their tactical proficiency was much stronger than last year."
"Yes." Toyotomi Tohide, who was wearing a golden military feather ornament and a horse-patterned hooded cap, nodded calmly : "It's hard for our soldiers to deal with it, right?"
"It's really hard, but we can still hold on. In my opinion, it will be impossible for the Indians to break through our first line of defense without 10,000 men."
"Okay, Sanada-kun, we will resist step by step and consume the enemy's manpower. This is the strategy we decided in advance. Just execute it."
"Hi Yi!"
"That." Toyotomi Tohide looked in the direction of Zhu Changxun next door and asked, "How are Fukukoku's two divisions doing?"
"So far, they seem to be fighting tenaciously. According to the reports from the observers we sent over, a very small number of soldiers retreated in the face of the enemy and were killed on the spot by Zheng Guotai, the commander of the Jinyiwei of Fuguo."
"Huh~" Toyotomi Tohide breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good. If it weren't for these rubbish, the Celestial Empire should have won the war in one battle." After complaining, he added, "How long will it take for the troops of Gui, Zhou, and Tang to get behind each other?"
"Your Highness, according to the strategy of our army group commander Mao Wenlong, this time we must solve Aurangzeb once and for all. So in this battle, we have fifteen divisions, one of which is stationed in Patna, and we and the four divisions of Fuguo will block the front. The four divisions of Annan, Shu, and Chu will be our backup. The six divisions of Gui, Tang, and Zhou will be in the encirclement... Today is April 9th. In the pre-war assessment, His Excellency Wenlong required that these six divisions be in place before the 15th to launch the attack."
"Does that mean we have to guard for at least six days?"
"That's not entirely true. Lord Wenlong said that if we feel we can't hold on, we can apply for a retreat. After all, there is a second line of defense guarded by the Annan, Shu, and Chu dispatched troops."
"Humph~ How could the warriors of Japan, who have been forged over two hundred years during the Warring States Period, not even last six days? I won't give the next three kingdoms a chance to show off."
"Your Highness, judging from the firepower of the Indian army today and the casualties they have caused us, our army will have no problem holding out for four days. Six days may be a stretch."
"Ah." After a light sigh, Toyotomi Tohide shook his head: "Originally, I was going to tell you some things after the war. Since you have doubts, I will tell you first."
"Your Highness, please give your instructions."
"Before this war, the Emperor told me that after the destruction of the Mughals, the Celestial Empire would only want the Ganges River and the middle and lower reaches of the Indus Plain. In other places, some of them would be given to the local indigenous peoples who helped the Celestial Empire in this war to establish their own countries. Other places would be given to the vassal states that accompanied the Celestial Empire in this war as rewards for their merits."
"Nani? Your Highness, are you serious?"
"Really. Ladies and Gentlemen, in the past during the Warring States Period, if Taiko ordered his daimyo to go to war, he would not say anything if they lost, but would he not reward them if they won? If the emperor of the Celestial Empire did not give anything back after acquiring such a large and beautiful place like India, among all the vassal states in East Asia, who would be willing to follow him in the future?"
"Yoshi! Your Highness, we understand. Should the amount of land awarded after the war be determined by the military merits of this battle?"
"That's right. Sanada-kun, in last year 's battle, we Japanese have already seized the upper hand. As long as we continue to perform well, um... I plan to ask the emperor for Andhra Pradesh after the war. It is said that the area there is about the same as Honshu Island, and the cultivated land can be harvested two to three times a year, and the grain output is estimated to be at least more than 40 million koku. This is twice as high as the total koku of Japan! Haha, when the emperor first spread the news, you didn't know that the princes of the Zhu family were all vying to take the lead. Hey, they have many sons, and they also need new land to be divided."
"Narūhodo, Your Highness, we understand. Please rest assured, Your Highness, we will do our best to keep all the credit firmly in our hands."
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"Your Highness, our army has already found out that the ones standing in front of us are not the Zhendan people, but the Japanese and Koreans under the Zhendan people's command."
"I don't care who they are. I just want to say one thing: I am very dissatisfied with today's progress. More than 6,000 people were killed or wounded, and we haven't even taken down the first line of defense! General Singh, we only brought seven divisions this time, with only 100,000 people!"
"I'm very sorry that I didn't satisfy you. But Your Highness, the Koreans and Japanese on the other side fought very tenaciously, and our soldiers have done their best!"
"The greatest effort? Do you mean that even though our soldiers had the advantage in numbers and tried their best, they still couldn't break through the enemy's defense line with inferior forces? Then I want to ask you, last winter, we trained so hard in the south and used up so much live ammunition that we could only equip seven divisions this time. Why?"
"Your Highness, that's not what I meant..."
"Forget it, forget it. Send the order and have our soldiers withdraw. Then, while there is still some time before dark, each army will conduct a tactical review in company units."
"As you command, my Lord."
The officers retreated, and Aurangzeb slumped down in deep thought.
As Datar's successor, he was also able to locate Zhu Youdong and the other three travelers through sensing. Only because of this did he feel angry.
Because he clearly sensed that the Zhendan Emperor Zhu Youdong was still very far away from him, and his approximate location should be in Kanpur.
Asshole, you clearly sensed that I was rushing down from the Deccan Plateau, but you didn't come to deal with me in person, but you actually sent the rubbish troops from the vassal state to deal with me? How much do you despise me?
But since you look down on me, then don't be so anxious to attack us Mughals. If you have the guts, why don't you wait until I have accumulated enough strength and become the true emperor of the empire before you wrestle me?
Of course, no matter how much he thought about it, Zhu Youdong, who was four or five hundred kilometers away, had no idea. Even if Zhu Youdong knew what he was thinking, he would probably just shrug, look at him sideways, and then have no other reaction.
After all, he was only sixteen years old, and his body was growing rapidly, so he was very sleep deprived. So after a day of intense command and operation, his nerves relaxed and he actually fell asleep leaning against his desk.
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"Your Highness, Your Highness!"
"Hmm? What's going on?"
"There is an urgent military situation!"
Aurangzeb slowly woke up from the shoves of his guards. But when he was a little more conscious, he could clearly hear the sound of "boarding" like a tsunami.
The Japanese generals, overly excited by the news that they might obtain some of India's fertile land after the war, actually launched a night attack with inferior forces!
