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Taiwu City.

Before the rainy season passed, Zhao Kuangchen received the envoy of Jin Jiguo.

"The Netherlands urged you to fight, and also said that other countries sent troops together?" Zhao Kuangzhen was taken aback.

The envoy of Jinji Kingdom said: "Yes, the partition plan has been formulated. The northernmost corner of your country belongs to our country, the northeast and northern large areas belong to Prince Ali Kamedu, the west belongs to Mysore, and the south belongs to Madurai. .”

Zhao Kuangchen couldn't help sneering: "It's a good plan."

Jin Jiguo said: "My Majesty, I wish to have good relations with your country, and I hope to marry the princess to Your Excellency. From then on, the two countries will form an alliance. If one side is attacked, the other side must send troops to help."

"I need to think about it." Zhao Kuangchen said.

The envoy was taken out of the palace, and Zhao Kuangchen summoned the ministers of civil and military affairs to discuss.

Ma Fei took the lead and said: "Your Highness, I have already inquired and understood. The biggest enemy of the Jinji Kingdom is the very powerful Golconda Kingdom. Once we form an alliance with the Jinji Kingdom, it means going to war with Golconda."

The country of Jinji is long and narrow, occupying the area with the most rainfall in South India, and there are two large gold mines being mined.

At the same time, all of its long and narrow land borders with Golkonda.Golconda is a country that can be hardened with the Mughals, and a small part of the country borders Zhao Kuangcheng. It is very difficult to solve the quagmire of war in the future.

Wang Chongxi said: "The news brought by the Tamil merchants is that Golconda is fighting the Mughals, and should not use troops in the south in the short term. We need an ally, otherwise we will face enemies on all sides. I suggest that His Highness and Jin Ji country marriage."

Sun Kewang also said: "I also suggest marriage. Only with northern allies can we expand to the west and southwest with confidence."

After repeated discussions, all the ministers felt that they should marry, otherwise they would offend Jin Jiguo, and it would be difficult to deal with it by making enemies on all sides.

Zhao Kuangzhen followed the good example and made a decision: "When the sea merchants come back, order some brocade, silk, clocks and so on from them as the betrothal gift for marrying the princess of Jinji Kingdom. Please treat the envoy well and say that I am willing to marry, and I will formally marry the princess next year. , let’s talk about the war.”

Wang Chongxi said: "We must first settle down in order to fight against the outside world. We should send troops in advance, and attack Canmei City as soon as the rainy season is over."

"Second minister!" Zhao Kuangchen's classmates agreed one after another.

Zhao Kuangchen looked at Weng Yingqi and Sun Kewang: "What do you two think?"

Weng Yingqi was the commander of the infantry. He was afraid of offending these civil servants. After all, they were all old classmates of the King of Jin, so his words were more tactful: "You gentlemen are right, but I think Madurai should be attacked first. Whoever is closest to him should be attacked!" "

Sun Kewang also said: "It is best to attack Madurai first."

The countries of Tanjore and Madurai are very interesting. One is in the southeast of the territory and the other is in the northeast of the territory. The capitals of the two countries are not far from each other.

Zhao Kuangchen had only studied in the Naval Academy, so he didn't know much about land warfare.At this time, the civil official said to attack Canmei City first, but the two military generals said to attack Madurai first. He felt that professional affairs should be left to professionals, so he was inclined to the generals' suggestion.

"Why hit Madurai first? Explain in detail." Zhao Kuangchen said.

"General Weng has experienced many battles, so he must have more discernment than his ministers." Sun Kewang didn't want to be the first bird. The civil servants were all classmates of King Jin, and the infantry commander was from the Datong Army. Only he himself was a pure outsider.

Weng Yingqi said: "These surrounding forces were forcibly twisted together by the Dutch to form a coalition. How can they work together? After the rainy season, most parties will send troops, but I am afraid they will be slow. Even if they invade the border, they will be nothing more than looting Village community, dare not go straight to Taiwu City."

When the civil servants heard the words, they all felt reasonable.

Weng Yingqi continued: "Since the enemy is scattered, we should fight the most threatening one. Madurai is the closest to Taiwu City. If we send troops elsewhere, Taiwu City is very likely to be besieged by Madurai's army. We The Madurai army should be quickly defeated, and then immediately transferred back to Taiwu City. At that time, the coalition forces will have different ideas, and they may disintegrate on their own. Even if they do not disintegrate, they will not be able to cooperate in the battle. If you want to clean up the noble princes in Canmei City, Isn't it easy to grab?"

Zhao Kuangtang looked at his classmates: "What do you think?"

"What General Weng said is very true." The civil servants replied in unison.

Everyone came from afar to establish the state of Jin. Their foothold is not stable, they are surrounded by enemies, and there are not even enough officials. At this time, there can be no civil and military disputes. They all think about how to get through the crisis smoothly.

Zhao Kuangchen asked again: "How about quickly defeating the enemies of Madurai?"

Lin Chengzong, the commander of the navy with only three old ships available, said: "Madurai's navy is very weak, and its capital is by the sea, so troops can be transported directly to its capital."

Sun Kewang said: "If Madurai has not yet dispatched troops, he will besiege the city to fight for aid and kill the army of King Qin. If Madurai has dispatched troops, the infantry will surround the capital by boat, and the cavalry will cross the border by land. The enemy's country is besieged. The army must return to the army to serve the king, and the cavalry can wait for the opportunity to follow and attack!"

Weng Yingqi said: "General Sun has thought about it carefully, so he can fight like this."

"Okay, that's it," Zhao Kuangtang said, "Everyone will go back separately, prepare food and grass, and recruit peasants. Once the rainy season is over, send troops immediately, and advance by sea and land!"

Chapter 970 [The Sultan Lying Flat]

In the world, there is something called "India Time".It is magical, mysterious and mysterious, unpredictable and elusive.

Under the tandem of the Dutch, the various forces made an appointment to send troops immediately after the rainy season.

But after the rainy season, King Madurai began to gather troops.Orders spread to cities and villages, military nobles went about their affairs slowly, officers and soldiers slowly assembled.The harvest of summer rice is about to be delayed, and the grain must be harvested first.

At this rate, I am afraid that we will have to wait until late autumn to complete the assembly.

The one who moved the fastest was the prince of Canmei City.These guys are nominally subordinate to Zhao Kuangchen, and their interests are at stake, so they are very motivated and busy working with the coalition forces to kill the Chinese.

Whether it's Sun Kewang, the old thief, or Weng Yingqi, the general of the Datong Army, they have fought for half their lives, and now they are all wrong when they come to India!

The imagined situation did not come at all.

In this case, according to the wishes of the civil officials, it is most reasonable to deal with the princes of Canmei City first.

Who would have expected it?

As the saying goes, speed is the most important thing in soldiers.

The infantry, cavalry, and naval commanders under Zhao Kuang's command, in order to gain more time, prepared one by one during the rainy season.Farmers in the village community were flogged and flocked to Taiwu City in the rain, and more than 20 people even died of cold and fever.

When Weng Yingqi led his infantry and civilian husbands, landed by sea boat, and then transferred to an inland river boat to arrive outside the city of Madurai, the sultans here were frightened out of their wits.

"How did the Chinese come here in less than half a month after the sun cleared?" Sultan Udaji was completely at a loss.

This guy is young and energetic, and somehow he still has some responsibility. He personally leads the guards to guard the city, and even mobilizes the citizens to stand up together.

As for Sun Kewang, all the cavalry under his command were lightly armored and rushed to the border with only dry food.When they saw the village community, they killed and robbed food, and looted several village communities in a row, but there was no sign of the enemy army at all.

Beforehand, the three generals Weng Yingqi, Sun Kewang, and Lin Chengzong repeatedly discussed and formulated a detailed plan.

But their military plan, when it comes to the Indian battlefield, is completely like a joke, and all predictions... all fail!

Sun Kewang didn't care so much, anyway, he robbed villages all the way, and killed anyone who was dressed and lived in a good house.The more Brahmins and Kshatriyas he kills, the more chaotic the grassroots rule of Madurai will be, and it is impossible to send troops to attack Jin in the next few years.

Killing and looting all the way, Sun Kewang led the cavalry and ran to join Weng Yingqi's infantry, but the King Qin's army of Madurai had not yet appeared.

"Fucking his mother, what the hell are you fighting?" Sun Kewang couldn't help scolding his mother.

Weng Yingqi was also a little speechless, pointing to the city and said: "It is scheduled, if the enemy does not send troops, we will besiege the city and fight for reinforcements. But the enemy's reinforcements have been delayed, so we are just wasting here? The time has dragged on for too long, too What if His Highness is besieged in Wucheng?"

"How do I know?" Sun Kewang looked depressed.

At this moment, an officer came to report: "Two generals, the enemy is going out of the city to fight!"

Weng Yingqi and Sun Kewang looked at each other, confused at first, then overjoyed.

Several city gates were opened wide, and one team after another of the enemy troops left the city.

There are even more than a dozen war elephants, which are actually kept in the city.

Sultan Udaji also marched in person. The king was full of ambition and felt that he would win this battle.

He has more than [-] musketeers, nearly a thousand elite infantry using cold weapons, hundreds of cavalry, and more than a dozen war elephants.The Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, and Sudras in the city also temporarily recruited some and organized an army of tens of thousands.In addition, there is also a navy in the lake, dispatching hundreds of inland river boats.

On the Chinese side, only 600 infantry left the city.Of the remaining 400 infantry, 300 were left to defend the city, and 100 were scattered to manage the village.

Another 300 cavalry units, 100 naval soldiers.

There are only 1000 real soldiers!

The rest are all Shudra civilian husbands, and more than 2000 people have been recruited. The tasks are to transport supplies, help build camps, help soldiers wash clothes, and so on.

"You really dare to come out." Sun Kewang smiled brightly.

Weng Yingqi said: "General Sun, I lead the infantry to stand firm in the camp, and you look for opportunities to go out and create chaos."

"I understand." Sun Kewang smiled.

The camp of the Jin army is surrounded by a small lake in the west and a tributary of the Vaigai River in the south.

The Madurai army either came across the river, landed by the lake, or circled along the shore of the lake.

Sun Kewang directly led the cavalry to leave the camp, and ran downstream to cross the river, trying to detour to the enemy's rear to make a surprise attack.

Only 600 army infantrymen, 100 naval soldiers, and more than 2000 Sudra civilian husbands who had no combat effectiveness remained in the camp.

The Madurai water army took the lead in launching an offensive, and hundreds of ships of all sizes came from the lake.

There were only trebuchets and bows and arrows on board, and Weng Yingqi had six cannons under his command. Before the enemy ship got within the range of the trebuchet, the booming cannons rang out.

When the enemy warship heard the sound of the cannon, it was so frightened that it quickly dispersed and approached the camp cautiously.

Udaji bought a binoculars from the Dutch. He carefully observed the situation in the camp and felt that he should not lose. He crossed the river with an army of tens of thousands and heaped the Chinese to death.The king didn't wait for the navy to make a contribution, so he ordered: "Except for the Sudanese Guards, the rest of the troops should cross the river in batches!"

Madurai soldiers rowed over in a mess carrying countless small sampans.

The artillery of the Jin army was firing at the enemy ships on the lake with all its strength, and could not spare the energy to bombard the troops crossing the river.

Soon two batches of enemy troops were successfully crossed, all of them improvised city troops.The officers were from the Kshatriya caste, and the soldiers were Vaisyas and Sudras in the city. The officers were still fully armed, but the soldiers had all kinds of weapons.

This kind of temporary unit had never fought a single battle. They had only been trained for ten days before being led out of the city by the Sudan to fight.

If there were tens of thousands of troops stationed in the city, Zhao Kuangchen would have sent hundreds of people to besiege the city if his mind was flooded.

The number of enemies who successfully crossed the river soon approached a thousand, but Weng Yingqi didn't take it seriously, and even let the enemy troops come and fight more.In his eyes, what was in front of him was not an army at all, not to mention the lack of soldiers and armor. After landing, it was in chaos, and the Kshatriya officers could not even quickly form a team.

Of course, it was impossible to form a team. When the boats crossed the river, they floated in a mess, and after they landed, the formation was completely messed up.

They organize their troops according to the blocks. A low-level Vaishya officer manages a bunch of Sudras he knows.These low-level Vaishya officers are then managed by middle and high-level Kshatriya officers.When forming a team, they basically didn't look at the flags, and first yelled to find acquaintances.

The more than 1000 enemy troops who crossed the river first, waited for the second batch of soldiers to land, but they had not yet fully formed the team.

More than 3000 people crossed the river, and the Madurai army finally moved. The team of more than [-] people circled to the east of the camp, seeming to plan to attack from both sides.

At this time, if Sun Kewang's cavalry did not go downstream to cross the river, but came back directly to charge, they might be able to crush the enemy with a single face-to-face encounter.

Weng Yingqi said: "First sentry, second sentry, attack from the east gate of the camp!"

Nearly two hundred musketeers set off immediately after receiving the order.

They had already loaded the ammunition, left the camp, quickly completed their formation, and moved forward slowly listening to the whistle.

There are more than 1000 enemies, and they are going around, and the formation is scattered when marching.Seeing the Han army coming, they hurriedly stopped and lined up, waiting for the battle with various cold weapons.

"Bang bang bang!"

The two sides drew closer, and the first row of 50 flintlock guns fired. Before the second row fired bullets, the more than 1000 Madurai army collapsed.

The Kshatriya officers took the lead in fleeing, not to mention the temporary militia, even the Kshatriya officers had never been on the battlefield.Here, there has been no war for more than 30 years, and I can't even find a decent general!

"Go on the bayonet!"

The high-pitched and piercing charge horn sounded, and the Han army of less than 1000 rushed to the river with more than [-] routs.

"Three whistles, four whistles, come out from the south gate of the camp!"

By this time, Weng Yingqi still kept the reserve team.

The broken soldiers who were hunted down by the first sentry and the second sentry had already caused a chain reaction before they even approached the river bank.At this time, more than 1000 enemy troops had completed their formation, and hundreds of others had just disembarked. Seeing that the friendly army was fleeing, the soldiers who had just disembarked immediately fled by boat.

Seeing this situation, the third whistle and the fourth whistle immediately seized the opportunity and didn't bother to line up. They formed a team of five nearby and rushed over with flintlock guns.

The military organization of the two sides is far too different.

The Han army can quickly form a five-member team with just a few orders.As for Madurai's temporary army, the entire team has to work hard for a long time, and once it becomes chaotic, it will be impossible to command.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

More than 30 five-member teams approached and shot freely, then inserted bayonets and rushed forward.

The [-] enemy troops who had crossed the river were all dispersed within a few minutes.They didn't dare to fight the Han people, but they robbed themselves of boats fiercely. A large number of small boats were overturned, and many were trampled to death by the river.

Sultan Udaji's lungs almost exploded when he saw this situation.

He personally rushed to the river on horseback, yelling: "Come back, reorganize the river crossing! Don't just pass here, go downstream to cross the river first, form a formation before attacking the enemy's camp!"

Sudan's personal guards hurriedly followed, and more than a dozen elephant soldiers stood by.

The surface of the river has long been a mess, and thousands of small boats are at a loss as to what to do, and finally rowed towards their own positions in a mess.

"Da da da da!"

In the midst of this chaos, Sun Kewang came to kill with three hundred cavalry.They took off all their armor, only wore single clothes and led the horse across the river, and then charged upstream regardless of life or death.

By the river, nearly ten thousand enemy troops were in a mess, and even some soldiers hadn't returned from the boat.

These guys had been frightened for a long time. When they heard the sound of horseshoes, they turned and ran away subconsciously. Sun Kewang's cavalry was still two miles away from them.

"Array, array!"