(I checked the map again and found it a bit embarrassing. The cities of Tanjore and Madurai are not close to the sea. They are just downstream of the two rivers, and there is still a way to reach the sea.
Cheng. The data map used by Lao Wang is wrong. He forgot to compare it with the modern map, so just make do with it.) Ren 8
In the world, there is something called "Indian time". It is magical, mysterious, unpredictable, and elusive. Ren 5]
With the help of the Dutch, all parties made an agreement to send troops immediately after the rainy season.
But after the rainy season, the King of Madurai began to gather troops. Orders were sent to cities and villages. The military nobles were doing things slowly, and the officers and soldiers were gathering slowly.
It's almost time to harvest the summer rice, so I'll have to harvest the grain first then.
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At this rate, we may have to wait until late autumn to complete the assembly.
The fastest mover was the prince of Camme City. These guys nominally surrendered to Zhao Kuangbiao and had a stake in the interests, so they were very motivated and were busy working with the coalition forces to kill the Chinese.
Chinese.
Whether it is Sun Kewang, an old thief, or Weng Yingqi, a general of the Datong Army, they have been fighting for half their lives, but now they have made a mistake when they come to India!
The imagined situation did not come at all.
In this case, it is most reasonable to follow the wishes of the civil servants and deal with the prince of Camme City first. 1]
Who would have expected that?
As the saying goes, soldiers are more valuable than speed.
In order to buy more time, the infantry, cavalry, and naval commanders under Zhao Kuangbiao made preparations one by one during the rainy season. The farmers in the village community were whipped and braved the rain to face the sun.
Wucheng gathered together, and more than 20 people died from colds and fevers.
When Ong Yingqi, together with his infantry and civilians, landed by sea boat and then transferred to a river boat and arrived outside the city of Madurai, the Sultan here was frightened to death.
"Why did the Chinese come to kill me in less than half a month?" Sultan Udaji was completely at a loss. Ren 11
This guy is young and energetic, and at least he has some sense of responsibility. He personally leads the guards to guard the city, and also mobilizes the citizens to defend the city together.
As for Sun Kewang, all the cavalry under his command were lightly armored and carried only dry food to the border. When they saw a village community, they killed people and grabbed food. They looted several village communities, but there was no enemy at all.
The shadow of the army.
Before the incident, three generals, Weng Yingqi, Sun Kewang and Lin Chengzong, discussed and formulated a detailed plan.
But when it came to the Indian battlefield, their military plan was completely like a joke, and all the precautions - all failed. Ren 8
Sun Kewang didn't care so much. He looted villages along the way and killed anyone he saw wearing good clothes and living in a good house. The more Brahmins and Kshatriyas he killed, the greater the foundation of Madurai.
The rule of the upper class will become more and more chaotic. In the next few years, no troops will be sent to attack the Jin State -
There were killings and looting on the road. Sun Kewang and his cavalry ran to join Weng Yingqi's infantry. The army of King Qin of Madurai had not yet appeared. Ren 1]
"Fuck you, what the hell kind of fight is this?" Sun Kewang couldn't help scolding his mother.
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Weng Yingqi was also a little speechless. He pointed to the city and said: "It is scheduled that if the enemy does not send troops, we will besiege the city and provide reinforcements. But the enemy's reinforcements have not arrived yet, so we are here."
Are you wasting your time? The time has dragged on for too long. What should I do if His Highness is surrounded in Taiwu City?" 7 4
"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 enemy troops came out of the city one after another.
There are even a dozen war elephants kept in the city.
Sultan Udaji also led the expedition in person. The king was very confident and felt that he would win this battle.
He has more than 600 musketeers and nearly a thousand elite infantrymen who use cold weapons.
In addition, there are hundreds of cavalry and more than ten war elephants. Kshatriyas, Vaisyas and Sudras in the city,
Some were also temporarily recruited and organized into an army of tens of thousands. In addition, there was a naval army in the lake, dispatching hundreds of river boats. Ren 5
On the Chinese side, only 600 infantry left the city. Of the remaining 400 infantry, 300 were left to guard the city and 100 were scattered to manage the village.
There are also 300 cavalry troops and 100 naval soldiers.
The real soldiers are just these one thousand!
The rest were all Sudra civilians, and more than 2,000 people were recruited. Their tasks were to transport luggage, help build camps, help soldiers wash clothes, etc.
"How dare you come out." Sun Kewang smiled broadly.
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Weng Yingqi said:
"General Sun, I will lead the infantry to hold the camp. You will look for an opportunity to go out and cause chaos." Ren 2
"I understand." Sun Kewang smiled.
The camp of the Jin army was surrounded by a small lake to the west and a tributary of the Waigai River to the south.
The Madurai army either crossed the river, landed on the lake, or circled along the lake shore.
Sun Kewang led the cavalry directly to leave the camp and run downstream to cross the river, hoping to make a detour back to the enemy's rear for a surprise attack.
There were only 600 army infantry, 100 navy soldiers, and more than 2,000 Sudra civilians who had no fighting ability left in the camp.
The Madurai navy took the lead in launching an offensive, with hundreds of ships of all sizes coming from the lake.
The ship only had trebuchets and bows and arrows, and Weng Yingqi had six cannons. Before the enemy ship could enter the range of the trebuchets, the rumble of artillery could be heard.
When the enemy warships heard the sound of cannons, they were frightened and quickly dispersed their formation, cautiously approaching the camp.
Udaji bought a telescope from the Dutch. He carefully observed the situation in the camp and felt that he would not lose. He crossed the river with tens of thousands of troops and piled up the Chinese.
Death. The king did not wait for the navy to make a contribution, and ordered: "Except for the Sudanese Guards, the rest of the troops will cross the river in batches!" 7.5
Madurai soldiers carried countless small sampans and rowed over in a mess.
The artillery of the Jin army was firing at the enemy's ships on the lake with all its strength, and they could not spare the energy to bombard the troops crossing the river.
Soon, two groups of enemy troops successfully crossed the river. They were all temporarily recruited urban troops. The officers were from the Kshatriya caste, and the soldiers were Vaishyas and Sudras from the city. The officers were fairly comprehensive.
As for secondary armaments, soldiers have a variety of weapons.
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This kind of temporary force had never fought a single battle. They only trained for ten days before being taken out of the city to fight by the Sultan.
If there were tens of thousands of troops stationed in the city, Zhao Kuangbiao would be so confused that he would send hundreds of people to besiege the city.
The number of enemies who successfully crossed the river soon approached a thousand, but Weng Yingqi ignored them and even allowed more enemy troops to come and fight again. In his eyes, what was in front of him was not an army at all. It was short of soldiers and armor.
Not to mention the chaos after landing, the Kshatriya officers could not even quickly organize their troops.
Of course, we couldn't form a team. When the boats crossed the river, they floated in a mess, and when they landed ashore, the formation was completely messed up.
They organize their troops according to neighborhoods. A low-level Vaishya officer manages a group of Sudras he knows. These low-level Vaishya officers are then managed by mid-to-high-level Kshatriya officers. When forming the team, they basically don’t look at the flags and start shouting.
Looking for an acquaintance.
The more than a thousand enemy troops who were the first to cross the river had not yet completely formed their ranks by the time the second batch of soldiers landed ashore.
After more than 3,000 people crossed the river, the Madurai army finally took action. The team of more than 1,000 people circled to the east side of the camp, seemingly planning to launch a flanking attack. Ren 1
At this time, if Sun Kewang's cavalry did not go downstream to cross the river, but came back and charged directly, they would probably be able to overwhelm the enemy in a single confrontation.
Weng Yingqi said: "One sentry, two sentry, attack from the east gate of the camp!
Nearly two hundred musketeers set off immediately after receiving the order.
They had loaded their ammunition, left the camp, quickly formed their formation, and moved forward slowly listening to the whistle.
There were more than a thousand enemies, and they were circling around. Their formations were scattered as they marched. When they saw the Han army approaching, they hurriedly stopped in formation, holding various cold weapons and waiting for the battle.
"Bang bang bang!"
The two sides closed the distance, and the first row of 50 flintlock guns fired. Before the second row could fire bullets, the more than a thousand Madurai army collapsed.
The Kshatriya officers took the lead in escaping. Not to mention the improvised militiamen, even the Kshatriya officers had never been on the battlefield. There has been no war here for more than thirty years.
No such general can be found!
"Fire bayonets!'
The high-pitched charge horn sounded, and the Han army of less than two hundred people rushed to the river with more than a thousand broken troops.
"Three sentry posts, four sentry posts, come out from the south gate of the camp!"
By this time, Weng Yingqi still had a reserve team.
The defeated troops being chased by the first and second sentries had already caused a chain reaction before they even approached the river bank. At this time, more than a thousand enemy troops had completed their formation, and hundreds more had just come ashore.
Seeing the friendly troops fleeing, the soldiers who had just landed immediately fled by boat.
Seeing this situation, the third and fourth sentries immediately seized the opportunity without bothering to form a formation. They formed a group of five people nearby and rushed over with flintlock guns.
The gap in military organization between the two sides is really huge.
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The Han army can quickly form a team of five with just a few orders. But for the temporary army in Madurai, it takes a long time for the entire team to be organized, and once chaos breaks out, it cannot be commanded.
“Bang bang bang bang!
A group of more than thirty five people fired freely after approaching, then inserted bayonets and charged forward.
The 4,000 enemy troops who had crossed the river were all defeated within a few minutes. They did not dare to fight the Han people, but they were very aggressive in trying to seize their own boats. A large number of small boats were overturned and trampled on the riverside.
Many were trampled to death.
Seeing this situation, Sultan Udaji's lungs almost exploded with anger.
He personally rode a horse and rushed to the river, shouting: "Come all back and reorganize to cross the river! Don't just go through here, go downstream to cross the river first, get in formation and then attack
Enemy camp!
The Sudanese personal guards quickly followed, and more than a dozen elephant soldiers were on standby.
The river had long been turned into a mess. Thousands of small boats were 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 with three hundred cavalry. They took off all their armor and crossed the river with their horses in only single clothes, and then headed upstream regardless of life or death.
charge.
By the river, nearly ten thousand enemy troops were in chaos, and there were even soldiers who had not returned from the boats.
These guys were frightened for a long time. When they heard the sound of horse hooves, they subconsciously turned around and ran away. Sun Kewang's cavalry was still two miles away from them.
"Array, array!"
The commander of the Madurai army was a veteran who had fought in the Nayak Civil War.
Seeing that the temporarily recruited army could not be commanded, he immediately rushed to Udaji and said: "Your Majesty, let the Sudanese guards and militia keep a distance, so as not to be overwhelmed by the defeated army.
Udaji said in a panic: "You have full command!
This veteran general was still able to fight, leading the cavalry to kill the defeated troops along the way, and escorting the king and the Sultan's guards from the battlefield.
Sun Ke saw that the Sudanese guards were still in chaos, so he simply ignored them and went straight towards the nearly 10,000 defeated soldiers. Three hundred Han cavalry killed nearly 10,000 defeated soldiers, and some of the defeated soldiers moved towards the city.
They ran in the same direction, and some of the defeated soldiers were so frightened that they jumped directly into the river. Ren 2]
On Weng Yingqi's side, more than 400 infantrymen were already crossing the river in small boats.
"Your Majesty, please return to the city and stop fighting!" the veteran said.
Udaji was unwilling to give in: "I have more than a thousand Sudanese Guards, hundreds of musketeers, and elephant soldiers. Even if the militia is defeated, we still have less strength than the enemy.
Excellent!" 5
The veteran said: "Your Majesty, your Sudanese Guards have been frightened!" Ren 1
Udaji turned around and saw his own bodyguards, all of whom turned pale with fright.
These Sultan's guards are all Kshatriyas.
They are still good at bullying ordinary people, but they rarely train much, and they have never really fought. Seeing the battlefield is full of troops, even if they have superior strength, they don't dare to go to the battlefield.
to fight.
"Go back to the city!" Udaji gritted his teeth and said.uu看书www.uukanshu.com
The king ran quickly with his guards. Sun Kewang's cavalry was separated by the defeated troops and could not be pursued for a while. He simply chased the cavalry and routed the troops back to the city, but saw that the city gate here was closed.
, even the defeated troops were blocked outside the city.
Then he went around to hunt down the Sultan. The Sultan had already returned to the city with his guards, leaving only a dozen war elephants wandering around the battlefield. Ren 3]
The entire army collapsed on the main battlefield, and the Madurai navy also retreated.
After about an hour, the Sultan sent a messenger to ask for peace.
Weng Yingqi presided over the negotiations and signed an alliance under the city. The two parties bargained. Madurai would rather pay more money and food than become a vassal state of Jin. Ren 1]
The content of the treaty is as follows:
First, within ten years, the two countries will maintain peace.
Second, the Sultan's sister married Jin Wang Zhao Kuangbiao as his concubine.
Third, this time Jin sent troops, Madurai paid all military expenses.
Fourth, Madurai will compensate the Jin State with five thousand taels of gold and ten thousand taels of silver.1]
Sultan Udaji searched the whole city for gold and silver, and finally sent the Jin army away. He stood on the city wall at a loss. He didn't even understand how he was defeated.
By the way, the Sultan's sister was taken away directly by the Han army.
It was not until several days later that the troops of King Qin of Madurai arrived belatedly one after another. The local nobles, all of them extremely loyal and brave, clamored to kill them and restore the Sultan's life.
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The Sultan looked at these guys and wanted to chop them all with his sword.
After thinking about it, I found it boring. Ren 1
The young sultan returned to the palace and began to indulge in pleasure. It seemed that he was ready to lie down for the rest of his life. Ren 2]