Aurangzeb wanted revenge, so he brought all 120,000 elites to Nagpur.
Geographically speaking, Nagpur is the center of India, but due to historical reasons, Delhi has become the capital.
Emperor Aurangzeb led his army to occupy Mount Simini, a low-lying hill twelve miles west of Nagpur. It is not high in altitude, but can see a panoramic view of the city.
When night came, the emperor refused to sleep, insisting on climbing the mountain to watch the night view. Unexpectedly, the war was coming, and the whole city was under curfew. Early on, the people turned out their lights, and it was lifeless and dark.
Aurangzeb sighed and looked up at the sky. Could the bright stars be the soul of my son Bahedu?
He has been in a bad mood recently. He has just received news that the Ming Navy's Sun Gui Division, stationed in the Menggala area, attacked along the coast, captured the Orissa area, and then landed in Nagpur to fight. Although the number of naval forces that landed was
Not much, just 20,000 people, but if the two armies of the Ming army are allowed to join forces, this battle will be difficult to fight!
The emperor was experienced in fighting. He estimated the schedule and found that the enemy's navy would arrive in about half a month. He was determined to defeat the main force of the Ming army before the two Ming armies merged.
However, I heard that the main force of the Ming army is a general who has experienced hundreds of battles. He once served as the emperor's personal guard and even saved the emperor's life. But so what? The great emperor has destroyed more than ten countries, so why be afraid?
A general?
"Father, it's getting late, and you will have to command the war tomorrow." His youngest son, Azam Shah, came to him and put a coat on him.
"Yeah." Aurangzeb thought of tomorrow's battle and slowly went down the mountain to rest. Only when the tiger is well rested can it exert its maximum combat power.
His opponent, Yang Huai, the Duke of Ming Dynasty and Jin Dynasty, actually didn't sleep either, or rather he didn't fall asleep. He had fought countless battles in his life, but he had never been as excited as he was now. He accidentally hit Tianzhu, so
But the kingdom of Buddha, Amitabha!
Although he had fought in wars all his life and killed countless lives, he still did not dare to make any mistakes and ordered his subordinates to strictly prohibit harassing Buddhist temples. Moreover, when the war was approaching, he actually lost sleep and had a strange dream in which he turned into a little lamb.
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At dawn the next day, the commanders of both sides were not asleep and came to the battlefield early.
Aurangzeb mounted the cannons on Mount Simini. Although the mountain was not high, it could effectively increase the firing range. More than two hundred cannons showed their fangs fiercely, ready to bite the enemy to death at any time.
In addition to cannons, the real trump card is the more than 1,200 war elephants. It is still a traditional tactic. The war elephants are placed in the second row of the central army. The first row is light infantry and the third row is heavy cavalry. As for the two wings, it is still
Same old thing, light cavalry plus light infantry.
The Mughals never seemed to think of changing their tactics, but it was by relying on this ancient tactic that Emperor Aurangzeb won one victory after another, bringing an end to the history of more than a dozen countries.
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In the era of cold weapons, this tactic was extremely effective. Even in today's half-cold and half-hot era, it cannot be said to be completely outdated. Unfortunately, they encountered the Ming army, an army equipped with a large number of cannons and muskets.<
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Yang Huai's tribe has 85,000 soldiers and horses, more than 500 artillery pieces of various types, and more than 40,000 muskets. He is a cautious general and likes to bring cannons wherever he goes.
"Commander, this Mughal army, no matter whether it is ten thousand or one hundred thousand, is it the same routine?" Zhang Chengwu, the Marquis of Danyang, said with a smile.
"Oh, what are you talking about?" Yang Huai became interested.
"The last general made up four sentences," Zhang Chengwu said cheerfully: "Put the elephant in the middle, and the cavalry on both sides. The infantry will follow the elephant, and the cavalry will come to outflank it."
Laughing, you didn’t take the more than 100,000 enemies in front of you seriously.
Yang Huaile was delighted, "I would like to add another sentence: Once the cannon goes off, everything will be gone."
"Commander is wise, the most powerful thing in the Mughal army is the elephant. When we followed the Holy Spirit to fight in Yunnan, Guangxi, and Annan, we saw a lot of elephants. Even though they were big, they couldn't hold the cannons.
"Boom", Zhang Chengwu even praised his wisdom.
"Well, order the soldiers to retreat three miles", Yang Huai issued the military order.
"What? Retreat? Why is this?"
"Have you seen that mountain? It is the commanding height of the local area. The Mughal emperor is a veteran general, so why not take advantage of it? I predict that he will place the cannon on the top of the mountain to increase the range. Pull back three miles.
Their cannons are useless".
The Chinese army's trumpet and flag were waved slowly, and all the Ming army units turned and retreated after hearing the order.
The Ming army used the most important battle formation, with all units retreating in a tight and orderly manner, and even the cannons were pulled by carts.
"The Ming army withdrew?" Aurangzeb was surprised when he saw this incredible recruitment.
In order to guard against fraud, he ordered Asaf Jahi to lead ten thousand troops to pursue him, and he led the army to follow slowly.
Asaf Jahi chased for three miles, but the Ming army stopped running, turned back, and re-arranged themselves. The artillery carts turned their muzzles, and the sergeants lined up skillfully.
"Kill~kill~kill~"
Assaf Jahi gritted his teeth and led his troops to charge, but he suffered a lot in front of the gunfire and had to retreat to his own formation.
"The general is incompetent, please punish me," he said, his face red with embarrassment.
"Well, I've seen it. I don't blame you. It's because the Ming army has too many muskets." Emperor Aurangzeb rarely blamed his subordinates. He waved his hand and ordered the war elephants to attack. Each giant beast roared towards the Ming army.
The army rushed away.
"Fire!" Yang Huai's voice was cold and ruthless.
"Boom~Boom~Boom~"
Cannonballs blasted the elephants to pieces one after another. However, these elephants were trained to withstand artillery fire, and there were so many of them that hundreds of them broke into the blind spot of the cannon.
The Ming army's muskets went off, row after row, and there was an endless stream of elephants' bodies scattered everywhere.
Finally, an elephant broke into the Ming army's formation. It swung its trunk wildly, and the person in the elephant was thrown into the sky. The elephant's hoof stamped hard, and it was a pile of meat. However, these were only a few, and they could not hold up a row.
Platoon of firecrackers.
Soon, all the 1,200 elephants were lost, and the remaining ones fled. The Ming army's artillery fire did not stop, shooting at the infantry behind the elephants, causing flesh and blood to fly everywhere.
On Mount Simini, Aurangzeb clenched his fists fiercely. His opponent was too cunning and retreated three miles. At this distance, the Ming army's cannons could hit his men, but his cannons could not hurt the Ming army's
Fur.
The Ming army's artillery fire was too fierce, and the casualties were increasing. He had two choices before him: either retreat and reduce casualties, but this would definitely hurt morale; or move forward and continue to suffer huge losses.
Aurangzeb gritted his teeth and ordered to move on.
When the Mughal army rushed to the Ming army's formation, it only took an hour and a half before they lost almost all their war elephants and about 20,000 soldiers, and finally rushed forward to fight the Ming army's formation.