The information about Chen Yucheng was passed to him by the Intelligence Department.
In fact, it is very simple. The Northern Alliance of India took the initiative to find them and proposed to jointly attack the British.
News of the uprising in the northern states also spread.
If it were just these feudal states who had approached them, Chen Yucheng would not necessarily trust them.
Because just before, the Holy Army was still fighting these Indian states.
But those were all kingdoms near the east. The British had relatively strong control over these kingdoms in the east, and many of them were actually directly managed by the British.
However, the Holy Army did some ruthless things to these feudal states. Everywhere they went, they killed the local high-caste nobles and even ransacked temples.
Things like this can easily cause outrage.
Then the holy army also captured those low-caste people as slaves.
This is equivalent to cutting off the roots of those feudal states.
Therefore, Chen Yucheng believed that these Indians, especially those nobles from the feudal states, must hate the Holy Army deeply.
However, he still imagined these Indian states to be too united and underestimated how fragmented they were.
After the fall of the Mughal dynasty, the entire northern India was torn apart.
Even the great Queen of Jhansi, Bhai, only cared about the people of Jhansi.
Chen Yucheng believed this mainly because the intelligence agency of the Renaissance Army was involved in this matter.
Chen Yucheng may not trust those feudal states, but he still trusts the people of the Renaissance Army.
In other words, even people who don't trust the Renaissance Army must act on their advice.
Now in the Northern Alliance, Queen Bai's status is very high.
It's not because she is pretty. When she reaches her status, gender is not that important anymore.
The other princely states believed in her because her warriors were the most brave and skillful in fighting, and they had the best equipment.
When attacking those feudal states to the east.
Many locals were attracted by the queen's charm and joined the ranks of the Jhansi people.
After a series of battles, the coalition forces of the Northern Alliance have now reached 80,000 people, and the Queen of Jhansi has more than 20,000 men.
Chen Yucheng had to pay attention to such a powerful force.
If the east and west can be merged, then Brown's army gathered in the south will not be unable to challenge it.
However, Chen Yucheng alone cannot make the decision on this matter.
He passed the news to Shengjing as quickly as possible and asked the Holy King to judge.
Chen Yucheng is able to stand alone, not only because of his commanding ability. But also because he is always so low-key and steady.
He has never been arrogant because of favors. Even though he has been crowned king, he is still the humble frontline pioneer officer.
This is why Shi Dakai trusts him so much.
"My dear friends, the King of England has received news that the Allied forces in the west hope to form an alliance with us to fight against the British army. I wonder what do you think?"
There are not many civil servants and generals under Shi Dakai. There are more than a dozen people sitting in the meeting hall of Shengjing's small white house. On one side is the Prime Minister Wen Qing, and below are the ministers of various ministries. On the other side are the generals stationed in Shengjing, as well as those around Shi Dakai.
Military Counselor.
"Holy King, the people of these kingdoms cannot be trusted, and we have been fighting against these kingdoms before. There is a deep hatred between the two sides." A military commander expressed everyone's thoughts.
"This matter was led by people from the Renaissance Army, and it should not be faked." Shi Dakai revealed the inside story, and everyone understood.
"Holy King, in this case, it is not impossible to unite with these kingdoms. Our biggest enemy now is the British."
"As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. I think the King of England can be responsible for contacting these Northern Alliance people to discuss a joint strategy to resist the British." Wenqing said.
"However, Holy King, our cooperation with these Indian princes can only be temporary. In the long run, there will still be conflicts between us."
"Therefore, I believe that in order to be at peace with these feudal states, we must cooperate but we must not give up our guard."
"Well, what Wen Qing said makes sense, so let's follow this strategy to reply to the King of England. Mr. Deng, please send some capable people to assist the King of England in contacting these feudal states." Shi Dakai looked at Deng Hanteng, the Minister of Rites behind Wen Qing.
said.
"Yes, Holy King!" Deng Hanteng stood up and replied.
Shi Dakai has now established the civil service system of the Holy Army, although the army still dominates the Holy Army.
Especially in the army, there are still several kings. This is a tradition passed down from before the Taiping Army.
Shi Dakai himself was originally a military aristocrat in the Taiping Army.
Therefore, he knew that this development model had great drawbacks. In the end, if the foreign invasion subsided, it would easily lead to the division of the entire group.
These are the bloody lessons brought about by the Tianjing Incident.
"Queen Bhai, do we really want to unite with those Assamese people? Those people don't believe in Brahmins. I heard that they killed high-caste nobles in Bihar before."
The Northern Alliance is currently stationed in Varanasi and is in a confrontation with the British-controlled town of Patna.
Unlike previous cities, Patna is a waterway hub, with more than 5,000 British troops stationed here.
The British had controlled this city for a relatively long time, and the rebels had no other solution other than a violent attack.
But to attack such a big city, if you can't instigate rebellion from within, you can only use heavy artillery.
In the city of Patna, the British army not only had heavy artillery, but also had gunboats cruising on the nearby Ganges River.
These were originally intended to deal with the Holy Army Chen Yucheng's troops in the east.
After all, Chen Yucheng had gone deep behind enemy lines and caused great harm to the Bihar area controlled by the British.
These British troops are still here to protect the western kingdoms from the Holy Army.
But now it has blocked the Northern Alliance's offensive.
At this time, this eastern countryman raised this question, but it expressed the sentiments of many people present.
Although Bayi was the initiator of the uprising, she was not the leader of the Northern Alliance.
The Northern Alliance is still very loose now, and everyone sits down to discuss everything together.
There is no distinction between the various earth kings.
It's just that the three princely states of Jhansi, Delhi and Lucknow are the most powerful and their words have the most weight.
The Queen of Jhansi now has a large army and has control over the procurement channels for arms. Therefore, everyone will give her more face.
"What King Danda said is right, but it is precisely because of this that we want to unite with the Assamese people. If we don't unite, we will be enemies with them. In this way, we will have two enemies. After uniting, they will
If we can no longer attack us, don’t we have one less enemy?”
"As for them harming the nobles, those nobles are just the lackeys of the British. It is not a pity to die. Do you who are doing it still want to uphold justice for them?" Bayi said with reason, and everyone nodded.
Yes, if we don't unite with those Assamese people now, what else can we do? Once the British counterattack, these rebellious kings will be in trouble.
In the west, the British also had the Bombay Regiment and the Sikh Regiment. In the east, there were even larger armies gathered in Calcutta.
The entire Northern Alliance now seems powerful, but in fact it is still surrounded by the British.
The situation has not fundamentally changed.
If it weren't for this situation, how could these earth kings with their own agendas unite?
Bhai walked over to a map of northern India labeled in English.
Pointing to the mark above, he said: "Look, we are in the west, the Assamese are in the east, the British are in the middle, and from the middle to the south is Calcutta, the center controlled by the British."
Many Tuwang couldn't understand the map at all, but now they understand it with Bayi's explanation.
"If we join forces with the Assamese in the east, we have a great chance of attacking the middle area. Then we can attack Calcutta together from here and drive away the British completely. We can also defend the British here.
Counterattack."
Back at her camp, Bayi summoned a Goan Indian alone. This person was the liaison person sent by Zhang Deshuai to her side. This liaison person was also a woman.
"Aaliyah, you can go and reply to your master. I have convinced the Northern Alliance king. Please ask the Assamese people in the east when they are willing to meet us, and when will the heavy artillery we need arrive?
"Bayi said to the woman who was pretending to be his maid.
"Yes, respect Her Majesty the Queen, I will do it right now." Alia bowed and said.
She holds in her hands the channels of communication with Zhang Deshuai and Chen Yucheng.
She can directly pass the information to Chen Yucheng's intelligence personnel through the online line.
Five days later, Shi Dakai asked officials from the Ministry of Rites sent by Deng Hanteng to arrive in the Langpur area of the western border where Chen Yucheng was stationed.
There is a new city of the Holy Army here - Xijing City.
This city is a military town built by the Holy Army.
It happens to be stuck in the area between the Ganges and Yajiang rivers, and to the south is the Rajshahi defense line operated by the British.
There is a huge river defense fortress between the east and Meghalaya, guarding the waterway into Assam.
Here, the construction carried out by the Holy Army revolves around military operations.
The defense facilities of Xijing City are still under construction, and most of the people responsible for the work are Indian slaves captured from the west.
Most of the people overseeing the work were Mengala people who had surrendered to the Holy Army.
Shi Dakai had previously given them the title of Tiger Army and took these Bengalis under his command as a servant army of the Holy Army.
Five thousand of them were sent to Xijing by Shi Dakai to guard the hard laborers.
Chen Yucheng did not do much during this period. The Bihar area to the west has been swept away, and further west is the city where the British are stationed.
There are also tens of thousands of British troops stationed in the south, but they seem unable to move.
So Chen Yucheng simply stayed in Xijing to build this important border defense area.
Xijing City was expanded on the basis of the original Rangpur City.
A diamond-shaped city structure was built outside the four city gates, with heavy cannons placed on top.
In the open space outside the city, Chen Yucheng also arranged for many slaves to work there.
This is the plain area between the two rivers. The land is fertile and suitable for farming.
If it weren't for the war, the population here would actually be very dense.
It was only because of the tug-of-war between the Holy Army and the British that the place became desolate.
As soon as Shi Dakai's people arrived, Chen Yucheng sent someone to follow the mission and detour from the north to Varanasi to meet with the Northern Alliance.
At the same time, he also asked his two legions to prepare quietly.
If we want to send troops west to join the Northern Alliance to attack Patna, we will have to temporarily take a defensive position in the south.
"Ask Hassan to escort a group of hard laborers to Bihara to set up a line of defense. Order him to complete it within ten days." Chen Yucheng found a herald and ordered.
To defend the British in the south, it is best to set up a forward defense line, which can not only slow down the enemy, but also provide early warning.
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