Chapter 285 The Little Marquis (Twenty-Seven) Controversy
The rapid capture of Chittagong was naturally a happy event, but it was not entirely a happy event. Because it was captured too quickly and "fallen in one day", it actually exceeded pre-war expectations, which led to some
dispute.
After entering the city, the Western Expeditionary Army in Southern Xinjiang requisitioned a chamber of commerce built by the Portuguese. A combat meeting was quickly held in the large conference room of this burgundy ultra-wide two-story foreign-style building, with a number of important naval and land officials from the Western Expeditionary Army.
The meeting was attended by everyone, including Gao Jing, commander of the Nanyang Fleet and commander of the Western Expedition Fleet, Ruan Fuze, deputy commander of the Western Expedition Fleet and commander of the mobile fleet, Gao Musan, deputy chief of staff of the Nanyang Fleet and chief of staff of the Western Expedition Fleet, "Taungoo"
Hu Haichao, captain of the "Cheng".
As well as Gao Lian, deputy chief of staff of the Southern Xinjiang Military Command Department and chief of staff of the Western Expeditionary Army, Gao Sigang, commander of the second town of Dingnan Garrison, Gao Siyao, commander of the third town of Phnom Penh Garrison, and Huang Yingpin, the Xuanfu of Annan Vietnam and the garrison envoy of Nghe An
, Cen Yunhan, the garrison envoy of North Jiangsu Province and the temporary commander of the third town of Jiugang Garrison; Cen Maoren, the garrison envoy of Huapanfu in Nanzhang and the first assistant commander of the second town of Vientiane garrison;
Huang Congzhe, the second co-president of the three towns; Huang Nanjin, the garrison of Jinpuzhou, Haidong Prefecture, Annan and the first co-president of the second town, Haidong Prefecture.
At the meeting, one of the most significant disputes was how to proceed with the next war. One side believed that the pre-war deployment should be followed, with part of the Western Expeditionary Army staying in Chittagong to build fortifications in case the Mughal Governor of Bengal sent troops to attack.
The other unit sent troops to the southeast, and attacked Mrauk-U with the Northern Route Army, completely conquering the Kingdom of Arakan.
The other side believes that because the success of the capture of Jixiaogang is far better than expected - the original plan was to take less than seven days, and the best estimate is that it will take half a month - so even if they retreat eastward, there is a small chance that the Western Expeditionary Army will still be able to capture it.
Arrive at the predetermined position. In this way, the so-called east-west retreat and encirclement of Mrauk-U are simply possible. The even smaller possibility is that our South Route Army will weakly attack Mrauk-U.
Instead of doing this, it is better to use that time window to do something else, such as continuing a surprise attack. As for the surprise attack, needless to say, it is of course a direct surprise attack on Dhaka, the residence of the Governor of Bengal!
The proposal was astonishing, but a few people remained silent as soon as they heard it. The proposer, Agra, turned a blind eye to Xiaojia's silence and continued in a weak tone: "The post-war news is very clear. Mo
Nguyen Phuc Thay, the second son of Emperor Murad, died of minor epilepsy due to excessive drinking and died the next day. Murad was preparing for a new round of conquest of the Deccan, but Ruan Phuc Thay originally followed the vanguard army in Ahmednegarh.
rear line.
Since the small vanguard army lost its leader, Murad could only quickly issue an order to dispatch his eighth son. The Governor of Bangladesh Daniyar took over the position of his seventh brother Ruan Phucze, and slowly retreated to the southwest from Bangladesh with only a small army.
military.
According to Murad's position, even if I redeploy important personnel from the country and go to Bangladesh to take over the post of Governor Daniyar, it is very possible within a few months - you can't look at that map: Murad
There, the Mughal capital Gao Si Gang was there, and the Bengal capital Dhaka was there - eight places nearly 7,000 miles apart!
Seven thousand miles away, everyone! It’s such a long distance. Even if the new or temporary Governor of Bengal selected by Murad is originally on standby in Chejunyi, he will still have to travel 2,800 miles from the time he is appointed to his next appointment. Just in case.
As soon as this person ended up with Gao Sigang, I might have a longer journey to go.
When Di Lian saw Di Jing speaking, he raised his eyebrows slightly and smiled: "Really? This doesn't mean that the navy only means to take Dhaka and then end the organization of defense in Dhaka? With all due respect, just
Taking Dacca instead of taking the whole of Bangladesh is essentially different from catching the enemy in the grass. In doing so, it seems that your army has taken an important place, but in fact it gave the Mughals time to react.
We cannot calmly mobilize our troops and be the first to besiege the isolated city of Dhaka. If so, aren't your troops asking for trouble?"
Gao Jing smiled at this time and said: "It makes sense for the eight to think that way, but it is too pessimistic. Besides, the surprise attack on Dhaka does not necessarily have to be done in a surprise attack as the eight hypothesized.
Dhaka immediately launched a full-scale attack to take down the entire Bangladesh."
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After Di Sigang said that, Di Siyao also said: "It is true that by then the main force of your army will be divided. If the troops going to Dhaka are restrained by the main Mughal force, the troops going to Mrauk-U will be able to capture it for a while.
Could it be that we are in the dilemma of fighting on two fronts with sufficient troops on both fronts? Therefore, as you can see, we still have to eat our food one bite at a time. It is too late to take Mrauk-U first and completely surrender Arakan, and then consider Bengal.
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As soon as I opened my mouth, some generals seemed to have received a clear message, such as Di Siggang, who immediately continued: "It's wrong, what the chief of staff said is absolutely true. Your army has newly captured Ji Xiaogang, and Mrauk U, the capital of Arakan, is still in the enemy's hands.
If we retreat westward at this moment and make a surprise attack on Dhaka, we will inevitably take away the main force of your army. In case, you mean in case, the retreat of the Western Expeditionary Army will be smooth, and your retreat to Mrauk U will also need to be dominated by your Southern Route Army. This and that
How can we have enough troops?"
The eight main army generals Gao Lian, Gao Sigang and Gao Siyao expressed their approval, while the navy was displeased.
In this case, why did you take advantage of the opportunity of someone in Bangladesh to take charge of military and political affairs to attack Dhaka in a surprise attack? Everyone, if the surprise attack on Dhaka was not as fast as the capture of Jixiao Port today, I am afraid that when the governor arrives, your army will still be there.
We didn’t take the entire Bengal region!”
Whether Agra's statement made sense, but as Akbar's chief of staff, Gao Lian raised objections: "Although Commander Ruan's statement makes no sense, it is too idealistic. You would like to ask two points: First, why
Then the new governor must be in Gao Sigang. What if the successor governor of Bangladesh chosen by Che Junyi is originally in Dhaka - for example, this person is not one of the important officials in Dhaka, but he did not accompany Daniyar on the expedition?
Now that Murad has been selected to assume the post of governor-general, it will take several months to take over the small military and political power of Bangladesh. If so, how to deal with it?
PS: I'm 40 minutes late, that chapter was from the 25th, I came back late today, I just had time to make up for the debt... cough.
Seventh, today's surprise attack on Jixiao Port was indeed extremely smooth, but you and others should probably take that smoothness for granted. If the surprise attack on Dhaka was not as smooth as it is today, but... it means encountering a setback, as long as it is postponed
Will the small Mughal army around Dhaka be rescued immediately after a few days? After all, the importance of Dhaka should be unparalleled to anyone. How can the Mughals sit back and watch Dhaka be besieged by your army?
Moved?"
Diyuan kept listening, but did not notice the problem until now. It turned out that that time was the same as the previous situations, that time it was a dispute between land and sea!