In mid-August of the 26th year of Chongzhen, when Emperor Chongzhen, who had been leading the army westward, arrived at the ruins of Qunu City, he suddenly issued an order to stop and let the entire army rest.

This decree puzzled many people. Didn’t it be smooth all the way through the journey? Why did you stop? If you don’t take advantage of the situation to make more money, then when will you wait?

Although there was such confusion, the Ming army soldiers were already accustomed to their emperor's frequent unexpected decrees. The final facts proved that the emperor had absolutely intentions to do so.

But those Mughal recruits have never experienced it, but even if they have ideas in their hearts, they dare not show it.

At this time, in the army led by Emperor Chongzhen, 20,000 elite cavalry were his basic base. Next was the Hoshuo Special Cavalry led by Dalantai, which was about 10,000. There were more than 30,000 infantrymen in Dongwu.

As of now, the one with the worst combat power is the Mughal infantry, with a total of more than 90,000.

The reason why the Mughal infantry had poor combat power was that they were not able to speak. They only took a few months under the command of Emperor Chongzhen and could only understand a little Chinese. Therefore, it was very difficult to command during the war.

The second point is that the Mughal infantry are not equipped. The muskets they equipped are still very primitive and of varying quality. If they really go to the battlefield, it is not uncommon to explode. As for armor, there are basically no one.

The only advantage is that most of these Mughal infantry were the former Mughal Empire infantry, and they knew some common sense about marching and fighting without special training.

During this rest, Emperor Chongzhen gave his generals a task, which was to simplify the infantry of Dongwu to 20,000 and the infantry of Mughals to 50,000.

The simplified military soldiers formed another army, so they were led by Zhang Huangyan, the governor of Dongwu who was following the army, and mainly converted into local troops.

In the Mughal battles, although they were either on the Mughal Empire or on the Ming Dynasty, there were still many people who were scattered all over the place and became bandits. No one was relying on them, just wanting to be free and easy.

If Emperor Chongzhen had just walked away like he was the first, he would not worry about these unruly people. However, now that he wanted to occupy the Mughal, these people would have to be cleaned up. He would have planned to hand over this task to Zhang Huangyan.

As for why the ruins of Qunnu City stopped in this ruins, it was not because of regret that the once glorious Qunnu City was destroyed by the war, but because there were two stupid animals in front of them plotting against the Ming army. Emperor Chongzhen did not think about acting according to the script they thought, so he simply stopped and consumed their spirits first.

Anyway, as far as the current situation is concerned, Emperor Chongzhen is not in a hurry at all. At the time of rest, he can reorganize the combat power of the army and stabilize the rear. By the way, he can also make the materials behind him more abundantly reserved. Why not do it?

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Sure enough, Emperor Chongzhen was not in a hurry, and Aurangzebu was in a hurry, or in other words, he was the most anxious among the three forces.

After signing an alliance with Abbas II, Aurangzeb escorted Shah Jahan back to Delhi, imprisoning him opposite the Taj Mahal as in his original history and taking strict supervision.

Then, Aurangzeb himself led his army all the way east. After estimating the itinerary, he set out a fight in the Ude area.

Although he and Abbas II agreed that the decisive battle with the Ming army was set in Panipat, if he didn't fight in a battle, he would run to the west, and he was afraid that he would pretend not to be like him and was suspected by the Emperor of Ming.

Therefore, Aurangzebu's original plan was to pretend to go east and pretend to be trying to rescue the east, and then encounter the Ming army. After the war, he could not resist it, so he had to retreat. In this way, the Ming army would definitely bit him all the way west, and this game would be done.

Aurangzeb's most anxious thing to destroy or drive away the Ming army as soon as possible and restore the territory of the Mughal Empire. Therefore, if possible, he wished to end the war as soon as possible.

Aurangzeb's army openly showed a situation of fighting with the Ming army, but was actually ready to withdraw at any time. To be honest, this posture is difficult to pose, especially after being posed for a long time, it is easy to scoop.

After estimating, Aurangzebu felt that he would almost encounter it in the Ude area, so he put it on here first. As a result, he had a good posture, but he waited on the left but did not see the Ming army, and waited on the right but did not see the Ming army. Until he could not hold on, he had to send a horse to search for the traces of the Ming army eastward.

As a result, I didn't expect that the return from exploring the horse was that the Ming army rested in the ruins of Qunnu City and did not come west anymore.

At this moment, Aurangzebu was a little confused.

If the Ming army did not continue to advance westward, he and Abbas II would not be able to use the countermeasures they had discussed with each other. Didn’t they fight to the west with a fierce momentum? Why did they stop?

What to do next? Aurangzeb was a little confused.

For him, the best way to do it was to lead the Ming army to the west and let Abbas II participate in the war. It would be best if they could lose more land troops and allow him to benefit. This was the best situation.

The next most accompany was that he and Abbas II joined forces to annihilate the Ming army at a very small price. Then Abbas II abides by the agreement and retreats, and he can fight eastward, recover lost territory, realize the revival of the Mughal Empire, and even go to a higher level.

But now, the Ming army stopped. If he wanted to face the Ming army alone, it would be one thing to win if he fought. The most important thing was to let Abbas II's army sit on the mountain to the west of Delhi and watch the tiger fight. He felt a little stupid and absolutely unwilling to accept it!

If the stalemate continues? Aurangzeb definitely doesn't want to.

what to do?

After thinking for a long time, Aurangzeb finally had to continue going east, take the initiative to fight the Ming army, and then pretend to be defeated and returned to the west.

However, the further he went east, the further he was from the predetermined battlefield, and the greater his losses would be when he turned back and fled to the west. Therefore, Aurangzeb could almost be said to be walking east with blood dripping from his heart.

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Odom was left in Delhi by Aurangzeb, so Emperor Chongzhen's grasp of Aurangzeb was not clear enough. However, when the Mughal Empire's Tamma and Daming Ye did not stop, he knew that Aurangzeb had come over.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen actually had many countermeasures to choose, all of which made Aurangzebu very uncomfortable.

For example, if the Ming army retreats directly to the east, will Aurangzebu chase or not? If you chase, what should you do if you are Abbas II's ambush? If you don't chase, you will really have to watch the Ming army withdraw like this?

In addition, the Ming army can also go south. Should you, Aurangzebu, chase or not? The reason is the same.

Of course, here, I will deal with Aurangzebu's army hard. Anyway, the other party does not have real fighting intentions, so I can take this opportunity to beat him up. When Aurangzebu leads his army to retreat westward, Emperor Chongzhen will not pursue him, which is another countermeasure.

However, Emperor Chongzhen's purpose was to include Abbas II. Therefore, he did not take these countermeasures.

The rest of the Ming army ended with the approaching Mughal army. Emperor Chongzhen led his army to start acting.

Just as Aurangzebu expected, Emperor Chongzhen led the main force after the reorganization and took the initiative to attack, seeking a decisive battle.

When the two armies faced each other, they were all in a thousand troops. The huge army seemed to be out of sight on this plain.

Emperor Chongzhen's imperial flag was very eye-catching, and he observed the opposite formation in front of the two armies.

After glanced around, he suddenly waved his hand. An Jinyiwei next to him drove his horse forward, and alone went to the Mughal army opposite him.

Seeing that there was only one knight on the Ming army, Mughal knew that this was a messenger. It was obvious that he had something to say. Therefore, there was no movement. He just looked at the Ming army's knights and was a little curious about what the Ming army wanted to say.

When he was outside the ground with an arrow, the Ming army's Jinyiwei saw the Ming army's Jinyiwei tied his horse and shouted loudly to the Mughal army: "The Emperor of Ming Dynasty has an order, and the third Mughal prince Aurangzebu came forward to listen to the order!"

This sentence was shouted in Mughal's language. Therefore, when I heard it here, I naturally understood it. They subconsciously looked at their prince.

As the "Khan of the Mughal Empire", how could Aurangzeb come out and listen to the will of the Emperor of Ming? Wouldn't he be shorter? But if he can't come out, no one can make the decision for him, he can only decide.

Therefore, the others looked at him and waited for his advice.

Aurangzeb said "pah" and then ordered the guards beside him: "If you go and pass the imperial edict, just say that my Khan has the will and let the Emperor of Ming come and ask for the imperial edict!"

After hearing this, his personal guard immediately drove out his horse and shouted loudly, shouting out what Aurangzeb meant.

After hearing this, the Mughal army laughed. I have to say that Aurangzebu's reply was to mock the Ming army, and unconsciously, it increased his morale a little.

Is the Emperor of Ming a fool? How could the Khan come forward to listen to his will? Don’t say that the Emperor of the Khan will come over to listen to his will after hearing this!

After hearing this, the Jinyiwei stopped talking, and returned to take the horse and handed over the order to Emperor Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't care about the ridicule in the opposite array. With the help of the movement just now, he had already locked in Aurangzebu and "rewarded" him a Class A eavesdropping seed. This was his purpose. As for letting Aurangzebu listen to the will, there was nothing at all!

After such a small episode, the battle between the two armies began.

Unlike before, the Ming army, the red barbarian cannons were pulled in front of the formation and launched artillery first, preparing to break up the formation of the Mughal army. The infantry advanced, the battle was open to the road, and the cavalry oppressed from both wings and launched an attack.
Chapter completed!