Daming Yuanfu

"...Because the summer heat in Tianzhu was far higher than expected before the war, about 20% of our army's soldiers suffered from heat stroke before the Battle of Kunti. In addition, the garrison troops stationed in various parts of Bangladesh could no longer be deployed. In the end, our army's pre-war situation was Thirty-six thousand men faced the main Mughal force of about 100,000 men led by Akbar himself.

However, Akbar did not press the entire army, but sent about half of his troops north to deploy defenses on the Gerald and Hazaribak lines. The military meeting in front of our army's formation speculated that this move should be Akbar's last resort after receiving the news that Prince Salim had proclaimed himself emperor in Bihar.

The military discussion before the formation believed that under such circumstances, Akbar was attacked from the north and east, which was a God-given opportunity for us. Therefore, our army accelerated its deployment and took the initiative to launch an attack while Akbar's army was not yet stable. The Battle of Kunti also This started.

Due to the terrain, our army was in a disadvantageous situation in attacking from above. We originally planned to use our army's insufficient strength to lure the Mughal army down the mountain for a decisive battle on the plains, but Akbar did not fall into the trap. The enemy troops relied on the hills and mountains to set up defenses and built three lines of defense. Our army used the vanguard to test, but returned with no luck, and found that the enemy's artillery had many guns. Although the range was inferior to ours, the number was equal.

At this time, our army's horse exploration discovered that the Mughal cavalry had gathered on the side of a certain mountain canyon, or they wanted to make a detour and flank attack when our army and its infantry were in a stalemate, so we had to take precautions. The military meeting in front of the formation decided to take advantage of the long range of our artillery and launch a large-scale feint attack first. The infantry in the rear also made a gesture of imminent attack by the entire army, hoping to lure the enemy into launching a attack.

After our army's artillery attack began, the Mughal front army was in quite a panic, and the first line of defense was shaken. They intended to retaliate with artillery, but they were unable to reach our front line and were in a dilemma. However, not long after, the enemy retreated to the second line of defense and did not choose to attack. Our army failed to achieve its combat intentions and wasted a day.

The next day, our army continued yesterday's tactics, but found that the enemy had adjusted the distance between the defense line and the deployment of troops. Although our artillery fire was far away, the enemy's artillery was deployed closer due to the higher terrain, so they could engage in an artillery battle with our army. Both sides Everyone has their losses. In this way, our army was forced to turn from a feint attack into an actual attack, and the infantry attacked the enemy to compete for its second line of defense.

The infantry of the Mughal Army was of average quality and was shaken by our army's three rounds of volleys. Therefore, Cen Yunhan, the frontline commander of Beisu Town and the temporary commander of the third town of the old port garrison, ordered a bayonet assault.

This was a complete victory, as only one attack drove the Mughal army from the defense line, and they collapsed and retreated. Cen Yunhan then continued the attack and captured 24 artillery pieces between the enemy's second and third fronts. Another nine enemy artillery pieces were destroyed by him on his own initiative. However, the pursuit by Cen Yunhan's troops failed, and they were forced to retreat by the enemy's subsequent counterattack and retreated to the second line of defense.

At this time, the enemy has lost two of its three lines of defense, and the morale of the army must be shaken. After discussing with Gao Yuan, I decided to use Huang Yingpin as the commander, Gao Siyao and Huang Nanjin as assistants, and each would lead our troops to continue the attack.

In this battle, the Mughal army was unable to retreat. Akbar's own flag was hung in the formation, and a fierce battle broke out between the two armies. At that time, our army's firearms were superior and the enemy's army was condescending. Our army's bayonets were bloody and brave, but the enemy's army fought to the death and refused to retreat. This can be said to be a real fire.

The two sides were fighting fiercely, and enemy cavalry came to kill them on the mountain on the left. Tens of thousands of horses galloped forward, which was unstoppable. However, our army had already been prepared for this. Gao Siggang led Cen Yunhan and Cen Maoren to lead their respective headquarters, immediately turned right to deploy their defenses, and faced the enemy with three large formations in the shape of a Chinese character with hollow bayonet squares.

The enemy's cavalry was extremely brave in this battle, and was no less brave than the Mongolians. In particular, the cavalry's horses had higher shoulders than the Mongolian horses, and their ability to charge into the formation was stronger. I watched it in front of the formation and felt quite nervous. However, the cavalry defeated by the hollow square formation remained unchanged. Although they suffered heavy losses, especially Gao Sigang's leading troops, which were almost broken twice, they still blocked the enemy's horse momentum in the end, forcing the enemy cavalry to abandon thousands of horses. Withdrew hastily.

After the enemy cavalry was defeated, Akbar's flag then retreated, and the main force of the Mughal army also retreated across the board. Our army originally wanted to pursue them, but I gave up this plan after checking in front of the formation.

After the war, a count showed that on this day alone, our army had 2137 killed, 3143 seriously injured, more than 5000 slightly injured, and 49 missing. It can be said that the Western Expedition was one of the most costly battles since the start of the campaign, and there was no way to pursue them.

The losses of the Mughal army were even greater. They killed 4357 people and captured 8845 people in our formation. There must be more soldiers who were slightly injured and evacuated and lost due to defeat. In addition, our army seized artillery pieces of various sizes from the Mughal army, as well as other supplies including ordnance, armor, flags and tents, which are still being counted. Although this battle ended with our army's victory, Akbar's losses were still controllable, and our army's strength was not as strong as the enemy's, so the army decided not to pursue and retreated to Bangladesh. Only when our troops withdrew did we know that Akbar had already declared that the battle was a draw and had ordered Bangladesh and surrounding areas to resist our troops on their own.

Either because the local people had accepted the Mughals as orthodox, or because of sectarian relations, rebellions arose in various parts of Bengal. The King of Bengal (the one supported by Jinghua) failed to suppress it and turned to our Western Expeditionary Army for help. Therefore, our army's original plan could not be implemented and had to put down the Bengal rebellion first.

Before writing today, I have received the latest military report, saying that Akbar's army has gone west and seems to be returning to Agra (the actual capital of the Mughal Empire at this time, a hundred miles southeast of Delhi). However, there are unconfirmed rumors that Akbar left 50,000 troops to block the east and west main roads of Bihar.

If Salim is determined, he should break through at least one side of the blockage, compete for Agra to the west, and connect with our army to the east, both of which have merit. However, our army defeated Akbar's main force in Kunti, but Salim sat in Bihar and remained indifferent. From my point of view, this is not a successful person. I don't know if you have other opinions?

In addition, I wrote to you to inquire about Bo Ni, and it is true that my fourth uncle's actions were instructed by me. For this reason, I have attached a map with the information I marked on it, and you will know it at a glance. If the master is still dissatisfied, I am willing to be punished.

Warmly, I pause. Liu Xin. "

This letter was naturally sent by the flying pigeon that had just arrived today. Gao Pragmatic took it very cautiously at first, especially the fact that the Western Expeditionary Army had a battle loss ratio of about 1:2 with Akbar, which made him quite worried. Shocking, because this means that the Mughal Empire's army is indeed very powerful now - although the losses are twice that of Jinghua, Jinghua has always been crushed in the past wars, and this time it is unprecedented.

Faced with such a situation, Gao Pragmatic certainly knew that it was impossible for the Western Expeditionary Army to continue the Western Expedition with its existing troops, not to mention that Bengal was still full of rebellions. It seems that we can stop the Western Expedition to capture Bengal and see how Akbar and Salim will develop.

At the end of this letter, Gao Pragmatic had to smile bitterly. Regardless of what Liu Xin said about being willing to be punished, the tone between the lines was clear: I want to see if you really want to punish me?

He shook his head, carefully unfolded the extremely tightly folded map, and found that the map only contained Bo Ni, which is the island of Kalimantan. This is a topographic map. The mountains, rivers and rivers are very clearly drawn, and several areas are marked with red pen. Next to them are handwritten ①, ②, ③ and ⑦.

Gao Pragmatic immediately subconsciously looked at the blank space on the map, and sure enough, each number in the circle corresponded to a description. Gao Pragmatic took a quick glance and explained everything from the area's population capacity (which is related to the size of the surrounding grain-producing areas and water supply, etc.), resource distribution and reserves, traffic situation, etc.

These explanations are highly pragmatic and can be understood at a glance: as long as we control these areas, enrich them with Han people or naturalized Han people, and then develop corresponding industries, we can completely control the entire Bo Ni, even other tropical rainforests or areas that are difficult to cultivate deeply at the moment. If a commotion breaks out, that's nothing to be afraid of.

In addition, Liu Xin also drew an ellipse in the northern part of Bo Ni Island, encircling not only the land, but also part of the ocean, and the label next to it only wrote two words: oil.

Okay, okay, you are planning far ahead than me now... Really, this will be at least three hundred years later. Do you people who study geography and geology make your eyes light up when you hear about oil?

After hesitating for a moment, Gao pragmatically picked up his pen and wrote four words in the blank space at the end of the letter: This will not happen again. Then he folded it up and called out: "Gao Qi, take this off and seal it for your files after replying."
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