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Chapter 1391 The arrival of the Mughal army
The golden lion and sun flags cover the sky, and teams of cavalry march down the Ganges, covering the sky.

There are swords hanging from their waists, and weapons such as muskets, bows and arrows, and shields hanging from their saddles.These cavalry are the most elite troops of the Mughal Empire, and they receive the highest salary. There are also special royal stables to take care of the military horses.

Following the cavalry were infantry and miscellaneous soldiers. Some infantry were equipped with arquebuses, while others were still equipped with short knives and bows. As for the miscellaneous troops composed of lower castes, they did not even have decent weapons.

There are a large number of camels, cattle and elephants on the land. They are responsible for transporting food, bronze cannons, ammunition, bows and arrows for the emperor's huge army.The quartermaster yelled at the miscellaneous soldiers to keep up with the large troops as soon as possible. Due to the immature technology, in order to avoid the artillery bombardment, the bronze cannon of the Mughal emperor thickened the cannon body, which looked very cumbersome. It was as powerful as the artillery of the same weight used by the Kyushu Army. Not the same.These heavy artillery often need to be carried by wooden carts with six wheels, and the speed is very slow.

Although the noble cavalry was the mainstay of the Mughal Empire, these cumbersome artillery brought from Central Asia was the sharp weapon for the Turks to conquer India and establish the Mughal Empire. The firearm technology of the previous Indian Peninsula was even more backward.

In addition to land, there are more than 700 large and small ships on the Ganges River, slowly following the army to provide material handling for the army.

Shah Jahan, the emperor of the Mughal Empire, rode a black and white war horse, the saddle was covered with precious silk, and the knife on his waist was also inlaid with gold and diamonds, which looked radiant.

Beside him are the imperial guards and the guard of honor, and this time the emperor's personal conquest of the card must also be done.

The expeditionary force entered Bengal and assembled at a small village called Plassey, from where it threatened the Calcutta bastion in the north.

The huge army and logistics force of 150000 people almost flooded this small village, and the camp stretched for dozens of miles.

The 40000 army assembled by the second prince Shashuja and the local princes of Bengal came to Plassey to gather with the emperor.

"Father, my son is incompetent and unable to capture the fortress of the East India Company, please punish my father!" Shashuja knelt down in front of the emperor.

"Look at the way you've been emptied by wine and lust. Your military ability is far inferior to that of your younger brother Aurangzeb. He was invincible in the Deccan Plateau." Shah Jahan said coldly. said coldly.

Shashuja lowered his head with a look of displeasure on his face.

"The Chinese fortresses and artillery are not comparable to those weak countries on the Deccan Plateau. Our artillery can't blow down their fortresses. Their artillery caused great panic to our soldiers." Shashuja justified his actions.

"No matter how powerful the artillery can be, how powerful can it be? Is it more powerful than the artillery of the Persians and Europeans?" Shah Jahan has been in Agra for a long time, and his knowledge of artillery is the artillery of Persia, a land power, and Europeans sell it. Come the artillery.

"The range and accuracy of their artillery are superior to those used by the Portuguese before. Please don't underestimate the enemy, or you may repeat the setbacks of your son..." Shashuja said.

"Do you think I will lose the battle?!" Shah Jahan was slightly annoyed, the veins on his forehead bulging.

"Don't dare!" Shashuja quickly lowered his head.

As the emperor of the Mughal Empire who often led troops to fight, Shah Jahan did not think that the so-called more powerful artillery of the East India Company existed, but he did not underestimate the other party because of this.

After listening to his second son's deployment of the siege of the Calcutta Fort, Shah Jahan seemed to see the problem: "No matter how strong a fort is, it can be captured, and there are only three ways: storming, encircling, and outwitting. A strong attack requires soldiers who are not afraid of life and death, have a large number of artillery, and can attack with water, fire, heart, and lure the enemy. Encirclement needs to cut off their water sources and food. If the opponent's fortress is really difficult to capture, you need to use land, The river was completely cut off from their supplies. Apparently the last time you laid siege to them, their ships were still able to gather food and fresh water at the edge of the river."

"We don't have any warships on the Hooghly River, let alone block the mouth..." Shashuja wondered.

It's not that he doesn't want to surround Calcutta Fort by water, but that he doesn't have decent ships at hand!

The kind of fishing boats and inland river transport ships that don't even have a cannon can't leave the river bank to sail in the ocean, and they are easily capsized when encountering a storm in the Bay of Bengal.

The only thing we can rely on is some Indian merchant ships that have traditionally been active on the Maritime Silk Road, and some merchant ships have also begun to set up gun ports.It's just that such merchant ships still have some ability to protect themselves, but not enough to attack, and they are far from destroying the galleons commonly used by the East India Company.

"Send cavalry to strictly seal the banks of the Hooghly River, and strictly prohibit any princes and villages from selling grain to the East India Company. If you dare to sell grain privately, you will be killed without mercy! In addition, while sending envoys to their castle to invite a battle to attract their attention, on the one hand Send sailors with arson boats into the Bay of Bengal, block the Hooghly River, and trap them to death!"

Shah Jahan judged the nearby terrain and based on the lessons of Shashuja's setback in the Calcutta fortress, he began to deploy himself.

This time Shah Jahan was obviously smarter than the inexperienced second prince, and started a real all-out siege.

Twenty thousand cavalry were dispatched to the banks of the Hooghly River to clear the wall and remove the villagers, so that the defenders of Calcutta Fort could not buy food along the river.

Shah Jahan also sent supervisors to the troops of various princes to prevent the princes from collaborating with the enemy and completely cut off the supplies of the Calcutta defenders.

After unloading the food and artillery, the transport ships and troop carriers on the inland Ganges sailed toward the mouth of the sea. They were going to enter the Bay of Bengal along the Ganges, and then enter the Hooghly River to give the guards of the Calcutta castle a visit from the water. military pressure.

"Will the people of the East India Company be willing to come out to fight? What they rely on most is the strong fortress and the advantages on the warships. Will they give up their advantages and come out to fight with an army of 10?" Kasim, the governor of Bangladesh, came to the Hooghly River and looked into the distance. The direction of Calcutta Fort built by the East India Company.

The East India Company sent someone to tell him that he could help him become the king of Bengal and become independent from the Mughal Empire.

But he still didn't think that the other party would dare to come out and have an epic battle with the emperor of the Mughal Empire.Just kidding, with 1000 people in the fort going out of the city to fight head-on with the 10 people of the Mughal emperor?

"However, becoming the king of Bengal is really an irresistible temptation..." Kasim was shaken in his heart.

(End of this chapter)