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Chapter 1394
"Remember to bring that thing. It may not be useful, but it may be of great use."

The expeditionary force was preparing to go north to fight the Mughal Empire. The battalion commander Wu Yi who came from Malacca reminded Qin Zuoming again.

"I asked the soldiers to bring it. It's really not easy to fight in a hot place." Qin Zuoming said.

It is already hot late summer, and the weather is very hot and dry.

"Our soldiers stationed outside the mainland are miserable. Mosquitoes and malaria are not as good as soldiers stationed in the mainland. What's worse is that sometimes we have to go into the jungle, swamp and native land to fight, although we No. The salaries of officers and soldiers of the 12th Corps are higher than those of other Corps, but who can understand our pain?" Wu Yi said.

"Haha, it's time for us to go!" Qin Zuoming was transferred to Bangladesh, and he also has a deep understanding of the hot and humid climate here.

The expeditionary force consisted of only 3500 people, divided into three units, Qin Zuoming's Tubang mercenaries, Wu Yi's infantry battalion, and an artillery company.And their opponent is the 70000 army of the Mughal emperor.

It's hard for anyone to imagine that a 3500-man army dared to fight, and even put on an expeditionary posture!
The most shocking thing was the Mughal emperor and other princes who had issued the gauntlet.

They just signed the letter of challenge to allow the Ganges fleet to have enough time to enter the Hooghly River. They did not expect that the defenders of the Calcutta Fort actually took the letter of challenge, and about the Mughal emperor near the village of Plassey. An upright battle!

"What are they thinking? Why do they have only 3000 people, and it is difficult to guard the fortress, so they dare to take the initiative to fight with us?" Shah Jahan recruited the second prince and a group of princes to gather beside a parchment map, always thinking that The behavior of the other party is incomprehensible.

The challenge of the defenders made them wonder if there was any conspiracy involved, after all, there must be a demon if something goes wrong!

They didn't know that the 1500 reinforcements from Malacca City had landed in Calcutta at this time, and they thought that there were only 3000 defenders in the Calcutta Fort at this time.But even if they know that the enemy has 1500 more people, they will not change their surprise. You must know that the main force on their side has 70000 people, not to mention that there are still 2 troops and a large number of civilians to ensure logistics.

No one would be foolish enough to fight in the open field with thousands of troops against the Mughal Empire army with a large number of cavalry!

"What the hell is the East India Company thinking? If I were their commander, I would stick to the fort and open up the river, and I would definitely not take such a risk..."

"Their general is absolutely lunatic! They have to divide their troops to guard the fortress, how many people can they send to fight us?!"

"Maybe this is their trap! Go out of the city and challenge our 7 troops when they are not in a desperate situation. If you are not sure, it is impossible for normal people to do this!"

The princes and generals talked to each other, and they were shocked but couldn't explain why they would fight.

"Shashuja, you have dealt with the East India Company and know a little bit about them. What do you think?" Shashuja looked at Shashuja, the only prince here who had fought against the "East India Company", and other Bangladeshi princes. them.

He still didn't know that it was not the former East India Company that was fighting them, but the standing army from China!
"I personally think that if the other party does not have any conspiracy, then they are extremely confident in themselves, no, maybe it is better to describe them with conceit! When we besieged their fortress a few months ago, they attacked our fortress in the fog Front line. They are a group of conceited lunatics, if we had expected heavy fog in the morning, we would never have been successfully attacked by them, but would have wiped them all out." The second prince Shashuja replied.

"Extremely conceited? Are they really so powerful?" Shah Jahan found himself seeming to underestimate his opponent.

"I think we can send 10000 cavalry to take the back road after they leave the city, and then use infantry to dig trenches, deploy artillery, and trap them to death in Plassey." He is empty, but he can be released as an important deputy king of Bangladesh, and he also has his own skills and connections. He made a plan.

Shah Jahan looked at the situation on the parchment map with his hands behind his back, his brows were uncertain.

As the emperor of an empire with a population of hundreds of millions, he took the initiative to propose a battle in the wild when the opponent had only 3000 people in the fortress. Now that the opponent has accepted the challenge, is he going to use some despicable tactics?
"We have 19 soldiers, auxiliary soldiers, and civilian husbands. There are 7 soldiers deployed in Plassey alone, more than 4 cavalry used in field battles, and hundreds of war elephants. Need to avoid the battle, this is not what we should have demeanor, victory is not forceful!" Shah Jahan thought about the gains and losses in it, and still believed that he should win a complete victory in the battle with the opponent before he could attack the conquest of the sea. The confidence of the leader, as well as the many princes and generals of the Megatron Mughal Empire!

The most fundamental thing is that Shah Jahan believed from the bottom of his heart that his son had deliberately exaggerated the strength of the enemy so that he could escape the responsibility for the failure of the Calcutta siege.He simply didn't believe that the other party's firearm technology would be much better than his own.

"Send out rangers to expand the detection range enough to cover this area. There are many forests, swamps, and lakes here. We need to prevent them from using the terrain to hide the army. As long as you are careful what tricks they use, then we will never fail in the decisive battle head-on!" Sha Jahan was more cautious and sent a large number of scouts to obtain information on the battlefield.

"If it is an upright battle, we will never be defeated." The princes were also full of confidence.

Just kidding, if 70000 people lose to an enemy with less than 5000 people in a big battle, this incident will nail them on the pillar of shame of the Mughals, and they can jump directly into the Ganges!

The expeditionary force of 3500 led by Qin Zuoming, Wu Yi, and Chen Bangyan crossed the river and marched northward. It rained heavily on the way, and the expeditionary force had to brave the heavy rain and marched 7 miles to a forest in the north of Plaxi Village. The camp of Master Erwang is about 5 miles away.Here the expeditionary forces set up positions.

At 1 a.m. the next day, the heavy rain stopped. The scouts of the Mughal Empire discovered the expeditionary army suddenly appearing in the woods north of Plasi Village. What a mess!
When Shah Jahan, the emperor of the Mughal Empire, learned of the opponent's arrival, he thought it was an opportunity to wipe out the expeditionary army, and immediately led the whole army to dispatch. It took 6 hours for the [-] army to spread out in an arc in front of the expeditionary army.

(End of this chapter)